By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 9, 2009
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Hemp Headlines
- Leading researcher: “At this point, I’d be in favor of legalization.”
- Student Arrested For Smoking Pot During A Class Presentation
- Iowa state pharmacy board rejects medicinal marijuana
- Democrats Abroad pass legalization resolution
Stupid Stoner Stories
Special: Aspen Legal Seminar 2009
- Q&A with NORML Board Members about the future of legalization at the Friday night reception party.
Special: Aspen Legal Seminar 2009
- Opening remarks from Allen St. Pierre
Link to Aspen Legal Seminar social photos
Posted in ACTIVISM, NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Allen St. Pierre, Aspen, Blaxicans, Colorado, Democrat, Democrats Abroad, Iowa, NORML Aspen Legal Seminar, Paul Bullock
I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
Being thought to be “southern = stupid” or “ignorant” has really helped me in conversations about legalization or debunked anslingerisms. I pretend to be the “southern = stupid” until I lure the “ans slinger”* into my trap, then the (self) educated southerner steps up to the plate. I let ‘em hang themselves.
*ans slinger – n. a person who uses reefer madness logic (anslingerisms) in his/her argument against the legalization or use of marijuana.
see also… slingin’ ans
LOL! I wondered if you’d catch my faux Southern accent. I didn’t intend it as Southern=Stupid, but when I’m speaking in the first person the words emailed to me from a Southerner, I thought the accent was appropriate. He just happened to be stupid.
I’ll try to do some New England (“pahk the cah in the yahd”), some Canadian (“what’s this aboot, eh?”), some British (“good heavens, ol chap”), some Latino (“ay, what do you mean, ese?”), and some North Plains (“ya, you betcha, doncha know?”) when those first-person stories present themselves, so you Southerners don’t feel singled out.
I’m not sure what “tree man potato farmer” sounds like, but probably like me since I’ve lived here my whole life.
Maybe if Kobe made free throws Lakers would be up 3-0…
Welcome back and thanks for the Aspen recaps. Sounds great!!!!
Ive heard you give news from Idaho and the NW before but I dont remember you going into “Tree man potato farmer voice” as you did with “hillbilly voice” in the La story.
You know how ALL the time you let us know how you hate it when reporters use the typical pot sterotype sayings for there headlines? Im curious how you think that is different?
Yall Im not angry or upset, I dont need a hit, its all good, but geesh. You should have put the music from Deliverence as well, maybe at the end say “squel like a pig”….
Look forward to more Aspen news….
Go Lakers!!!!
It’s not all party, though. During the morning and afternoon we’re sitting in a room with 150 others listening to the lawyers give speeches and presentations. I learned a lot from Rob Corry, who defended the Colorado Prom case and a Boulder medical marijuana returned by the cops case – he showed great clips from local TV news. Then there’s topics like John Zwerling’s look at Voir Dire that was really “inside baseball” that only applied to lawyers.
Of course, the in-between smoke breaks on the patio are probably not like the usual smoke breaks at a hotel conference…
HEY RUSS SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD FUN AT THE SEMINAR, THE AUDIO FROM THE RECORDER SOUNDS FINE TO ME AND ANOTHER GREAT STASH THIS ONE WAS REALLY WORTH THE WAIT (GOTTA MAKE IT OUT TO ONE OF THOSE SEMINARS) I THOUGHT I WAS MORE OF A BLUE COLLAR THING IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE REALLY GETS TOGHTER TO SHARE INFORMATION AND ENJOY THEM SELVES I LIKE THE VIBE IN THE AUDIO GREAT CONVERSATIONS
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