Tag: Clowns

"Clown Colors"

That was the descriptive response of a friend of mine. A friend who is, by the way, near and dear to the issue and an advocate for the very things they (Medicinal Marijuana arguers) would like to see happen in the state's capitol.  The tie-died representation of yesteryear's potheads and dope smokers is apparently a hard to kick habit in itself, even in the face of a very serious issue.  In fact its hard to get by the first line of an article about one of the rally goers without shaking my head.

"OAK PARK - Susan Sunshine, 69, traveled with bus loads of others to Lansing on Wednesday afternoon to tell lawmakers to leave her medicine cabinet alone."

The argument is reasonable.  The presentation has not been.  Susie Sunshine?  Really?

The protesters at the capitol are correct that the voters spoke in 2008 to allow the use of Medicinal Marijuana.  The legislature clearly has had a hard time defining in a way that protects legitimate users, and provides a uniform framework that is acceptable to local communities.  Those who marched in Lansing might well have points good and bad, but the way in which they carry the issue has given pause to those considering it from a legal language establishment angle.

Virg Bernero says "it would be a lending "backstop" and be used to help ease the current credit crunch. "  Suggesting bonds and state funds be used to create the bank.

As one of our esteemed writers posited two days ago:

"What Virg seems to be unable to fathom is that the credit crunch is the result of stupid government busybodies like himself not only enacting regulations that enticed lenders to play Texas Hold 'em with depositor's money, but also pronounced the gamblers too vital to the American economy to fail. Their wise intrusions into what should be a private enterprise have tightened the credit markets so thoroughly that even the Chinese are starting to tire of our panhandling."