Tax the hell out of 'em and let 'em stay open. They could use that money to fight forest fires.
Tax the hell out of 'em and let 'em stay open. They could use that money to fight forest fires.
No self respecting fiscal conservative would ever use the phrase "tax the hell out of 'em."
MtD
Fucking government... Cigarettes and alcohol are totally fine though.
Is it safe to assume you're opposed?
Pot is part of natures great beauty and to try to get us "naturals" to stop it is probably like trying to enforce the blue laws around alcohol. Just doesn't work, never has, never will. Gee, I've been smoking since 1968, and I'm not insane yet, ..... well, I guess I'm not. ;)
Actually you're confusing me with a libertarian. I'm all for the government making LOADS of money, but spending it wisely.
Actually I'm not.
MtD
"Modern fiscal conservatives remain wary of government spending. They believe strongly in free trade and are committed to lowering the federal budget, paying off national debt, and acquiring a balanced budget.[14] Where fiscal conservatism gets more diverse in ideals is what steps should be taken to balance the budget. Deficit hawks are more willing to increase taxes in addition to cutting spending to balance the budget than libertarians, who want to "starve the beast" by cutting taxes for the purpose of decreasing tax revenue which they hope will cause the government to spend less, and supply-siders, who believe the best way to gain tax revenue is through deep across-the-board tax cuts that they believe will end up completely paying for themselves through the economic growth they cause."
Edit: Oh and in case you were still thoroughly confused I would fall under the subclassification of a Deficit hawk.
The point. It just goes sailing right over your head most of the time, doesn't it?
MtD
I'm all for legalization. Pot never did anything for me. I actually got sick off some a friend gave me. I think it was laced with something or had tons of pesticides in it. This is why growing your own and being able to buy it legally would be better. I've seen stories where the gov't has sprayed pot plants with toxins from airplanes to kill it..but it didn't kill it and it ended up out to the public. I may have just had a bad trip...although I didn't think pot was suppose to do that. It made me puke more than I had ever puked before. I think it had something in it. This is one reason I'm for legalization--among others.
Anyway, I always find it funny when drunk friends say they are against pot.
Is it safe to assume you're opposed?I'm opposed to forest fires ;) :D
It must have, obviously.I see what you mean ;) ::)
Christ Teddy. You can't even enjoy a bong? What's the point of living?
MtD
I'm all for legalization. Pot never did anything for me. I actually got sick off some a friend gave me. I think it was laced with something or had tons of pesticides in it. This is why growing your own and being able to buy it legally would be better. I've seen stories where the gov't has sprayed pot plants with toxins from airplanes to kill it..but it didn't kill it and it ended up out to the public. I may have just had a bad trip...although I didn't think pot was suppose to do that. It made me puke more than I had ever puked before. I think it had something in it. This is one reason I'm for legalization--among others.
Anyway, I always find it funny when drunk friends say they are against pot.
I know. I tried it a couple times after having the bad experience, but I just didn't really feel anything. It just made me sleepy. Maybe I'm too uptight? I've heard others say pot didn't do anything for them either. Maybe I need to try it again. I remember as a kid finding my uncle's pot closet. He had the whole set-up with growing lights. I was about 6, I guess. I remember asking him about it and he said they were ferns. I think even at that age, I realized they were more than just ferns.
Ah, the days of paraquat and angel dust infused joints. Good times.
I've met quite a few people over the years who claimed to "not feel" anything after smoking pot. I've even smoked with a few and no, it didn't seem to have any effect - meanwhile, I was stoned out of my tiny little box.
I reckon these people are just missing the coolness gene. Can't get high off pot? Whaaaaa?
Ted, maybe you should try smoking a fern. :)
Naw Teddy is one of those wasteful mouth inhalers!! These people are like vampires they suck your weed dry till it's gone then look at you with white eyes telling you they can't feel anything. If even a smidgen of smoke gets past their throat they gag and cough wasting valuable smoke you could be getting high on.
Truth be told I kinda wish my best friend would stay out of my stash sometime . He comes over and gets into it then its like I'm hanging out with a zombie . I don't allow cigarettes in the house but late at night I hear him striking up a lighter in the bathroom after sneaking some of my stash . I told him just to ask and that he doesn't need to sneak and take it from me but I'm starting to think pinching my bag is half the fun for him so I just pretend not to notice .
Can I come over to your house? Purrty please?
You are perpetually invited :-*
You are perpetually invited :-*
I'll be over in five! ;)
I told a friend not to long ago to smell my finger when it had been somewhere it shouldn't have been .
seriously?
After ya'll smoke here is a cool video for you both to watch. The guy at the 1:20 mark is the best and the guy right after him is so chill with his delivery. The look back after he's done is just priceless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-_TVFFSX8
I don't get the "tax the hell out of it" stuff. Tax it, sure. But more than alcohol? Cigarettes? To do more would be to play into that fallacy of pot being "gateway" drug or somehow "worse for society" than alcohol and tobacco. It simply is not.
Seems that phrase is used a lot when people want to maintain their conservative street cred, yet also want to be cool. Can't do both.
Hell, even if i LIVED in California and got a script for pot, I could not afford the stuff sold at the dispensaries.
Make it the hell legal. Leg people grow the stuff. it's a freaking weed, it will grow almost anywhere. If it's revenue you are looking for, think how much the state will save from all the incarcerated pot offenders and the drug cartels from Mexico - who, in anticipation of the legalization, are ALREADY switching over to cheap, dangerous meth.
I get so irritated at that "tax the hell out of it" bullshit.
I don't get the "tax the hell out of it" stuff. Tax it, sure. But more than alcohol? Cigarettes?they already do "tax the hell out of" cigarettes. :D
they already do "tax the hell out of" cigarettes. :D
and it sure did reduce the numbers of smokers. ;)
I gave up smoking over a yr and a half ago not for any health reason but because OH and the feds added another $1 and I was just too freakin' poor to be able to afford the habit any more. :'(
i still remember the first drag on cold winter mornings with a good cup of joe in hand.the after-sex cig is the BEST. ;D and the one I really miss the most. 8)
the after-sex cig is the BEST. ;D and the one I really miss the most. 8)
A cup of coffeeyuck! :P
If you think the after-sex ciggie (or fag, as they're known in my part of the world) is the best, consider this:
A cup of coffee does notaskdemand that you stop snoring.
A cup of coffee does not expect you to make breakfast.
A cup of coffee does not do weird things in your bathroom nor leaves wet towel on the bathroom floor.
You do not wait for a cup of coffee to call you the day after.
I rest my case.
If a cup of coffee did any of those things I'd be slightly unnerved I do believe. Specifically the calling me the next day. I mean what would we have to talk about?
Naw Teddy is one of those wasteful mouth inhalers!! These people are like vampires they suck your weed dry till it's gone then look at you with white eyes telling you they can't feel anything. If even a smidgen of smoke gets past their throat they gag and cough wasting valuable smoke you could be getting high on.
Ted, stay outta our pot thread... please! ;)
If you think the after-sex ciggie (or fag, as they're known in my part of the world) is the best, consider this:
A cup of coffee does notaskdemand that you stop snoring.
A cup of coffee does not expect you to make breakfast.
A cup of coffee does not do weird things in your bathroom nor leaves wet towel on the bathroom floor.
You do not wait for a cup of coffee to call you the day after.
I rest my case.
On a nice cool morning with the sun coming up and the grass still wet with dew, nothing beats coffee and a spliff, simply the best.
yeah...not going to work that day and heading back in for a nap : )
I can't remember who said it in their post but they said they smoked weed and didn't feel anything...I am guessing you're an amatuer smoker. Because if you didn't feel anything then the weed was garbage. Trust if you are smoking some fire or good weed you will know.
Now what I don't understand is how some people can smoke and be paranoid?
Ecstasy however is a totally different story.
That was TednLou2. I second the motion however. I dated a serious pothead (Wake and Bake, smoked up 4-8+ times a day) who was functional but who mandated that I at least try it and inhale. I did both and felt nothing. I was drunk at the time and he blamed that, but I had no interest in trying it ever again regardless. If we're going to accept that chemicals affect people differently then we have to assume that THC might not affect some the way it affects others. Ecstasy however is a totally different story.
I beg your pardon, dear sir....I do not consider myself to be a pothead though I do wake -n- bakes and smoke about 4-8+ blunts/joints a day when I can. I would call myself a professional smoker... ;) My bf who is a gym rat started smoking because of me but he gets paranoid if he has to go outside after smoking a blunt. I have never been a pillhead so I never tried E. I don't know what the side effects of that is. When I toke on a blunt, I get the munchies but I eat healthy. Or I want sex, the bf has no problems with that!!!!! And my stamina goes through the roof. Skee and Next can I get a witness? :D
. Skee and Next can I get a witness? :D
Your inviting me to watch? Of course I accept... Dee (next2), do you want to watch as well? She invited you too!
Cheetos? No way, I don't like to eat anything that is going to leave a mess on my hands...No, Skee not to watch, you're suppose to agree with me. As in tokers unite..lol...Now don't act like you 2 don't get horny after smoking on some fire. Don't make me get raunchy up in here now.... :o
Cheetos? No way, I don't like to eat anything that is going to leave a mess on my hands...No, Skee not to watch, you're suppose to agree with me. As in tokers unite..lol...Now don't act like you 2 don't get horny after smoking on some fire. Don't make me get raunchy up in here now.... :o
Are you trying to tell me everyone doesn't smoke a lil whizzy before the dirty? I thought it was the only way to be honest. All jokes aside, weed is great for sex. I think it makes me harder and definitely makes me last longer, and I can eat for hours after a blunt and I don't mean junkfood either. My wife doesn't smoke so she kind of holds the stop button for our sex sessions most of the time. She's a one and done type gal, which is good cuz I'm getting old and I think my heart is heading south anyways, been having some BP issues along with dizzy spells lately.
make you get all raunchy? oh my, did you need assistance.
@ skeebo. you bring the folding chairs, ill bring the popcorn ::)
@ queen - i got your back. you gotta witness :). it's happened more than once.
*falling over laughing*..You ain't never lied. I don't need help with that at all. And there will be no watching me perform my sexual acts. I don't get down like that. Hell, my bf wants to do the camera thing but I don't trust that sh*t. Next thing you know it'll make it's way to the internet....j/k