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thomasode
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 Posted - 09/11/2006 : 8:52:05 PM
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Freidman that is! This guy is a trip if ya'll haven't heared of him He's probably my new favorite politician. He is running for Govenor in Texas. His campign slogan is "it cant be that hard" and "why the hell not?" When he was asked about who he will hire on his staff he commented "I'm a jew...I'll hire good people". He is trying to make energy reforms and might name...you guessed it...Willie "bio-diesal" Nelson as head of some energy commission. He is also starting the "no teacher left behind plan" in an attempt to pay teachers higher wages. you may ask how he might do that? By legalizing casino gambeling and taxing the casinos which he affectionatly calls "slots for tots"! Something I just found too is his stance on gay merrage: "I believe love is bigger than government. And besides, they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us." haha I love this guy!
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Robin
Yak Addict
USA
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Posted - 09/11/2006 : 9:34:18 PM
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| I saw him awhile back on some news blurb, he was really kewl, and smart too. Peace, Robin |
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SurferX
Chatterbox
USA
263 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2006 : 9:54:05 PM
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Kinky rules!
I've met him a couple of times on my trips to TX. One of the best people I have ever met.
If I were a resident of TX (which I will be in a year or so), I would totally vote for him!
Also, check out Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. Awesome band!
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2006 : 10:25:44 PM
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| What a badass! Please if you live in TX vote for him! |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 09/13/2006 : 11:09:18 PM
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I wonder what he would say if he was running for president.
Also, the no teachers left behind, and slots for tots! I'd like to just sit down and talk with this guy right now! He seems smart and has a screwed up sense of humor, like me and everyone in monty python. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
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SurferX
Chatterbox
USA
263 Posts |
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Fluffy
Administrator
USA
10739 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2006 : 5:58:23 PM
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SHOCKING!! Willie Nelson Busted For Pot
by Josh Grossberg
Sep 18, 2006, 12:30 PM PT
This just in: Willie Nelson likes his herb.
The country outlaw is back on the road again after a pot-powered pitstop early Monday.
Nelson and several of his band mates received misdemeanor citations for marijuana possession after their tour bus was pulled over in Louisiana. The bust came just two days after Nelson called for the decriminalization of marijuana while stumping for Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.
According to Willie Williams of the Louisiana Highway Patrol, Nelson and crew were traveling along Highway 10 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, when they were stopped for a routine commercial inspection. Officers on the scene caught a whiff of something suspicious emanating from the vehicle as soon as the driver opened the door. And BioWillie be damned, a search of the bus turned up about one-and-a-half pounds of marijuana and a small bag of psychedelic mushrooms estimated at two-tenths of a pound.
"No one aboard the bus gave any of our troopers any problems," Williams told E! Online. "When the search was conducted , they were very cordial and...subsequently admitted to being the owners of the narcotics."
Williams stressed that the group did not receive any preferential treatment from troopers. The reason Nelson and his band members were not taken into custody and issued the citations, Williams said, was because the St. Martin Parish jail was "filled to capacity." It will be up to the county district attorney to decide whether the musicians will be called to court.
Aside from the 73-year-old ringleader, citations were issued to his sister, Bobbie Nelson, 75, of Briarcliff, Texas;Tony Sizemore, 59, of St. Cloud, Florida;Gates Moore, 54, from Austin; and David Anderson, 50, of Dallas.
If convicted, they could each face up to six months in jail--most likely they'd get off with probation and fines.
Nelson's publicist, Elaine Shock, declined to comment.
Before the bust, the Farm Aid founder and his band were in his native Texas to headline Saturday's Austin City Limits Music Festival. During the stop there, Nelson gave an interview in which he urged politicians to scrap criminal penalties for pot possession.
Those sentiments echoed the platform of his pal Friedman, a singer-songwriter turned politician who's mounting an independent bid for Texas governor and has called on the decriminalization of marijuana to help clear clogged state prisons of nonviolent offenders. Nelson has actively supported Friedman's candidacy, hosting a $1,000-per-plate fundraising dinner and signing a petition to get Friedman on the ballot.
"The hundred times that Kinky and I have talked during his campaign--we talked about energy, health, biodiesel, immigration, war--and the pot thing has never come up. Of course, I felt always that I knew where Kinky stood on that, and he knew where I stood, but I also knew that it was very risky to bring that out politically, but what’s Kinky got to lose?" Nelson said.
Aside from fighting for his write to toke, Nelson has been pushing for greener fuel (and has opened a chain of BioWillie diesel stations) and petitioning Congress to pass a bill banning the industrial slaughter of wild horses to sell as meat to consumers abroad.
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,20037,00.html |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy         
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 09/18/2006 : 6:29:20 PM
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| This reminds of the clip on 60 minutes I caught last night about America trying to extradite a canadian guy who owns a seed selling business (pot seeds). Because here in the US selling pot seeds is the same as selling pot and now the government is calling him a major drug kingpin. Now insert my various legalize pot rants here... and conclusion the drug war is a pathetic waste of time and money. |
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Fluffy
Administrator
USA
10739 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 07:39:57 AM
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| Couldn't agree more and I don't even smoke the stuff! Guess it's just he libertarian in me. LOL |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
Administrator
USA
10739 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2006 : 5:50:09 PM
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| Anxious to see how Kinky does! My dad tells me he is getting quite a bit of attention in TX. |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2006 : 10:02:06 PM
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| I heard the polls had him not making that big of a dent, but I just realized this is the guy who did the song, They don't make jews like Jesus anymore. |
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SurferX
Chatterbox
USA
263 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2006 : 04:03:05 AM
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| ^^ Yeah, apparently, he's got about 13% of the vote (well, as of last month). I think that's a significant dent, no? |
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 11/02/2006 : 04:11:12 AM
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Originally posted by Fluffy
Couldn't agree more and I don't even smoke the stuff! Guess it's just he libertarian in me. LOL
Somebody in my office the other day said, "Libertarians are just Republicans on pot."
I think the population here disproves that theory. |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 11/02/2006 : 10:35:51 AM
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^Someone in your office needs to start coming up with their own material.
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Originally posted by SurferX
^^ Yeah, apparently, he's got about 13% of the vote (well, as of last month). I think that's a significant dent, no?
Ya it's better than 12% but I was hoping he'd be closer up to like 30% or so. I guess anytime a third party candidate gets attention it's a dent though because it forces people to start accepting other parties. |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
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Posted - 11/07/2006 : 9:56:39 PM
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| Looks like kinky got about 11% of the vote in texas...too bad. And marijuana legalization and gay rights are goin down right now in colorado which is upsetting to say the least |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2006 : 12:21:53 AM
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| Yeah, it's sad here in wisconsin that they put an amendment stating that a "Family Unit" is only between a man and a woman who are legaly married. So that means that not only gay couples, but two people of either sex who are taking care of kids and need those breaks that they need they won't be able to get. This is so sad for so many points. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
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Lets get KINKY! with a busted Willie
