tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1888640546243646994..comments2024-03-19T00:44:18.309-05:00Comments on Althouse: "A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says country singer Willie Nelson was charged with marijuana possession after 6 ounces was found aboard his tour bus in Texas..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8569820062275583692010-11-28T22:03:54.368-06:002010-11-28T22:03:54.368-06:00Let's see...
Willie Nelson:
Folsom Prison Blu...Let's see...<br /><br />Willie Nelson:<br />Folsom Prison Blues, etc., vs. 6 oz possession: Get Out Of Jail Free<br /><br />Roman Polanski:<br />Chinatown, etc., vs. stat-rape, sodomy, etc.: get a BS sentence, then flee and not be caught<br /><br />Now, Ann, until your marriage to a decent conservative fellow, I wanted to plug you in every hole. Ideally with your consent, to be sure. So what is your price for that indulgence? I have to write an ep of The Situation to get a piece of that proffy poontang? <br /><br />How about if I were, arguendo, to rape you? What do I have to do to get off that charge? Write a season of Boardwalk Empire? How about if I code the Flicker migration for you?<br /><br />Long story short: <br /><br />1) It's a pity that pot is illegal and that people are arrested tried convicted and punished for it. Ideally you should be able to buy an eightball at CVS and a 9mm at the local hardware store, too. <br /><br />2) I wonder if Willie Nelson himself would tell you he deserves special treatment. If he's the man one might hope him to be, I'd think not. <br /><br />3) I dunno, is it good to have one law for the rich/talented/special and one for the poor and ordinary? Motivation to become special maybe? Will there be brackets?Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83743283821039446572010-11-28T10:47:52.603-06:002010-11-28T10:47:52.603-06:00He wasn't busted at the border. About 80 miles...He wasn't busted at the border. About 80 miles away from the border. <br /><br />Random searches of citizens traveling by motor home. <br /><br />Freedom!AlphaLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711124490821422066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14519269131322970932010-11-28T04:31:31.540-06:002010-11-28T04:31:31.540-06:00Why doesn't someone just get Willie a vaporize...Why doesn't someone just get Willie a vaporizer?<br /><br />Its healthier and no stench of burning weed.lonetownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969510756729828503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84987819869753572942010-11-27T21:53:21.891-06:002010-11-27T21:53:21.891-06:00Only 6? That must have been a pretty cursory sear...Only 6? That must have been a pretty cursory search.<br /><br />I'd never heard of him until Jimmy Carter named him as his favorite singer. <br /><br />Since then, I've tried to appreciate what others see/hear in him, but neither his "outlaw" lifestyle or his music does anything for me.ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56033308861225930932010-11-27T21:33:40.230-06:002010-11-27T21:33:40.230-06:00So this is what the Border Patrol is doing; good t...So this is what the Border Patrol is doing; good to know.Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186326715874648232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48717841696115620132010-11-27T20:42:54.027-06:002010-11-27T20:42:54.027-06:00Six ounces is too much weed to let him go.
It mea...Six ounces is too much weed to let him go.<br /><br />It means that he buys weak weed, or is distributing, or intends to die of lung cancer trying to get high. These are all good reasons to put him in jail. <br /><br />Now if he had one ounce for the whole bus, I could understand that, and would tell him to go about his business, as soon as he signed my guitar.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65149083830350908792010-11-27T20:32:08.956-06:002010-11-27T20:32:08.956-06:00But there's a reason alcohol is an acculturate...<i>But there's a reason alcohol is an acculturated drug and the rest aren't.</i><br /><br />Which is?Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69387234754957266842010-11-27T20:30:39.805-06:002010-11-27T20:30:39.805-06:00Didn't you recently come out against legalizat...Didn't you recently come out against legalization of pot because of the chaos it would cause?<br /><br />Wouldn't special dispensation for certain Prof.-approved artists create even more chaos?tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25339026071563012902010-11-27T19:41:53.961-06:002010-11-27T19:41:53.961-06:00I'd feel safer because of the bust, but they l...I'd feel safer because of the bust, but they let that maniac out loose on bail! Now we're all in danger again, since - with that bus - he could strike again, almost anywhere, without warning.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2835479048554571342010-11-27T19:40:29.972-06:002010-11-27T19:40:29.972-06:00edutcher --
"The problem is that people like...edutcher --<br /><br />"The problem is that people like that are never happy just offing themselves. They have to take as many as they can with them."<br /><br />Drunks off <i>far</i> more people than stoners do. <br /><br />"But there's a reason alcohol is an acculturated drug and the rest aren't."<br /><br />Yeah, industry. Read a bit. It's rather recent, you know.Oligonicellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656818633822942314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72774690387218143312010-11-27T17:51:50.140-06:002010-11-27T17:51:50.140-06:00"Leave Willie alone."
As Glenn might sa..."Leave Willie alone."<br /><br />As Glenn might say, "laws are for the little people!"T J Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260687428823173972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40720830213928406432010-11-27T17:38:39.332-06:002010-11-27T17:38:39.332-06:00Leave us all alone.
Legalize the pot already, ple...Leave us all alone.<br /><br />Legalize the pot already, please.paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9770843905023496382010-11-27T17:24:08.189-06:002010-11-27T17:24:08.189-06:00Don't the police have anything more important ...Don't the police have anything more important to do? How about catching some cayotes bringing a truckload of illegals into the USA. Isn't that the Border Patrol's primary mission (one they are failing at). Is this a distraction from the ineptitude of the USBP in guarding our borders? Are they infringing on DEA's turf in some arcane bureaucratoic infighting? Or was it just a day filled with too much boredom.Wizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07320560118598320824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55218622782577668022010-11-27T17:22:46.610-06:002010-11-27T17:22:46.610-06:00To the contrary. Some phony folksy wants his opini...To the contrary. Some phony folksy wants his opinion to be the only one.<br /><br />Wrong.<br /><br />The dullard is the one who can't stand disagreement.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589958656028023357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82832835155067259062010-11-27T17:19:28.106-06:002010-11-27T17:19:28.106-06:00And now Homeland Security is seizing website domai...And now Homeland Security is seizing website domain names - to protect Hollywood copyrights. I'm okay with (reasonable) enforcement of copyright laws, but is this really the job of Homeland Security? Similarly, should Border Patrol be worried about what American citizens are doing if those citizens aren't actually crossing the border? Mission creep.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26059986812223277242010-11-27T17:12:32.786-06:002010-11-27T17:12:32.786-06:00Will(i)e gets a special dispensation.
I agree.. I...<i>Will(i)e gets a special dispensation</i>.<br /><br />I agree.. I know its a precarious precedent but..<br /><br />Willie is a national treasure.. hes like one hundred years old.. After what the IRS has done with him.. enough!Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30248006837581773032010-11-27T16:56:45.210-06:002010-11-27T16:56:45.210-06:00Trooper York said...
I never thought I would ever...Trooper York said...<br /><br /><i>I never thought I would ever say this but I totally agree with Jeremy. All drugs should be legalized. If you want to kill yourself then go right ahead.</i><br /><br />The problem is that people like that are never happy just offing themselves. They have to take as many as they can with them.<br /><br />PS Jeremy doesn't want to talk about the fact you don't necessarily drink for the purpose of getting drunk. Drugs, OTOH, are for the express purpose of getting wasted - an apt description.<br /><br />Truth in advertising - I've never taken a drink, the couple of times somebody wanted me to, I didn't like the taste. My old man was a drunk (no other word for it). I'm no friend of booze.<br /><br />But there's a reason alcohol is an acculturated drug and the rest aren't.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589958656028023357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20812235509830620812010-11-27T16:56:12.833-06:002010-11-27T16:56:12.833-06:00edutcher emotes:
Don't know how successful a...edutcher emotes: <br /><br /><i>Don't know how successful a singer (since he can't sing), but any money he ever had, the IRS got long ago.</i><br /><br />Newsflash - if people pay you a lot of money over the course of a career for singing, you are a successful singer. Basic point of definition. What you do with that money is a separate issue. <br /><br /><i>Some phony folksy, like all our small c commies, is a captain of industry when he isn't railing against it.</i><br /><br />Hmm, don't recall referring to myself as a "captain of industry" or as railing against it. Industry is what it is, as are the industrious. <br /><br /><i>Some phony folksy is, of course, an expert on everything and a son of the Alamo, too.</i><br /><br />While some of my ancestors were in Texas at the time of the Alamo, they were nowhere near San Antonio when that last stand was made, so I can't claim the title of Son of the Alamo. Also, I'm not an expert on everything, but I'm also not a dullard on everything. You take that title, however, chief. Take a bow.somefellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013403004665789644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73716693611823544102010-11-27T16:54:21.881-06:002010-11-27T16:54:21.881-06:00I never thought I would ever say this but I totall...<i>I never thought I would ever say this but I totally agree with Jeremy.</i><br /><br />See, old Willie is bringing people together.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41914433142747941982010-11-27T16:52:32.297-06:002010-11-27T16:52:32.297-06:00How about this for a reason to leave Willie alone ...How about this for a reason to leave Willie alone - He got busted near the Mexican border with 6 ounces of pot. How much pot crosses the Mexican border every day? How much coke? (The kind without the trademark.) How many other illicit drugs? How much drug money and weapons head south over that border every day? How many illegal immigrants pass over the border every day?<br /><br />A whole hell of a lot, that's how much. <br /><br />So is busting an old musician for six ounces of pot really the best utilization of our resources? <br /><br />To the US Border Patrol: Leave Willie alone because his crime is inconsequential. Go bust some real badass criminals and do your fucking jobs.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75126400444214002392010-11-27T16:49:55.763-06:002010-11-27T16:49:55.763-06:00Whoa. It's Crabby Saturday on the Althouse bl...Whoa. It's Crabby Saturday on the Althouse blog. <br /><br />Get outside and enjoy the fresh air. Work in the yard a while. Pull some weeds.<br /><br />Uh..Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19770387284265116082010-11-27T16:46:21.009-06:002010-11-27T16:46:21.009-06:00Trooper York says: Just because he was concieved a...Trooper York says: <i>Just because he was concieved and born in the back seat of a rental car does not make him a son of the Alamo.</i><br /><br />Ha! Good one. But coming into the world that way Hertz.somefellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013403004665789644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14269784359937810812010-11-27T16:41:38.350-06:002010-11-27T16:41:38.350-06:00Trooper
I could not figure out about the bowling ...Trooper<br /><br />I could not figure out about the bowling ball. <br /><br />So I went here and found out<br /><br />http://www.goingfaster.com/angst/harleyjokes2.htm<br /><br />Thanks for 10 minutes of my life that I will not get back. <br /><br />John Henry<br /><br />Former harley owner from back in the day when they sold Harley brand 90 weight motor oil and you still needed a pan to catch the leakage.John henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83835444200833880852010-11-27T16:24:13.040-06:002010-11-27T16:24:13.040-06:00So he took his bowling ball and put it in the sink...So he took his bowling ball and put it in the sink.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84838228821269324782010-11-27T16:21:46.946-06:002010-11-27T16:21:46.946-06:00I never thought I would ever say this but I totall...I never thought I would ever say this but I totally agree with Jeremy. All drugs should be legalized. If you want to kill yourself then go right ahead.<br /><br />You can't make a law against being stupid.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.com