Prop. 19 and legalizing marijuana: What now? - latimes.com

I, as a person looking in on a situation that could have nation-changing potential, was so saddened by the failure of Prop 19. But hope is not lost. This L.A. Times article details why, we as the rebel alliance of stoners, must remain faithful. Even if we want to kill each other, we must not kill the cause or do anything to disrupt its success.
Prop. 19 and legalizing marijuana: What now? - latimes.com

Califiornia failed itself, yet again.

Yesterday, Prop 19, a proposed legislation that would legalize the growth, cultivation, consumption, and distribution for profit of Marijuana legal, was denied by a 54 to 46 percent vote. In one year alone, the tax revenue of the Marijuana bought and sold in that state alone could be in the billions. In a state where people can't even get their tax returns because the State is actually bankrupt, I thought this sounded like a great idea.

To my knowledge, the only person who actually spread the word about it at all was Comedian Doug Benson with his Pot the Vote Tour. Although that was done throughout the tale end of the summer and the vote wasn't until November 2nd I still commend the man for trying to get something done.

Now here's the rub: Prop 19 lost by a majority vote of 54 percent. 5 percent would have assured outright legalization and yet for some reason, Californian's couldn't make that extra push to get out and really vote it down into a land-slide. I mean, the numbers should have been more like 85 to 15 percent for Prop 19 if the honest, determined voters showed up to actually get the legislation passed. BUT NO! The margin was left so close, for all we know someone could have just BOUGHT the four percent that assured the majority vote. WHY and HOW could the vote have been so close?

It's a downright shame that this happened. I, for one, thought that was in the bag. I thought weed would have been legal, sure thing, easy money. I guess the Law and Order: SVU marathon they were running on the USA network that day really fucked things up, especially considering TNT was running a The Closer marathon concurrently. Yeah, I guess anytime people who can ACROSS THE BOARD AGREE THAT WEED SHOULD BE LEGAL STILL WON'T GET OUT TO VOTE TO MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY FUCKING HAPPENS! SHAME TO YOU, CALIFORNIA! FUCKING SHAME!

You don't deserve your god damn tax returns.

Zach Galifianakis Smokes Joint on Real Time with Bill Maher: CA Prop 19

If you live in California, today is a BIG day. Prop 19 will either be smashed into compost, or Marijuana will be legal in California, across the board and outright. This is a clip taken from Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. Zach Galifianakis Smokes a Joint on live television. Whether or not it was in suppport of Prop 19 or purely an impulse he had at the moment is for you the viewer to decide. But I feel it was political. I love that Zach doesn't pass it to Bill, but to the white lady in the pink dress, who merely smells the joint, confirming its authenticity.

Rare Journalism for real Marijuana Activists

This is an article in Sunday's Washington Post Magazine called "Boutique Buds: What underground mom-and-pop growers did while we debated legalization". It breaks down the much theorized THC grading scale, making the comparisons to wineries that much more of a reality. It discusses several "home growers" who have made great strides in not only the science of growing of marijuana, they have also paved the way in establishing a new and fascinating concept: Weed can act as not only a spirit to be consumed for enjoyment, but also a medicine for very specific problems, depending on the strain. Mainly though, it points out that without any kind of governing body to help organize or distribute their product, other than themselves, independent growers silently became pioneers of American Marijuana.

This is all common knowledge to anyone who doesn't use the term, "druggie" when describing someone who smokes weed. But, to most of the Palin, Tea-Party, Toby Keith crowd, Marijuana is still something used to get Black Men to rape their precious White Women. As far as most conservatives know, they still see Dyed-shirt, Hacky-Sacky, Tofu-searing, liberal, hippie, freaks when they hear the words, "Pot", "Weed", "Marijuana" or whatever other word one would use to describe one of nature's most amazing gifts.

If you find yourself reading this article and you discover that you're in the second category, the willfully ignorant, I suggest you head on over to this link and eat yourself some more truth and digest the reality of the situation. (That's a joke for anyone who gets the reference to the fact that in a recent study, eating Marijuana was proven to help cure Chron's Disease)

(Image featured above taken from WashingtonPost.com's article : "Boutique Buds"