hypocrisy flavored alcohol, yummy! (if you're a piglet)

The Government works for us. We pay their salaries. When "we, the people" say jump the only proper responses for them are to either jump or ask how high?

That's high school civics. But we all know the real world doesn't work like high school civics. In reality, government employees--both elected politicians and appointed bureaucrats--often have their own agendas. With their proximity to the levers of power, they can implement their own agendas--even if they're in direct contradiction to the will of the people.

We're about to have a test of whether we are a banana republic or whether the state of Massachusetts is an orderly, law-abiding, democratic government.

If the agents of the state, the cops, take their duties seriously, they will issue civil citations and that will be all. If they find a work-around to haul people down-town, scare them, detain them in a holding cell before issuing a citation, or plant marijuana on them, we'll know that something is very wrong in the Bay State.

Here's the question:

Will the police follow the law?

I suspect they will. But we must remain vigilant. . .

The whole situation with that cops rant reminds me of when i was a kid, getting arrested for curfew violations, and flipping out about how its bogus that I have to pay for the tickets because I was out to late. I ranted on and on to my parents and all they could say is, "we don't make the laws and you have to abide by them" I would love to see that cop on the street and tell him the same thing my parents told me, "You don't make the laws, if you don't like them then move out!!" Hes prolly just pissed because hes losing his overtime pay for busting potheads. Its interesting to see that since it wont take him 4 hours to ticket a pothead hes actually going to have to resort to arresting real criminals.

Not only are police officers public servants, they’re also public figures, meaning their right to privacy is diminished and they have fewer defenses in cases of  purported libel or slander.

Part of Officer Jim Carnell’s job as a public figure is public relations.  He’s obviously failed miserably in that critical capacity.  The tongue lashing he’s given to Massachusetts voters may not get him suspended, but I doubt he’ll be promoted to any higher rank or position in the police department in the future.  Free speech may be free, but it can still have consequences.

The puzzling aspect of all this is Carnell’s emotional involvement regarding little ol’ marijuana.  If someone changed a few zoning laws, it probably wouldn’t make much difference to Carnell.  But something about cannabis just sets him off—to the potential detriment of his own career.  Truly strange.  If we could better understand this kind of knee-jerk phenomena at a clinical level, we would be closer ending drug hysteria and thereby the drug war.

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just like his Nazi brothers before him the party is over and now it will be time to either pay for his crimes or suicide .my message is to him take one though the head you evil muther fukcer.wtf

..will probably try to join the SWAT team, since he can't arrest smokers. Then he could get his rocks off shooting dogs and kids.Detestable, authoritarian ass ,he is. And ,nodoubt ,he's heard it by now, big time.

This comment is relevant to our efforts in general, so I apologize if you find this comment off-topic, hoping you will still take a moment to read and think about it.

To defeat our opponents, we all must first understand their vulnerabilities.

Their main vulnerability is the need to publicly lie.

We need to focus sharply on this vulnerability.

How?

Every time a proposed change in the law to reduce or eliminate penalties relevant to drug use comes along, prohibitionists publicly proclaim disaster if the change happens.

Since a number of proposed changes have been implemented, surely prohibitionists have evidence backing up their proclamation that a disastrous shift results from such law changes.

Every time a prohibitionist publicly states the same proclamation, we should simply, nicely, publicly invite the prohibitionist, who certainly can only gain by sharing such evidence, to back up the proclamation by publicly providing such evidence.

As Mark Twain said, "If you always tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

Prohibitionists have a lot to remember. Let's constantly use their lies against them to publicly eliminate their credibility.

Focus is key, and the reform movement, with tremendous respect for the hard work done, lacks focus.

Without this focus, we dilute ourselves.

The public majority needs simplicity. All we need to do is nicely repeat the invitation. This method of opposition is as simple as it gets.

Focus everything on this invitation, and victory will be ours soon.

id complain to if the free ride was over .now these fat lazy motherfuckers are going to realy have to work for thiere money.actualy having to bust real crimnals and they unlike the peaceful pot smokes will shoot back .ill bet half of those pussys quit now that some real work is needed .one good thing it will seperate the men from the boys im afraid drug cops are mostly mamma boys

Anyone with any experience or intelligence--or who is even willing to take the time and look at the existing research--knows weed is for all practical purposed harmless and its illegality a victimless crime. Those who make their living off of its illegality, however, are having to face the realization that what they declared war on, what they despise, is actually harmless, even beneficial, and used by millions in this country alone. This is like telling a man his god is a devil.

Many countries in Europe have illegal cannabis on the books. There are comparatively no arrests though because the cops on the beat look the other way. This is what needs to happen here, but will not as long as ignorant people such as this man can spread their pompous ignorance. For an authority figure such ignorance is very dangerous.

And I agree. If they had to go after real criminals, who put up resistance...or who fight back, perhaps this thing would take a different turn.

I encourage everyone to write to President Elect Obama as I have. It is my belief he is still a bit in the dark about this fight...and also unpunished for smoking serious reefer in college.

How in good conscience can he allow anyone punished for what he did? Or Schwarzennegger? Or the half of Congress that likes to brag about "those days" when they smoked? For their giggle of experience, another man has lost his job, did some time, and obtained a criminal record. This is hypocrisy defined.

This policeman should be fired,he not there to set policy and admonish the taxpayers that pay to put bread on his table ,only to enforce laws that the peoples representives make.Why has he not been fired?
Mass. residents should demand this!
One more thing , did anyone hear that john kerry and gov.deval were against this law that was passed by the majority of mass. residents?
and if so should these two democrats be grilled on who they really represent?

In New York, neighbor to Massachusetts, possession user amounts of cannabis (under about 7/8 oz) is a violation -- equal to a parking ticket and not a crime. This has caused no problem whatever. Surely Officer Jim Carnell is aware of these facts. Or is he?