Marijuana

[Whoo]

Well, I think that's one of the reasons Obama is trying to get the national medical database set up.  Sure, if you're on a trip or have to see a couple of different docs, having your health history readily available is great.  But part of that medical record will also include what medications you are being prescribed, and how often.  I know at OU, the nurses are assigned the task of copying your medication sheets, giving you the copy, and asking you to verify that everything is correct.  You know that info is in their online database.  I also know meds can be tracked by a doctor's DEA #, but it doesn't track the patient, per se.  I also forsee a greater shift toward the utilization of pan management specialists in the future - they make you sign pain contracts. ;)  You blow it, you're red flagged, and that is definitely part of the medical record.

[WhatMeWorry?]

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA

[Mr T]

Ha ha ha!  I love the really old films of him singing that song, with his hat and shoes, and the audience. 

[Whoo]

Eons ago, I was working on a case that required me and another person working on it to make a trip to Muskogee to file some stuff at the federal courthouse there.  Both of us had been working on this case virtually round the clock, and we were at a point we were silly from exhaustion.  This was before we hit the road at 4am to be there when the courthouse opened.

Everything was funny to us by this time (odd how a lack of sleep can do that to you).  Naturally, we had to sing the song on the way there, then I surprised my coworker by pulling one out and sparking it up across the street from the courthouse in homage to Mr. Haggard.  Then everything was REALLY funny.  Somehow, we got lost leaving town and got on this one road that had rural route signs on it.  My co-worker, being a lifelong city kid, thought the "RR" stood for Rooster Route because of all the chickens everywhere - priceless!!!! ;D  I let her talk about those Rooster Route signs with people back at the office, didn't correct her on it until everyone else had a good laugh too. ;D

[hammondjam]

In Muskogee, it might very well have meant Rooster Route. Chickens is money! No chickens, no entertainment, no gamblin' money, no new Wolverines for mama!

Times is changing though. A few years ago when I was going to Muskogee on a regular basis, I saw a goth kid walking down the street WITH PURPLE HAIR! Conservatives are losing the fight, I think!

[Mr T]

Was the kid smoking marijuana? ::O:

Stats just out from the FBI reveal 758,593 people were arrested for possession in 2009.  Thank God we don't have any REAL problems we could be spending time and money and prison-space on - we would be in big trouble! 

Naturally our priorities are straight.  Fight the plant invented by Satan.

[flybananas]

Well,  did y'all see about the 66 yo woman who was getting high in her car on lunch break?  They got THAT scary criminal off the streets, thank God!!     :2018:

she works at OCCC in the kitchen.

[Mr T]

Well, thank god the children are safe! ::D: 

Now we have taken a middle-aged woman out of the work-force,  ended her tax-paying, and put her in jail on our dime.  She was probably only working at the age of 66 because she needed to addict a new generation to the Evil Weed.  Thank god we have ruined her life and ended her time as a tax-payer.  She is evil and I will gladly pay to lock her up and throw away the key.  I know it will be very expensive  but I'm sure it is worth it.  They wouldn't lie to us.  Would they?

Legalize, regulate, sell to adults, tax like cigarettes.  It stops the bleeding at both ends of the equation.

[Whoo]

...and in the meantime, legal countries continue to laugh at us. :-[

[flybananas]

she worked at francis tuttle, my bad

[Whoo]

I was watching Bill Maher last night and one of his guests was Carl Sagan's wife.  I didn't know she was the chief of the NORML board of directors. 8)

[Mr T]

Very cool. :8):

Do you ever feel like there are two different Americas?

[hammondjam]

The more I look around at the way things are, the more I think there's two Americas. Law enforcement can legally knock open my front door, shoot my dog, throw my disabled wife to the floor and stand on my head with a Mossberg riot 12 guage aimed at me....because pot is SUCH an evil "narcotic" that harsh measures are called for when dealing with users. Yeah RIGHT...unless it's Paris Hilton. Hell, it can be addictive cocktails of chemical drugs and as long as the user is Lindsay Lohan and WAS an actress she can disrespect the court, get jail time, get out early, do it again and get out early.  I'm really tired of the media parading both of these chicks around and shoving our noses in the fact that if you have money or can grace a tabloid, you get second, third and fourth chances!  :mad:

I played Tiny Tim in my gradeschool's production of A Christmas Carol. I wonder how those creds work for ME?  ::)

[Whoo]

Well, to again reference Bill Maher, he said he just hops on the yacht and goes out into international waters if he wants to throw a party because he wants his guests to feel free to smoke while they joke.  To his credit, he also said in the past there are plenty of reasons (like owning a yacht) the tax breaks on the wealthiest Americans should expire. 

[Mr T]

It's really sweet to be rich in America.  For everyone else, it pretty much sucks.