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Successful Pot Smokers: Let’s Make a List
The Agitator —
The latest absurdity to come out of the Office of National Drug Control Policy is an anti-pot PR campaign with the motto, “Hey, not trying to be your mom, but there aren’t many jobs out there for potheads.”
The first three ads suggest that drug users can look forward to a career as a “burrito taster,” a “couch security guard,” or “remote control operator.”
It’s an incredibly lame campaign, and reeks of stodgy wonks making a desperate attempt to look hip.
The Marijuana Policy Project’s Bruce Mirken adds:
By the way, jobs held by people who’ve acknowledged ...
“Not many jobs out there for potheads”
Balloon Juice —
That’s the latest absurdity from the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Radley Balko calls bullshit and lists a few people who managed to find jobs in spite of their pot use:
Barack Obama, president-elect. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the U.S. John Kerry, U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic nominee for president. John Edwards, multi-millionaire, former U.S. Senator, and 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president. Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, 2008 Republican nominee for vice president. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, ...
11/13: Netroots To Senate Dems: Stand Up For Yourselves!
Blogometer —
November 13, 2008 11/13: Netroots To Senate Dems: Stand Up For Yourselves! Liberal bloggers aren't letting up in their aggressive effort to convince Senate Dems to remove ex- John McCain surrogate/CT Sen. Joe Lieberman as chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. However, they're growing increasingly pessimistic ...
Will Pot And Hookers Help Rescue California And Nevada From The Bush Economic Miracle?
DownWithTyranny! —
Morning in Vegas: end of the hooker shift Jim Gibbons, Nevada's Republican Governor took the "No Tax Increases" pledge before being elected and would rather ask already underpaid teachers to take a 6% pay cut and to lop over one-third of the support Nevada gives higher education off the state budget than go back on his pledge. Problem is, of course, the ...
