One toke over the line sweet Jesus: Tancredo to toke up

[Fumesucker]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/279169-former-rep-tom-tancredo-loses-bet-will-smoke-pot

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo loses bet, will smoke pot



Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) said Thursday he will uphold his end of a bet and smoke marijuana now that the drug has been legalized by a Colorado voting referendum.

The former congressman and anti-illegal immigration activist had told the maker of a documentary about the ballot initiative that he would smoke pot if the measure passed, despite not being a drug user. On Nov. 6, Colorado voters approved marijuana for recreational use 55 percent to 45 percent.

"Look, I made a bet with the producer of the film that if Amendment 64 passed (I did not think it would) that I would smoke pot," Tancredo said in a statement to Fox News. "I will therefore smoke pot under circumstances we both agree are legal under Colorado law. Hey, it's better than having to do a stupid dance as (Denver) Mayor (Michael) Hancock must perform as a result of losing a bet on the Broncos beating the Ravens."

Despite the bet, Tancredo said he was a supporter of the referendum, believing that government enforcement of anti-marijuana laws was "wasteful and ineffective."

[MADem]

1. This is probably not a very good idea.

Maybe if he smoked some of the ditch weed/mild stuff from back in the sixties, but nowadays that stuff is pretty strong. He might freak out.

I hope whoever gets the stuff for him gets him something that is not too strong.

[Fumesucker]

2. A tune for Tom to tap his toes to while he tokes

[MADem]

4. That clip never fails to put me on the floor in absolute hysterical laughter.

In my callow youth, that horrible show was a staple because the ancestors enjoyed it.

Looking back on it, it is SO dorky it is funny....and that clip is just a scream! Sweet Jesus, indeed!

Pity the Singing Senators weren't still in business--Trent Lott, John Ashcroft et.al. could really rock the house with that arrangement!!!

[Fumesucker]

5. And a one and a two..

As soon as the announcer coughs I start cracking up, I still haven't decided if he was being a smartass.

[MADem]

6. Probably no accident that he was sponsored by Miller "High" Life....

....the Champagne of Bottled Beers!!!

[beevul]

3. It could actually do some good.

Its possible...not likely...but possible...that he could see that it isn't the thing that so many anti-mj people say it is, and doesn't actually do what so many anti-mj people says it does.

I'm skeptical, but hopeful.

The nation and particularly the people we call our leaders, needs to open its eyes on MJ.

[Politicalboi]

7. It might help his hair

It always looks like it's in pain.

But today's weed is weak. Compared to the shit I used to smoke 30 years ago. The kind where you could smell in your pocket even when it was double bagged. The kind that would stick to the baggie. The kind that would give you cotton mouth that you couldn't talk. The kind that made your eyes so red and glazed you couldn't keep them open. Or the kind where a lot of resin appeared out of the joint. The shit today is almost just that, shit IMO.

My tolerance is high, but I used to smoke with people who were 20 or 30 years my senior in the 80's who's tolerance should have been as high as mine is now, and they got wasted 30 years ago. I just don't see it, or feel it like the old days. Back then, your eyes and giggling would get you busted. Today, you have to ask someone if they smoked anything.