Oh no! Willie's been busted

[sharp_stick]

Willie Nelson and his bud's caught carrying 1.5 lb of herb and some magic shrooms. I know some people that are going to want to back up his band in the future.

Gotta be careful with that stuff, Tommy Chong had to do 9 months just for trying to sell a bong. I don't know about LA but there are some States where possession will get you almost as much time as robbing a 7-11. No wonder the jails are so full.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14894300/

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[Skidmore]

1. 1.5 lbs.....

What what was he planning to do, make a salad?

[Subdivisions]

22. The road can be long when you're away from

your weed connect!

[POAS]

40. That sounds like a good weekend!

[ComerPerro]

2. that's a lot of herb

[skids]

5. Not for Willie :-) n/t

[blm]

43. I was gonna say that. ;))))

Not for Willie and not for Snoop.

[Chipper Chat]

3. Willie's faced so much crap in his life

he'll undoubtedly worm his way out of this.
Maybe Kinky Friedman will intervene.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I was trying to remember the name of that song,

I don't smoke with Willie anymore or something like that.

[Traveling_Home]

20. Weed With Willie by Toby Keith link

If you have the free Napster http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/13402639

[Uncle Joe]

28. Thanks Traveling Home,

it ranks right up there with "The Devil Went Down to Jamaica":)

[warrens]

6. They gotta figure out who owned it

I think they'll beat it. Just being around it isn't enough to get a conviction.

[JuniperLea]

7. One thing for certain...

WILLIE NELSON

Blackjack booted demons
Have surrounded my home
Got dogs and 'copters
and keep ringing my phone

Well I don't know if I'm coming or going
If it's them or me
Oh, but one things for certain
Willie Nelson only smokes the killer weed

Now they're breaking my windows
Banging on my doors
Got me down and hog-tied
Rifling through my drawers
Boss demon tells me
Oh how he would like to kill me
Wait a minute tough guy
My disease does that for free

Well I don't know if I'm coming or going
If it's them or me
Oh, but one things for certain
Willie Nelson only smokes the killer weed
Well I don't know if I'm coming or going
If it's them or me
Oh, but one things for certain
Willie Nelson only smokes the greenest green
Well I don't know if I'm coming or going
If it's them or me
Oh, but one things for certain
Willie Nelson only smokes the killer weed

[uncle ray]

59. CLUTCH rules.

best rock band ever. says me.

[JuniperLea]

63. Lyrically, I would have to agree

I have too many favorites to say best ever... but you go for it uncle ray!!!

[melissinha]

8. No doubt there was "intent to share"

I'm sure he meant to distribute, but not to charge.

[Liberal Dose]

9. On the Colbert Report, all Toby Keith could talk about was the excess

amount of weed being smoked on Willie's bus. My husband looked at me and said, "Is he trying to get Willie busted or what?" Sure sounded like it.

[DesertRat]

49. I thought the same thing watching Keith on Colbert

Is it just a coincidence that a few days later a trooper pulls over the bus? Geez, thanks Toby Keith! I'm sure that's the last time he gets invited!

[Nozebro]

10. Why was his bus stopped in the first place? DWW? Cops know there's

a good chance they'll get to bring more people into the criminal injustice system if they spot a famous person's car/bus/van & pull it over with or without probably cause to justify searching it and planting evidence in it if can't find anything during the search. PLUS, whenever the cop gets back to the cop shop, s/he can brag to the other piggies about "what it was like to bust Willie".

[Roon]

62. And that is exactly why weed will always be illegal

just the smell of weed gives the pigs probable cause so they can search for the drugs they are really after. Coke, crank, etc.

[cleodog]

11. Pretext

I would like to know the pretext the cops used for stopping Willie. Less than 2 weeks ago, some country singer was on Colbert saying he smoked with Willie on Willie's bus. It was funny, but I had a bad feeling for Willie. I figured the RW nuts would inform the cops about "Willie's Bus" and use some pretext to pull the bus over. Even if common knowledge that Willie is smoking, no need to out him and his bus. Best of luck Willie.

[sharp_stick]

12. I think it was a vehicle inspection station

You have to stop trucks and busses at these places, mostly for brake and equipment checks but the Troopers are usually there too.

[Chico Man]

39. try not to toke before the inspection stations....

Kind of like not toking before a toll booth. I'm sure rolling down the window of a fishbowled car at a toll booth with get you a visit from the not so friendlies as well...

[gaspee]

17. I saw that

and had the exact same thoughts. It was Toby Keith, that idiot.

Sure, just get on national TV and talk about all the pot on Willie's bus.

I'm sure glad my tax dollars are going to apprehending such dangerous people as 73 year old Willie Nelson who likes to toke.

Unbelievable.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

38. Hey, he's a terra=ist, don't you get it?

smoking a naturally growing plant will put your country at risk!

stupid, silly, shortsighted, and brain-dead drug policies.

[Bake]

48. Not like it was a big surprise, though

I mean, doesn't EVERYBODY know Willie has weed on his bus? He tells the story of tokin' up on the roof of the White House (while a guest of the Big Dog).

Bake

[me b zola]

56. I think that was while Nixon was in office

:shrug:

[AspenRose]

13. Wish they'd leave Willie Nelson alone

He's a Texas treasure, an American treasure and Farm Aid is coming up. He ain't hurtin' nobody.

[wicket]

16. Amen!

:kick:

[KyndCulture]

14. Fuck this shit.... leave Willie Alone.

[MrCoffee]

15. Willie? Pot? I can't believe it.

[StraightDope]

18. Oh, man...

Poor guy! The red-headed stranger can't get a break... :cry:

[mdmc]

19. Another BFEE setup!

Can't they leave the good guys alone? Free Willie!

[QuestionAll...]

50. if you don't buy hard drugs in bulk

and contribute to the BFEE treasury.. well, sorry out of luck.

something like if a peon murdered one person, it's a crime. But murder a country and it's freedom lovin' patriot shit.

[KyndCulture]

21. Well somebody on that bus is going down....

for that pound and half.... that far above the 20gram misdemenor.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

46. It doesn't matter in LA.

From the NORML website...

First offense (any amount): Misdemeanor, punished by up to 6 months & $500

[Jim Warren]

23. LOL, average age 62.2 years

Also cited were......
Tony Sizemore, 59
Bobbie Nelson, 75
Gates Moore, 54
David Anderson, 50
Nelson, 73

This is elder abuse fer chrisakes, and wtf is with "narcotic" mushrooms?

Somebody clue these clueless crackers will ya.

[KyndCulture]

25. I asked the same question...

In my experience narcotic mushrooms are poisonous.


Since psylocibin contains not narcotic by products... this sends my bullshit meter on tilt.

[Swamp Rat]

24. Tommy Chong took the rap for his son and wife.

NPR: Tommy Chong: Free, and Back on the Road
Fresh Air from WHYY, February 7, 2005 ·

Comedian Tommy Chong. As one half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong, Tommy Chong made a career out of making jokes about being stoned. Along with Cheech Marin, Chong recorded six gold comedy albums and starred in seven films. He currently has a recurring role on FOX TV's That '70s Show. The role comes after Chong spent nine months in prison; he pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia.

Chong's arrest was part of the U.S. Justice Department's Operation Pipe Dreams investigation of Internet distribution of drug paraphernalia like bongs and marijuana pipes. Chong says he pleaded guilty to protect his son, whose company was targeted. Chong is now on his first tour since leaving prison, performing in the play The Marijuana-Logues. An upcoming reunion will take place between Chong and his long-time partner Cheech Marin.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4488902

[Uncle Joe]

51. Did you hear Tommy Chong's version of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues?

I hear the train a coming
It's coming around the bend
I hope it's full of women
Cause I am tired of f**ing men


:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

52. LOL!

:rofl:

[lpbk2713]

26. Well it's been rough and rocky travellin' .......

Link: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/nelson-willie/me-and-paul-2533.html




Almost busted in Laredo,
But for reasons that I'd rather not disclose,
But if you're stayin' in a motel there and leave,
Just don't leave nothin' in your clothes.

And at the airport in Milwaukee,
They refused to let us board the plane at all,
They said we looked suspicious,
But I believe they like to pick on me and Paul.



Here we go again .......

[dogday]

27. He was only carrying his traveling stash

not that much, should see it when he goes on tour....

[Gregorian]

29. After that Colbert report with the country singer goon, I just knew it.

He was going on and on about how Willie's bus was a rolling joint. That turd! I was cringing right there, knowing he'd get busted shortly thereafter. And here we are.

But it's a sacrifice we have to make in order to have a whiter, cleaner, brighter, safer, Amerikkka.

Assholes! Where's Osama? Where's the anthrax killer?

[lonestarnot]

34. Damn good post! But I hate to think it's all Stephen's fault.

Where's Osama? Where's the anthrax killer? I too would like to know!

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. To be fair, even Bill clinton used to joke around about it with him.

:shrug:

[Stinky The Clown]

30. I'd have Willie's baby ......

.... if that were possible.

[newspeak]

32. so, Keith outed Willy

no comparison--I'd take Willie over Toby-I'd take the Dixie Chicks over Toby any day!!! Don't they know that weed is actually in the food group, and I hear, quite healthy for you. I've seen the cookbooks-it's an ingredient in spaghetti sauce, brownies, salads, and adds flavor to other various sauces. :smoke:

[cain_7777]

31. A black man with 1.5 lbs of grass is beaten and thrown in prison...

Willy gets a misdemeanor citation.

[lonestarnot]

35. A rich man that Willy. He can afford to support the State. LOL

:sarcasm: I'm sorry Willy.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

47. Well, in LA it is a crime that gets a misdemeanor citation.

Any amount (first offense): misdemeanor punished by up to 6 months & $500

The black man might still be wrongfully beaten & thrown in jail, but Willy did get the misdemeanor citation he was supposed to get.

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[Bluebear]

37. What's wrong with cocksuckers?

:)

[Joanne98]

36. Why can't they leave poor old Willie alone!

Nazi fucks!

[laylah]

41. This gives a whole

new meaning to "On the Road Again" :grin:. Well, I for one, sure the hell hope he/they beat it; however, his gifts of whiskey and bandanas to the legislators from Texas who "went on the lam" into OK will be a point of vengeance for many.

Jenn

[ms liberty]

42. Like the entire world doesn't know Willie smokes all the time?

The surprise would be if Willie's bus DIDN'T smell like pot! This cop was looking for an easy bust. But the interesting thing is that they all got off with a CITATION for a pound and a half of reefer and magic shrooms - I know I would never be that lucky!

[RandiRhodesArchives]

45. His bus runs I biodiesel, I'm sure that has NOTHING to do with it...

going around America showing us how we're sucking big oil's dick meanwhile the bio-diesel technology is availible to all if it wasn't for greed, greed and more greed. Busting Willie Nelson for weed is like busting Mel Gibson for drunk driving!

[sendero]

53. "narcotic mushrooms"..

... what a bunch of douchebag idiots.

[pinkpops]

55. absolute worst kind

[IowaGuy]

54. That cop ought to be ashamed....

bustin' Willies tour bus for pot is the moral equivalent of shooting ducks on a pond....
where is the challenge?
where is the professional pride?

As Gomer Pyle would say...Shame, shame shame!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

57. Another stunning victory in our $40 Billion a year "war on drugs"

Woo-Hoo! Your tax dollars at work.

[Bucky]

58. How Willie will avoid prison... TEAMWORK!

from the Louisville Courier-Journal:

Williams said when the trooper entered the doorway of the vehicle, he immediately smelled marijuana. After searching the bus, the trooper confiscated one and a half pounds of marijuana and two-tenths of a pound of mushrooms.

The quantity of drugs, if found in possession of one person, is enough to warrant a charge of distribution, which is a felony. But Williams said all five people on the bus, including Nelson, claimed the drugs as their own, and so they were each charged with misdemeanors.

Also cited were Tony Sizemore, 59, of St. Cloud, Fla.; Bobbie Nelson, 75, of Briarcliff, Texas; Gates Moore, 54, of Austin, Texas; and David Anderson, 50, of Dallas, Texas.

Man, thems are some really old stoners!

[Laurab]

60. It was bound to happen - much as I'd like to blame Toby Keith

I can't. I've never seen anyone as outspoken about his love of weed as Willie. I just read the new bio about him, and it starts out with a story of someone being passed out, while Willie smoked the same stuff and seemingly isn't affected at all.

Interviews with Willie....same thing. I have no doubt that the RW's wanted him busted, but if you know anything at all about Willie, Toby Keith wasn't exactly spilling secrets. I don't like the guy (Keith), but I really doubt it had anything to do with him.

That being said, I DON'T doubt that the Right Wing loonies wanted to get him. I have no doubt that Willie expected it sooner or later, that's why they ALL claimed possession. Willie is a smart guy, I'm sure he knows he's on their shit list, and I'm sure he knows the law, too.

I just think it's funny that they all claimed possession - must have kinda ruined it for the arresting assholes.

[Keepontruking]

61. Willie Boy

I'm sure they are just afraid he will become
addicted...........HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Circus girl