tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8165990984806663518..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: 'Treat it like tomatoes' ... an ode for David SimpsonGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36944207905522437042015-04-21T08:22:15.829-05:002015-04-21T08:22:15.829-05:00Love it. Retired from the court and not running f...Love it. Retired from the court and not running for office, but I do know how to voteTexlaw57noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72832262187442382942015-04-11T16:03:38.928-05:002015-04-11T16:03:38.928-05:00Love the verse, Scott!Love the verse, Scott!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10610960866955113602015-04-11T06:49:49.337-05:002015-04-11T06:49:49.337-05:00Leave it up to a ex judge to think "Freedom a...Leave it up to a ex judge to think "Freedom and liberty are noble concepts. but they have reasonable limitations."<br /><br />Gotta make sure those silly concepts of freedom and liberty don't get in the way of making the state money.<br /><br />Someone get this man a robe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16495233869067159732015-04-10T16:41:00.340-05:002015-04-10T16:41:00.340-05:00I say legalize weed and get down harder on the met...I say legalize weed and get down harder on the meth.crack, and all other Drugs!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28614984464631639332015-04-10T12:55:29.779-05:002015-04-10T12:55:29.779-05:00After sitting through the moving testimony last We...After sitting through the moving testimony last Wednesday night from people who either KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE that marijuana products help relieve pain or other conditions for them or their children, or want the freedom to experiment, it's hard not to be persuaded that we need legalization for medical purposes, and NOW . . . not two more years from now.<br /><br />So Rep. Simpson's H.B. 2165 has its supporters. And he's to be applauded for having the courage to at least start the conversation about "total decimininalization." But just consider . . . we've had about 100 years of prohibition. To stop it on a dime, rather than gradually, could have consequences we don't want. For example, with total decrimininalization, overnight Texas would be the only state where ANYONE could grow, transport, store, and sell any quantity of mj in any form, in any strength, at any time of day, in any place.<br /><br />Just consider the prospect of criminal gangs, who grow in Mexico (illegally), stampeding to Texas to buy or lease land to grow mj. What if the landowner didn't want to sell or lease to them? Would there be threats or violence to coerce the landowner?<br /><br />What about violence between rival gangs who would inevitably for the best land, distribution networks, retail spaces?<br /><br />Of course we could eventually come to that with the current prohibition regime, but I picture it happening a lot faster with total unregulated decrim.<br /><br />Total decrim would be like taking a car (mj prohibition) going 70 mph and reducing its speed to 0 mph instantly. Better to move in to this gradually, with regulation as necessary.<br /><br />Freedom and liberty are noble concepts, but they have reasonable limitations.John Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589323811275842567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27609795622856199132015-04-10T10:54:08.970-05:002015-04-10T10:54:08.970-05:00So fire up the ‘ole pick-up truck
To meet Mama at...So fire up the ‘ole pick-up truck <br />To meet Mama at the train<br />But don’t let your toke influence your vote<br />When those laughing now run again<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52829588328982929962015-04-10T10:51:29.955-05:002015-04-10T10:51:29.955-05:00Think of the lives ruined by a law enforcement rea...Think of the lives ruined by a law enforcement reaction to drug abuse. We didn't learn a thing from Prohibition. Thanks goodness for a few sane legislators, though this will take a few sessions to get traction. If it does....insanity can always prevail.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55313145265388301192015-04-10T09:29:53.086-05:002015-04-10T09:29:53.086-05:00"... I need to pick up my game... "
Grea..."... I need to pick up my game... "<br />Great pun !!!!!!!DEWEYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58481209940527548872015-04-10T06:52:23.484-05:002015-04-10T06:52:23.484-05:00Best I've read in a long time! Bravo!!Best I've read in a long time! Bravo!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61023618667744687382015-04-10T06:44:05.664-05:002015-04-10T06:44:05.664-05:00The original movie "Reefer Madness" was ...The original movie "Reefer Madness" was propaganda financed by a church group warning parents to tell their children of the dangers of marijuana...now parents are warning their children of the dangers of draconian laws that will ruin their lives... this is much more harmful than the "toke" itself. 79 years later we are still having this debate??? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18862739942195453932015-04-09T22:08:03.150-05:002015-04-09T22:08:03.150-05:00I love it! Thank you!I love it! Thank you!Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43363690967781304382015-04-09T12:53:41.267-05:002015-04-09T12:53:41.267-05:00STANDING OVATION!!! Well done, Scott :-)STANDING OVATION!!! Well done, Scott :-)Debbie Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79332829713044353942015-04-09T12:00:18.321-05:002015-04-09T12:00:18.321-05:00Guy Clark's a far superior poet to me, 10:15, ...Guy Clark's a far superior poet to me, 10:15, but I'd bet there are plenty of Texans interested in sampling Simpson's tomatoes, too. ;)<br /><br />As for pickups, 10:15, you reminded me of the closing lines Steve Goodman <a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/you-never-even-call-me-by-my-name-lyrics-david-allan-coe.html" rel="nofollow">wrote for David Alan Coe</a>. You're right, clearly I need to pick up my game.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19724311461811429522015-04-09T11:41:14.252-05:002015-04-09T11:41:14.252-05:00No one quips about how our politicians don't l...No one quips about how our politicians don't listen to us, until someone does.<br />Washington DC passed a marijuana law, voted on by the public. The politicians want to take it away, how's that for listening to your constituents.<br />We all know we need to do something different, but none can figure out how to convey that to our vote pandering reps unless we have millions in our pocket to "buy a voice".<br />America, gotta love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20550604585756391122015-04-09T10:45:02.587-05:002015-04-09T10:45:02.587-05:00Personally, I think I like Guy Clark's notion ...Personally, I think I like Guy Clark's notion of homegrown tomatoes better than David Simpsons! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10451444741363699722015-04-09T10:15:59.558-05:002015-04-09T10:15:59.558-05:00Won't make the charts unless there's a lin...Won't make the charts unless there's a line about pickup trucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com