VOTE TO LEGALIZE POT IN MAINE

To hell with the Presidential election: support legalizing pot in Maine in November.   That way if Hillary doesn't get elected we can spend the next four years stoned.  




the Ol'Buzzard

MAINE’S MARIJUANA INITIATIVE EXTINGUISHED

The groups looking to get a marijuana initiative on the ballot this November was just blocked by the Maine Secretary of State.

Maine regulations state that people collecting signatures for any initiative must appear before a CPA and show proof of residency.

The Governor and the Secretary of state are against a vote on legalizing marijuana because it would likely to pass.

The campaign turned in 99,229 signatures on Feb. 1.

According to Dunlap’s office, over 31,000 signatures were deemed invalid because signatures on petitions swearing that the circulator witnessed the signature collection did not match his or her signature on file. One circulator was listed as the public notary on 5,099 petitions containing 26,779 signatures.

Other irregularities included 13,525 signatures that were invalid because they did not belong to a registered voter in the municipality where they were submitted.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol backed the initiative, which would allow adults 21 and older to possess small amounts of marijuana for recreational use.

This is small potatoes compared to what Florida’s Secretary of State did during the Bush/Gore election; but it seems like Republicans are always ready to pervert government to support their policies.

the Ol’Buzzard

PHILOSOPHY OF POT

When I retired from the Navy I was in my early forties and my wife was in her late twenties.   We bought an old farmhouse one mile into the woods that had no electricity, sewerage or running water; and the following fall entered the University of Maine as Freshmen.   This lifestyle change was necessary for us to both be able to afford college at the same time.

We were different from the younger Freshmen as we actually took our classes seriously and studied.   We would return home, light the wood stove, carry water from the stream behind the house, make supper and then study our subject materials and notes, do homework and finally turn out the oil lamps and go to bed listening to Maine Public Broadcasting on the battery radio.

  

But, this is not about us.  For our second semester we signed up for Logic as one of our five classes.   The instructor was Dr. Reed.   He had worked as a janitor at the college before being hired to teach Logic.   Dr. Reed was a true eccentric, he was heavy set, his clothes always rumpled and looking like he had slept in them, he truly looked more like a janitor than a Doctor of Philosophy; but he was brilliant.

 

His class ended up being the most demanding of any class we took during our four years.  He assigned copious readings and extensive homework, he tested weekly and he graded stiffly.

  

We spent more hours at home having to studying logic that second semester than we spent on the other four classes combined.        It was the hardest class we experienced in college and the one that challenged us most.

Dr. Reed was later released by the college because he failed too many students and would not agree to curve his grades.

We still see Dr. Reed occasionally, mainly at Republican rallies where he is usually dressed in bib overalls and playing the banjo.

 

But this brings me to the subject of this post.

  

There are petitions floating around Maine for a referendum to vote on the legalization of marijuana during the fall election.

Most Republicans, including our illustrious governor, are opposing the referendum stating the ‘most people hooked on heroine started with pot (therefore, pot leads heroine addiction.)’

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Roosters crow when the sun rises, therefore roosters cause the sun to rise.

 

Thank you Dr. Reed

the Ol’Buzzard