Resolved, That the Senate—
- recognizes the first weekend of May 2008 as ‘‘Ten Commandments Weekend’’;
- celebrates the Ten Commandments as a significant aspect of the national life of the United States; and
- encourages citizens of the United States to reflect on the integral role that the Ten Commandments have played in the life of the Nation.
Secondly, most blowhard right-wing xians blather on and on about these commandments without realizing that the biblical penalty for violating them is death.
Thirdly, if we have to have a weekend celebrating a religious list, how about Sermon on the Mount weekend; or just Beatitudes weekend? But for some reason the commandment zealots (and, indeed, a lot of xians) don't embrace that particular part of the bible so much. I wonder why? OK, I know why Lieberman doesn't, he's Jewish; but what about Brownback?
Fourth, and most importantly, don't you think the US Senate should have better and more important things to tend to?
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I personally think the Congress should be in session for only a couple months out of the year to make sure our civil rights are protected. If this had been the case all along we wouldn't have to have the Congress coming up with shit like this. Maybe the next thing they should take on is forming a commission to explore the detriments of masterbation. Yep, that sounds about right.
Hmmmm... maybe we need another weekend in May to be Masturbation Appreciation weekend? Write your Senators, boys & girls!
Upon just a little more thought, I have a better proposal. Let's nominate June 9th as a national holiday in support of one of my favorite sexual positions.
That is 6/9 for those of you who aren't adept at visualization...
along those lines, april 20th is my favorite federal holiday in waiting...
So CoreyD, should I start calling you Weedy McTokenstein?
{he asks, tongue firmly in cheek}
Okay, I will admit to being a little in the dark(and hey, I smoke too) about the reference, but my interest is piqued. What is the big deal about April 20th. I am sure I will slapping my forehead over this one.
I know, since they seem focussed on old testament symbols rather than new testament (you know, the book about Jesus, the guy the religion is supposed to be about?), how about an official Rainbow Day, to commemorate the covenant between God and Noah that mankind would not be wiped out wholesale again just because God had a bad hairday! Oh wait...they won't do that because of what else the rainbow is used for nowadays....
csm, you can call me anything ya want. you've earned that much!
i just hope i get 2 make it "professor" weedy mctokenstein someday...or governor weedy! that'd have a nice ring, huh?
this one's for bawdy
don't feel bad, bawdy. if the term gets too mainstream, we'll prolly have 2 come up with something different.
incidentally, one of my sister's was born on april 21st. we've been teasing her about being a day late (and a dollar short, of course) for years. poor girl.
bobs rainbow holiday made me think (ouch!). do we have anything resembling a holiday that promotes tolerance in these here united states?
Corey, about the only ones I can think of are Thanksgiving, if you think of the idea of sharing with the locals and learning from them, and may be M.L.King Jr. Day.
Well I was wrong, I won't be slapping my forehead because I have never heard the term. I guess I am just getting old.
Bawdy, I'd never heard it either. Very interesting.
You guys are making me feel like a stoner because I knew about 420!
uhm, yeah..i feel like a stoner, 2.
heh.
ten years ago or so, my other sister was going through the d.a.r.e. program in the 5th grade. i prompted her 2 quiz the attending officer about the meaning of fourtwenty.
the officer didn't know, but said she'd find out. by the end of the program, she had asked around the dept, but still didn't know.
myself, i noticed it in high times, in that little list of 100 stoner sayings at the end of each issue.
oh yeah. now y'all can appreciate 420 everywhere you look! just wait, you'll see it when ya least expect...
like on the price is right, for example.
or on abc news.
Wikipedia has a good explanation for the origins of 420. I was smoking before the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and expecting legalization for over 4 decades. Yet, I hadn't heard the term 420 til' it came up in this conversation. Imagine that! A culture, or counterculture, without a unified, consolidated perspective. It might even have room for a little tolerance.
Wow, I have been tokin' for more than 30 years and I never heard the term. I don't read High Times and must have missed it everywhere else, but it sure goes to show you CAN learn something new every day. Thanks for the links, corey. Oh, BTW, I don't consider myself "mainstream" so this is doubly embarrassing.
derF,
My thinking on the legalization of pot is this; it won't ever be legal until rational humans populate the seats of power because it is so fucking easy to grow. They would never be able to control the product and if they cannot control it, it should be banished. How many people go around saying, " I think it should be legal but then we could tax it(gotta luv that bullshit, huh?). But if it were legal, who the fuck would buy it, they would just dedicate a small area of their nature patch and grow the buds. Believe me, there is no better way to commune with nature than to watch those frustrated buds getting bigger and bigger. Just brings a tear to my eyes just talkin' about it.
I don't smoke (anything), but have known a variety of folk who do. derf, it's obvious I'm not as old as some here (49), so I don't have the full level of cred of having participated in the late sixties. I also never heard of this reference...oh wait, I'm the non user who never heard of it...
now, are you sure you don't smoke anything?
your short-term memory seems "affected". ;)
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