Ashcroft takes down Tommy Chong and 55 websites

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-02-24 05:55pm

Just heard about it from a friend.
This is some kind of nationwide drug (edit: paraphernalia it seems) bust.

Yikes. I missed out on the conferences

(edit : They seem to be hunting down drug paraphernalia, not sure about drugs itself)

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-02-24 05:58pm

Chong: You know what we should invest in? An old age home for hippies. Cause, think about it, hippies have been around since the 60's man, and now there isn't really a hip place for them to go anymore. So, you know, it would be a home where they could smoke all the dope they'd want and listen to all the music they want, you know.
Cheech: Oh yeah, we could call in 'Laidback Manor'.

"Dave's not here man "
"no man I'm Dave let me in"
"Dave's not here man"

I'm not having any luck with finding articles -.-;

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-02-24 06:01pm

*roars in fury and slams fist down on table*

ASSCRACK MUST DIE!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-24 06:03pm

What kind of drugs were busted? Heroin? Cocaine? Marijuana? Alcohol?

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-02-24 06:05pm

Sorry, had to edit my post~ They are definately going after paraphernalia, but I'm still not sure about the drugs.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-02-24 06:10pm

First they go after the people who own them, then they'll go after the people who talk about them, then they'll go after the people who listen to them.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-02-24 06:19pm

I am VERY MUCH looking forward to the next presidential election.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-24 06:25pm

Shinova wrote:I am VERY MUCH looking forward to the next presidential election.

Why? Bush is going to win. Ashcroft might have to go, though.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-02-24 06:29pm

Durran Korr wrote:
Shinova wrote:I am VERY MUCH looking forward to the next presidential election.
Why? Bush is going to win. Ashcroft might have to go, though.

Ashcroft could go though, that's the important part.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-24 06:31pm

Shinova wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:
Shinova wrote:I am VERY MUCH looking forward to the next presidential election.
Why? Bush is going to win. Ashcroft might have to go, though.
Ashcroft could go though, that's the important part.

In fact the Bush administration would probably be unwise not to get rid of him, given his unpopularity.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-02-24 06:34pm

Dammit I'm still trying to figure out where all the Translevanian Villagers with Torches and Pitchforks are when we really need them... For jobs like:

Removing Berman & Bragga from Star Trek

Getting Asshole-croft out of office

Livening up dull parties

Miss Cleo is a monster, get her!

etc.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-24 06:47pm

It's too bad John Ashcroft couldn't even beat a dead man for his Senate seat in 2000. Then he wouldn't be Attorney General. Although, someone even worse may have been appointed in his place.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-02-24 06:48pm

Keep in mind depending on how the Democratic Primarys go Bush will win by a close race(Sharpton gets the Nomination) or by a Landslided(Liberman gets the nomination)

Wondering why I say that about Liberman?
Keep in mind before he became Gore's Running mate Liberman was an outspoke critic of the First Amndment Free Speech rights

Inculding such Wonderful Quotes as
"Holleywood is just as bad as the Porn Industry except Holleywood gets away with it, I'd do away with both of them if I could"

"Video games teach our children to be mindless murderers"

I've got a few more somewhere else but he also has said on a few occasions the De-regulation of Televison was the worst thing to ever happen to America
Basicly he's a 50's Drone viewing the world through Fundy Glasses, seeing MTV and The Daily Show as direct assults on national values, rather than Entertainment

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-24 06:53pm

Sharpton is probably the most unelectable candidate ever to be in the hunt for the Democratic nomination. He would be an absolute disaster for the Democratic party. Lieberman isn't that great either.

All and all, I don't think the Dems are going to be able to produce a strong candidate in 2004.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-02-24 06:56pm

If the Demoratic Party fishtails, what replaces it?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-24 06:57pm

Shinova wrote:If the Demoratic Party fishtails, what replaces it?

It won't fishtail. It'll recover eventually, once a strong candidate appears again.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-02-24 07:00pm

Mabye saddam will kill the president and cheny will die of a heart attack when he hears the news so there isn't really a strong canidate.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-24 07:04pm

Durran Korr wrote:Sharpton is probably the most unelectable candidate ever to be in the hunt for the Democratic nomination. He would be an absolute disaster for the Democratic party. Lieberman isn't that great either.

All and all, I don't think the Dems are going to be able to produce a strong candidate in 2004.

I agree. The Democrats really don't have anyone that could challenge Bush, and Al Gore was probably their strongest candidate, before he announced he wasn't going ot run. If Democrats want to win, they should stop whining, and atacking Bush on something like civil liberties.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-24 07:08pm

Ashcroft needs to go. He's got no appeal amongst the conservative base, moderates can't stand him, and the think-tank crowd think he's the worst member of the cabinet. If Bush wants to court moderate Democrats in 2004 (which will be possible if Sharpton or Lieberman get nominated), he needs to get rid of that albatross.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-02-24 07:16pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Dammit I'm still trying to figure out where all the Translevanian Villagers with Torches and Pitchforks are when we really need them... For jobs like:

Removing Berman & Bragga from Star Trek

Getting Asshole-croft out of office

Livening up dull parties

Miss Cleo is a monster, get her!

etc.

D00d, Miss Cleo got shitcanned a year ago. Ass-Crack and Beavis+Butthead need to be locked in the Catacombs below Castle Wolfenstein with one Luger between the lot of em...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-24 07:39pm

Anyone have a source on this?

And yes, Ashcroft must go.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-24 07:39pm

darthdavid wrote:Mabye saddam will kill the president and cheny will die of a heart attack when he hears the news so there isn't really a strong canidate.

There are many rumors that Rice is being groomed for an eventual run for POTUS.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-24 07:39pm

Oh God.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-02-24 07:54pm

The best thing I've seen yet on why the democrats are not (unfortunately) going to get re-elected for a while.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-24 08:58pm

weemadando wrote:The best thing I've seen yet on why the democrats are not (unfortunately) going to get re-elected for a while.

Here's the problem for the Democrats: they couldn't get elected WITH that platform. The moderates who control the outcomes of elections in this country LIKE welfare reform, are in favor of the war, and recognize that a "living wage" would increase unemployment and drive small businesses into bankruptcy. Bush has done the exact same thing Clinton did to the Republicans for his entire term. If the dems go to the middle, their piss off their grassroots base and Bush steals all their issues. If they go to the left, they alienate the moderates and get spanked by the Republicans. They're in a shit position, and I don't feel the least bit sorry for them, because MY side was in the exact same fix for 8 years.