Commentary on Phelps and Pot...

[Geo]

I had never heard it either until it appeared in a thread in the lounge.

Cheeba sounds like the name of a Chihuahua that won the Westminster.

First time I ever heard this reference was in high school when I first listened to the Beastie Boys' masterpiece Paul's Boutique.

 

[Danny Burns]

First time I ever heard this reference was in high school when I first listened to the Beastie Boys' masterpiece Paul's Boutique.

Ah, I get it now. I never got into the Beastie Boys. Too over the top for me. The Beach Boys is as rowdy as I get.

 

[grace]

Speaking of cheeba, did anyone catch the special on MSNBC..... I think it was called Pot, Inc. ? Only caught parts of it, but it was very interesting. I hope they'll air it again.

 

[traderx]

Ah, I get it now. I never got into the Beastie Boys. Too over the top for me. The Beach Boys is as rowdy as I get.

The Beach Boys called it Rhonda.

 

[Danny Burns]

 

[scooterbug44]

Most of the swimmers I know (and I've known some of the best) are hard partiers. I don't begrudge a swimmer wishing to partake. Problem for Phelps is he's a public figure who is an icon to many children. Answering a kid's (under 10) questions about Phelps, bongs and weed is really awkward and uncool. He needs to show a little more restraint in his private life so that his dirty laundry doesn't explode on the public scene.

I must have killed too many brain cells at the Swim House parties - Elizabeth Hasslebeck and I are on the same side of an argument!

 

[Matt J]

I must have killed too many brain cells at the Swim House parties - Elizabeth Hasslebeck and I are on the same side of an argument!

Oh that would drive me to drink.

 

[Danny Burns]

I guess I am in an argumentative mood today.
(cue well deserved smart alec remarks like, "Today?")

I believe that if Phelps had been a bit more defiant that this would have led to healthy dialogue on this subject.

Oh well, you opened the argumentative "can of worms" and I attempted to dump the worms out on the table for a closer look, but I guess nobody wants to play with them. So much for a healthy dialogue. Too taboo I think, huh?

Think about it folks. Hundreds of billions of dollars wasted over several generations. Does this make sense to anyone out there? Someone, anyone? The silence is deafening, but speaks volumes about our society, doesn't it? Political correctness run amok!

Just ignoring the subject won't make it go away...

 

[Matt J]

Oh well, you opened the argumentative "can of worms" and I attempted to dump the worms out on the table for a closer look, but I guess nobody wants to play with them. So much for a healthy dialogue. Too taboo I think, huh?

Think about it folks. Hundreds of billions of dollars waisted over several generations. Does this make sense to anyone out there? Someone, anyone? The silence is deafening, but speaks volumes about our society, doesn't it? Political correctness run amok!

Just ignoring the subject won't make it go away...

I think the interesting part is that no one is jumping on the keep it illegal platform. No impassioned stories of a child being lured into the "pot culture" and then going crazy in a pot induced mania.

What ever happened to Barney Franks bill he was trying to pass?

Barney Frank To File Bill Legalizing Marijuana | Crooks and Liars

(I mentioned Barney Frank, the conservatives will come running.)

 

[sunspotbaby]

What Phelps should have said.

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