Pubdate: Wed, 28 Mar 2012
Source: Louisville Eccentric Observer, The (KY)
Copyright: 2012 The Louisville Eccentric Observer
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Author: Thomas Clay Jr.

RETIRE, MITCH

It's no surprise that the shameless hypocrisy and lies of Republicans
know no bounds. But there are times when they shock even the most
jaded critic with the outrageous whoppers they tell. Consider the flat
imbecility of Mitch McConnell's recent response to a constituent's
letter urging him to legalize medical cannabis: "The detrimental
effects of drugs have been well documented: short-term memory loss,
loss of core motor functions, heightened risk of lung disease, and
even death."

NORML has posted a $10 million reward to anyone who can show one death
from an overdose of THC. Nobody has collected it and never will. He
goes on: "Second, I am troubled by the manner in which many of the
legalization proposals make marijuana available to the public without
following the scientific processes of the FDA."

If McConnell was an honest man, he would have said something like, "In
the past, marijuana was illegal because it would interfere with the
booze and paper lobby. Today, it's illegal because it will interfere
with the big pharmaceutical lobby."

Change indeed is painful, yet ever needed. McConnell is full of sordid
beliefs and superfluous platitudes that just might dislodge if the
enema was forceful enough. The church of prohibition has been open
since the 1920s and has afflicted each successive generation of police
officer, prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, politician, prison guard
and DEA agent since, and none of the congregants will admit that it is
a total failure that has cost trillions of dollars and thousands of
lives both here and abroad. They don't care what the grizzly costs
are, they only care that it's paying their mortgage. There is no
morality whatsoever in a government, which imprisons its citizens for
consuming, growing or selling cannabis while at the same time
operating the largest marijuana farm in the U.S. and dispenses
cannabis to only certain medical patients.

Each and every single person who supports this asinine policy of the
last 40 years is evil. We must have the courage to repeal laws that
our grandparents foolishly enacted out of ignorance and fear. We must
also apply a little intelligence to elect senators who will serve the
people and not merely the corporations. The lying hypocrites like
Mitch have had their reign of obstructionism and terror. You've done
your damage and left your stain on politics. Now, for god's sake,
retire, old man, and get out of the way!

Thomas Clay Jr.,

Jeffersonville
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