Best. Vote. Ever.

[asdjrocky]

Today, at the ripe young age of 50, I made my best vote ever.

Today I voted for sanity, and kindness and compassion over insanity, hate and fear.

Today I voted to move my state ever forward, leading the way for the nation.

Today, with actual tears in my eyes, I voted to legalize cannabis.

[blm]

1. BIG KandR from me.

(( ))

[the redcoat]

3. Edit: Oops, meant to reply to OP

Can you link us to where you got that picture from?

[asdjrocky]

5. Couldn't tell you.

I grabbed it so long ago that the original source is long forgotten. I'm sure it was at the NORML site or ASA. Feel free to use it and share it.

[SusanaMontana41]

60. Now that's putting it bluntly. n/t

[bullwinkle428]

2. Time for a smokin' K&R!

:smoke:

[asdjrocky]

6. I'm celebrating my vote with a little 25 micron.

Very smooth. :smoke:

[Sonoman]

41. Mr Nice, here

http://thefreshscent.com/2007/02/16/medical-marijuana-mr-nice/

Maybe a little Bubba Kush, too.

God, I hope this thing passes.

Sonoman

[Hawkeye-X]

55. I will be smoking some Granddaddy Purple tonight

a fine indica.

I just wish I could find a free cannabis reference on strains so I can pick out the next strain I want for my next visit to the dispensary.

[RZM]

4. I think this might be the most important single ballot issue in this entire cycle

Here's to hoping California can push the rest of the nation to start to come to its senses on drug laws!

[asdjrocky]

7. It's a start.

That's what I keep telling people, it's a start.

[AtomicKitten]

8. A big fat hell yes on Prop 19 from me too.

:hi:

[asdjrocky]

10. Could have mailed it in, but I wanted to do it at the polling place.

Walked over this morning, voted, blazed one on the walk home. Best wake'n'bake ever.

:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

11. yes we can -- fired up

... a tasty organic OG Skywalker

:hi:

[asdjrocky]

12. I keep hearing that name.

That's So Cal right? Everyone coming back these days is talking the OG Skywalker. Haven't tried it but it sounds like an OG, Endless Sky cross.

[AtomicKitten]

13. SF.

Rumor has it Strawberry Cough is excellent but hard to find.

[asdjrocky]

14. Strawberry Cough is strong in the Valley.

But no one is doing a really good indoor right now. I'm dubious about the strain because the name comes from a sifi move, a really good sifi movie, but a sifi movie none the less.

Everything here now is about the purps.

[Hawkeye-X]

56. I smoked OG Kush a few weeks ago

I thought it was pretty good.

[TheKentuckian]

9. Cheers Rocky! Its trying to come. might not be this time but the toothpaste is

flowing from the tube.

[asdjrocky]

19. Thank you friend, it was a good vote to cast.

Good luck to you and yours in the land of Kentucky.

[Naturyl]

15. Hope it passes.

I don't smoke it but I think you ought to be able to.

[deaniac21]

16. That's what happens to me when I smell the smoke.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

17. A huge barometer of our evolution away from drug wars

will be evidenced by this vote. I was confident in its passage previous to today. I'm less confident now... I think because I care too much about the result. :scared:

[Bucky]

18. I love how the density of habitual marijuana users map gives a neat outline of Texas

Once again: Oklahoma sucks (but Texas inhales)

[barbtries]

20. i've often gotten choked up over voting

believe it or not. wish i was back in CA so i could vote for that as well. here in nc, pot is apparently treated as if it's heroin or crack, based on the mug shots they show on the N&O.

[Arugula Latte]

21. And then you ate an entire pan of brownies

;)

[libertypirate]

22. I must say it did feel good to vote yes on Prop. 19! n/t

[de novo]

23. Beautiful! I will be estatic WHEN it passes.

Hopefully it will be tonight.

[mike_c]

24. I'll get to cast my vote for cannabis after I'm finished working today...

...and immediately before I fire up my afternoon splif! Good on 'ya, my friend!

[EFerrari]

25. It makes me sleepy but I voted for you all.

lol

Yes, one of the best votes. :hi:

[asdjrocky]

26. Sometimes sleepy can be good.

And thanks for your vote! :hi:

[Zhade]

28. Try a sativa strain -- you'll get a lot done. Trust me.

: )

[Irishonly]

36. Sleepy is good

I don't smoke it-vape it. I can sleep at night. We voted a couple of weeks ago.

[slay]

27. K&R

Legalize it woo-hoo! :woohoo:

[Joe Fields]

29. Sure wish I could have been there to do what you did.

It would have been my best vote ever, too.
:thumbsup:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

30. Me too, Rocky!

Good luck to us all.

[Politicub]

31. You rock!! It felt good to vote dem today

[RainDog]

32. hey friend!

:pals:

you got to make history!

[asdjrocky]

34. It was a kick how emotional I got.

I was not expecting that. :hi:

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. Darlin', I am jus pea green with envy.

Good on you !!!!

[kurtzapril4]

35. Help me wrap my mind around this....

A relative of mine, and her son, live in CA. They both have licenses for medical marijuana. The son is in treatment for bone cancer. They also grow their own primo pot for their own personal use, as is allowed by their licenses.

They both voted against prop. 19. The reason? They were worried that the new law would mess up what they got going, that they'd have to pay taxes on their stuff, etc. The whole "I got mine" mentality. So I asked her, why didn't you speak to your congressperson or senator about this? They could probably tell you about the pros/cons of this law. Do any of you CA residents know anything about this issue? I'm so pissed at her. They got theirs.

If I lived in CA, I for sure would have voted yes. Best of luck!

[asdjrocky]

37. Some people were fooled by the hype.

Big money from booze and pills flooded the market and astro-turf groups rose up like Stoners against porp 19. Some people who are 215 patients were fooled by the false info that it would affect them, Prop 10 has no effect on medical users, that is decided law in Cali.

[krabigirl]

39. greed. pure and simple.

[Devil_Fish]

42. They can't tax what you grow. NT

[awoke_in_2003]

58. why do middle class people...

vote for republicans? A lot of people vote against their own self-interests.

[truedelphi]

62. The three people I know who voted against Prop Nineteen are all people

Who sell a bit of pot 24/7 to help make ends meet.

They have all these arguments about how badly written the bill was, that the taxes would make the stuff impossibly expensive and on and on. But frankly, I really think they feel entitled to make a nice bit of unreported profit, and they are blind to how much trouble they could be in if they ever got caught. And sort of like you say, "I got mine, and who cares about anybody else."

[krabigirl]

38. good for you! I voted for it also.

[Fly by night]

40. Not just "Yes" but "Absotively-posilutely YES!!"

If I had the wherewithal, I would have moved to California and re-registered, just to get to do today what you did.

Cast a vote for science, common sense and compassion.

Thanks kind-ly, kind sir.

K(indly) R(oll one up for me)

Puff, puff, pass ... Prop 19.

[asdjrocky]

43. Puff, puff pass indeed.

Thought about you as I cast my vote my friend.

[Fire1]

44. Good for you! Hope it passes. n/t

[nolabear]

45. Don't Bogart that Vote.

Pass it over to everyone you can get to.

[avaistheone1]

46. I did too and

I voted for a great slate of progressive Democratic candidates in California.

[RainDog]

47. looks like prop 19 didn't make it

so... on to 2012.

[asdjrocky]

49. Where did you see it?

I keep looking for results.

[RainDog]

50. ack. amy goodman called it but now I hear it's neck and neck

anyone have better info?

[asdjrocky]

52. I can't find shit on it, and it's driving me nuts. nt

[ElectricLightDem]

48. Celebrated with a l'il Jilly Bean Here

And Damn!, it felt good to know I was able to further a most worthwhile cause.

[ElectricLightDem]

51. Celebrated with a l'il Jilly Bean Here

DUPE!

[Unique1]

53. this 45 year old twinkie addict...

did too!!!!

420 forever!!!!!

[Hawkeye-X]

54. As a legal MMJ user

As California leads, I expect Colorado to come up with the same initiative in '11 or '12. That, too, will pass since about 1.5m Coloradans are MMJ users.

Hawkeye-X

[asdjrocky]

57. It's in play for Co in 2012.

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/11/marijuana_legalization_campaign_for_2012_starts_tomorrow_if_proposition_19_passes_or_not.php

[Plucketeer]

65. Cast my vote for this - two weeks ago

I don't get it. I just do not get it. Simply amazing that we're in denial of simple and evident truths.

[asdjrocky]

67. Welcome to America my friend.

Where voting never quite makes sense. :hi:

[roody]

59. So sorry it has lost. I voted for it too.

[truedelphi]

61. Same here. Voted for Prop Nineteen.

It feels weird that the proposition didn't make it.

But maybe next election it will be better written and actually pass.

[indimuse]

63. KNR! n/t

[RainDog]

64. LOL

well, in practical political terms - the proposition got a lot of people talking about legalization. social change is achieved over a cycle of elections. this was true for civil rights for a variety of groups.

the direction at this time is toward progress on this issue. you've gotta keep your eye on the prize, as the civil rights movement recognized. progress occurs in fits and starts - there is a social reaction to every bit of progress ever made in this nation. but each move forward challenges the fearful and reactionary. most people come to recognize their irrational fears, even if they don't admit they ever had them, and move on.

the number of American people who support an end to prohibition and a more rational response to cannabis continues to grow. the polls show a clear increase in support since the first major legislation to decriminalize marijuana via medical statutes in the late 1990s.

Over the next two years, I assume that CA cities will decide how they want to be part of the move toward regulation - just as with the end of alcohol prohibition, some places will choose to be "dry counties" and some will choose to regulate via tax and some will continue to support a quasi-legal status because it benefits economic interests where they are.

Until Arnold signed the decriminalization bill, Prop 19 was leading in the polls. Maybe, in the world of politics, Proposition 19 helped to move this decriminalization bill - prior to this proposition, Arnold sat on such provisions.

Decriminalization puts CA law on par with the law in The Netherlands.

[txlibdem]

66. Proud to K & R this

How many of our young Americans are in prison today, or have been in the past, because they chose to smoke a natural herb that is far less harmful than alcohol, which is legal for adult consumption almost everywhere. The herb is far less dangerous than smoking cigarettes. It gives relief from chronic pain for so many people. It is one of the most idiotic laws on our books. Legalize pot and tax it! No-brainer. Damn our politicians are dumb.

Now let's talk about hemp, a relative of marijuana. That is the real victim in this heinous criminalization debacle. Growing and selling hemp is illegal in this country. Why? Hemp is a wonderful natural fiber and can be made into shirts, shoes, hats, bags, and all kinds of other fabrics. But you can't grow it. You can't buy it from an American company.

Hemp is another fast growing crop with a very high yield per acre. Its root systems run at least three feet deep, anchoring and protecting the soil from runoff. The hemp plant is very versatile, boasting over 25,000 products that can be made from it. Hemp fibers are long, strong, absorbent and mildew resistant. Hemp fabric is durable, takes color well, and softens beautifully over time. Good Things Boutique carries select hemp apparel and shoe styles from Mountains of the Moon, Earthbound Creations, and Simple Shoes.

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=121286578081

Hemp can even be used for making plastics:
http://www.naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_defined.html