Good grief! Despite it's serious political implications this story has to be filed as 'Humor'. But where do I start? I suppose with the obvious: they're finally literally taking candy from the mouths of babes. And it goes downhill from there:

Senator Doug Stoner pushed the bill in the Senate.

An anti-drug bill sponsored by a guy named "Stoner"? And he "pushed" it? Really? But it gets better - I can't make this stuff up:

State Representative Judy Manning said she was shocked to receive death threats over the bill to ban the candy. "Some people think their rights are their rights," she said.

Write me up as one of those folks convinced that my rights are indeed, my rights! I mean, if they're my rights, who elses rights could they possibly be? Yours? Too? What a concept!

Having read the above, I was forced to check the story over again to make sure it wasn't a belated April Fools prank - apparently, in Georgia, fools have no particularly special day, and are just as liable to appear in May as they are on the first of April. Especially in the Legislature.

But the coup de grace to this whole sordid tale of absurdity is the name of the candy being banned: Pot Suckers.

It may be begging the question, but I've gotta ask: who are the real suckers in this insane "War on Drugs"?

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a measure into law Wednesday that bans the sale of "marijuana flavored products" to minors -- anyone under 18 -- and calls for a fine of up to $500 for each offense.

(link) [WSB-TV]

Thu, 08 May 2008 06:11 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link