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   From: fanghorn@big.woods   
      
   Frito Pendejo  wrote in   
   news:JZKdnUHe05zctvrWnZ2dnUVZ_vydnZ2d@earthlink.com:   
      
      
   > I was in San Francisco during the election and all the stoners adored   
   > Barack Obama.  They were certain that he smoked pot himself, and swore   
   > they even heard him promise to legalize weed if elected.  All the   
   > headshops on Haight Street carried Obama merchandise, from t-shirts to   
   > posters to bongs.   
   >   
   > Then I went back for 4-20 at Hippie Hill and there was a DEA   
   > helicopter flying overhead, photographing everyone at the event, but   
   > nobody except me seemed to notice.  And I visited again just a few   
   > weeks ago and Haight Street was deserted, and the headshops were empty   
   > and seemed to be on the verge of bankruptcy.  Most of the dealers had   
   > vanished, and it was difficult to score even a dub, as undercover   
   > narcs were everywhere.   
   >   
   > Needless to say, most of the Obama stickers have since been peeled off   
   > the bumpers of their owners' hybrids, and even construction on the   
   > giant Obama statue at the corner of Market & Castro has been suspended   
   > while designers try to figure out how to turn it into MLK or Lady   
   > Gaga.   
   >   
   > More Change we can beLIEve in!   
   >   
   >   
   And when did he say he was going to support legalization? As I recall,   
   he actually said the opposite first time he was asked. Blame the press   
   if you want to blame anyone - for not asking earlier.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)