Tommy Chong on Rush Limbaugh

[Snellius]

Tommy Chong was sentenced this month to nine months in prison for conspiring to sell bongs over the Internet.

Back to real life. Any thoughts on RUSH LIMBAUGH?

"I feel sorry for Rush," Mr. Chong said. "I'm glad I'm not Rush. My vice was pot; you can put it down, it's not addictive at all, though some say it's psychologically addictive. I feel sorry for anybody on heroin. He was on a painkiller called OxyContin that's been called Hillbilly Heroin."

Mr. Limbaugh, who is reportedly being investigated by legal authorities in Florida on suspicion of obtaining drugs without a prescription, is in rehab. Mr. Chong is in prison. This doesn't bother Mr. Chong?

"Not at all. It's a totally different case. Mine is political, his is medical. Is it unfair? Yes, it is. But I would hate to have Rush Limbaugh change the way they handle addicts. You don't put addicts in jail, you put them in rehab. You put political figures like myself in jail."

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/23/nyregion/23BOLD.html

[Richardo]

1. Right now I have more respect for Tommy Chong than I ever did before...

This is what compassion is, you RW gits.

:toast:

[Richardo]

10. Oh yeah, and this is what PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY looks like too

RW Turds.

[ixion]

2. FREE TOMMY CHONG!!

This man should never have been jailed in the first place. :grr: :argh:

[Octafish]

3. Free Tommy Chong! Incredible statement...!

... He is absolutely correct. Tommy Chong is a political prisoner.

He's also quite profound: A prison may hold his body but it can never contain a Spirit such as Tommy Chong.

[Kamika]

4. well were there

Twilight zone

[MinnFats]

5. just tell me when was it we passed into some parallel universe?

or maybe it was the gates of hell.
sometime in december 2000 i suppose....

[SoFlaJets]

9. The minute..........

that second plane smashed into the WTC with all of us watching.That is the moment we went through the looking glass into this horrible alternate universe where George W.Bush is made out to be some great leader/communicator/regular guy someone who is not held to account.Think about it, nothing good has happened since the SCOTUS selected *.Not one good thing has he done.I'll tell ya what if the touch screen voting system is not addressed we're looking at 4 more years of hell.Literally

[wndycty]

6. Jesse Jackson and Tommy Chong are on the same page

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=568562

[Terwilliger]

7. Well...that's impressive

He had made conciliatory comments when he was sentenced, but I respect his opinion here.

Don't free Tommy. His path is clear.

[maxpower]

8. Good on him

This man is what true liberals and progressives are. Compassion even for those that don't deserve it. I am tired of those terms being used as, for lack of a better phrase, put downs. I consider it a compliment. He should be freed, and his cell given to chimpy and the kaiser.

[dbt]

11. Free Tommy Chong!

Anybody else notice that bumper sticker/T-shirt slogans are just falling from the sky these days?

:bounce:
dbt

[qb]

12. He has the right idea - kill 'em with kindness.

His compassionate statement emphasises the hateful bile that Rush spews every day. Initially, I wanted to see Rush rot in prison. But pragmatically, I now hope his example will be used to send more addicts to rehab instead of prison (and send Rush out of the limelight and into oblivion).

[Ganja Ninja]

13. It hardly seems fair does it.

Tommy Chong gets nine months for selling bongs and Pigboy gets thirty days in a country club. No charges no prosecution for Rush and no equal justice for liberals.

[City Lights]

14. Somebody help me out here, please.

"But I would hate to have Rush Limbaugh change the way they handle addicts. You don't put addicts in jail, you put them in rehab."

Do we currently put addicts in rehab? I thought drug users were sent to prison if they were caught with drugs (excluding drug users with connection, of course). Where do mandatory minimums enter the picture? What am I missing?

[xultar]

15. Rush take a lesson on Humanity from Chong

I know this is falling on deaf ears but RUSH you need to take a lesson on humanity from Mr. Tommy Chong. He has more intelligence and clearly more of a understanding of society and politicts than you'll ever have.

[RebelOne]

16. Since when is it illegal to sell bongs?

I don't understand. I worked on weekends at a flea market. It wasn't my booth, but I sold stuff for someone else. We used to sell pipes, papers and if I remember correctly, bongs also. This was about 5 years ago.

[noonwitch]

18. I think it is illegal to sell them on-line, but I'm not sure

It's a federal law, and that's what they got Tommy Chong on. They sell them openly in my area, but they can't be called "bongs", they must be called "water pipes". Some cities have laws against them, including Detroit, Lincoln Park (even rolling papers are illegal, there) and some other suburban areas.

[pansypoo53219]

19. he was set up

a sting op for a state that has a law and the first couple of times, his workers DID NOT SELL. it was a newbie that did him in.

[TacticalPeek]

17. Funny, how in the midst of the justice angles all FUBAR and crosswise,

the things that can give one hope for the human race.

The honorable Mr. Chong, a gentleman and a scholar.

[stickdog]

20. And nobody gets the joke.

"You don't put addicts in jail, you put them in rehab. You put political figures like myself in jail."

[rasputin1952]

21. Tommy is indeed a political prisoner...

just as Limbaugh should be a political prisoner; for treasonous statements, inciting murder, and advocating viol;ent overthrow of the gov't, (during the Clinton years).

Pat Robertson should be in a cell next to Liimbaugh, for treasonous staterments, advocating murder, and violent overthrow of the gov't, (nuking Foggy Bottom).

Seems to me, Tommy's 'crime' is quite mild compared to the 2 previously menbtioned morans.

:kick:

[MetaTrope]

22. When Timothy Leary was jailed for a couple of joints

The judge sentenced him with the observation that his ideas were dangerous.