does it really take any effort to see how stupid this entire story was/is?

i have confess , though, i have been part of phildelphia phillies cacoon/ listserv for many years now which certainly prevents from watching, reading or hearing anything else about baseball.

somebody tell kaus about facebook and he will have a breathless essay about how liberals only make cyberfriends with other liberals....ohhhhh....scary. OMG and what about twitter, do liberals twitter conservatives....OMG think of the children.

sorry, this whole issue just shows how shallow and stupid a large percentage of the press is.

this seems apropos of the discussion.

http://scienceblogs.com/afarensis/2009/03/28/2700...

I'm all for legalizing it, but i think all the criticism misses the point.

Obama is cautious in many way. What particular gain is there for him to open up that can of worms now. Doesn't he have plenty to do without the massive pissy PR eruption that would occur if he said he was for this. It would be a massive distraction. Also i actually think he does like to be sure about his policy knowledge and why to do something. this may not be the issue he is spending his time boning up on.

If we want it legalized then well run, efficient advocacy groups need to do the hard work . Here is Alaska pot has an odd quasi legal status. every couple years there is a referendum to completely legalize it. and the pro-use groups always come off as a bit to stoned. they make a lot of lame rationalizations- "hey we can make hemp rope.We're save?"