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In an Extremely Divided America Marijuana Is a Unifying Force

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Black, White, Brown Red, and Yellow. The rich, the poor, Baptist and Atheist, urban, suburban, male-female, East Coast/West Coast, up North, down South, straight/gay, bottom, top… Seriously people from all walks of life are defending and justifying Weed.

July 8, 2021 3 min read Free to read

Interestingly, Trump punk Matt Gaetz, the perverted and twisted Florida Congressman is rationalizing, marginalizing, and defending Sha Crea Richardson’s dancing with Mary Jane… It seems so many people are in love with Mary Jane, she’s their main thang.

Black, White, Brown Red, and Yellow. The rich, the poor, Baptist and Atheist, urban, suburban, male-female, East Coast/West Coast, up North, down South, straight/gay, bottom, top… Seriously people from all walks of life are defending and justifying Weed.

Isn’t that interesting?

The Conservative, small, simple, tight-assed, narrow-minded, and tragically-entrenched Establishment versus the Enlightened masses.

But wait, Pot isn’t where our mutual commonality stops…

We, as a people love fast cars and strip bars, we just do. Everyone likes beef hamburgers, pork hot dogs, the fat in a RibEye. Most Americans want to have a gun. Maybe 4 or 5… We don’t trust Wall Street Fat Cats and we don’t trust DC politicians… we believe them both to be full of it. Most of us question a God but believe in Aliens. We don’t go to church, but we go to Sin City and the Big Eazy…Nawlins.

Unquestionably there’s a huge, epic, like Cecil B. Demille Hollywood classic “Ben Hur”, chasm, canyon, gorge, …ok abyss between the masses and the asses who run this joint.

One could run for President, and win under this basic 10-point plan

Legalize Mary Jane

Legalize Gambling

Legalize Prostitution

Legalize Guns

Shorten the workday

Shorten the workweek

Create a coast-to-coast “Autobahn” with no speed limits

$1000 check cut every month to all Americans

Flat tax/income rate – i.e., tax the rich

Mandate “free” education Preschool to PhD

“Give the people what they want!”

No? Yes?

The world, well at least the nation would be theirs.

These are the basic combustible flammable divisive issues we, as a people, agree upon. Why can’t we have it “our way?” By granting these wishes, are we a less civilized empire? Are we less cultured? Are we headed to hell in a handbasket? Are there any aspects of these desires that are hedonistic and neandethalic? By simply “desiring” these changes are we revealed to be merely well-dressed barbarians with access to electricity? Do we really need to be saved from ourselves by self-anointed and appointed aristocrats?

What if… as a people, we created a national political party, call it The People’s Party… functioning and competing on every tier of politics – city, county, state, and Feds with this simple, 10 point basic platform… nothing less, nothing more… we could shake-up the world. Ok, maybe just the US, but that’s a great start.

Power to the people!

These are the “givens'” – at least 50% of us agree upon. I’d argue perhaps 65% to 75% agree with these changes in society, and there’s no debating whether the everyday man and woman from all demographics would be better and happier. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

Could it be an 80-20 split? The rich anal, puritan-minded selfish lords and ladies … against us, you n’ I the little people, the unwashed masses?

Maybe I should consider running for President of these no longer seriously considered to be “United” States Of America – with the simple agenda of “Giving the people what they want?”

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