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Bernie Sanders Calls for an End to Federal Prohibition on Marijuana

I’ve been waiting for this since George Washington and I used to kick on back at the end of a long day building the nation and smoke hemp on his back veranda. Seriously. This. Is. Paydirt. Bernie Sanders is coming out for total federal marijuana legalization. No major candidate has ever done this before. Imagine if this guy was our president. So if you are reading this, would you please consider not giving up on him? At least not before you give something of yourself. There’s never been a guy this good this close. Oh, and the fact that for the first time, a politician is drinking water from his own water bottle, not a disposable plastic water bottle, is nice too.

October 28, 2015 0 comment

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New Yorker in White House would cut world down to size

written by Uncle Sam

Originally published on September 5, 2015 on San Francisco Chronicle

In this August 17, 2015 file photo, US presidential candidate Donald Trump exits New York Supreme Court after morning jury duty in New York. Trump took aim at Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on August 23, 2015, contending she could be “very damaged” by an email scandal swirling around the former secretary of state. And amid reports that Vice President Joe Biden was actively exploring a run, Trump claimed that if Clinton could “get over” the controversy both would be equally tough challengers. “I think they’re the same. I think that Hillary may be very damaged, however … because of the email thing,” Trump told ABC’s “This Week” talk show. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT/ FILESDON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has been widely characterized as an obnoxious, self-aggrandizing, trash talker. What the media are reacting to and the voters are responding to is that Trump is a New Yorker.

Born in California, I moved to New York City right out of college. What I found was a heavy-handed, in-your-face, take-no-prisoners approach to every single goddam conversation. It was tough to keep up with these guys who would never give an inch. Arguments were taken seriously: Everything was contested, shredded and recast, point by point. I had to up my game. I wasn’t in L.A. anymore.

September 6, 2015 0 comment

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Federal Budget 2015

written by Uncle Sam

As some of you may know, I’ve been looking, along with some of my colleagues, for a touchstone issue that could get all the groovy people and non-profits working for social change to just agree on one thing, for once. And even tho the media is already writing Obama’s budget off as pie in the sky, why not rally around it with a straight face? It is the official Federal Budget for 2015. It is out there representing a ton of work and a giant leap forward. Why not let the budget be that touchstone we’ve been looking for? I think all the orgs and people who are on the side of the angels should come together for a change and just say: Good budget, let’s pass it. As is. So if you are in one of those orgs, please pitch this. Next generation post-occupy. Rallies. Positive not negative. People united. Clear story to sell. ‪#‎passthebudget‬ ‪#‎asis‬ ‪#‎period‬.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/budget.pdf

February 5, 2015 0 comment

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Mohammed Cartoon

written by Uncle Sam

mohammed cartoon

I am not Charlie. I don’t support being inflammatory when feelings are so raw. But I don’t like being bossed around. What about something more harmless? You know, where the right thing is being rejected. Just as the extremists don’t speak for all of Islam, responding to them by ridiculing what all Muslim’s regard as holy is equally non-reciprocal. But what about meta-irony, like the New Yorker cover showing the Obamas as terrorists fist bumping in the Oval Office?

January 10, 2015 0 comment

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No Bobby Kennedy

written by Uncle Sam

I am today announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States.

I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I’m obliged to do all that I can.

September 1, 2014 0 comment