Marijuana's prop 19 voted down, no pot for fun

California's Prop 19 for Cannabis recreational use has been voted down.

I'm so annoyed at the White House right now (Gil!) that I'm releasing my Noon blog, immediately....

First, let me say, this issue, is not just about pot. Its about many other things, too. It points to an inherent cancer in our government. Also, I admit I threw this together and was angry at the same time. Not a good combination for making a point, but it certainly allows for passion to seep through.

Strangely I'm not so much angry because Prop 19 went down, but because of a White Hose statement by a retrograde intelligence (and I'm offended using that term about this guy, even if used int he negative), the White House drug policy director, Gil Kerlikowske. I'm so offended that he thinks that we are really that stupid, as exemplified by his comments. As for Prop 19s failure?

The White House applauded this. I find that rather sad. With the attachments and the form of this bill.

Perhaps the White House should have said one more thing, some thing like this:

'We here at the White House, with President Obama's blessing, applaud Prop 19s failure, BECAUSE, it was not a good law, it needs a few things fixed in it; people need to not subvert it from its primary purpose: that of giving Americans back some of their freedom and choice, "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as stated in one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence (remember all that? That's okay, most of us are beginning to forget about it too), to help our economy, to decrease the numbers of those in prison who are not violent, and potentially victimless in their actions. It will happen, but it needs to happen properly. The White House is going to set up a commission to help each and every state to draft appropriate bills to make this happen. And we will apply pressure to see it through. This is only the first in many efforts to turn Americans' lives back over to them and for the US government to stop trying to be everyone's mom, when everyone has a different agenda and need to decide for the most part, for themselves.'

Wow, did that feel good, or what?

Okay, I'm dreaming. But wouldn't it be nice if out government went that way? Not just on pot. But on many things we have issue with. How nice would it be to have the government lead the way. Make life better for its citizens and not allow a vocal minority in every case drive the bus. Just because a few ignorant, paranoid, typically religious groups are afraid of their own shadows, is no reason to stop doing what is right. Listen to them, but then use intellect and move on.

Why?

Because the only arguments I'm hearing against it, sound oddly like the same arguments used against Prohibition of alcohol. And those sound strangely like fear mongering efforts. We need to do something to stop people going to jail for victimless crimes. And for crimes where they would not be criminals if pot were legalized. And if I hear one more time that someone with a disease or condition has gone to jail or court because of owning a substance that can alleviate their pain, I think I'm going to scream.

As for those who become addicted...addicted? To pot? But its not an addictive substance, its NOT a class 1 narcotic as the government has labeled it for decades. I'm happy to see that it is currently, although labeled a Schedule 1 restricted drug, is now also indicated as not a Narcotic. Doctors and scientists have argued for decades over having that one changed. It was completely delusional by the government until this was updated.

Schedule I drugs are a category of drugs not considered legitimate for medical use. Among the substances so classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency are mescaline [Peyote], lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], heroin, and marijuana [cannabis]. Special licensing procedures must be followed to use these or other Schedule I substances.

Seriously, Cannabis and heroin should never be mentioned in the same sentence. And as I've said before, we need to stop calling it Marijuana because this was from an original scare monger by the US government just post prohibition when the FBI as looking for a new enemy and to find a way to feed all its ex alcohol oriented Special Agents.

Look, heroin is addictive, crack cocaine is addictive, meth is addictive. Those are in a completely different class from pot. People who have a problem outside of Cannabis use and need help, the pot, brings that out and shows what their issue is and its most likely not pot but some underlying issues. We need to address the violence creeping into the US from Mexico. Legalizing will stop that.

Growers are against commercialization. So were those who were illegally distilling alcohol during prohibition. Are these growers bad people? No, not from what we are seeing. But the obviously have a divested interest as big business will crush them. Will they? What about local micro breweries? They have local followings and are doing well. I will not drink Budweiser beer, which I drank when I was young, dumb and well, dumb. Now I much greatly prefer imports, or better, our local micros, such as Hood Canal Brewery, or many other smaller operations. Why? Because they ARE local. But also because they taste great.

I lost a little respect for the White House today, with their announcement applauding the failure of Prop19. I think it may have had some attachments making this version of legalization, not so great and maybe it should have failed. But in failure, there may have come success.

All that being said (article from):

Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, shares the same view: “Prop. 19 has elevated and legitimized the discourse around marijuana policy like nothing ever before.” Nadelmann adds, “This is the first time major elected officials and labor unions and civil rights organizations have endorsed a marijuana legalization measure. The debate is less about whether to legalize marijuana and increasingly about how to legalize marijuana.”

Notwithstanding the defeat of Prop 19, advocates of a similar proposal in Colorado are now preparing for their own shot in 2012, the Denver Westword reported. These advocates even created a website, Legalize2012.com. Laura Kriho, of the Cannabis Therapy Institute, the organization behind the website, said that one of the reasons they are starting out early is because of their patients. “They are in the process of getting restricted out of being able to get their medicine in a reasonable fashion,” Kriho said.

Here are pieces of a couple of articles today:

From:

"California voters snuffed out Proposition 19 which would have legalized recreational marijuana cultivation, according to ABC News projections, but backers said they would try again to legalize pot in 2012.

"The White House drug policy director Gil Kerlikowske applauded the vote today:

"The Obama Administration has been clear in its opposition to marijuana legalization because research shows that marijuana use is associated with voluntary treatment admissions for addiction, fatal drugged driving accidents, mental illness, and emergency room admissions," Kerlikowske said" 

I'm officially calling for Gil Kerlikowske to be fired. Why? This guy is a moron and letting President Obama look like a fool. So, Gil, STOP THAT!

I don't doubt what Gil says may be true. But think! Doesn't it sound like ludicrous fear mongering at its best? It only takes ONE person to voluntarily admit themself for treatment, one to drive off the road and typically stats show, alcohol was also involved in driving accidents. Mental illness? I'm not even going to deal with that, its just stupid. Cannabis does NOT cause mental iillness. That is just offensive. Emergency room admissions? Come on. This guy is in the White House? Someone should be fired. I could come up with a better made up argument to release to the public if I was stone, hung over, no sleep in three days and my dog just died.

Take cocaine, heroin, which cannabis is scheduled along, include alcohol, which is legal, and compare those statistics. Here is cannabis along the bottom of the chart, there are the rest, along the top of the chart; there is no comparison. Come on, how stupid does Gil think Americans are? Well, obviously, pretty damn dumb. 

And MENTAL ILLNESS? Really?! Oh my God. Gil...PLEASE!

From:

"Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple's home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes.

"San Francisco police thought the same with a father and son team they suspected of abusing the state's medical marijuana law by allegedly operating an illegal trafficking operation.

"But both cases were tossed out along with many other marijuana possession cases in recent weeks because of a California Supreme Court ruling that has police, prosecutors and defense attorneys scrambling to make sense of a gray legal area: What is the maximum amount of cannabis a medical marijuana patient can possess?

"No one can say for sure how many dismissals and acquittals have been prompted by the ruling, but the numbers are stacking up since the Supreme Court on Jan. 21 tossed out Patrick Kelly's marijuana possession conviction.

"Gray is not a good color for the law," said Shasta County District Attorney Gerald Benito, who dismissed a case earlier this month and is considering dropping several more because of the ruling. "It makes it very difficult for us to enforce the law — I think everyone is crying out for a clear line."

"Benito cited the Supreme Court ruling in dropping charges on March 5 against James Bradley Hall, who was arrested in October and charged with growing 40 marijuana plants.

"The next week, a San Francisco jury acquitted a father and son charged with growing three dozen plants. The lawyers for Thomas Chang, 62, and his son, Errol Chang, 30, based their defense on the Kelly case, arguing that the men needed that much pot to treat their medical conditions."

Writing and being a Freelance Writer

Lou Redmond said,

"We never write as well as we want to, we only write as well as we can."

In a 2002 study at Ben-Gurion University, people who wrote about stressful events made fewer visits to health clinics over the next 15 months. And researchers at Chicago Medical School found that when cancer patients without family support wrote about their illness for 20 minutes a day, they reported less stress for up to 6 months. (from "Getting Started as a Freelance Writer" - Robert W. Bly)

"If you want to make money as a freelancer, stop thinking of yourself as a writer first. Instead, consider yourself a self-employed businessperson -- whose business happens to be writing. That means you are no longer writing for satisfaction. Now you're writing for money. That simple fact is a major mind-set change for most freelancers." (From "Six Figure Freelancing" - Kelly James-Enger)

So, if you want to be a writer, write. Read. Pay attention to what is around you. Read old classics. Start a blog; its fun, its work, its discipline; it can get you immediate responses on your writings, and its one of those things were you get better simply by just doing it.

Bottom line is, just do it.

Nazi medical experiments

I think, perhaps that this is a good topic for a post Halloween article.

So, its been established that we won't use the information from Nazi experiments, tortures and murders because we don't want people in the future to think they can benefit from things like that. This all lead to the Nuremburg Code; ten standards to which physicians must conform when carrying out experiments on human subjects in a new code that is now accepted worldwide.

Okay. However, isn't there a problem with that idea?

So those people who died, who were tortured, those sacrifices they made will go to naught, not even being used to make their death and pain count for something. But just because we're a bunch of emotional wimps, they therefore had to die in vain?

I can understand how back then, we wanted to save the feelings of people who had suffered. But I would still argue that was wrong, scientifically, even emotionally, speaking. But perhaps, probably, it may have been correct from a psychosocial, healing perspective.

"After the Nuremberg trials Nazi experiments on humans were brushed aside as pseudoscience and as having nothing to do with mainstream medical research. Abuses in other countries could not be so dismissed, but here the culprit was generally held to be the state. If only, so the argument runs, the doctor would be free from the corrupting pressures of the state and ideology, the ethos of the doctor's duty of care would ensure that patients could never be exploited as human guinea pigs.

"But what if we accept that experimental abuses had plausible rationales? Some experiments might have more valid scientific reasons than others, but what if even the most gruesome research had some basis in medical science? Wolfgang Weyers offers an overview of human experiments from their origins in ancient medicine to modern times in The Abuse of Man: An Illustrated History of Dubious Medical Experimentation." (from BMJ.com)

Well, those people from the Nazi Holocaust, well all be gone soon.

Perhaps there really is nothing there, but perhaps, we should now go back and look at those things again. Correlate them with advances in information and medical technologies. See if we could have saved lives with that information. Then consider all that, should this ever come up again.

Because I have to tell you, if I were one of those people, if I were tortured, murdered and burned or buried in a mass grave, I would be extremely pissed off that I was to have died for nothing. NOTHING.

I would want someone to think that humankind would have benefited in some positive way from my suffering and sacrifice.

Ya know?

Western Stage's 'The Foreigner' Wacky Fun (Salinas, CA)

"The Western Stage production of Larry Shue's "The Foreigner" is two-plus hours of chuckles. A very inventive and off-the-wall farce, it contains all the elements of a classic construction of an audience-amusing and attention-holding comedy.

"In a sparkling presentation in the Hartnell Studio Theater, the play is unusual in that, with all the humor and oddball situations that the author cooks up, he also builds it to a very serious climax which, for a brief period, is actually scary and makes one wonder how he will resolve the dilemma he has created.

"It comes as an almost gripping surprise when it arises, but then it very satisfactorily and skillfully builds to a happy ending.

"The Foreigner" tells the story of two best friends from their years in Her Majesty's Service.

"There are the two villains who suddenly become electrifyingly prominent in the denouement of the plot. One is played by Mike Rainey, as the slithery and conniving Rev. David Marshall Lee, is a convincing, smooth and underhanded operator. His motives are dark as he tries to manipulate and soft-soaps his wealthy fiancee, Cathy Simms."

For the full article by NATHALIE PLOTKIN Herald Correspondent

Rounding out the 2010 season on stage now is The Foreigner in the Studio Theater from October 22 – Nov 14
Western Stage
411 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 9390
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Zach Galifianakis - fallout from smoking pot on Bill Maher's Real Time HBO show

After Zach's portrayal of a pot smoker on Bill Maher's Real Time HBO show, using real pot, I wondered if there would be repercussions.

Since the airwaves and in this case, the cable lines, are governed by the FCC, that makes it a Federal consideration and as the Marijuana laws are most importantly Federal in prohibiting it,will there be repercussions some time this week?

At first only pro-Pot web sites commented. So I waited for Monday. Now we are seeing the more mainstream periodicals picking up the event. Mostly, they aren't saying anything about it. I can find no comment anywhere about any legal repercussions. Which I'm pleased about. I'm all for civil disobedience, in making a statement. Sometimes, its even necessary. Personally, I don't even see what the big deal is about this. Legalize it.

When I consider the numbers of people, mostly minority, who have spent fifteen years in prison for holding, or smoking a cannabis cigarette, I'm horrified. When considering what has happened to them in jail. Considering how much that has cost us, with housing these people, seeking them out with law enforcement, legal fees, court costs, on and on and we really, really, have other more important things to deal with.

Like people out of work. The infrastructure, roads, the Internet, schools, all deteriorating and needing to be fixed up. I have no clue why we are wasting time with cannabis laws. Let's be done with it, remove the club from the criminals hands. Protect the American pot smoker who has no idea what crap they are taking into their lungs, who are by definition, having to purchase it from criminals and who can be good, upstanding, God fearing (their problem not mine) people who can suddenly find themselves in prison, their lives ruined, becoming another burden upon our society, all because they smoked some pot?

Really?

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ZomBcon I Seattle Halloween Weekend - Going next year too!

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/49702/zombcon-with-viewer-army/#video-50151

I'm now calling this, "ZomBcon I".
Because, I know there will be a ZomBcon II next year.

Things went very well. Here are a couple of shots from a less crowded moment but there were times when it was pleasantly, pretty crowded.

Viewer Army on G4 at ZomBcon
We went to ZomBcon this weekend. First ever in Seattle. I can't speak to the numbers of attendees as I don't have those numbers. But those in the know said, they are now expecting another ZomBcon, next year. We didn't get to any of the seminars, lectures and such that were going on around the various convention halls, and other locations (see, ZomBcon web site). We just stayed in the main arena.

We parked in the parking garage across the street from the Opera House, which the con was next to and below. We ate at Thai Heaven, directly on the north side of the garage, incredible food.

We first parked on the street on the west side of the Seattle Center, thinking we'd get our bearings, come bac and move the car, which is what happened. We wondered through the convention halls (outside through them, not inside) and ended at the Key Arena, where SOME thing was going on, but there were NO signs indicating what. Like it was a secret. Once we found it was the "Women of Faith Conference", well, I realized there were only women there, and most of them were looking at us.

I start to feel very out of place. We weren't all zombie'd out but, I suspect we cut a look rather less than desired at this event. Actually, it was more because of our having mentioned we were looking for ZomBcon. On the other hand, these were such ambiguous looks that we were getting, that it could have been more of a "want to get a drink with me after the 'come to Fath' meeting, later?". Either way we beat a quick retreat, found the con, asked about where to park, went back, moved the car, took the skybridge over the traffic and directly down into the bowels of ZomBcon.

I think had my satchel checked. We went in, got wristbanded and hit the freebie table. One of us grabbed up magic cards by the box, that they were giving out and checked out the other free flyers and such. A few handouts were there for many writers' works and other odds and ends as I'll talk about later.

First I'll mention my friends and the anthology I am in with Cal, Alan, paranormal romance author TL Mitchell and others in The Undead Nation Anthology:

Then there was Cal's (a hugely fun book) The Zombie's Survival Guide:

Cal with his "Het Maddem" book and George Romero (pretty sweet, right?):

And Alan's (I bought one) "Voyeur Dead":

I've never been much of one for wanting to sign my work, but I do love getting signed editions myself from other authors, so after a while, I was feeling how fun it might be to have my own book out there and ready to go. But I'll have to wait till the publisher gets done doing whatever voodoo they do, so we can get out there with it.

Once we got through the door, everyone was very friendly and having a very good time. This was about 11AM Saturday. The trip over required a ferry which we got to just in time and nearly drove right on. The trip back was the same, where we timed it (accidentally) nearly perfectly. The good time and the great service and excellent food at the Thai Heaven restaurant (352 Roy St). I had the Larb salad (Thai Salad) which I couldn't get enough of. It was messy to eat, wrapping the chicken and veggies in a leaf off the quarter cut of cabbage, but it was worth it. We ended the day not only feeling it was almost perfect, but exhausted, with happy smiles all around.

Taj Jackson, the Brazilian Sco triplets and the CodeZ table
As we entered the main floor, the first thing we couldn't miss was the CodeZ table with the Brazilian Sco triplets from Brazil. You make up your mind, but they were just so... pleasant. Beautiful, goes without saying (seem below). And they were being interviewed on camera. I wasn't surprised. There was an HDTV running a disc showing a looped promo of their show, CodeZ. With them, was Taj  Jackson, their director and producer who is Michael Jackson's nephew. Taj, is son of Tito Jackson (member of the highly acclaimed "Jackson 5") and  Dee Dee Jackson. More about CodeZ later. Taj was very cool. I hope he makes it, I don't see how he cannot.

Inside were plenty of Zombie types in makeup (hopefully) and many sellers at tables of all things Zombie. Books, both comic and prose, gadgets, swords, graphics, prosthetics, food (Zombie Flesh), drink (Zombie Blast, at a store near you soon....). Right of stage, was George Romero, signing and talking. Here's a shot of him with an anonymous attendee:

Left of stage was Ted Raimi, actor brother of the famous director, Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Spiderman, need I go on?).

As a young boy, Ted Raimi had Bruce Campbell as a babysitter. Thus, his life was meant to be entangled with Zombies. Raimi started out acting as an extra in his brother Sam’s films, including The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Darkman, and the Spider-Man series.

Further around on the left, the Legendary and notorious Malcolm McDowell.

Behind Malcolm McDowell, you can almost see the Zombie Tools table with some very cool and extremely functional swords, machetes and knives, ranging not inexpensively from $150-$450, but built for the zombie kill environment and made to last.

Zombie Tools table:

Between them, the notorious and legendary, sub-culture favorite, Bruce Campbell (most recently of USA channel's "Burn Notice" fame as Sam, the all the time womanizer and hip, and sometimes Savvy, Saturated ex-Navy SEAL). Each took the stage for interview or general mayhem among other speakers. Here's a bad shot (more better coming soon):

Another shot:

A better shot, Bruce holding a Zombie Tools machete:

Malcolm McDowell got on stage for a little while and talked. I didn't feel he needed to say much though, as simply being in the room with him was a great pleasure. Then George Romero (photos coming soon) sat on stage to be interviewed for a while which was again like having Malcolm on stage, another icon of cinema.

Finally, and most entertaining of the "big three", was Bruce (more photos coming soon) Campbell. Bruce entertained for about an hour, remaining in true "Ash" (from Evil Dead franchise) form, brash and slightly rude, but funny as hell. He came on stage as the guy from Zombie Tools was about to come of stage, sharing about his company's products, Zombie killing devices. Bruce was pulling people out of the audience and making them work for his comedy. It was really too funny at times and people both on stage and off were having a great time.

He explained how to make good and professional stage blood (Karo syrup, red food coloring, a touch of blue food coloring and most importantly and typically forgotten, a whitener such as Coffee-mate for opacity). Bruce pointed out how zombies are actually dead and one cannot kill them, as they are, well, dead.
When asked which movie he regretted making or disliked the most, he answered that he liked all the movies he was in as he got paid for them and since we pay to see the movies, that complaint is for us to make.

One kid, sent up by his parent's and wearing a Boba Fett set of pajamas, asked, "When are you going to do "Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash" which broke everyone up. Bruce said that was a bad idea and a loosing concept. Then (jokingly) he said they actually got a call from the studios about just that topic and when his people said:

"That's a GREAT idea. How will we go about having Ash kill both Jason and Freddy? Hello? Hello?" which pretty much summed it up. You can't have a franchise hero be killed by another franchise hero (Aliens and Predators, notwithstanding). Then someone showed him a comic book of just that topic "Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash". Bruce said, that indeed he did know about that comic, but it was never going to happen on the big screen.

Bruce was very happy someone asked about his work on "Burn Notice", as he put it "I'm so glad someone mentioned Burn Notice, the number one show on cable television!"

Later, we got to see a very informative and entertaining talk by Sean “The Butcher” Smithson – Fangoria Writer, Horror Film Historian and Thom Carnell – Writer, Fangoria Magazine who read the first chapter from his book. Check out his Halloween Top 10 Third World Cannibal Films over at Dread Central. Here s Thom reading from his book.

I had to buy his book, so of course, I got a signed copy of "No Flesh Shall Be Spared". I'm looking forward to reading it. Partially because Thom said he addresses such things as how you can't shove a stick through a zombie's head, but you can break the sinoid bone in the middle of his head and it sounded like it would be an accurate and lucid and therefore, more fun read (albeit in a kind of slightly sort of darker sense, if you will). I bought a copy, and I have high hopes for it being a great read.

Thom and Sean talked about the entire Horror genre, and Zombies in particular. I would sum up what the said as this, if you want more of this, support it. If you want to stop watching the horror movies that are geared toward thirteen year old girls, which is what the theater exit polls indicate who is paying for these films, then you have to go to the theaters.

Pay, go to see movies you like. Ask for your money back if its a bad film. The money the films make, speaks volumes and studio execs listen to those numbers. If you are going to illegally download a movie like Spiderman, or Iron Man, okay, well, you shouldn't do that; but certainly do NOT download, and therefore not pay for, the smaller movies you love, because movies like that, won't get made, if they don't see that they make money. Get it? Besides, James Cameron isn't going to go hungry at dinner, but some of these people making these low budget films, just may. Be careful whose hands you are taking money from.

They went on to say, if you are into this, then get a notebook, keep notes of what people say are good movies, because there is a lot of bad schlock out there, but there is also some very low budget but good films too.

We also talked with Zombie Research at their table for a while.

Fun people and interesting background.

ZomBcon International has teamed up with the Zombie Research Society to bring you some of the biggest names to discuss the culture from infection sources, survival to Zombie brain function by the nation’s greatest zombie experts minds discuss the culture at the ZRS panels this year.

I had to get this print from the artist for my daughter who had to work and couldn't make Seattle's ZomBcon I. Maybe next year.

It seems I didn't get a photo of the Zombie Flesh stand, brand or product, but here is one for Zombie Blast.

 

CodeZ

On the way out (we came in and left several times, one for some lunch), we stopped our last time and visited with the Brazilian Sco triplets and Taj. I can't sum him up better than this from - Siane Hollan on "Squidoo:

"Upon the untimely passing of his Uncle Michael, Taj proceeded to make good on his directing promise to his uncle and is currently directing the action-packed, zombie series entitled, "Code Z". Taj Jackson is a highly gifted, conscientious, humble, and multi-talented artist. The stratosphere isn't even the limit for this up and coming director. His compelling and dynamic artistry is conjuring up a whole new brand of Jackson magic on the world's stage, that's center stage, of course!"

That being said and now having met Taj, I believe what Siane says about him. We talked with him for quite a while. He has a vision and an energy. I believe he is going places and if this is what he's chosen, we will be seeing more of it. He is very pleasant and energetic to talk to, and just as likable as the triplets of CodeZ:  Thaísa, Thainá and Thayana Sco. They were born in the capital of Brazil, Brazilia.They are just a congenial as they are beautiful. Every time we walked passed them, they were either still being interviewed, or interviewed again by another camera team and interviewer.

These Brazilian triplets have been entertainers (acting, dancing and singing) since a very young age. The three of them are best known as T-Rio, an internationally renown, multi-platinum album selling music group. Hailing from Brasilia, Brazil, T-Rio began performing together at the age of three, and have also refined their craft in Paris. So cute....

I will certainly watch for their career rise to stardom (Think, Buffy the vampire Killer times three).

One of the cool things about what I was seeing, were all this grassroots efforts. People creating something from nothing, a freshness (ironic at Zombie Con, right?), an energy of new things happening. And perhaps, what with AMCs The Walking Dead, premiering tonight, maybe they are. There were many great artists (even a tattoo artist), authors, film makers, etc., that I cannot get to here, but they were there and they worth checking out.

Overall and in the end the one questions are (as always), was it worth the time and will you go again?

Absolutely! We had a great time! I will be going next year for sure as it will be bigger, and better and continue its rise on the full moon of Halloween and of the ever rising undead.

See also, Seattle Met Mag

Did Zach Galifianakis really smoke pot on Bill Maher's Real Time show?

Yes. He did.

See the Huffington Post article of Zach Galifianakis smoking pot on TV.

Do feel free to watch the video, its pretty hilarious, actually.

I noticed that I was only seeing pro pot people talking about it online. One guy said that another guest at the other end of the panel had asked for the smoking pot stick, but got ignored. Would there have been two smoking on TV?

Zach said he was merely trying to show people (who didn't know any better) that smoking the substance would not lead to errant (or dangerous) behavior and that he could indeed contain himself and act as a normal (comedienne normal?) Human being.Which, of course, he succeeded in doing.

Nothing has come of it. But since the airwaves and cable lines are governed by the FCC, that makes it a federal consideration and the Marijuana laws are federal prohibiting it; so, will there be repercussions on Monday or some time this week?

Time will tell. Best of luck to Zach though.