Philadelphia... You are what i needed:)

The city of brotherly love is what they called themselves, the birthplace of democracy, home of the Eagles and the cheesesteak.

I myself would like to call it the really cool fun city on the east coast that no-one seems to know about.

Seriously, when people talk about fun places to go, no-one ever says Philly. But its downtown is fuckin wicked! Clubs, bars, really great shopping, amazing architecture, history and from what I here pretty safe in the core... now I know the first night I was here there were eleven shootings and eight murders... but hey, not downtown!

Also, I could be wrong but it seems that girls outnumber the guys here like three to one.

It is weird being out east though the shocking difference towards weed is amazing... People are really covert about it, hidin in corners, back in alleys, it feels like you are doing something really bad, not just smoking a piece of a dried plant that grows over 80 percent of the globe.

The transition from Vancouver is shocking, where you smoke pretty much anywhere without much consideration for getting in trouble from Johnny law.

It shouldn't be like this! Philly, you are too cool to be scared of a little plant, and all those important people who signed that beautiful document in constitution hall, they all grew it! But you can't! How is that the evolution of democracy? Why was it OK for George Washington to grow weed but not you?

I'll tell you why, because the more bullshit laws they have, the more under control of the government you are, the more they can pull up whatever shit they want in order to scare you out of making waves in elections, and in the vast financial and social inequity that the corporations don't want you to do anything about.

It's weed. It doesn't kill, hell it barely does anything bad, maybe strips away some of your motivation to work hard... but not anymore than realizing that there are two America's one for the corporations and one for the pee-ons(us,me).

So lets make a first step. Don't let any self righteous dickhead try and tell you pot is bad, over his liver pickling whisky breathe. Don't let anyone say there is a justification in sending good people to jail or making them live with a criminal record because of a drug that is in no way a gateway drug any where as close to alcohol (think about it? When have you seen a bunch of high guys wanting coke? It's always drunk preppie assholes going to the bathrooms in packs to snort, never guys in tie dyed shirts eating a twinkie).

Thats just the first step, correct people. Correct your mom, when she criticizes pot, correct you preacher, correct you guidance councilors and most definitely correct your politicians and your local judges. Don't let them get away with making pot into something worse than booze... It just does not make any sense!

And once people can't get away with saying ludicrous bullshit about weed, we can start changing things for the better. Less cops worrying about it means more cops protecting us from crime, more judges looking into the eroding of our civil rights, more good people contributing to society without fear of a bullshit criminal record, more snack sales for hostess, and more record sales for trippy music...

Don't tolerate the propaganda! Never let anyone get away with spreading lies for the sake of a corporate agenda, and that's all the criminalization of weed is about.

Anyways I got really off topic here, but that's how I roll...

Much love from Philly!