How Come "Joe Sixpack" is an American Hero ...

[Butters 0]

While "Joe Stoner" Gets Arrested?

"That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch

[mnealtx 0]

Because drinking a sixpack isn't against the law.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[Andy9o8 2]

Because if you walked into a bar and said "Joe Tofu", you'd get beat up.

[klingeme 1]

After they leaglize pot in more states, maybe it'll be "Joe Toker"

[rhys 0]

alohol was prohibited before hemp was, prohibition didn't work, gangsters made millions and the prohibition on alcohol was lifted.

why was the prohibiton not lifted on hemp?

The cotton and oil industry was making too much money out of the gap the prohibited hemp left in the market.

You guys are alway going on about how the founding fathers gave you all the rights you so deserve in your beloved constitution, yeah?

If they had forseen a possibility cannabis being prohibited they would have written something in your constitution about that too, but they would never have guessed it would ever happen since most of them were cannabis farmers themselves.

Your origional constitution and decleration of independence were written on cannabis, cristopher columbus's rigging was all hemp, you countries industry was funded with hemp farming. the first US patent was for a cannbis threshing machine......

http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/hemp22.htm

"In the North American colonies, hemp quickly became an indispensable raw material. Many of the American colonists’ Bibles and maps were printed on hemp paper, and much of their lamp oil came from pressed hemp seeds. All the early American flags were made with hemp. Hemp production was so important to commerce, that in 1640, the Governor of Connecticut declared that every citizen must grow hemp.

America’s founding fathers were strong advocates of a hemp-based economy for their new country. In fact, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were themselves long-time hemp farmers - the first two drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper. The Daughters of the American Revolution sewed hemp linens for the Continental Army, without which more Revolutionary soldiers might have frozen to death at the battle of Valley Forge. Hemp rope was used to rig the Early American Navy and Merchant Marine ships. "

what was that again "the Governor of Connecticut declared that every citizen must grow hemp."


Are you taught that in your schools?

I don't think so.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

[klingeme 1]

I never said I was against the legalization. I'd rather hang out with someone that is stoned than a "Whiskey Drunk asshole" any day, but the fact is that it is currently illegal.

What if she would have said "Joe Music Downloader"?

[mnealtx 0]

Hemp != cannabis.

Here - you'll need this later.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[rhys 0]

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Hemp != cannabis.

Not quite sure what you mean by that statement?

I'll assume you don't think hemp is the same as cannabis as repeating what i just wrote would be pointless.

Hemp is cannabis sativa, same stuff people smoke to get high, people like george washington, franklin and the guys that wrote the 2nd ammndment, gee they must have been wasted/paranoid that day.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

[mnealtx 0]

Yes, and no. It's like the difference between maize and sweet corn. You can smoke a whole field full of hemp and about all you'll get out of it is a sore throat.


Thanks for playing.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[rhys 0]

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Yes, and no. It's like the difference between maize and sweet corn. You can smoke a whole field full of hemp and about all you'll get out of it is a sore throat.

that would be true if you left all the male plant in,

cannabis sativa is cannabis sativa, isolate the females and you will have a higher rate of THC.

Im sure (due to the size of the industry) they knew this at the time, you think Henry Ford didn't experiment with these types of things.

They would have played with 'cannabis indica' too, had breeding programs. Long, strong fibres were not the only use for cannabis.

It is a shame the corrupt idiots wrote all this out of your history books for thier own financial gain, the planet would be a better place to live right now had common sence prevailed.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

[Andy9o8 2]

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Your origional constitution and decleration of independence were written on cannabis,

So when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration, he was stoned?
That is so cool.

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the guys that wrote the 2nd ammndment, gee they must have been wasted/paranoid that day.

That's actually pretty funny.

Wait a minute.

Holy shit. You know, that really does explain a lot.

[jakee 1,585]

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Hemp != cannabis.

Here - you'll need this later.

Hemp is cannabis, it's just a type of cannabis that doesn't have much THC in it.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rhys 0]

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Hemp is cannabis, it's just a type of cannabis that doesn't have much THC in it.

Though hemp grown to make rope etc, would have been predominantly male plants, the industrial hemp grown today has been developed specifically to have less THC due to modern narcotics laws, and thier limitations on the industry.

Back before prohibition however, this would not have been an issue. By no means would the first few presidents have been smoking skunk weed, the cannibis they were growing and most likely smoking would have had a higher THC content than the industrial hemp grown today.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

[Shotgun 1]

Is "Joe Six-pack" a hero?

It sounds like a derogatory term to me.

[chuteless 1]

because Americans make heros out of nothing.

HERO uis the most misused word in the English language, especially in the USA.

[FreeflyChile 0]

that's what I was thinking in another thread.

How is Joe Sixpack endearing?

It reminds me of the Miller High Life commercials with the sassy fat delivery guy that goes into high-class establishments and takes back the beer. Those commercials are really amusing to me because they seem to say "it's great to be poor! Can't afford a nice life? Don't worry, those people that work hard to get ahead in life are idiots. We'll stick it to them by taking back our shitty beer so they can't drink it!"

[Andy9o8 2]

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because Americans make heros out of nothing.

HERO uis the most misused word in the English language, especially in the USA.

Try, "second-most", Bill.

[mnealtx 0]

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Is "Joe Six-pack" a hero?

It sounds like a derogatory term to me.

For your ideological fellow-travelers, it is.

For others, it exemplifies the American worker - the 'little man' that politicians always SAY they're for.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[Shotgun 1]

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How is Joe Sixpack endearing?

I don't know, and what does it mean anyway? It gives me the impression of someone who drinks a six-pack of beer every night.

The candidates sort of lose me when they start referring to "Joe Six-pack." I just think, "Well, they're talking to someone out there, but not to me."

[billvon 3,096]

Because nowadays there's no middle ground. You're either a Joe Sixpack or a snooty latte-sipping elitist. You're either a middleclass hardworking father or a fat cat lining his wallet with government kickbacks. There's no room for Tom Two 750ml Bottles of Good Beer (unless, of course, you can make him into a man-of-the-people who supports local breweries, firefighters and children or a snooty, Miller-Lite-snubbing elitist.)

[Coreece 190]

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"How Come "Joe Sixpack" is an American Hero"

Because the republicans are relying on the good judgement of American drunks to keep them in the Whitehouse....you'd have to be drunk...right?

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