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Posted on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:12:25 PM EST
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    lol!~ (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by nycstray on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:29:16 PM EST
    damn that is funny :) wonder if that's the WS commercial. The other one got good play during the NLCS.

    Shazam! (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by Stellaaa on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:54:21 PM EST
    Finally, Jerry has been coming up with some great commercials.  

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    yup. he saved his war chest for now (none / 0) (#8)
    by nycstray on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 06:13:49 PM EST
    so it is nice seeing it go to good use. especially after a summer of all Meg ALL the time, oy.

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    proving yet again (none / 0) (#2)
    by cpinva on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:32:46 PM EST
    (as if it needed to be), that just because you're very smart or lucky in one area of your life, doesn't, by definition, make you the brightest bulb in anyone's box.

    If only Brown would listen to you... (none / 0) (#4)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:39:12 PM EST
    You were talking about Brown, weren't you?

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    nah (none / 0) (#6)
    by cpinva on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:49:51 PM EST
    You were talking about Brown, weren't you?

    mr. brown has his faults, it's true. by comparison to ms. whitman(were i a CA voter), it's a no-brainer. i remain unconvinced the woman has ever actually had an original thought. one can be highly successful in business, whilst suffering "the hobgoblin of a boring consistency"

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    Clever ad... (none / 0) (#3)
    by kdog on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:36:45 PM EST
    And anybody who had the late great Joey Ramone stumping for him at one time can't be all bad.

    But whats up with the Prop 19 hatin' Jerry?  You and Barbara know better...for shame Cali Dem establishment, for shame!

    i'm baffled by that as well. (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 04:41:30 PM EST
    But whats up with the Prop 19 hatin' Jerry?

    you would think that mr. brown, of all people, would have a much more realistic view of the actual great harm done, to the state's economy & social fabric, because pot is illegal.

    has anyone inquired within?

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    He OD'd on Ronstadt (none / 0) (#9)
    by Dadler on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 06:52:57 PM EST
    You think he'd forgive others their personal organic vices.

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    You're no good. (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by MKS on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 06:56:02 PM EST
    Poor, poor pitiful Meg.

    When will she be loved?

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    He tells Meg to hasten down the wind (none / 0) (#22)
    by ruffian on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 08:56:11 AM EST


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    An appropriate campaign song for (none / 0) (#26)
    by Harry Saxon on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 10:30:35 AM EST
    Whitman:

    Well, hey now, baby,
    I'm the rank outsider.
    You can be my partner in crime.
    Baby, get it straight.
    You got to roll me,
    and call me the tumblin' dice.
    I said my, my, my,
    I'm the lone crapshooter,
    playin' the field every night.



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    Jerry Brown is against Capital Punishment (none / 0) (#11)
    by MKS on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 06:57:21 PM EST
    That is as far as he can go on crime....

    Is there a Dem pol anywhere for Prop 19?  This change will have to be people driven....

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    Would Brown's objection have anything to do (none / 0) (#17)
    by nycstray on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 08:09:21 PM EST
    with his current position? Only other thing I can think of is avoiding the "Moonbeam" resurfacing . . .   ;)

    I have a feeling he'll deal with it fine if it passes, money not spent on law enforcement and money brought in in taxes. Boxer will prob eventually agree with the positive environmental impact of not having illegal grows destroy valuable environ {grin}

    personally, i think both are playing to the middle and the right, which in CA, are closer to the center than elsewhere.

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    Tracks of my tears... (none / 0) (#19)
    by Angel on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 10:33:24 PM EST


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    A story on NPR yesterday (none / 0) (#20)
    by ruffian on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 08:50:22 AM EST
    said many proponents of pot are against Prop 19 because it puts restrictions on what lines of weed can be sold.  Maybe Jerry is a connoisseur.

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    WTF? (none / 0) (#23)
    by kdog on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 09:11:16 AM EST
    This I had to check out...it seems "Stoners against Prop 19" are afraid the 25 sq. foot garden limit will hamper grower's efforts to deliver the best strains, and it will still be illegal to posess reefer grown by unlicensed sellers.

    Though there are definitely things I would change about Prop 19, and there are real concerns about over-commercialization and the longtime outlaw hero growers being arsed out of a legal market, and god forbid eventual thc content limits...I think the good far outweighs the bad.  Besides, if the regulations hamper the growth of the best strains and new strains, I have no doubt they will still be grown....people like it too much.  

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    I agree (none / 0) (#27)
    by ruffian on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 10:44:42 AM EST
    I think they should be happy about getting a foot in the door and get out there and vote Yes.

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    I'm amazed... (none / 0) (#28)
    by kdog on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 10:51:56 AM EST
    at how many in the culture like things just the way they are... I see their points, but my conscience can't handle the chains on my brothers and sisters, I'd rather pay more taxes.  

    I smell a little selfish self-preservation in the opposition within Cali's mj-friendly community...I feel for somebody losing their livelyhood, but progress has always rendered livelyhoods obsolete.  

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    A Shout Out (none / 0) (#12)
    by CoralGables on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 07:28:49 PM EST
    to Jeralyn...

    DWTS tonight has what was voted as the top ten dances ever on the show. They are up to #2 on the east coast. It runs the first 30 minutes of the show if you want to catch it.

    One of the (none / 0) (#18)
    by cal1942 on Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 10:15:06 PM EST
    niftiest political ads I've seen.

    OMG. I just watched the ad. (none / 0) (#21)
    by observed on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 08:53:08 AM EST
    That's amazing.
    The world has lost (none / 0) (#24)
    by CST on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 09:53:17 AM EST
    a prophet.

    'Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by predicting results at the World Cup, died Tuesday.'

    Natural causes.  I guess "old age" comes at 2.5.

    I'm waiting on the autopsy... (none / 0) (#25)
    by kdog on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 10:01:01 AM EST
    I have a sneaking suspicion of foul play, with Paul picking Spain and all:)

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    Perhaps it was the stress (none / 0) (#29)
    by CoralGables on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 12:17:22 PM EST
    he was under while hoping to ink a new contract.

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    I wonder (none / 0) (#30)
    by CST on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 12:19:58 PM EST
    if he saw it coming

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    That's (none / 0) (#31)
    by Ga6thDem on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 02:44:28 PM EST
    really a good ad.

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