Eh? Y’all beat me to it. Pelosi’s a 1%er; very rich; very entitled.

Pelosi could give a rat’s patoot about the serfs peons drek 99%. WE don’t PAY Pelosi enough to pay attention to us lowly “citizens.” Only the 1% does.

Anyone surprised by this? Really?

The deification of George Tierney, Jr., of Greenville South Carolina in the rightwing victimizing blogosphere shall commence in 5…4…3…

Ok. That makes sense.

I agree with your analysis. The so-called “feds” are just racketeers for the 1%. Again: it’s all about the money, honey.

Mom & Pop’ll be allowed to “grow their own” pot, but even that’ll be strictly regulated to X number of plants.

The big-business side of it will be in the hands of BigPharma, BigAg, BigWhatever.

In CA, there was substantial work done already on organizing business ventures to handle pot production, manufacturing, distribution, etc, in anticipation of the Prop passing. Once it didn’t pass, the Feds stepped in really FAST to shut those puppies DOWN.

The Big Boyz don’t want the competition.

It’s all a myth about how America is supposedly all about “small business owners.” Most emphatically NOT.

It’s the giant corporations who get all the tax breaks & incentives & enjoy the most loopholes, etc. Truly small business owners ARE often over-taxed bc they don’t get to “enjoy” all the “benefits” that the giant corporations do.

This is a lesson that more US citizens need to learn and to “get.”

You are quite right that the criminal racketeers called the “feds” are doing whatever they can behind the scenes to set up the show so that legal MJ inures almost solely and only to the benefit of the 1%.

But but but… Obama sucks less than Willard… /s

Shorter answer to your last question: YES.

I know someone who’s worked all her life in retail. She got screwed over when Montgomery Ward went bankrupt & lost all of her 401(k)… you know: the fabled 401(k)s that the Ayn Rand panty-sniffers think are THE ANSWER to everything, amen, the end.

This person collects SSI – not sure how much – and has a very small pension from another job. STILL working at the age of 81! and having a really huge struggle with it. The job is still retail-oriented but involves a certain amount of physical labor. Getting tougher and tougher for her to do it. She is freaking out bc when she finally has to stop working – it’ll be sooner rather than later – she’s pretty much screwed over. Has very little saved, but not bc she’s profligate or hasn’t tried.

So yeah: let’s cut her SSI… because she’s such a lazy slacker with her hand out looking for something for nothing.

Got ripped off by yet another US corporation, but EFF her. She must’ve *deserved* it and can just go eat shit & die (for real).

Ain’t it just grand when these whining entitled self-absorbed rip-off charlatan 1% geezers – who ripped off their money from the middle & working classes – pitch a fit about how nasty-wasty the slaves serfs peons drek, uh, 99% are for, you know, not bowing, scraping, tugging our collective forelocks & kissing their high & mighty asses?

Ptoui!

I have no idea if Pelosi’s even running this time out. I think she just wants to rake in buck$$ whenever there’s an opportunity, doncha know?

Apparently not any more. Think: Goal Posts, Shifted.

And just think: $7.4 million is really sort of chump change these days amongst the insanely wealthy. The .000001% are worth billions upon billions each. It’s quite something.

Fancy Nancy is just chump at the lower end of the 1%. That’s why she’s willing to whore for her buck$$. Can’t figure out how else to rip off the rubes & chumps.

Much needed jobs are being lost in some of the most depressed corners of our country. Dare i guess millions of jobs in a few years of setup.

Too true.

The answer back from the 1%ers, like Monsanto, BigPharma, BigPrison, ATF, DEA: SO????? What’s your point???

Don’t get me wrong. I’m just as frustrated as you are, and you make good sense.

Doesn’t matter. The PTB have spoken, and they no-likey the idea of legal MJ bc it cuts into their profits. Creating jobs for the 99%???? Who gives a shit about that in the 1%???? The end.

… there’s an incipient shareholder lawsuit in process that will argue that Facebook, the social networking company omitted key information as well as made false statements in their IPO documentation. Of course, the JOBS Act would remove much of the information an IPO needs to provide to investors.

Do tell. No shit. I passed the popcorn watching the much vaunted Facebook IPO. It seemed to me that most of the frickin’ “nooz” focused on whether idiotic Zuckerman would show up in his stoopit hoodie or not. I mean: who gives a fack about that?? NPR had *breathless* “reporting” numerous times about hoodies.

How ludicrous. I KNEW that the initial price was waaaaay too high, and believe me, I have NO real credentials in this area, other than having a portfolio & self-teaching for years. To repeat: ludicrous.

One thing though: I *think* possibly this was a break-through of sorts bc investors shied away in droves. I think US citizens (if not everyone everywhere) are growing “wise” to the tactics of the Wall St casino.

Booyah!

BTW, Pelosi is just whoring for donations from millionaires, in case ya didn’t figure that out… yeah: figured you already got that.

There is no depth to which Pelosi won’t stoop in terms of whoring for the buckeroo$$$.

Hey look: the 1%, of which Pelosi is a member, are so obscenely wealthy that to them, a lowly millionaire probably seems like a half step away from being a bag lady. No snark intended.

For these obscenely greedheaded rip-offs to say that millionaires are “middle class” is actually sort of a “step up” for them.

Are millionaires “middle class”?? Well by comparison to the 1%, they’re not even that.

OTOH: Pelosi can …. (you fill in the blank). I have no use for her; worse than worthless; a blight.

Thanks, Jon, for the update. It’s good to know. I won’t hold my breath, though. As has been said many times before, the PTB aren’t interested in legalizing MJ bc I guess they make more money – via various activities – with it being illegal.

I’ll be surprised if this ever passes in my lifetime, and I’m not that old (yet).

I have no idea, really, but wouldn’t surprise me if Sheriff Joe makes a little money offa that meth trade. Doesn’t want to kill one of his cash cows…

The HI birtherism stunt gives this attention whore just what Arpaio wants.

Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer have co-authored a bill that would ban bankers from sitting on the boards of directors at the regional Fed banks.

1. Weak tea
2. Won’t happen

Thanks for the post, which I truly appreciate.

Yet more useless Kabuki Show.

OK. No sweat. Keep coming back for more.

Ok. But then why do I have to “pay” for someone’s Viagra prescription?

IMO, I’d rather see birth control covered so that people have access to it to hopefully prevent unwanted births. Coverage of child births – whether wanted or not – is much more expensive than birth control, itself. So the argument about not having to pay for something that someone else uses is rather specious.

IMO, Viagra (and the like) just encourage people to have sex (which is fine by me; I don’t care) but does nothing to prevent either pregenancy or STDS. But it begs the question: why should I have to “pay” for that?