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Growing list of successful pot smokers

Journalist Radley Balko makes fun of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's new anti-pot disinformation campaign, which "suggest that drug users can look forward to a career as a 'burrito taster,' a 'couch security guard,' or 'remote control operator.' Balko calls it "an incredibly lame campaign, [which] reeks of stodgy wonks making a desperate attempt to look hip." Here?s my challenge to Agitator readers, bloggers, and others: In this comments thread, let?s compile a master list of admitted pot smokers?current or former?who not only haven?t ended up as heroin junkies or burnouts, but have gone on to lead successful lives. If the person is famous, include a link. But feel free to add yourselves and what you do now, too, if you fit the criteria. School teacher? Cop? Stay at home mom? Grad student? Count yourself in. You can leave out your name if you like. Or include it. Either way. I?ll get it started: Barack Obama, president-elect. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the U.S. John Kerry, U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic nominee for president. John Edwards, multi-millionaire, former U.S. Senator, and 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president. Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, 2008 Republican nominee for vice president. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, and and Chancellor Alistair Darling. Josh Howard, NBA all-star. New York Governor David Paterson. Former Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Oscar winner Al Gore. Former Sen. Bill Bradley, who smoked while playing professional basketball. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and former New York Governor George Pataki. Billionaire and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Help Radley add to the list of successful potheads: Successful Pot Smokers: Let?s Make a List...

Quinn and Tennent: Powell endorsed Obama because "he's tired of being called an Oreo," "an Uncle Tom"

On the October 20 broadcast of The War Room with Quinn & Rose, co-host Rose Tennent asserted that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama "because he doesn't want to be known as an Uncle Tom anymore. He wants to be black again." Co-host Jim Quinn later said of Powell, "He's tired of being called an Oreo." Additionally, during the segment, Quinn said of Powell, "[R]emember, when he was in the Bush administration, he was a white guy." Tennent responded: "Blacks hated him. They -- 'Oh, he doesn't count. It doesn't count that you have someone black in the administration. He's not really black, he's an Uncle Tom.' " Tennent later stated, "He did endorse another black candidate once, Colin Powell -- a Democrat -- I'm going to have to look it up to see who it was, but he did do that before. So, you know, when we talk about racism and racists, I think that this is racism." From the October 20 broadcast of Clear Channel's The War Room with Quinn & Rose: TENNENT: I think -- when you told me this yesterday, I said to you, "Jim, he doesn't want to be known as an Uncle Tom anymore. He wants to be black again." QUINN: And I said -- TENNENT: And that is it. QUINN: -- and I said, "Brilliant observation," because, I mean, remember, when he was in the Bush administration, he was a white guy. TENNENT: Yup. QUINN: He was a white guy. TENNENT: Blacks hated him. They -- "Oh, he doesn't count. It doesn't count that you have someone black in the administration. He's not really black, he's an Uncle Tom." QUINN: He's black by popular demand. TENNENT: Yay! QUINN: He's back and he's black. He's got his creds back. Is that -- I mean, maybe he's -- look, you could be very right here. He's tired of being called an Oreo. He was nothing but vilified by -- you know, whenever those of us on the right would say, "Well, you know, Bush has got a black secretary of state," they'd say, "Oh, yeah, right -- Colin Powell. Yeah, sure." TENNENT: That doesn't count. QUINN: And now the shoe is on the other foot. TENNENT: Well, you know, and I -- oh, I can't remember, it just hit me right now. He did endorse another black candidate once, Colin Powell -- a Democrat -- I'm going to have to look it up to see who it was, but he did do that before. So, you know, when we talk about racism and racists, I think that this is racism. QUINN: Well, and you know, something else he said, he said he couldn't bear to see Republicans or Bush or whoever -- I forget exactly what the phrasing was -- appoint any more Supreme Court justices. So I guess he's got a problem with Clarence Thomas -- TENNENT: Wow. Wow. QUINN: -- and Sam Alito.