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Do you think that it served any purpose for the government to put Tommy Chong in jail???????
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Do you think that it served any purpose for the government to put Tommy Chong in jail??????? Just for the ignorant: Who is Tommy Chong? And why is he in jail? Inquisitive minds want to know. |
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i love Tommy Chong his movies rock
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Do you think that it served any purpose for the government to put Tommy Chong in jail??????? Just for the ignorant: Who is Tommy Chong? And why is he in jail? Inquisitive minds want to know. Tommy was half of the duo Cheech and Chong that made movies and albums about drugs Back in the day. I think the dea ordered a water pipe from his company or something in the guise of a "head shop" and convicted him under the antiterrorist lwas in place...... I THINK.....I caught bits and pieces of this documentary last night between my kids fighting.... |
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You know this is pretty obviously a selective prosecution. One designed to send a message.
Honestly, the government should be doing something better with its budget than prosecuting a head shop owner. Like maybe sending some of those Wall Street shysters to jail. |
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You know this is pretty obviously a selective prosecution. One designed to send a message. Honestly, the government should be doing something better with its budget than prosecuting a head shop owner. Like maybe sending some of those Wall Street shysters to jail. 
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I think it's called diversion.
There are things you are not supposed to see, so they give you something to look at. |
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I think it's called diversion. There are things you are not supposed to see, so they give you something to look at. HA! As in "we're going to hassle and then imprison the wicked and lowly celebrity bong pipe entrepenuer so you don't notice so much how we're letting the corporate leeches off the hook" good call... 
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I think it's called diversion. There are things you are not supposed to see, so they give you something to look at. HA! As in "we're going to hassle and then imprison the wicked and lowly celebrity bong pipe entrepenuer so you don't notice so much how we're letting the corporate leeches off the hook" good call...
That's it. 
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Edited by
Lynann
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Tue 12/30/08 08:52 AM
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Yep your assessment is right on
We've seen it before... OMG a nipple! |
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Who's with me for taking up donations to bail out the Chongster?
Every donation recieved over $20 comes with a free roach clip...Less S&H, of course...oops..I mean free "card holder" |
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He was prosecuted for selling illegal paraphernalia.
He advertised on radio that his pipes were for marijuana use. If he had said tobacco use they wouldn't have had a case against him. I hate to admit it but his stupidity did him in. |
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He was prosecuted for selling illegal paraphernalia. He advertised on radio that his pipes were for marijuana use. If he had said tobacco use they wouldn't have had a case against him. I hate to admit it but his stupidity did him in. Maybe so, but I say give the man a break already... He's caused countless thousands to laugh their butts off, helping them to forget what a vindictive,cynical world we live in...if only for a few minutes... They didn't jail Richard Nixon and he never got half the laughs...
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He was prosecuted for selling illegal paraphernalia. He advertised on radio that his pipes were for marijuana use. If he had said tobacco use they wouldn't have had a case against him. I hate to admit it but his stupidity did him in. Maybe so, but I say give the man a break already... He's caused countless thousands to laugh their butts off, helping them to forget what a vindictive,cynical world we live in...if only for a few minutes... They didn't jail Richard Nixon and he never got half the laughs...
He dared them. I saw noone run to his rescue. He fought a fight. I'll give him that, but he should have realized that he was fighting alone. People in this country are too complacent with actions. They blow alot of smoke but they do nothing. |
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I just saw this on tv, re: Tommy Chong
just another reason to wonder those we place in power and the misuse of power. a/k/a Tommy Chong chronicles the entrapment and incarceration of comedy icon Tommy Chong of the legendary comedy duo, Cheech and Chong. Josh Gilbert takes on the event in his documentary, and offers a sometimes frightening, often hilarious account of Operation Pipe Dreams, a nationwide drug paraphernalia sting spearheaded by a federal prosecutor named Mary Beth Buchanan, appointed by George Bush three short days after the attacks of 9/11. After fully armed SWAT teams raided the comedian's home and his business, Chong Glass, Chong was sentenced to 9 months in federal prison for "conspiracy to manufacture and distribute drug paraphernalia through his family business, specializing in handmade glass water pipes, or "bongs". Of the 55 defendants prosecuted, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong was the only one with no prior convictions to receive jail time. Justifying the sentence, George Bush's appointee, Mary Beth Buchanan cited the classic Cheech and Chong comedy Up In Smoke as evidence that Tommy Chong had become wealthy "trivializing law enforcement efforts to combat marijuana trafficking and use." As Roger Ebert said after viewing the film, "You do not have to approve of drugs to be offended." The film provides a charming portrait of a counter culture icon set against the backdrop of a War on Drugs gone horribly awry. http://www.akatommychong.com/ |
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He was prosecuted for selling illegal paraphernalia. He advertised on radio that his pipes were for marijuana use. If he had said tobacco use they wouldn't have had a case against him. I hate to admit it but his stupidity did him in. what did him in was when the following was used to justify the sentence - Justifying the sentence, George Bush's appointee, Mary Beth Buchanan cited the classic Cheech and Chong comedy Up In Smoke as evidence that Tommy Chong had become wealthy "trivializing law enforcement efforts to combat marijuana trafficking and use." Get real it's a movie 
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No he advertised the pipes were for marijuana use.
Therefore illegal paraphernalia. |
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No he advertised the pipes were for marijuana use. Therefore illegal paraphernalia. As were the other 54 prosecuted individuals, they were not treated as harshly because of a movie, as a form of retaliation. jmo |
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When the incident happened he was on The Seventies Show!
I was listening to him on The John Boy & Billy radio show when they asked him about his lucrative business of manufacturing and selling tobacco pipes. His answer was, let's not be shy they are marijuana pipes. They tried to talk him out of his comment but he wouldnt listen and continued to joke about the law and dare them to arrest him. Well, he got his wish! |
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All your question about this topic can be answered by googling the documentary AKA Tommy Chong and hitting youtube for the interviews he did with Alex Jones.
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