Here are a few of her answers.
When did she start her business of selling marijuana?:
Charlo Greene: We purchased a business license on 4/20/2014!
When did she first start using weed in her personal life?:
I’m Alaskan. Alaskans smoke weed. (I have to say that there is a part of me that wants to argue with this, but I really can't say that she's wrong.) It just is what it is. But I first tried it when I was in high school, and I didn’t like it at all, so I quit completely and I just drank like, a ton, which is also a really big issue here in Alaska. It got to the point when I was in college that I’d been drinking so much I ended up not even going to class, I failed out of an entire semester and I took a really heavy course load. Out of seven classes, I failed all of them, except for gym, and that’s only because he felt sorry for me.
I knew that alcohol, as a vice, wasn’t going to allow me to become the person I was meant to be. So I needed something else to do that maybe wasn’t so harmful, and I picked up smoking weed. I went from failing an entire semester, to the next semester, and every semester after that, being on the Dean’s List. I graduated cum laude... And that’s because I was smoking weed! I sat my ass at home and did what I needed to do, and I never woke up with a hangover because of it, or got behind the wheel and ran over a family or anything because of it.
Wow, to here her tell it marijuana almost gives you super powers.
I have never seen a definitive study that suggests that smoking pot has a less deleterious effect on completing your school work than does alcohol consumption, but I will admit that I have never had to hold anybody's hair back while they vomited bong water.
Did she plan her big exit from KTVA? (Duh!):
Vice: Why did you decide to quit in such an extravagant fashion?
[Laughs] To draw attention to the issue. You, as a journalist, know that all of us are replaceable. The people aren’t really going to miss you, or me, or any random reporter for the most part. So why not just use the position I was put in to make sure that my next chapter is just wide open for me?
Can't argue with that logic.
What about that tweet from KTVA that she was fired?
[Laughs] Yeah. [Laughs some more] I saw that. That was stupid.
Her advice to others thinking of quitting their jobs.
Do it big. If you’re going to quit your job, do it big. Why not? Your job probably sucks, so go ahead and get whatever you can out of it. If your job gives you access to information that might help wherever you’re going to go next, then get that! If you’re just a cog in this massive machine, and you know you’re replaceable, and you’re treated that way. Then replace them. Be brave. Be ballsy. And make sure you’re going to be okay afterwards.
There were a few naysayers yesterday suggesting that Greene had not only damaged her credibility by dropping the F bomb, but that she has also single handedly doomed the entire ordinance.
I have to say that hearing that really made me laugh.
Those people clearly know NOTHING about Alaskans.
We fucking love straight talkers who don't take any shit.
This young woman is right now just about one of the most popular people in our state, and I can guarantee that as new organizations start to cover our attempt to legalize marijuana that you will see that she will be their "go to girl" on getting the story.
Not only is she going to be famous, but once the ordinance passes and her cannabis club opens up she is going to have a line around the damn block.
Welcome to Alaska, where "fuck it" should be our state motto.
Good for her.
ReplyDeleteI wish more Alaskan's would say "fuck it" about the Palins and lift the lid on their sorry asses.
A-effing-MEN!
DeleteDoes EVERYTHING have to be about the Palins? Geez! I am kidding! Sarah Palin's family are the face of the stoned/drunk, FU crowd.
DeleteOR she could just discipline herself, get rid of ALL her vices and do what she is supposed to do without creating an excuse for her success or her failure -- except hard work.
ReplyDeleteGraduate Magna Cum Laude (crutch/vice free). For some strange reason, it worked for me drug and alcohol free.
THANK YOU. Glad to know I'm not the only who abhors self-destructive crutches like pot and booze.
DeleteOr not. How about she lives her life her own fricking way and if she isn't hurting anybody it's nobody's business. And you can live in crutch free/vice free bliss.
DeleteWell said!
DeleteBoooooring.
DeleteI'm just kidding. You are correct of course, but that just isn't the way most people get by, unless you are Mormon. Seems like she has a hell of a green thumb though from the pic. Probably about 80% of Alaskans I have met were pretty copious MJ users. Always figured it had something to do with passing the long winters.
Ohhhh noes! I'm self-destructing?
DeleteAs usual w/the prohibition folks, you have no clue.
Super Fan in Atlanta: thanks for posting an alternative to the lemming. She says herself that "no one will miss her..." Prophetic indeed, Loretta. And for those who indulge via smoking: Please shower, shampoo and change your clothes b/4 you go out - you SMELL. It's true...
DeleteYou are so right 10:27. And your kids smell too. That's the sad truth.
DeleteDid you do it "crutch free"? Are you sure? You mean you didn't drink coffee? Take any anti-sleep aides? How about chocolate?
DeleteThese things all give your body a chemical boost. Just like cannabis.
A close friend smoked marijuana all through his schooling (and even drank a little now and then). He has a doctoral degree AND medical degree from Harvard and is wildly successful. He still smokes o a regular basis.
DeleteI also know more than one person who didn't smoke anything and barely touched alcohol who dropped out of school and lives paycheck to paycheck.
See how anecdotes work?
And for those who indulge via smoking:
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Yea smoking cigarettes smells like a ashtray!
Thanks, 2:05, for sharing this gem. Saw it on Television and people have been sending it to me, and I never tire of watching it.
DeleteBrilliant Ad!
9:27am She's the one that just "put her business" on display for the whole world to see. Now it's everybody's business. Her opinion, how she quit her job, etc. is influencing a lot of people right now that is probably going to end up hurting a lot of people who believe they should follow suit.
DeleteBesides, it's just my opinion in my crutch free/vice free bliss. Reformed Chocoholic since 2012. Two Years clean ya'll!!
Woot! Woot!
That's a photo shopped photo of Charlene (Charlo) in front of someone else's indoor weed farm. She doesn't have a weed farm. She just wants to see it legalized so that she can sell it in her medical dispensary.
DeleteWell, I still think she's an ass. And I think pot smokers are asses too. No, I'm not opposed to legalization and I think medical marijuana should be be treated like any other healing tool. But I've never known anyone who smoked weed regularly to get high who wasn't an asshole, just as I've never known anyone who drank booze regularly who wasn't an asshole.
ReplyDeletePlus, pot STINKS. Pot smokers really stink up the place.
What a joke, 9:22 a.m.! I've been around pot smokers for years and they are the furthest thing from being assholes. Your comment made me laugh.
DeleteYou sound pretty angry too - perhaps you should try some and mellow out?
I always kind of liked the smell of grass, certainly better than nasty ass cigarettes.
DeleteI'd have to disagree with the asshole statement. You know who acts like assholes? Assholes do, no matter what they are smoking or drinking.
Assholery is a preexisting condition.
DeleteAlcohol is known to exacerbate the condition and can even expose dormant assholery. If I were forced to choose between an alcohol or weed-fueled asshole, I'd pick the weed user every time.
Perhaps 9:22 should surround himself w/different folks that are NOT assholes!
DeleteBrava, Anon 10:02!
DeleteAssholes tend to attract assholes.
DeleteAlcohol breeds assholes, not weed, you asshole.
Just as you 9:22 are stinking up this place.
DeleteBoozers stink up the place as well. I have friends that drink everyday and I can smell them coming up the walk. ;-)
DeleteHow hilarious! The OP has no idea that she is surrounded by people who smoke to get high on a regular basis.
DeleteOr maybe she just attracts assholes.
yep - the OP is clueless.
Delete" just as I've never known anyone who drank booze regularly who wasn't an asshole. "
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Birds of a feather....flock together...just sayin'!
If pot smoke and the smell of alcohol bother folks, then stay away from people who smoke pot and drink alcohol. Love the condescending undercurrent of these arguments. It's called free will, but some people seem to think others can't exercise theirs.
DeleteFor some reason pot smokers are the smuggest people on the planet. I grew up in the 60's and 70's in a very liberal college town. Everyone it seemed had a pot stash and thought that smoking weed made them so special and "in." The cutesy way they talked about it was nauseating. That's what's always turned me off about pot ever since, the smug culture around it and the attitude that smoking that shit makes you so superior. Ugh. Have never had any desire to smoke it, having had to breathe in so much of other's disgusting smoke. Phew. Nor did I feel the need to get high.
DeleteIt's no long the 60s or the 70s. Legalizing marijuana would take away any and all residual smugness (not to mention the fact that a huge proportion of adults have tried it and many still use it).
DeleteI'd much rather here people talking about smoking weed than hear the "bros" talk about how wasted they were on beer.
Congratulations to her!
ReplyDeleteKTVA took down her coverage on this subject, but it is still accessible on YouTube.
How many of us have had jobs throughout our lives where we would have loved to quit in the manner she did? Be honest now!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm about ready to do it right now. There is so much unbelievable bullshit going on at my job right now. Not clinically, but personnel related. A manager that is so out of her league it isn't funny anymore. Idiots in charge.
DeleteTrue, but most of us are big ol' grown ups and don't give into our inappropriate impulses. I don't respect her for the way she chose to make her exit and her message to go out big when leaving a job is dangerous in todays society. Her "fuck it" was just to gain attention for her business and that is pathetic. Her business will thrive without that. Why screw over her soon to be former employer? Why subject those of us who still cling to a polite society to this cheap stunt? Classy girl.
DeleteThe news.business is a scam...
DeleteWe all want to do that in a job that we've had, there is no denying that. But I feel it was very disrespectful to do it on television. Its obvious she had a motive and that was to put herself in the headlines (as it has) and gain self profit. I'm not against pot at all but the way this woman acted was totally profiteering.
DeleteI have a hunch that this type of departure from a 'job' will be seen more and more often.
DeletePeople don't work for companies for years anymore. And, subsequently, don't build loyalty w/their employer. Folks now have multiple jobs throughout their lives through no choice of their own!
There is so much negative, worry, etc. surrounding each and every one of us! Many folks I've talked to truly hate their jobs and seeing Green's exit put smiles on their faces!
9:06 I'm in my 70's and have been around folks (the same ones) that have smoked weed for years. They are ALL college graduates, have good jobs, had good jobs (some are now retired) and still very mentally capable!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly hasn't harmed them as booze would have! And, that is a FACT!
Word, 9:34! I find pot-smokers much more intellectually-stimulating to be around than people all dumbed-down on booze.
DeleteMost people would be surprised at who actually smokes pot. Hint...it's not always for medical purposes. Pot has been in the medical books for thousands of years as a beneficial drug.
DeleteAlcohol?? never.
Never? Really? I seem to remember reading that alcohol was used to numb pain and clean wounds prior to the use of anesthesia.
DeleteI would like to remind everyone that smokes weed to keep their stash up out of reach of their dogs. Ingesting marijuana can be fatal to dogs. It will cause vomiting, seizures, shut down their liver. Not a pleasant death and after legalizing of marijuana veterinarians saw an increase in these types of deaths with dogs
ReplyDeleteAs far as use for people that falls in the "none of my business" category. But maybe if Brisket Palin smoked some weed instead of chugging the fire water she wouldn't be so violent.
Wrong 12:55. Washington has seen a huge uptick in pets overdosing, actually many kids, too.
DeleteDefine "huge uptick," 2:47. Yes, with actually numbers and sources.
Delete"Edibles have proved popular in Colorado, especially among people who prefer to avoid smoking marijuana. But the rollout in Colorado came with concerns, including a spike in the number of children and pets being treated for accidentally overdosing on the pot-infused foods, which also include mints, suckers and gummy bears." http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/06/marijuana-edibles-go-on-sale-in-washington/13696865/
Delete"A new study shows the relaxation of marijuana laws in Colorado has caused a significant spike in the number of young children treated for accidentally eating marijuana-laced cookies, candies, brownies and beverages." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527231914.htm
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There is plenty of info out there, check for yourself before getting so defensive.
According to the study described in those links, "many" equals 14 kids. And, in fact, there is reason to believe that parents whose children ingested marijuana before it became legal in Colorado were less likely to bring their kids to the emergency room because marijuana was illegal. So, I'm not 100% convinced of the numbers (I teach research methods at the college level, by the way).
DeleteOf course, any kids unintentionally ingesting marijuana is not a good thing. The same is true for kids unintentionally ingesting alcohol, eating cigarettes/chewing tobacco, or unintentionally getting drunk by licking hand sanitizer.
I fully support the efforts here in Colorado to better label and regulate edibles as well as educating people to keep their pets and children safe. We all want to keep pets and children safe.
But let's take a rational approach to this and not use scare tactics to undermine progress towards reasonable marijuana laws in this country.
Let's see...someone who is known to use drugs, failed out of school and said a big, public F*** it and then quit her job...somebody has a future in the Tea Party.
ReplyDelete9:47 You forgot to include her college education success. She attained far more than many of us have! Time to admit it folks!
DeleteWhose "college education success" do I need to include? I was comparing two people.
Deleteprove that she graduated college....you can't...because she didn't.
DeleteShe barely completed 2 years of credits in 6 years.
Sarah is attending a 'pancake breakfast'! She really has dropped to the lowest step on the ladder!
ReplyDeleteIs she being shown as a Christian speaker? If so, where is she placed on the menu?
She is placed on the 'leftovers' section.
DeleteYou write:
ReplyDeleteWe fucking love straight talkers who don't take any shit.
Except, apparently , where the Palins are involved. Becasue you all up there have taken a LOT of shit.
For a long time.
I wish some non shit taking Alaaaskan would openly question how a family practice physician lets people think she was a high risk obstetrician that induced a high risk pregnancy of a Tri-G at a hospital not qualified for such a birth, as they do not have the infrastructure needed, like a NICU or a neonatal intensivist.
Yeah. You people take A LOT of shit.
Anonymous10:03 AM
DeleteYea, was going to ask the same question...
Now THAT'S a woman who failed "Quitting on your own terms in a brilliant manner" 101. She was gulping air and choking on her own word salad.
DeleteGood for her. Go big or go home. That said, she should have thought about the fact that young children would see that. She could have used other words. Then again, the f bomb is everywhere in the media now. Fuck me, I'm waffling. Or not. I do not know. Shit, is it 4:20 yet?!??? :)
ReplyDeleteAnd to think my my youth, Ricky & Lucy Ricardo and Rob & Laura Petrie slept in twin beds!
DeleteONLY twin beds on TV, 10:31 a.m. They could not show a couple sleeping together on national TV - some kind of federal law! How far we've come!!!
Delete"she should have thought about the fact that young children would see that."
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Geee like Bristol Palin thought about kids seeing her kid call her and Willow fucking faggots?
Oh right.
They are WHITE. That is ok!
We only get "outraged" when a black person is "Uppity" and swears! OMFG!
It was on the fucking news. People were watching that shit with their families.
Delete2:17 PM Think that is a slight exaggeration! What kids watch the nightly news? Not many I'll wager. It's too boring! How much news did you watch as a kid? Plus, they are too busy w/sports, school homework or being w/their friends.
DeleteWon't somebody think of the children? They might be forever scarred because someone said a dirty word on television.
Delete"Welcome to Alaska, where "fuck it" should be our state motto."
ReplyDeleteHere's me always thinking it was the motto of Scotland.
Paging Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrell.
ReplyDeleteShe's coming to DC!!
Perhaps you should see the pitfalls that Colorado has faced. We have about 6 non-legal states bordering us and the Highway Patrol and Feds have had their hands full stopping them on both sides of the borders. Many, many explosions and fires from the idiots making that liquid from using butane...lots of injuries and kids exposed. Because of the high taxes, it has illegal sales going sky-high! And remember, we have a huge population to draw from. Don't think the cruise ships will allow you back on with any! When my kids tried it their grades plummeted! As did their social behaviors and physical appearance. It is still Federally illegal and they can be arrested and thrown in jail. We have had many auto accidents while driving buzzed. Now you don't just have to worry about the drunks but those who are stoned on the roads also, too! There are no long lines around the blocks anymore and several shops have closed. Sales taxes soared but are now plummeting. Meth sales have picked up again! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAre you joking or are you Chicken Little?
Delete10:07, it's time you sit down & stfu as you don't know what the eff you're talking about.
DeleteSomeone is confusing crack cocaine with marijuana. No surprise there...hell, even lawmakers are confused lumping weed in with Heroin.
DeleteAre you kidding me? I live in Colorado and I really question if you actually do as well. You sound like you're trying to sell tickets to Reefer Madness.
DeleteAnonymous11:05 AM
Deletethey are talking about RSO or "honey oil" which some idiot put up a youtube of extracting it with a highly flammable solvent then BURNING the solvent off leaving the "honey oil" a extremely stupid and dangerous thing to do and only idiots would do it. But that is happening where it is illegal not "legal" but facts, smacts what do the rwnj care?
This is not the average user who goes to the dispensary buys a edible or pills for pain meds or some to vape or smoke and takes it home and veg out...
So weird to see all these "anti-pot" people here almost, if they were sent here by the Christo-fascists that want to ban everything! Instead of minding their own fucking dysfunctional business... Live and let live.
10:07 AM Cruise ships in CO? what are YOU smoking?
'when your kids tried it, their grades plummeted'....bwahahaha
DeleteThat is not the case with the majority of the population that smokes cannabis.
I love being able to grab some weed at the store.
Deleteright? a little of this a little of that, some edibles.
Delete@ 9:22...........sounds like you know a lot of assholes. Maybe it's because assholes bring out the asshole in everyone else.
ReplyDeleteKTVA Issues Formal Apology for Its ‘F*ck It, I Quit’ Reporter
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/ktva-issues-formal-apology-for-its-fck-it-i-quit-reporter/
It's weird that her last name is Greene. Green is another word for weed.
ReplyDeleteAlso her name reminds me of Cee Lo Green, the singer/writer.
I love weed. Smoked it all my life.
That's why I'm so mellow. ; )
Yeah, your astute observation about Greene and Cee Lo kinda tipped us off that you are a life-long smoker. Do your fingers "fing?"
DeleteI have to say I don't like the model she is setting here with her answers as too pot use. Just because she felt she was more tune to her education using pot and being successful doesn't mean everyone that uses pot get the same reaction from it. There are many 'potheads' that just become lazy from the use. I guess it depends on what kind of pot you choose, seems there are so many different strains of it. My son smokes it and doesn't drink but he just loves eating after having it which has brought on weight gain for him. I think it always comes down to the amount you use, whether it be alcohol or mary jane and how it effects you. I have to say I think this woman by quitting the way she did was trying to boost her future business on the air. But this is how things are done in the U.S.A.
ReplyDeletePlease speak for yourself, Grphyen. I'm a 37 year resident of Alaska and I still prefer civil language to indiscriminate use of obsencities. Not all Alaskans think it's cool to drop f-bombs everywhere. It's also lazy.
ReplyDeletesnowlady must plug her ears when she goes out into the public.
DeleteActually, it's not lazy at all. A well placed "F-bomb" (can we please retire that?) is a beautiful thing.
DeleteMamma always said people with poor vocabularies cuss because they can't phrase an elegant put-down.
DeleteMamma must have been an eloquent, classy person. There aren't many of those left.
DeleteIt's also lazy
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How is it "lazy"?
I think G has a influx of fucking goody two shoes don't like AA women who say "Fuck IT"! I bet this wouldn't of even made news had she been White.
10:35 11:29 11:41 and others
DeleteMy parents said the same thing about it being lazy or that it shows a lack of learning.
I NEVER cussed...until I went through a divorce.
I have since learned that sometimes F*ck It, etc. is exactly the phrase I'm looking for.
Otherwise, I try to "not be lazy" and come up with another word.
Fuck is such a great word.
DeleteI notice she hasn't been to New England since Paul Revere's ride.
ReplyDeleteOff topic
ReplyDeleteNew Wonkette post
wonkette.com/561275/alaska-pretty-sure-sarah-palin-clan-is-hilarious-fighty-garbage
"In their new poll of Alaska voters, PPP added one extra question about the Great Wasillabilly Bumfight of 2014:
Who do you think were the instigators of the brawl between the Palins and another family at a recent party: the Palins or the other parties involved?
While the majority of respondents answered “Not Sure” — and we’re fairly certain this includes a large portion of Alaskans who fear that expressing an opinion would get their car tires slashed — "
I'll take a half dozen of the Bristol Palin Boxing Academy tees. Xmas shopping.
DeleteNot to be Ms. Science Smarty Pants here, but in this discussion about the medical benefits of marijuana, the actual impact it has on the brain is often overlooked.
DeleteMarijuana (and alcohol) are drugs that alter the dopamine receptors in our brains and actually end up damaging or even destroying those receptors in the long run. The body seeks balance - homeostasis - so as use continues, more of the substance is needed to produce the same effect (in laymen's terms, this is known as tolerance.)
Drugs overwhelm the dopamine reward system. And, in the end, as tolerance builds, drugs then become the ONLY thing that make you feel good. And sadly, it's just temporary. And eventually, NO drugs will provide relief because the system is just fubarred.
The biochemical soup is a delicate mix that gets screwed up by stress - big and small. Couple that with the sad state of our food supply and our basic diet of nutritionally devoid food-like substances - it's no wonder we're all looking for relief wherever we can find it.
Not to go all Miss Kumbiya on ya'll either but you can put your brain back into balance by eating a whole food diet, doing regular and vigorous exercises. Interval training naturally produces the same chemicals as marijuana without overwhelming the dopamine system. Last but not least, meditation is proving to be more effective in relieving depression and anxiety than any drugs available on or off the market. No mystery about this. Learning to quiet and control some of the 70,000 plus thoughts we have each day actual adds to our grey matter. Drinkers and dope smokers just reduce the size of their brains. Those are the facts, my friends.
MJ is not addictive, therefore the system can not be 'fubarred'. It's a natural herb that stays in your system for months because it's non-toxic. Your body will reject hard drugs and alcohol because it's poison.
DeleteMarijuana can be a lot cheaper and effective than lithium.
DeleteThose are the facts, my friends.
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So how about the dangers of Statins that deplete coq10 and anti-depressants that cause diabetes?
can you enlighten us on that? Also,too? Oh and don't forget all the new drugs made from old frugs Chantix, Wellbutrin, prozac etc.
And you know the facts that Big Pharma drugs kill people all the time vs. pot which hasn't killed anyone or the FED gov has a patent pending of "Cannabis"?
@1:04- yes. I'm not a pot smoker, and I avoid drugs of the Pharma variety if I can. Watch a TV commercial for some drug they want you to take for something they want you to believe is killing you. The side effect panel is delivered in a monotone, quick voiceover. Usually, it includes, "death". Nobody ever died from marijuana and I bet the side effect list reads something like, "May cause the munchies, dry mouth and sleepiness."
Delete@ 12:47, don't go with the "it's a natural substance" argument. Opium is a natural substance, and it will damn sure "fubar" your system. Geranium root and white oleander are totally "natural" and trust me, that doesn't mean you want to indiscriminately stuff either one in your pot-hole. (Geddit? POT HOLE? Hold the applause, I'm here all week)
DeleteI am absolutely pro legalization. I think freeing up the criminality of pot will allow law enforcement to focus on the areas which have been out of control for decades.
I do not imbibe personally, but I do not think anyone with cancer or glaucoma should have to fear federal level retribution just for trying to live life without utter misery from chemo or other harsh drugs. I can't imagine anyone who has watched someone go through chemotherapy and ISN'T pro legalization.
But still, the "it's nacherrrrulll, duuuude!" argument doesn't hold water for me. Or m&ms, fritos, twinkies, pizza, or tacos. ;)
She stepped on a few toes when she tried to invade Romney's BBQ with her BFF, Kelly Ayotte.
ReplyDeletethere just wasn't enough room for 2 more assholes.
Hey (-: Is this where the strain "Alaskan Thunder Fuck " is grown? snort snort.
ReplyDeleteIt’s Official: Religion Doesn’t Make You More Moral
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/23/it-s-official-religion-doesn-t-make-you-more-moral.html
I don't believe Alaskans (especially those in Anchorage) are afraid of the Palin clan.
ReplyDeleteWhen a poll taker calls an individual and asks a question, or questions, the name of the person giving their opinion is NEVER transferred anywhere near any of the Palin clan!
Wish I'd gotten a call from the poll taker!
You think your phone number, which is tied to your name, couldn't be mined for your info by someone who didn't like what you had to say? Come on now. How do you think Palin knew the names of people who voted against her in the mayoral race? "Private ballot", my black ass.
DeleteI once asked the poll taker/caller if the politicians they were going to ask me questions about had access to their phone numbers, names and responses and she said absolutely not!
Delete"Fuck It" became the state motto the moment Palin was elected.
ReplyDeleteIt was way before she was even born.
DeleteWhy can't we build a fence to keep her out?
ReplyDelete"We don't want your kind her" Quitter, liar, brawler, asshole!
Sorry Gryphen, I disagree. I'm 50 years old, Alaska born and raised, leaning towards pro-legalization..............and both my husband and I were turned off by this woman's action and her language. It makes logical and statistical sense to me to legalize pot, however, seeing this young woman makes me think, wow, I really don't think I like the people in this movement...........I don't want to help make this jerky girl get rich from her "freedom movement". I'm no fan of alcohol, but at least I've never known a bar owner to make the claim that he's in the sin business as a public service! Unfortunately, this girl is now "the Alaska face" of the pro-pot movement, and I find her very unlikeable.
ReplyDeleteThat is the stupidest thing I have ever read! !
DeleteThink about the people who NEED it and get the fuck over yourself!
You Alaskans sound like fucking NUTJOBS!
Agree 1:01. I also feel we have enough of a "fuck it" society now as it is.
DeleteI've smoked, it's legal here, but to pretend it's completely harmless or not a crutch to many people, or claim "high functioning" people do it so it's fine, is just nuts.
Like alcohol, it is mind/mood altering. (You might keep in mind the troubles we have with booz) Too many don't use it responsibly, so while I don't care what people do in their own homes, I do care that I drive alongside these people every rush hour, and believe me rush hour has never been the same since legalization.
So smoke, fine, but don't romanticize it. Let's not make it the "cool" thing to do. Just be responsible.
Anon 1:01 PM here again.
DeleteDear Anon 2:24 PM Again, I'm leaning YES, but when somebody from the Pro side calls me stupid and uses the f-word, it gives me the gut reaction of really wanting to vote NO. So who's the stupid one?
Come off it, 3:37, you would really deny people relief from pain or fail to support reasonable laws simply because some random internet person calls you stupid or some random person says "fuck?"
DeleteIf this ordinance were only about people seeking pain relief then of course I would vote yes. I have a history of voting YES on Marijuana initiatives. I'm not exactly sure what this ordinance is all about at this point.............I've been told that it will allow stores to sell marijuana-laced cookies, brownies, candy, etc., and I've seen packaging that appears to be aimed directly at kids. Do I think that pot is bad compared to alcohol, absolutely not, but on the other hand, I think it's a stupid habit and would not want my own kids to waste their money and their bodies on it. You can say it's harmless, but I'm afraid that as the child of a tobacco smoker, I can't believe that to be the case at all, simply because most people suck it into their lungs. And I've known people who were both highly functioning on pot and others who wasted their lives away on it. I also have two close relatives who definitely ARE addicted to it, and it's an extremely expensive habit for them. I'm just saying that the former KTVA reporter has done nothing to make me move to the YES side on this particular initiative, but she is definitely a turn-off to a person like me, and in a close election it could push some fence-sitters to the NO side.
Delete6:55 agree.
DeleteWhich makes you an ass.
DeleteYou will deny ADULTS the ability to smoke bc you THINK the packaging is geared toward kids and you just don't LIKE this woman?
You are an ASSHOLE!
You Alaskans sure do like to lie about how you embrace difference s.
Keep enjoying OUR money!
And I have know so many nasty, mean and ABUSIVE alcoholics but where is the prohibition movement resurrgence?
Nowhere. No one is outlawing alcohol despite the RIDICULOUS number of deaths and abuse.
But YOU want to deny sick, desperate people the ability ti suck on a THC jolly rancher (NOT smoking it! ),
Because ONE FUCKING WOMAN IN ALASKA who owns a dispensary inappropriately said FUCK on late night news? ???
You are a stupid fucking idiot and you only add to the impression that your state is full of redneck assholes who are racist, uneducated and downright nuts!
Your state may be pretty but the people and corruption scare the FUCK out of me.
4:21, do you see a pattern here? Why are you and several others, unless it's all you, so ANGRY? Most of us are stating our opinions without calling names or bursting into a diatribe against anyone not agreeing with your opinion.
DeleteI'd hate to be on the road with you driving home high right now. What happened to the claim that pot just made you mellow?
Well, considering the apparently bad behavior of the YES people who showed up to testify here in Anchorage last night on the marijuana initiative, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that it's going to fail. I'm still not sure how I'm going to vote (haven't researched it enough yet), but there appears to be a vocal group of YES people who just can't seem to understand the concept that "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar". Mead Treadwell (who I'm sure is against the initiative) has brilliantly scheduled meetings all across the state where rude, in-your-face YES supporters can be seen by the media, who then report it all to the voting public by tv, newspaper, and the internet. Free advertising for the NO people! I had thought that this initiative had a really good shot at passing, but it's supporters appear to be their own worst enemy.
DeleteFrom the Alaska Dispatch: Restraining order filed against former reporter turned internet star: A neighbor of former KTVA Channel 11 reporter Charlo Greene -- who abruptly turned marijuana activist/viral internet star when she quit live on-air Sunday -- told the gossip website TMZ Tuesday that he filed a restraining order against her earlier in September after a conflict stemming from marijuana smoke. Greene’s former neighbor Tyler Gilbrech told TMZ that Greene moved into the same apartment complex as him in June. Soon after, “she immediately started stinking up the place with so much reefer...his 4-yr-old daughter became violently sick from the fumes seeping through the walls,” he told TMZ. Records show Gilbrech filed for and was granted a protective order against Greene, whose legal name is Charlene Egbe, on Sept. 10. The restraining order Gilbrech filed against Greene does not mention marijuana but accuses her of blocking his driveway, yelling and making threats.
DeletePerhaps people here should be fighting to outlaw alcohol along with voting "no" to legalize marijuana. And please start fighting for making tobacco illegal as well. Both alcohol and cigarettes are marketed toward young people and have hurt and killed many, many, MANY more people than marijuana could ever hurt or kill. But, somehow, only marijuana can get you locked up as an adult simply for enjoying it in the privacy of your own home.
DeleteI support her in every way. And, living with a pot smoker who is an incredibly high-functioning, extremely successful professional I find the idea that pot smoking makes people lose ambition and become psychotic utterly bizarre. And, the “fuck it” comment made my day. I remember feeling the same way about a job I was devoted to for almost two decades when the newly hired boss was obviously incompetent. One day most of us got up and essentially did the same thing. Very freeing! Then they fired him for losing a successful team of people! Very satisfying!
ReplyDeleteGreat ending to your story. It usually takes many people standing up or saying they are out of there.
DeleteI walked out on a job once due to a boss I had that constantly lied! I called him on it and exited stage right and it felt freeing and wonderful. Never looked back!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I missed doing upon exiting was telling him to 'fuck off'!
I smoked pot in high school and college, but I wasn't anywhere near being a "pothead", After awhile it did nothing for me but make me paranoid. I've used alcohol socially and neither of them have been a "Crutch".
ReplyDeleteWhen I was undergoing radiation/chemotherapy, nothing helped the side effects of nausea, loss of appetite, vertigo and insomnia until the doctor prescribed an extract of cannabis in a time release capsule form that I needed to hire a lawyer and jump through all kinds of hoops to get a hold of, and I did very well with it and credit it with helping my body fight back.
I loved how this woman handled her career change and decision to quit on air. "F it" wasn't offensive to me, and think it would be a great motto for a lot of states, especially Pennsylvania.
Not because of the people who live here, but because of the mental midget governor we have in office.
Due to health issues that began in 2005 and progressively worsened, my husband has been on medical marijuana for going on two years now because nothing else helped. We also have a personal grow operation, with Oregon's permission, in our garage. At 57, I never in my wildest dreams thought my life would end up this way. There are times I could pull the whole thing up by its roots and I grow so tired of my husband being high all the time, not to mention the electricity and water bill increases.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I was also raised in the opinion that those people who cussed were lazy in their vocabulary but there are times when it's the only phrase appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Alaska where alcohol was literally everywhere and pot was just beginning to make a huge impact. This started in the mid-60s. Now, being in the entertainment field, I saw first hand, at a VERY young age, the effect alcohol has on human beings. Liquid courage. Because of such drunken people, my life was in danger many times (weapons) and I have been assaulted because of certain drunken monsters. Thus, I CHOSE to never drink and have never been drunk.
That said, let's go to pot. After some idiot gave me a joint with PCP in it (almost died), I never smoked that shit again. All the stoners I knew back then (now in their 60s and 70s) are still pretty much still their old selves as aged hippies and living off government subsidies, waiting for social security to kick in. But this is a generalization. I'm pretty there's many a professional doing doobies at home or elsewhere (doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc.)
Medical marijuana? Definitely has benefits - I hear. But personally I've lived through many, many surgeries, near death at times, and never felt the need to get blitzed on pot. The painkillers did that; however, after becoming addicted to them, I had to go cold turkey.
However, I understand where pot is helpful to people with terminal illness and say issues such as PTSD. Comparing pot with painkillers, there's no debate really that pot has much less devastating effect than painkillers and alcohol.
I say, 'pick your poison'. However, smoking pot, like alcohol, still puts you 'under the influence'. Not one to judge anyone else, really - just don't kill me or my precious loved ones because of your personal issues that make you feel just fine to get behind the wheel of a vehicle because you don't have a care in the world because you're either drunk or stoned.
An after note here; if you ever seen the movie "The Frozen Ground" whereas the police officer Floethe (played by Nicholas Cage) describes how he misses his sister, Sandy. That same Sandy was my best friend in high school. She was killed by a drunk driver and her mother was paralyzed (1972). I'll never forget the Monday in shorthand class where Sandy and I shared a desk and the teacher announced Sandy died over the weekend because of a drunk driver. We were told she was ejected from the vehicle, but Floethe (Cage) says in the movie that it took two hours to her out. So this is news to me but the memory of her death is as fresh as the day I got the news. Devastating.
Also, just as a side note, I've seen ex-governors of Alaska and others of their political ilk drunken out of their minds like sailors on leave. It was part of my entertainment experience (band). This does not include Sarah, but you'd be surprised who hits the sauce and resides in 'high places' (pun intended) besides the Palin tribe. What Sarah and her family consumes in drugs/alcohol/pot should be of no surprise to Alaskan residents - hell, they're ALL doing it themselves!