In his first book, Obama wrote about how he did drugs when he was younger. Because of the penalties and the stigma of a criminal record, if he’d gotten caught he might be in prison now instead of running for President of the United States. What a terrible loss that would have been for our country. I for one am glad that he was able to “get away with” having the freedom to take his own risks and be responsible for himself and his own actions and choices, rather than just being labelled a criminal for the rest of his life.

I wrote this email this morning to Senator Murray, who represents my state. I’m posting it here for posterity’s sake.

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[Editor’s note: This is the first entry in a new category here on AWG called “Comments”. If I’ve posted a comment on another website which I feel is worthy of being preserved for posterity, you’ll find it here.]

From Andrew Meyer: “Don’t Tase Me, Bro! Don’t Taser Me, Bro!” Waah!, by Satara Diamond:

Now while many of you would jump to conclusions and scream “CONSPIRACY! WHERE’S THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH?!” I’m here to tell you that you should bite your impetuous tongue.

Think about it…the kid was loud, obnoxious, rude, disrespectful - and asking ridiculous questions. I think I even heard him mention President Clinton’s blow-job. They tried to remove him, but instead he DEMANDED the officers put him down because he’s “not gonna do anything”. Ok, killers say that. Please, people…SPARE ME!

It’s not like the taser even hurt THAT bad. He acted like he was shot in the eye several times while being ripped limb-from-limb… “OWWW!!! OWWW! HELP!!” C’mon, you actually bought that act? I’m sure it hurt - but the pain does not compare to many other MORE PAINFUL things.

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