POLITICIANS GONE TO POT

To my recollection, a stranger thing hasn't happened, but if the B.C.
Marijuana Party wins the coming provincial election, I can imagine that
they will have one wild victory celebration.

I can see the invitation now.

Come one, come all, to help celebrate the Marijuana Party's election victory!

Time - Uh. . . the night of the election, I guess. . . or, uh. . . .
whenever you can make it.

Location - a "mushroom barn" in rural Langley. Just drop by around the back.

While most election parties would serve cold vegetables and dip and roast
beef, you could look forward to feasting on "organic" brownies and
cookies, and specially made tea at the Marijuana Party bash.

The day after the election, the B.C. Liberals could claim victory, because
the powers-that-be from the Marijuana Party will forget how the vote count
worked out the night before.

I like the idea of one-issue platforms like the one the Marijuana Party
swears by. Why confuse voters with muddled issues like health, education,
and finances?

Keep it simple. Why can't more one-issue parties become available to B.C.
voters? We could have, for example, the Cheap Beer Party (CBP). Or, the
Cheap Cigarettes Party (CCP). Or the Push Ousted NDP Politicians Under a
Roller the Day

After They Lose the Election Party (PONDPPURDATLEP), which I feel would
gain unprecedented momentum as the election drew near.

The B.C. Marijuana Party candidate in Langley is a grandmother, Mavis
Becker. Mavis feels strongly about her cause, as she stated on the Party
webpage (www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca).

"I strongly believe in freedom, and mine is being infringed upon to such
an intolerable degree that my only option is to become efficiently and
actively vocal.

This seemed the next natural step for me as I am certainly highly
motivated," she said.

Added B.C. Marijuana Party leader Brian Taylor, a past mayor of Grand
Forks, "We believe that people should be free to make their own decisions
about their bodies and how they wish to live their lives, without the
undue intrusion by the government or police. As members of an oppressed
and outlawed culture, many of us have experienced first hand the indignity
of police harassment, arrest and government persecution because of our
personal beliefs and lifestyle choices."

You go, Marijuana Party dudes.

If they do assume power, B.C. wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

After all, the politicians who ruled this province in the 90's also had
their heads in the clouds.