I do sometimes get carried away with the inflamatory rhetoric. What I am about to say may sound contradictory to some of my more colorful passages, but when dealing with the outside, we must always be polite and respectful. At times I may refer to members of the opposition as "flat earth witch hunters", but I do mean that in the kindest way imaginable. Many, maybe even most of them are well intentioned. However almost all of them believe one or more of the common misconceptions. This is easy to understand, we live in a propaganda filled, sound bite world of spin. Our opinions are engineered. Most of us succumb to it on some issue. 

These people, our opposition, are in need of enlightenment and understanding. They will soon be the minority and we should extend to them rights that they denied to us. To turn around after winning and blow smoke in their face would be wrong. Even if, ten years from now, only 30% are prohibitionists, we should continue with a system of convenient but discrete with no advertising. Pot smokers, as a 20% minority, obviously don't have the clout (votes), and as such we have been subjected to an "abomination of humanity" that in past cultures would have transitioned to a new paradigm with reprisals. We are not going to do that. Revenge is hollow. We put it behind us, and focus on doing what we said we could do.

We must keep in mind that regulating cannabis is probably the least important accomplishment of successfully implementing The Plan. It will also be the easiest. Growers will grow the weed, Inspectors will observe the weed and certify the weed, then sell the weed to the retailer who sells it to the consumer fresh.Something that simple is hard to screw up. Very few moving parts.

The other "goals" of The Plan; Cross cultural community building, creating neighborhoods and revitalizing urban/suburban sprawl and decay, redesigning the interface between government and citizen are the real jewels of the plan and also the more difficult of the objectives. But, they are all attainable. Keep it simple, take care of business and the cash flow will build a lot of bridges. Plus, the funding for this is almost all private money. Literally, unless Americans stop smoking weed, the cash flow is guaranteed. We could bet our last nickle on this. If we fund committed growers, inspectors and other urban pioneers with a profit stream, we will be amazed at what 220 committed citizens can do to improve their lot in life as well as others. Imagine the impact of twenty or thirty parents walking across the street to the school to "see about" these unruly classrooms. Everybody would know that 220 committed neighbors are right around the corner. We must begin finding permanent solutions to our problems. We can't continue to spend trillions on prohibition when a valid alternative exists.

America should lead the way out of this dark chapter. We got the rest of the world to go along with this nonsense. We should withdraw from the UN treaty and amend the Drug Control Act of 1970 when Tricky Dick Nixon stuck a knife in our backs and personally decided cannabis would be Schedule 1-No known medical benefit. Dick made that choice surrounded by the likes of Bebe Rebozo and Spiro Agnew. There are people that have the gall to say these guys are unimpeachable. As it turns out Agnew and Nixon were both shamed out of office. But on this subject they were right and continue to be right? Even though mountains of evidence have come to light that show THC is in fact very good medicine? So good in fact 14 states and counting have legalized medical marijuana. But Dick and Spignew are still right? Please, how can I possibly be polite and respectful to someone that believes that? You don't make it easy.

Back to the original point about my rhetoric...when I speak here, I am speaking to the believers. We need enthusiasm, and sometimes I fan the flames. I am trying to convince you all that the meek will inherit nothing. Left to the current rate of progress, I will be dead before it's fixed. Also, I have waited 41 years for this and I don't want it screwed up by some mediocre corporate model. 

I want you to realize just how big a number we represent. We don't have to beg, plead or snivel for a restrictive medical marijuana model. We can have, what we always should have had, safe access by all persons of age. But we must quit being fearful of our convictions. Being pro-legalization must no longer carry a stigma. For the first time in history, there are more non-smokers supporting legalization than there are smokers. That works out to be about 70 million and 60 million respectfully. That's 130 million total. In the last presidential election 124 million votes were cast. Six million less than the support for legalization. The are 64 million more people in America that support legalization than voted for President Obama. There are 72 million more than voted for McCain. Are you begining to see just how many that 130 million is? We no longer are the weakling. The opposition needs to "come to believe" we can "deliver" or "cost" the election. When that happens we can cut the deal for The Plan.

When we finally win, lets hope some dirty little secrets, stay secret. Like I said, no reprisal. If we never find out, all the better. Easier that way.