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News Royal Intrigue
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Michael Phelps isn't the only oppressed pot smoker out there. The Seattle Times is blogging that the Wenatchee World is reporting that a pot-related palace coup has resulted in the removal of the "Cashmere Queen" from her throne.
Cashmere Queen Sara Young is royalty no more. Young was stripped of her 2008 crown after she entered a plea of guilty Jan. 2 in Chelan County District Court for possession of drug paraphernalia. A marijuana possession charge was dismissed.
Young, 18, and three juveniles were cited in October when a Chelan County sheriff's deputy found three small containers of marijuana and two pipes in a vehicle in which she was a passenger. The vehicle was searched when the deputy smelled marijuana after a traffic stop in Cashmere. Young was sentenced to one year of probation and 40 hours of community service and had to pay a $293 fine.
Kim Phillips, Cashmere Royalty Association director, said the arrest and misdemeanor conviction violated the contest's code of conduct. Princess Leah Griffith, the 2008 runner-up, will assume the duties of the queen until the 2009 royalty selection March 1, Phillips said.... "[Young] was a wonderful queen for us, but she made some bad choices," Phillips said.
The rightful Queen of Cashmere—HRH Sara Young—is in the blue gown in the photo above; the usurper—"Queen" Leah Griffith—is in the pink gown. And remember, kids, pot is a bad choice. You can't be a spokesman for Kellogg or Cashmere Queen if you get caught smoking pot. Of course, you can still be President of the United States of America... but, um, yeah. Drugs are bad, mmmkay?
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Uhh... Dan, she *did* make a bad choice. Anything involving moving vehicles and pot isn't really something you should be sticking your neck out to defend. A police officer pulls you over because he can smell pot from *his* car? Well that doesn't exactly sound like these teens are benign little angels. Do you know what a DWI is? This really isn't comparable to the Phelps situation.
Are you going to defend alcohol behind the wheel next?
Are you going to defend alcohol behind the wheel next?
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Oh man. Can this whole post just be cancelled? I am not in the mood for eighty posts calling this poor girl an ugly fat chick.
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@2:
Pot doesn't affect the central nervous system. Incidentally, there was a study done in the UK which found that drivers under the influence of cannabis were more cautious behind the wheel than sober drivers (a fact I can personally vouch for).
Take your drug war ignorance and cram it up your ass.
Pot doesn't affect the central nervous system. Incidentally, there was a study done in the UK which found that drivers under the influence of cannabis were more cautious behind the wheel than sober drivers (a fact I can personally vouch for).
Take your drug war ignorance and cram it up your ass.
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@2: perhaps you've forgotten, but it is legal to drink alcohol & drive. as long as you're under .08. and your passengers can be comatose from drinking.
is there a threshold you'd like to impose for marijuana impairment?
is there a threshold you'd like to impose for marijuana impairment?
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I went to the Kellogg web site and told them that their action against Michael Phelps means I will never buy another one of their products. The cashmere queen is on her own.
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The deposed queen would've done wonders for herself if she'd chosen a gown that actually fit and didn't look like something concocted by those 3 fairies in Sleeping Beauty. All sorts of women rock their figures, like Queen Latifa, for example. There's no excuse for a gown like that. No excuse. It makes me weep glittery tears.
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@5 Really? What about all the marijuana related collisions? I guess they're just terrible drivers when their sober and they usually get in to even worse collisions when they don't smoke.
@6 It's illegal to have an open container of alcohol in your car. The act of drinking and driving simultaneously is illegal. I have no proposed soltion for a BAC equivalent. BAC isn't necessarily reliable either.
@7 You're right I read that incorrectly. I guess my argument is moot since it didn't happen. Carry on.
I have no problems with people smoking pot. Just don't do it in a car.
*braces for the hippy and retail clerk attack*
@6 It's illegal to have an open container of alcohol in your car. The act of drinking and driving simultaneously is illegal. I have no proposed soltion for a BAC equivalent. BAC isn't necessarily reliable either.
@7 You're right I read that incorrectly. I guess my argument is moot since it didn't happen. Carry on.
I have no problems with people smoking pot. Just don't do it in a car.
*braces for the hippy and retail clerk attack*
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I'm not calling anybody fat. Nope. No way. Not gonna say it. Sorry.
Butt-ugly, though? That's a different story. Whew! (Arf, arf!)
Butt-ugly, though? That's a different story. Whew! (Arf, arf!)
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Can we put out a call for a real boycott? Grassroots organizations for legalization is lovely, but more momentum is needed and people usually only care when it hits them in the pocketbook.
I get that it's illegal and don't quibble with that. But it should be legalized and then regulations put in place as with alchohol intoxication and then we don't need to argue over the moot points.
Slog is a good place to start up fires, look at saddlebacking - it's all the rage.
Stop wiffling about how stupid it is, and give people a spearhead to follow.
I get that it's illegal and don't quibble with that. But it should be legalized and then regulations put in place as with alchohol intoxication and then we don't need to argue over the moot points.
Slog is a good place to start up fires, look at saddlebacking - it's all the rage.
Stop wiffling about how stupid it is, and give people a spearhead to follow.
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@8,
Damn. Wish I could do that, but I just know, as soon as Kellogg's gets those frosted circus animal cookies back on the market, I'd be obligated to break my word.
Damn. Wish I could do that, but I just know, as soon as Kellogg's gets those frosted circus animal cookies back on the market, I'd be obligated to break my word.
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#10, aside from the fact that open container laws are kind of silly (people in the backseat can't drink a beer on the road?), there doesn't seem to be any mention here that the driver was under the influence.
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Well, in defense of the uptight (and thanking sweet jeezus that this thread has not yet degenerated into a total hatefest) being in a car full of pot smoke is more likely to affect a driver's ability than being in a car where other people are drinking.
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Yet another reason why Applets and Cotlets cannot be the state candy. (The first to reasons are its being disgusting and its coming from a benighted anti-gay backwater.)
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You can't get a contact high when someone in the back seat is drinking.
I'm totally pro-pot. But smoking it in a moving car is pretty stupid.
I'm totally pro-pot. But smoking it in a moving car is pretty stupid.
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@20 you don't know about the law in Texas. Open alcohol containers are illegal, illegal, illegal!!!! in cars in Texas.
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Maybe Phelps can get back on the Kellogg payroll if he also agrees to wear an "Ex-Masturbator" t-shirt at all public appearances.
That would make the ghost of batshitcrazy J.H. Kellogg very, very happy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey…
That would make the ghost of batshitcrazy J.H. Kellogg very, very happy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey…
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and she won because...she was the contestant requiring the most cashmere to achieve adequate coverage? i think i see the logic there.
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Keep in mind she and her friends lost their chance of ever going to college for this moronic conviction (I think it's safe to say they would have needed financial aid).
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#31 is right. Not sure how I feel about pot, but I feel bad for them.
Complaining about ugly dresses? They probably couldn't afford their own personal high-strung prom style consultant.
Maybe they were smoking pot because they were bored? Just a thought. Might not be too much to do in Cashmere.
Complaining about ugly dresses? They probably couldn't afford their own personal high-strung prom style consultant.
Maybe they were smoking pot because they were bored? Just a thought. Might not be too much to do in Cashmere.
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I think they're pretty in their pastel dresses. They look like hostess pastries! You don't have to "rock" everything you wear, you know.
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