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Barbara Boxer’s Adviser Arrested for Sneaking Pot into Hart Building

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Marcus Stanley, senior economic adviser to Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, found himself on the wrong side of the law and the Senator after he tried to enter the Hart building with “a green, leafy substance which tested positive for marijuana,’’ according to Capitol Hill police.

On Tuesday, Stanley submitted his resignation to the senator, who accepted calling his actions, “wrong and unacceptable.”  All this comes amidst a campaign on Proposition 19 that’s dividing California between people who want to legalize and tax marijuana in the state and those that want to keep it illegal (except for medical marijuana).

The move to get rid of Marcus Stanley comes as no surprise, since Boxer said the passage of Proposition 19 “could lead to an increase in crime, vehicle accidents and higher costs for local law enforcement agencies.”  And maybe she has a point on the crime factor:  over the last year and a half, over a dozen people have met with Capitol Hill Police while attempting to bring marijuana into the Capitol Visitor Center.

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  • Azarkhan

    “Marcus Stanley, senior economic adviser…tried to enter the Hart building with “…marijuana,”

    Marcus, I understand. If I had to advise an old leftist hack like Boxer on economics, I’d be doing something stronger, like angel dust.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Legalize it already. The War on Drugs is a complete and utter failure on every level. Personally, I use pages from the Bible as rolling papers for my joints.

  • murf

      

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    I can see November from my house !

  • felixw

    Hmmm, Boxer’s senior economic adviser sneaking dope into the Hart Senate Office Building? Maybe this is part of the next stimulus proposal.

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Burnnotice

    I’m sure he was only trying to bring Barbra a little something to ease her nerves on what she will be facing this November…..

    As for the Wacky Tobacky. In the future you might want to consider voting Libertarian.

  • StandUp

    Can’t we all just get abong ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    Bobo Botox needs her upside down world view restoked daily, and somebody’s got to deliver the smoke for her mirrors to fuzz up her wackadoodle constituents just like she does her Boxer Botox melon. Keeps her working toward stuffing that piehole with a terminal overdose of BS munchies, and how can she upchuck all that back out? Maxine Waters has the same problem, but she’ll stay around as the dum-assest member of Congress once Bobo vacates the Hill.

  • BatBoy

    Publius219 said:
    Legalize it already. The War on Drugs is a complete and utter failure on every level. Personally, I use pages from the Bible as rolling papers for my joints.

    Your response Publius219 is exactly why they call it “DOPE!”

    To murf…. Great Picture!

    Also…a bit of trivia…How far is the State of Alaska from Russia?

    answer…Diomede, Alaska is 2.4 miles from Big Diomede, Russia
    Mainland to Mainland is less that 60 miles as measured by my index finger.

  • Hugo Daun

    Publius219 said:
    Personally, I use pages from the Bible as rolling papers for my joints.

    You too?

    I like to light mine with a burning American flag.

  • Puter Boi

    That is so cool, man…so cool….I can’t wait to work on Capitol Hill….so cool, man…and…..and…stuff like that, man.
    What are we talking about? Life is so cool, man….and…………………………………………………….

  • FoxSpells666

    Publius 219 said: “I use pages from the Bible as rolling papers for my joints.”

    A new twist on stoning the prophets. Holy Smoke. Hare Ganga.

  • http://none pyrope

    murf said:
    I can see November from my house !

    My vote for post of the day.

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