Has The Trial Ballon For Marijuana Legalization Burst?

Hello, welcome to the Real Heavy Politics blog - thanks for hitting the link or for returning today. As you can tell from the title of this post, I suspect that the `topic' of `marijuana legalization' (as opposed to any real acknowledgment of the multitude of issues about pot) - paraded around as a trial balloon during President Obama's early `heady' days in office (when the `idea' that `change' was possible) - will soon be off the table entirely.

As you see in this link of Google Trends http://www.google.com/trends?q=marijuana+legalization&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&date=2009&sort=0 searches on the term `marijuana legalization' peaked on or about April 15th - the Tea Party Day - and one of the biggest `different America' protest days ever. Indeed, as you can see from the chart - the trend has largely been all downhill since President Obama dissed the whole marijuana community by insulting the `internet question' in the TownHall meeting of late March. Seems that even by that point of time that the `heat' on the issue was one that the President simply wanted to dismiss in his typical cool casual style. (Even drawing a laugh.) To make sure that he drew the line in the sand at `legalization' being good for revenue during The Great Recession. And, that line in the sand said - NO way.

Indeed, if you look closely at the graph - you can see that huge emphasis the media gave to Obama's negative views on pot being legal. And, regardless of surveys showing more public support for legal pot (a time for the so-called `liberal' media to step forward with MORE coverage) - the spirit of the trial balloon has been burst and the media will not be going down that road again for sometime; evidently.

(One has to wonder about the `freeness' of `free press' coverage of an issue that for the first time might approach a majority of all folks and dramatically change the way things are done and approached --- obviously, we have a media afraid to shake up the politicians and advertisers they so much depend upon such as Beer Advertisers, Lawyers and Pharmaceuticals.)

This simply is NOT how a free press works.

If you want a long term look at this issue - here's that link for you - http://www.google.com/trends?q=marijuana+legalization&ctab=0&geo=us&date=all&sort=0


Here's more links to get under your skin:

California Stations Reject Ad Calling For Pot Legalization - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/california-stations-rejec_n_227442.html - Of course, one of the best ways to not allow change is to have your mouthpiece - the big TV media (who might lose advertising dollars if pot is legalized) to prohibit the advertising of the legal pot issue.

'We're in the Middle of a Crash' - http://www.cnbc.com/id/31706523 Might the US economy be MUCH worse than the cheerleader media is telling us?

Meltdown Reveals Causes of Housing Bust - http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/haynes6.html - And, guess where the blame is laid - yep - the Fed.

Pro-Marijuana TV Ad Campaign Successful; More Are Planned This could be one of the most important things NORML has EVER done -- great findings via research about who saw these ads and the incredible number of folks who joined NORML as a result. Amazing and well worth your time.

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And, for today's fun link - (in case the YouTube video doesn't work) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyMvkXjctaE