Archive → April 21st, 2011
Massachusetts: Marijuana odor not enough
Massachusetts has never been a state known widely for common sense. After all, they elect just about anyone named Kennedy without question. Even having the first couple letters of one’s last name is close enough, right John Kerry? But things have definitely taken a turn for the worse.
The state’s Supreme Court recently decided that detecting “the smell of burning marijuana” was “not enough for police to suspect a person of criminal activity and order them out of a car.”
Say what? Maybe even the presence of plant stands in the back seat wouldn’t be enough, at that rate.
Massachusetts State Supreme Court Chief Justice wrote, “We conclude that, to order a passenger in a stopped vehicle to exit based merely on suspicion of an offense, that offense must be criminal.”
The ruling was a shocking 5-1 majority.
Someone send the sole dissenter a gift basket, quick!
New doomsday gas price predictions
Some economists are so woeful on the diminishing strength of the US dollar, they’re predicting $6/gallon gas before the summer is over. Of course, it’s not merely the weakness of the dollar that plays into this, but the US’s insane demand for dozens of boutique gasoline blends over the summer months, using Algorism excuses.
Now more than ever, this economy needs the budgetary restraint Paul Ryan’s budget promises; in fact, he needs a whole lot more than than, but at least Ryan is running in the right direction, which is to slash spending. Not just slow the rate of growth, but real cuts that result in real savings. Maybe Ryan and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker need a Mega Meeting web video conferencing solution to get the message across; that’d be a nice counter to President Obama’s fake Facebook town hall.
Should I renew my prediction of $12/gallon gas in light of the panicked predictions of economists?
