Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
I am retiring from public life. I promised my wife before the election started that this was my last time going public as a political candidate.
The mayor's job would have meant a big pay cut compared to my X-ray tech income anyway. With that said, I will definitely exercise my right to respond if some clown takes a stab at me in the media.
What I saw this time around confirmed everything I already knew about the corporate controlled mainstream media. At every campaign stop I pointed out my discovery of a public document that revealed Chilliwack's pristine underground water supply is reaching its "limit for water withdrawal" and we "will have to seek out new sources of water for the future." I asked, "Why are we encouraging growth when we are facing a water crisis?" But the mainstream tabloids, er, um, newspapers never mentioned it.
Why waste time on something like that when they could have fun distorting my platform and pretending my whole life story is about marijuana advocacy. Apparently 30 years (and counting) in health care, six years of army service, and my former career as a professional skydiver, freefalling into hundreds of stadiums, is not worthy of a "voters guide."
The lowest point in the campaign was when I read a "news story" that falsely claimed I was advocating the seizure of homes where marijuana plants are found. I never had said or written that. It was a gross distortion, or a careless mix-up, of my platform to seize homes where kiddie porn is found, and my platform that people who destroy rental homes by converting them into grow-ops or met*h labs should have to pay the rebuilding costs.
My views I expressed back in my Marijuana Party days have not changed whatsoever. I still support the rights of Canadians who prefer marijuana instead of legal alcohol and tobacco, and I strongly support growing your own as long as you don't destroy a rental home in the process. Street pot can be laced with who knows what.
My two main goals as a Marijuana Party founder were 100 per cent accomplished and then I moved on to the Green Party to advocate for the environment. Goal one was full legalization of medical marijuana. My Health Canada licence to possess marijuana is proof of success. Goal two was that mainstream parties like the NDP and the federal Liberals "steal our platform." They did.
Nobody at the Marijuana Party ever had any illusions about winning an election, but we successfully used the political process as a venue to educate the public and bring change. To be honest, most marijuana users are cowardly closet cases who don't have the stones to go public for what they believe in.
To anyone who thinks this is sour grapes from someone who did not win an election, I am sorry to disappoint you. Best wishes to all my supporters and critics alike.
Norm Smith,
Chilliwack
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Canada.com
Author: Norm Smith
Copyright: 2008 Canwest Digital Media
Contact: About | canada.com
Website: Smith pulling plug on politics
The mayor's job would have meant a big pay cut compared to my X-ray tech income anyway. With that said, I will definitely exercise my right to respond if some clown takes a stab at me in the media.
What I saw this time around confirmed everything I already knew about the corporate controlled mainstream media. At every campaign stop I pointed out my discovery of a public document that revealed Chilliwack's pristine underground water supply is reaching its "limit for water withdrawal" and we "will have to seek out new sources of water for the future." I asked, "Why are we encouraging growth when we are facing a water crisis?" But the mainstream tabloids, er, um, newspapers never mentioned it.
Why waste time on something like that when they could have fun distorting my platform and pretending my whole life story is about marijuana advocacy. Apparently 30 years (and counting) in health care, six years of army service, and my former career as a professional skydiver, freefalling into hundreds of stadiums, is not worthy of a "voters guide."
The lowest point in the campaign was when I read a "news story" that falsely claimed I was advocating the seizure of homes where marijuana plants are found. I never had said or written that. It was a gross distortion, or a careless mix-up, of my platform to seize homes where kiddie porn is found, and my platform that people who destroy rental homes by converting them into grow-ops or met*h labs should have to pay the rebuilding costs.
My views I expressed back in my Marijuana Party days have not changed whatsoever. I still support the rights of Canadians who prefer marijuana instead of legal alcohol and tobacco, and I strongly support growing your own as long as you don't destroy a rental home in the process. Street pot can be laced with who knows what.
My two main goals as a Marijuana Party founder were 100 per cent accomplished and then I moved on to the Green Party to advocate for the environment. Goal one was full legalization of medical marijuana. My Health Canada licence to possess marijuana is proof of success. Goal two was that mainstream parties like the NDP and the federal Liberals "steal our platform." They did.
Nobody at the Marijuana Party ever had any illusions about winning an election, but we successfully used the political process as a venue to educate the public and bring change. To be honest, most marijuana users are cowardly closet cases who don't have the stones to go public for what they believe in.
To anyone who thinks this is sour grapes from someone who did not win an election, I am sorry to disappoint you. Best wishes to all my supporters and critics alike.
Norm Smith,
Chilliwack
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Canada.com
Author: Norm Smith
Copyright: 2008 Canwest Digital Media
Contact: About | canada.com
Website: Smith pulling plug on politics
