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The whole Tommy Chong thing doesnt make sense to me.  Obviously soembody
wanted to make an exampole of him and his celbrity status.  Its insane what
soem people go to prison for and others get away with.  I wish him all the
best man, Im a Cheech and Chong fan from way back.  I dont know all the
facts about the case, but cmon, lets get real here...

Johnny P

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wrote in message news:1066734386.134498@cache1...
> That's not illegal.
> The Pot may be, but the bong ain't.
>
> On 15 Oct 2003 21:08:03 GMT, rampartslo@aol.comREMOVE (Central Coast Club)
> wrote:
>
> �Actually, Chong is going to prison because he owns a company that
produces
> �bongs and sells them nationwide, online. If they had not sold them
online, he
> �probably would not have been bothered. Only the major manufacturers and
people
> �selling outside of CA are getting nabbed. As I understand it, the DEA and
state
> �law have clashed, but DEA won't mess with the state yet. They havent had
good
> �luck beating it. They can only get people for Fed violations right now,
so if
> �you blow glass, keep it in CA. You can blow anything else and not go to
jail.
> �
> �>Subject: A Comedian Walks Into A Bong Shop And Next Thing You Know He's
> �>Married To A Guy Named Something.... [LIBTR]
> �>From:
hypocritslayer-antispy-arrffarrff@www.limbo.lowtax.gobnahsoff.gov.wa.us
> �>(The Voltairian�"�/Black Jester�"�/The Absent Mind�"�/Riley
Bitterman�"�)
> �>Date: 10/14/2003 3:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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> �>
> �>A Comedian Walks Into A Bong Shop And Next Thing You Know He's Married
To A
> �>Guy
> �>Named Something....I didn't think that far ahead anyway.
> �>
> �>Isn't this silly, Tommy Chong's going to federal prison appearently for
doing
> �>what any tourist in Fairhaven, Bellingham, WA has done; or here for that
> �>matter;
> �>walked into a paraphanalia shop.  For god sakes, he's a comedian who's
> �>material
> �>is based on this subculture, they didn't even catch him with anything.
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