Newt Gingrich Tells New Hampshire: Jefferson And Washington Would Have Cracked Down On Pot

[speciallyblend]

norml's take http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...ce-america’s-marijuana-heritage-new-hampshire

 

[PastaRocket848]

lol.. some historian.

 

[demolama]

This type of crap is what gives historians bad names. His PhD needs to be revoked.

 

[speciallyblend]

True. George Washington also has a [legimate] quote from his diaries regarding the separation of the male and female hemp plants, and the primary reason for that is to increase the amount of THC.

My spidey-sense is telling me that the Thomas Jefferson quote is fabricated though.


Not only that, he justifies it with a melodramatic "for the children" tirade. You have your globalist psychopaths, and you have your globalist deranged lunatic psychopaths, and Newt Gingrich happens to fall in the more specific category.

this is what i found in less then 5 seconds hehe need to find more sources but the last here seems right [h=3]"The greatest service that can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its culture." -Thomas Jefferson

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

"An acre of the best ground for hemp, is to be selected and sewn in hemp and be kept for a permanent hemp patch." - Thomas Jefferson's Garden book 1849[/h]

 

[speciallyblend]

type this in google lots of info. thomas jefferson marijuana quotes

 

[centure7]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/newt-gingrich-new-hampshire-pot_n_1183618.html

Doesn't "Cracking down on pot" = Big Government???

Cracking down on pot means they'd have added some crack to their pot pipe. Gingrich is now even more radical than Paul by advocating for crack legalization.

Given that Gingrich is a historian and must know Jefferson & Washington loved growing their weed, its the only possible explanation.

 

[speciallyblend]

The fact is that George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and many other Founding Fathers and their contemporaries were hemp farmers. Far from discouraging its cultivation, the early presidents ​

demanded

its cultivation:

from the link above in my earlier post http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...ce-america’s-marijuana-heritage-new-hampshire, looks like newt wanted to arrest james madison and monroe to i am sure the list goes on

by the way romney can be lumped into this insanity as well.​

 

[jcarcinogen]

norml's take http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...ce-america’s-marijuana-heritage-new-hampshire

Nice. I putthis on the op.

 

[speciallyblend]

Nice. I put this on the op.

lots of quotes to i am sure norml has the sources.

Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere!” – George Washington“We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.” – John Adams“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The artificial preparation of hemp, from Silesia, is really a curiosity.” – George Washington (referring to hashish, used only as a drug)
“…began to separate the male from the female (hemp) plants,” – George Washington’s farm diary (one reason to separate males from females to get more potent buds)


“Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere!” – George Washington
“We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.” – John Adams
“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.” – Thomas Jefferson
​

 

[tremendoustie]

Not only that, he justifies it with a melodramatic "for the children" tirade. You have your globalist psychopaths, and you have your globalist deranged lunatic psychopaths, and Newt Gingrich happens to fall in the more specific category.

Gotta execute mommy for the children!

 

[LiveForHonortune]

Is dis Gingbitch srs?

 

[coastie]

The fact is that George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and many other Founding Fathers and their contemporaries were hemp farmers. Far from discouraging its cultivation, the early presidents ​

demanded

its cultivation:

from the link above in my earlier post http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...ce-america’s-marijuana-heritage-new-hampshire, looks like newt wanted to arrest james madison and monroe to i am sure the list goes on

by the way romney can be lumped into this insanity as well.​

Many of the early colonies(not all) REQUIRED it to be grown, you did not have a choice as it was so important to the British Navy for ropes and rigging.

Taxes were largely paid in hemp during the early years as well.

This is all historical fact, there is no getting around it, no matter how much one "Gingrich's" history. I am not surprised he has a PhD, they seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays, and as I said in another post-people that I have met with letters before and after their names are some of the dumbest people I have ever met.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

The drafts of the declaration of independence were written on hemp. I believe the final version was written on cloth.

You are correct. My bad.

 

[RickyJ]

Then why didn't they?

Is Gingrich retarded?

Does he not know pot isn't new, it has been here since the beginning of time.

The old fat man needs to just go away, he is embarrassing this nation.

 

[MyEyesTheyBurn]

Is Gingrich retarded?

This.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

This is the same state that voted for McCain in 2007....

To be fair they voted for McCain in 2008 because they thought he was going to end the wars.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Hemp isn't what he is talking about, but I get the point

However, I wonder if the Founders actually grow any drug plants?

Yes, Monticello boasted a huge pharmacy section in the garden, many species of which are currently illegal to grow. Also, I remember a quote from a letter from Jefferson somewhere talking about smoking "sweet hemp," which AFAIK can only mean one thing.


ETA apparently this was Abraham Lincoln

 

[Chester Copperpot]

After the revolution, George Washington was the largest whiskey distiller in the country.

 

[specsaregood]

Oh, come on, you don't believe they hired him as an historian.

Who better to hire if you want to revise and rewrite history?

 

[Omnica]

Didn't Jefferson have opium poppies in his garden? I thought Gingrich was supposed to be a historian.

Make the most of the Indian Hemp seed. sow it everywhere.