Well, Good ol' President Bush was in our fair town today as part of the
SMU
Tate Lecture series. My son Chris, who attends WT White High School
here
was one of 15 students that were handpicked to attend this question and
answer event at Mcfarlin Auditorium. As the only freshman out of mostly
seniors that were picked, he was also the youngest to attend. So here
is
what Dear ol' Dad practiced his son to ask:
"Mr President, in the past certain citizens believed the common good
overroad a bad law, with such examples of criminal disobedience that
includes Rosa Parks, the members of the Underground Railroad, and the
citizens who participated in the Boston Tea Party. Mr President, in
light
of this part of our history, some ill people seem to get relief from
using
cannabis. Sir, do you think sick and dying citizens should be put in
prison for smoking cannabis?"
Well I'll be damned, he got a chance to ask the question.
Bush's first response (to general laughter to the room
of mostly college and senior high schoolers) was "I have no idea what
you
are talking about (referring to the word cannabis). When someone told
him,
he responded the second way:
Mr Bush's eyes "kinda glazed over and he seemed to go into some
mechanical
mode, saying that everyone should obey the law, and if Rosa Parks chose
to
smoke marijuana for her pain, she should have gone to jail, yes". This
was
his second response.
That was the last question allowed (like this
one, my son reported that Bush refused to answer any questions, acting
generally bored to be there and not wanting to chance a comment would be
picked up by the ever present press corps that may ruin his son's
chances of
doing whatever he is going to do).
Question to the group: was there something in the White House water
during
the Reagan years that is causing this phenomenon?
chrisday83@aol.com