Nashville is in the house, welcome Music City USA as the 43rd city at Metroblogging!

Tennessee brings to the world the following and much more:

Grits - The Grand Ole Opry - The Australian Festival (with Aussie Rules Football) - Bettie Page…

Stop by and say hi, make ‘em feel welcome and read.

Here’s a suggestion for Mason Tvert and his fellow pot-smoking advocates: If you want the rest of us to take you and your agenda seriously, don’t treat us like we’re stupid.

Tvert, of course, is the executive director of SAFER (Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation). The group sponsored the recently-passed bill legalizing marijuana possession, up to an ounce, in Denver. Yesterday, his group kicked off their campaign to pass similar legislation on a statewide level. Assembled on the steps of the Capitol building, they began collecting the 68,000 signatures needed to put the initiative on the ballot.

And on the steps of the Capitol building, Mason and company confirmed what I’ve suspected all along: they’re willing to do or say absolutely anything, as long as it advances their agenda.
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