Tommy Chong COMING UP ON LENO

[Bombtrack]

I was flipping through and lame-o Jay just said that he's coming up. I googled and it said he got out of jail on Tuesday!

This should be good. I doubt he's got anything but bad things to say about Ashcroft, Bush etc.

[vivalarev]

1. what was he in jail for?

[Fenris]

2. Selling "drug paraphenalia"

ie glass pipes. Just another victory for Ashcroft's Justice Department. :eyes:

[vivalarev]

4. oh yeah!!!!

i remember that now. that was the most ridiculous thing i ever saw.

[Bombtrack]

5. He was personally targeted by Ashcroft, just like Stern is being by Powell

I believe that he was the ONLY PERSON inprisoned by Ashcrofts "Operation Pipe Dreams" that sought to put fear into the hearts of Weed accessorie salesmen.

Just another issue the democratic party has completley failed on capturing an independant constituancy by not denouncing the Right's idiocy on.

[uncle ray]

11. the worst part is tommy caved in

to protect his family, from being "deported" back to canada? or was it prosecuted in addition to him? i dunno. but if anybody was set financially, and with a strong public backing, it was tommy chong. he could have been a patriot, but he took the plea bargain. sigh. i guess i'll just be happy he's out, but far from free.

[nightperson]

9. It was

absurd and sad. Ask the National Review.
Must have alienated a lot of swing voters.

[LTR]

3. ***SPOILER***

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Cheech and Chong - Together again!!!

And there's a movie on the way!!! :bounce:

[wndycty]

6. THey should wait until Kerry is in office before the begin production. . .

. . .I am sure the Justice Department will be monitoring the set.

[Mojambo]

7. Both he and Cheech are on record as saying

They have NEVER "indulged" while making a film.
The work involved in making a movie is just too hard.

(of course why would they admit it?! but still, no smoke on the movie set according to them)

[uncle ray]

10. they were to get back together even before he got locked up

and the movie too, but those plans got put on hold for obvious reasons, i'm really suprised they went ahead with the movie, from what i heard of it before, it was to be just like old c&c.

[OSheaman]

12. I love that shirt!

Is it available for sale?

And yay for Chong! I love those movies.

[AlCzervik]

8. I'm sure Leno the shill will try to make Chong look

like a stoned out moron and will titter and chuckle at his own jokes. I really hate Leno. Here in CA during the recall his show has subtitles in Spanish that you couldn't remove, after Gropenfuher got in the subtitles went away. I called comcast and bitched and even though it went no where they did indeed confirm my suspensions.

[bleowheels]

13. Nothing against Chong but seems like just another Friday ...

on the Jay Leno show in mid July. If Jay wasn't such a supporter of Bush, Schwarzenegger and Dennis Miller, I might be able to believe that Tommy Chong's appearance was stab against Ashcroft and co.

[President Jesus]

14. Tommy Chong's campaign contributions

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Chong&first=Thomas

[LTR]

15. To Tommy Chong's credit...

...He held his head high. He didn't seem pissed. More like he was just happy to be free.

He didn't blast Ashcroft, and I would have been surprised if he did. He held his head high and just wants to get on with his life.

Good for him. He's a class act.