I'm Irritated By... #2

...the fact that we make smokers go outside with the idea that they're harming everyone less by doing so. They're still blowing poisons and shit into the air for us to breathe, but apparently because we can't smell it, its not there. I wonder how the air smelled to the Little House on the Prairie people, or the Native Americans back when, when there were less fumes and smoke and chemicals everywhere. I bet it was pretty sweet. Not to mention, why are some drugs illegal, but nicotine is totally cool? People are getting addicted to cancerous poisons but oh, marijuana, good lord we can't have that!

Speaking of which I'm voting yes on Question 2, not cause I smoke, because I don't, but because I think its dumb that so many people get in so much trouble for something so dumb.

On November 4, 2008, we will have the chance to pass Question 2 into law –
a ballot initiative decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of
marijuana, removing the threat of jail time for possessing an ounce or less of
marijuana for personal use. Question 2 will save the commonwealth millions of
dollars in police resources each year and end the unjust policy of saddling
Massachusetts residents with a lifelong criminal record, known as a Criminal
Offender Record Information report (or CORI), for this minor infraction.

So you know. Vote Yes on Question 2 please. And No on Question 1 cause its fuckin ridiculous and my mom is a teacher. A good one, by the by.

Decrease funding for education, increasing
class sizes and cutting after-school programs.

She already has like over 20 kids in her class and have you ever tried to keep 20 kids under control? Its hard. I've subbed a few times and I was a teacher during a summer for a summer school/ camp and just 10 kids is difficult. She brings home 120 tests and homeworks to correct like every single day and even when they're multiple choice they take for-fucking-ever and I know because I've corrected some of them for her to help her out. Less afterschool programs, teachers, and higher numbers of kids in each class will be Hell on Earth. We have enough dumb kids as it is, let's keep our levels stable or improve them, not go the other way.