CBS Rejects Marijuana Legalization Ad from NORML
Fri, Feb 05, 2010 7:53 pm
CBS has rejected an advertisement from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws intended for a digital billboard – the CBS Super Screen – located in Manhattan’s Times Square. In emails obtained by HIGH TIMES, the marketing firm Neutron Media informed NORML that the network would not approve the ad. A Neutron Media employee told NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, “If CBS changes their morals we will let you know.”
According to Ray Shapira, Neutron Media Vice President of Event and Screen Marketing, it was he and not CBS that made the call to reject the ad because it was “too political.” Shapira says he made the decision based on “the instructions and general guidelines of CBS Outdoor” – the segment of CBS in charge of outdoor advertising.
However, St. Pierre believes the response falls in line with a pattern of rejection from CBS. “The fact is, this is the fourth time in eight years that CBS has stymied NORML.”
CBS did not respond to phone calls and an email message.
The 15-second advertisement in question shows a bare tree that becomes verdant as marijuana leaves with dollar symbols pop up and attach to the branches. The ad then states “Money Can Grow On Trees!” and concludes with the slogan “Legalize Marijuana – Billions in Taxes.” According to St. Pierre, NORML “wanted to make it clear during tough economic times that taxing marijuana makes sense.” HIGH TIMES has obtained a copy of the ad in question (posted above).
CBS has made headlines recently based on the decision to sell airtime during Super Bowl XLIV to Focus on the Family, an evangelical organization known for its socially conservative stances including its strong opposition to abortion. While the precise content of the Super Bowl ad has not been revealed, it will reportedly feature college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, discussing Mrs. Tebow’s decision to ignore medical advice and give birth to Tebow rather than have an abortion.
The issue is contentious because it is the first advocacy ad to appear during the Super Bowl. In 2008, CBS changed a policy that prevented the network from airing ads from advocacy groups. As this is the first Super Bowl broadcast by CBS since the policy change, advocating opinions on social issues during the NFL’s – and advertising’s – biggest day is now, ostensibly, fair game.
Because of this, St. Pierre feels the notion that CBS doesn’t accept political ads – the reason given for the NORML ad’s rejection – is “patently incorrect.” According to St. Pierre, “both Focus on the Family and NORML are 501(c)(3) organizations, the only difference is in what we advocate.”
Nonetheless, Shapira says he would have prevented any “political ad” from appearing on the billboard regardless of the message – and that includes Focus on the Family.
St. Pierre claims “CBS not allowing a free exchange of ideas is one more reason why prohibition has lasted so long.”
A second NORML ad (the mockup version pictured below), which would have made its way into the CBS Super Screen rotation a few weeks after the original spot, would have examined 2009 police arrests records with an emphasis on racial disparity in marijuana arrests. Its slogan would have been, “If President Obama grew up in NYC, today he might be known as ‘Barry the drug criminal.’”
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Jun 4 2010, 12:51 am
Scube
Apr 23 2010, 11:39 pm
be one with nature
Apr 7 2010, 10:14 pm
big timmy two toke
Mar 26 2010, 8:06 am
Sinistry
Mar 6 2010, 1:37 am
VICTORY! CBS Will Accept NORML Marijuana Legalization Ad
I’ve got big news!
You and more than 8000 others sent letters to CBS protesting the company’s decision to reject a marijuana legalization ad produced by NORML for a Times Square billboard, and we just heard that CBS has reversed its decision and will accept the ad!
I got the news yesterday from a senior CBS official and I think this is a great example of how we can take action online and get real-world results. So thank you to everyone who sent a letter and helped spread the word. You can read the update on our blog here: http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/cbs_reverses_decision_agrees_to_run_pro-marijuana_ad
I hope you will consider starting your own petitions here at Change.org as you find issues where you’d like to have an impact. Anyone can start a petition in just couple of minutes and you can learn how here: http://www.change.org/petition
Once again, thank you for taking action and helping to hold CBS accountable.
Robin Beck
Organizing Director
Change.org
4pain420
Mar 2 2010, 1:32 pm
stu
Feb 22 2010, 11:20 am
freedomsmoker
Feb 21 2010, 9:20 pm
gstlab3
Feb 21 2010, 6:15 pm
THEY WHO CONTROL THE MASS MEDIA CONTROL THE MINDSET OF THE NATION!!!!
IT IS WHAT THEY HEAR AND SEE AND IT'S WHAT THEY FEAR!!!
IT IS ALSO WHAT THAT THEY BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS THE MOST AWFULL AND DANGEROUS PART OF ALL!!!!!!
THE OPIATE OF THE MASSES IS NO LONGER RELIGION OR GOD!!
IT'S THEIR GOLDEN IDOLS AND THEIR OTHER IMPORTANT TIME AND LIFE WASTING MASTERS ON THEIR TELEVISION SCREENS!!!!!!
GO AHEAD AND LET THESE PEOPLE RUN YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR THOUGHTS INTO THE PITS OF HELL!!!!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!
GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!!
J. Johnson
Feb 18 2010, 8:14 pm
free the weed
Feb 18 2010, 6:01 pm
umm
Feb 17 2010, 4:35 pm
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Whatever. It isn't nice to hate anyway, so there :)
anonymous
Feb 16 2010, 6:24 pm
http://ihatemandy.com?id=5q2ov5pdqz6lyeprgscabfhng6fwcg
umm
Feb 16 2010, 5:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOtgA2C0NuQ
umm
Feb 16 2010, 3:33 pm
Anyone care to read my opinion?
♥
KC
Feb 15 2010, 10:42 pm
gstlab3
Feb 15 2010, 8:08 pm
gstlab3
Feb 15 2010, 8:07 pm
CAN YOU GUESE WHO IS?
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INFILTRATED BY THE COMMUNISTS AND THE SOCIALISTS., THE BANKSTERS AND THEIR LORDS ENTOW!!!
AND NO ONE NOTICES A THING.,
THE WELLFARE NANNY STATE HAS US BY THE THROAT AND WE ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT RACE?
OUR POLITICS ARE CONTROLED BY THESE TELEVISION EXECUTIVES WHO ARE BUT PUPPETS OF POLITICIANS AND THEIR MASTERS ON WALL STREET WHO ARE NO BETTER THAN THE NAZI PROPAGANDISTS!!!
WORLD DOMINATION BY WHO AND WHAT FORM OF TYRANY ARE WE HEADED FOR!!!?
NEVER ENDING WARS AND CONFLICT ARE NO MISTAKE.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WARNED US OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT WAS A RESULT OF TWO WORLD WARS AND THE NEVER ENDING FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC DOMINATION AND CONTROL OF THE EARTHS WEALTH AND HER PEOPLES.
WE ARE AT WAR FOR MINDS AND SPIRITS AND IT"S NO LAUGHING MATTER!!!!!
GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, AND FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!
HU210
Feb 15 2010, 7:51 pm
James Crosby
Feb 15 2010, 4:45 pm
WTF IS THIS SHIT?
http://blog.norml.org/2010/02/15/cbs-rejects-norml-legalization-billboard-but-accepts-black-children-are-an-endangered-species-anti-abortion-billboard/
umm
Feb 15 2010, 4:07 pm
Its intersting to note that in this episode that only the stoners could play the stars and stripes forever well.:)
I love it!
Hers one of three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNCLfqkb18Q
umm
Feb 15 2010, 3:03 pm
In this country it is customary for people to occasionally nod at one another in passing.
But heaven forbid if a person lowers there body too far. The haters would rather send people to war over a custom. It shows the limited intelligence of people here in the states.
umm
Feb 15 2010, 2:49 pm
I just wanted to give my input on the subject. On prescription pain pill bottles it states something like "be carefull when driving or operating machinery untill you know how your body reacts to this drug".
The same thing is for weed. Some people can handle it, and some can not. I have personally found that to be true for me. I know I perform best when I am feeling well. I should also point out that I have never had a accident in a car, or my bicycle. So please stop the nonsense you weed haters out there.
umm
Feb 15 2010, 2:39 pm
Common courtesy. That is what is lacking in this nation.
When our President showed common courtesy by bowing to someone in another country, the warmongering haters in this country jumped all over him. The haters would rather our sons and daughters fight and be killed in their hateful battles than to show some common courtesy.
I'd bend down and kiss someones feet if I thought it was custom, and or it could prevent wars where potentially millions could be killed.
Some people. They don't realize that they are part of the problems if they aren't part of the solutions.
Calming people down in Iran is a much better solution than what has been done though in my opinion. Its just common sense. No pun intended:)
river_ed
Feb 14 2010, 10:57 pm
Liberty or Death
Feb 14 2010, 7:23 pm
umm
Feb 14 2010, 3:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNup5VuP2c
Its called man in a hurry.
What I think is that people in the world make up various scary scenarios in their minds and they think their fears will come true. Why? Why not think up cures for the fears we may produce in our minds. Why not look up at the beautiful stars and think of them as white holes or something like that. Maybe space is the black hole. Maybe we have the ability to star travel. What if the stars we see are where we can visit? What is wrong with dreaming good thoughts? Why must people always for the sake of promoting their products, always use the fear and intimidation cards?
Grow up people. Life is here to enjoy. Throw down your weapons, and love one another.
umm
Feb 14 2010, 2:06 pm
But last nite, I was listening to short wave, listening for messages of encouragement from a church show, and heard messages of hell and damnation, so I changed the reception to am, and came in on the middle of a coast show from art bell, and I have yet to know what was said, only that it was a bout some one named officer x from october 22 1997, but it sounded like another doom and gloom show. The tv was broadcasting something about what would you do if you had the choice to push someone off a bridge and kill that person to save 4 others. More doom and gloom. On another tv show the other day from harvard was a lecture on the same thing. It is though the leaders are trying their hardest to turn its citizens against one another. What a shame. The news on pbs it seems is too often talking about our neighboring countries being some kind of nuclear threat. In fact I have heard the word "nuclear threat so many times, It reminds me of goober on andy griffith on that episode where he kept spouting off "citizens arreyest!" - "citizens arreyest!", only the tv spokes people are yelling "nuclear threyet!" - "nuclear threyet!", which would be funny if it weren't that people die in their wars they create.
If iran or any country is angry at us or their neighboring countries, then why don't our leaders show they do believe in GOD, and go there and make friends with them rather than play the savage card of sanctions and war?
Nope. My lips are sealed. I don't want to be labeled a "nuclear threyet!". It seems these are sad times here at high times.
Love out to those with a heart.
Am I just not getting it? Is everyone running their life on fear of thy neighbors?
umm
Feb 13 2010, 2:00 pm
If I am too afraid to speak out, then I am just as good as being dead.
Correction in my head is made...and noted as spock might say lol
Sinistry
Feb 13 2010, 1:35 pm
Sinistry
Feb 13 2010, 1:25 pm
Real World Wisdom
Feb 13 2010, 6:32 am
Hype it , spin it and at the end of the day you're left with the same thing you started with , YOU JUST DON"T LIKE IT ! Thats the real world ..have some .
Sinistry
Feb 13 2010, 2:37 am
What do you all think of the idea of seeking out places where people congregate to close their minds in glorious ignorance and when the building is at capacity bursting in and littering the place with pro-cannabis propaganda then running like hell before anyone could realize what was happening? I mean just blitzkrieg their minds and bail before they can mount a retaliation. It tickled the hell out of me. (I used a church, but would love ideas for other targets :D).
Sinistry
Feb 13 2010, 1:37 am
And I've just discovered (through the NORML website)a petition "targeting the CBS Corporation and demanding the network to reverse their decision", which can be found at http://www.change.org/actions/view/demand_cbs_reverse_decision_declaring_pro-marijuana_ad_too_political.
Please take a moment to add your name to the list. WE the PEOPLE have to speak out in order to be heard.
Sinistry
Feb 13 2010, 1:06 am
Isn't it illegal to advertise one thing then sell another? Bait and switch I believe it's called. If CBS baits viewers into watching with proclamations of being a source for information and then censors the information they broadcast, they haven't informed anyone at all. They have led or misled (whichever the case may be), but not informed.
Sinistry
Feb 13 2010, 12:50 am
Square does not have a good point. He has hate-filled babble. The reason cannabis has been illegal for so long is because folks who stand up are pulled out of society and treated like animals (thus making us pick and choose our battles very, very carefully). John Sinclaire-sentenced to ten years in federal prison for possession of two cannabis cigarettes- comes to mind. There are countless others that I won't bother naming because you're too lazy to look it up anyway (after all, it's so much easier to come here once in a while and recite the same old b.s. isn't it?). How many people do you know who are willing to stand alone facing a decade of rape and beatings?
Granny doesn't deserve praise. She deserves ridicule for continuing to spit out tired rhetoric, which is devoid of fact and serves no purpose other than to belittle those who have the intestinal fortitude to think for themselves.
...And for your consideration. After finding out that my state is about to vote on legislation that will legalized cannabis for medicinal use, I spent my day busting my hump on the streets raising awareness. When was the last time you did your civil/patriotic duty? And spewing hatred and fascist propaganda on High Times doesn't count, you Nazi's.
-Real World Wisdom-
Again, I hope to find out what the courts decide.
-Danny Denko-
Already done, my friend, but thanks for refreshing the idea for newcomers. Good looking out.
umm
Feb 12 2010, 4:20 pm
The people who stand up to make a difference are in jail.
Thats the bad point.
At least in the states that are ignorant to the trends of freedom. Get a clue.
good point
Feb 12 2010, 4:02 pm
granny, i think i recognise you. i think ive read your freevibe article about "marijuana & amotiviational syndrome". it was thoughtfully well-put together and right on target. :)
danny danko
Feb 12 2010, 3:19 pm
umm
Feb 12 2010, 3:02 pm
If you keep yourselves connected WITH LOVE, the writing is on the wall, but if you replace your love with hate, then you may fall.
umm
Feb 12 2010, 2:35 pm
But why is it such a sickening common thought that people who happen to like "grass", but are unable to find employment for whatever reason are useless?
Useless to who? Why do people feel the need to use everyone?
Slaves.
I work cause I want to. Not because someone slanders me if I don't. Don't be sheep. Think for yourselves, and don't let the haters kill your spirits.
To those who have an ear, churches are not all bad. So don't knock them if you don't don't the meaning of metaphors and reading between the lines.
real world crackhead
Feb 12 2010, 2:10 pm
dbcooper
Feb 12 2010, 1:26 pm
You see, thats the problem with capitalist. They destroy everything in the path and do nothing but consume consume consume, they consumes communism, and now they are consuming democracy.
Real World Wisdom
Feb 12 2010, 4:37 am
Bottom line , CBS runs its business they way they see fit .
They have done nothing illegal and have not denied anybody any rights by any real definition or rule of law . This is not an opinion , it is a FACT . Sorry ... you may now continue your babble .
wonderfully entertained
Feb 11 2010, 9:58 pm
I'm bored so here goes. Socialogical studies show that many individuals in society will agree with the masses even though they themselves do not agree. Media conglomerates use this to lead society into believing what they feel is the "truth". This is the fault of the viewers for being sheep but it still needs to be acknowledged that presenting yourself as a credible source to inform society of what is going on in society is a serious situation that should warrant some accountability, especially when millions of dollars are devoted every year discovering new ways to manipulate people into taking in their information. A good portion of the taxpayers in this country, smokers and non, want to know the whole truth and not the edited version. It is precicely situations such as the CBS ordeal that prevents public knowledge of the benefits of grass, thus insuring a certain point of view is maintained. As far as lawsuits go, lawsuits are not won with fact and fairness in this justice system. If it were a fair and just system I believe, just an opinion, there would be many more pro marijuana lawsuits but as it stands today, there is no point in filing a lawsuit that is almost guarunteed to lose because of current taboos and opinions rather than the facts at hand. There is some real world wisdom for you.
wonderfully entertained
Feb 11 2010, 9:35 pm
Seek help or at least try to gain knowledge of the subjects you speak on. They keep that in these little SQUARE things called books, check'em out, and for god's sake do not procreate. That means have kids. have a great day.
wonderfully entertained
Feb 11 2010, 9:31 pm
wonderfully entertained
Feb 11 2010, 9:13 pm
Sinistry
Feb 11 2010, 8:51 pm
GEOMANCER
Feb 11 2010, 8:28 pm
heidimarie
Feb 11 2010, 8:00 pm
Sinistry
Feb 11 2010, 6:16 pm
I have a question for you as well. If CBS was entirely within their rights to deny NORML airtime why did they bother citing the reason for their decision to be because "it was too political"? Why not just say no outright? Could it be that they knew they would need some kind of excuse to hide behind?
Sinistry
Feb 11 2010, 6:02 pm
I asked that very same question in another post (not sure if it was on this specific page, though). I hope NORML does turn to the courts for a ruling on what is an obviously discriminatory act. Time will tell.
Real World Wisdom
Feb 11 2010, 5:26 pm
So , if what you say were true , where are all the law suits ? People falling all over themselves to sue over anything , why not this ? Could it be , god forbid, you are wrong ?
Sinistry
Feb 11 2010, 3:43 pm
Do you hate everyone or just free-thinkers and environmentalists? Does your post reflect your personal opinion or are you just regurgitating what your daddy used to say back in the Nixon years before he got drunk and touched you (then beat you because he could not get erect)? You've shown us all that you feel strongly about the topic, but have not indicated how you came to those conclusions. For your consideration, not all cannabis users are hippies, jobless or even lazy. Regarding the do something about it comment, see my previous post and prepare yourself with for the new world that will be here sooner than you think.
Sinistry
Feb 11 2010, 3:03 pm
You're completely disregarding the fact that I am a citizen, not a media outlet responsible for informing the masses. If money can buy air time to preach anti-drug and anti-abortion propaganda then it should be able to buy airtime that supports contradicting ideas (that's how capitalism works). If CBS wants to drop it's news segment and stick to simple entertainment I'll have no problem with what they advertise, but as long as they claim to be a source for news they should broadcast the truth about what is happening in our country in regard to cannabis law, not simple air the news they want people to know.
umm to Philly
Feb 11 2010, 1:47 pm
Superstitions are silly. God which is Love is not. Of course every country has a different name for God, but I think all the countries are basically speaking the same universal language for the most part.
Your post at the bottom at Feb 5 2010, 10:07 pm I agreed with until I got to where you wrote: [...In this day and age people actually believe in the fantasy of a god. Pathetic....]
Why would you write that? Are you just playing? I do hope you don't belittle peoples beliefs in God. Where would you be without love? I believe we are here to comfort one another, not agitate. At least we shouldn't agitate about such an important topic.
I know its fun to needle each other. Its what makes life fun sometimes, but lets try to pull together and not divide each other by poking fun at each other about such an important topic. And its hard for me to believe its cool to needle each other in these forums anyway cause of the war against us. Lets not forget about the other wars around the globe where people are dying. I believe that lack of love for one another is the cause of all wars, and disease. Its just being mean to say that love is pathetic. You surely don't see the connection of God and love.
I believe it is this observation of the love we see and feel around us in our daily lives that is the most beautiful of all of our senses. God which is love is a wonderfully good thing. Why the need for some people to say they are against God? Do you feel somehow superior? Do you feel it makes you stronger?
Of course atheism is a myth. But so what? lol That's a good thing too.
We need love♥ which is the form of God we have the ability to observe. I have heard it said though that people won't realize this until they are ready to. So maybe you aren't ready.
I'm not pretending to know all the answers, but I do know what works for me, and I am sure that this belief is not a bad one, cause we naturally want to be kind to those who we love, and if everyone would just be kind to one another, well, you get the picture...
qwertybin
Feb 11 2010, 1:47 pm
They all have some type of three-letter behavior disorder and thats likely the result of the chromosome damage their elders suffered from smoking pot.
So what if its 2010, or a new time? Marijuana will always remain illegal for centuries to come. You guys are living a pipe dream if you think pot use will become legal.
David
Feb 11 2010, 1:43 pm
Square
Feb 11 2010, 1:29 pm
you all want pot legal but youre too stoned and lazy to get up and do something about it. who do you think youre kidding?! pot will never be legal.
you potheaded hippies will never have jobs. all you want to do is lay around and smoke your brains out watching cheech and chong movies. and if you do got any motivation to get your asses up, you go cruzing around in the mystery machine to look for a tree to hug.
face it you smoked-out bums: pot will always be illegal. the 60s are long over and your revolution is lost. time to turn the page, take a bath, get a haircut and get a job.
qwertybin
Feb 11 2010, 1:09 pm
Productive stoner? Dont make me laugh. The only "productive stoner" is one sitting in jail making license plates. "Productive stoner" is a contradiction in terms, plain and simple.
uhh
Feb 11 2010, 12:46 pm
lose the caps.
gstlab3
Feb 11 2010, 10:04 am
BUT WHEN THE TRUTH ESCAPES., "AND IT IS ESCAPING FROM THIER HANDS QUITE QUICKLY NOW TOO.,"
THE TRUTH IS THAT THE FREEDOM LOVING GOD FEARING PEOPLE OF THE EARTH DO NOT NEED THEIR KIND TO EXSIST.,
THEIR TACTICS OF KEEPING PEOPLE DIVIDED BY RACE AND RELIGION AND THEIR CONTINUAL ECONOMIC MANIPUALTION WILL COME TO AN ABBRUPT END WHEN THEIR GREED UNDOES THEIR CUNNING LIES AND DECIETFULL PRACTICES.
COME INTO THE LIGHT OF THE TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL TRULEY SET YOU FREE FROM THEIR GRIPS!!!!
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE!!!!
ALL YOU NEED IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH!!!!!
GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY IN OUR LIFES WORK AND IN OUR PLEASURES!!!!
EVERYTHING WE NEED IS RIGHT BENIETH OUR FEET!!!!!!
THE MOTHER EARTH!!!!
THE WATER FROM THE SKIES!!!!
THE SUN FROM ABOVE!!!
AND THE BREATH OF LIFE WITHIN US!!!!!
FREEDOM FROM TYRANY AND THE OLIGARCHS IS THE RIGHT OF ALL MEN!!!!!
THE KNOWLEDGE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY MUST BE RETAINED FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS!!!!
GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!
SPREAD THE WORD!!!! WE AIN'T GOING OUT LIKE THIS!!!!
gstlab3
Feb 11 2010, 9:45 am
I WOULD NOT ABSOLUTLEY SWEAR TO THAT WITCH YOU STATED AS BEING TRUE ABOUT THE "RIGHTS" AND PRIVLEDGES OF THE BROADCASTER IN QUESTION.
TO OBTAIN A LICENCE I BELIEVE THE BROAD CASTERS IN SOME FASHION MUST BE FOLLOWING SOME SORTS OF RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER SUPPRESSIVE "in some peoples minds.,"
LAWS THAT PROHIBIT THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO., "EVER SEE AN ADD FOR..,
"ROOR" WATERPIPES ON NETWORK TELEVISION?
"ever see an add for?"
GOLDSCHLAGER OR JACK DANIELS ON PRIME TIME TELEVISION?!?
THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO OR AT LEAST NOT IN OUR LIFETIME.,
I THINK THEY DO HOWEVER HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND AND GENERAL WELLFARE OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.,
THIS "SHOULD" BE DONE IN A "NON POLITICAL" WAY.,
BUT IS BY NO MEANS POSSIBLE NOW.,
THANKS TO THE SELF INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE LAKIES THEY HAVE IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT!!!
BIG BUISNESS AND BIG CORPORATE INTERESTS HAVE A CHOKEHOLD ON THE PUBLICS INFORMATION THAT TELLS THEM WHAT AND WHO AND WHY THE WORLD IS THE WAY IT IS AND THAT IS ALL YOU WILL EVER BE ALLOWED TO HEAR.
THE BIG MONEY AND THE BANKSTERS AND THE ELITISTS HAVE WRECKED THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND HAVE RAPED THE COFFERS OF THE PUBLICS WEALTH AND WELL BEING!!!!
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!!!!
GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!
Real World Wisdom
Feb 11 2010, 6:57 am
Your arguement has no weight . CBS and all the other news media outlets decide how they will do business . Its their RIGHT to do so . They don't want to run a pro weed ad and have every right not to regardless of what you or I think about it .
If they want you to place an anti-weed ad on the side of your house and you refuse ... would you be stifling their PERCIEVED right to inform the public of something they feel stongly about ? The answer to that is a resounding NO .
See how that works ?
Average American
Feb 11 2010, 3:06 am
gstlab3
Feb 10 2010, 9:09 pm
I DATED A GIRL NAMED HEIDI MARIE.,
WOW.
WHAT A STRANGE PLANET.,
HOW STRANGE IT TRIGGERS OUR MEMORIES FROM TIME TO TIME.
PEACE OUT!!
GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!
Sinistry
Feb 10 2010, 9:02 pm
heidimarie
Feb 10 2010, 3:41 pm
September 4th 2007....
Ive done research on the uses of hemp and marijuana. We believe that if we used hemp for oil, paper,clothing, food,fiberboard,diapers,insulation,carpets and many other things, it would be better for the environment.
There are more than 25,000 uses for hemp, and its all natural. If we started using hemp today, for everything, we would stop, or at least slow down, global warming.
We also would cut down fewer trees and wouldnt destroy forests.
One acre of hemp can produce as much usable fiber as four acres of trees and two acres of cotton.
Trees cut down to make paper take 50 to 500 years to grow, while hemp can be cultivated in as little as 100 days and can yeild four times more paper over a 20 year period.
Also, hemp paper is longer-lasting than wood pulp, stronger, and acid and chlorine free. It is estimated that chlorine causes up to 10 percent of all cancers.
We also could use hemp for fuel. If we started using hemp for that purpose, we could stop using corn for fuel.
Hemp can producce 10 times more methanol than corn. Also, hemp fuel burns clean. Petroleum causes acid rain due to sulfar pollution.
Now to cannabis, marijuana:
Its said that no one ever died from marijuana use. However, people die every day as the result of alcohol, caffeine, prescription drugs, over the counter medications like aspirin.
Cannabis research has demonstrated therapeutic value and complete safety in the treatment of many health problems, including asthma, glaucoma,nausea in AIDS and cancer patients, epilepsy, stress, migraines, rheumatism and arthritis, PMS, depression, constipation, and thats just to name a few.
Up until 1933, when the use U.S. government declared marijuana illegal, doctors used it in childbirth, it also helps with morning sickness.
So, the next time you see or hear a commercial criminalizing marijuana, think about the possibilities for a better, cleaner, safer world and that its not harmful. Its actually good for us and our environment.
People shouldnt let the government fool them. Lets decriminalize cannabis for a better future....
Heidi Watterson Butler
anonymous
Feb 9 2010, 7:22 pm
i can't wait for out idiotic government to realize that
Kevin M
Feb 9 2010, 7:08 pm
tenac iousd
Feb 9 2010, 1:02 pm
anonymous
Feb 9 2010, 12:28 pm
anonymous
Feb 9 2010, 11:58 am
Real World Wisdom
Feb 9 2010, 5:10 am
Sinistry
Feb 8 2010, 8:24 pm
Sinistry
Feb 8 2010, 8:18 pm
Sinistry
Feb 8 2010, 7:56 pm
soku
Feb 8 2010, 6:08 pm
Mike G
Feb 8 2010, 3:52 pm
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-police-chief-volusia-city-cocaine-past20100208,0,583651.story
M ostHigh
Feb 8 2010, 2:51 pm
plebs everywhere
Feb 8 2010, 8:44 am
It’s a news broadcast
using a system I think they once called video.
Television was the colloquial term.
Put it on the screen.
Right.
Today police rounded up
still another group of dissidents.
Authorities are unable to explain
these fresh outbreaks of treasonable disobedience
by well-treated, well-protected, intelligent slaves.
Now turning to the world of sports
and bringing you the taped results
of the arena games last night.
The first heat involved amateurs.
They’re petty thieves from city prison.
Conducted, however, with traditional weapons,
it provided some amusement
me
Feb 8 2010, 12:11 am
gstlab3
Feb 7 2010, 5:00 pm
YOU BETCHA THEY DO!!!!
THE MID ATLANTIC SEED TRADERS UNION IS UP AND RUNNING!!!!!
"underground seed traders are filling the gaps quickly"
ANY THING OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED BY THE POWERS THAT BE.,THE SAME ONES WHO GIVE AND TAKE BROADCAST LICENSES AWAY AND CAN FINE THEM etc..,
WHO CONTROLS THEM? BIGGER ADVERTIZERS AND INTERLOCKING CORPORATE DIRECTORSHIPS AND GOVERNMENTS.,
WHO IS IT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CONTROLS THOSE PEOPLE?
WE NO LONGER LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY PEOPLE!!!!!
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ??? VOTED AND GAVE IT LOCK STOCK AND BARREL TO THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES ON THE EARTH!!!!
THE BANKSTERS ON WALL STREET AND THE COMMUNIST SOCIALISTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION!!!!!
HOW LONG BEFORE THEY DEVALUE THE CURANCIES AROUND THE WORLD?
WILL THE FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE HAVE THEIR MEDICINES?? SEEDS!!! SAVE YOUR SEEDS!!!!!
AND WHAT OF THEIR FOOD SUPPLIES WHEN THIS HAPPENS??
YOU KNOW THE ANSWER., SAVE YOUR SEEDS!!!!!
GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!
cs
Feb 7 2010, 3:30 pm
Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Party Minister of Propaganda
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
---------------
Abraham Lincoln:
“Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.”
shaun
Feb 7 2010, 2:17 pm
i never really thought about it that way until i read your comment. They ARE tying in pro-life with sports, which is TO political..right? haha CBS are dicks. ( it's ok mom, if you die we will try to get your son or daughter to CBS so they can put a commercial of them on at the super bowl so they can make millions of dollars to play sports) i think if CBS does this that NOBODY has seen, it will create a distance. so sad
shaun
Feb 7 2010, 2:10 pm
_thanks everybody for your inspiration and motivation!!
umm
Feb 7 2010, 1:31 pm
Lord help us all if the ignorant two year olds are shaping policy.
umm
Feb 7 2010, 1:28 pm
al-ganja
Feb 7 2010, 10:54 am
dbcooper
Feb 7 2010, 10:19 am
Thousands of people will gather ina relatively small area while inhaling gas fumes, burning rubber,poppin legal pills,inhaling tobacco smoke and other dangerous products while guzzling booze telling us pot smokers what a danger we are to ourselves and the public.
blow up your tv
throw away your paper
go to the country
build you a home
plant a little garden
eat a lot of peaches
try to find jesus
on your own
j.prine
Mark
Feb 7 2010, 9:39 am
What about that hot chick Danika Patrick? Huge pot smoker. Didn't kill her AND she was stoned when she won the big race!!!!!!
John
Feb 7 2010, 8:52 am
dbcooper
Feb 7 2010, 8:26 am
perhaps granny doesnt realise that while she watches her old friends die of lung cancer due to tobacco smoke and losing their livers to alcohol poisoning, us potheads are moving forward with our lives and making changes that will adavance our society, instead of turning our landscape into cemetaries and prisons filled with people too young to be there, and battlefields.
tree huggin peace lovin pot smokin porn watchin lazy ass hippie
dbcooper
ps,
my granny was the first pot farmer i ever knew. She lived to be 93, Grew pot because she thought it was a beautiful useful plant, She rode a motorcycle till she was 83 or so, chopped her own firewood and used a cannabis leaf for her bible marker. Nver asked for a dime from any person/organization/entitlement program. In true pothead nature, she was always giving, sharing, and caring.
Rest your soul grandma. You did good.
kinder
Feb 7 2010, 7:58 am
the truth!!! END CANNABIS PRO-BITCH'N NOW!
pliskin619
Feb 7 2010, 4:09 am
imagine one yourself !
or have a look at mine
www.freethegreenenergy.blogspot.com
Adam
Feb 7 2010, 1:29 am
Im a state certified EMT-Basic. As I am in this position, I am in no position to smoke because I have to take care of patients such as your self. Marijuana is completely safe and your missing the point. Legalization for taxes, health, and safe recreation for responsible adults. I know several nurses and doctors that advocate the use in marijuana in both medical and recreational use. I may not smoke now, but after retirement I may as well do so because I will have earned and worked for it. 'Pot heads' like myself are not sitting on our asses but doing something prob. more significant and meaningful and help to society and our Mother Earth.
J
Feb 7 2010, 1:18 am
Paul Lagoon 2 WTF
Feb 7 2010, 12:30 am
Besides that, do yourself a favor and educate yourself on this subject before you make anymore generalizations. Seriously, get out of that bubble you're in.
To Granny: It's 2010, please move aside and let the world progress.
Anti Granny
Feb 6 2010, 11:57 pm
who dat weed head
Feb 6 2010, 11:34 pm
I have been smoking pot since 1972. I am educated, employed and have been paying taxes my whole life. The government has been brain washing people like you for years. It is nothing but a waste of our money to keep cannabis illegal. I spend more on pot than most people do for their cars. If I did not spend this money on the black market it would go to our economy, multiply this by millions of people.....
By the way, back then in the 70's before they had all the lables for ADD etc, they had me on perscription meds, with all the side effects. SO I STARTED SMOKING POT! WORKS GREAT
SMOKE POT
GO SAINTS GO WIN THE SUPERBOWL
WTF
Feb 6 2010, 11:30 pm
Granny
Feb 6 2010, 10:19 pm
Do something constructive potheads and get a job. No, not selling weed, a real job. losers!
Pot is known to cause brain damage and give you amotivational syndrome. You stoners make me sick!
steven in iowa
Feb 6 2010, 9:08 pm
LEGALIZE IT !!!!!!!!!
William
Feb 6 2010, 9:04 pm
Al
Feb 6 2010, 8:56 pm
Mark
Feb 6 2010, 6:40 pm
haven't gotten pulled over or flipped off once......yet.
Tom S
Feb 6 2010, 6:12 pm
Tom S.
Feb 6 2010, 6:08 pm
dbcooper
Feb 6 2010, 5:50 pm
get your head out of you butt
dbcooper
Feb 6 2010, 5:48 pm
the people should be represented by those who use our airwaves in a fair and equal fashion
the media has a repsonsibility to tell the truth to the American people and we do have laws that prohibit government laced propaganda.
People who own their homes are limited in what they can and cant put on it.
They say cannabis is too political? Why is asking for the truth to be told too political? lmao. so is war. so is healthcare. so is election time. so are the stories that make people fear one another on a daily basis.
If our media denies us the truth and the right to be heard, and only allows those priveledges to those in power, what shall our recourse be? I think this is where our rights to bear arms comes in and allows us to use them against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Political terrorism and using propaganda to promote political terrorism, is still terrorism.
I know this, i'm less afraid of " terrorist" than i am of fat cats and greed.
BTW, not all people here are as dumb as some people here would like us to believe they are.
Shit, i dare say none of us are any smarter than our deepest ignorance.
Carlos
Feb 6 2010, 5:28 pm
A practically free source of food, fiber, fuel, constructon material AND medicine??? Power would become so decentralized that really anybody with some small scale equipment, land and the know how could be COMPLETELY autonomous from the society in which we find ourselves, but then nobody will be able to tell anyone else what to do….. of course anybody with any real say in this country would soon be out of a job and powerless, and why would they want that?
marijuana militia
Feb 6 2010, 5:03 pm
Real World Wisdom
Feb 6 2010, 4:37 pm
Don't you retards howl like hell when you feel someone is trying to tell you what to do ? ( that answer is yes ) and yet you expect someone to jump because you don't like what they do with their tv station .
NO fucking wonder nobody takes you clowns serious . The world owes you nothing ... get over it.
I smoke weed but I don't expect ANYBODY to bend over backwards because of it . D A M N ............
420
Feb 6 2010, 4:14 pm
marijuana militia
Feb 6 2010, 3:48 pm
Marijuana MILITIA
Feb 6 2010, 3:37 pm
shaun
Feb 6 2010, 12:43 pm
boycott
Feb 6 2010, 11:08 am
Microsoft (Bing)
Boston Market
Best Buy
Icy Hot
Wyeth (Centrum Vitamins) click here for C-suite exec addresses
Chase Bank
Macy’s
Kia
t-Mobile
Cadillac
Johnson + Johnson (Aveeno & KY Brand)
Merck (Rogaine)
Cricket
Samsung
Sanofi-Aventis (Ambien)
Mazda
Jet-Dry
Saturn
eBay
Intel
Lexus
TV.Com
On the Border Restaurants
CBSsports.com
JohnFreida.com
DiTech
Earn My Degree
True Credit by Trans Union
Bowflex
Rahal Racing (partner with David Letterman in racing ventures that earn him lots of money):
www.rahal.com/corporate
www.indycar.com
http://automobiles.honda.com/ – Honda supplies Letterman’s cars with engines
http://www.bobbyrahal.com
you get the idea.
why are these people so stuck in the dark ages?!?!?!?!!
looking back to prohibition seems archaic and makes government really, really seem obsolete and desperate.
we are trying to end a literal WAR on the citizens of the united states here and cbs wants the hellfire and injustice to just keep going and going and going. its like a "flower war" that the aztecs had where they were always at war with a state they were in charge of just because they had to keep the blood sacrifices rolling into the capital city. this is the same exact thing. i'm done with it. im at my wits end. we have all grown up in this environment and it is not healthy and is not a sustainable infrastructure for the growth and vitality of our country. if we are to survive we have to make a change to our environment and how we view our fellow americans. we expect everyone to be responsible for a ton of shit nowadays and yet we arent responsible to take some cannabis or a religious sacrament for God's sake? i resent being viewed as a child and as a criminal by the federal government. if they expect to stay in power like they have for the past 100years then they better figure out when they have to make adjustments, especially when you are talking about the single largest domestic cash crop in the country and it is illegal.
this country is going broke and we can grow our way out of it. if we pull our heads out of our collective asses and get our act together we can be living in a sustainable country within our life times.
JA in NV
Feb 6 2010, 10:52 am
Lol
Feb 6 2010, 10:43 am
READ YOUR BIBLE ITS ALL THERE.
Boycott
Feb 6 2010, 10:32 am
I bet NBC and ABC would love to cover protests, marches, and rallies against CBS and the headlines created by such would be just as effective at delivering the message of legalization.
ben franklin
Feb 6 2010, 10:21 am
Tom S.
Feb 6 2010, 9:55 am
raw23
Feb 6 2010, 9:51 am
Dan
Feb 6 2010, 9:22 am
weed
Feb 6 2010, 9:19 am
Lori19MI
Feb 6 2010, 7:24 am
Regarding the smoking and driving comments, marijuana affects your reaction time. You should not smoke and drive. You shouldn't take any drug (alocohol, precription, etc.) and drive. Wait til you get home to fire up the hooter or martini or beer or whatever.
Real World Wisdom
Feb 6 2010, 6:53 am
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Feb 6 2010, 3:38 am
yah
Feb 6 2010, 3:14 am
veezy
Feb 6 2010, 2:52 am
money,money money
Feb 6 2010, 2:10 am
during prime time this evening.
Niemand
Feb 6 2010, 2:05 am
Just some quick suggestions for those in need.
The emails sent are great, it's great when people take a stand. For those considering writing.
Try to be concise and polite. I know that is hard under the circumstances but otherwise they label us a fringe.
Try to avoid name calling and hyperbole. Perhaps if you are from New Jersey you can reference the recent changes and if you are from a medical state you could mention that! You could mention that as an avid but soon to be ex-CBS viewer, you do not find the ad too political and even mention that in light of what California is considering, it seems a timely ad. And considering the state of the deficit it is something that just makes common sense.
The thing is, that most important, you are disappointed in their decision and you respectfully request that they reconsider. And if they refuse to reconsider you will be forced to take a stand and not only change your viewing habits (AKA Boycott CBS) but you will also boycott their biggest sponsors and advise them as to why.
Obviously this is something that you would express in your own words but run it through a spell check and also do a grammar check.
It does make a difference!
Stay Safe all. Jah Bless.
P.S. Thanks to those who researched the emails! Peace
Marryjane Rottencroch
Feb 6 2010, 1:48 am
What we need to do is boycott CBS and let them know we are boycotting them in public, so everyone who agrees with "NORMAL", will actually have their voices heard.
We need to make this issue a national concern, and the only way to do that is to play "HARDBALL", with companies like CBS. Who the hell do they think they are, God?
We've been NICE for over 40 years, now it's time to get tough, now it's time to drive our point home with some good old fashion "BOYCOTTS". History has shown that boycotts do work and it's a very strong weapon, it's a proven fact, check the history books.
Paul Lagoon, I'm impressed with your ideals, we need more people like you on our team.
420
Feb 6 2010, 1:44 am
The decision to not approve the NORML ad's is utterly ridiculous!! I'm sure you have no problem excepting ad's for beer or tobacco, both of which KILL hundreds and thousands of people each year! It is a disgrace to this country that we are being restrained from promoting such a harmless and money producing crop. Marijuana has NEVER taken a single life, but it is considered the anti-christ.Oh and did i mention it NATURALLY grows in the ground?! You foolish people need to grow up and start actually listening to the facts and stop controlling the media so no messages can get across to all the brain washed fools. Go drink your beer and smoke your cigarettes, and get your cancer and liver disease, and while your at it kill some innocent motorist while you're driving drunk.. YOU AND THIS COUNTRY HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES AND NEED TO GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT!! HOLDING BACK THE TRUTH IS NOT DOING YOU ANY GOOD. I GUESS ADVERTISING SOMETHING THAT HAS KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IS BETTER TO YOU THAN ADVERTISING SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT KILLED A SINGLE PERSON.......EVER!!!!!!!!! GROW UP!!!
Brett
chicago, il
Paul Lagoon
Feb 6 2010, 1:09 am
Ray Shapira, Neutron Media Vice President of Event and Screen Marketing
rshapira@neutrongroup.com
Paul Lagoon
Feb 6 2010, 1:00 am
Let them know how you feel about this.
CBS Headquarters
51 W. 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6188
Phone: (212) 846-3830
Fax: (212) 846-1920
CBS Outdoor Contacts
Jeremy Murphy
VP, Communications
212-975-4577
jeremy.murphy@cbs.com
Niemand
Feb 6 2010, 12:45 am
I also think High Times should run with this and perhaps with Norml hold a protest in front of CBS.
I have noticed some changes for the positive recently from High Times and this is another positive step!
BTW, Bear.. What are you talking about? Were there other messages here? Thanks All.
Matthew
Feb 5 2010, 11:47 pm
These Companies don't Own us.
Your decision to deny Normal the billboard was ridiculous.
seems many Politicians and Companies who have no Heath problems don't care what the people want. Not to worry You will all be replaced by more caring and considerate people. Quit sticking up for all the big drug companies. I will now Boycott all CBS Entertainment and any affiliates any products many sick people watch your network too you know. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM NOT THE SOLUTION. Matthew
MICHIGAN
Samuel Taylor
Feb 5 2010, 11:42 pm
Bear
Feb 5 2010, 11:40 pm
Sad. Drop this need to lash out because of your own lack and start contributing.
bolete
Feb 5 2010, 11:15 pm
Philly
Feb 5 2010, 10:07 pm
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