Tommy Chong Begins Serving Prison Term

fox ^ | 10-9-03

[wheelgunguru]

PITTSBURGH — Actor-comedian Tommy Chong (search) reported to a privately run federal prison to serve his nine-month sentence for conspiring to sell bongs and other drug paraphernalia over the Internet even as his attorneys prepared to argue for his release pending appeal.

[billorites]

Do we all feel a great deal safer knowing that 65 y.o. Tommy Chong is imprisoned?

[Support Free Republic]

Hi mom!

[John Beresford Tipton]

"trivializing law enforcement"

Perhaps he identified Ashcroft as an idiot with his priorities upside down?

[Tribune7]

Don't go to bed,
with no price you yo head.
Don't do it. Don't do it.

[Tribune7]

If you can't do the time
then don't do the crime
Don't do it. Don't do it.

[Nachum]

What a load of BS.

[xrp]

Hi!

[xrp]

Whew, I sure am glad this senior citizen, who wasn't violating anyone else's rights, is in the SLAMMER! (/sarcasm)

[brewcrew]

Do we all feel a great deal safer knowing that 65 y.o. Tommy Chong is imprisoned?

This whole thing is as silly as anyone else being imprisoned for selling empty pop cans.

[shadowman99]

I just did a google seach for "How to make a bong".

I got 318,000 results.

But with Tommy Chong behind bars, it will now be 317,999.

My tax money well spent!

[Lexington Green]

The judicial system shames itself with this legal thuggery.

[TheOtherOne]

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Houghton argued that Chong grew wealthy glamorizing drug use and trivializing law enforcement in his films

When did this become a crime in America? Why is this relevant?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Drug users should get one chance to stop.
Drug sellers should be shot.

[billorites]

"But with Tommy Chong behind bars, it will now be 317,999. "

Take one down, pass it around, 317,998 bongs on the wall.

[xrp]

I bet you like it even more when the DEA agents bust down the wrong doors, trash the wrong houses and kill innocent Americans!

[shadowman99]

Whoa hoss!

I was being sarcastic! Damn.

[Mr. Mojo]

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Houghton argued that Chong grew wealthy glamorizing drug use and trivializing law enforcement in his films

Hey Mary, they were films, and Chong's an actor.

[xrp]

I know, I was just tossing some gas on the fire.

[Uncle Meat]

Chong grew wealthy glamorizing drug use and trivializing law enforcement in his films

"The only way to make them bleed,is to bust their ass and take their weed"

[WackyKat]

How shameful, and what a waste of federal law enforcement resources

[ambrose]

FREE TOMMY CHONG!

[Lexington Green]

Tommy Chong sold a bong
A twisted piece of plastic
Then zealous Feds with little heads
Made sure Tommy got his ass kicked

Soon Rush will go where Tommy's gone
And maybe Willy Nelson
Then the Ashcroft man will come for you
When cancer rots your balls off

[MikeD]

Paging Sgt. Stedenko...

MD

[Paulus Invictus]

Hilarious! Chong had started a company to sell a product called "Urineluck" supposedly effective as a drug screener. It was alleged that a person could take a drug test right after using Urineluck to assure that they would pass the test even if they were a pothead who just had a smoke. The funny thing was, the product didn't work and those that took the standard drug tests failed in spite of the product maker's claims.

[Thorondir]

Oh crap! Now who are the Libertarians going to run for presidunce in 2004? They were counting on his garnering that critical 0.0025% of the vote!

Damn! I'm going to go watch some porn and shoot up some heroin while advocating for child prostitution and wide open borders.

[Northern Yankee]

DAVE'S NOT HERE...

[strela]

At his sentencing, Chong said he ... had quit smoking pot and wanted to use his celebrity to help people stay off drugs.

Riiiiight. Selling bongs is REALLY a great way to help people stay off drugs.

Hope Chong enjoys his 9 months on the taxpayer's dime playing polo and taking those underwater basket-weaving classes at Club Fed.

[randog]

The funny thing was, the product didn't work and those that took the standard drug tests failed in spite of the product maker's claims.

We had to start taking drug tests at my last job, and a representative from the hospital came in to explain everything to us. He said don't bother using drug-masking products like "Urineluck" because they counted as a positive, i.e. if you're pissin' Urineluck then you may as well be pissin' cocaine.

[fourdeuce82d]

Chong, 65, Ewwwww...when I was a kid, I was laughing at comedy from a guy who was only two years younger than MY MOTHER? God, how uncool... *grin*

[COURAGE]

I do, no more of his movies will be coming out for awhile.

[sunryse]

>Riiiiight. Selling bongs is REALLY a great way to help >people stay off drugs.
>Hope Chong enjoys his 9 months on the taxpayer's dime >playing polo and taking those underwater basket-weaving >classes at Club Fed.

Now I'll give you that was a stupid remark to say he wanted people to get off drugs... but how do you feel knowing they probably pushed a murderer, child molester, armed robber, rapist right out the door from overcrowding to make room for a guy selling empty plastic bottles?

And who cares who smokes pot anyway?

[Stew Padasso]

"At his sentencing, Chong said he got carried away with the fictional persona, but had quit smoking pot and wanted to use his celebrity to help people stay off drugs."

Did he really say that? What a sell-out. Tommy, guess what? No matter what you say now you are still going to jail.

[strela]

how do you feel knowing they probably pushed a murderer, child molester, armed robber, rapist right out the door from overcrowding to make room for a guy selling empty plastic bottles?

Murderers, child molesters, armed robbers, etc. don't go to Club Fed like Chong did.

And who cares who smokes pot anyway?

Uh, that would be me. I have this silly, antiquated notion that people should obey the law and work within the system to change it if they feel they can't.

[Stew Padasso]

"I have this silly, antiquated notion that people should obey the law and work within the system to change it if they feel they can't."

Fat people really have me irritated. I think I'll work within the system to push obesity laws and have overweight people thrown in jail, or the fat farm.

[Ramius]

Tommy Chong is 65???

Geez... I feel old all of a sudden...

[Stew Padasso]

And he is in great shape for his age.

[Hildy]

The most ridiculous thing I've heard. I'm going to make up FREE TOMMY CHONG T-shirts. This is outrageous.

[Ramius]

So you woulda' been in favor of prohibition too... even though it created criminal empires for the likes of Al Capone?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Does he have prior convictions?

[Ramius]

Dang. Just dang. Cheech Marin must be getting up there too, then?

I'm not ready to be old yet.

[strela]

So you woulda' been in favor of prohibition too... even though it created criminal empires for the likes of Al Capone?

Pro-Drug Argument Number 134 - "If you believe the law should be obeyed, you must be in favor of (fill in the blank) too ..."

No thanks - play with somebody else.

[Revolting cat!]

I can buy a bong on the street in my town! I guess with one major bong corporation in jail, the bong stocks and bong prices will go up now, no? Free market at work!

[strela]

(yawn)

Its not against the law to eat too many Big Macs.

[Stew Padasso]

Happens to the best of us. Hit the gym and go down fighting. ;) 65 won't mean sh*t to me.

[Stew Padasso]

It will be if I can help it. The obese are a major burden on society. Are you overweight?

[Stew Padasso]

"(yawn)"

Maybe you shouldn't eat so many Big Macs?

[Ramius]

No thanks - play with somebody else.

Okey doke.

You needn't worry. Drugs will never be legalized, so you have little to fear of drugged hordes overrunning your home any time soon.

There's just too much money in it, for both sides of the law. The gangs that control the cities, and the law enforcement that lives off them, will never allow legalization even of things as harmless as pot.

The gangs don't want it because it would kick the legs out from under them and they'd have a lot harder time recruiting new members.

The druggies don't want it because then they would become harder to get and more expensive.

The cops don't want it because then they wouldn't be able to seize houses, cars and other nice toys without due process.

So... it works well for everybody. Nothing will change. No worries.