Posted on 09/19/2013 11:48:42 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Every year, millions of Americans watch the Super Bowl, some just for the fabulous new commercials.
Next year, it's quite possible there's going to be an ad for marijuana.
This bizarre story begins with the company Intuit. USA Today reported in July:
The minuscule budgets of small businesses often hinder their marketing power. But now, one small firm will join mega marketers on the biggest advertising stage of all: the Super Bowl.
On Wednesday, software provider Intuit kicks off a contest that will award one small business with a 30-second Super Bowl XLVIII commercial. The third-quarter ad will likely be seen by more than 100 million viewers.
The contest was called Small Business Big Game.
Now enter the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws which submitted an entry last week and announced this week that it is now in first place in the voting.
But the fight has just begun. Future rounds of the contest include Intuit employees voting for the four finalists in late October, and then the world voting on the winner.
As such, coming in first in the opening round doesn't ensure victory, particularly as the Intuit employee vote could be a hurdle.
In 2011, Intuit revoked the merchant services account of an Oregon medical marijuana clinic for what it deemed "unacceptable business practice."
But things may have changed since then.
An Intuit spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday, “We have no stance on medical marijuana as a company...By design, we’ve had a diverse range of businesses entering Small Business Big Game and sharing their unique stories with the world.”
With that in mind, you might be watching a pot commercial with your family and friends this February.
As a humorous aside, the picture above comes from a blog at the San Francisco Chronicle website sfgate.com.
Pictured inside the marijuana leaf is a Miami Dolphins player.
Makes you wonder what that author was smoking!
I believe the player pictured is Ricky Williams. Heisman winning RB who quit the NFL to smoke weed. He came back but I'm not sure if he is on a roster this season.
The Libertopians will enjoy this..
is beer banned in the vast majority of the country?
No, in Colorado they are too busy bringing their kids to pot festivals to watch football anyway
You didn’t answer the question, does that mean you did watch when the advertisements were for other intoxicants?
If you lived in a dry county would majority opinion on the ability to legally obtain alcohol in the jurisdiction guide your viewing habits?
Stop asking dumb and irrelevant questions. Not everyone is as dim as a pothead.
You suggested your viewing habit were guided by majority opinion. That is dumb, but its your decision. I was just curious what logic drove that decision and how else it was applied.
I didn’t say or suggest anything about majority opinion
I could not care any less about majority opinion. I don’t care if I were the only one who believed what I believe, I will still be telling everyone else they are wrong.
Thanks for the ping!
Incorrect. To wit: "is beer banned in the vast majority of the country?"Maybe you think majority opinion has nothing to do with how laws are created, and as importantly changed, but that would be mistaken.
Small l libertarians believe in individual freedom and responsibility for consenting adults - not for children. Small l libertarians by and large recognize the need for different standards when it comes to children. It could be that what some people see as small l libertarians are anarchists who have for political reasons put on the libertarian disguise. Like that guy who said he knows libertarians who favor decriminalizing kiddie porn - I seriously doubt they were bonafide small l libertarians if what he is saying is true.
And as for these ads, frankly, as long as equal opportunity is presented for tobacco and alcohol adds I don’t any reason to be bemoaning this. If pot adds could be shown alongside those tobacco adds from the early days before the anti tobacco lobby crushed them, I don’t see what’s wrong with that.
Yeah, but are you the REAL Dave?
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