Cellucci spews the usual dreck

Well, this is irritating. That jerk, Paul Cellucci, former governor of Mass and now our Canadian ambassador trots out this alarm every six months or so, or at least every time Canada decides to take a more sane approach to cannabis policy.

He issues dire warnings about border blockades because droves of Americans will be running up to Canada to get pot if they decriminalize cannabis, and never mind that New York, California and at least eight other states have already decriminalized simple marijuana possession.

Cellucci of course is talking through his hat, as the saying goes. For one thing, it's been easier to get good herb in Canada for years now and no ensuing plague of potheads has descended on our northern neighbor and besides, the US in its current state of impending economic crisis cannot afford to screw around with the more than $1.2-billion in trade that crosses the Canada-U.S. border every day.

Oh and by the way, Bush forgives the Canadians for wishing he had tanked last week. After all, Cellucci says, Canadians are liberal and Americans are conservative. Guess he doesn't think it has anything to do with the fact that the Canadians know a madman when they see one. Little wonder he wants to keep the focus on pot rather than US foreign policy.