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from http://obamablunt.com/

I must confess. I'm not a writer. I'm just a concerned citizen that believes it's time for the change we need. We need it now and we need to know we'll get it.

When I saw this picture of Obama smoking a cigarette like a joint I laughed hard. Our President is awesome! Of all the stuff that has been made in Obama's name. Someone needs to make "Obama Blunts."

"Puff, Puff, Give!"

Now on the serious side of things.

Obama was blunt about his answer. The question was posted on Barack's Change.gov website. In a successful effort from the collaboration of many websites on the nets. This question became the number #1 question in the "Open for Questions" section of the site. The question was, "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?" S. Man, Denton

To which Obama replied, "President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana."

Why in the world would Obama say this? This is a person that has smoked it himself. This is a person that is aware of the ludicrous laws. This is a person that understands the amount of revenue and jobs that this plant would make the United States. This is the President-Elect that I voted for CHANGE! This is a President-Elect I thought would finally end these antiquated laws. These laws that cost us billons. These laws that have so much fail that adding the word "epic" hardly does justice for them.

Citizens are rotting in prison cells. Millions have been locked up at your expense on a victimless crime. You the taxpayer are paying for this. Our fellow American's are being locked away for years. And nothing is changing!

We are locking up our people because they are sick and looking for relief. We are also punishing them by not allowing them to access medicine that has been proven to help in countless diseases. We are locking up doctors that are genuinely trying to help our sick. Our sick are not criminals. The doctors that try to help them are not criminals either.

This is not the drug that our government has told us it is. There are no overdose deaths. Millions of Americans smoke or ingest marijuana every year. These are our Mothers, Fathers, Sons and Daughters. They are also our friends. Most are law abiding citizens. They have families, friends, and even become President.

We need to let Barack Obama know and understand that we demand the Change he promised us.

We need to legalize it, tax it, regulate it.