Thank goodness this menace to the nation is taken care of:
A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says country singer Willie Nelson was charged with marijuana possession after 6 ounces was found aboard his tour bus in Texas.
Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks says the bus pulled into the Sierra Blanca, Texas, checkpoint about 9 a.m. Friday. Brooks says an officer smelled pot when a door was opened and a search turned up marijuana.
Brooks says the Hudspeth County sheriff was contacted and Nelson was among three people arrested.
Next thing you know, they’ll target Tommy Chong. Oh, nevermind.
cathyx
It didn’t hurt that the bus had the words “The Willie Nelson Band” splashed across the side. It’s a gift from heaven for the po-lice.
General Stuck
Not to worry. Willie always lands on his feet. I expect he’ll write a hit song about it later on.
Bnut
I bet it was gooooood stuff too.
Brian S (formerly Incertus)
I wonder if they only went after Willie’s bus or if they went into all of them.
I remember that episode of Monk where Willie and the band guest-starred (my uncle got a name-drop in that episode–I was unreasonably excited). When Monk goes on the bus he asks “do you smell..?” and Willie interrupts him and says “no, and you don’t either.”
I get the feeling that this is one of those arrests that only the most miserable human beings in the country are applauding.
jon
It’s not as if there wasn’t a precedent.
Denny
Tommy Chong wrote a book about his experience being busted and doing time. It’s call “I Chong” and was a pretty good read.
tBoy
Willie got popped in Breaux Bridge Louisiana a few years back. That time with ‘shrooms as well as reefer. Everybody on the bus claimed ownership so the hapless law enforcement krewe didn’t know what to do.
maskling
thank god that dfh is off the streets! i feel much safer.
jrg
I’m sure he’ll change his ways after he’s forced to take some class where a miserable social worker making $25K a year tells him “only losers use drugs”.
Fucking morons.
jon
Why did the Federal agents call the local sheriff? Isn’t it obvious that this is another example of an unfunded mandate forced upon the state and local governments as a result of an out of control big government soshulistical blahbitty blah blah Teabag Talking Points 101 anti-freedom Where’s this in the Constitution? whatchamathinger?
I demand whatever Sarah Palin tweets!
Citizen_X
Oh, Willie, Willie, Willie. Six ounces? You know the law in Texas: possession of up to four ounces is still a misdemeanor.
(Most states, it’s only up to one ounce. Hooray for Texas!*)
(*We have to celebrate our few advantages here.)
New Yorker
Speaking of busts, I was stopped and frisked by the NYPD last night walking to my apartment. Why? Well, I had walked down the block to the local coffee shop to get a cup of tea, only to find out the shop was closed, so I turned around to walk back to my apartment.
Well, to the guys in the unmarked cruiser moving slowly up my street, turning around on the sidewalk was “suspicious behavior” (note that because it was an unmarked car, I had no idea they were cops, I thought it was a gypsy cab). Then as I approached an intersection, I saw them moving slowly up the street. Thinking that maybe they were going to make a left (I still don’t know they’re cops at this point), I ran across the intersection. That was more “suspicious behavior”. That’s when the siren blew, they pulled over, Three of them got out and began frisking me, demanded my ID, etc. etc.
I hope what had happened was that they got a call for a 6′ tall white male in a baseball cap waving a gun around (or something) and I matched the description. If they’re just stopping people for no reason other than turning around on the sidewalk, we’re in deep shit as a country.
RSA
@General Stuck:
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That’s the impression I’ve gotten, and I’m happy for Willie. But this sort of thing always reminds me that we have a two-tiered justice system.
D-Chance.
@Citizen_X: He was smoking as quick as he could… just couldn’t get it down under the limit.
D-Chance.
BTW, there’s a reason why Nelson’s bus always leads a convoy down the roadways… everyone knows a guaranteed contact high when they see one.
bogart
Aw, man. Does this mean I’ll never smoke weed with Willie? (Again)
trollhattan
Christ on a DORITOS® LATE NIGHT® ALL NIGHTER CHEESEBURGER® Flavored Tortilla Chip
(fer realz http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/doritos-all-nighter-cheeseburger.html) shouldn’t Willie have diplomatic immunity or something? I swear he’s probably the only reason some countries even talk to us.
Libertarian police state.
licensed to kill time
Back in the day we used to use a spray called Ozium to clear the air. Willie should get it hooked up to the bus ventilation system and have an Ozium panic button to stomp on when the cops roll up.
I also really like the above-mentioned ‘everybody claims it as theirs’ strategy.
Leave Willie alooooooooooooooooooooooooooone!
quaint irene
Wow, first they stopped Cat Stevens at the airport and now we’re saved from Willie Nelson. Switch the terrorist alert color to green!
Oh, they trashed that?
quaint irene
A real ‘I am Spartacus!’ moment.
serge
Well I’m glad that that mofokker is going down. After “Crazy,” I never gave a crap for Willie. Hey, you kids, get out of my bag! And don’t linger over that spliff…it’s puff, puff, give. Give me that god-damned thing!
Children…always fucking up the rotation.
Brian S (formerly Incertus)
He doesn’t seem too worried about it, apparently.
Mr. Prosser
@licensed to kill time: Ozium, are you serious? We used that on the the fire department to cover the smell of long-dead corpses found in their houses or aparments. Man, that stuff probably made you higher than your dope.