Christiania- whats up?

that so?

Did I let you live?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4613087.stm

 

LOL that's great... can't believe that man is a politician... and he calls the Dutch superficial...

 

agree with what he said about Balkenende though

 

Indeed.. Everybody thinks it, nobody has the guts to say it..

 

Yeah.. today they said that two thirds of the population agrees on it.. hehe..

 

Tell me, tell me,
what did he say.?

 

that guy seems to suggest that Pim would have been PM if he hadnt been killed, is this a believable statement?

 

yes it is..

 

no it isnt

 

What are you all talking about.
What has this person said.?
Is it all politics or something.?

 

Yes it is

No, it's not what would be nice, but yes.. I think that would have happened.. at the least it's a plausible assumption.

 

A Belgium minister called our minister president " "a mix between Harry Potter and a brave rigid bourgeois" with no charisma." And yes.. we agree with that

Here is more info.. it's not true though, what they say about why the Dutch rejected the EU constitution..


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4613087.stm

 

Got it.
I now have a better understanding.
Politics is not my greatest strength but I did watch a BBC
documentary where it was stated that the Netherlands would
benefit greatly if they were in the EU constitution, but not
sure why. Looks like I'll have to do a bit more research
before I start waffling on about stuff that I don't know about,
as it's a bit confusing to me at the moment.LOL
Cheers Velvet

 

what's a good website for dutch news?

 

http://www.nu.nl/

 

yeah.. but that one is in Dutch.. don't know if there are any english newswebsite with a special country section..

 

In English

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_content_subchannel.asp?subchannel_id=1

 

Approved: Proposition 215 on November 5, 1996
Vote result: 56 percent in favor
Summary: The law took effect the following day. It removes state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who possess a "written or oral recommendation" from their physician that patients "would benefit from medical marijuana." Patients diagnosed with any debilitating illness for which the medical use of marijuana has been "deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician" are afforded legal protection under this act. Conditions typically covered by the law include but are not limited to: arthritis, cachexia, cancer, chronic pain, HIV or AIDS, epilepsy, migraine, and multiple sclerosis. No set limits regarding the amount of marijuana patients may possess and/or cultivate were provided by this act, though the California Legislature adopted guidelines in 2003.

Amendments: Senate Bill 420, which was signed into law in October 2003 and took effect Jan. 1, 2004, imposes statewide guidelines outlining how much medicinal marijuana patients may grow and possess. Under the guidelines, qualified patients and/or their primary caregivers may possess no more than eight ounces of dried marijuana and/or six mature (or 12 immature) marijuana plants. However, S.B. 420 allows patients to possess larger amounts of marijuana when such quantities are recommended by a physician. The legislation also allows counties and municipalities to approve and/or maintain local ordinances permitting patients to possess larger quantities of medicinal pot than allowed under the new state guidelines.

Senate Bill 420 also mandates the California Department of State Health Services establish a voluntary medicinal marijuana patient registry and issue identification cards to qualified patients. To date, however, no such registry has been established.

Senate Bill 420 also grants implied legal protection to the state's medicinal marijuana dispensaries, stating, "Qualified patients, persons with valid identification cards, and the designated primary caregivers of qualified patients ... who associate within the state of California in order collectively or cooperatively to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes, shall not solely on the basis of that fact be subject to state criminal sanctions." i think i just solved the "420" case now i know where it came from

 

Out of all the years I've been smoking pot I always
wanted to know what this ''420'' thing was. I knew
it was a Yanky thing, but had no idea what or where
it came from, also I've heard many other theories
associated with it and I suppose this one is as good
as any other I've heard.