<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>The Cannabist</i> (Denver, Colorado) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/11/bill-clinton-marijuana-joke-pot-denver/35978/">http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/11/bill-clinton-marijuana-joke-pot-denver/35978/</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 2.75em; font-family: Lora, Georgia, Times, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Dear Lord,’ Bill Clinton said in Denver. Here’s the rest of his marijuana joke</h1><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -0.35em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 1.6875em; font-family: Lora, Georgia, Times, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Former President Bill Clinton, in Denver this week for the Clinton Global Summit, cracked a pretty solid marijuana joke</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Former President Bill Clinton is no stranger to marijuana jokes — and the joke’s been on him since that infamous quote in March 1982.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Clinton regained control of that conversation</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">this week while in Denver for the Clinton Global Summit. As Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Clinton during a one-on-one discussion on Wednesday that more people are turning to locally or regionally grown foods, which is good news for farm communities, Vilsack made a nod of his own to Colorado’s best-known crop.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Now with the exception of the state of Colorado and a few other states that legalized another product, there are not many commodities you can plant” in urban areas, Vilsack said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clinton was quick with a reply — as if he anticipated the conversation taking this dank turn.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Dear Lord, that’s all I need, one more story,” Clinton said, as the laughter began to rumble across the room. “If only the marijuana growers would invite me to give a speech.”</span></p></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" </span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>