MrMR and a number of others alert us to how the Michael Phelps furor has now reached HuffPo as Kellogg’s dumps his endorsement deal because Phelps smokes dope. Lee Stranahan (like our pal Roldo) suggested that we all boycott Kellogg’s…
“Kellogg's is a major manufacturer of cereal and junk food products including but not limited to Frosted Flakes, Pop Tarts, Cheez-Its, Froot Loops, Keebler's Cookies, Rice Krispies, Eggo Frozen Waffles, Famous Amos Cookies and…has profited for decades on the food tastes of marijuana using Americans with the munchies. In fact, we believe that most people over the age of twelve would not eat Kellogg's products were they not wicked high."
And he adds…
“A quick Wikipedia search shows the founder of Kellogg's - John Harvey Kellogg - was a total frickin' weirdo who believe in putting children's genitals in a cage to keep them from playing with themselves and also believed in yogurt enemas.” (Click here to read the whole thing and a bunch more besides.)
The only problem is that our cocktail-party progressives seem to find this shit somehow stoner funny, and I don’t. Marijuana prohibition has been a lifelong slow-angry burn.
The secret word is GRRRR
'Course I haven't eaten that shit for decades so my part in any boycott will be (ahem) a token gesture but I do feel a pleasant glow at the "our pal" ref and IF a boycott caught on it'd sure show more than just Kellogg's how many Heads are out there.
ReplyDeletewv is "farta" (honest!)
A few days before the Petition was posted, I wrote a more serious piece called Interview With A Pot Dealer...
ReplyDeleteWith the petition - my bet was that humor would go viral...and it seems to have worked..
Good to hear from you, Lee. I hope you weren't offended. I was making the general point that the war on dope isn't just Furry Freak Brothers fun'n'games. Over the years I've seen too many friends do time and worse.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fucking amazing if a boycott of Kellogg's could be seen to work. (But what if we threw a boycott and nobody came?)
A "Boycott Kellogg's" website has already been launched.
ReplyDeletehttp://thekelloggboycott.com/
its funny because its true :)
ReplyDeleteGotta agree on that, Mick - organizing PotHeads is rather like herding fireflies. Pity too, since there's a potent force for Change there.
ReplyDelete(wv is "motes" which seems appropriate)