Sunday, November 28th 2010

News:  Willie Nelson

Texas Border Agents Be Trippin’ On Willie Nelson

By Ryan Magner

This past Friday, just after “national food-coma day,” Border Patrol agents in Texas forgot to be thankful for a great man of this fine nation: Willie Nelson.

At a Border Patrol stop in Sierra Blanca, Texas Nelson was arrested after the agents searched his tour bus – the Honeysuckle Rose – and what they found was another plant entirely: 6 ounces of marijuana.

Really, Mr. Border Patrol Agent?

Did you even really have to search Willie’s tour bus to know that there was weed on it?

Do you feel you’ve done the great state of Texas a solid in apprehending Mr. Nelson?

Are you aware that Willie Nelson has his own biodiesel called BioWillie. Do you not find that an adorable name?

Sheriff Arvin West was quoted in the El Paso Times as saying ”I’m going to make him cook and clean. He can wear the stripey uniforms just like the other ones do.”

The other ones? He’s goddamn Willie Nelson!

Here’s an interview Nelson did with Barbara Walters in which he openly discusses pot:

In an interview with Celebstoner, Nelson said: “There’s the Tea Party. How about the Teapot Party? Our motto: We lean a little to the left. Tax it, regulate it and legalize it, and stop the border wars over drugs.” If you’re into that kind of thing there’s even a Facebook page for The Teapot Party.

The topic of marijuana legalization is one for another day. But today, let’s give Willie Nelson the free pass he deserves. At 77, he has proven himself a worthy human being, and will leave a musical legacy behind him forever. Sending him to jail won’t hurt that legacy one bit, but it absolutely will leave a shit stain on the history of America’s treatment of it’s own people of great benefit and importance.