Yes He Could

You did it Barry! Well done.

He's not the guy I thought he was four years ago, but he's in his second term, so it's time to do the kind of shit that would have kept him from getting reelected.

Weed is now legal in Colorado, and probably Washington, so I'm planning a relocation as we speak. The federal laws still make it illegal, but you can grow up to six plants with no license or prescriptions with no fear of state prosecution. Feds can still bust you, but six plants in a closet aren't the kind of thing that puts you on the DEA radar. There are rumors that Obama's going to "pivot" on the drug war, but we'll see how that works out. I'm not so delusional as to be excited, per se, about the future of this country, but things could be considerably worse. Plenty of unscrupulous individuals are still pulling the strings, but I'm not nearly into conspiracy theories enough to believe that a central consortium decides the presidency. My guess is it's a lot more like The Men Who Built America than The Matrix.

Who knows what will happen. Bill Clinton had his second term all fucked up by the Lewinsky scandal, so I hope Barry watches his back. (Clinton could have been the one to get Bin Laden, possibly years before 9/11, but his cache was completely drained by the impeachment trial.) I think he should use his Chicago connections and figure out a way to get those violent little kids from the Chief Keef and Lil Jojo videos to set their sights on the likes of Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, via YouTube and Twitter beefs. Those two are the biggest roadblocks to legitimate progress, or more accurately, their top donors are.

In 2008, Long Time Comin' was a perfect anthem, but this doesn't feel quite that way. If you, like me, make less than $250K a year, make this your anthem for the next four years, because for all we know, it might be your best chance before this whole American experiment crumbles before our eyes.