Critics and more marijuana foolishness!

My mother once told me that if you are doing something to help people there will always be those who will complain and she was right. Heck, they even complained and killed Jesus Christ so my critics and their foolishness are to be expected. For Winnie Atalig to say “no offense” and use my name for the title of her attacking letter reeks with foolishness and hatred, not respect. To say my statements about marijuana are not interesting but yet write a public letter reeks of interest with foolish hate. Asking me to do their homework on marijuana when there’s a plethora information and proof that the legalization of marijuana can turn our economy around.

Readers can tell you are hating because I already answered the questions you asked about crime and revenues, Winnie. I wonder if you were a student who didn’t pay attention in class and asked questions that have been answered. FYI, you need to read my previous letters and do your own homework because other readers already know the answers. So stop complaining and grandstanding, Winnie. You are really making yourself look foolish, as many readers were waiting on this reply to get a laugh.

Critics and haters love to pick on who they think is the easier prey or those who are not in their political camp so I’m an easy target but Winnie is shooting at the wrong one. Why didn’t she ask the governor how casinos will change our economy and the effects of casinos? Do casinos really reduce crime? Do casinos invite the use of hard drugs or make it worse? Will casinos really raise new revenues? The governor is shoving casinos down our throats with no supporting proof, Winnie, and you have the nerve to complain about an alternative that states are lining up to try!

Winnie, you may be against legalizing marijuana but the President, majority of citizens in the mainland and many states are for marijuana reforms and legalization, so you are becoming an endangered species figuratively. You and Francisco are asking the same foolish questions that I have already answered so either go back and read or do your own homework because I personally don’t give a darn about one person complaining for answers that have already been given.

As for my statements not being interesting, I guess it wasn’t interesting when I warned readers and our leaders that the garment industry was leaving and to get prepared for their exodus, it wasn’t interesting when I warned retirees that our government was robbing the Fund blind, it wasn’t interesting when I was warning our leaders about bringing in so many alien workers, it wasn’t interesting when I warned about the ARRA money and we still haven’t spent it all. So, for my statements not being interesting about marijuana while the rest of America has taken their cure from the President to move forward with marijuana reform, this will just be another “I told you so” for the CNMI if Winnie gets her way. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

Ambrose M Bennett
Kagman, Saipan