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Amsterdam moves to close a fifth of 'coffee shops' By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer Toby Sterling, Associated Press Writer 2 hrs 26 mins ago

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Amsterdam will close almost a fifth of its marijuana cafes to comply with a national ban on having them near schools, the mayor said Friday.

Another city, Eindhoven, said it would start issuing permits to marijuana growers in order to better regulate the trade — if the national government approves.

The plans were announced as 33 major Dutch cities held a "weed summit" to discuss the nation's long-standing policy of tolerating marijuana use while routinely arresting growers.

Marijuana is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but can be sold in small amounts in designated cafes — euphemistically known as "coffee shops" — without fear of prosecution. More than a quarter of the country's cafes are in Amsterdam, where they are a major tourist attraction.

But Mayor Job Cohen said the city would close about 20 percent of its cafes.

Those included some landmarks, such as The Bulldog — a high-traffic shop operating since 1985 in a former police station on one of the city's main squares.

Yes folks, all the lefties will have less coffee shops in Amsterdam to get stoned out of their minds. A moment of silence for the closing of the Bulldog ....

Read it all here.

AND ... while we're on the subject of smoking, it seems that legendary Watergate Reporter Bob Woodward thinks that Obama has been smoking the wacky weed as evidenced by him picking Hillary Clinton as SOS, which reports say she has accepted:

Now that it's considered a foregone conclusion that Sen. Hillary Clinton will be the next secretary of State, the chattering class is weighing in, including legendary reporter Bob Woodward. FishbowlDC has obtained an advanced transcript of this weekend's "The Chris Matthews Show", in which the famed Washington Post reporter had this to say about Clinton's nomination as SoS:

Being president is about control, and tell me who ever controlled Bill or Hillary Clinton. They can't control each other. ... I think it's because Warren Buffett and Paul Volcker and others have convinced Obama, 'You're going to have to focus like a laser on the economy. That's issue Number One. And give Hillary and Bill the world.' ... I think people are fantasizing or smoking something if they think Joe Biden's going to call Hillary Clinton up and say, 'This is what we want you to do.'

I guess they'll do what JFK did before the embargo (i.e., where he stocked up on Cuban cigars before he signed the embargo) by stocking up on weed before the coffee shops close down ....

Posted by Cigar Mike at November 21, 2008 04:28 PM