OBAMA'S 'Choom Gang' known for 'TOTAL ABSORBTION' of pot smoke...

by Yo'Adrienne..AFCL Posted 2012/05/25 23:37:03

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Obama's 'Choom Gang' known for 'total absorption' of pot smoke

David Maraniss' "Barack Obama: The Story" reads: "As a member of the Choom Gang, Barry Obama was known for starting a few pot-smoking trends." Photo Credit:David Maranis

Barack Obama was quite the accomplished marijuana enthusiast back in high school and college. ... He inhaled. A lot.

A self-selected group of boys at Punahou School who loved basketball and good times called themselves the Choom Gang. Choom is a verb, meaning “to smoke marijuana.”

As a member of the Choom Gang, Barry Obama was known for starting a few pot-smoking trends. The first was called “TA,” short for “total absorption.” To place this in the physical and political context of another young man who would grow up to be president, TA was the antithesis of Bill Clinton’s claim that as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford he smoked dope but never inhaled.

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NPC 2012/05/25 23:41:13
Yo'Adri... to NPC 2012/05/26 20:16:13

What makes them disregard everything except the BS they have been handed on a rusty LIBERAL platter.??.....It's amazing how narrow minded they are....and obvious that they were tken for the bumpiest ride of their lives..... Greatr comment NPR~~~per usual!

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Vitalani 2012/05/25 23:40:56 (edited)

Hah! Wish I still smoked, I'd try his methods!

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Yo'Adri... to Vitalani 2012/05/26 20:16:49

this is exactly what we were just talking about!!!! Thanks for the insight!

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Vitalani to Yo'Adri... 2012/05/26 21:55:24

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