The Choom Gang

Soberphobia · 05-26-2012, 08:59 AM

[B]Obama's pot-smoking days in the Choom Gang [/B]

A new biography of Barack Obama has revealed the US president's fondness for marijuana as a high school and college student, detailing his membership in an informal pot-smoking group in Hawaii called the Choom Gang.

Mr Obama has readily conceded that he smoked marijuana in his younger days, but the forthcoming book Barack Obama: The Story by Pulitzer-prize-winning historian David Maraniss provides much greater detail into his activities.

The book does not officially go on sale until June 19, but excerpts from it have already revealed details of his past romantic liaisons.
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The new excerpts, which were widely distributed over the internet following their publication on Friday on the website buzzfeed.com, say that when Mr Obama attended the elite Punahou School in Hawaii, he went by the name Barry and was a member of a group of boys called the Choom Gang who loved to play basketball and smoke marijuana.

The group derived its name from the slang word choom, which means to smoke, and any Choom Gang members caught daring to exhale before absorption was total ''were assessed a penalty'' and faced being ''skipped the next time the joint came around'', according to the book.

All told, the future president is said to have been a bit of a drag.

''When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted 'Intercepted!' and took an extra hit,'' said Maraniss.

He also reportedly popularised ''roof hits'' after smoking in cars with the windows closed: ''When the pot was gone, they tilted their heads back and sucked in the last bit of smoke from the ceiling."

Former members told Maraniss that the gang's favoured vehicle was a ''Volkswagen bus, also known as the Choomwagon'', that belonged to a fellow member, Mark Bendix.

The disclosures are unlikely to harm Mr Obama politically.

In addition to a relaxation in attitudes towards soft drugs since Bill Clinton's confession 20 years ago, voters knew when they elected him in 2008 that Mr Obama had also tried cocaine while a university student in New York.

Recalling personal struggles from that time in his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father, Mr Obama wrote: ''Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it.''

He added that he had never tried heroin.

A Rasmussen poll earlier this month claimed that 56 per cent of Americans favoured legalising and regulating marijuana like alcohol and tobacco, while 36 per cent remained opposed.

None the less, the future president appears to have been remarkably indiscreet about his activities. In his high school yearbook entry he thanked the ''Choom Gang, and Ray for all the good times''.

Though all other members of the Choom Gang went on to succeed in life, the dealer who supplied them with marijuana was later beaten to death, the book said.

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cr726 · 05-26-2012, 10:01 AM

Its a giant conspiracy! Thank god Obama wasn't a rich kid because he would of been doing coke in hs.

acepepe · 05-26-2012, 10:27 AM

[QUOTE=cr726;4478150]Its a giant conspiracy! Thank god Obama wasn't a rich kid because he would of been doing coke in hs.[/QUOTE]

I sure Uncle Frank ( Frank Marshall Davis) provided that for him, when asked, between some man boy love sessions and the readings of Mao's little red book, of course.

cr726 · 05-26-2012, 10:37 AM

[QUOTE=acepepe;4478166]I sure Uncle Frank ( Frank Marshall Davis) provided that for him, when asked, between some man boy love sessions and the readings of Mao's little red book, of course.[/QUOTE]

Uncle Frank was a Priest?

acepepe · 05-26-2012, 10:44 AM

[QUOTE=cr726;4478168]Uncle Frank was a Priest?[/QUOTE]

Priests are commie's?

jetswin · 05-26-2012, 07:32 PM

[QUOTE=cr726;4478150]Its a giant conspiracy! Thank god Obama wasn't a rich kid because he would of been doing coke in hs.[/QUOTE]

What a joke you are, if this was Bush or any other republican you would be raging. You have zero credibility.

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cr726 · 05-26-2012, 08:23 PM

[QUOTE=jetswin;4478361]What a joke you are, if this was Bush or any other republican you would be raging. You have zero credibility.

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using Tapatalk 2[/QUOTE]

Find one post where I ripped Bush during his Presidency. I'll wait.

The last three Presidents have used drugs in their past. You think we I'll ever have another President who hasn't experimented with drugs?

P.S
Your opinion of an anonymous poster (me) means what exactly? Um, jack sh1t. :yes:

FF2® · 05-26-2012, 08:45 PM

omg..pot.

cr726 · 05-26-2012, 08:47 PM

[QUOTE=FF2®;4478378]omg..pot.[/QUOTE]

Imagine if he was born here!

Warfish · 05-26-2012, 10:58 PM

[QUOTE=jetswin;4478361]What a joke you are, if this was Bush or any other republican you would be raging.[/QUOTE]

Hell, Bush took a ton of **** for being a hardcore drinker of alcohol at one point in his life. And back then some here were constantly calling him a cokehead, facts not in evidence mattering not.

Here, we have a self-avowed pothead and blow user, a delinquent. And the same folks, generally, are silent.

Personally, I like seeing the more casual attitute amongst the population. It's just sad that (IMO) it's mostly political bias-based, not truly a position based on values.

MnJetFan · 05-26-2012, 11:09 PM

What do priests and Obama have to do each other. Wow CR you are going down hill quick!

DeanPatsFan · 05-27-2012, 07:48 AM

[QUOTE=cr726;4478369]
You think we I'll ever have another President who hasn't experimented with drugs?
[/QUOTE]

Yes. Mitt Romney...

DeanPatsFan · 05-27-2012, 07:53 AM

[QUOTE=Warfish;4478414]Hell, Bush took a ton of **** for being a hardcore drinker of alcohol at one point in his life. And back then some here were constantly calling him a cokehead, facts not in evidence mattering not.

[b]Here, we have a self-avowed pothead and blow user, a delinquent. And the same folks, generally, are silent.[b/]

Personally, I like seeing the more casual attitute amongst the population. It's just sad that (IMO) it's mostly political bias-based, not truly a position based on values.[/QUOTE]

Is anyone really surprised by the hypocrisy of the comrades?

Thirty years ago Bush was a drunk!!! Bush did blow!!! The Bush twins partied and drank alcohol!!!

Obungler smoked pot and did blow?

No big deal..... :rolleyes:

IHATEDOLPHINS · 05-27-2012, 11:02 AM

[QUOTE=DeanPatsFan;4478515]Yes. Mitt Romney...[/QUOTE]

How do we know he hasn't sneaked a cup of coffee in his day:D

DeanPatsFan · 05-27-2012, 11:32 AM

[QUOTE=IHATEDOLPHINS;4478635]How do we know he hasn't sneaked a cup of coffee in his day:D[/QUOTE]

I hear he popped a couple of aspirin before lashing Fido to the roof of the Roadmaster....

adb280z · 05-27-2012, 12:31 PM

[QUOTE=DeanPatsFan;4478517]Is anyone really surprised by the hypocrisy of the comrades?

Thirty years ago Bush was a drunk!!! Bush did blow!!! The Bush twins partied and drank alcohol!!!

Obungler smoked pot and did blow?

No big deal..... :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

None of those things are a big deal.

Ernie · 05-27-2012, 12:38 PM

[QUOTE=cr726;4478168]Uncle Frank was a Priest?[/QUOTE]

Bigoted remark.

Ernie · 05-27-2012, 12:38 PM

Get high on God, not on pot.

Buster · 05-27-2012, 01:19 PM

I believe Bush said something along the lines of “I would pass the FBI background check for federal employees’.

Which many interpreted as he had not taken drugs in 25 years

adb280z · 05-28-2012, 11:01 AM

[QUOTE=Ernie;4478699]Get high on God, not on pot.[/QUOTE]

God made pot so that we could get high.

05-26-2012, 08:59 AM	#1
Soberphobia All League Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,440	The Choom Gang [B]Obama's pot-smoking days in the Choom Gang [/B] A new biography of Barack Obama has revealed the US president's fondness for marijuana as a high school and college student, detailing his membership in an informal pot-smoking group in Hawaii called the Choom Gang. Mr Obama has readily conceded that he smoked marijuana in his younger days, but the forthcoming book Barack Obama: The Story by Pulitzer-prize-winning historian David Maraniss provides much greater detail into his activities. The book does not officially go on sale until June 19, but excerpts from it have already revealed details of his past romantic liaisons. Advertisement: Story continues below The new excerpts, which were widely distributed over the internet following their publication on Friday on the website buzzfeed.com, say that when Mr Obama attended the elite Punahou School in Hawaii, he went by the name Barry and was a member of a group of boys called the Choom Gang who loved to play basketball and smoke marijuana. The group derived its name from the slang word choom, which means to smoke, and any Choom Gang members caught daring to exhale before absorption was total ''were assessed a penalty'' and faced being ''skipped the next time the joint came around'', according to the book. All told, the future president is said to have been a bit of a drag. ''When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted 'Intercepted!' and took an extra hit,'' said Maraniss. He also reportedly popularised ''roof hits'' after smoking in cars with the windows closed: ''When the pot was gone, they tilted their heads back and sucked in the last bit of smoke from the ceiling." Former members told Maraniss that the gang's favoured vehicle was a ''Volkswagen bus, also known as the Choomwagon'', that belonged to a fellow member, Mark Bendix. The disclosures are unlikely to harm Mr Obama politically. In addition to a relaxation in attitudes towards soft drugs since Bill Clinton's confession 20 years ago, voters knew when they elected him in 2008 that Mr Obama had also tried cocaine while a university student in New York. Recalling personal struggles from that time in his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father, Mr Obama wrote: ''Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it.'' He added that he had never tried heroin. A Rasmussen poll earlier this month claimed that 56 per cent of Americans favoured legalising and regulating marijuana like alcohol and tobacco, while 36 per cent remained opposed. None the less, the future president appears to have been remarkably indiscreet about his activities. In his high school yearbook entry he thanked the ''Choom Gang, and Ray for all the good times''. Though all other members of the Choom Gang went on to succeed in life, the dealer who supplied them with marijuana was later beaten to death, the book said. [URL="http://www.smh.com.au/world/obamas-potsmoking-days-in-the-choom-gang-20120526-1zbai.html"]link[/URL]

05-26-2012, 10:01 AM	#2
cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,272	Its a giant conspiracy! Thank god Obama wasn't a rich kid because he would of been doing coke in hs.

05-26-2012, 10:27 AM	#3
acepepe All League Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,427	[QUOTE=cr726;4478150]Its a giant conspiracy! Thank god Obama wasn't a rich kid because he would of been doing coke in hs.[/QUOTE] I sure Uncle Frank ( Frank Marshall Davis) provided that for him, when asked, between some man boy love sessions and the readings of Mao's little red book, of course.

05-26-2012, 10:37 AM	#4
cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,272	[QUOTE=acepepe;4478166]I sure Uncle Frank ( Frank Marshall Davis) provided that for him, when asked, between some man boy love sessions and the readings of Mao's little red book, of course.[/QUOTE] Uncle Frank was a Priest?

05-26-2012, 10:44 AM	#5
acepepe All League Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,427	[QUOTE=cr726;4478168]Uncle Frank was a Priest?[/QUOTE] Priests are commie's?

05-26-2012, 07:32 PM	#6
jetswin stumblin mumblin butt fumblin Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP JetsInsider.com Legend Charter JI Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Westchester Co. Posts: 35,458	[QUOTE=cr726;4478150]Its a giant conspiracy! Thank god Obama wasn't a rich kid because he would of been doing coke in hs.[/QUOTE] What a joke you are, if this was Bush or any other republican you would be raging. You have zero credibility. Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using Tapatalk 2

05-26-2012, 08:23 PM	#7
cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,272	[QUOTE=jetswin;4478361]What a joke you are, if this was Bush or any other republican you would be raging. You have zero credibility. Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using Tapatalk 2[/QUOTE] Find one post where I ripped Bush during his Presidency. I'll wait. The last three Presidents have used drugs in their past. You think we I'll ever have another President who hasn't experimented with drugs? P.S Your opinion of an anonymous poster (me) means what exactly? Um, jack sh1t. :yes:

05-26-2012, 08:45 PM	#8
FF2® Believes Sloppy Guy was involved JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 46,102	omg..pot.

05-26-2012, 08:47 PM	#9
cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,272	[QUOTE=FF2®;4478378]omg..pot.[/QUOTE] Imagine if he was born here!

05-26-2012, 10:58 PM	#10
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	[QUOTE=jetswin;4478361]What a joke you are, if this was Bush or any other republican you would be raging.[/QUOTE] Hell, Bush took a ton of **** for being a hardcore drinker of alcohol at one point in his life. And back then some here were constantly calling him a cokehead, facts not in evidence mattering not. Here, we have a self-avowed pothead and blow user, a delinquent. And the same folks, generally, are silent. Personally, I like seeing the more casual attitute amongst the population. It's just sad that (IMO) it's mostly political bias-based, not truly a position based on values.

05-26-2012, 11:09 PM	#11
MnJetFan All League Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,302	What do priests and Obama have to do each other. Wow CR you are going down hill quick!

05-27-2012, 07:48 AM	#12
DeanPatsFan Lib Free Or Die..... All Pro Annoying Chowd Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,120	[QUOTE=cr726;4478369] You think we I'll ever have another President who hasn't experimented with drugs? [/QUOTE] Yes. Mitt Romney...

05-27-2012, 07:53 AM	#13
DeanPatsFan Lib Free Or Die..... All Pro Annoying Chowd Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,120	[QUOTE=Warfish;4478414]Hell, Bush took a ton of **** for being a hardcore drinker of alcohol at one point in his life. And back then some here were constantly calling him a cokehead, facts not in evidence mattering not. [b]Here, we have a self-avowed pothead and blow user, a delinquent. And the same folks, generally, are silent.[b/] Personally, I like seeing the more casual attitute amongst the population. It's just sad that (IMO) it's mostly political bias-based, not truly a position based on values.[/QUOTE] Is anyone really surprised by the hypocrisy of the comrades? Thirty years ago Bush was a drunk!!! Bush did blow!!! The Bush twins partied and drank alcohol!!! Obungler smoked pot and did blow? No big deal..... :rolleyes:

05-27-2012, 11:02 AM	#14
IHATEDOLPHINS growing tired of rex ryan All League Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,028	[QUOTE=DeanPatsFan;4478515]Yes. Mitt Romney...[/QUOTE] How do we know he hasn't sneaked a cup of coffee in his day:D

05-27-2012, 11:32 AM	#15
DeanPatsFan Lib Free Or Die..... All Pro Annoying Chowd Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,120	[QUOTE=IHATEDOLPHINS;4478635]How do we know he hasn't sneaked a cup of coffee in his day:D[/QUOTE] I hear he popped a couple of aspirin before lashing Fido to the roof of the Roadmaster....

05-27-2012, 12:31 PM	#16
adb280z All League Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Belleville, NJ Posts: 3,428	[QUOTE=DeanPatsFan;4478517]Is anyone really surprised by the hypocrisy of the comrades? Thirty years ago Bush was a drunk!!! Bush did blow!!! The Bush twins partied and drank alcohol!!! Obungler smoked pot and did blow? No big deal..... :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] None of those things are a big deal.

05-27-2012, 12:38 PM	#17
Ernie Seeks the Truth!!! Rookie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 846	[QUOTE=cr726;4478168]Uncle Frank was a Priest?[/QUOTE] Bigoted remark.

05-27-2012, 01:19 PM	#19
Buster not a rocket surgeon All League Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East of the Jordan, West of the Rock of Gibraltar Posts: 4,251	I believe Bush said something along the lines of “I would pass the FBI background check for federal employees’. Which many interpreted as he had not taken drugs in 25 years

05-28-2012, 11:01 AM	#20
adb280z All League Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Belleville, NJ Posts: 3,428	[QUOTE=Ernie;4478699]Get high on God, not on pot.[/QUOTE] God made pot so that we could get high.