Now I’m worried about the Cybergypsy. He’s been known to take trips to the United States of Amerika, and I happen to know that he’s in possession of a large bottle of this very (apparently-controlled) substance. Like very large. Like, this could be a fucking trafficking charge if he gets busted.
What the hell am I rambling about?
Don Bolles, drummer of the legendary punk band the Germs, was arrested for felony drug possession because he had a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap in his van when he was pulled over for a busted tail light.
Sounds like a late April Fool’s joke; isn’t.
Should be.
Here, for general distribution, is the official press release from Dr. Bronner’s PR:
“Germ” Wrongly Jailed Over Soap
Absurd GHB Drug Charges for Don Bolles, Drummer of the “The Germs”, Stem From a Bottle of Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap Found in Van During Police Stop
ESCONDIDO, CA – The Bronner family, makers of the popular organic Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps are shocked and disturbed by musician Don Bolles’ April 4th arrest for felony drug possession after police alleged an 8oz bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap tested positive for the illicit drug GHB (Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate). The notion that anyone would put GHB in a rinse-off liquid soap product is beyond belief, and the police field test used must have been flawed or tampered with. GHB, which produces euphoria and is an alleged aphrodisiac when ingested, of course has absolutely no effect in a soap product that is rinsed off the hands and body.
Mr. Bolles, drummer of the legendary punk band The Germs http://germsreturn.com/ was arrested following a police traffic stop and spent three and half days in various jailsin Orange County before being released early Easter morning. During a consented search of Mr. Bolles vintage 1968 A-108 van, Newport Beach police found a bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner’s soap which is made with organic coconut, olive, hemp, peppermint and jojoba oils. Felony drug possession could mean 20 years in prison if convicted. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Harbor Justice Center, 4601 Jamboree Road Newport Beach, CA at 8:30am.
“I’ve used only Dr. Bronner’s soap for 35 years,” says Mr. Bolles. “I use it for everything – bathing, washing my hair, washing my clothes – it goes everywhere I go. I’m scheduled to go to Europe to tour with The Germs this summer, but these felony charges could keep me from traveling out of the country. This whole thing could be really devastating to a 50 year old guy just trying to make a living. I told the officer ‘its soap, it smells like peppermint soap,’ but he seemed intent on arresting me.”
“It is totally outrageous that the police could be this malicious and idiotic,” says Michael Bronner, Vice-President of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps. “This clearly is a case of profiling by the Newport Beach police of a person who doesn’t look like the people who live in that town. We are paying the cost of Mr. Bolle’s lawyer, and we demand the charges be dropped or proof from the police forensics lab of GHB contamination be immediately provided to us,” said Bronner. Adds brother David Bronner, President: “We cannot imagine anyone putting GHB, or any other drug for that matter, into a rinse-off soap product that is lathered and rinsed off the body immediately. The Newport Beach police should see how much of a buzz putting beer in their shampoo gives them, and get a grip and apologize on their hands and knees to Mr. Bolles.”
At the time of the arrest Mr. Bowles was driving his girlfriend, and fellow musician Cat Scandal to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Newport Beach. “I had heard of GHB but the police had to tell me what it was,” said Bolles. “I’m going to fight these charges.”
To arrange an interview with Don Bolles, Michael Bronner or David Bronner please contact Adam Eidinger at 202-744-2671
Omigod, I just remembered: the Cybergypsyleft me a bottle of this soap too! And I had a bath with it just today! Omigodomigod brb d00d, got 2 sterilize th scene, but 1st…hmm, what’s good for barricading patio doors? And hey, is anybody else up for some nachos?
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I’m surprised that the Justuce Department didn’t jump in and try to level the Sedition and Patriot Acts against him for the label on the bottle. World peace and love indeed . . . .
Justice, unless you’re in the current administration and then it truly is Just Us
Indeed. Soon to be civilians, although I’m sure never to be without their Secret Service details. Let’s hope they pull a full house of guys whose baby sisters died in Iraq.
…but why the swastika? The idea America and Britain are sliding into facism is one thing, and I’ve written about it before from a culture perspective. But the swastika is a symbol of the NAZI party (with all respect to the Dharmic religions) and I don’t see any ovens in Britain’s or America’s future. Using a swastika as an image of protest just cheapens the ideas. These images (http://www.oldamericancentury.org/store_prima.htm) get the message across without the direct NAZI reference…
Why the Swastika? Ask the set designers who put this flag in V for Vendetta. And, given the rights infringements and moreover, the willingness of the people to give up those rights without a squabble, I think that we do need a shocking image like that to wake people from their complacency.
Ovens in Britain or the US? Of course not; that’s what they have “rendition” for.
“It is totally outrageous that the police could be this malicious and idiotic.”
Why, he almost sounds surprised. Hasn’t he been paying attention to the news?
Clearly we’re either recruiting the Trailer Park Boys for law enforcement both south and north of the Great Divide of 49, or becoming more criminal as a society.
Of course, south of the border it’s both, as more laws restricting more constitutional freedoms are passed by a Pres’dent who regards himself as a strict constitutional constructionalist.
At least on the Second Amendment. All the rest are more or less subject to subordination.
You gotta love this part:
“The Newport Beach police should see how much of a buzz putting beer in their shampoo gives them, and get a grip and apologize on their hands and knees to Mr. Bolles.”
New from Avon: Dope on a Rope.
It’ll do well in BC prisons.