He brought a tin can full of marijuana cigarettes that he picks up at his pharmacy each month and showed them to a room full of astonished state legislators during the hearing. Shortly after his presentation, he found himself surrounded by four burly state security officers….
Sea Shepherd Calls Out Obama on Baby Seal Hunt March 29, 2009
He did it while he was Senator Obama, but will President Obama openly condemn Canada’s annual baby seal slaughter?
Catching Wild Pigs March 29, 2009
Catching Wild Pigs
A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, ‘Do you know how to catch wild pigs?’
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. ‘You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc.. While we continually lose our freedoms — just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government ‘help’ is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
Keep your eyes on the newly elected politicians who are about to slam the gate on America .
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have“
Thomas Jefferson
Obama’s Marijuana Mistake – Harvard Professor & Ron Paul March 29, 2009
3/26/2009 Obama ignores the People and liberty by ignoring the negative externalities of prohibition.
Fundraising jump for marijuana group after Obama snub March 28, 2009
Marijuana backers aren’t laughing about President Obama’s flippant dismissal of a pot-related question during Thursday’s online town hall meeting — and the country’s leading marijuana advocacy group, The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, has seen its donations quadruple over the last 24 hours.
US Solar Market Had Record Growth in 2008 Despite Economy March 26, 2009
Judging from the stock values of solar companies over the last year, you would never know that the industry experienced record growth last year for both photovoltaics (PV) and solar water heating. 2008 will be remembered in the solar industry as a year where federal incentives were enhanced and extended for eight years.
Rahm Emanuel’s Profitable Raping ofFreddie Mac March 26, 2009
Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator.
Emanuel should have to pay back the money he raped from Freddie Mac
9 Reasons Social Media and the Web Can Save Wildlife March 26, 2009
Here are just 9 reasons why the information on the web and shared through social media can play a huge role in saving wildlife!
Washington State Medical Marijuana Trial On National Stage March 22, 2009
The majority of Washingtonians voted in 1998 for the health and safety of its ill residents. Supporting the medical use of marijuana was not a hard choice for most, and the state has adjusted very well overall to bringing these sick patients into the fold. Contrary to these ideals seems to be one particular man: Kitsap Co. Prosecutor Russ Hauge.
A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World March 22, 2009
Across the Muslim world, a new generation of activists, bloggers and preachers is discovering ways to synthesize Islam and modernity
World’s largest model train railway. March 22, 2009
Very impressive detail in this model train diorama. Way better than my childhood toy set!
Administration’s New Policy on Medical Cannabis is Right One March 21, 2009
But not everyone is pleased with the administration’s new ‘hands-off’ approach. Iowa Senator and longtime marijuana law reform opponent Charles Grassley immediately criticized Holder’s announcement, stating, “The first rule of medicine, first do no harm, is being violated by the attorney general by his decision.”
Grassley’s ideological…
Dispensers of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift March 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES — The air inside the Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group was pungent with the aroma of premium hydroponic marijuana, but the proprietor, Don Duncan, said on Thursday that he was breathing a bit easier. A day before, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. had said that the federal authorities would no longer take action against..
Legal pot debuts in Midwest March 20, 2009
They’ve been smoking or eating marijuana for years—privately and illegally. And now, because Michigan voters approved marijuana use for the treatment of certain serious maladies, Bob White soon will be able to get himself together in his Three Rivers home “without having to draw the shades.”
The Addictive Personality & Marijuana Legalization March 17, 2009
A major misconception involving addiction is the idea that certain substances are, all by themselves, addicting. That a drug can captivate an unwary victim is an idea popularized in the 1936 film Reefer Madness. In that movie, it took just a few puffs of marijuana to turn a gentleman into a slobbering dope fiend; his health shattered; his life ruin
Politico: Bilderbergers in Obama Administration March 16, 2009
A group of Americans insists that the highest levels of the Obama administration are infested with members of a shadowy, elitist cabal intent on installing a one-world government that subverts the will of the American people. Kathleen Sebelius, Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Paul Volcker, Richard Holbrooke, and Dennis Ross are all Bilderbergers.
Roland B Wilson ~ He was ahead of his time! March 15, 2009
"Welcome to the wonderful world of creative financing!"
Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves March 14, 2009
To place coca leaves in the same category with cocaine, as a United Nations convention on narcotic drugs did 48 years ago, is to disregard simple biochemistry.
The Watercone: A Simple, Effective Solar Still March 14, 2009
From the page: “In many parts of the world, lack of access to clean, potable water is a major issue. Water may be found nearby, but only in a brackish or polluted state. Areas close to the ocean may see miles of water, but not a drop to drink. UNICEF estimates that every day 5000 children die as a result of diarrhea caused by drinking unsafe water”
Maryland Legislature To Consider Medical Marijuana Task Force March 13, 2009
From NORML.ORG:
Maryland Legislature To Consider Medical Marijuana Task Force
On Tuesday, March 24, members of the Maryland House Judiciary will hear testimony in support of House Bill 1339, an act to create a legislative task to “study and recommend whether purchasing marijuana with a recommendation from a health care provider should be (state) law.”
The hearing will take place at 1pm.
In 2003, Maryland’s legislature passed legislation that requires courts to consider a defendant’s use of medical marijuana to be a mitigating factor in marijuana-related state prosecution.
The proposed task force will evaluate whether these provisions are effective, fair, and equitably applied across all jurisdictions in the state. Members of the task force will also study the ways that individuals who need therapeutic cannabis can legally procure it.
Please take a moment today to contact your elected officials and urge them to support House Bill 1339. If your representative sits on the House Judiciary Committee then it is especially important that he or she hears from you. For your convenience, a pre-written letter will be e-mailed to your state representative when you go here:http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=12879291
For more information on House Bill 1339, please visit MD Americans for Safe Access.
Thank you for supporting NORML’s marijuana law reform efforts in Maryland.
Sincerely,
The NORML Team
College kid shot in chest in dorm room during marijuana raid March 13, 2009
Apartment neighbors of Grand Valley State University student Derek Copp say they cannot fathom what prompted police to shoot him late Wednesday
Solar panels in the Sahara ‘could power the whole of Europe’ March 12, 2009
All of Europe’s energy needs could be supplied by building an array of solar panels in the Sahara. A £50 billion investment by governments over the next ten years would be enough to make Saharan solar power an attractive and viable prospect for private investors. “North Africa could supply Europe with all the energy it needs”
9/11 Attackers: “We Are Terrorists to the Bone” March 12, 2009
FTA: Sept. 11 attacks declared they are “terrorists to the bone” in a statement that mocked the U.S. failure to prevent the killings … “Your end is very near and your fall will be just as the fall of the towers on the blessed 9/11 day … To us, they are not accusations. To us they are badges of honor, which we carry with pride…”
Carville Wanted Bush to Fail – Presidential Politics | Polit March 11, 2009
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.
Caravaggio used ‘photography’ to create his masterpieces March 11, 2009
Renaissance artist Caravaggio used an early form of photography to project images of his subjects onto a canvas using a noxious concoction of crushed fireflies and white lead. The 16th century master used modern darkroom techniques to create his masterpieces, more than 200 years before the invention of the camera.
Slaughtering Seals-oh Canada! March 11, 2009
Dear Jay,
With the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals starting in a matter of weeks, I want to share with you a recent PETA Prime blog post on the upcoming massacre. It helps, I hope, to explain how we got here:
If you’ve been following the animal rights movement since the ’70s, you no doubt remember the massive worldwide campaign to end Canada’s despicable baby harp seal slaughter. Who can forget those heartbreaking ads showing fluffy white baby seals staring at the camera with their enormous eyes? Public outcry forced Canada to ban killing “whitecoat” baby seals in 1987, and the seal slaughter essentially collapsed. Then in 1996, that changed, as the Canadian government started subsidizing the massacre in an effort to rebuild it. It has since grown almost every year, and it is now the largest marine-mammal slaughter in the world, with up to 330,000 harp seals killed annually.
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In a misguided and dirty effort to make the slaughter seem more palatable, they’ve implemented new “standards,” including requiring that sealers wait 60 seconds before skinning the seals in order to “ensure” that they are dead. I’m sorry, but bludgeoning gentle animals, impaling them, dragging them across the ice, and ripping off their skin after a 60-second pulse check—if anyone is actually watching—does not fit any realistic definition of “humane.” And the new regulations don’t require a speck of oversight.
Click here to read the rest of this post.
PETA’s global campaign against the seal slaughter is going full-steam ahead and will only grow as the world’s attention shifts to Canada and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Canada’s shame will mar Canada’s Games. Please help our efforts to halt the massacre by sharing this PETA Prime post with your friends, family, and colleagues and by encouraging everyone you know to contact the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to demand that it help bring an immediate end to the seal slaughter.
Thank you for everything that you have done, and will do, to help end the slaughter of Canadian seals for their fur—forever.
Kind regards,
Ingrid E. Newkirk
President
Lashes for 75 Year Old Saudi Woman for mingling with Men March 10, 2009
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced a 75-year-old woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation for having two unrelated men in her house. Fahd said he had the right to be there because she had breast-fed him as a baby and was therefore a son to her in Islamic law. His friend was escorting him as he delivered bread to the old woman.
Dear IRS,…Actual ‘Letter to the Editor’ from the February 5th edition of the Wichita Falls, Texas Times Record News… March 10, 2009
Actual ‘Letter to the Editor’ from the February 5th edition of the Wichita Falls, Texas Times Record News…
Dear IRS,
I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost. I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall but I have run out of space and money.
When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Democrat Congressmen Charles Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Dashelle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner. ….. No penalties and no interest.
Sincerely,
Ed Barnett
Wichita Falls
P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my $13 stimulus check.
Hillary Clinton comes to Europe, Brings the Stupid March 9, 2009
Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows on her first visit to Europe as secretary of state when she mispronounced her EU counterparts’ names and claimed U.S. democracy was older than Europe’s.
Clinton added: “I have never understood multiparty democracy.”
Rep. Conyers wants science to be secret March 9, 2009
John Conyers (D. MI) is trying to pass a bill that would outlaw free acess to scientific articles, making it illagal for scienists to publish outside of journals. Guess Who donated a lot of money to Rep Conyers? Yeah… Journal Publishers.
California – A plan for pot? March 9, 2009
California voters approved the use of marijuana prescribed for medical purposes in 1996, yet possession, cultivation and use of marijuana remains illegal under federal law. There is no common ground between these two positions. 100+ people have been arrested, prosecuted and/or imprisoned, for up to 20 years, what the fed now says it will now ignore
Islam Needs to Prove It’s a Religion of Peace March 9, 2009
Many Muslims seem to believe that it is OK to teach hatred and violence in the name of their religion, and at the same time expect the world to respect Islam as “a religion of peace, love and harmony.” A recent film, “Fitna”, by Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders has shed light on this issue.
Saltwater Power Could Supply Energy for Most Dutch Homes March 9, 2009
A new proposal to improve a 75-year-old dike, the Afsluitdijk, in The Netherlands could make it the world
’s leading site for generating saltwater power— a clean, renewable energy source which is 30-40% more efficient than burning coal.
“I’m Tired…….and I’m worried too” March 8, 2009
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Obama Channels Cheney on Warrantless Wiretapping March 7, 2009
Obama adopts Bush view on the powers of the presidency. A presidency is only “imperial” when a Republican occupies the office. Democrats are conspicuously silent on the Obama administration’s aggressive use of executive power on surveillance matters.
Will Obama Leagalize Hemp After Medical Marijuana Actions? March 7, 2009
Of course, now that we have a president with the guts to tell DEA when they’re out of line, there’s simply no reason this issue can
’t move forward. Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia have all passed laws authorizing hemp cultivation and eagerly await the federal go-ahead.
Why I Sued Google (and Won) March 6, 2009
“But it’s not fair!” Google’s paralegal protested. “What if everyone whose account was cancelled sued Google?”
Is Obama Out of His Freakin’ Mind?” March 6, 2009
President Obama blames the continuing global financial crisis for the unmitigated carnage on Monday, when the Dow fell below 7000 and closed down 300 points (or 4.2 percent) at a 12-year low of 6763.
Bullspit! The man is in denial.
It’s the Pot Economy, Stupid March 5, 2009
Marijuana already plays a huge role in the California and national economies. It
’s a revenue opportunity we literally can’t afford to ignore.
