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My Journal: Marijuana Reform Legislation Submited for Congress
By: BushyV1


Breaking News: Rep. Barney Frank and NORML Team Up on Federal Decriminalization Legislation
Posted by Ron Fisher to Legalize It - The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws March 24 10:39pm

US Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) has announced that he will shortly introduce legislation in Congress to strip the federal government of its authority to arrest responsible cannabis consumers. Representative Frank made the announcement Friday on the nationally syndicated television show, "Real Time With Bill Maher."

heres a link:
http://blog.norml.org/2008/03/24/norml-partners-with-rep-barney-frank-d-ma-to-introduce-federal-decriminalization-legislation/

“It's time for the politicians to catch up with the public on this [issue],” Frank said. "The notion that you lock people up for smoking marijuana is pretty silly."

Frank's pending bill seeks to eliminate all federal penalties prohibiting the personal use and possession of up to 100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) of marijuana. Under this measure, adults who consume cannabis would no longer face arrest, prison, or even the threat of a civil fine. The bill also eliminates all penalties prohibiting the not-for-profit transfers of up to one ounce of pot.

NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup, who worked closely with Frank's staff to draft this legislation, said, "If passed by Congress, this legislation would legalize the possession, use, and non-profit transfer of marijuana by adults for the first time since 1937." The bill incorporates the basic recommendation of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (also known as the Shafer Commission).

Currently, 12 states have enacted various versions of marijuana decriminalization, eliminating criminal penalties for minor pot violations. Passage of these laws has not led to increased marijuana use.

In fact, the only U.S. government study ever commissioned to assess whether the enforcement of strict legal penalties positively impacts marijuana use found, "Overall, the preponderance of the evidence which we have gathered and examined points to the conclusion that decriminalization has had virtually no effect either on the marijuana use or on related attitudes and beliefs about marijuana use among American young people."

Similar statewide legislation is pending in New Hampshire and Vermont. Additionally, Massachusetts voters will decide on a statewide decriminalization measure this November.

According to a nationwide CNN/Time Magazine poll, more than three-quarters of American adults favor decriminalizing marijuana.

Alerts will be posted to this page and www.norml.org once this bill is assigned a bill # and committee so that folks can contact their representative urging support of this bill.

For more information, please contact Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel, at (202) 483-5500.

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7561

Published On: 3/25/2008
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My Blog: TAHCP.ORG
By: waynephillips2008


I know of this great organization out there called the tahcp.org which stands for the -- TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS. Not the first organization of its kind but definitely the most progressive, productive, and active when it comes to straight talk, information, and education surrounding the issues of long term care. This group is not even chartered as a 501c3 non-profit yet. But with the support of our listeners and other concerned citizens they will soon be on their way to success.

All of us will soon be faced with the decision to bring a loved one home and take care of them or God forbid put them in a nursing home or other institution for the chronically illed or aged. This organization will guide you and your loved ones n making that decision and give you all the information and support that you will need along the way to insure a more positive outcome. They are also there to support the nurse aides, home health aides, and others who are responsible for the direct care given to these patients on a daily basis.

At the present time nurse aides, home health aides, and family care givers do not have a well organized, close knit, well funded, and managed organization where they can exchange ideas and information on long term care subjects. This group would provide that and more.

Many lives are hanging in the balance between life and death or between sickness and recovery or at least stabilization.

Please help make the tahcp.org a reality. They need donations, volunteers, researchers, writers, computer programmers, educators, speakers, and much more. If interested please email us at tahcp2008@aol.com. Our goal for this worthy organization is to help them raise $100,000.00 for one year of operation. Our membership goals are 10,000 members by the end of '09.



Published On: 2/17/2008
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My Blog: My Man
By: youllneverknowwhathityou


 I like my man,
 just a little on the wild side.
 I like him dirty,
 not to clean.
 He needs to recognize me,
 as an individual being.
 I like him rowdy,
 I like him tough,
 I like him strong,
 & I like him rough.
 Show me that you know,
 how to,
 handle me.
 Show me that you're
 strong enough to
 hold me.
 Can you take me on,
 & not fail?
 Cause if ya can't,
 then Baby,
 I'm movin on!
                           Ali


Published On: 11/5/2007
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My Blog: The Crimson -Atreyu
By: play_boy_grl



I feel it welling up inside
And Robert Smith lied,
Boys do cry and with
Blood tears in my eyes I’m an Anne Rice novel come to life.
I can’t hide the monster… anymore.
One can, only feel desolate for so long until
One starts to change into
Something the mirror doesn't recognize.
Metamorphosize.
The darkness has been biding its time
To claim its latest victim,
Fresh meat for carnal desires,
To become, what I became.
I viewed the sun for the last time.

Will you still hold me when you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same,
When you taste my victim’s blood?
So crimson and red,
I feel it flowing from your lips. (Crimson and red)
My heart is dead and so are you.

And it pulses through,
The desire to change, to deconstruct
All of my,
All of my, past failings.
But where to begin, because when you live in sin
It’s hard to look at saints,
Without them reflecting your jet black aura back on you.
And all I have is hope
My inner burn’s not fading,
I’ll wipe the blood from my cheek and get on with my day.

Will you still hold me when you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same,
When you taste my victim’s blood?
So crimson and red,
I feel it flowing from your lips. (Crimson and red)
My heart is dead and so are you.

And all I have is hope
And all I need is time
To bury in pine under six feet of time
The lies I told me about myself.
Claw my way out,
Pick the splinters from under my fingernails.
I won’t lose hope,
I won’t give in.
Just live and breathe, try not to die again.
Just live and breathe, try not to die again.
Just live and breathe, try not to die again.
I try not to die again.

Will you still hold me when you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same,
When you taste my victim’s blood?
So crimson and red,
I feel it flowing from your lips. (Crimson and red)
My heart is dead and so are you.

Will you still hold me when you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same,
When you taste my victim’s blood?
So crimson and red,
I feel it flowing from your lips.(When you taste my victim's blood)
My heart is dead and so are you.

Published On: 6/16/2007
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News Blog: "REBUKED" Anti-Liquid Coal Campaign
By: MaggieJeans


 
My recent blog on Move-On's anti-liquid coal campaign has been "rebuked"!...THANKS to Green Colonies member JAPHET~who is obviously more familiar with the Liquid Coal Campaign than I (or Move On for that matter) and the advantages to our search for cleaner energy.
 
I'd like to reference this instance as one of the Key reasons the Green Colonies Community is being created...and why I try to continue to grow the membership through reaching out to the Leaders in the Green Industry and encouraging them to join! 
 
Debate and collaboration stem the flowering of solutions efficiently and effectively.  As more and more ECO-leaders come aboard...the Richer, more valid, and more usuable the content will become. 
 
Collaboration through discovery, event planning, and project development will ensure that the Green Revolution is well on its way!  In Green Colonies, discussion, debate, and ultimatley Collaboration, set the stage for ACTION!
 
Below is a blog I wrote last week before I had heard about the advantage liquid coal MAY BRING...:
 
Help to stop the big coal give away

Hi,


Congress could vote in the next fews weeks on a bill that would double our greenhouse gas emissions from planes and cars. It sounds crazy, but this is exactly what will happen if a current plan to use "liquid coal" passes. Coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels and we have a serious global warming problem.

I signed a petition urging Congress to vote no on tax breaks and subsidies on coal. Can you join me at the link below?

http://pol.moveon.org/stopkingcoal/?r_by=-8385396-tftGs3&rc=paste

Thanks!


Published On: 6/6/2007
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Harvest News Blog: What is GREEN ENERGY and RECs?
By: Green.colonies.com


What is Green Power?
The term "green power" generally refers to electricity supplied in whole or in part from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and various forms of biomass. Increasingly, electricity customers are being given electricity supply options, either as retail power markets open to competition or when their regulated utilities develop green pricing programs. More than 50% of retail customers in the United States now have an option of purchasing a green power product directly from their electricity supplier. In addition, consumers can support renewable energy development through the purchase of green energy certificates.

Why Buy Green Power?
By choosing to purchase a green power product, you can support increased development of renewable energy sources, which can reduce the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas. Greater reliance on renewable sources also provides economic benefits and can improve our national energy security.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's web site provides an additional discussion of the benefits of renewable energy.

How Do I Buy Green Power?
If retail electricity competition is allowed in your state, you may be able to purchase a green power product from an alternative electricity supplier. Some states have already implemented electricity competition. Check the Status of State Electric Industry Restructuring Activity (PDF 2.1 MB) map, prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, to see if your state has passed an electricity competition law.

Even if your state is not implementing electricity market competition, you may still be able to purchase green power through your regulated utility. More than 600 regulated utilities spanning more than 30 states offer "green pricing" programs (see our map of green pricing programs). The term green pricing refers to an optional utility service that allows customers to support a greater level of utility investment in renewable energy by paying a premium on their electric bill to cover any above-market costs of acquiring renewable energy resources.

Finally, whether or not you have access to green power through your utility or a competitive electricity marketer, you can purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs). RECs (also known as green tags, green energy certificates, or tradable renewable certificates) represent the environmental attributes of power generated from renewable electric plants. A variety of organizations offer RECs separate from electricity service, that is, you need not switch from your current electricity supplier in order to purchase these certificates.

To find out what green power options are available in your state, please visit our Can I Buy Green Power in My State? page, where you can click on your state to view available green power products.

For more information on buying green power, see: Guide to Purchasing Green Power (PDF 1 MB). Download Adobe Reader

Green Power Evaluation and Certification
How can you be sure that your green power purchase will benefit the environment? For more information, see our Consumer Protection page.

Green-e is a voluntary certification and verification program for wholesale, retail, and commercial electricity products, tradable renewable certificates (TRCs) and utility green pricing programs in the U.S. Green-e certifies about 100 retail and wholesale green power marketers across the country.

The Environmental Resources Trust certifies renewable energy certificates (RECs) through its EcoPower certification program. Under EcoPower certification, RECs convey only the renewable energy attributes of renewable electricity and do not convey environmental benefits.

The Power Scorecard is a web-based information tool created by a coalition of environmental groups that lets consumers compare the environmental impacts of green power and conventional power products.

Selected Green Power Customers
Businesses and other non-residential customers such as municipalities and government agencies are increasingly recognizing that green power purchasing can help meet corporate or institutional goals related to environmental improvement and sustainability. Follow the link for a list of selected non-residential green power purchasers. The U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership has additional information on organizations purchasing green power.
FOLLOW THIS LINK TO GET STARTED BECOMING CARBON NEUTRAL..


Published On: 5/3/2007
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Harvest News Blog: PEPSI is RENEWING its POWER...Follow their GREEN example...
By: Green.colonies.com


"America is shifting to a 'green culture,' with more and more businesses understanding that environmental responsibility is everyone's responsibility, By switching to alternative, renewable power sources, PepsiCo is proving that going green can be the choice of every generation." --said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson

Green power is produced from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro. These energy sources are considered cleaner and have a superior environmental profile than conventional sources of electricity. Purchasing RECs helps drive the development of additional renewable energy capacity nationwide.
 
Read more about Pepsi and their conversion to 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY:
 
 
 
With some $30 trillion to be invested in energy production over the next 30 years, making the right low-carbon investments is one of the keys to fighting climate change. Carbon offsets help put a price on the climate change consequences of these investment decisions, and if properly structured can help move a portion of that $30 trillion investment into clean energy. While a lot of that investment will be in the developing world, some of it will be domestic. Demand for new power continues to rise in the US. It is our hope that carbon offsets can help new domestic energy be as clean as possible.
 
READ MORE ABOUT RECs

 SEE BELOW:
 
 
or search through this LIST of Reputable REC suppliers...
...here's a sample:
Certificate Marketer Product Name Renewable Resources Location of Renewable Resources Residential Price Premiums* Certification
3 Phases Energy Services Green Certificates 100% new wind Nationwide 2.0¢/kWh Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Denali Green Tags (Alaska only) 100% new wind 10% Alaska, 90% Nationwide 2.0¢/kWh Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Green Tags Blend 90% new wind, 10% new solar Nationwide 2.4¢/kWh Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Green Tags Solar 100% new solar Nationwide 5.6¢/kWh Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Green Tags Wind 100% wind Nationwide 2.0¢/kWh Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Zephyr Energy (Kansas Only) 50% new low-impact hydropower Mid-West, West 2.0¢/kWh Green-e
Carbonfund.org Carbon Offsets wind, solar, biomass, efficiency, reforestation Nationwide $5.50/ton CO2 (donation) Environmental Resource Trust**
Carbonfund.org MyGreenFuture 99% new wind, 1% new solar Nationwide 0.5¢/kWh Green-e
Carbon Solutions Group LEED Project Services 100% renewables Nationwide NA Green-e
Clean and Green Clean and Green Membership 100% new wind Nationwide 3.0¢/kWh Green-e
 
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Published On: 5/3/2007
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Harvest News Blog: 'Next Generation' Recycling Culture.... Permaculture...
By: Green.colonies.com


 
 
Life in an apartment block or in a suburban cutout does NOT have to fit into mold and certainly CAN feed the imagination....
Check out this engaging how-to video and see for yourself how designing and building your own personal 'EDEN' environment WILL beautify your view and CREATE a natural recycling center you may easily take advantage of daily!!
 
 


Published On: 4/11/2007
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Harvest News Blog: Recognize EARTH Day April 22!
By: Green.colonies.com


EARTH DAY IS COMING...EARTH DAY IS COMING....!
 
What is one thing we could easily do to celebrate our Planet this Earth Day?
 
TALK ABOUT IT!
 
The MORE Recognition the Earth receives the BETTER!
 
Curb your car, unplug the TV, don't take a shower, get an EARTH DAY CLUE.....click the link below to find a list of simple HOUSEHOLD alterations that will make you an official Earth Day Celebratoree!!
 
Earth Day was created in 1970 to spark a revolution against environmental abuse.  The organizers rallied...their voices carried all the way into the 21st Century!  Al Gore brought the GENERAL public into awareness of the truckloads of evidence to suggest Global warming is real. 
 
People are the Problem.  People are also part of the solution.
 
Read more about the "truckload of evidence" by following the link below to an article from the ASSOCIATED PRESS. http://www.earthday.net/Climatereportspursimmediatecallsfordrastic.pdf )
 
Check out www.earthday.net to find or register Earth Day events everywhere in the world..... 
 


Published On: 4/10/2007
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My Blog: The Time Is Now
By: G_Money90


"The Time Is Now"
By: John Cena
 
[Chorus: John Cena]
Your time is up, my time is now
You can't see me, my time is now
It's the franchise, boy I'm shinin' now
You can't see me, my time is now!

[John Cena]
In case you forgot or fell off I'm still hot - knock your shell off
My money stack fat plus I can't turn the swell off
The franchise, doin' big bid'ness, I live this
It's automatic I win this - oh you hear those horns, you finished
A soldier, and I stay under you fightin'
Plus I'm stormin' on you chumps like I'm thunder and lightning
Ain't no way you breakin' me kid, I'm harder than nails
Plus I keep it on lock, like I'm part of the jail
I'm slaughtering stale, competition, I got the whole block wishing
they could run with my division but they gone fishing -
- with no bait, kid your boy hold weight
I got my soul straight, I brush your mouth like Colgate
In any weather I'm never better your boy's so hot
you'll never catch me in the next man's sweater
If they hate, let 'em hate, I drop ya whole clan
Lay yo' ass down for the three second tan

[Chorus]

[Tha Trademarc]
Yeah, uhh
It's gon' be what it's gon' be
Five pounds of courage buddy, bass tint pants with a gold T
Uhh - it's a war dance and victory step
A raw stance is a gift, when you insist it's my rep
John Cena, Trademarc, y'all are so-so
And talk about the bread you make but don't know the recipe for dough though
Aimin' guns in all your photos, that's a no-no
When this pop, you'll liplock, your big talk's a blatant no-show
See what happens when the ice age melt
You see monetary status is not what matters, but it helps
I rock a timepiece by Benny if any
The same reason y'all could love me is the same reason y'all condemn me
A man's measured by the way that he thinks
Not clothing lines, ice links, leather and minks
I spent 20 plus years seekin' knowledge of self
So for now Marc Predka's livin' live for wealth

[Chorus - repeat 2X]


Published On: 2/1/2007
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My Journal: little update
By: Kyle


soo... last night was the beginning of cornucopia... celebration of food and wine.
 
last night:
 
5:30 I arrived back in Whistler
7:00 wasted off wine.  wasted.
8:00 dinner and beers at the grill
9:00 blackout drunk at earls
11:00 arrive at garfs
11:02 take a shot in the backbar
11:10 find myself in bed.
 
life is pretty funny sometimes.  Whistler wants to have a reunion... it will only have been 5 years since my grad.  weird.
 
today it started to puke snow outside.  amazing.
 
Found this random website that explains great words... here are some examples:
 
Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
 
Abdicate
(v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
Willy-nilly
(adj.), impotent
Balderdash
(n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
Testicle
(n.), a humorous question on an exam.
Oyster
(n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.
Circumvent
(n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
Reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Foreploy
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex
Karmageddon
It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer.
Glibido
All talk and no action.

and my favourite...

Ignoranus
A person who's both stupid and an a**hole

 



Published On: 11/10/2006
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My Journal: They like me.. they really like me!!
By: cazza21


Last night I came home to a great email.... Head office in Vancouver has finally recognised all the extra time the Whistler staff puts in, so we each got a 750$ bonus! woohoo!!!! add that to the 240$ bonus i got on my last check, and I am one happy chicka!!
 
there was also a dance off going on in the lounge when I returned from the play... the counsellors had the music blaring and were having a great time! A couple of them are really great.. one won the dance contest at a bar in town last monday.
 
kinda fun to come back from my day off to a bonus and happy dancing people as opposed to the usual negativity!
 
Now, only 3 days of work until I get another day off! And my friend Lou is coming up from Scotland this weekend! haven't seen her for 2 years so I cannot wait to party with that girl again!!! woohoo!!
 
AND!! i just found out i'm off tonight! yipee!


Published On: 8/9/2006
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My Blog: werrrrrrrd. the family.
By: NoGoodTrying


 
 
Grow More Pot
by Jello Biafra
From I Blow Minds for a Living, recorded at Slim's, San Francisco, Nov 21, 1990

Does anybody out there know that for the first time in American history the U.S. Army was used in a war operation against the American people? Right near here, up in Humboldt County about 200 miles north of San Francisco right near a town called Shelter Cove, get this: three- to four-hundred American G.I.s dressed with automatic rifles and fully armed for battle, fanned out on maneuvers through the woods, backed up by a dozen Blackhawk attack helicopters. The mountain people up there were frightened out of their wits! They thought there was a war going on, especially the ones that had soldiers kicking in the doors to their cabins and putting guns to their heads in front of their children.

Why!? Who was the enemy in this war? Not the communists! Not Saddam Hussein! Not Earth First! or even the spotted owl. No! The enemy they called out the army to put down, secretly, so few people outside of Humboldt would get alarmed as possible, it wasn't even a person or an army or a terrorist group! It was a plant, the marijuana plant.

And they actually did manage to find a few for the G.I.s to pull up, and then they had to fly in more from the government stash so the pile would look big enough when they lit the bonfire for the network TV news cameras, so that they could say "Yes! Another triumph in the Drug War!"

Drug War. War. The American army sent to war against the American people. And we're supposed to feel relieved and secure and protected. Protected from what?!

A lot of people with more guts than I'll ever have risked their life and limb all last summer at the Earth First! Redwood Summer Action up in Humboldt County. They were chaining themselves to redwoods that were three times wider than they were, 800 years old, they were spread-eagled, as the saws buzzed right over their heads. They stood in the dirt as the bulldozers charged them and stopped right at their toes. Or people waved clubs at them, charged them with logging trucks, shotguns, you name it. All to try to save some of the last unspoiled virgin forest we have left anywhere in this country from being chopped down and turned into toilet paper, TV Guides and the Weekly World News.

On the other side the loggers saying "What about our jobs!? What about our families!? What about our lives?! You needed wood and cardboard to make those protest signs!"

We need fuel! We need paper! It's almost gone! Where are we gonna get more? The answer, for centuries, has been right under our nose: grow more pot!

If we're serious about saving the earth, saving the ozone and our freedom to go about saving the earth and the ozone, we should start by paying all those dirt-poor coca farmers in South America and out-of-work loggers in Fortuna and Eureka, and Midwest family farmers and rust-belt families too, to all get together and grow more pot!

Why? Get ready for this...! There's a book out called The Emperor Wears No Clothes. The author's name is Jack Herer. It's published by Queen of Clubs, and I think there's ads for it in High Times, or NORML, the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, could direct you to a copy I'm sure, and in this book, among other places, it is written that before the 20th century, the marijuana plant provided almost all the world's paper, all the world's clothing and textiles, and almost all the world's rope.

According to none other than the U.S. Department of Agriculture you can make four times as much paper from one acre of hemp plants as you can from an acre of trees. And instead of chopping down all the redwoods in Humboldt County and turning Northern California, Oregon and Washington and Appalachia into the Sahara Desert, if you do it with hemp plants, you can just grow another crop a few months later and make more paper! At one-quarter the cost of making paper from wood pulp and only one-fifth the pollution. The ancient Romans knew this and grew it, Henry VIII made each farmer in old England grow their share, because they knew if you want the strongest natural fiber there is, you all have gotta do your part for the King and grow more pot!

And we did, too! Guess what Levi jeans were originally made out of? And guess what American flags used to be made out of? And guess what the early drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were written on? And if that's too un-Christian for you, guess what they made Guttenberg and King James Bibles out of? Guess what you can use to power a car? You can get at least four times as much cellulose to make gasohol or methanol from hemp stems as you can from a corn stalk. Which along with solar energy would be a great way to avoid dying for oil in Saudi Arabia.

In the 1920s and 1930s most American cars and farm machinery had the option of running on gas or on methanol; most racing cars still do run on methanol. And George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations and smoked it, too!

In the 1760s in the American colonies you could even be jailed for not growing pot! Because that was part of the key to becoming economically independent from Britain. Hemp was legal tender in the Americas, a substitute for money, from 1630 clear up to the early 1800s. And hemp seeds are a great source of protein, better than soybeans, and it's cheaper than soybeans, too. Or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Marijuana is legal for medical use in 34 states used to treat glaucoma and pain caused by cancer, and you can digest more protein from a hemp seed than a soybean seed. It's even shown some signs at being able to combat herpes. And, guess what kind of a parachute Mr. Drug War Junta-Man himself George Bush used when he bailed out of that bomber in World War II?

Hemp was illegal by then, but farmers were briefly ordered to grow it again in this country for the war effort and all, and the U.S. Army had their own stash all along in the colonies in the Philippines.

So, how did everything get turned around so damn bad? Doesn't it strike you as a little dumb that we burn oil and choke ourselves and chop down all our trees and ruin innocent people's lives by branding them criminals and throwing them in jails, or sending them off to drug camps, or taking all their property and selling it before they're brought to trial? In the process, making crack and heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot? Why do we do this when we don't have to?

Meanwhile the Police Chief of L.A., Darryl Gates gets front page approval for telling a U.S. Senate committee that pot smokers should be shot on sight. Because smoking pot is treason because, after all, it's illegal.

Why was marijuana cracked down on? And why was it done so violently? Well ... Ready?!

In 1936 Popular Mechanics magazine hailed the invention of a new machine to process hemp, predicting that marijuana/hemp would once again become the world's largest cash crop. This did not at all sit well with people like Hearst Paper Manufacturing or Kimberly-Clark or other cutthroat multinationals who happen to have large timber holdings. It didn't sit to well with tobacco barons for obvious reasons, and it sure as hell didn't sit too well with old buddies DuPont. Hemp processing uses only one-fifth the chemicals need to process wood pulp, and DuPont had just patented a new wood pulp sulfide process, and DuPont's patented plastic fibers had just passed up hemp as the No. 2 fiber, next to cotton, and they wanted to keep it that way!

And the last thing the big drug companies wanted was to lose their share of the ever lucrative disease industry market, to more affordable medicine made from marijuana or other natural ingredients because, check this out, you can't own and make money off a patent for medicine in this country, unless the medicine has chemicals in it. If it's all natural ingredients, you can't patent it. Maybe that's why we don't have access to a cure for cancer or AIDS, or why the health food store I go to keeps getting harassed by federal authorities for selling herbal medicines.

Meanwhile, guess who owns Congress? So marijuana was outlawed in 1937 and they fanned the racism fires playing the racism card just like they do when they want to crack down on rock-and-roll or rap or hip hop or something like that. They said that smoking marijuana might cause you to fall under the influence of listening to jazz! I believe that it was even said on the floor of Congress that marijuana had to be banned because smoking it might make a black man look at a white woman twice. And let's not forget that U.S. Treasury Department funded documentary film, called, "Reefer Madness!" So marijuana was outlawed as devil weed in 1937. Only 53 years ago it was legal. Need I say more, on why our beloved fearless leaders go out of their way to censor our access to information so damn much? Can you imagine the mass outrage if this kind of stuff ever really got out? And people knew that this big drug problem that they keep reading about and hearing about is being caused by the government themselves? And people knew how easily each one of us individually could turn our ecological and human crisis around without resorting to Nazi bullshi*t like oil wars and drug wars by just saying no! to George Bush.

And if people knew that the very companies that provide us with such crucial conveniences as Kleenex, paper towels and junk mail, have systematically and brutally rearranged every single one of our lives so that we are literally wiping our ass with out own future?

And it doesn't have to be this way! I mean, I'll tell you, I do feel kind of funny saying all this because I used to be a pothead and I hate smoking the stuff, and the whole low-energy stoner Deadhead vibe that comes with it. But, you don't need to smoke pot to realize that the real drug problem in this country is not the drugs. And we can help solve drug problems, crime problems, environmental problems - even our racial problems if we say no to George Bush and get together and grow more pot!


Published On: 8/5/2006
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My Journal: Pulled over in friends car for weed, almost arrested, and let off.
By: BushyV1


Ok so tonight i was going to see pirates of the carribean with sean and rob. On our way there we were smoking some weed out of a bowl, and we were following this boat in fron of us getting towed by some car for like 3 miles. so we come up to this intersection and as we start to stop we go around a slight curve, and we realize the car in front of us is a sherrif and hes the one thats been pulling the boat!! Sean and i are like oh f*ck rob put the bowl down..... the cop turns right, we crank it left and haul ass away from him.
 
So we head down to fulton, one of the more major roads in the area, and were smoking again and about a quarter mile ahead of us we spot another sherrif turning around in some business driveway, were like oh he must be after someone for speeding, and he crosses the merridian, and as we go by he pulls out behind us and starts to follow us. The three of us are like shi*t and we turn off on some road to let the cop go by. We take some back roads and we come back out to fulton, smoking again, and as we come around the corner the sherrif is there waiting for us, right as sean is hitting the bowl. We take off down fulton and he starts tailing us again, and we get up towards the firestation, and take off down another side road again to see if he follows.
 
He does, so we head down that road a little ways and he eventually turns his lights on and pulls sean over. Sean and i quick hide everything out of plain sight, because in michigan law says if its not in plain sight the cops cant search the car, so we hide everything and sean gets out all his info before we get puled over so we dont have to open anything up. The cop comes over and takes seans info, telling us that seans window tint is illegal. Sean plays dumb and the cop walks back to his cruiser. He comes back a minute later and takes my ID and robs ID too, and asks if we have any dope in the car. Seans like no we have nothing..... on second thought i do have a few un opened beers in here, so the cop takes a look at that stuff, but theres nothing illegal about it, so he lets it go, and asks about us having weed again. sean denies, and the cop says im lenient but i ont like being lied to.... so sean gave ina nd said he had maybe an eighth, when really we had maybe a half ounce.
 
So the cop takes sean out of the car and takes him back to the cruiser, and starts patting him down, puts him in the back of the cruiser, and starts interrogating him. Comes back about 10 minutes later, by this time robs crying in the backseat thinking his career is over and were going to get arrested. I'm like fack this sucks, and tells us to get out of the car. rob and i get out and the cop starts searching seans car.
 
Now seans car is a goldmine for any cop looking to get some punks into trouble. he had a fully packed bowl hiddenin there, a 5 inch illegal boot knife in the glove box, a bat, metal edged knunchucks, knives, lighters, rolling papers, etc, and the cop only found a few things, like a bat, lighters, rolling papers, and a couple other things. Nothing serious.
 
So the cop takes sean out of the cruiser, lines us all up, and asks us why he should think were all good guys. we start explaining our records and whatnot, so he gives the bag of weed back to sean, which sean and i thought he was like seriously giving the weed back to us, but then he says what are you guys going to do with this stuff? so we dump it out and he tells us to spread it out so he cant see anything, so we start kicking the grass all around and he tells us we all looked like a bunch of dancing indians.
 
The cop then lines us up again and tells us if were going to smoke, at least dont drive with it and smoke i while driving. do what we want at egypt valley(where sean and i work) or whatever, but not in the car, and then he let us go with warnings and we went to our movie.
 
 Afterwards we drove home and smoked again once we got on backroads. Total morons, i know.


Published On: 7/10/2006
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My Blog: What a Girl Wants
By: AFI_FOB_Girl


Tell Her She Is Beautiful,Not Hott,Not Fine Or Sexy.
Hold Her Hand At Any Moment..Even For A Second.
Kiss Her on The ForeHead.
Leave Her Voice Messages For Her To Wake up to.
Always Tell her You Love Her At All Times.
When Shes Upset Hold Her Tight ANd Tell Her How Much She Means To You.
Recongize The Small Things,They Mean Most.
Call her Sweetie,Not Baby.
Sing To Her No Matter How Bad Your Voice Is.
Pick her Over The Other Girls You Hang Out With.
Play With Her Hair.
Pick Her up,Tickle Her,Wrestle With Her.
Throw Small rocks At her Window In The Middle Of The Night Just To Tell her You Missed her.
Sit In The Park With Her Just to Talk.
Let Her Fall asleep In Your Arms.
Carve your Names Into Trees.
When Shes Mad at You,Kiss Her.
When Your With Your Friends Treat Her The Same When Your Alone With Her.
Look Her In Her Eyes And Smile.
Let her take As Many Pictures As She Wants of You.
Slow Dance With Her Even If Theres No Music.
Kiss her In The Rain.
When You Are In Love With Her.....TELL HER!
Thanxs,
Olivia
 


Published On: 7/6/2006
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My Journal: Summer time, and the livin is easy....
By: cazza21


Well, it's finally time.  Tomorrow morning I fly off to BC for the summer!  I'll be in Whislter from July 3rd to 5th, then back to Vancouver for about 2 weeks of training, then in Whistler until August 22nd!
 
I'm looking forward to hiking in the mountains... I haven't done any real hikes since I left France, so I cannot wait to get out on the trails... as long as my ankle holds up!  I'm also looking forward to meeting up with some of you crazies! Can't wait to party with those of you I know already, and meeting those I don't!
 
I am really happy to be getting out of this town. The past week has been overly emotional for me. I've wanted to leave Peterborough and the school since November!!!! And now the time has finally come.  Telling the kids was so hard.  So many of them cried, so many begged me to stay. And if you had been following my blogs when I was trying to figure out what to do at this school, you know that I only stayed for them!  I have received so many letters and cards from the kids.  Most wrote to me about how much I changed their attitudes about french, but most were letters about me being missed. I didn't realize the effect I had on this group of kids until I had to say goodbye.  As much as I felt that I didn't do my best this year as a teacher, from what was said to me, I finally fell as though this was a successful year. Even though I didn't reach all 174 of my students accademicaly, i sure did reach them on a personal level! I want to share some of the things that were said... spelling mistakes and all... some made me laugh, some made me cry... but they are all so important to me! 
 
'.. you have really taught me how important french really is. '
' I know i can misbehave sometime (okay, all the time) but I really learnt a lot! I prbably would have learnt more if I was listening!'
' Hope to see you on the slope sometimes'
' Thank you for never giving up on me when I got a little out of control'
' I didn't really like french, but I always knew that you would have something fun planned for us'
'You have A LOT of energy'
'Hope there is always snow on the mountains for you'
'thank you for making french fun and easy'
'Unlike some of the other teachers, you gave us respect and i felt like I was respected for the first time in a couple years'
'I wish you could stay and follow us into high school'
'I know I was a pain in the but sometimes, but hey, I had to keep you on your toes!'
'can you adopt me so I can move in with you and go to the school you teach at next?'
'because of you, i've decided to be a teacher too!'
'you have taught me a lot, and i've taught you that Airheads make everything better!' (I may or may not bride kids with candies)
'you know, I really did like you as a teacher, even though you got me suspended for swearing in your class'


Published On: 7/2/2006
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My Journal: Crutches eh?
By: cazza21


I have been super busy for the past couple weeks getting my track and field team together. It's been tons of work, and I spend almost every recess timing races and having try outs for the longer races ( I have some die hards that are killer at the 3000).  And I love it... I love getting out there on the track and running with the kids, cheering them on, pushing them to go farther and try a bit harder.    I have the team at 35 members now... and I think it'll grow a bit after tomorrow's trials.

The thing is, with most of these kids, sports is all they have. So it's great to be able to give them something to look forward to.. especially next Wednesday off school for the regional meet.  I have learned more about some these kids in the past 2 weeks than I have all year!  And all my problems have stopped in French class because the kids know that i'm giving up a lot of time for them and they appreciate it! It's a great feeling.

But I have run into a bit of a problem.  Yesterday on yard duty I was talking to a student and walking, and managed to trip in a hole... yeah laugh it up, it must have been a great sight.  But now, I have to do all the track stuff, and all the teaching stuff, on crutches.  I'm not supposed to put any weight on it until at least Sunday... or when the bruising and swelling goes down. Fun stuff!  I did get today off to rest, which I needed after spending all afternoon yesterday teaching from a chair, with my leg up on another chair being iced. The kids were great about it... getting me new ice packs when I needed them,  writting the notes out on the board, and pretty much waiting on me hand and foot.  It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the week goes. And if any of you strapping young sb.com men are looking to for something to do this weekend.. I could use a man servant! Acutally, i'd go for a woman servant too.. as long as she wears a cute french maid outfit! ha!

hope you are all having a great week!!

Published On: 5/24/2006
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Giraffe Entourage: Ladies Take Control
By: Rodney


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And they certainly did!  Last night at Savage Beagle in Whistler, Mash UP Mondays presented The formation records tour and Ladies Take Control with B.Traits and MC Kay.

WOW.  Plastic Surgeon started the night off with a great set.  B.Traits was throwin it down hard with the latest tunes mixed in with some heavy mashers.  MC Kay!  DAMN.  What an amazing voice.  I really enjoyed the sound of singing over jungle.  It was a nice change. 

DJ SS went on and killed it once again.  He still remains on of the top jungle dj's in the world in my opinion.



Published On: 1/31/2006
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My Journal: my trip to Vegas
By: Kyle


first off the departure gate at the Vancouver airport was competely boxed in which I've never seen before.  Made me feel like I was in a holding cell.  I felt better after running into Dixen, Keenan, Jared, Don and Jen.  Vegas itself was out of control.  Right after the plane ride we jumped into a huge limo to the hotel.  Huge dinner and off to gamble and drink.  I was amazed how we could buy jumbo beers and drink it outside, in the hotel, in cabs, walk in and out of stores.. didn't matter.  It was crazy.  Hard Rock was the place to party.  Fun times.  SIA was huge, I would get lost in that place trying to find stuff.  POW Gloves are coming out with the most amazing gloves ever... all white with two pink figures and one brown.  Can you guess the name of it?  The Shocker!  I thought that was rad.  Also I was super impressed with Arbor.  Bamboo shirts and boards.  If you haven't seen the stuff they make, I really recommend you check it out.

I was super stoked on how the main vibe was everyone happy.  Nelson from Westbeach gave me a little insight about a sweet new product coming out.  A press release will be launched monday next week.  O'gio was rad.  Shapiro came second at the rail jam infront of thousands of industry people.  Congrats on that.  Logan Short came 8th... go team Canada.  and Trav made sure I was right drunk most of the time and stumbled apon the best burger in the world.

All I can say in that Vegas is crazy.  The locals seem burnt out, cab drivers talk about crazy things... no laws apply in Sin City.  People throw away money like it was dirty underwear.  Everything was so huge and impressive.  Looking forward to Vegas 2007.



Published On: 1/27/2006
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The Life and Times of Joe: Winter is here!
By: Joe


Well I'm happy to say after the last blog post that winter got it's act together and started snowing. It's been puking snow for the last few weeks, and I think we've got something like 8 or 9 feet since Christmas.
After last year's terrible winter (and I mean terrible, I think we had HALF the snowfall of the previous WORST winter on record), it's soo nice to ride some powder again, and to see some of my favorite lines fill in.

Rode down the chute in the middle of the Harmony waterfalls today, first time riding that this year, it was sweet, one of my more favorite lines around there. My friend Alex and I also went on this crazy line off the t-bars last weekend that I originally looked at about 8 years ago, but never actually did. It didn't have many turns, but it sure was an adventure line.

All in all, good times for winter. Ooh, that and I bought a new snowboard suit. It's tan plaid, and I even bought the matching hat, how lame am I?

Published On: 1/18/2006
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