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MMM. Cannabis coffee shops and Global Marijuana March in May 2012.

zlightman — 2012-04-28T02:14:20

Global Marijuana March 2012 map, and list of cities. May 5, 2012.
http://www.cannabis.wikia.com/2012 <http://www.cannabis.wikia.com/2012>
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Cannabis coffee shops in Amsterdam.
 
<http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/apr/23/fight_against_dutch_can\
nabis_caf#comment-177191>

Cannabis coffee shop. April 1, 2007. Amsterdam.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_coffee_shop.jpg
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_coffee_shop.jpg>


Amsterdam. The Grasshopper. By day. 31 December 2006.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grasshopper_-_Amsterdam_-_by_\
day_-n%C2%B01-.jpg
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grasshopper_-_Amsterdam_-_by\
_day_-n%C2%B01-.jpg>


Amsterdam. The Grasshopper. By night. 1 January 2007.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grasshopper_-_Amsterdam_-_nig\
...
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grasshopper_-_Amsterdam_-_ni\
ght.jpg>

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Please forward.

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MMM. Sites reporting current status of Facebook. Global Marijuana March groups

Eco Mann — 2012-02-07T14:40:08

These sites seem to be up to date concerning the current status Facebook:
*http://facebookdown.com
*http://downrightnow.com/facebook

When Facebook is working please check out these Global Marijuana March
groups for 2012 GMM:
*http://www.facebook.com/groups/315634251794911 - Main 2012 GMM group. Ask
to join.
*http://www.facebook.com/GlobalMarihuanaMarch - Main GMM group. "Like" it.
:)

2012 GMM city list and map:
*http://cannabis.wikia.com/2012
2012 flyers:
*http://cannabis.wikia.com/2012flyers

MMM. Fwd: So Close in Colorado.

Eco Mann — 2012-02-03T21:03:49

*http://www.facebook.com/GlobalMarihuanaMarch - Facebook. GMM.
*http://www.facebook.com/groups/315634251794911 - GMM 2012.
*http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Global_Marijuana_March_2012_map

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From: MPP <rob-b+qwPKsG0QE< at >public.gmane.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Subject: So Close in Colorado
To: brothnine-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org

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Dear Eco,

We are so close to making marijuana history we can smell it.

Today, the Colorado Secretary of State informed the Campaign to Regulate
Marijuana Like Alcohol that the campaign is less than 2,500
signatures short of qualifying for the ballot with 15 days left to collect!
The finish line is in sight, and we hope you will *help the campaign cross
it <http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=lr-cAh_gcVABbRB6PZHotQ>*.

The first phase of the signature drive lasted six months and produced more
than 83,000 valid signatures. This was an amazing accomplishment given the
campaign's limited budget. But there is simply no time left to be frugal.

This second -- and final! -- phase of the signature drive will cost close
to $25,000. *So please donate $10 or more to the Coalition to End Marijuana
Prohibition <http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=CMleSvDk-WbnNT58nN_Q3g>*, the
MPP-supported issue committee coordinating the signature drive.

With your help, by the end of this month, the Initiative to Regulate
Marijuana Like Alcohol will be on its way to the ballot. And then, in
November, we are confident that Colorado will become the first place in the
entire world where marijuana use is legal for all adults.

*Please make a contribution of $10, $25 or $1,000
today.<http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=Sow-h_FIxyw0Bav4FSslAw>
*

Thanks, as always, for your support.

Sincerely,

[image: Rob Kampia signature (master)]

[image: Rob Kampia thumbnail (master)]Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.

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MMM. Wealth, Income, and Power. By G. William Domhoff. Occupy Wall Street. [1 Attachment]

Eco Mann — 2011-10-04T18:20:12

We are interrupting this broadcast with this emergency info... OCCUPY WALL
STREET.

The drug war is part of the prison-industrial-complex. Which is part of the
machine for ruling America.

This is one of the best, most understandable, pages I have seen on wealth
and income distribution in the USA. Feel free to pass it on. It is hard to
find reliable info combined with good understandable charts. The author is a
professor, and the article has references with many links.

Wealth, Income, and Power. By G. William Domhoff.
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html?print - print
version.

I used Firefox "Save page as" from the file menu. Then in the "save as
type"  form, I picked "Web page, complete". I put them all in one folder.

Windows 7 has built-in zip compression (or use freeware 7-Zip). Right-click
folder. Send to "Compressed (zipped) folder".

Click to unzip (or use freeware 7-Zip).

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MMM. Texas Tax System Heavily Burdens Poor Residents

Eco Mann — 2011-08-19T22:37:35

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/19/rick-perry-texas-tax-system_n_931623.html-
Texas Tax System Heavily Burdens Poor Residents. August 19, 2011 by
Laura
Bassett. Huffington Post.

Ever since Ronald Reagan and Trickle-Up Economics the USA has favored the
"Divine Right" of the Wealthy Aristocrats.

The poor and the middle class get poorer, and their children go to jail,
mostly because of the drug war <http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm>.


And they pay for it too:

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Info below from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

Companies operating in the private prison business include the Corrections
Corporation of America<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America>,
the GEO Group <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEO_Group>, Inc., Management and
Training Corporation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_and_Training_Corporation>,
and Community Education
Centers<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Education_Centers&action=edit&redlink=1>.
The GEO Group was formerly known as Wackenhut Securities, and includes
the Cornell
Companies <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Companies>, which merged
with GEO in 2010.

Private companies which provide services to prisons combine in the American
Correctional Association<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Correctional_Association>,
which advocates legislation
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislation>favorable to the industry.
Such private companies comprise what has been
termed the Prison-industrial
complex<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison-industrial_complex>
.
[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Incarceration_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=17>
] Employment

It is estimated that 1 in 9 state government employees works in corrections.
[65]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-NYT1-64>About
17% of prisoners are employed by
UNICOR <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICOR>[66]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-65>
[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Incarceration_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=18>
] Cost
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_criminal_justice_cost_timeline.gif>
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_criminal_justice_cost_timeline.gif>
U.S. Bureau of Justice
Statistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bureau_of_Justice_Statistics>.
To view the data:[67]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-bjscosts-66>

In 2006, $68,747,203,000 was spent on
corrections.[67]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-bjscosts-66>

In 2005 it cost an average of $23,876 dollars per state prisoner. State
prison spending varied widely, from $45,000 a year in Rhode Island to
$13,000 in Louisiana.[65]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-NYT1-64>
[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pewcenterstudy-6>

In California in 2009 it cost an average of $47,102 a year to incarcerate an
inmate in state prison. From 2001 to 2009, the average annual cost increased
by about $19,500 in
California.[68]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-67>

In 2001 among facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons>,
it cost $22,632 per inmate, or $62.01 per
day.[69]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-68>

Housing the approximately 500,000 people in jail in the USA awaiting trial
who cannot afford bail <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail> costs $9 billion
a year.[70]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-npr2010jan22b-69>Most
jail inmates are petty, nonviolent offenders. Twenty years ago most
nonviolent defendants were released on their own
recognizance<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognizance>(trusted to
show up at trial). Now most are given bail, and most pay a bail
bondsman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail_bondsman> to afford
it.[71]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-npr2010jan21-70>62%
of local jail inmates are awaiting trial.
[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-jailinmates2009-18>

To ease jail overcrowding over 10 counties every year consider building new
jails. As an example Lubbock County,
Texas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas>has decided
to build a $110 million megajail to ease jail overcrowding. Jail
costs an average of $60 a day
nationally.[71]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-npr2010jan21-70>
[72]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-npr2010jan20-71>In
Broward
County, Florida
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broward_County,_Florida>supervised
pretrial release costs about $7 a day per person while jail costs
$115 a day. The jail system costs a quarter of every county tax dollar in
Broward County, and is the single largest expense to the county taxpayer.[73
]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-npr2010jan22-72>

Bondsmen have lobbied to cut back local pretrial programs from Texas to
California, pushed for legislation in four states limiting pretrial's
resources, and lobbied Congress so that they won't have to pay the bond if
the defendant commits a new crime.

Behind them, the bondsmen have powerful special interest
group<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy_groups>and millions of
dollars. Pretrial release agencies have a smattering of
public employees and the remnants of their once-thriving programs.
 —National Public Radio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Radio>,
January 22, 2010.[73]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-npr2010jan22-72>

In 2007 states spent an estimated 7 percent of their budget on corrections.[
65]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-NYT1-64>
[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pewcenterstudy-6>

As of 2007 the cost of medical care for inmates was growing by 10 percent
annually.[65]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-NYT1-64>
[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pewcenterstudy-6>
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"Welcome to America, home to 5% of the world's people & 25% of the world's
prisoners <http://www.naacp.org/pages/misplaced-priorities>."
<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8cTEgbARtPc/TiGWzRHxTMI/AAAAAAAAAPI/04iVu57MVr4/s1600/USA._25%2525_of_world%2527s_prisoners.jpg>



Image info<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:USA._25%25_of_world%27s_prisoners.jpg>,
template<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Template:USA._25_percent_of_world%27s_prisoners>,
stats<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Total_U.S._incarcerated_population>,
further info<http://talkradiobeast.blogspot.com/2011/07/usa-25-of-worlds-prisoners-5-of-worlds.html>.
Most are incarcerated due to the drug
war<http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/majority.htm>
.

Meanwhile, the rich get richer, and the poor get
poorer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_rich_get_richer_and_the_poor_get_poorer>
...

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 The rich and the middle class


<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_g-mdFipHg/TctnpE2yaGI/AAAAAAAAAOY/OxPprrmKCrY/s1600/USA.+Top+1+percent.gif>





   Before major recessions; rich get richer, and poor get poorer. People
forget that during a most prosperous period, the 1950s, the U.S. paid less
total taxes as a percentage of GDP, but the rich paid a progressively higher
income tax rate than they pay now. Progressive taxation. Roosevelt-Eisenhower
progressive taxation and prosperity. Versus Reagan-Bush voodoo economics and
middle-class bankruptcy and decline. For more info:
http://g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/topincomes

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MMM. USA. 5% of world's people & 25% of world's prisoners

Eco Mann — 2011-07-10T09:53:44

Pass it on.

Total U.S. incarcerated population.
   *USA* and territories.
*2,424,279<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>inmates
* in *2008.*  *Free
chart<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Total_US_inmates_2007-8.gif>
* in the public domain. *Bureau of Justice Statistics.* *With* less than *5%
of world population <http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html>* the *USA
* has over *2.4 million <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>*of
*9.8 million world
prisoners<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>
.* The *majority <http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm>* of U.S.
inmates are in due to the *drug war*. The *number of inmates* in the *USA*has
*increased almost 5 times over since
1980*<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>.
[1] <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab.cfm>  [image:
Total US inmates
2007-8.gif]<http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/0/02/Total_US_inmates_2007-8.gif>

"*Welcome to America, home to 5% of the world's people & 25% of the world's
prisoners.*"
[image: USA. 25% of world's
prisoners.jpg]<http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/3/3c/USA._25%25_of_world%27s_prisoners.jpg>
 http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Total_U.S._incarcerated_population

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MMM. Some recurring situations in the "Arab Spring"

Eco Mann — 2011-07-01T00:14:36

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Karl <bong_jamesbong2001-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:26 AM
Subject: DW. NOTE ON SOME RECURRING SITUATIONS IN THE "ARAB SPRING"
To: cp3-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw< at >public.gmane.org, amarijuanasmokerslounge-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw< at >public.gmane.org,
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tallman_2848-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>, pm_987-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org, Tammi <cannabis_flower-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>,
Tim <ravynnsloft-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>, Womens Organization for National Prohibition
Reform <swftl-YDxpq3io04c< at >public.gmane.org>

NOTE ON SOME RECURRING SITUATIONS IN THE "ARAB
SPRING"

I have had a front row television seat for the series of revolutions taking
place throughout the Arab world, which have become known as the "Arab
Spring."  These revolutions have been directed as street protests by mostly
unarmed citizens against their autocratic governments.  Here are some
responses by each side to this situation; which you should know about:

   1)  Snipers used by the government on rooftops to murder protest
leaders:  These snipers are from the police services or the armies of the
government, and have often been used to pick off persons in marches believed
to be leaders of the marches, or even to fire en masse upon the marchers
themselves.  Many marchers believed that their governments would never
murder people for complaining about starving, homelessness, or lack of civil
rights--these marchers were wrong.  The war will be won on the rooftops, and
these must be occupied, but look out for helicopters!;

 2) Secret, plain clothes policemen infiltrating street demos and marches:
Nearly always in mass demonstrations the cops or army block off certain
sections of a city or town which lead to government offices or commercial
(banks) areas with some kind of barricades or lines of armored police.  On
the marching side of these barricades however, there are many secret, plain
clothes police waiting to pick off protest leaders by arrest or sometimes by
shooting.  They alway wear durable clothes (jeans, leather jackets) because
they expect to be fighting, and they work by grabbing protesters and hauling
them quickly across the police barricades to be arrested.  They always carry
identification which identifies them as police.  In Cairo, these people were
themselves detained by marchers, who found the police IDs and kept them (and
often beat the undercover cops or kept them prisoner.  Marchers in the
vanguards of demonstrations need to watch out for each other, and watch out
for plain clothes cops, and defend each other when arrests are attempted;

  3)  Counterdemonstrators, mercenaries, armies and such:  When situations
get out of control for the government, they call in help in the form of
opposing mobs, mercenaries, or even foreign armies.  In Egypt, this led to
volley and counter volley of Molotov cocktails and rocks in the streets, and
even horse and camel charges by sympathizers of the government.  In Bahrain,
even a foreign army (from Saudi Arabia) was called in by the government to
shoot it's own citizens; in Libya, foreign mercenaries from surrounding
countries were called in to beat or murder the protesting citizens of that
country or migrant workers and illegal aliens were paid to do the same, and
at very high rates.  Often in Libya, hardhats and helmets of a particular
color along with cudgels and long sticks or pipes were issued to the scabs
to distinguish them from the protesting citizens.  In Bahrain, tanks and
armored personnel vehicles were used against protestors.  In Libya, jet
fighters were called out to bomb and strafe demonstrators.  One should never
believe the claims of democracy foisted about by fascist governments, for
the only policy of such governments is to enslave their own citizens by
whatever means are available;

 4)  Encirclement tactics of the government:  the unpopular governments
always tried to hem in demostrators by encirclement and isolation.  In
Cairo, the demonstrators posted lookouts in side streets and behind the
marchers to prevent this from happening;

 5)  Co-oopting the revolution:  when the situation became nearly lost, the
governments would often stage fake firings of Justice Ministers and such
whipping boys, only to replace them with more of the same from within the
government.  In Cairo and Tunis, the marchers and demonstrators established
"Committees for the Defense of the Revolution" to examine all candidates for
replaced ministers and to keep track of policies of the new governments to
ensure that real progress was being made, and  prevent the gains made by the
people from being lost once the autocrats had left.  Revolutions are not
things of days, weeks, or months: they must be nutured and cared for, and
the old regime must be excluded from positions of influence or power.  What
was bad before will not be made better by a temporary holiday.

6) Just yesterday, I saw a piece on the situation in White
Russia(Byelorussia), where a fascist government is torturing political
opponents.  There, flash mobs of protestors have been organinized for
certain times and days of the week at certain places, where marches then
take place without signs or slogans being exhibited, only clapping and
making noise.  In this way, the marchers hope to make their wishes known
without being subject to arrest for treason or whatever trumped up nonsense
the government is calling "disturbing the social order." This seems to be
working, as the government knows full well why people march, but they cannot
pin charges on people for just marching along, clapping.

 I have tried to give some examples of what democratic people's movements
will experience during times of unrest.  These examples should by no means
be thought to be limited to the Arab World or to other countries.  The
Fascist attack is going on world wide now, and the scenes I have just
described will surely be played out in New York City, Washington, London,
Moscow, Rome, and elsewhere when the people find that they can no longer
bear the injustices of their own governments.

End the oppression of cannabis and its consumers. Self defense is always
correct, and it is never illegal.  *b_jb2001*

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MMM. Drug war charts and middle class crisis.

Eco Mann — 2011-05-21T09:58:06

http://corporatism.tripod.com/footer-main.htm

See also:
 Polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches, Hempfests, open
activism<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html>.

A nation of poor dumbass sheep led by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and George
Noory <http://talkradiobeast.blogspot.com/2010/01/nation-of-sheep.html>.
<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html>
The rich and the middle class



<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_g-mdFipHg/TctnpE2yaGI/AAAAAAAAAOY/OxPprrmKCrY/s1600/USA.+Top+1+percent.gif>





    Before major recessions; rich get richer, and poor get poorer. People
forget that during a most prosperous period, the 1950s, the U.S. paid less
total taxes as a percentage of GDP, but the rich paid a progressively higher
income tax rate than they pay now. Progressive taxation. Roosevelt-Eisenhower
progressive taxation and prosperity. Versus Reagan-Bush voodoo economics and
middle-class bankruptcy. For more info:
http://g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/topincomes

Quotes below are from this May 4, 2011 article: America’s Middle Class
Crisis: The Sobering Facts. By Peter Gorenstein.
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/america-
middle-class-crisis-sobering-facts-141947274.html

MMM. Continuing torture in Iraq, U.S. drug war, U.S. client countries, Egypt.

Eco Mann — 2011-02-07T10:06:25

Continuing torture in Iraq, U.S. drug war, U.S. client countries, Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#Recent_developments
*http://www.google.com/images?q=U.S.+torture - Google image search. *U.S.
torture.
http://www.google.com/images?q=Iraq+torture - Iraq torture photos.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abu_Ghraib_prisoner_abuse -
Photos.

Wikipedia:

In September 2010 Amnesty
International<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International>warned
in a report titled
*New Order, Same Abuses; Unlawful Detentions and Torture in Iraq* that up to
30,000 prisoners, including many veterans of the US detention system, remain
detained without rights in Iraq and are frequently tortured or abused.
Furthermore, it describes a detention system that has not evolved since Saddam
Hussein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein>'s regime, in which human
rights <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights> abuses were endemic with
arbitrary arrests and secret detention common and a lack of accountability
throughout the security forces. Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa
director, Malcolm Smart went on to say that "Iraq's security forces have
been responsible for systematically violating detainees' rights and they
have been permitted. US authorities, whose own record on detainees' rights
has been so poor, have now handed over thousands of people detained by US
forces to face this catalogue of illegality, violence and abuse, abdicating
any responsibility for their human
rights."[123]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#cite_note-122>

On October 22, 2010 nearly 400,000 secret
US<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US>army field reports and war logs,
detailing torture, summary executions and
war crimes, were passed on to the British paper, the
Guardian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian>and several other
international <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International> media
organisations through the
whistleblowing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblowing>website
WikiLeaks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks>. Among others, the logs
detail how US authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of
abuse, torture <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture>,
rape<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape>and even
murder <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder> by
Iraqi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi>police and soldiers, whose
conduct appears to be systematic and normally
unpunished and that US troops abused prisoners for years even after the Abu
Ghraib scandal.[124]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#cite_note-123>
[125]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#cite_note-124>
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#Recent_developments

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*Some of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib were ex-U.S. prison guards*.

http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page#Torture.2C_rape.2C_and_the_Drug_War

Torture, rape, and the Drug War

<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Video:Riz_Khan_-_Torture_training_in_Mexico_-_08_Jul_08_-_Part_1>
See this article: *"Torture in Mexico’s Drug War (Warning Graphic
Video)"<http://lezgetreal.com/?p=15450>.
If the above embedded video does not work go to the YouTube
page<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=busyzt3GzaA>and try.

*U.S. torture training in Mexico.* See the video to the right.

"Torture By Mexican Government In Drug War Highlights U.S. Loss of
Credibility On Human
Rights"<http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/09/torture-hypocrisy>.

"The Washington Post reports today [July 9, 2009] that the *Mexican
government* has employed numerous torture techniques to *extract confessions
from suspected drug traffickers*. The techniques included beatings,
suffocation with plastic bags, electric shocks, the insertion of needles
under suspects’ finger nails, water torture, and other abuses."

*Drug-suspect rape and torture by police in Indonesia.* See the links to the
media articles (and quotes) found in the 2010 and 2009 sections of this
Cannabis Wiki article: *Jakarta,
Indonesia<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Jakarta,_Indonesia>
*.
 Torture by U.S. police [image: Edit Torture by U.S. police
section]<http://cannabis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=edit&section=12>

*Return to top. <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page#Top>*

Jury Selection Begins in Illinois Police Torture
Trial<http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10723435>.
By Karen Hawkins, Associated
Press<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press>Writer. May 23,
2010.
*ABC News <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News>*.
 Juvenile inmates in the USA [image: Edit Juvenile inmates in the USA
section]<http://cannabis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=edit&section=13>

*Return to top. <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page#Top>*

Articles:

   - "Torture Kids
Instead"<http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/01/torture-kids-instead.html>.


"The US state is a *horrible* parent; 12% of its 'detained' kids are
sexually abused each year, versus 4% of adult prisoners. 0.3% of US
non-prisoners report rape each year, versus a world median of ~0.05%."
 <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Video:Raw_Video:_Deputy_Shown_Kicking_Teen_Girl>
Deputy Shown Kicking Teen Girl. He hit her in the head while she was
standing and while she was on the floor. He slammed her onto a concrete
floor. He pulled her up by her hair. *YouTube
link<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipb_PeXOdT4>
.*

   - *"Video shows deputy's alleged assault on teen
girl<http://www.komonews.com/news/40436267.html>."
   Article by KOMO-TV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOMO-TV>* (an
ABC<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company>affiliate
in Seattle,
   Washington <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Seattle,_Washington>). See
   video to the right.
   - "King County deputy charged with fourth-degree assault on teen
girl"<http://www.seattlepi.com/local/399955_deputyweb13.html>.
   By Mike Barber. *Seattle
Post-Intelligencer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer>
   .*
   - "Former Deputy Paul Schene Says He Beat Teenage Girl Because He Was
   Afraid of Her"<http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/01/former_deputy_paul_schene_says.php>.
   By Caleb Hannan. *Seattle
Post-Intelligencer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer>
   .*
   - Forum: AP Raw Video: Deputy Shown Assaulting Teen Girl - Democratic
   Underground<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x277604>.



   - *ACLU Asks U.N. To Intervene On Behalf Of Montana Juvenile
Prisoner*<http://www.aclu.org/human-rights/aclu-asks-un-intervene-behalf-montana-juvenile-prisoner>

"placed in solitary confinement in the Montana State Prison when he was 17
and has been subjected to abuse so traumatizing that he has twice attempted
to kill himself by biting through his wrist to puncture a vein. ... has been
forbidden phone calls or visits with his family. Fellow inmates were so
concerned for his well-being that they reached out to the ACLU of Montana
for help on his behalf." ========
----

Wikipedia:
Matthew McDaniel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#Drug_War


See also: Thaksin Shinawatra#The 'war on
drugs'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra#The_.27war_on_drugs.27>
and
Policies of the Thaksin government#Anti-drug
policies<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policies_of_the_Thaksin_government#Anti-drug_policies>

McDaniel accuses the "US Drug War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_War>"
and the UN Office of Drugs and
Crime<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Office_of_Drugs_and_Crime>for
helping cause the arrest, forced dislocation, prosecution, starvation,
death and extrajudicial
killings<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrajudicial_killings>of Akha
people in
Thailand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand> and
Laos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos>
.[17] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-16>[18]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-17>
[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-akhajournal-18>
[20] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-jollygood-19>[
21] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-20>[22]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-21>McDaniel
has filed reports with the United
Nations Commission on Human
Rights<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights>
,[23] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-22> and
the International
Criminal Court <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court>.[
24] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-23>

He documented extrajudicial killings during the anti-drugs push of
Thailand's prime minister Thaksin
Shinawatra<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra>in 2003.
[25]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-NYtimes2003april8-24>
[26] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-25>[27]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-26>
[28]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-ALRC2005april-27>
[29] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-28>[30]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-29>
[31]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-nation2007nov-30>
[32] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-31>[33]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-HRWgraves-32>

For example, Matthew McDaniel and three of his associates (Itaru Furuta,
Katharine Ricke, and Lisa Friedland) documented the June 20, 2003 killing of
Leeh Huuh.[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-akhajournal-18>
[34] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-33> McDaniel
reported:
"*TODAY. Two days ago Leeh Huuh, other son of Ah Nah Burh Chay and Loh Pah
Ah Sauh were called to the Phrao police station. The police left a notice
with Loh Pah's wife which she had to sign. TODAY at 8am these two men left
for the police station. They were ambushed on the road and shot to death. We
saw the bodies which we photographed. Police at Phrao police station denied
knowledge of the details of the case that we already
knew.*"[35]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-34>
[36] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-35>

The first photo below is of Leeh Huuh and his wife in 2002. The next three
photos are of Leeh Huuh's body on June 20, 2003. The last photo is of two
Akha wives whose husbands had been killed earlier that day of June 20, 2003.
Leeh Huuh's wife is on the right side. Matthew McDaniel took the photos.
   [image: Leehhuuh1.jpg] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leehhuuh1.jpg>
   [image: Leehhuuh.jpg] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leehhuuh.jpg>
   [image: Leehhuuh1a.jpg]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leehhuuh1a.jpg>
   [image: Leehhuuhbullet1.jpg]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leehhuuhbullet1.jpg>
    [image: Wivesweep.jpg] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wivesweep.jpg>

Thailand's English-language newspaper *The
Nation*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_%28Thailand%29>reported
on the drug war in November 2007:

Of 2,500 deaths in the government's war on drugs in 2003, a fact-finding
panel has found that more than half were not involved in drugs at all. At a
brainstorming session, a representative from the Office of Narcotics Control
Board (ONCB) Tuesday disclosed that as many as 1,400 people were killed and
labeled as drug suspects despite the fact that they had no link to drugs.

Prosecutor Kunlapon Ponlawan said "it was not difficult to investigate
extra-judicial
killings <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-judicial_killings> carried out
by police officers as the trigger-pullers usually
confessed."[31]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-nation2007nov-30>
[37] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-36>

The January 24, 2008 edition of *The
Economist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist>
* reported that "over half of those killed in 2003 had no links to the drugs
trade. The panel blamed the violence on a government 'shoot-to-kill' policy
based on flawed blacklists. But far from leading to the prosecutions of
those involved, its findings have been buried. The outgoing interim prime
minister, Surayud Chulanont <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont>,
took office vowing to right Mr Thaksin's wrongs. Yet this week he said there
was insufficient evidence to take legal action over the killings. It is easy
to see why the tide has turned. Sunai Phasuk, a researcher for Human Rights
Watch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch>, a lobbying group,
says that the panel's original report named the politicians who egged on the
gunmen. But after the
PPP<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Power_Party_%28Thailand%29>won
last month's elections, those names were omitted."
[38]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-economist24jan08-37>

*The New York Times
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*reported on April 8,
2003:

Since the death of 9-year-old Chakraphan, there have been frequent reports
in the Thai press of summary executions and their innocent victims. There
was the 16-month-old girl who was shot dead along with her mother, Raiwan
Khwanthongyen. There was the pregnant woman, Daranee Tasanawadee, who was
killed in front of her two young sons. There was the 8-year-old boy, Jirasak
Unthong, who was the only witness to the killing of his parents as they
headed home from a temple fair. There was Suwit Baison, 23, a cameraman for
a local television station, who fell to his knees in tears in front of Mr.
Thaksin and begged for an investigation into the killing of his parents. His
stepfather had once been arrested for smoking marijuana, Mr. Suwit said.
When the police offered to drop the charge if he would admit to using
methamphetamines, he opted instead to pay the $100 fine for marijuana use.
Both parents were shot dead as they returned home from the police station on
a motorbike. Mr. Suwit said 10 other people in his neighborhood had also
been killed after surrendering to the
police.[25]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-NYtimes2003april8-24>

On March 4, 2008 the *Asia Sentinel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Sentinel>
* reported:

The first war on drugs, as it was known, pretty much evolved into a war on
anybody the police decided to shoot. Under former premier Thaksin
Shinawatra, more than 2,800 people were killed over a three-month period
five years ago —about twice the normal murder rate of about 500 per month.
Appointed Premier Surayud
Chulanont<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont>half-heartedly
set up a commission to investigate the drugs war nearly a
year after the coup, but it had the effect of absolving the Thaksin
administration. The committee found that about 1,370 of those deaths were
related to drugs, while 878 were not. Another 571 people were killed for no
apparent reason, according to the panel, and police investigated just 80 of
those cases.[39]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#cite_note-asiasentinel2008mar4-38>


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eco

Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrests_timeline_by_drug.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 12 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than incarceration.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world
The U.S. incarceration rate on June 30, 2009 was 748 inmates per 100,000
U.S. residents, or 0.75%.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2200
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 7,225,800 people at
yearend 2009 were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole — about 3.1%
of adults in the U.S. resident population, or 1 in every 32 adults.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corr2.cfm

"On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black men were in prison or jail,
compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of white men." - U.S. Bureau of
Justice Statistics. See latest stats here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rate_by_race_2.gif

The majority of U.S. inmates are incarcerated due to the drug war!
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm
According to the New York Times, mandatory-minimum sentencing is the cause
of the astronomical U.S. incarceration rate, and there is no benefit in
reduced crime rates compared to other nations with much lower incarceration
rates. For details:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html
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MMM. Deadly Beating that Sparked Egypt Revolution

Eco Mann — 2011-02-04T15:19:59

Khaled Mohamed Saeed pages. With death torture photos:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/khaled-mohamed-said/125205124186046
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Khaled_Mohamed_Saeed

=== article begins ===

*The Deadly Beating that Sparked Egypt Revolution.* CBS News - Lara Logan -
‎Feb 2, 2011‎.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/02/eveningnews/main7311469.shtml

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Feb. 2, 2011 The Deadly Beating that Sparked Egypt Revolution Khaled Said's
Death Outraged Egyptians, Turning Messages from Internet Chat Rooms into
Protests in the Streets of Cairo

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Lara Logan reports on the story of a young Egyptian man, Khaled Said, who
tried to expose police corruption and was subsequently murdered. Now, with
an online presence, Said stands as a martyr to many in Egypt and beyond.

- [image: Khaled Said was beaten to death June 2010 by two policemen on a
public street. His death helped start the massive prostests in Egypt.]

Khaled Said was beaten to death June 2010 by two policemen on a public
street. His death helped start the massive prostests in Egypt. * (CBS)*

(CBS) ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Khaled Said's body was barely recognizable. The
28-year-old was beaten to death last June by two policemen on a public
street.

Retaliation, his friends believe, for a video Khaled posted on the internet.
It shows policemen allegedly sharing the spoils of a drug bust, reports CBS
News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan.

"All of us are Khaled Said, because all of us might face the same destiny at
any point in time," said one man, who would only speak to CBS News if his
identity was hidden. He is one of the key organizers of the protests that
have rocked Egypt.

The man said Khaled's death was definitely a catalyst for the people's
revolution.

The disturbing image of Khaled's broken face was posted on Facebook. The
image quickly sparked a cyber campaign that spread outrage amongst Egypt's
youth.

They took that message from internet chat rooms to the streets of Cairo,
just days after his death, and then to Khaled's home town of Alexandria.

His story spread and Khaled Said, a middle-class businessman, became an
explosive symbol of police brutality under Hosni Mubarak's rule captured on
internet videos.

The abuse seen in internet videos is just a glimpse of what Egyptians say
they've lived with for decades.

"Khaled was lucky, let's be honest," said a man. "Because many people were
killed or tortured but no one knows about them."

And nobody knows their names.

"Their names, the details, what happened after their death, no one knows,"
the man said.

Khaled Said's story -- and the revolution it inspired -- is now a permanent
part of Egyptian history.

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Please forward.

Live video coverage of Egypt protests:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction - another million-strong
march. Yearly. Worldwide.

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MMM. Live. YouTube - Al Jazeera English Channel.

Eco Mann — 2011-02-03T13:19:54

http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish

This live video is down at times:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now

Wikipedia info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English

Please forward.

MMM. John Sinclair, Dana Beal, Detroit Metro Times.

Eco Mann — 2011-02-03T12:02:04

John Sinclair discusses Dana Beal in the last part of this article.

=== article begins ===

Detroit Metro Times - *John
Sinclair<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_%28poet%29>
* - ‎Feb 2, 2011‎. *Emphasis* added.
http://metrotimes.com/columns/read-the-news-oh-boy-1.1098701

Higher Ground
Read the news ... oh, boy Still shrill: Opponents of pot as histrionic as
ever.

By *John Sinclair.<http://metrotimes.com/archives/authors?author=John%20Sinclair>
*

Published: February 2, 2011.

I said goodbye to Amsterdam after a long and productive winter spent living
and working in the bosom of my extended family at Radio Free Amsterdam,
serving as poet in residence at the 420 Café and daily enjoying the freedom
to smoke marijuana at will whether one is sick or not.

Arriving at the London St. Pancras train station, I caught the Piccadilly
tube to my modest quarters at the Headpress bunker in Wood Green and picked
up a copy of the *Evening Standard* on the way, only to find a full-blown
revival of the *Reefer Madness* approach on the front page of the Health &
Beauty* *section from a writer named Sophie Goodchild: "OUT OF THEIR MINDS:
THE TRUTH ABOUT TEENS, CANNABIS AND PSYCHOSIS."

"The award-winning foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn describes how his
son Henry turned from talented artist to disheveled wreck," Sophie reports.

"'He stopped shaving or washing his hair and went barefoot, so his feet
became septic. He also soiled his jeans more than once.'

"Author Julie Myerson also knows how excessive cannabis use can threaten to
wreck families," Sophie goes on. "Her son Jake became hooked on the potent
'skunk' form of cannabis and Myerson was forced to throw him out of the
family home in south London."

Harry Anslinger must be dancing in his grave to hear this drivel. A sidebar
titled "CANNABIS: THE LOWS" proclaims "You may have a problem if you answer
'yes' to any of the following:

1) "Do you ever get high alone?" Every day, lady, every day!

5) "When your stash is nearly empty, do you feel anxious or worried about
how to get more?" Every time, lady, every time — unless I'm in Amsterdam,
where they always have exactly what you want at the hash counter, any time
you want it. No anxiety there! And in Michigan now, only when one's
caregiver hasn't arrived by the appointed hour or it's after closing at the
compassionate care center.

Me, I'm addicted to newspapers, and I follow the global cannabis news pretty
closely, but it's been quite a while since this particular tack has been
taken. Generally marijuana seems to be considered basically harmless and is
grudgingly conceded even to have positive medicinal properties, but it gets
you high and there's supposedly something fundamentally wrong with that.

Bang! The woodwork squeaks and out come all the freaks of law enforcement to
terrorize and abuse the smoking population for several generations, in ways
and with means way too vast to enumerate here. Plus which, as they say,
there's the "preaching to the choir" factor where the speaker keeps saying
the same things over and over again and everyone says "amen" and outside the
church the sinners and the greedheads and the money-changers just keep on
stepping.

My problem is that the more I think about it the madder I get. Despite the
reams of righteous information and reasonable argument against the idiotic
War on Drugs and the insufferable ignorance and brutality with which it is
waged, hundreds of thousands of marijuana smokers continue to be victimized
and persecuted by its relentless minions, dragged through the courts and
jails and "treatment programs," imprisoned, stripped of their rights, and
treated like vicious criminals.

But in the end it's all about getting high — and what's wrong with that?
They get high and we don't put them in prison. You can't even read the *Metro
Times* online without a bunch of vodka all up in your face, but you have to
worry about getting searched and arrested every time you leave the pad
because you've got a couple of joints in your pocket? Or be getting high and
listening to some records and the storm troopers come busting into your
house like you had John Dillinger in there with you?

Like Richard Pryor said, "How long? How long must this bullshit go on?" And
I guess the answer is, as long as we let them get away with it. It's a big
job to end the War on Drugs, because even though it's been well-established
that the emperor is completely bereft of clothing, he still has his Army and
Navy and Marine Corps and their local equivalents, his legions of prison
guards and employees, his endless ranks of lawyers and court personnel to
churn the reeking cauldron of "justice" — or to cite the late brother Pryor
again, "just us."

If you want a perfect example of what this mess is really about, look no
further than to the immediate north of Detroit, where the law enforcement
establishment of Oakland County and several of its communities continue to
punish marijuana smokers — even state-sanctioned medical marijuana patients
and their licensed suppliers ("caregivers") — as if the state's marijuana
laws had not actually been severely altered by the action of a majority of
its voters.

But the nature of the law doesn't really bother the forces of enforcement as
long as they can get away with their devilishment and keep raking in the
proceeds from the state Legislature and the county commissioners and the
searches and seizures and confiscations that are their rewards for trying to
keep us from getting high or simply taking our medicine.

*
Books:* I read in AlterNet of a pair of books that bear on our subject,
however tangentially. This first is by a guy I knew back in the day, when he
was attending the University of Michigan, Daniel Okrent, who's gone on to
wide journalistic acclaim. *Last Call: The Rise and Fall of
Prohibition*(Scribner) deals with the period "when booze was banned
but pot was not" and
is instructive for its study of an illegal substance and the culture that
grew out of it, and also for pointing out that alcohol prohibition lasted
only 12 years while ours has been going on eight or nine times longer than
even the War in Afghanistan.

James Cockcroft's *Mexico's Revolution: Then and Now* (Monthly Review Press)
raises the question: "What are the U.S.'s Real motives for launching a drug
war in Mexico?" and, in the words of the AlterNet reviewer, "exposes the
thinking behind U.S. narcotrafficking policy and the militarization of
Mexico and further south."

*
Prisoners:* My heart goes out to my old friend and comrade *Dana Beal*,
who's just suffered his third bust in three years for driving loads of
marijuana and/or money across the United States, something he's done for
about 40 years now. Beal claims in one case to have been delivering a
vanload of medical marijuana to patients in Michigan, in another to have
just collected a sizable cash donation towards the establishment of an
ibogaine clinic just outside the U.S. borders. Beal runs Cures Not Wars, and
organizes the *Global Marijuana March* each May.

Beal's in his 60s and still being persecuted. Two other close friends of
mine from the same generation are currently serving federal time for
large-scale marijuana violations, and just in case they let these guys read
the newspapers, let's send a big Detroit shout-out to brother Eddy Lepp in
California and Gorgeous George Kucewicz in New Jersey.

Finally, maybe you noticed the snide references to marijuana use in
connection with the creep in Arizona who shot up all those people. "I was
trying to tell him, you know, you need to get your life on the right track,"
a friend of his testified to *The Washington Post*, adding that he believed
Loughner was using marijuana, saying, "I was telling him about God and all
that. And he broke down crying, and he gave me a big ol' hug, and said,
'Thank you, you're one of the only ones that ever listened to me.'"

I hate to take a cheap shot, but maybe he should've stuck with marijuana.

*—London, January 27-28, 2011*

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See: http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

*Grass: History of Marijuana<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_%281999_film%29>
.* 1999 Canadian documentary film narrated by *Woody
Harrelson<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrelson>
*. Youtube link <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sknoKWsVlAA>. At 39 minutes
20 seconds see the original way to *shotgun*
marijuana<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_%28cannabis%29>.
At 59 min 20 sec there is the song for *John
Sinclair<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_%28poet%29>
* by *John Lennon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon>* December 10,
1971 in Ann Arbor,
Michigan<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan>.
See also: 2010 April 3. Ann Arbor Hash
Bash<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page#2010_April_3._Ann_Arbor_Hash_Bash>.

2010 April 3. Ann Arbor Hash Bash
<http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/6/61/Ann_Arbor_2010_Monroe_Street_Fair.jpg>
*Monroe Street Fair <http://www.monroestreetfair.com/>* in *Ann
Arbor<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Ann_Arbor>
*. With *John Sinclair<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_%28poet%29>
*. April 3, 2010.

<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter>

*Hash Bash. Ann Arbor,* Michigan,
USA<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan,_USA>.

"The Hash Bash in Ann Arbor is the *Nation's oldest marijuana Rally.*"
[15]<http://www.annarborhashbash.us/Hash_Bash_History.htm>.
There have been other cannabis rallies in the USA before 1972, but they
haven't continued on for as many years. Info follows from *Hash
Bash<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_Bash>
* (Wikipedia): The *first Hash Bash* was held on *Saturday, April 1 1972* in
response to the March 9th 1972 decision by Michigan Supreme Court declaring
unconstitutional the law used to convict cultural activist *John
Sinclair<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_%28poet%29>
* for possession of two marijuana joints. This action left the State of
Michigan without a law prohibiting the use of marijuana until after the
weekend of April 1 1972.
<http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/9/9f/Ann_Arbor_2010_Hash_Bash.jpg>
*Cheech Marin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheech_Marin>* and *Tommy
Chong<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Chong>
*. April 3, at *Ann Arbor’s Michigan
Theater<http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/cheech-and-chongs-tour-features-an-april-stop-in-ann-arbor/>
*. Image info<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ann_Arbor_2010_Hash_Bash.jpg>
.

<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter>

YouTube link <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbNQnQCZReY>. The song for *John
Sinclair <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_%28poet%29>* by *John
Lennon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon>*. December 10, 1971 in Ann
Arbor, Michigan <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan>.
Excerpt from lyrics <http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/john-lennon/john-sinclair>:
*If he was the CIA,* *Selling dope and making hay,* *He'd be free, they'd
let him be.* *Breathing air, like you and me.*
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eco

Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrests_timeline_by_drug.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 12 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than incarceration.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world
The U.S. incarceration rate on June 30, 2009 was 748 inmates per 100,000
U.S. residents, or 0.75%.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2200
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 7,225,800 people at
yearend 2009 were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole — about 3.1%
of adults in the U.S. resident population, or 1 in every 32 adults.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corr2.cfm

"On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black men were in prison or jail,
compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of white men." - U.S. Bureau of
Justice Statistics. See latest stats here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rate_by_race_2.gif

The majority of U.S. inmates are incarcerated due to the drug war!
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm
According to the New York Times, mandatory-minimum sentencing is the cause
of the astronomical U.S. incarceration rate, and there is no benefit in
reduced crime rates compared to other nations with much lower incarceration
rates. For details:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm

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MMM. Million-Strong March in Cairo, Egypt. Feb. 1, 2011.

Eco Mann — 2011-02-01T02:46:10

Opposition leaders called for protesters to participate in a Million-Strong
March (literally the "March of One Million" from the Arabic مسيرة مليون) on
February 1st, 2011 from Cairo's Tahrir
Square<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir_Square>to the Presidential
Palace in
Heliopolis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliopolis>.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests

Google News <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News>. Search for
"Million-Strong
March"<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Million-Strong+March%22&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1>
.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Million-Strong+March%22&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Marijuana_March


  <http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg>Albert
Einstein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein>

 <http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/b/bd/Beal-pot_parade-1994.jpg>Dana
Beal <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Dana_Beal>. 1994 marijuana march in New
York City.

 <http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/3/31/MarkTwain.LOC.jpg>Mark
Twain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain>

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eco

Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrests_timeline_by_drug.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 12 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than incarceration.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world
The U.S. incarceration rate on June 30, 2009 was 748 inmates per 100,000
U.S. residents, or 0.75%.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2200
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 7,225,800 people at
yearend 2009 were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole — about 3.1%
of adults in the U.S. resident population, or 1 in every 32 adults.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corr2.cfm

"On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black men were in prison or jail,
compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of white men." - U.S. Bureau of
Justice Statistics.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rate_by_race_2.gif

The majority of U.S. inmates are incarcerated due to the drug war!
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm
According to the New York Times, mandatory-minimum sentencing is the cause
of the astronomical U.S. incarceration rate, and there is no benefit in
reduced crime rates compared to other nations with much lower incarceration
rates. For details:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm


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MMM. Dana Beal arrested in Wisconsin. More info.

Eco Mann — 2011-01-14T09:51:43

*More info: *
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Dana_Beal - scroll down the page.

http://www.google.com/images?q=%22dana+beal%22 - photos of Dana Beal.
http://www.google.com/news?q=%22dana+beal%22 - *news. *Then
also click on Google's blog and "Realtime" searches in the "More" drop-down
menu.
http://www.google.com

Please forward.


=== Article begins ===

*
Dana Beal busted
again<http://www.thevillager.com/villager_403/policeblotter.html>
.* *The Villager <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villager>. January 13 -
19, 2011* issue. (*Emphasis* added).
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_403/policeblotter.html

*Dana Beal busted again*

Dana Beal, an East Village medical marijuana activist who runs Cures Not
Wars and organizes the annual Global Marijuana March in May, was arrested on
Thurs., Jan. 6, with 186 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in
*Barneveld,
Wisconsin,* according to CelebStoner.com. He and the car’s driver, Lance
Ramer of Omaha, Nebraska, are being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond each in
the Iowa County jail in *Dodgeville, Wisconsin.*

Beal is still facing charges in Nebraska where he was arrested in 2009 after
authorities found 150 pounds of marijuana in the van he was riding in. In
2008, he was arrested in Illinois for possession of a small amount of
marijuana and $150,000 in cash. He pleaded guilty to the Illinois marijuana
charge and paid a fine, but the $150,000 in cash that was seized was not
returned.

*Beal last year told The Villager* that the pot in the *Nebraska arrest* was
acquired in California, and that *he was planning to deliver it to medical
marijuana buyers’ clubs in Michigan and New York City.*


=== article ends ===

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. <http://images.wikia.com/cannabis/images/b/bd/Beal-pot_parade-1994.jpg>

<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter>

   - Facebook: Dana Beal <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1415501313>.

   - Wikipedia: Dana Beal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Beal>.
   - Wikipedia: Global Marijuana
March<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March>.

   - Wikipedia: Category:Ibogaine
activists<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ibogaine_activists>.

   - Videos: Google video search for Dana
Beal<http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Dana+Beal%22#>.

   - Wikia: Global Marijuana
March<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March>.

   - Template:GMM signup
contacts<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Template:GMM_signup_contacts>.

   - Google News archive searches of media articles mentioning Dana Beal: "Dana
   Beal" <http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22dana+beal%22>. "Dana
   Beal" marijuana<http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22dana+beal%22+marijuana>.

   - http://www.google.com/images?q=%22dana+beal%22 - Google image search.
   - http://www.google.com/news?q=%22dana+beal%22 - *recent news.*
   - *Google "Realtime" search for Dana
Beal<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22dana+beal%22&tbs=mbl:1>
   .*
   - *Blog search. Sorted by
date<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22dana+beal%22&tbs=blg:1,sbd:1>
   .*


*See also:*

   - *Dana Beal busted
again<http://www.thevillager.com/villager_403/policeblotter.html>
   .* *The Villager <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villager>. January 13
   - 19, 2011* issue.
   - Facebook: Aron Kay (pieman) <http://www.facebook.com/pieman420>.
   - "Omahan: Drug breaks meth's
grip."<http://www.omaha.com/article/20100704/NEWS01/707049907>
   2 <http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/1527>. By
   Paul Hammel. July 4, 2010. Omaha
World-Herald<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_World-Herald>.

   - Cyprus IndyMedia: Dana Beal is out of Jail - Freedom for all Friends of
   Cannabis!<http://cyprusindymedia.blogspot.com/2009/11/dana-beal-is-our-of-jail-freedom-for.html>.
   Nov. 8, 2009.
   - DRCnet article on Dana Beal's 2009 arrest in Nebraska. Many
links<http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/603/dana_beal_arrested_marijuana_nebraska>.
   On September 30, 2009 Dana Beal was arrested in Ashland,
Nebraska<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Nebraska>which is 40
miles away from Omaha,
   Nebraska <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska>.
   - Facebook group: Free Dana Beal, Free
Ourselves<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=143405647913>.

   - Wikia: Omaha, Nebraska <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska>.

   - Wikia: New York City, New York,
USA<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/New_York_City,_New_York,_USA>.

   -

Dana Beal marches at the head of the New York
City<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/New_York_City>Marijuana March in
1994. This was before the Global
Marijuana March
<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March>began in 1999.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dana_Beal_1994.jpg
[image: File:Dana Beal
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 Description Dana Beal 1994.jpg
*English:* Dana Beal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Beal> marches at the
head of the New York City
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City>Marijuana March in 1994.
  Date

1994(1994)
  Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beal-pot_parade-1994.jpg
  Author

User:FlyingCoyote <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FlyingCoyote> on
English wikipedia. Comment from the original upload page: "*I am the
photographer, which I clearly stated LAST time I uploaded this image but
orphanbot is like psychotic pit bull on acid sometimes.*"
  Permission
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Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrests_timeline_by_drug.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 12 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than incarceration.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world
The U.S. incarceration rate on June 30, 2009 was 748 inmates per 100,000
U.S. residents, or 0.75%.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2200
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 7,225,800 people at
yearend 2009 were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole — about 3.1%
of adults in the U.S. resident population, or 1 in every 32 adults.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corr2.cfm

"On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black men were in prison or jail,
compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of white men." - U.S. Bureau of
Justice Statistics.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rate_by_race_2.gif

The majority of U.S. inmates are incarcerated due to the drug war!
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm
According to the New York Times, mandatory-minimum sentencing is the cause
of the astronomical U.S. incarceration rate, and there is no benefit in
reduced crime rates compared to other nations with much lower incarceration
rates. For details:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm


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*See also: A nation of poor dumbass sheep led by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh,
and George Noory<http://talkradiobeast.blogspot.com/2010/01/nation-of-sheep.html>
.*   *
*
 Polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches, Hempfests, open
activism<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html>.

 *Note: This post has been updated since the original date of posting. See
also: Canadian opinion poll
results<http://frankdiscussion.netfirms.com/info_statistics.html>,
and the Cannabis Wiki <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page>.*

<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/TPpV7WSKMzI/AAAAAAAAANM/TyTWhjUXrCc/s1600/Willie_Nelson.jpg>
*Facebook:* Teapot Party. <http://www.facebook.com/TeapotParty> Chapters in
all 50 states in less than a week!
Willie Nelson forms Teapot Party to advocate marijuana
legalization<http://www.examiner.com/music-industry-in-nashville/willie-nelson-forms-teapot-party-to-advocate-marijuana-legalization>
Examiner.com - ‎Nov 29, 2010‎.
"How about the *Teapot Party*?" *Nelson* proposed in an email to
CelebStoner.com. "Our motto: *We lean a little to the left*." The
entertainer's bus was stopped at *...*
*Willie Nelson* Wants Marijuana Legalization "*Teapot
Party*"<http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_1_aa&usg=AFQjCNGBW96PYUJCFnbRBv_Y29VMCfQHqA&cid=17593823468226&ei=Xif6TID2LIWY8QS9_bafAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstopthedrugwar.org%2Fchronicle%2F2010%2Fnov%2F28%2Fwillie_nelson_wants_marijuana_le>
Drug
War Chronicle
*Willie Nelson* responds to his newest arrest by starting a National Pot *
Party* *...* <http://mog.com/blog_post/content/1144/2566500> MOG (blog)
*Willie Nelson*, Legalization of Marijuana and the Tea
*Party*<http://www.rantrave.com/Rant/Willie-Nelson-Legalization-of-Marijuana-and-the-Tea-Party.aspx>
RantRave
| Published Opinion.
Men's News Daily<http://cannabis.mensnewsdaily.com/2010/11/29/willie-nelson-after-his-most-recent-pot-arrest-let%E2%80%99s-start-a-tea-pot-party/>
-
jambands.com<http://www.jambands.com/news/2010/11/29/willie-nelson-busted-for-pot>
all 1,005 news articles
»<http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dwe5j6dqVmDvgKM2pbUcQY_CZoBwM>

<http://www.overthelimit.info/entertainment/2010/11/30/willie-nelson-arrested-marijuana-possession/>
--------------------
Polls 10-11 years after* the first Global Marijuana March in May
1999<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_1999>
:*
-------------------------------

------------------------------
*October 28, 2010.*
*New High of 46% of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana.* *Gallup
poll<http://www.gallup.com/poll/144086/New-High-Americans-Support-Legalizing-Marijuana.aspx>
.*
------------------------------
*July 26, 2010.*
Rasmussen poll<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2010/43_say_marijuana_should_be_legalized_42_disagree>.
*43%* Say *Marijuana Should Be Legalized,* and *42% Disagree*. "While half
of Democrats (51%) support legalizing marijuana, *62% of Republicans are
opposed.* Voters not affiliated with either major political party lean
toward legalization by a 48% to 35% margin."
------------------------------
*December 2009. All U.S. voters:*
A *December 2009 poll* by *Angus Reid Public
Opinion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Reid_Public_Opinion>
* finds that *53% of Americans support legalizing marijuana,* 43% oppose,
and 4% are not sure. See: Most Americans Support Legalizing
Marijuana<http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/34651/most_americans_support_legalizing_marijuana>.
Poll question was *"Do you support or oppose the legalization of each of the
following drugs?"* Methodology: *"Online interviews with 1,004 American
voters, conducted on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per
cent."*
------------------------------
*April 2009. All U.S. adults:*
"*It’s not just a California poll. A WashingtonPost/ABC survey, also
released last week, revealed that 46 percent of Americans support
legalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal use — that’s double
the support it had a decade ago.*" - May 6, 2009. *Christian Science
Monitor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science_Monitor>
.* Article titled "Legalize marijuana? Schwarzenegger says let’s
debate it."<http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/05/06/legalize-marijuana-schwarzenegger-says-lets-debate-it>Actual
poll: "Washington
Post-ABC News Poll"<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_042609.html>.
Poll conducted *April 21-24, 2009* of a random national sample of adults. *The
Washington Post <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post>*. *ABC
News <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News>*.
*In general, do you favor or oppose legalizing the possession of small
amounts of marijuana for personal use?*   *Date* *Favor* *Oppose* *No
opinion*  *4/24/09* *46* *52* 2  10/24/02* 39 53 8  5/27/97 22 75 3  8/26/86
25 74 1  5/19/86 22 77 1  4/28/86 23 75 1  3/24/86 21 78 1  5/13/85 26
72 2  *Time/CNN:
"*Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana? (IF YES) What about
in small amounts, for example three ounces or less? Do you favor or oppose
the legalization of marijuana in small amounts?*"
------------------------------
*April 2009. 2008 U.S. presidential election voters*:*
"*The Zogby poll, commissioned by the conservative-leaning O'Leary Report,
surveyed 3,937 voters and found 52 percent in favor of legalization. Only 37
percent opposed.*" - May 6, 2009. "Majority Of Americans Want Pot Legalized:
Zogby Poll"<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/06/majority-of-americans-wan_n_198196.html>.
*The Huffington Post
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post>.*See also: "New
Poll: 52% Say Marijuana Should Be Legal, Taxed,
Regulated."<http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may062009/mj_zogby_5-6-09.php>May
06, 2009.
*Salem-News.com <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,_Oregon#Media>*. "Is
marijuana tax the next revenue
stream?"<http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/5414>,
by Michael B. Farrell. May 11, 2009. *Chicago
Sun-Times<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times>
*.
***3,937 voters weighted to match the 2008 presidential outcome -- 54
percent Obama voters and 46 percent McCain supporters. Voters were
asked: "*Scarce
law enforcement and prison resources, a desire to neutralize drug cartels
and the need for new sources of revenue have resurrected the topic of
legalizing marijuana. Proponents say it makes sense to tax and regulate the
drug while opponents say that legalization would lead marijuana users to use
other illegal drugs. Would you favor or oppose the government's effort to
legalize marijuana?*"

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* Please distribute widely. *

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[image:
America the free???]<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/S2i0GVxGM_I/AAAAAAAAAHI/PBAIW6MBUV8/s320/America_the_free.gif>
*Wikipedia:* *Global Marijuana
March<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March>
* - Click the photo just below to enlarge it, and for more info.
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Protests_Madrid_2004_2.jpg>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Protests_Madrid_2004_2.jpg>*
Madrid, Spain. May 8, 2004. Million Joint March* (La Marcha del Millón de
Porros en Madrid, Mayo 2004). More info and photos:
[2]<http://gallery.marihemp.com/madrid2004may8>
[3] <http://www.cannabiscafe.net/foros/archive/index.php/t-28688.html>
[4]<http://usuarios.lycos.es/adoblecero/millonmarihuana/millonporros.htm>.
Part of the Million Marijuana March (MMM).
 <http://gallery.marihemp.com/toronto2009mmm/GMMflags.jpg>
*Toronto. May 2, 2009.* Global Marijuana March
2009<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Basic_2009_GMM_city_list>.
See full-size photo<http://gallery.marihemp.com/toronto2009mmm/GMMflags.jpg>.
Cannabis.wikia.com page: Toronto, Ontario,
Canada<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada>
.

  *May 1, 2010 <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010>*
*.
Global Marijuana March.
Click the map to go to the 2010 city list by region:*

[image: About this image] <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Map.png>
 ---


<http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/Sz2E_Exn9gI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/6Pmk5Zuk1I4/s1600-h/World_incarceration_map.gif>
World map showing number of prisoners per 100,000 citizens. Click
here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prisoner_population_rate_UN_HDR_2007_2008.PNG>to
enlarge it, and for more info. See also:
*List of countries by incarceration
rate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate>
*.
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 <http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7042>
-----------------------------------------

The chart below is in the public domain. Click
*here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Total_US_inmates_2007-8.gif>
* for more info. *With* less than *5% of world
population<http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html>
* the *USA* has over *2.4
million<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>
* of *9.8 million world
prisoners<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>.
*This table is from a December 2009 U.S. Bureau of Justice
Statistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bureau_of_Justice_Statistics>report
called Prisoners
in 2008 <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1763> (NCJ
228417). Table is from page 8 of the PDF
file<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>.
(Sources: 1. <http://nicic.org/Library/022140>
2.<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab.cfm>
3. <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=11>
4.<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>
5. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate>
6.<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>).
The *majority <http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm>* of U.S. inmates
are in due to the *drug war*. The *number of inmates* in the *USA* has
*increased
almost 5 times over since
1980*<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>.
[1] <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab.cfm>. According
to a New York Times article, mandatory minimum
sentences<http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html>are the
cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the U.S. incarceration
rate that dwarfs all other nations. The article reports that there is no
benefit in reduced crime rates compared to other nations (such as Canada)
with much lower incarceration rates. They also have much lower murder rates.
<http://www.blogger.com/goog_1264670039521>
 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Total_US_inmates_2007-8.gif>
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MMM. Fwd: [yippies] pieman's latest situation. Aron Kay

Eco Mann — 2011-01-06T22:02:57

http://www.facebook.com/pieman420
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yippies
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yippies/message/11551

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ARON KAY <pieman-DqjJwjSz99cdnm+yROfE0A< at >public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Subject: [yippies] pieman's latest situation
To: yippies-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw< at >public.gmane.org, AGR-sW7atkIuDv7Hxnf+QNSuNQ< at >public.gmane.org, nygreen-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw< at >public.gmane.org,
actiongreens-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw< at >public.gmane.org, Tim Brick <tfbrick-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>,
themillionmarijuanamarch-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw< at >public.gmane.org

*dear comrades:
many of you know i am dealing w/health issues pertaining to weight and my
ulcerated legs.....i am a patient at the brookhaven rehab center in far
rockaway, ny for a temporary period of time,,,,,i miss everyone due to my
illness therefore i would like to hear from those who care......i would like
visitors and i can use snail mail and phone calls....
my snail mail address is : aron kay; 510 brighton beach avenue pmb 180;
brooklyn, ny 11235. my phone number is 347-962-5024......
thanks for hearing me out
kick repukelikkkan ass
*

MMM. Snoop Dogg's Got Willie's Back. Willie Nelson's Teapot Party.

Eco Mann — 2010-12-07T12:28:59

http://www.tmz.com/2010/12/06/snoop-dogg-willie-nelson-arrested-weed-pot-marijuana-video

[image: Eco Man] <http://www.facebook.com/ecommm?ref=mf>
Eco Man <http://www.facebook.com/ecommm> via Willie Nelson's Teapot
Party<http://www.facebook.com/TeapotParty>:
Willie Nelson: "There's the Tea Party. How about the Teapot Party? Our
motto: We lean a little to the left."
http://hightimes.com/news/rick/6833 - (scroll down).
<http://www.celebstoner.com/201012075403/news/celebstoner-news/snoop-dogg-defends-willie-nelson.html>
Snoop Dogg's Got Willie's
Back<http://www.celebstoner.com/201012075403/news/celebstoner-news/snoop-dogg-defends-willie-nelson.html>
www.celebstoner.com
"What you think you gonna gain by arresting Willie Nelson?" asks Snoop Dogg.
"He got out and he's back smoking right now. Willie, I love you to death.
You my people. If you got a problem with Willie Nelson, you got a problem
with me..."
2 minutes ago <http://www.facebook.com/ecommm/posts/175446382484392> · Like
Unlike · Comment ·
Share<http://www.facebook.com/ajax/share_dialog.php?s=99&appid=2309869772&p[]=650168178&p[]=175446382484392&action_link=share>

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eco

Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than the astronomical incarceration rates of
the USA.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

Over 7.2 million people were on probation or parole, or incarcerated in jail
or prison at yearend 2006. The statistics and quotes are from the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. "About 3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or 1
in every 31 adults, were incarcerated or on probation or parole at yearend
2006."
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_correctional_population_timeline.gif

The majority of U.S. prisoners are incarcerated due to the drug war! The
National Rifle Association is largely responsible due to its state-by-state
lobbying for mandatory minimum sentencing, also known as "Truth in
Sentencing." According to the New York Times, mandatory minimums are the
cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the incarceration rate that
dwarfs all other nations. And there is no benefit in reduced crime rates
compared to other nations with much lower incarceration rates. For details:
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm

U.S. cannabis arrests 1965 to 2008. Charts.
http://www.swivel.com/charts/11592
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrests_timeline_by_drug.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif

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MMM. Willie Nelson's Teapot Party. "We lean a little to the left." Facebook groups!

Eco Mann — 2010-12-04T15:38:46

*See also: A nation of poor dumbass sheep led by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh,
and George Noory<http://talkradiobeast.blogspot.com/2010/01/nation-of-sheep.html>
.*   *
*
 Polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches, Hempfests, open
activism<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html>.

 *Note: This post has been updated since the original date of posting. See
also: Canadian opinion poll
results<http://frankdiscussion.netfirms.com/info_statistics.html>,
and the Cannabis Wiki <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page>.*

<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/TPpV7WSKMzI/AAAAAAAAANM/TyTWhjUXrCc/s1600/Willie_Nelson.jpg>
*Facebook:* Teapot Party. <http://www.facebook.com/TeapotParty> Chapters in
all 50 states in less than a week!
Willie Nelson forms Teapot Party to advocate marijuana
legalization<http://www.examiner.com/music-industry-in-nashville/willie-nelson-forms-teapot-party-to-advocate-marijuana-legalization>
Examiner.com - ‎Nov 29, 2010‎.
"How about the *Teapot Party*?" *Nelson* proposed in an email to
CelebStoner.com. "Our motto: *We lean a little to the left*." The
entertainer's bus was stopped at *...*
*Willie Nelson* Wants Marijuana Legalization "*Teapot
Party*"<http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_1_aa&usg=AFQjCNGBW96PYUJCFnbRBv_Y29VMCfQHqA&cid=17593823468226&ei=Xif6TID2LIWY8QS9_bafAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstopthedrugwar.org%2Fchronicle%2F2010%2Fnov%2F28%2Fwillie_nelson_wants_marijuana_le>
Drug
War Chronicle
*Willie Nelson* responds to his newest arrest by starting a National Pot *
Party* *...* <http://mog.com/blog_post/content/1144/2566500> MOG (blog)
*Willie Nelson*, Legalization of Marijuana and the Tea
*Party*<http://www.rantrave.com/Rant/Willie-Nelson-Legalization-of-Marijuana-and-the-Tea-Party.aspx>
RantRave
| Published Opinion.
Men's News Daily<http://cannabis.mensnewsdaily.com/2010/11/29/willie-nelson-after-his-most-recent-pot-arrest-let%E2%80%99s-start-a-tea-pot-party/>
-
jambands.com<http://www.jambands.com/news/2010/11/29/willie-nelson-busted-for-pot>
all 1,005 news articles
»<http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dwe5j6dqVmDvgKM2pbUcQY_CZoBwM>

<http://www.overthelimit.info/entertainment/2010/11/30/willie-nelson-arrested-marijuana-possession/>
--------------------
Polls 10-11 years after* the first Global Marijuana March in May
1999<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_1999>
:*
-------------------------------

------------------------------
*October 28, 2010.*
*New High of 46% of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana.* *Gallup
poll<http://www.gallup.com/poll/144086/New-High-Americans-Support-Legalizing-Marijuana.aspx>
.*
------------------------------
*July 26, 2010.*
Rasmussen poll<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2010/43_say_marijuana_should_be_legalized_42_disagree>.
*43%* Say *Marijuana Should Be Legalized,* and *42% Disagree*. "While half
of Democrats (51%) support legalizing marijuana, *62% of Republicans are
opposed.* Voters not affiliated with either major political party lean
toward legalization by a 48% to 35% margin."
------------------------------
*December 2009. All U.S. voters:*
A *December 2009 poll* by *Angus Reid Public
Opinion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Reid_Public_Opinion>
* finds that *53% of Americans support legalizing marijuana,* 43% oppose,
and 4% are not sure. See: Most Americans Support Legalizing
Marijuana<http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/34651/most_americans_support_legalizing_marijuana>.
Poll question was *"Do you support or oppose the legalization of each of the
following drugs?"* Methodology: *"Online interviews with 1,004 American
voters, conducted on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per
cent."*
------------------------------
*April 2009. All U.S. adults:*
"*It’s not just a California poll. A WashingtonPost/ABC survey, also
released last week, revealed that 46 percent of Americans support
legalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal use — that’s double
the support it had a decade ago.*" - May 6, 2009. *Christian Science
Monitor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science_Monitor>
.* Article titled "Legalize marijuana? Schwarzenegger says let’s
debate it."<http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/05/06/legalize-marijuana-schwarzenegger-says-lets-debate-it>Actual
poll: "Washington
Post-ABC News Poll"<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_042609.html>.
Poll conducted *April 21-24, 2009* of a random national sample of adults. *The
Washington Post <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post>*. *ABC
News <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News>*.
*In general, do you favor or oppose legalizing the possession of small
amounts of marijuana for personal use?*   *Date* *Favor* *Oppose* *No
opinion*  *4/24/09* *46* *52* 2  10/24/02* 39 53 8  5/27/97 22 75 3  8/26/86
25 74 1  5/19/86 22 77 1  4/28/86 23 75 1  3/24/86 21 78 1  5/13/85 26
72 2  *Time/CNN:
"*Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana? (IF YES) What about
in small amounts, for example three ounces or less? Do you favor or oppose
the legalization of marijuana in small amounts?*"
------------------------------
*April 2009. 2008 U.S. presidential election voters*:*
"*The Zogby poll, commissioned by the conservative-leaning O'Leary Report,
surveyed 3,937 voters and found 52 percent in favor of legalization. Only 37
percent opposed.*" - May 6, 2009. "Majority Of Americans Want Pot Legalized:
Zogby Poll"<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/06/majority-of-americans-wan_n_198196.html>.
*The Huffington Post
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post>.*See also: "New
Poll: 52% Say Marijuana Should Be Legal, Taxed,
Regulated."<http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may062009/mj_zogby_5-6-09.php>May
06, 2009.
*Salem-News.com <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,_Oregon#Media>*. "Is
marijuana tax the next revenue
stream?"<http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/5414>,
by Michael B. Farrell. May 11, 2009. *Chicago
Sun-Times<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times>
*.
***3,937 voters weighted to match the 2008 presidential outcome -- 54
percent Obama voters and 46 percent McCain supporters. Voters were
asked: "*Scarce
law enforcement and prison resources, a desire to neutralize drug cartels
and the need for new sources of revenue have resurrected the topic of
legalizing marijuana. Proponents say it makes sense to tax and regulate the
drug while opponents say that legalization would lead marijuana users to use
other illegal drugs. Would you favor or oppose the government's effort to
legalize marijuana?*"

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*Wikipedia:* *Global Marijuana
March<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March>
* - Click the photo just below to enlarge it, and for more info.
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Protests_Madrid_2004_2.jpg>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Protests_Madrid_2004_2.jpg>*
Madrid, Spain. May 8, 2004. Million Joint March* (La Marcha del Millón de
Porros en Madrid, Mayo 2004). More info and photos:
[2]<http://gallery.marihemp.com/madrid2004may8>
[3] <http://www.cannabiscafe.net/foros/archive/index.php/t-28688.html>
[4]<http://usuarios.lycos.es/adoblecero/millonmarihuana/millonporros.htm>.
Part of the Million Marijuana March (MMM).
 <http://gallery.marihemp.com/toronto2009mmm/GMMflags.jpg>
*Toronto. May 2, 2009.* Global Marijuana March
2009<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Basic_2009_GMM_city_list>.
See full-size photo<http://gallery.marihemp.com/toronto2009mmm/GMMflags.jpg>.
Cannabis.wikia.com page: Toronto, Ontario,
Canada<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada>
.

  *May 1, 2010 <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010>*
*.
Global Marijuana March.
Click the map to go to the 2010 city list by region:*

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World map showing number of prisoners per 100,000 citizens. Click
here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prisoner_population_rate_UN_HDR_2007_2008.PNG>to
enlarge it, and for more info. See also:
*List of countries by incarceration
rate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate>
*.
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The chart below is in the public domain. Click
*here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Total_US_inmates_2007-8.gif>
* for more info. *With* less than *5% of world
population<http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html>
* the *USA* has over *2.4
million<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>
* of *9.8 million world
prisoners<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>.
*This table is from a December 2009 U.S. Bureau of Justice
Statistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bureau_of_Justice_Statistics>report
called Prisoners
in 2008 <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1763> (NCJ
228417). Table is from page 8 of the PDF
file<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>.
(Sources: 1. <http://nicic.org/Library/022140>
2.<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab.cfm>
3. <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=11>
4.<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>
5. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate>
6.<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>).
The *majority <http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm>* of U.S. inmates
are in due to the *drug war*. The *number of inmates* in the *USA* has
*increased
almost 5 times over since
1980*<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>.
[1] <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab.cfm>. According
to a New York Times article, mandatory minimum
sentences<http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html>are the
cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the U.S. incarceration
rate that dwarfs all other nations. The article reports that there is no
benefit in reduced crime rates compared to other nations (such as Canada)
with much lower incarceration rates. They also have much lower murder rates.
<http://www.blogger.com/goog_1264670039521>
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eco

Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than the astronomical incarceration rates of
the USA.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

Over 7.2 million people were on probation or parole, or incarcerated in jail
or prison at yearend 2006. The statistics and quotes are from the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. "About 3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or 1
in every 31 adults, were incarcerated or on probation or parole at yearend
2006."
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_correctional_population_timeline.gif

The majority of U.S. prisoners are incarcerated due to the drug war! The
National Rifle Association is largely responsible due to its state-by-state
lobbying for mandatory minimum sentencing, also known as "Truth in
Sentencing." According to the New York Times, mandatory minimums are the
cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the incarceration rate that
dwarfs all other nations. And there is no benefit in reduced crime rates
compared to other nations with much lower incarceration rates. For details:
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm

U.S. cannabis arrests 1965 to 2008. Charts.
http://www.swivel.com/charts/11592

--------------------------

MMM. LBJ, Halliburton, JFK assassination, prison building boom, drug war

Eco Mann — 2010-11-23T04:58:41

Follow the money. Halliburton loves the drug war and the Iraq War. Lots of
prisons, barracks, etc. to build. It loved the Vietnam War, too.

Many people have seen the video of LBJ's mistress recounting LBJ's bragging
about Kennedy going down the day before the assassination.

But knowing some of the methods, and the reasons why, are more interesting.

LBJ's Mistress Blows Whistle On JFK Assassination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79lOKs0Kr_Y&NR=1
Halliburton Deals Recall Vietnam-Era Controversy.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1569483

Halliburton and the JFK assassination.
http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=2700

*Operation 40. *
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoperation40.htm

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U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
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Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than the astronomical incarceration rates of
the USA.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

Over 7.2 million people were on probation or parole, or incarcerated in jail
or prison at yearend 2006. The statistics and quotes are from the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. "About 3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or 1
in every 31 adults, were incarcerated or on probation or parole at yearend
2006."
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_correctional_population_timeline.gif

The majority of U.S. prisoners are incarcerated due to the drug war! The
National Rifle Association is largely responsible due to its state-by-state
lobbying for mandatory minimum sentencing, also known as "Truth in
Sentencing." According to the New York Times, mandatory minimums are the
cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the incarceration rate that
dwarfs all other nations. And there is no benefit in reduced crime rates
compared to other nations with much lower incarceration rates. For details:
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm

=

MMM. Poor dumbass sheep led by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and George Noory.

Eco Mann — 2010-11-11T08:08:54

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http://talkradiobeast.blogspot.com/2010/01/nation-of-sheep.html

*A nation of poor dumbass sheep led by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and George
Noory <http://talkradiobeast.blogspot.com/2010/01/nation-of-sheep.html>.*
 *Note:
This post has been updated since the original date of posting. *


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 <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/TFsz5ZdgfJI/AAAAAAAAALU/IF3Ila1GrF8/s1600/God_made_weed.jpg>
SAFER<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page#Marijuana_is_safer_than_alcohol>
.  *"guns, God, and gold"  and the Reagan Revolution. *

* The Republican war on the middle
class<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitchell-bard/krugmans-takedown-of-ryan_b_674845.html>.
**On a related note ...  Apple joins Fox News
boycott<http://digg.com/television/Apple_joins_Fox_News_boycott>.
** *

*Rasmussen poll. *July 26,
2010<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2010/43_say_marijuana_should_be_legalized_42_disagree>.
*43%* Say *Marijuana Should Be Legalized,*  and *42% Disagree.*  "While half
of Democrats (51%) support legalizing marijuana, *62% of Republicans are
opposed.* Voters not affiliated with either major political party lean
toward legalization by a 48% to 35% margin."* For drug reform vote Democrat,
independent, or not at all.* Only a *non-Republican
President,*administration, and
*Congress* were able to get these enacted:

   - In Historic Move, *V.A. Eases Rules* for *Medical Marijuana*
Patients<http://blog.mpp.org/medical-marijuana/in-historic-move-v-a-eases-rules-for-medical-marijuana-patients/07262010>.
   MPP (Marijuana Policy
Project<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_Policy_Project>).
   July 26, 2010.
   - *D.C. Medical Marijuana Law* Clears *Congressional*
Hurdle!<http://blog.mpp.org/medical-marijuana/d-c-medical-marijuana-law-clears-congressional-hurdle/07272010>MPP.
July 27, 2010.



 <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/TGBfu4DCYwI/AAAAAAAAALk/JqS7SJEKgU0/s1600/Just_Say_No._Nancy_and_Ronald_Reagan.jpg>
Nancy
& Ronald Reagan.
Info.<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Just_Say_No._Nancy_and_Ronald_Reagan.jpg>
<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/TGBYNe0YW4I/AAAAAAAAALc/qj2steJ4Xk0/s1600/US_criminal_justice_cost_timeline.gif>
Yearly
U.S. spending. Info.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_criminal_justice_cost_timeline.gif>
*Featured anniversary. 30 years since Reagan's election:*
*November 1980-2010.* The Reagan Revolution; *Just Say
No<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Say_No>
*; *massive U.S. incarceration
increase;<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>
* U.S.-aided, government-sanctioned, *drug-war death squads* in
*Thailand<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel#Drug_War>
*, Colombia, Mexico, etc.. See *Wikipedia: Ronald Wilson
Reagan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wilson_Reagan#War_on_Drugs>
* and *War on Drugs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs>.* See image
category: *commons: Category: Just Say
No<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Just_Say_No>
*.

*Reaganomics 101:* Tax the poor and middle class. Spend exorbitant amounts
on "freedom" (doublespeak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/doublespeak> for
prisons/jails).
  *With* less than *5% of world
population<http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html>
* the *USA* has over *2.4
million<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>
* of *9.8 million world
prisoners<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>
.* The *majority <http://corporatism.tripod.com%2fmajority.htm/>* of U.S.
inmates are in due to the *drug war*. The *number of inmates* in the *USA*has
*increased almost 5 times over since
1980*<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>.

 Click images to enlarge.

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<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AM87lFW-eY8/TFsyS_pVSwI/AAAAAAAAALM/AjWb1e01qo4/s1600/believe_in_god_instantly.jpg>
*  <http://digg.com/television/Apple_joins_Fox_News_boycott>*
 *Bring back Art Bell more often to Coast to Coast AM. George Noory is too
much of a "guns, God, and gold" Reagan Revolution true believer. *

Pat Robertson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson>: Haiti had a pact
with the Devil. YouTube link <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4dA6kZsEs>.
These talk show hosts are so uninformed and xenophobic in some areas.*Wikipedia:
* Haiti <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti> and West African
Vodun<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodun>and Haitian
Vodou <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou>. *Religion is training
wheels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_wheels> for your own personal,
leaderless, syncretic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretic> spirituality
and extra-dimensional
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-dimensional_space>physics
**. *

 *---

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo
Dallaire.<http://www.jaman.com/movie/Shake+Hands+with+the+Devil%3A+The+Journey+of+Rom%C3%A9o+Dallaire/0vb_3EvCN3HY/>
*"An emotionally ferocious documentary about 1994's Rwandan
genocide<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide>,
which left 800,000 dead." Go to the first link to see the full documentary
for free. If you have problems viewing it with the Firefox browser, try
using the MS Internet Explorer browser. *

 -*--
  *Project Censored <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Censored>* number
1 story for 2009: *Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US
Occupation.*<http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-over-one-million-iraqi-deaths-caused-by-us-occupation/>



---

 *Bush's Crusade. *  "The most recent evidence comes from * autopsies of 44
prisoners who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan in U.S. custody. Most died
under circumstances that suggest torture.* The reports use words like
'strangulation,' 'asphyxiation' and 'blunt force injuries.' ...  A few
months before the [Abu Ghraib] scandal broke [spring 2004], Coalition
Provisional Authority polls showed Iraqi support at *63 percent.* A month
after * Abu Ghraib<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse>
*, the number was *9 percent.* Polls showed that 71 percent of Iraqis were
surprised by the revelations."
-*Newsweek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek>,
Nov. 14, 2005, page 36.*
---
* <http://www.facebook.com/CopsSayLegalizeDrugs>* * A nation of sheep.* Led
by Fox News <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel>, Rush
Limbaugh<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh>,
the *NRA* true-believer
<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/05/mechanism-of-fascism-in-usa.html>*George
Noory<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/05/mechanism-of-fascism-in-usa.html>
,* and a law-and-order, echo
chamber<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_chamber_%28media%29>of
lock-em-up <http://www.google.com/#q=lock-em-up>
fundamentalists<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist_Christianity>,
cops, bail bondsman
lobbyists<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122725771>,
prison guard unions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Correctional_Peace_Officers_Association>,
and militia survivalists grumbling around the talk-radio bonfire. The guests
and callers often spout off their codeword
bigotry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_word_%28figure_of_speech%29>,
xenophobia, and hatred of anything "foreign" like universal
healthcare<http://corporatism.tripod.com/universal.htm>.
Usually with clueless certainty. Many true believers often use the word
"absolutely." The hosts agree through silence, and rarely allow progressive
guests or callers to vigorously disagree with conservatives. Rush just cuts
people off, and/or interrupts people. George Noory uses smiley-face
censorship, and changes the subject. Noory frequently does not follow up on
interesting points. Instead he oftentimes fishes for the "good/evil,"
Republican, "divine creator" angle in order to please the Republican bosses
at *Clear Channel* who own his radio
syndication<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiere_Radio_Networks>.
George Knapp <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Knapp_%28journalist%29> is
a much better *Coast to Coast
AM*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_AM>show host, and asks
better followup questions.

  *Most Republican leaders* and *their talk-show supporters* oppose *cheap
universal healthcare* <http://corporatism.tripod.com/universal.htm>. They
prefer to support health insurance companies. *45,000* uninsured Americans *die
each year<http://www.google.com/search?q=harvard+45000+uninsured+deaths+health+insurance>
* due to lack of health insurance.

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*Follow the prisoners<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Incarceration_rates_worldwide.gif>
.* The NRA/Halliburton Prison-Industrial
Complex<http://www.google.com/#q=Halliburton+Prison-Industrial+Complex>
.
Total U.S. incarcerated population:

  *USA* and territories.
*2,424,279<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>inmates
* in *2008.*
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    Above chart is in the public domain. Click
*here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Total_US_inmates_2007-8.gif>
* for more info. *With* less than *5% of world
population<http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html>
* the *USA* has over *2.4
million<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>
* of *9.8 million world
prisoners<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>.
*This table is from a December 2009 U.S. Bureau of Justice
Statistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bureau_of_Justice_Statistics>report
called Prisoners
in 2008 <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1763> (NCJ
228417). Table is from page 8 of the PDF
file<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf>.
(Sources: 1. <http://nicic.org/Library/022140>
2.<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab.cfm>
3. <http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=11>
4.<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf>
5. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate>
6.<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline.gif>)

*"Land of the free."* It costs around *$23,000 a year per
inmate<http://corporatism.tripod.com/costs.htm>
.* The *majority <http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm>* of inmates
are incarcerated due to the drug war. See also: Category:Charts and
graphs<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Charts_and_graphs>


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Chart for U.S. correctional population. *USA:* 7.2 million people
incarcerated, or on probation or parole at yearend 2006. 3.2% of the U.S.
adult population, or 1 in every 31 adults. Sources, larger
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Especially, free charts that anybody can use.
Upload<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload>free charts to
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.

*Follow the money. Follow the hunger. *

In *November 2009 the USDA reported 49 million people going hungry in the
USA <http://www.google.com/#q=USDA+hunger+report+49+million+people>**,* the
largest number since the government began keeping track.

  *Remember the 2008 U.S. election, and how Republican John McCain's
proposals most favored the very rich. McCain:* More taxes on the middle
class for war and prisons (see below). *Obama:* Tax cuts for 95% of working
people <http://origin.barackobama.com/taxes>. Proposed federal tax changes.
*Yellow* is for the *largest tax cut* in each income bracket.
 McCain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain>
Obama<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>  Income
$ Average tax bill $ Average tax bill $  Over 2.900,000 -269,364
+701,885  603,000
and up -45,361 +115,974  227,000- 603,000 -7,871 +12  161,000- 227,000
-4,380 -2,789  112,000- 161,000 -2,614 -2,204  66,000- 112,000 -1,009
-1,290  38,000-
66,000 -319 -1,042  19,000- 38,000 -113 -892  Under 19,000 -19 -567
Sources<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_presidential_candidates,_2008#Tax_policy>:
CNN<http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc/index.htm>,
Tax Policy Center<http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/presidential_candidates.cfm>,
BarackObama.com <http://origin.barackobama.com/taxes>, JohnMcCain.com
  <http://www.google.com/#q=USDA+hunger+report+49+million+people>
Rich and poor.

* Follow the blood.*

Follow the crusading fundamentalists on all sides. Halliburton
Military-Industrial
Complex<http://www.google.com/#q=Halliburton+Military-Industrial+Complex>
.

*Egypt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt>,
Israel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel>,
Iraq <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq>, and
Afghanistan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan>
.*

They all make second-class citizens of people with non-majority religious
views. Why is U.S. blood and money supporting religious oppression? The more
religiously-tolerant *European Economic
Union<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Union>
* (EU) is a better regional model for both religious and economic
cooperation. We should only support governments willing to join a
similar *Middle-East
Economic Union*. *In the meantime the USA should begin withdrawing from the
Middle East, and stop sending money to nations that insult the USA, such as
Israel.*
* ** *
 Iraq:
 <http://www.google.com/#q=CIA+lied+Iraq+War>
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Israel_and_Palestine_Peace.svg>
*"Peace" *
(in Arabic
and Hebrew).
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_aid_to_Israel.gif>
 Table 5. Recent U.S. aid to Israel. From a January 2, 2008 Congressional
Research Service<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service>report
for Congress titled "U.S.
Foreign Aid to Israel <http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf>."
Click chart for larger version and more info.
And should NATO or American troops be scattered around huge mountainous
Afghanistan in isolated outposts? Target practice for Afghan hill tribes? *See
video: *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hnXgrnlUQ - Combat Outpost - Afghanistan.
Fish in a barrel.

From Wikipedia featured article
summary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/November_27,_2009>
:
 [image: Ngo Dinh
Diem]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ngo_Dinh_Diem_-_Thumbnail_-_ARC_542189.gif>
The *Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to
Australia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
* from 2 to 9 September 1957 was an official visit by the *first
President*of the Republic
of *Vietnam* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam>*.* It was part of
a year of traveling for Diem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem>,
who made official visits to the United States and other anti-communist
countries. As with his American trip, Diem was warmly and lavishly received
during the height of the Cold War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War>,
garnering bipartisan praise from both the Liberal Party of
Australia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia>of
Prime
Minister <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia> Robert
Menzies <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Menzies> and the
opposition Australian
Labor Party <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party>. He was
universally extolled by the media, which praised him for what they perceived
to be a successful, charismatic, democratic and righteous rule in South
Vietnam, overlooking his *authoritarianism,* election *fraud* and other
corrupt practices. Diem's visit was a highmark in relations between
Australia and South Vietnam. Over time, Diem became unpopular with his
foreign allies, who began to criticise his autocratic style and religious
bias. By the time of *his
assassination<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem>
*, he had little support.
(*more...<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
*)

*Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to
Australia:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
*
The Australian Catholic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic> leadership
and media were particularly glowing towards the South Vietnamese head of
state. A member of Vietnam's Catholic minority and the brother of Vietnam's
leading archbishop, Diem had pursued policies in Vietnam favoring his
co-religionists. He exempted the Catholic Church from land redistribution,
gave them more aid and job promotions, and *allowed Catholic paramilitaries
to attack Buddhists <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist>,* who formed the
religious *majority.*

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*Vietnam War. Diem era <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War#Rule>:*
As a measure of the level of political
repression<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_repression>,
about 12,000 suspected opponents of Diem were killed in the years 1955–1957
and by the end of 1958 an estimated 40,000 political
prisoners<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_prisoner>had been
jailed.
*--end of Wikipedia excerpts.** *

*Follow the racism.*
  *Incarceration Nation: *"On *June 30, 2006,* an estimated *4.8% of black
men were in prison or jail,* compared to *1.9% of Hispanic men* and *0.7% of
white men.* More than 11% of black males age 25 to 34 were incarcerated.
Black women were incarcerated in prison or jail at nearly 4 times the rate
of white women and more than twice the rate of Hispanic women." - United
States Bureau of Justice
Statistics<http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pjim06.pdf>
.


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Chart info, data,
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*Follow the drug war,* and the NRA
Brownshirts<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/05/mechanism-of-fascism-in-usa.html>.

  The majority <http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm> of U.S.
prisoners are incarcerated due to the drug war! The National Rifle
Association <http://corporatism.tripod.com/nra.htm> is largely
responsible<http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/05/mechanism-of-fascism-in-usa.html>due
to its state-by-state lobbying for mandatory
minimum sentencing <http://corporatism.tripod.com/mandatory.htm>, also known
as "Truth in Sentencing." According to the New York Times, mandatory
minimums <http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html> are the cause of
the huge U.S. inmate population and incarceration rate that dwarfs all other
nations. And there is no benefit in reduced crime rates compared to other
nations with much lower incarceration rates. Wikipedia:
Brownshirts<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownshirts>and their youth
wing, the Hitler
Youth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth>.  *Don't forget the Boy
Scout Explorers and the NRA youth programs. The Hitler
Youth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth>of the Republican
Party.
* "*In a simulation here of a raid on a marijuana field, several Explorers
were instructed on how to quiet an obstreperous
lookout<http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/not-the-boy-scouts-of-yesteryear/>
.*"
The National Rifle Association is also partly responsible for the high U.S.
murder rate <http://corporatism.tripod.com/homicide.htm>. The NRA is out of
its collective hive mind concerning the Second Amendment and handguns. What
about the right to bear a rocket-propelled grenade launcher? Or a mortar. Or
a boxcutter in an airplane. Same for handguns. All are unnecessary for the
average citizen. Europe bans almost all handguns. Handguns serve little
purpose except to increase the already-high U.S. murder rate. Rifles and
shotguns are enough for the second amendment, and for protecting homes and
liberty. *"That rifle on the wall of the laborer's cottage or working class
flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there!"*--
*George Orwell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell>* (a democratic
socialist). *January 8, 1941* in an article for the *London Evening
Standard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_Standard>
.* More info here <http://www.orwelltoday.com/readerriflequote.shtml>.


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*Follow the glacier
water<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850>.
See photos <http://www.doublexposure.net/>.*
Follow global warming, overpopulation, crowded cities, less land. * *

 When more and more of Florida floods due to hurricane storm surges,
tsunamis, glaciers melting, Arctic melting, Antarctica melting, and global
sea-level rise, then it won't be mainly blacks who are uprooted or die (as
in New Orleans in 2005).

*Many white Republican sheeple will also die in the flooding. The rest will
have to move inland.*
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming>*
*<http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/23/High-gas-prices-hurting-brothels/UPI-79221214238511/>
Hurricane storm surges alone could flood wide areas of Florida. Tsunamis
could be even worse. Global warming can increase the strength and size of
hurricanes. It doesn't matter much if carbon dioxide is or is not the main
cause of global warming. It is still in everybody's interest to *slow the
melting of the Arctic and Antarctic.* We need to safeguard the *fresh-water
supplies locked up in glaciers
<http://www.doublexposure.net/photos.html>.*We need to
*lower **consumption of petroleum. *Remember *five-dollar gas* in the *summer
of 2008,* and *Exxon's record
profits<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080102930.html>
.** **
*
*Follow the rising gas prices. *
Rush Limbaugh and George Noory are salesmen for Exxon.
* **<http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/07/31/would-you-like-to-make-1500-per-second/>
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   * Firefox addon to delete all bookmark icons (favicons), or just one.
   With the bookmark manager (Bookmarks, Organize Bookmarks) select Delete All
   Site Icons from the Organize menu.Uninstall addon after using it. To prevent
   new favicons see
here<http://www.zimbio.com/Mozilla+Firefox/articles/369/How+Remove+Favicons+Firefox+Bookmarks>
   .
   - *Vacuum Places
Improved.<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13878>
   * Firefox addon to quickly defragment the bookmarks/history file, and
   thus speedup some Firefox tasks. Uninstall addon after using it.
   - *Macrium Reflect Free
Edition.*<http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp>Quickly create a disk
image backup (compressed to only a few gigabytes) of
   an O.S. partition or an entire hard drive. Do it soon after a clean install
   of the operating system (O.S.). Reinstall the backup in a few minutes after
   erasing and wiping a buggy O.S. partition or drive. This saves hours
   compared to a clean install of the O.S.. *Tutorials:*
1.<http://www.tipsfor.us/2008/10/17/ghost-windows-for-free-with-macrium-reflect-a-visual-guide>
   2. <http://www.tucows.com/article/2092>
   - *Partition Wizard Home
Edition.<http://download.cnet.com/Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html>
   * Free tool for creating, resizing, or wiping hard drive partitions.
   Create a data partition. Make an active O.S. partition smaller or larger.
   Use with Macrium Reflect to create more versatile O.S. backups.
   - *Windows startup programs.* What are they? Are they required? How can I
   disable them? <http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php> A long
   list of startup items. Download the free "full-list zip" file.
   - *ZoneAlarm Free
Firewall.<http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm>
   * Controls both inbound and outbound traffic. Use with above list of
   startup items to take back control of your computer.
   - *Block IntelliTXT <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntelliTXT>* inline
   popup ads. Bing, etc.. Enter relevant domains and subdomains into the hosts
   file <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file>. See
explanation<http://www.joomlacurve.com/tutorials/18-windows/64-delete-intellitxt.html>and
URLs
   to add <http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm>. Copy from this
   plain-text list <http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt> starting with
   *# [Vibrant Media]* until the next pound *#* symbol.
   - *Wordpress.com <http://wordpress.com/>* - Popular, free blog hosting
   with minimal ads <http://en.wordpress.com/features>. It is not just a
   blog <http://en.wordpress.com/features>. It allows
pages<http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages>,
   too, with blogs as a sub-page.
   - *Blogger.com <http://www.blogger.com/>* - Google's popular, free blog
   hosting. Enable the new editor in settings to get a larger, adjustable edit
   window.
   - *ChartGo.com <http://chartgo.com/>* - create charts and graphs online
   for free. Can paste in lists of chart data without special formatting. See
   also:
   - *Commons:Create charts and graphs
online<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online>
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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than the astronomical incarceration rates of
the USA.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

Over 7.2 million people were on probation or parole, or incarcerated in jail
or prison at yearend 2006. The statistics and quotes are from the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. "About 3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or 1
in every 31 adults, were incarcerated or on probation or parole at yearend
2006."
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_correctional_population_timeline.gif

The majority of U.S. prisoners are incarcerated due to the drug war! The
National Rifle Association is largely responsible due to its state-by-state
lobbying for mandatory minimum sentencing, also known as "Truth in
Sentencing." According to the New York Times, mandatory minimums are the
cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the incarceration rate that
dwarfs all other nations. And there is no benefit in reduced crime rates
compared to other nations with much lower incarceration rates. For details:
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http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page - see below...

*October 28, 2010. New High of 46% of Americans Support Legalizing
Marijuana. Gallup
poll<http://www.gallup.com/poll/144086/New-High-Americans-Support-Legalizing-Marijuana.aspx>
.* 46.2% turned out to vote favorably for Prop
19<http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/>in California on November 2,
2010. 53.8% voted against it.

*Wazzup!* *You are.* No, you are. :)         *sɹnoʎ ǝɹɐ splɹoʍ ǝsǝɥʇ
llɐ<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXN9r6tPgHU>
*

[image: File:Teddies in
Space.jpg]<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Teddies_in_Space.jpg>
 This image added here Oct 12,
2010<http://cannabis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=24484&oldid=24476>.
Hmmm. What would John Lennon say? (Right-click images to enlarge).

<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:John_Lennon_Prop_19.jpg>
 <http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Woody_Harrelson_2007.jpg>
<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Woody_Harrelson_2007.jpg>
Woody Harrelson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrelson>.
[image: Timeshifter]Added by
Timeshifter<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter>

*Grass: History of Marijuana<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_%281999_film%29>
.* 1999 Canadian documentary film narrated by *Woody
Harrelson<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrelson>
*. Youtube link <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sknoKWsVlAA>. At 39 minutes
20 seconds see the original way to *shotgun*
marijuana<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_%28cannabis%29>.
At 59 min 20 sec there is the song for *John
Sinclair<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_%28poet%29>
* by *John Lennon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon>* December 10,
1971 in Ann Arbor,
Michigan<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan>.
See below: 2010 April 3. Ann Arbor Hash
Bash<http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page#2010_April_3._Ann_Arbor_Hash_Bash>.

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MMM. Gallup poll. 46% of Americans support legalizing marijuana

Eco Mann — 2010-10-30T20:03:37

*Vote for Prop 19! *

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/144086/New-High-Americans-Support-Legalizing-Marijuana.aspx
October 28, 2010 New High of 46% of Americans Support Legalizing
Marijuana Liberals,
18- to 29-year-olds express the highest levels of support
by Elizabeth Mendes

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While California's marijuana ballot initiative is
garnering a lot of attention this election cycle, Gallup finds that
nationally, a new high of 46% of Americans are in favor of legalizing use of
the drug, and a new low of 50% are opposed. The increase in support this
year from 44% in 2009 is not statistically significant, but is a
continuation of the upward trend seen since 2000.

[image: 1969-2010 Trend: Support for Making Use of Marijuana Legal]

These results are from Gallup's annual Crime poll, conducted Oct. 7-10.
Approximately 8 in 10 Americans were *opposed* to legalizing marijuana when
Gallup began asking about it in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Support for
legalizing the drug jumped to 31% in 2000 after holding in the 25% range
from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.

A separate question in the poll asked about legalizing marijuana for medical
use, and found support significantly higher than it is for legalizing the
use of marijuana in general. Seventy percent of Americans say they favor
making marijuana legally available for doctors to prescribe in order to
reduce pain and suffering. This figure is down, however, from 78% in 2005
and 75% in 2003.

*Political Leanings, Age Divide Americans' Support for Legalizing Marijuana*

[image: Support for Legalizing Use of Marijuana, by Subgroup, October 2010]
Across numerous subgroups, liberals' support, at 72%, is by far the highest.
There is widespread support for legalization among 18- to 29-year-olds (61%)
as well.

Majority support is also found among Democrats, independents, men, and
political moderates.

A large majority of those living in the West, which encompasses California,
are in favor of making the drug legal. Support is significantly lower in the
South and Midwest.

Political conservatives and Republicans are the least supportive of
legalizing marijuana. Seniors express a similarly low level of support.

Women are 10 percentage points less likely than men to favor legalizing the
drug.

These demographic, political, and ideological differences in support are
much the same as they were in 2009.
*

Bottom Line*

Arguments for and against legalizing marijuana -- for personal or medical
use -- are likely to continue for years to come. Even if Proposition 19 wins
in California on Nov. 2, as state law it will still come up against federal
law, which bans the growth and sale of marijuana.

Support for making the drug legal in general, however, is growing among
Americans. The public is almost evenly split this year, with 46% in favor
and 50% opposed. If the trend of the past decade continues at a similar
pace, majority support could be a reality within the next few years.
*Survey Methods*

Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted
Oct. 7-10, 2010, with a random sample of 1,025 adults, aged 18 and older,
living in the continental U.S., selected using random-digit-dial sampling.

Each question reported here was asked of a half-sample of approximately 500
national adults.

For results based on these total samples of national adults, one can say
with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±5
percentage points.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones (for
respondents with a landline telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents
who are cell phone-only). Each sample includes a minimum quota of 150 cell
phone-only respondents and 850 landline respondents, with additional minimum
quotas among landline respondents for gender within region. Landline
respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which
member had the most recent birthday.

Samples are weighted by gender, age, race, education, region, and phone
lines. Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2009 Current
Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older non-institutionalized
population living in continental U.S. telephone households. All reported
margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting
and sample design.

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties
in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of
public opinion polls.

View methodology, full question results, and trend
data<http://www.gallup.com/poll/File/144092/Legalization_of_Marijuana_Oct_28_2010%20.pdf>
.

For more details on Gallup's polling methodology, visit
http://www.gallup.com/.



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*Cannabis Action.*
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
*http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011 *
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
*http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map *

*U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts. *
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

*Just Say Now.*
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

*Marijuana polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches.*
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
*Harm reduction costs a lot less than the astronomical incarceration rates
of the USA.*
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

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Over *7.2 million people* were on probation or parole, or incarcerated in
jail or prison at yearend 2006. The statistics and quotes are from the *U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics.* "About *3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or
1 in every 31 adults,* were incarcerated or on probation or parole at
yearend 2006."
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_correctional_population_timeline.gif>


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MMM. Start Calling Voters for Prop 19

Eco Mann — 2010-10-30T19:10:06

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/callProp19
A super easy way for you to talk to 5 times more voters than you would
dialing them one-by-one.

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Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

*Just Say Now.*
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than the astronomical incarceration rates of
the USA.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

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