Class is a Dirty Word by Michael Parenti
“Class is a dirty word”
word in that it gets close to the truth
about who governs and for whose benefit.”
In the land of those who think they’re free and the home of savage capitalism, class is indeed a dirty word. Remember, we’re a nation of Joe the Plumbers. If we just work hard enough and fend off those socialist vampires who want to suck us dry by redistributing our hard-earned wealth, we can all be financial successes. And if you’re a faux-progressive presidential candidate—like Obama, you’re doomed to political perdition unless you sign a blood oath disavowing your ties to socialism.
- Michael Parenti interviewed by Jason Miller 12/24/08
Cultural genocide
U2b
Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer
April 2, 2009 - Salerno, Italy
Naturally occurring compounds in cannabis possess anti-tumor properties and present a novel approach for cancer treatment, according to a scientific review published in the February issue of the journal Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
old old news
posted by konagold on April 02, 2009
(since this is a repeated story please let me repeat the reply)
In 1975 the report titled the "antioneoplastic activity of cannabinoids" demonstrated the effect cited above...
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Ganjawar Prevents Brain Tumor Treatment
Medical Pot Grower Files Housing Complaint
US CO: Heidelberg, Katharhynn Montrose Daily Press 01 Apr 2009
The Montrose County Housing Authority knew months before William Hewitt went public that he was a medical marijuana patient, a housing discrimination complaint alleges. The complaint, which Hewitt signed Friday, accuses the housing authority, its director and the Colorado Division of Housing, of failing to reasonably accommodate Hewitt's disability and of terminating his housing because he kept and used medical marijuana.
Ganjawar on the Poor
Editorial: New York's New State of Mind on Drugs
CN Source: Los Angeles Times April 02, 2009 New York
Officials have agreed to repeal severe drug laws that wasted law enforcement resources and created an incarceration crisis. Now Congress should follow their lead. For more than 30 years, New York's draconian drug laws have been among the toughest in the nation, requiring sentences of 15 years to life even for nonviolent first-time offenders. Worse, New York's early example was followed by states across the country, furthering a flawed strategy that was as harmful to society, in many ways, as drug use itself.
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Lock 'Em Up? It Costs You By David C. Fathi
CN Source: Chicago Tribune April 02, 2009 USA
The United States is the world's leading jailer. On any given day, more than 2.3 million people are locked in our prisons and jails—more than in any other country. Just how bad is it? The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world's population, but about a quarter of its prisoners. We have more prisoners than China—a country with a repressive government and more than four times the population of the U.S. We lock up 756 people for every 100,000 U.S. residents—that's about five times as many as England and Wales (152 per 100,000), more than six times as many as Canada (116) and 10 times as many as Sweden (74).
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SAFER to Colorado State Legislators:
What's So Damn Funny About Marijuana?
Written by SAFER Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Wouldn't it hurt the economy to make ALCOHOL ILLEGAL?
If so, then why wouldn't it help the economy to make MARIJUANA LEGAL?
During today's On-line Presidential Town Hall, President Barack Obama acknowledged that the most popular questions he received from the American people were in regard to marijuana, and whether making it legal, regulating it, and treating it like alcohol could generate revenue, create jobs and help the economy.
"I don't know what this says about the online audience," he said, laughing along with those in attendance. "The answer is no, I don't think that [is] a good strategy."
What this says about the online audience is that they're either more informed or less ideological than he is when it comes to the subject of marijuana. And although the President's small, hand-picked audience might have been laughing with him, millions of Americans are either laughing at him... or not laughing at all.
If you're one them, please visit
Welcome to the White House today and use the on-line form to send a quick message to President Obama, letting him know you are outraged by his position on marijuana, as well as his continued failure to provide any logical explanation for it to the American people. Then be sure to forward this message along to others.
We also encourage you to ask him:
• Wouldn't it hurt the economy if local, state and federal governments were not receiving billions of dollars in alcohol-related tax revenue? If so, then why wouldn't it raise equally valuable tax revenue when it comes to marijuana?
• Wouldn't it hurt the economy if millions of Americans lost their jobs producing, distributing, selling, and promoting alcohol? If so, then why wouldn't it create these types of jobs when it comes to marijuana?
Most importantly, be sure to ask him:
Why are you so accepting of alcohol use and the economic benefits that accompany it, yet so opposed to the use of a far safer substance and its surefire economic benefits?
Is it because your presidential campaign received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the alcohol industry? ($432,170 to be exact, according to OpenSecrets.org)
Is it because alcohol is your recreational drug of choice (these days)?
Just why do you prefer Americans use a drug that contributes to tens of thousands of deaths each year instead of one that contributes to ZERO? Why do you prefer they use a drug that contributes to domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other violent crimes instead of one that has never been found to contribute to such problems? Why do you prefer people use alcohol rather than make the safer choice to use marijuana instead?
Why are you driving Americans to drink, Mr. President?
Once-Secret Nixon Tapes Show Why the U.S. Outlawed Pot
Virtues' of Ganja
Drugwar Lies Linked to Schizophrenia
Reinstate Michael Phelps and stop driving athletes to drink!
