Istook the Constitution and Set it on fire!

[DdC]

Overworked About An Ad on the Metro by Thomas L. Schwarz
The Washington Post December 09, 2003
If Rep. Ernest J. Istook Jr. (R-Okla.) was incensed about poverty, injustice and other important issues facing this country instead of grinding his teeth about an ad on Metro ["Marijuana Ad on Metro Infuriates Lawmaker," Metro, Dec. 3], the country and his constituents would be better off. Further, his press secretary is wrong about Metro promoting an "illegal activity." The ad doesn't say to grow, sell, buy or use marijuana -- activities that would be illegal. The ad asks people to lobby for legalization and taxation of marijuana, both processes that continue to be legal in the United States.

Istook the Constitution and set it on fire!


Oklahoma 90 YEARS-5 PLANTS!
Age 47, serving 90 years charged with cultivation and possession of five marijuana plants. In 1992, James Geddes was walking along a street with a friend when he got arrested. The police got a search warrant and went to the home rented by his friend. They found a small amount of marijuana, paraphernalia for smoking marijuana, and five plants growing in their vegetable garden.

Release Petition * Free James Geddes * November Coalition

Oklahoma: The Story of Will Foster
Foster, a 42-year-old father of three, was arrested in 1995 for growing marijuana in the basement of his Tulsa home. He said he needed the drug to relieve chronic pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis. In California, or one of the eight other states that allow the medical use of marijuana, a defendant like Foster can get off. In Oklahoma, he got 93 years.

US: Transcript: Will Foster's Visit To The NYT Drug Policy
Will Foster: Well in Oklahoma you are in the bible belt. When you deal with a self-righteous individual they tend to be dangerous. Netactive you need to organize against prohibition politically. see http://www.usmjparty.com



Omnibus Bill Muzzling Drug Reform Advocates’ Free Speech Passes House
December 11, 2003
The U.S. House of Representatives Monday passed a bloated omnibus spending bill that includes a stunning provision to stifle the constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights of drug-policy reform groups across America. The Senate, under fire from groups on the left and right for the undemocratic process by which the omnibus bill is being considered and the billions of dollars in pork it contains, postponed consideration of the bill until after it reconvenes from its winter break on January 20, 2004.

The Drug Policy Alliance and other likeminded reform and free-speech advocates are using the time between now and late January to persuade the Senate to remove the anti-free speech provision, introduced last week by Rep. Ernest J. Istook Jr. (R-Okla.), one of the most vitriolic Drug War crusaders in Congress. Istook’s rider would prohibit federal funding for local and state bus, train, and subway systems that allow citizens to run advertising in support of drug-policy reform. If enacted, the provision could be used by Congress and the Bush administration to muzzle the advertising of medical-marijuana and other drug-policy reform groups. The provision could one day be expanded to encompass advertising by pro-life, pro-choice, gay-rights, pro-gun, and other controversial advocacy groups around the country. Should the Senate fail to remove Istook’s unconstitutional rider, the Alliance will urge the body to vote against the entire omnibus spending bill which – in addition to containing Rep. Istook’s anti-free speech provision – includes $145 million in taxpayer-financed advertising for the Drug Czar’s office to campaign and lobby against reform.



DPAlliance" alerts@actioncenter. drugpolicy.org
eNewsletter - Thursday, December 11, 2003

House of Reps. Approves Bill To Censor Americans
Source: Common Dreams December 11, 2003
Washington -- A little-known provision buried within the omnibus federal spending bill that the U.S. House of Representatives approved yesterday would take away federal grants from local and state transportation authorities that allow citizens to run advertising on buses, trains, or subways in support of reforming our nation’s drug laws. If enacted, the provision could effectively silence community groups around the country that are using advertising to educate Americans about medical marijuana and other drug policy reforms. Meanwhile, this same bill gives the White House $145 million in taxpayer money to run anti-marijuana ads next year.

House Bans Transit Drug-Reform Ads
Harsh Souder Drug Bill Coming Soon To Congress



DC: Marijuana Bus Ads Cause Cuts by Chris Casteel
Source: The Oklahoman 04 Dec 2003
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ernest Istook has sliced the budget of the Washington transit authority by more than $90,000 because of ads placed on local buses promoting the legalization of marijuana. Istook, R-Warr Acres, sent a letter Nov. 10 to the chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority saying that members of Congress and senior Bush administration officials had complained about the ads. The letter from Istook said one ad shows a couple embracing and has a caption that urges, "Enjoy Better Sex!" That ad, along with others, has the tag line, "Legalize and Tax Marijuana." "At a time when the nation and Washington, D.C., area in particular suffer from chronic substance abuse and sexually transmitted disease, I find it shocking that WMATA provides this ad space, and at no cost!" Istook's letter states. Istook is chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees transportation spending.
Contact: yourviews@oklahoman. com * Website * From

Ernest Istook on the War on Some Drugs

On the Issues
Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)

Rep. Ernest Istook says Supreme Ct. will uphold library filtering

ACLU
Congress Voters Guide Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK-5th)

H.R. 3 Juvenile Justice
Introduced by Representative Bill McCollum, this bill offers a host of so-called "tough on crime" provisions regarding underage offenders, such as trying children as young as 13 in adult courts and then jailing them with adult criminal offenders in adult prisons.



PREJUDICE: MARIJUANA AND JIM CROW LAWS

[DdC]

The Istook Amendment
The deceptively named "Religious Freedom Amendment" introduced by Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) signaled a new round in the highly charged debate over church-state separation. The amendment would have superseded the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on public school prayer by allowing teachers to organize and supervise religious activities during school hours. The amendment would also have allowed tax dollars to go to parochial schools, and religious objects, such as crosses, to be displayed in courtrooms.

The Distinctly Non-Christian Origins of the United States of America

Contributions by Geography Ernest Istook1996 ELECTION CYCLE

U.S. law enforcement spends $7.5 to $10 billion annually enforcing marijuana laws.
According to the FBI, 720,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2001.
Keith Stroup, (NORML)

Ernest Istook on Education

Money in Politics Alerts for the 108th Congress

Google: Ernest Istook drugs

Drug War Goes Up in Smoke January26, 1999
A Report from Congressman Ernest Istook
President Clinton has just surrendered in America's war against drugs. Last week President Clinton vetoed the appropriations bill for the District of Columbia. Why? So that he could help the District legalize marijuana and use taxpayer dollars to give needles to drug addicts. I'm deeply disturbed by this veto, and every parent, teacher and police officer should be, too.



What will Clinton be remembered for?
The Story of a Man now in Prison for 93 years for growing marijuana to fight his chronic pain condition! Also $65,000.00 in Fines and Court Costs! This case cost $100,000.00 to defend
--the story of Will Foster

Clinton Asks Supreme Court To Overturn MMJ Ruling

Klintoon's Insanity * Flout * Thwart * Shalalagans

SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN MEDICAL MARIJUANA
The court, voting 7-1 to grant an emergency Clinton administration request, postponed the effect of federal court rulings that would have allowed a California club to distribute the illegal drug for medicinal use. Only Justice John Paul Stevens dissented. He said the government "has failed to demonstrate that the denial of necessary medicine to seriously ill and dying patients will advance the public interest or that the failure to enjoin the distribution of such medicine will impair the orderly enforcement of federal criminal statutes."



In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the US. Of those,
46.5 percent -- 734,497 arrests -- were for marijuana.
There were 646,042 arrests for simple possession of marijuana in 2000.
drugwarfacts


News & Articles on Ernest Istook Oklahoma

Ernest Istook of Oklahoma, one of the most conservative House members...
On the House side, of course, you're extraordinarily well served by John Sullivan and his colleagues such as Frank Lucas, Tom Cole, Ernest Istook. The President and I are delighted to have them as allies... in our battle against the poor and working class.
Remarks By Vice President Cheney At a Reception for Congressman
... Dec 05, 2003

Ernest Istook



Metro's pro-pot ads get attention on Hill
Ernest Istook, Republican, cited "grave concern and displeasure" at the public service announcements placed on Metro buses and throughout area subway stations during October by Change the Climate, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit group. Mr. Istook took particular exception to a marijuana-legalization ad showing a young couple embracing, and the caption "Enjoy Better Sex!" "At a time when the nation and the Washington D.C. area, in particular, suffer from chronic substance abuse ...



Unrepentant Junkies
Sen.Joseph McCarthy
DJ Rush Limbaugh
Bill Bennett Betting on Virtues

Bob Dole: Viagra and ED
Doling out Viagra won't fix this pickle
Dole asked to push for condom ads



Transcripts: CNN Crossfire - Marijuana Ad On Metro
Marijuana Ad On Metro Infuriates Lawmaker
Change the Climate launches 5th advertising campaign in Washington D.C.
Pro-Marijuana Group Given Free Ad Space on DC Buses

Email info@changetheclimat e.org

[DdC]

Marijuana: the ultimate sex drug by Chris Bennett 11 Jan, 2000
Excerpt: The origins of sexual marijuana use are bound up with the fertility rites that accompanied early agriculture. In the hunter-gatherer phase of human existence, shamans used imitative magic to draw herds of animals to the hunting ground by dressing in animal heads and skins for ritual dances. When humanity made the transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer, this same logic was applied to the planting of crops, and thus the agricultural cycle was imbued with symbolism and accompanying rites.

Pot Makes Your Libido High By Neil Sherman
Source: Star-Telegram January 22, 2001
Excerpt: Like adding a third voice to a duet to enhance the harmony, THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- joins with a female hormone and a brain chemical to boost sexual activity in female rats, Texas researchers have shown. The discovery may go a long way to solving the mystery of how pot affects sexual behavior. This research also adds to the evidence that the body makes natural marijuana-like chemicals that it uses to regulate sexual behavior, experts say.

Cannabis Puts Females in Mood for Love

CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives



Whats the Straight Dope on Pot? by Andrew Weil M.D.
Excerpt: Marijuana, an ancient drug, is a product of Cannabis sativa, a plant long used to provide fiber, an edible seed, an edible oil and a medicine, as well as a psychoactive drug. Marijuana has been known in China, India and the Middle East as a medicine for thousands of years. In Western countries it was used as an appetite stimulant, muscle relaxant, painkiller, sedative and anti-convulsant for decades. Then, in 1937, the Marihuana Tax Act was enacted in order to discourage what was considered dangerous recreational use. The law stopped medical and food use as well...

I suggest you check out a great new book called "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" by Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D. (a distinguished sociologist) and John P. Morgan, M.D. (a pharmacologist)
(The Lindesmith Center, 1997). The authors started with a list of common perceptions
-- and misperceptions --

There is no evidence that marijuana causes infertility in men or women. In animal studies, high doses of THC diminish the production of some sex hormones and can impair reproduction. However, most studies of humans have found that marijuana has no impact on sex hormones. In those studies showing an impact, it is modest, temporary, and of no apparent consequence for reproduction. There is no scientific evidence that marijuana delays adolescent sexual development, has a feminizing effect on males, or a masculinizing effect on females.
Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts

Ernie Istook Hates America...

The drug is associated with the corruption of young children,
particularly their sexual corruption.
Themes in Chemical Prohibition, NIDA, 1979

She's a "GOOD" GIRL UNTIL She Smokes A REEFER ...see
Devil's Harvest
ALWAYS ENTERTAINING
ALWAYS REVEALING

reefermadness minies

[Governor]

I really have a hard time reading all those links. By the second or third I'm ready to start tossing granades.

I know it's hard to post consistently and realize that so very few are willing to be informed but those of us that see this war as an attack on the very principles of freedom thank you for every word you write.

[DdC]

There is no way I could read these links either. I bookmark the post for reference later. The Theme of the thread tries to relate to the title. I agree, the Ganjawar is bigger than the sum of its parts and most think its just about smoking a doober. When the liars spout the media stays quiet. I try to relate the obvious for those feeding on the mainstream. Saves argument. And bring ammo for others. I know Ganja is or it isn't, the debate is a red herring cause the profits are in the war itself. Ganja is cause its not hard to prove protein or tensile strength or medicinally. We mostly know this but most I bring this for don't. This is a stop on the line that uses the same code so its no extra trouble to drop it off.

In this case another rabid GOPervert with a little bit of power, once again shows they can't be trusted, and just because they sit in the seat of power doesn't grant them infalible rights. Istook and Oklahoma are way out of line with 2003 America and no one should have that much power to disregard everyone elses birth rites. Censoring the public service denies the poor any say. So many years we had to scratch for information while the WoD junkies had free reign. When Souter, Istook, Delay, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bakker and the entire KKKlan of Bushit back to Nexxon and the rest of Gindrige Gestapo, Klintoon KGB, decide our lives in back rooms. Then cost tax payers fortunes taking them to court to get the damn information thats supposed to be public in the first place. Fascism ain't a buzz word, its a business reality.

So Istook saw the public service pot ads on metro buses from change the climate and then istook a hissyfit, and since he sits on the Appropriations Committee that deals out bucks for public service messages, he decided or rather got a pat on the head from Bushit for "deciding", to not give bucks for public service messages if they are for Ganjawar reform. He doesn't seem to think $10 billion wasted on busting pot smokers is uneconomical, but the few thousand for the poor to speak is. I also brought in the draconian way Oklahoma treats their citizens like Geddes and Will Foster getting 90+ years. 90 years 90 years 90 fucking years! Thats Taliban man, not America.

The reefer madness used a lot of racism but they also used the sex angle. The hypocrisy of their statements of concern over drug abuse and AIDs increasing from the ctc ads while Dole hawks viagra and Junkie Rush is still working.

Just another ammo dump to bookmark for tomorrows battles against the Ganjawar fascist. I'm sure this turkey will gobble again...
Peace, Love and Liberty or DEAth
DdC

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. May your chains set lightly upon you. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams

"Our task is to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty".
- Albert Einstein

[patriot]

reminds me of the movie The Wall from Pink Floyd. They wanted all the kids to be the same, and look the same.

This prohibition crap goes so deep it is incredible. What an evil society we live in and what a wicked government we have.

Heil Dubya!!!