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"Not only are we here to protect the public
from vicious criminals in the street
but also to protect the public from harmful ideas."
- Robert Ingersoll - Former DEA Director (1972)

“Ideas are more powerful than guns.
We would not let our enemies have guns,
why should we let them have ideas.”
- Joseph Stalin

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Pot Smokers Unite Against Kellogg
Since Cannabis Culture Editor Marc Emery's call for a boycott of Kellogg's a few days ago for dropping Olympian Michael Phelps after he was photographed smoking a bong, pot smokers from across the globe continue to put the heat on the cold cereal company. Surprisingly, the mainstream media seems to be paying attention.
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Boycott Kellogg Co. for Dumping Michael Phelps
Cannabis Culture Magazine Editor Marc Emery is encouraging all marijuana smokers to boycott Kellogg's cereal company for dropping their sponsorship of Olympian Michael Phelps after he was caught on film smoking from a bong. full story

Pot-Smoking Phelps Isn't Alone Among Athletes

Olympic Champion Michael Phelps Caught With Marijuana Pipe

In Defense of Michael Phelps’ Bong Hits
Posted by The Marijuana News Staff on February 6th, 2009

Michael Phelps Drug Charge Threat
US: News of the World 09 Feb 2009

Hey, Bong Boy Phelps - It's Not the Pot That
Canada: Column: Southey, Tabatha Globe and Mail 07 Feb 2009

Maturity and Celebrity
US ND: Edu: Editorial: Liden, Stephanie Dakota Student 06 Feb 2009

Michael Phelps Is Not Alone
CN QU: Editorial: Montreal Gazette 07 Feb 2009

Phelps' Legacy Will Not Be Remembered
US IL: Edu: Column: Johnson, Jeremy Daily Vidette 04 Feb 2009

Real Moral to Phelps' Bong Story
US TX: Column: Parker, Kathleen Dallas Morning News 07 Feb 2009

Stop The Reefer Madness! By Steve Almond
CN Source: Boston Globe February 06, 2009 Boston, MA

You have no doubt seen by now - several hundred times - the photo of gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps sucking on a bong.

As might be expected in our age of manufactured sanctimony, the pundits have gone into overdrive on the Olympic icon. "This is a sad day for Phelps," Christine Brennan moaned, in that vaunted organ of conventional wisdom, USA Today, "and a sadder day for the millions of parents and young athletes who planned their lives around his races last August. How disappointed must they be that a glorious hero, a person in whom they placed their trust, has done something illegal for which he must apologize?"

Boycott Killoggs
Thats some really weird schtuff as Johnney would say...

A Grass-Roots Situation
Shadowed in cycles through recent decades while other legal or illegal or performance-enhancing stimulants took turns getting all the hype, marijuana has just hollered in the case of merely the most-decorated Olympian in history, Michael Phelps. It has tried to yell from the recent past of the Super Bowl most valuable player, who alighted at Disney World only four months after a forgotten arrest.



* Michael Phelps and Sheriff Lott : He's gunning for you, Michael.

* Michael Phelps Apologizes for Bong Shot

* Michael Phelps Marijuana Bong Discussion On “The View” (02/02/09)

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"Laws do not persuade just because they threaten."
- Seneca, A.D. 65

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I wonder who snitched on phelps and his crew?

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Kathleen Parker: Snap, Crackle, Pot
Washington Post OpEd about Phelps, Lott, and the drug war, and she speaks with Howard Wooldridge of LEAP.

Drink and drive and it's grrrrrrrr-eat! Smoke pot and your flakes are frosted, dude. So seems the message from Kellogg's, which has decided not to renew its sponsorship contract with Michael Phelps after the Olympian was photographed smoking marijuana at a party in South Carolina.

That's showbiz, of course, but the cereal and munchie company had no problem signing Phelps despite an alcohol-related arrest. full story...

LOTT LACKS CONSISTENCY IN DRUG ENFORCEMENT

Leon Lott is doing his job. After the eight arrests he's made in the aftermath of Phelpsgate, there's no doubt about that.

But is the Richland County sheriff just trying to keep his reputation from going up in smoke? Is he going for the gusto solely because he's in the limelight?

These are legitimate questions, and while we can't know Lott's motivation, certain elements of the story do not check out.

It makes sense that he's pursuing Phelps's case. After the photographic evidence practically fell in his lap, he would have been a fool not to follow through. But the head-scratcher is his insistence on tracking down these eight others. continued...



Sheriff Lott's New Toy
Radley Balko | September 1, 2008, 1:12pm

The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly named the vehicle "The Peacemaker," and insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it's generally reserved for use against armored vehicles) will "save lives."

Can we call this overkill, yet? Is there any weapon people like Sheriff Lott would consider inappropriate for use against American citizens?

Oh, Come On
Monday, September 1st, 2008

This is just ridiculous: The Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department has acquired an armored personnel carrier complete with a turret-mounted .50-caliber belt-fed machine gun for its Special Response Team.

UPDATE: Pete Guither found a photo of the thing, and the weird origin of the name the sheriff gave it.



SHERIFF LEON LOTT SHOULD STOP THE POLITICKING

Sheriff Lott is using the Michael Phelps incident for his own shameless exposure and abusing his position as sheriff for political purposes. There are bound to be countless editorials on this subject this week but mine will be different: because when I started writing this, I was as high as a kite.

As soon as I heard the news that Lott had ordered the arrest of college-aged kids in connection with the Phelps bong hit, I called a very successful pot smoking friend and said, "I need to smoke." She was very confused as I am known as a staunch non-smoker, but Lott had driven me to the edge.



'Insane' Sheriff Makes Eight Arrests From Party That Produced Phelps Photo
The Michael Phelps bong photo fiasco continued today as Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott arrested eight people connected to the party where the photo was taken. full story...



Pot Smokers Unite Against Kellogg
Since Cannabis Culture Editor Marc Emery's call for a boycott of Kellogg's a few days ago for dropping Olympian Michael Phelps after he was photographed smoking a bong, pot smokers from across the globe continue to put the heat on the cold cereal company. Surprisingly, the mainstream media seems to be paying attention. full story...



Boycott Kellogg Co. for Dumping Michael Phelps
Cannabis Culture Magazine Editor Marc Emery is encouraging all marijuana smokers to boycott Kellogg's cereal company for dropping their sponsorship of Olympian Michael Phelps after he was caught on film smoking from a bong. full story...

Feature: Drug Reformers Boycott Kellogg Cereals
Over Dumping of Michael Phelps Over Bong Photo

Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
There may be something rotten in the dope squad in Philly, something definitely was rotten in Beantown, and yes, another jail guard goes down.



Police Trying Too Hard to Build Case Against Phelps

Speaking of Phelps, the attorneys of two of the young men that Sheriff Lott went after have spoken up, and (no surprise) the only thing Lott was after was for them to incriminate Phelps. Pete Guither

The lawyers did not release the names of their clients, but Harpootlian said that his client didn't even see Phelps smoke marijuana at the party. McCulloch said his client was out of town, and only lived at the home when the party happened. Both men have since moved.

"After they arrested him, they didn't ask him where did you get the marijuana or who sold it to you. Almost all the questions they asked him were about Michael Phelps," Harpootlian said. He added: "It was like they were busting the biggest heroin distributor in the country."

The investigators appear to be trying to build a case against Phelps from others - a tactic normally used to bring down drug dealers with a large amounts of cocaine or methamphetamine, not someone who smoked marijuana five months ago, said Chip Price, a Greenville attorney who has dealt with drug cases for 33 years.

"Never have I seen anything like this on a simple marijuana case," Price said.



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26 of 30 USC students tell WIS they've smoked pot
Feb 10, 2009 Updated: Feb 13, 2009 COLUMBIA, SC (WIS)

Michael Phelps is back in the pool, but eight people who partied with him in Richland County have been arrested.

The charges stem from a house party near Five Points where a photo was taken showing Phelps smoking from a bong.

Some people say the deputies should have better things to do, while others say the law is the law.

But what may be most surprising is what we heard on the USC campus.

USC students, WIS viewers weigh in on marijuana use, Jordan Sandler reports (java)

How many students have smoked marijuana at the University of South Carolina? Here are some answers we got:

pacman

Wow what a typical redneck sheriff. Thats all it is, overkill, and in a sense, corruption. Taxpayer money is going to this prick to use this kind of force against what exactly? It looks like he's about to suit up for an invasion. Is anywhere in South Carolina even known for notorious gangs or crimes? Has the governer said anything about this? Maybe instead of buying a fucking tank with a 50-cal, they should of spent the money to educate some inbred hicks

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Sports Hotshots Can Rob, Rape and Pillage ...
But Smoke Pot and They're Screwed
by William K. Wolfrum, Shakesville
While the corporate media focus on Michael Phelps, a look at some other crimes committed by sports players.

NFL Buzzkill

Why no criminal prosecution when companies bribe?



Kellogg's Wimps Out Over Phelps's Bong Hit
What Century Are They Living in?
Bruce Mirken, AlterNet. February 6, 2009.
While hypocrisy is hardly rare in American life, Kellogg's decision not to renew his endorsement contract is really egregious.

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but the Phelps thing will dissipate by the time anyone cares about swimming again in four years.

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Michael Phelps Has No Business Apologizing for Taking Bong Hits
Tony Newman, AlterNet. February 2, 2009
The Olympic gold medalist struck another blow to the myth that pot smokers are lazy couch potatoes. He has no reason to say he's sorry.


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"A child miseducated is a child lost."
- John F. Kennedy

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1/12/2009 WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Bush administration struck a parting shot to legitimate science today as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) refused to end the unique government monopoly over the supply of marijuana available for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved research. DEA’s final ruling rejected the formal recommendation of DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Mary Ellen Bittner, issued nearly two years ago following extensive legal hearings

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"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
- John F. Kennedy



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Police are Trying Very Hard to Bust Michael Phelps for Smoking a Bong
Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Thu, 02/12/2009

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The informants are watching us...
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Preliminary research indicates that up to 80% of all drug cases in America may be based on information provided by informants.

An informant can be a useful law enforcement tool – a necessary evil – if used properly. But putting police work in the hands of known criminals and blindly trusting that justice will be done is an unnecessary evil. Learn more >>

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In their quest to trample tokers and catch cannabis “criminals”, the police often become criminals themselves.

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"If we cannot now end our differences,
at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
- John F. Kennedy

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No prosecutions in Phelps 'case'
From a news conference minutes ago...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Durring a news conference, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said there is not enough evidence to prosecute anyone involved in the Michael Phelps marijuana case.

Monday's news conference puts an end to speculation if Phelps would be charged with smoking marijuana in Richland County.

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