Seriously these are intense times. They just said on FoxNews they are going to talk about the legalization of marijuana. I couldn't find an article and I'm not sure what time but they did say it so I'll keep their channel on. They know how to make you not turn the channel. I ordered a satellite today but that won't help during the next month. Please if someone finds that C-Span is covering NORML's Conference post the link so we won't miss it. If I could I would be surfing all over for info but can't so please don't let me miss anything.

Thanks for asking.

Anyone else who wants a copy, please send me an email, and I'll get the flyer out to you as quick as I can after work.

It's really nothing fancy; just a headline followed by a quick synopsis of the situation and a plea for action with phone numbers included. Oh, and a couple of marijuana leaf logos tastefully (I hope) applied.

My daughter is a student at UCBerkeley and might be able to post and distribute copies.

The good news is that I made 100 copies of it and walked out to the campus "free speech area" (aren't all areas of America supposed to be "free speech areas"?) at about 8:15, and all of them were gone by 9:30 (when I had to leave in order to arrive on time for the class I teach at 10:00). I will be making 100 more copies and handing them out this afternoon (I don't get a ride home until 5:00, but my last class ends at 3:20--just to clear up why I can't send out the flyer sooner). I'm hoping that some people actually call, but even if they don't, I want them to at least get a smattering of information about medical marijuana (some people, believe it or not, still aren't aware that there is such a use for cannabis).

So, all in all my day's been weird, yet quite satisfying.

If you want, I'll fill in the weird details.

(grin) I hear that, my friend...

Mourners for Man Shot by Sheriff's Deputy Block Freeway Traffic in Protest The Associated Press
Published: Apr 17, 2002

SEATTLE (AP) - Demonstrators marching from the funeral of a black man shot to death by a white off-duty sheriff's deputy briefly blocked traffic on a busy freeway.

Authorities made no arrests when 100 to 200 people blocked the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for about 30 minutes during the afternoon rush hour Tuesday.

"This is just the inauguration, the beginning of a sustained effort to get the responses we've been seeking," said the Rev. Leslie D. Braxton of Mount Zion Baptist Church.

The demonstrators marched to the King County Courthouse after the funeral for Robert Lee Thomas Sr., 59, and threw two blags of red liquid against the courthouse to represent Thomas' blood. The courthouse contains the sheriff's office.
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