November 18, 2005

Here's a debate about what's appropriate and what's not sparked by one woman's trip to a Valley bookstore.

She's shocked by some literature she came across, namely a book about some questionable horticulture.

It's a guide to growing marijuana and it's for retail sale on bookshelves. Nothing illegal about it, though it's enough to raise one woman's brow.

Growing marijuana is illegal. Selling marijuana is illegal. Smoking marijuana is illegal. But Ginger Cochran is angry.

"Outrage," she says. "And I called my mom to throw a fit about it."

A fit about being able to read about marijuana, something she discovered at a recent trip to her local Books-A-Million.

"I stopped in to do a little browsing and was in the gardening section actually looking for a container gardening book," she explains. "Right smack dab in the middle of the shelf was "The Cannabis Grow Bible. Sure enough it was a book on how to grow pot for recreational and medicinal uses."

We stopped in to check it out. And on the gardening aisle, "The Cannabis Grow Bible," just in front a title called "Marijuana Growers Guide."

"Anybody's teenager can walk in there and pick that up," she says. "There's no restriction on the selling of the book."

We called Books-A-Million corporate and were told the person we need to speak with travels from one store to another and the best way to reach her was by e-mail. We did that. As of this publication, we're awaiting word back. Ginger also called. She had more luck.

"She did state to me also that they deliberately didn't carry certain magazines that promoted growing pot or that lifestyle," she says. "And I appreciated her telling me that."

Ginger says she was also told that those books must've ended up on the shelves on accident--placed there after someone ordered the books on-line but never actually picked them up.

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November 18, 2005

Here's a debate about what's appropriate and what's not sparked by one woman's trip to a Valley bookstore.

She's shocked by some literature she came across, namely a book about some questionable horticulture.

It's a guide to growing marijuana and it's for retail sale on bookshelves. Nothing illegal about it, though it's enough to raise one woman's brow.

Growing marijuana is illegal. Selling marijuana is illegal. Smoking marijuana is illegal. But Ginger Cochran is angry.

"Outrage," she says. "And I called my mom to throw a fit about it."

A fit about being able to read about marijuana, something she discovered at a recent trip to her local Books-A-Million.

"I stopped in to do a little browsing and was in the gardening section actually looking for a container gardening book," she explains. "Right smack dab in the middle of the shelf was "The Cannabis Grow Bible. Sure enough it was a book on how to grow pot for recreational and medicinal uses."

We stopped in to check it out. And on the gardening aisle, "The Cannabis Grow Bible," just in front a title called "Marijuana Growers Guide."

"Anybody's teenager can walk in there and pick that up," she says. "There's no restriction on the selling of the book."

We called Books-A-Million corporate and were told the person we need to speak with travels from one store to another and the best way to reach her was by e-mail. We did that. As of this publication, we're awaiting word back. Ginger also called. She had more luck.

"She did state to me also that they deliberately didn't carry certain magazines that promoted growing pot or that lifestyle," she says. "And I appreciated her telling me that."

Ginger says she was also told that those books must've ended up on the shelves on accident--placed there after someone ordered the books on-line but never actually picked them up. Growing concern over growing 'bible' Nov 18, 2005, 07:37 PM EST Here's a debate about what's appropriate and what's not sparked by one woman's trip to a Valley bookstore.

She's shocked by some literature she came across, namely a book about some questionable horticulture.

It's a guide to growing marijuana and it's for retail sale on bookshelves. Nothing illegal about it, though it's enough to raise one woman's brow.

Growing marijuana is illegal. Selling marijuana is illegal. Smoking marijuana is illegal. But Ginger Cochran is angry.

"Outrage," she says. "And I called my mom to throw a fit about it."

A fit about being able to read about marijuana, something she discovered at a recent trip to her local Books-A-Million.

"I stopped in to do a little browsing and was in the gardening section actually looking for a container gardening book," she explains. "Right smack dab in the middle of the shelf was "The Cannabis Grow Bible. Sure enough it was a book on how to grow pot for recreational and medicinal uses."

We stopped in to check it out. And on the gardening aisle, "The Cannabis Grow Bible," just in front a title called "Marijuana Growers Guide."

"Anybody's teenager can walk in there and pick that up," she says. "There's no restriction on the selling of the book."

We called Books-A-Million corporate and were told the person we need to speak with travels from one store to another and the best way to reach her was by e-mail. We did that. As of this publication, we're awaiting word back. Ginger also called. She had more luck.

"She did state to me also that they deliberately didn't carry certain magazines that promoted growing pot or that lifestyle," she says. "And I appreciated her telling me that."

Ginger says she was also told that those books must've ended up on the shelves on accident--placed there after someone ordered the books on-line but never actually picked them up.

Copyright 2000 - 2005 WorldNow and WAFF

We have 14 PERMANENT military bases in Iraq. They aren't going anywhere. The neo-cons have already committed to their agenda and there is no turning back for them now. What country lies between Afghanistan and Iraq? Iran. Syria is on the list also. The grand prize will be Saudi Arabia and all of their oil.

If the neo-cons and globalists don't get what they want they will attempt to take everyone else down with them. The sh*t will soon hit the fan.

Perle says out with the Saudis: http://tinyurl.com/botn2

THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...

Tucker Carlson, PNAC & 9/11 - Another PNAC 9/11 Connection: http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=193

Prof. Jones "Bows Out of Limelight;" Talks To Arctic Beacon In What He Says Will Be His Last Media Appearance: http://www.arcticbeacon.citymaker.com/articles/article/1518131/37516.htm

Believe 9/11 Was an Inside Job? Leave the Country! http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=125

Crooked Cops and 9/11: http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2005/11/crooked-cops-and-9-11.html

Time to Denounce 9/11 Junk Science: http://www.wingtv.net/thornarticles/911junkscience.html

REOPEN911.org & TvNewsLIES.org Working Together: http://tvnewslies.org/html/tvnl___reopen911_org.html

Who? owns Eternity?

It is 'not he human landlord,

I could be wrong, of course. We could choose to have the CSA take precedent over Religious Freedom (and every other freaking right we have), and we could continue to allow so much more that we don't want, but I am an optimist. I believe our species can move through this chaos of change and transform itself into something worth being a part of.

As it stands, we humans are a pretty pathetic bunch. We've always chosen war over peace, since time immemorial. I am what they call a triple-veteran, and I hate war for different reasons than most. I believe that the concept of war is outdated. That a truly free country would set such a standard for prosperity and compassion, it would spend it's time helping other nations achieve their own state of abundance.

Scarcity economics is also an outdated phenomenon, in my opinion anyway. The pie is ever-expanding if it is not wasted. Or hoarded. Or marketed to death in the form of fads delivered to the consumer zombies of the TV world.

But then again, I did say I am an optimist. So I will naturally find the good in most situations. Peace to all, Rev Jim

Rev Jim Lunsford

First Cannabist Church

Chuckle. So, Mr Propaganda, when people "self-report" it is suspect - if the self-reporting conflicts with the party line?

With billions of dollars invested in GM foods, no adverse finding has yet been sufficient to reverse the industry’s growth in the US. It may take some dramatic, indisputable, and life-threatening discovery. That is why Ermakova’s findings are so important. If the study holds up, it may topple the GM food industry.

http://www.newswithviews.com/Smith/jeffrey8.htm

http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showArticle/?objectID=298

Contact your reps, and congress-critters, and support those calling for withdrawal, and email war-supporting pols that you are done with America being a spin-off of bushes Hitlerian fantasy!

The war on terror, is really the a bushwellian Victory of Fear, and should be called such.

Bush is the world's biggest terrorist, and the Repugs AND the media should be held accountable, and will!

The uni-verse ALWAYS has the last word, just look at the current landscape, and reflect on the fact the Saturn, the Taskmaster is on Bushes 11 degree Leo Rising, and will take him even further down, the question is, how far will he take us with him?

Thank you Saturn, Father Time, Lord of KARMA! You go, guy!

Passports to hurt trade and tourism http://tinyurl.com/9ru8f

If they're in a tiff over passports, what do you think a full-on bottleneck at the border would do to their precious profits? They mention the "just-in-time" business practice of not maintaining warehousing to save on costs as being the primary reason for not doing this kind of border slowdown...just as has been mentioned here, again and again.

Cool.

I'm very curious about your prediction. I haven't seen one in a long time, people have naturally become leery of it, and I'm kind of "hungry" for one.

"Cannabis goes legal, and the War comes to an end shortly! Divine Timing!"

"shortly!" That part is the part I like the most.

FoM is the Grand Dame of Cannabis law reform, no doubt.

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Withdrawal is Not Retreat

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/11/withdrawal_is_n.html

I wish we had learned something from Vietnam.

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag: http://www.countryjoe.com/col9.ram

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By Howard Kurtz, Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, November 18, 2005

John Murtha is now off the reservation.

If I had to pick one of the least likely candidates to demand an immediate pullout from Iraq, the Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania would be right up there. Vietnam veteran, big Pentagon supporter, rarely makes waves on the Hill. We're not talking Ted Kennedy here. He supported the Gulf war and the Iraq war. And yet the guy holds a news conference yesterday and says it's time to go because "our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency."

This paragraph I found chilling:

"These are typically not kids who are using drugs, but they're doing it for the same reason that kids use substances," explains Julie Rosenbluth of the American Council for Drug Education. "It's an opportunity to get high that doesn't have the stigma [of drugs] attached to it."

OMigosh, choking yourself doesn't have the stigma of drugs??? Maybe then we've put too much stigma on drugs and not enough stigma on others ways kids can get some thrills from taking risks.

This is so sad and horrible. I'll bet the parents wished she smoked pot instead. How do you prevent something like this? At least pot you can smell. How do you tell whether your thirteen year old is upstairs quietly choking herself into unconsciousness in her closet?

Note that the methodology is not attacked, just the person.

I would think hard-core users responding would be what the government wants, since they have always maintained that heavy cannabis use causes depression, schizophrenia, etc?

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The Associated Press

Friday, November 18, 2005

LITTLE ROCK — A legislative committee heard testimony Thursday from backers of legal use of marijuana as a medicine for suffering patients.

Rep. Lindsley Smith, D-Fayetteville, said she may file a bill during the 2007 session to make medical marijuana legal in Arkansas. The bill would make the drug available to patients who are terminally ill, allowing them to grow and distribute marijuana among themselves for medical use.

Dr. Phillip A. Denney of Carmichael, Calif., testified that since 1996 he has been prescribing marijuana for patients with chronic pain and those who are terminally. California legalized the practice in 1996. Denny said patients using the drug should not be forced to register because that could lead to harassment or arrest.

Nine states have legalized the practice, legislators were told, and medical marijuana is legal in Canada.

Cancer patient Debbie Carter of Little Rock, who has a brain tumor, testified the drug helped her while she underwent chemotherapy. She said using marijuana enabled her to overcome nausea and eat.

Mike Feehan, attorney for the Bureau of Legislative Research, said federal law bans the use of marijuana, a law that has been upheld in federal court. Feehan noted that the high court has reviewed the California law but did not invalidate it.

Past attempts at passing a medical marijuana bill have failed in Arkansas.