AARP The Magazine

February 24, 2006

Lots of Americans find themselves, as they get older, looking for a sense of community in a fragmented society. For some, "intentional communities" provide the close ties and feeling of family they've been looking for.

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But the facts are that we have choices that aren't being made or acted on mostly because of the state of fear that has been created, perpetrated, justified, and forced upon us by one small section of humanity.

One example of 'justifiable subterfuge.' The layers of BS are pretty thick at this point.

You know, I have 7 children, and so far 1 grandchild. Do you think I can just let all this ride? There is very little that any one of us can do true, but together the possibilities are worth exploration.

I don't want to leave this world a worse place than when I found it. I will do my best as an individual, but I learned a long time ago that this reality is a shared space, we are all in it together, and the more we start acting like that the more real it becomes.

I believe that knowledge is illumination, a light that dispels the shadows of fear and ignorance. Yet without diligent watchfulness, even the best of intended knowledge can be twisted to serve the interests of the few wealthy pigs that rule. That happened to America. It happened before any of us were here, and most of us grew up in that shadow, unaware. The we smoked pot, and experimented with other 'mind-expanding' tools and devices, and guess what? Our minds expanded!

Now in the 'prime'of our lives (those of us boomers) we feel this natural human urge to enlighten those who come after us. What are we giving our children, when we let the institutions (which are legislated, controlled, and regulated by the power elite) have them day in and day out? Where is our 'generational responsibility' when we allow so much error to be forced into their young developing brains?

Our responsibilty has gotten even greater for the fact that we have yet to really do anything but shout and shake our fists at the undefeatable beast that has raised up in our midst.

Wars are orchestrated. International conflicts are sometimes nothing more than family feuds going back to the beginning of time. Sometimes those wars seem to be about 'vengeance,' 'justice,' 'saving the world from Hitler or terrorists,' etc. At the root of all of it is power and conquest.

In modern times the power and conquest has moved into economics, though the miltary might is maintained to back it up and protect it from such things as 'revolution,' and a general rising of opressed people.

Platos "Republic," an ancient intellectual tome expounding the ideal Roman Society, is the model and 'bible' for the world dominating power elite.

Has anyone noticed how much the american middle class is declining, particulary since that arrogant jerkoff bush got into office? Do you think it is an 'unfortunate effect' or design?

When we started this country a certain kind of hyocrisy was also started. That hypocrisy is the surface appearance of supporting the people classes, spouting words like 'freedom' 'liberty' 'justice for all' 'equality'. ALL JUST WORDS. The only people in the world who actually have those things without the same limitations that are forced on all the rest of us, is the rich and powerful.

True we have a'document' called the 'Constitution' which supposedly is a 'peoples' constitution, yet everything in that document is a testament to the abilty of the powers that be to elaborately control every aspect of freedom, with 'godlike powers' of instrumentation. If people had not made their personal sacrifices for a greater goal of the actual reality of making a 'free state' the difference between the 'Royals' and the American Aristocracy of wealth and power would be negligible. Oh! On second examination there actually is very little difference. SO maybe all those well-meaning American Freedom Fighters (terrorists?) from the revolution on were all fighting a losing war? Maybe our constitution is just so bound up in the control of the rich, any attempts to modernize, or update it to a more equitable reality is futile?

We should all just not make waves....except lots and lots of words. Throw words at the wall long enough, maybe some mortar will weaken. Action needs to be taken. Not violence, not more war, but people need to be willing to stand up and take a little heat. I'm not talking about old 'sixties' style protests with signs and acoustic guitars, I'm talking about real action, like a peoples constitutional convention.

Personally, I'd just like to be able to live my life without all this tension and conflict, however the rich wealthy bastards have made mine and so many other innocent peoples lives such a living hell, I personally have been saturated with this BS for a long time, and can see no way to just live a normal human existence with all these f'ers running the show.

On another note, since I know you've been concerned about the UAE ports thing, I thought you might find this interesting:

CHRISTINE ROMANS: The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is a major investor in The Carlyle Group, the private equity investment firm where President Bush's father once served as senior adviser and is a who's who of former high-level government officials. Just last year, Dubai International Capital, a government-backed buyout firm, invested in an $8 billion Carlyle fund.

Another family connection, the president's brother, Neil Bush, has reportedly received funding for his educational software company from the UAE investors. A call to his company was not returned.

Then there is the cabinet connection. Treasury Secretary John Snow was chairman of railroad company CSX. After he left the company for the White House, CSX sold its international port operations to Dubai Ports World for more than a billion dollars.

In Connecticut today, Snow told reporters he had no knowledge of that CSX sale. "I learned of this transaction probably the same way members of the Senate did, by reading about it in the newspapers."

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I've been looking into indoor growing potentials for my state's medical cannabis program. California allows 12 mature plants at any one time, but you are allowing to have multiple grows over the year. So most users, with a lot of work and some skill could do it. You can easily get 1/2 ounce per plant indoors it you have room and lights to let it frow fairly large. Get's expensive, though.

But maybe 6 ounces per grow, and maybe 2 crops a year. So 12 ounces or 330 grams. About 660 "joints". Enough for the typical patient. But certainly not all.

It's much worst in our state's plan. It will allow only 6 indoor plants of any size at one time. And to make it harder, you can have only 1 ounce of dried cannabis at any time. Pretty tought, but many med users can maybe get enough this way - not the heavy duty chemo smokers but the lighter med users.

You can turn around a small plant indoors in about 13 weeks or a little less. It doesn't matter if you grow them in soil or do it hydro. Keeping them small means less room is needed and less lights. You can grow them longer and bigger before harvesting, so they produce more, but that would probably violate my state's proposed maximum dried amount.

Basically, you continualy clone new plants off the old plants and have them in various stages of growth so one plant matures every 15 days. Each small plant can produce about 1/4 of an ounce or about 7 grams. So you can produce enough for a little less than about 1/2 gram a day, roughly a marijuana cigarette's worth.

If you use the right seeds, the stuff will be fairly potent, and, for most people, one joint would be enough for 3 or 4 doses.

However, growing this way takes a lot of skill and some outlay of money. I think it will be very hard on most medical users.

Plus, these small amounts mean you have to use it in the most efficient way possible. So you are less likely to use vaporizers or tinctures or oral methods.

Whig, I am glad to hear about your appointment with the Chiro. Sure hope it helps. My wife swears by them. Chiropractors and Blue Cross kept her from being cripple.

Runruffswife, keep the faith and don't be surprised by what you hear from runruff at first. He has been "conditioned" for his stay there, and may sound a bit off center. Our letters and calls will set him straight. That, and your Love.

I try not to post too much when I am at my bottom swing, because it usually comes across as a whine. lol. You've seen the electronic graphs with wavy lines, right? Most people live their lives in a short to medium wavy line. My wave line goes from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen. Extreme highs and lows. Cannabis keeps my lines from going completely offscreen.

Well, Peace, Love, and Laughter. Please have a good day all.

Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!

THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...

The Seekers: The birth and life of the '9/11 Truth movement': http://villagevoice.com/news/0608,murphy,72254,6.html

Conspiracy 101: The basics of alternative 9/11 theories: http://villagevoice.com/news/0608,murphy,72255,6.html

The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft Without Training: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2006/210206impossibility.htm

Media Credit: Travis Austin

The Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed Senate Bill 2568 legalizing medical marijuana 6-5 on Feb. 15. If the bill passes the General Assembly, Illinois will become the twelfth state to protect patients from arrest for medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendations.

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