"If SAFER gets the bill passed statewide, Colorado would be the first in the country to legalize marijuana."

Mixed breeds are usually healthier and stronger, it seems. Mongrel's can be extraordinary dogs, but, of course you risk having unexpected character traits. I'm sure it's the same way in seed selection.

Something I've noticed lately is a certain trait on the part of some of the larger shepherd like dogs, like Great Pyranees and St. Bernards and Newfoundlands. They will protect you and fight if they have to, but I've noticed that when something alarms them they'd rather, if given the choice and opportunity, "rescue" you by leading you to safety than to have a standoff.

Mar 3 06 Drug Truth Network, KPFT 90.1FM 04:20 PM Joe McNamara Houston Texas USA Former Police Chief, Dr. Joseph McNamara of the Hoover Institute, is a guest on Drug Truth Network, hosted by Dean Becker KPFT 90.1FM, Houston, Texas and 51 affiliates in Canada and the US.

For those of no particular belief(in any mumbo-jumbo ;)), consider that feelings of goodwill are more positve and conducive to peace and happiness. Feelings of gratitude are more positive than those of envy. Only you control yourself.

Turn your hand from ill and to the good. The wise conquer themselves. All actions proceed from intention.

Metta

The Pali word metta is a multi-significant term meaning loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, amity, concord, inoffensiveness and non-violence. The Pali commentators define metta as the strong wish for the welfare and happiness of others (parahita-parasukha-kamana). Essentially metta is an altruistic attitude of love and friendliness as distinguished from mere amiability based on self-interest. Through metta one refuses to be offensive and renounces bitterness, resentment and animosity of every kind, developing instead a mind of friendliness, accommodativeness and benevolence which seeks the well-being and happiness of others. True metta is devoid of self-interest. It evokes within a warm-hearted feeling of fellowship, sympathy and love, which grows boundless with practice and overcomes all social, religious, racial, political and economic barriers. Metta is indeed a universal, unselfish and all-embracing love.

So, seeds are technically illegal in Canada but, they did not enforce the law for over a decade and in fact referred patients to the same seed businesses they have now shut down. People in Canada are right to confused on the matter.

As for seeds in general being bought and sold, I don't see why not, other than the legality issue with cannabis specifically.

electronically

i can 'love

'i love

It was making people lots of money. Not everyone has a friend with a friend.... Emery Seeds used the profits for funding cannabis law reform efforts, buying the seeds allowed growers to fund reform as well as try different kinds. I only ever thought the prices were way too crazy.

This is an all out assault on the forces of cannabis law reform, so that they can STEAL a bunch of hard earned BY CAPITALISM currency to buy more cops, helicopters, and guns. Really, the last refuge of true free enterprise is contraband... All else is regulated and taxed.

We ask for that in cannabis so they stop cracking skulls but they know that all the false make work and BS comes to a halt. Drug war, terror war!, war! war! war! NO! MORE! WAR! What value have fields of poppies if herion is pennies per dose on the street? What incentive to fill a house with hydroponic grow equipment if it costs $1.95/pound down at the apothecary? Why trade blood for oil when the purchase includes extinction?

(turbo-posting again)

It's humiliating to me as a citizen of this country. It does make me feel "captive" and I do feel foolish for ever believing that the government of this country was based on liberty of the individual and "justice for all".

I realized it was a lie when Barr and bunch overturned the medical marijuana vote in D.C..

do you honor your father?

have you the capacity for these things?

There has much written about 'love, and 'passion,

children, in this Night

i am a child

who is looking for that 'true tit

that succors my 'world,

and if i never have a chance to 'see you with my eyes,

i will carry your image

throughout my eternal 'journey

in this place

in this time

'we may be soldiers,

in this crazy world

my 'twinkle

when my 'eyes first 'witnessed,

this cruel world

I Learned about Right and Wrong

I saw, in my heart and 'my soul,

This is my take:

My seeds are better then your seeds are.

No my seeds are better then your seeds.

No No No No!

share seeds, even the Mex or homegrown grows up right nice if you take care of it ...

It's good to be the King, it's not good to embarass the king. And this cabal of Republican wackos who have taken over the US definitely think they're the king.

standing in line to get that 'fat ass mcdonalds burger,

oh, i forgot there is a 'sale...

at the bottom 'line,

this bust' is testament

how 'we those people,

continue to 'march

locked step

'deeper into Hell

'deeper into our obligations

aka contracts and agreements

secular bargains

with greedy children

who have 'bought into the secular agreement

that is.. sniffed out that most objectionable meat

that the lords of 'take that easy way out

have offered..

this is the beginning, the whole thing is posted at:

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=23541&page=2&pp=15

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Canadian sovereignty at issue in war on pot growers

Domestic prosecution of Quebec seed producer raises questions about extradition case of B.C.'s prince of pot

Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun

The RCMP have launched an offensive against Canadian marijuana growers and seed producers that has sent shock waves over the Internet and across B.C., which is home to at least 40 companies that sell seeds and cuttings via mail order.

The Mounties announced Tuesday that members of the newly formed Marihuana Grow Operations Enforcement Team concluded their first major operation, shutting down a Montreal-based, cannabis seed-selling company.

They revealed there were seven such teams across the country, established in 2004 to target pot growers and halt the burgeoning domestic production, the annual harvest of which is said to be larger than wheat.

Locally the B.C. Marijuana Party and pot activists were outraged, but mostly they seemed scared -- Canada hasn't targeted seed sellers before and these offences can carry 10-year prison terms.

What galls them though is that the Montreal group is charged with exactly the same crime for which Marc Emery and two of his employees are battling extradition to the U.S.

Prince of pot Emery and his employees operated openly in Canada for a decade and were not charged by local cops but now face American charges that carry much stiffer sentences.

Kirk Tousaw, lawyer for the party and a member of the legal team involved in the extradition fight, said he wanted to know why the Mounties were prepared to domestically prosecute a Quebec-based seed producer but stepped aside so the U.S. could indict Emery.

"Why on earth are Montreal-based seed sales any different from Vancouver-based seed sales?" he asked.

in packs of ten, hanging on the rotating rack in Stores.

Doen't know if you got carded, 'magin ...

of that contract

Kind of short sighted though. They would have been better off to designate Heaven's Stairway as the official seed distributer for their nationwide medical cannabis program. Then they could develop a long term program.

I believe they heard the questions "How come you're busting Emery Seeds and leaving all the other ones alone?" so they can claim in the extradition hearings that Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey, and Greg Williams are not being persecuted for political acts. The Canadian government is refusing to press charges in Canada against these three. So, the montreal group, not as politically active, a for-profit business will face Canadian Justice while the USA wants Marc Emery because of political activism. He challenged them directly. Our government by playing it this way shows that we are a vassal state of the USA, the DEA can operate on our soil and force our police to enforce their war.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060228/rcmp_drugring_060228/20060228?hub=Canada

If watching this doesn't send a chill down your spine, nothing will. The interesting thing to me is that this was not an underground operation; the business was openly posted on the internet for almost 10 years and the government did nothing about it.

So, they allow the business to operate for a decade. Then, they raid the place and seize everything, including hundreds of thousands of dollars, that the government now takes.

Laying aside all the propaganda and portly Quebecois in bulletproof vests, the facts and the actions show you that the government wanted Heaven's Stairway to operate for a time so that they could steal the profits. The government wanted the cannabis seeds to be sold. The government wanted to profit from that activity.

If the government wanted to stop the use of cannabis, they could have sent, by registered mail, a cease-and-desist order to HS back in 1997. What possible explanation could there be for waiting 10 years, other than my hypothesis? Shame on the media for playing along & progagating pure lies.

Rather than help these marginalised groups, people like Morrisey capitalize on their misery by COMPOUNDING it. SHAME!

The expletives I feel like flinging at the ignorance of that district attorney I will reserve for this side of cyberspace. No wonder there is so much crime.

"Every single one of them told us that they started by using marijuana," Morrisey said. "So anybody that tries to tell anybody that this is not a gateway drug that leads to other drugs, that we have huge problems within our society, they're kidding you."

I believe that the 'people of Denver shall prevail in November.

Now I kind of think the crime part will be reduced significantly, since you won't be arresting small time users. The kinds of crimes that go along with prohibition, like the corruption of our politicians, police officers, the destruction of police/public relations, will still be there. No one is going to get any relief from this situation until CANNABIS is RE-LEGALIZED. For All Gods Children.

Turn and face the Changes.

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By Felisa Cardona, Denver Post Staff Writer

March 01, 2006

Keith Guild was first in line to sign a petition on the steps of the state Capitol that would place a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot.

The 30-year-old trial preparer used his lunch break today to put his name on the list of Coloradans who want a chance to vote on the issue.

"I voted in the last election to make it legal in Denver and it didn't seem to do anything," Guild said. "It seems like a waste of time and effort as far as the city having to police marijuana."

Members of SAFER, Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, kicked off the petition drive, vowing to collect at least 110,000 signatures to put an initiative on the ballot even though they only need 68,000 to sign.

SAFER challenged Gov. Bill Owens, Attorney General John Suthers and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to sign the petition at the Capitol. The three did not show up.

If the law passes, it would allow adults older than 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuna.

SAFER campaign director Mason Tvert said about 300 people have already asked if they can volunteer to collect signatures.

"They believe that it can happen," Tvert said. "People believe this is the beginning of a tipping point in the way we do things in this country."

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