Here's the whole WH Correspondents' Dinner, if you can download it with BitTorrent. The one you posted was just an excerpt and was apparently only the last half of Colbert's performance.

Video: http://tinyurl.com/qzox6

I never bow to the laws of the thought police

I actually don't agree with Neil that we need a leader, I think we need to stop being followers and think for ourselves. Certainly I don't think I could conceivably register and vote for anyone in November that I would be comfortable supporting, nor do I want to register any kind of endorsement of the state through participating in its political processes. I'd rather stand on the sidelines and speak honestly about what I think and what we can do as independent human beings without having to seek out permission and petition for our rights. And from this vantage point, too, we can and should condemn the horrific violence that the state is doing to people, and demand it cease in the name of God and all that is good.

But I'm just a little Whig, here in my little room, without much of an audience. I can only hope that my words are occasionally heard and amplified by others who hear and repeat them in their own way.

Once there was a little man who had to go back and forth just to get home. He laughed and he tried not to cry.

Some nation has to challenge the US-fomented UN Single Convention Treaty. It looks like Mexico has been the first. For what they are doing is just that; a direct challenge.

The situation down there is vastly less settled than it is up here; Nuevo Laredo is a perfect example of the bleached cleanliness of ivory-tower DrugWarrior myths about drug 'control' meeting up with the dirty and blood-soaked reality laying sprawled on Mex streets.

Chorus: Let the midnight special shine a light on me, Let the midnight special shine a light on me, Let the midnight special shine a light on me, Let the midnight special shine a everlovin’ light on me.

Yonder come miss rosie, how in the world did you know? By the way she wears her apron, and the clothes she wore. Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand; She come to see the gov’nor, she wants to free her man.

Chorus

but I cannot be there

I never received an invitation,

I paid my taxes and dues,

yet, I never received an invitation,

largely fueled by greedy business people,

there is an old saying about being fooled more than once,

i think old Abe had said it,

as long as you choose to be informed

by people like criminal rush limbow,

you can expect interest on your dividends,

who is that knocking on your door?

it is the tax collector,

hope you have money,

maybe you won't have steak tonight,

the tax collector

is having a fine barbecue,

what!

you didn't get an invitation?

it can't get much more violent,

than in some American prison,

it can't get much more violent,

than those jack booted dea folks,

yep there she is old Karen Tandy

and old John Walters,

imagine,

they have to hire slick madison avenue,

to create advertisements

to convince us about drugs,

in the meantime, those thick headed

booters, enjoy their pork chops,

compliments of the American Tax Dollar,

if they could only see,

every tax dollar,

is sweated in blood and misery,

to pay these savior thugs

What did you just say? Drugs are legal in Mexico? Cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, methamphetamine, peyote, opium and heroin?! And that's just part of the list! My God, I can't believe the bold pragmatism on Mexico's part. Finally, some reason, and sanity by Mexico's congress and their president! Could this be the turning point on our war on drugs? What will the US say about this? What about all the happy tourists returning from Mexico saying they had the best time ever using legal ecstasy while strolling on a moonlit beach in Cabo san Lucas? What about people openly smoking pelo rojo on the zocalo in Puerto Vallarta? That is freedom, and it's the ability to do things like smoke a joint on your balcony in Zihuatanejo without any fear that will bring similar change here in the United Sates. Let us hope that won't be too much longer. Hooray for Mexico!

There is no way he didn't know about the goings on in Mexico. I believe his strongly worded comments about Walters were timed specifically because he knew about the bombshell coming from Mexico. Remember, his only concerns about marijuana are in its "purest form" which doesn't come from Mexico but from up North.

Talk about cracks in the wall of prohibition?

Things are shaking up nicely. I spoke with Grassley's local office yesterday and they are awaiting my updates on the local ordinance I have already submitted to BV County.

Now we have the heartland firmly going against the Whitehouse. Minneasota may just get a MM bill and Illinois is also arguing a bill in the full Senate. Now Iowa has two Senators crying foul about methamphetamines and the misplaced focus on marijuana. Three heartland states are now poised to join the previously mostly West & Northeast movement.

Cocaine killed the peaceful cannabis culture of the 1970's ushering in Just Say No, forfeitures and mandatory minimums. Can you say Iran-Contra?

Now, methamphetamine is plaguing the peaceful cannabis consumers. If coupled with a severe cannabis drought, meth and prescription drug abuse will drive many otherwise peaceful people to violence and ruin. How many people will be manipulated into more binge drinking, prescription drug abuse and meth by harassment of cannabis rallies, dispensaries and cafes?

Comment #45

...as for Rush Limbaugh. I never found him to be all that intelligent, it just seemed like he blew up Republican views and made them a little more interesting. He's never been particularly creative or thoughtful, I felt he simply resuscitated stuff that Reagan developed. and who can forgive him for putting down hemp in front of the whole country, making it popular to view cannabis as a laughing-stock and stupid activity with no real purpose.

From the above linked article...

"A delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives visited Mexico last week and met with senior officials to discuss drug control issues, but was told nothing of the planned legislative changes, said Michelle Gress, a House subcommittee counsel who was part of the visiting team. "We were not informed," she said."

Awww, poor drug warriors weren't able to intimidate or bribe to get your way. WHAAAAA!

Yeah, right! No big deal, the board is already dominated once again by 9/11 truthers!

http://www.universalpictures.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

Powerful New Film Expertly Exposes Phony Drug War & Police State: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/280406powerfulfilm.htm

FoM, the University of Colorado police can't prove squat just because some kids appear to be smoking pot in some pictures. The evil tokers can just say they were smoking tobacco as many folks now roll their own cigarettes to save money. I don't see what the campus cops can do without some physical evidence. If they do try to discipline anyone there might be some lawsuits.

Anyone who would take the fifty bucks is a major loser.

On yet another unrelated note, the Achilles heel of the neo-cons is bleeding badly as the mainstream media is in a major panick right now. I have never seen so much talk of the 9/11 inside job on this global bridge that we call the internet since that dreadful September day in 2001. Everything that the cover-up artists try is backfiring in their faces, BIG TIME...

Universal's Flight 93 'Hijacked' By Truth Seekers: Forum moderators deleting entire threads in real time: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/290406truthseekers.htm

911Truth.org urges nationwide response to United 93: http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060427045349879

Did Flight 93 really happen as We were Told? http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/28/2242/49415

The questions that "United 93" can't answer: http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060426233108945

Excerpt:

WASHINGTON, April 28 — Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is under criminal investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress, his lawyer said Friday.

April 28, 2006

John Walters, director of National Drug Control Policy, will be in Colorado Sunday and Monday to discuss marijuana use with state officials and talk with high school athletic directors about steroid use.

On Friday, Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked President Bush to fire Walters for focusing too much on marijuana and not enough on methamphetamines. Sens. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., and John Salazar, D-Colo., weren't available for comment.

Walters was in Colorado in February and is returning, in part, because Denver passed an initiative to legalize marijuana use in the city, and petitions are circulating to lift the restrictions statewide.

Wanted: Stoned and alive

colorado.edu Pictures:

http://mas.scripps.com/DRMN/2006/04/28/smoking_o.jpg

http://www.colorado.edu/police/420_Photo_Album/index.htm

University of Colorado police have posted pictures of 150 people on a website smoking pot on the "420" day celebration last week and are offering a $50 reward for anyone who can identify them.

By Ivan Moreno, Rocky Mountain News

April 28, 2006

University of Colorado police have posted pictures of 150 people on a website smoking pot on the "420" day celebration last week and are offering a $50 reward for anyone who can identify them.

Police spokesman Lt. Tim McGraw said they received more than 50 calls within the first hours of posting the pictures online Thursday afternoon. He said police were in the process of confirming the tips today.

"I mean the phones were ringing off the hook," he said.

The pictures were taken by people in the crowd at Farrand Field on April 20, a day of revelry for marijuana smokers. Anyone who knows people in the pictures is asked to call 303-492-8168. The $50 reward will be given to the first caller who correctly identifies someone pictured on the site.

Oh, my! You've got to see PNAC member, Bill Kristol, on Comedy Central! He gets grilled and made to look like the insane war-monger that he is...

Here's Rush's booking info courtesy of the Palm Beach Sheriffs Department... http://tinyurl.com/ehvg4

Regarding Mexico, we had better invade now before a "domino effect" begins!

On an unrelated note, the mainstream media is in attack mode against the 9/11 conspiracy movie, Loose Change. This is surely a good sign...

Conspiracy film rewrites Sept. 11: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-27-conspiracies-sept-11_x.htm

Also, there is supposed to be a mention of Loose Change on CNN's 'Situation Room' tonight.

THE WAY OUT...

“False Flagg” op called Rosetta Stone of 9/11: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/printer_748.shtml

Osama Connected to 9/11? Not According to the F.B.I.: http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=364

HEADS UP! THREE Stage Terror Drill to Take Place in Chicago: May 2-4: http://www.lonelantern.org/police_state_reports.html

— heroin, 25 mg

— marijuana 5 grams

— cocaine 500 mg

— LSD .015 mg (Tune in, Turn On, Drop Out)

— MDA 200 mg

— MDMA (Ecstasy) 200 mg

— mescaline: 1 g

— peyote: 1 KG (that should be enough)

— psilocybin (concentrate, pure, active ingredient) 100 mg

— hallucinogenic mushrooms (raw, off the farm): 250 mg

— amphetamines: 100 mg

— dexamphetamines: 40 mg

— Phencyclidine (PCP, or Angel Dust) 7 mg

—methamphetamines: 200 mg

— Nalbuphine (synthetic opiate): 10 mg

***

Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

April 28, 2006

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use - including cocaine and even heroin - raising potential questions about joint U.S.-Mexican anti-narcotics operations.

The only step remaining was the signature of President Vicente Fox, whose office indicated he would sign the bill, which Mexican officials hope will allow police to focus on large-scale trafficking operations rather than minor drug busts.

"This law gives police and prosecutors better legal tools to combat drug crimes that do so much damage to our youth and children," said Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar.

If Fox signs the measure and it becomes law, it could strain the two countries' cooperation in anti-drug efforts - and increase the vast numbers of vacationing students who visit Mexico.

Oscar Aguilar, a Mexico City political analyst, said Fox appeared almost certain to sign the law - his office proposed it, and his party supports it - and that he had apparently been betting that it would not draw much notice.

"That's probably why they (the Senate) passed it the way they did, in the closing hours of the final session," Aguilar said. "He's going to sign it ... he's not going to abandon his party two months before the (presidential) election."

U.S. officials scrambled to come up with a response to the bill.

"The United States and Mexico have a strong history of counternarcotics cooperation, and the Fox administration has taken a firm stand against illegal drug cultivation, trafficking and abuse," said Janelle Hironimus, a State Department spokeswoman. She said the department was trying to get "more information" about the measure.

One U.S. diplomat who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly said "any effort to decriminalize illegal drugs would not be helpful."

The bill, passed in the early morning hours by Mexico's Senate on a 53-26 vote with one abstention, has already been approved in the lower house of Congress. It also stiffens penalties for trafficking and possession of drugs - even small quantities - by government employees or near schools, and maintains criminal penalties for drug sales.

The bill says criminal charges will no longer be brought for possession of up to 25 milligrams of heroin, 5 grams of marijuana (about one-fifth of an ounce, or about four joints), or 0.5 grams of cocaine - the equivalent of about 4 "lines," or half the standard street-sale quantity (though half-size packages are becoming more common).

"No charges will be brought against ... addicts or consumers who are found in possession of any narcotic for personal use," according to the Senate bill, which also lays out allowable quantities for an array of other drugs, including LSD, ecstasy and amphetamines.

Some of the amounts are eye-popping: Mexicans would be allowed to possess more than two pounds of peyote, the button-sized hallucinogenic cactus used in some native Indian religious ceremonies.

Mexican law now leaves open the possibility of dropping charges against people caught with drugs if they are considered addicts and if "the amount is the quantity necessary for personal use." The new bill drops the "addict" requirement - automatically allowing any "consumers" to have drugs - and sets out specific allowable quantities.

Mexican officials declined to explain how the law would work - including whether drug use in public would be tolerated, or discouraged by other means.

The law was defended by Mexican legislators - and greeted with glee by U.S. legalization advocates.

"We can't close our eyes to this reality," said Sen. Jorge Zermeno, of Fox's conservative National Action Party. "We cannot continue to fill our jails with people who have addictions."

Ethan Nadelmann, director of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, said the bill removed "a huge opportunity for low-level police corruption." In Mexico, police often release people detained for minor drug possession, in exchange for bribes.

Selling all these drugs would remain illegal under the proposed law, unlike the Netherlands, where the sale of marijuana for medical use is legal and it can be bought with a prescription in pharmacies. While Dutch authorities look the other way regarding the open sale of cannabis in designated coffee shops - something Mexican police seem unlikely to do - the Dutch have zero tolerance for heroin and cocaine. In both countries, commercial growing of marijuana is outlawed.

In Colombia, a 1994 court ruling decriminalized personal possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin and other drugs.

The effects in Mexico could be significant, given that the country is rapidly becoming a drug-consuming nation as well as a shipment point for traffickers, and given the number of U.S. students who flock to border cities or resorts like Cancun and Acapulco on vacation.

"This is going to increase addictions in Mexico," said Ulisis Bon, a drug treatment expert in Tijuana, where heroin use is rampant. "A lot of Americans already come here to buy medications they can't get up there ... Just imagine, with heroin."

Associated Press Writer Julie Watson contributed to this report.

That cholesterol infested sparse haired Oxycontin-head.

Can you say, "H-I-P-O-C-R-I-T-E"?

Living With War. Playing now. Thanks Neil Young.

B-by Bush. B-by Cannabis Prohibition.

There's a big-money aspect of this story that I think a lot of people might be missing at this early stage: if it goes through, it will be, I predict, a huge boost to Mexico's tourist industry.

The principle being that tourists who intend only to use very small personal amounts of drugs while vacationing in Mexico will (once it is demonstrated as safe) not be afraid to procure and use them, and will do so, and there will be people who will provide them, despite the increased risk.

The risk will be very small for them in fact because, let's face it, corruption is very well entrenched in Mexico. It will be a lot like Prohibition-era Chicago---there will be certain outfits who can distribute with impunity, because they are connected and have paid for that "right." Other, non-sanctioned people who try to weasel in from the edges will be savagely dealt with.

Something tells me that there is about to be born a new Spanish word: narcoturista!

has to decide

love and understanding

can bring us closer

as members and soldiers

in this night

Every individual can make a difference and working together we can truly affect change.

that i live in this world

I wrote to the so called 420 temple web site and informed them that we, the Religion of Jesus Church, began to claim RFRA rights in early 1994 shortly after RFRA was ratified.

I also informed him that their claim to be the first legal Cannabis church was false seeing as how The Religion of Jesus Church was formed in 1969 as a Cannabis Sacrament celebrating church, and that the Rasta's would probably also see such a pretentious claim as false.

I informed them that we give membership away and that temple 'money changers' are damned as "God ain't short of cash" [wink]

Aloha

a couple of hits

try to remember

how your hand

acted in the most soft way

i have in my heart

a feeling of freedom

redemption and forgiveness

for those late bloomers

who catch the wave

a hundred dollars

may be so very important

to prop your head up

so that you

can 'witness

so that you can see,

your children

your friends

marching along

in slings and pharmacies

as long as those owners

of stocks and bond

aka stockades and bondage

this is a most awesome world

of which my happiness

is spilling over

for i know

the angels fight

for the right

to stand in front

of the 'fire

so that he or she may become a member,

Our ministry is called “Temple 420” because the founder of this religious organization is Jewish we have chosen to use the world Temple rather than church. Also, like a Temple we are asking for a specific donation to join our temple. Churches usually pass the plate after the sermon, but we are creating a national ministry that will eventually go to television to spread the word, but in the meantime our mission is to protect members from religious persecution. Therefore, anyone who joins our congregation will get a membership card identifying them as a member of the Temple. Membership cards will work like medical marijuana cards in CA, if a member is ever pulled over with cannabis, anywhere in the nation, they can present their card and show the authorities that they are lawfully in possession of religious marijuana. If they are ticketed for possessing this spiritual cannabis our organization will defend them.

It is our goal that our group becomes the spiritual home of the 420 Nation. We know that Jesus smokes weed. So, it is the goal of our ministry to reach beyond the borders of America and create a world wide ministry that preaches the Holy Bible to humanity. We are not in any way trying to create a new religion. There is only one true God and we feel that humans, both gentile and Jew, should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul and with their mind. We also think that loving your neighbor is the second most important Jewish commandment and that all the words of the prophets hang on these two laws. Therefore, we are a Judeo-Christian house of worship that welcomes both Jews and Christians into our congregation.

Homegrown is the answer! Make it organic while you're at it.

I would have little interest in buying Phillip Morris cannabis.

Homegrowns all right with me

Homegrown that's the way it should be

I'd be very happy if it becomes possible for people to grow small quantities for personal consumption without risk of prosecution. The nice thing about cannabis is that this is really feasible, we don't need large commercial producers or distributors at all.

***

By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer

April 28, 2006

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Congress approved a bill Friday that would legalize drug possession for personal use -- decriminalizing the carrying of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and even heroin.

The only step remaining is the signature of the president, whose office indicates he will sign the measure, despite the implications for the war on drugs.

The bill, approved by the Senate on a 53-26 vote with one abstention, had been approved earlier by the lower house of Congress.

U.S. officials had no immediate reaction on what this means for the fight against drug trafficking, or the vast numbers of American students who visit Mexico on vacation.

"The presidency congratulates the Congress for approving the reforms," said presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar. "This law gives police and prosecutors better legal tools to combat drug crimes that do so much damage to our youth and children."

The bill legalizes possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana.

"No charges will be brought against ... addicts or consumers who are found in possession of any narcotic for personal use," the bill reads.