I want to say that, though my comments have been scarce lately, I'm still 'lurking'. A new spring is coming, and a lot of my projects remain unfinished. I am getting ready to change gears, and hopefully lifestyles. Busy, yet sometimes quite unmotivated to do anything at all.

Just wanted to let you know.

Very good.

I can also easily imagine Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash (if he were still with us), or Bob Dylan, or Neil recording that song.

Excellent,

Music with Message & Truth, good tone quality too.

I believe I recall the conversation you mentioned.

Maybe we could get accident proof automobiles if the automobile makers and sellers were up for the death penalty if anyone died in their cars or trucks. How about we give the death penalty to anyone who sends american citizens and allies off to war and they get killed or maimed.

Legalize cannabis. It's safer than aspirin.

Find a way to legalize, regulate, and keep the price reasonable with the dangerous drugs and just put the street vendors of heroin and crack and stuff...out of business. There are many, many "dangerous" things that are perfectly legal. If natural gas and motor vehicles are legal, why not those drugs, too...instead of the injustice and mayhem of prohibition?

"It is a sad commentary on the state of modern medicine -- and US drug policy -- that we still need "proof" of something that medicine has known for 5,000 years."

"If marijuana were a new discovery rather than a well-known substance carrying cultural and political baggage, it would be hailed as a wonder drug."

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE ELVENTH OF SEPTEMBER THE GOVERNMENTS TREASON AND PLOT. I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY GOVERNMENT TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT.

Dear MoveOn member,

Democrats are debating a set of plans to stop the escalation in Iraq. Some Democrats are pushing to water down those measures—essentially letting the president off the hook.

Voters elected Democrats in November to end the war. Right now, it's clear that they're not doing enough. There are no compromises on stopping the escalation.

Can you call Rep. Lampson and ask him to do everything he can to make sure Democrats act to block the escalation and end the war?

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Then, please report your call by clicking here:

http://political.moveon.org/call?tg=FHTX_22&cp_id=455&id=9945-6910519-oiHuuO&t=2 It's a pivotal moment. Congress has the power to stop the war, but some representatives are afraid to use it. As the caucus meets and debates, we need to remind them that stopping the escalation and ending the war is what they were elected to do.

Some Democratic leaders are nervous about taking any measures that would actually block the escalation and begin to end the war. It's a political calculation—they say they don't want to "own" the war, and they want it to be Bush's problem. That's a failure of leadership: how do you tell a soldier that he's being asked to fight and die because Democrats don't want to own the war?

The truth is Democrats will be responsible for the war only if they do nothing to stop it.

Luckily, much of the Democratic caucus and leadership are pushing back. But we need to let them know that they have the public's full support, and we need to do it in the next few days, when the plan is being decided.

Can you make a call right now?

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February 28, 2007

MONTPELIER, VERMONT — A bill that would improve Vermont's medical marijuana law passed in an initial Senate vote today, clearing the way for a final Senate vote expected Thursday.

If passed into law, S. 7 would expand the list of qualifying medical conditions to include debilitating conditions causing wasting syndrome, severe pain, severe nausea, and seizures. The bill would also allow up to four mature and 10 immature plants. The present limit of one mature and two immature plants is the lowest of any state medical marijuana law and is widely considered unrealistic. In addition, the bill would reduce the registration fee required to obtain an identification card to participate in the program from $100 to $50.

"Today, the Senate did the right thing for seriously ill Vermont patients who could benefit from medical marijuana," said chronic pain patient Steve Perry of Randolph Center, a former heating/plumbing contractor now disabled by degenerative joint disease. "The House should also pass this compassionate bill quickly, and Governor Douglas should not stop it from becoming law."

Of the 11 state medical marijuana laws, Vermont's law is the most restrictive in terms of qualifying medical conditions. Vermont’s law currently covers only patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, or HIV/AIDS.

"The body of scientific research clearly shows the potential benefits of medical marijuana for a far greater number of conditions than what Vermont's law currently covers," said Dr. Joseph McSherry, a Burlington neurologist who has testified in favor of the expanded bill. "Compassion and common sense dictate that the law protect all patients who, according to the research, might benefit from this medicine."

McSherry said a study published last October found that hepatitis C patients who used medical marijuana were more likely to complete their treatment regimens, apparently because marijuana successfully relieved the side effects of the harsh drugs used, and thus were three times more likely to clear the deadly hepatitis C virus from their bodies.

Vermont is one of eleven states – including Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington -- with laws protecting seriously ill patients who use medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation from arrest and prison.

With more than 21,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.

For more information, please visit http://www.MarijuanaPolicy.org/