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Marijuana Odor Insufficient for Warrantless Search
Posted by CN Staff on March 09, 2007 at 11:45:52 PT
By Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake Tribune
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Utah -- The odor of burning marijuana is insufficient to allow police to enter a residence without a warrant, the Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday.   In a 4-1 decision, the court said only a limited number of circumstances create an exception to the warrant requirement, such as preventing the imminent destruction of evidence. Smelling pot is not one of them, the ruling says.
"The aroma of marijuana must be accompanied by some evidence that the suspects are disposing of the evidence, as opposed to casually consuming it," Justice Ronald Nehring wrote for the majority.   Associate Chief Justice Michael Wilkins dissented, saying that detecting the odor of marijuana can at times justify police entry into a home without a warrant.   "In a case where illegal drugs are being burned out of sight but not out of smell, and where the quantity of drugs is unknown to the officers, a presumption that the drugs are being destroyed rather than merely consumed is not unreasonable," Wilkins wrote.   The decision stems from the case of Bernadette Duran, who was charged in 7th District Court in Price with three drug counts and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon.   A trial judge denied Duran's motion to throw out evidence but the Utah Court of Appeals reversed, saying the police officers were not justified in entering the residence. The case then went to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Court of Appeals decision.   According to court documents, police were called to a trailer in April 2003 by the brother and mother of the tenant.   The two reported that people inside the trailer, which was located on the mother's property, were smoking marijuana while the tenant was away. They also said the tenant kept guns there.   Officers later testified they could smell the faint but unmistakable odor of "marijuana leakin' out of the cracks of the trailer" and decided the occupants were smoking up the evidence.   They entered and allegedly found controlled substances, several firearms and three people, including Duran. Complete Title: Court: Marijuana Odor Insufficient for Warrantless SearchSource: Salt Lake Tribune (UT)Author: Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake TribunePublished: March 9, 2007Copyright: 2007 The Salt Lake TribuneContact: letters sltrib.comWebsite: http://www.sltrib.com/ CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml
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Comment #41 posted by FoM on March 13, 2007 at 20:39:29 PT
Dankhank
Yes that's it!
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Comment #40 posted by Dankhank on March 13, 2007 at 19:24:59 PT
hamburger ...
That quote is from Popeye's friend Wimpy, ever on for another hamburger and perennially short of cash.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Wellington_Wimpyhamburgers ... mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Comment #39 posted by Toker00 on March 13, 2007 at 07:14:27 PT
museman
They'll either let us farm, or let us die. That will be the choice when deliveries of life sustaining food is no longer available to HUGE areas. We will either TAKE the land and the freedom to survive, or we will succumb to DEAth from the fear of the LAWS of Man, which is happening right now to those who won't realize what we are being shown, by our fellowship with the Creator and One Another. Many people have marched to their death because of the FEAR of the LAWS of Man. Let's not be those people. Let's be those people who march peacefully in the defiance of these Unjustifiable, Godless Laws! Stand for Righteousness, not Religion! Stand for God, not for State! Stand for Peace, not for War! Co-operation, not Corporation!From Fascism to Freedom!The HIPPIES were RIGHT!Toke. 
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Comment #38 posted by overwhelmSam on March 12, 2007 at 14:02:00 PT
By the Same Token (LOL)
A dog smelling marijuana is not reason enough to conduct a warantless search either.
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Comment #37 posted by museman on March 12, 2007 at 09:53:02 PT
toke
"Don't worry. It won't be hopeless. People will simply have to revert back to doing things the way they did in a simpler, more labor intense time. There will be many more Farmers than today, but work on the farm will return to the back breaking work it was before, with mechanical technology helping some with the labor intensity. Smaller communities. Community self sufficiency will be a must, not a capitalistic development for the illusional country lifestyle any longer."A couple of things; first of all I hope it happens soon! Having more farmers has got to be a good thing, and with the current info available on various techniques in organic farming - with or without gas/diesel farm equipment, I do disagree about the 'labor intensive' part. The fact is that though most people spend their time 'working' I submit that most of that 'work' is non-essential to life, and in unhealthy environments. The 'labor' or working with the earth is a very different kind than office or factory labor.You hit it on the head though with 'Smaller, self sufficient communities.' This is what we as people can do right now, but aren't, the 'national community' takes priority with it's control and enforcement factors, and the community resources have all been corporatized at this point. You can't grow food without land, and you can't own enough land without the big bucks. You can't have the big bucks without joining the club, and the club wants nothing even close to real community to ever happen again. It's a catch 22, and without sufficient numbers committed to action, it remains a concept with no effective application. So disaster is the only hope. Only if the infrastructure collapses and people are forced -not at gun point, or by legislation, but by sheer undeniable reality, is this ever going to happen. I really hope to be proved wrong, but I have all of history, and the evidence of my own lifetime to back it up. It would be so cool if all those resources bound up by the holders of wealth could find their way into the hands of people with their priorities in proper perspective, but such is not the nature of the beast.For example; I've been bitching this thing for so many years now, about the inbalance of resource distribution, and what we should be doing with community. They say 'the squeaky wheel gets the oil' so where are these people that say they are 'caretakers' of the wealth? Not one of them has enough guts to accept my challenge which is; "If I had even a small part of the resoruces that most of these people just sit on, and spend for their own comfort, I would do so much more." Why? Because I got my priorities straight. Nobody has even asked me poignant questions about it. I've had encounters with the endowed, who talked a good line, but when it came down to the nitty gritty, they and their resources went back to the country club.It's not the money, but land is money in most peoples minds today, and the bottom line is profit on investment, that's the priority of wealth. Health, happiness, and an unpoisoned food supply are simply just not profitable for those who have the resource.So any of you 'rich' folks out there reading this, here's your chance to do something meaningful with your gold, invest it in people, without beaurocracy, without banks, and without the government. Lets see a little actual TRUST in action without lawyers and contracts. Fat chance.
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Comment #36 posted by museman on March 12, 2007 at 09:17:06 PT
Potpal
Thanks, in about a week I'll be sporting it on my car, right next to the missing idiot from Texas.
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Comment #35 posted by mayan on March 11, 2007 at 06:44:46 PT
Hee-Hee!
Mexico's president tells U.S. to curb drug use: 
http://tinyurl.com/2te7emC'mon guys, lay off a bit! 
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Comment #34 posted by The GCW on March 11, 2007 at 05:58:03 PT
Odor.
This article in another newspaper:Court: Marijuana odor didn't justify search without a warranthttp://www.summitdaily.com/article/20070310/NEWS/103100059
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Comment #33 posted by potpal on March 11, 2007 at 05:22:12 PT
museman
Legalize FreedomSweet. http://www.cafepress.com/buy/legalize%20freedom/-/cfpt2_/cfpt_/source_searchBox/copt_
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Comment #32 posted by museman on March 10, 2007 at 18:44:32 PT
toke
So true. My bumper sticker says, "Somewhere in Texas is a village missing an idiot."...I hope it's understood to what it refers.I've been wanting a "Legalize Freedom" sticker, but can't find one.
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Comment #31 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 17:33:45 PT
Toker00
I will check out the movie. Right now we are watching an amazing documentary on Link TV called An Act of Conscience. It's so good. I hope people will check it out if they have Link TV on their TV.I never thought Suburbia would work in the sense commuting is expensive. People will live close together or will live in the country and become self sufficient. I prefer the country.  Heating with wood and growing your own vegetables. If need be we could raise our own chickens for food but I'll just stick to vegetables because animals are too cute to kill for food. I just couldn't do it.
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Comment #30 posted by Toker00 on March 10, 2007 at 17:16:51 PT
Bless your family FoM.
Sorry for all the illnesses and pains and unfair suffering your sisters seems to have more than a lion's share of. By you sharing that, we can pray and project hope for a better day for them. Life is not easy and the price paid for experiencing it is very high for some of us. Unfortunately, compassion and science don't go so hand in hand. Science exists for the whims of the Elite, giving profit and power, compassion seen more as a weakness, a profit stumbling block, a duty left to middle class to dole out to the rest of the cattle, than a human necessity for uplifting ALL of us. Compassion lowers profits and slows the wheels of the Greedy.My landlady called to give me some info today and we wound up getting into a discussion about Peak Oil. She remembered the seventies and lost some bucks because of the oil embargo. They invest in property and are waiting for the right time to buy these high price homes that will be so cheap when gas becomes so high no one can live in suburbia any longer. If you get a chance, watch a DVD called: The End of Suburbia. It's on the net and gives a no bullshit account of what to expect and very soon. Don't worry. It won't be hopeless. People will simply have to revert back to doing things the way they did in a simpler, more labor intense time. There will be many more Farmers than today, but work on the farm will return to the back breaking work it was before, with mechanical technology helping some with the labor intensity. Smaller communities. Community self sufficiency will be a must, not a capitalistic development for the illusional country lifestyle any longer. There will be a lot of "make do", even for those who are used to new things on a "seasonal" or "model" or "current upgrade" basis. It will end globalization and bring Humanity back to it's senses, allowing the Earth the break it needs to begin it's natural repairs. Without Imperialism breathing down our back, we will be able to help nurse the Earth and Humanity back to a sustainable future. We will need each other, and war will be OUT, King Cannabis will be IN. Or here's hoping, anyway.Toke. Capitalism is not Democracy.   
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 17:00:50 PT
potpal
I didn't know that. Thank you. I don't know what makes the police like they are now. I don't want any association with police but when I was young we liked our local policeman. He helped us and didn't hurt us. Things have really changed.Had Enough, You're welcome and enjoy the night and music.
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Comment #28 posted by potpal on March 10, 2007 at 16:41:46 PT
Life is what happens...
So why can our cars be searched on cue from a patrol dog?
Well, maybe they don't do that in Utah but the US Supremes say it's ok. Recently here in MD, police pulled over a driver for not toggling down his high beams to approaching traffic, while being detained on the side of the road, a K9 unit gets a bark from Duke... and the rest is misery. ====Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.John Lennon uses this line in Beautiful Boy, a song off Double Fantasy, his last album while alive. He often gets attributed the line. However, I came it across it once in A Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach, A Day Book of Comfort and Joy. Not sure what day it was, but its in there and attributed to a woman, and for some reason I remember it rather old, predating John Lennon's reference. Regardless, it's profound.=====
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Comment #27 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 16:39:33 PT
Yes
they are cool.It's time to crank the Toronto Jam up and go sit outside, it’s really nice, a slight chill, still nice. And Thank You again FoM for turning me on to the link for that. I listen to it almost daily.In the truck I use LWW everyday. Here at home I do the Toronto Jam. Some of musemans too, but I don’t have very much of that. There have also been a couple of tunes posted here that gets regular airtime also. Someone posted two Mp3s here; the songs are called “Good Woman”, and “Maria”. Good tunes. They will get airtime tonight also.
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 16:20:31 PT
Had Enough
I don't know who said what I said. I just liked them.
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Comment #25 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 16:06:02 PT
Thank You, but...
I can’t take credit for that; I think I heard Rodney Dangerfield say that, maybe Chris Rock.
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Comment #24 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 15:58:48 PT
Had Enough
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a Hamburger today! LOL!
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Comment #23 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 15:57:38 PT
Had Enough 
I liked yours too. That is so true.
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Comment #22 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 15:55:29 PT
Interesting but…
I find another line you used, real cool.“Life is what happens while we're making plans.” (I’m still grinning)That’s a one liner that sums it all up pretty well.***Another line I hear “Tomorrow Never Comes” especially if they owe you money. :)
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Comment #21 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 15:45:40 PT
Had Enough 
It is the craziest world I've ever been in too. I am glad I only believe I have to do this one time or it would freak me out! Life is what happens while we're making plans. I heard this recently and liked it.What is the one thing God doesn't promise anyone?Answer: Tomorrow
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Comment #20 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 15:41:01 PT
Life
Life is fragile and precious. Very much so. It seems the older we get, the more we recognize that.We are continually being tossed curve balls through our journey. Just about the time you think you have things somewhat squared away, BOOM!!! Another kick in the teeth.I guess it is really important as to how we handle those things.I’ve been known to use the phrase “Craziest World I’ve Ever Been In”. I can get some interesting comments returned, it varies, different types of crowds generate different responses.
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Comment #19 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 14:59:19 PT
Had Enough
Yes it made me smile. I hope Neil releases a new album even more powerful then LWW soon. The DVD of LWW is excellent. It's called In The Beginning. I watch it often and continue to listen to LWW. When President Bush is on tv I have been known to turn on LWW and play Let's Impeach the President and crank it up! LOL!
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 14:54:33 PT
Had Enough 
Thank you. Life is so fragile and so very precious. I never met him since they live in Baltimore and we haven't been back there in many years but I know the pain my niece and her husband and the other children are going thru. Everything was going very well for them in life and now this. If he lives he might not be who he was. He wrestled on the high school team and I've been told he is a fine and considerate young man. I've known a few people who lost family members this way. It's very serious if it's either Spinal Meningitis or Encephalitis.  They aren't sure which one it is yet. The tests aren't back.
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Comment #17 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 14:48:25 PT
and...
I’m glad I got a smile from you. That helps to make the day go better.
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Comment #16 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 14:43:52 PT
Thoughts/Prayers re: #15
Mine are with you.
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on March 10, 2007 at 14:39:37 PT
Had Enough 
You are using Neil Young's LWW to help and that made me smile. I'm not in a smiling mood today. I got a call from my one sister that our youngest niece's 16 year old son had a sinus infection. Then it changed quickly. He had a bad seizure and was rushed to the hospital. This was Monday. He only started to come out of the coma yesterday and he isn't responding very well. He is in critical condition in the ICU and I am waiting to hear if we get an update today. They are giving him antibiotics and are putting in a pick line I think it's called. It's just so sad and we need to appreciate life so very much because it can change so quickly.
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Comment #14 posted by Had Enough on March 10, 2007 at 14:25:35 PT
Thoughts
From museman,“You have it. The solution is exactly that. Say no, and stick to it. Stop feeding the beast.”That is the solution all right.Toker. Been doing that around here too. People are coming around me and asking, and making comments to me, which I would never expect. I just tell them how it is, and then tell them, you don’t have to believe what I believe in but I tell them to check out the undeniable facts, make up your own mind and believe what you want to. Most are agreeing.I’ve also been using Neil Young’s “Living With War” and the “Toronto Jam” as a tool. For instance. While refueling my gas guzzling truck, I leave the CD player on and kick up the volume, so I (and others around) can hear it loud and clear, but not as loud as I would like it :). I make sure I check the fluids under the hood, and that truck has two tanks to fill, (and it needs both of them), by the time I’m finished, at least 2 other vehicles have come and gone, some times up to four. When I first started with that, I used to get some looks of disapproval. But lately I hear comments like; “There is a lot of truth to that, “Who is that ” or during “Let’s Impeach the President I now receive comments about Bush’s statements that are in the tune. Most saying “I remember him saying those things;” and, "That really is Bush saying that.” I tell them yes it is, and fill them in, if they seem in a receiving mode. While these people are filling their tanks and paying super inflated prices for gas, they think about all that money being dumped in the tank, and thier listening to that music, gives me an edge, it helps in gaining their attention. Imagine That!!!Yepper!!! Some peoples eyes are being opened, but sadly, not enough, and at too slow of a pace.Progress is being made slowly but surly. Time has past, for this to end.I hope the hour doesn’t get too late, as time waits for no man. And a tip of the “helmet” for all who help end this madness.
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Comment #13 posted by user123 on March 10, 2007 at 13:21:20 PT:
This is stupid
Associate Chief Justice Michael Wilkins dissented, saying that detecting the odor of marijuana can at times justify police entry into a home without a warrant. "In a case where illegal drugs are being burned out of sight but not out of smell, and where the quantity of drugs is unknown to the officers, a presumption that the drugs are being destroyed rather than merely consumed is not unreasonable," Wilkins wrote.Oh right! Everyone remembers all the classic movie sceens where the cops knock on the door w/a warrant, & everbody inside 'burns' the evidence. How asinine is it to assume the smell of MJ is someone destroying the evidence? Borderline retarded I'd say. Most likely you'd flush it or like most cases, get caught with it. Just another idiot judge trying to give the cops reason to enter your home. At least cooler heads prevailed.
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Comment #12 posted by Toker00 on March 10, 2007 at 10:36:06 PT
museman
One of the things I do at work is resist class-ism when I encounter it. If we didn't have the Democratic structure we have at work, my "insubordination" would undoutably become a problem for me. Administration is based on class-ism and the ability to keep people in these classes. I won't fit in the one they want me in. The "NO CLASS" class. You know what I mean. When you attend an "Employee Appreciation Dinner" and the "Administration" approaches you, even though you clothe yourself and groom yourself to look even better than them, still say sh*t like: "You guys clean up really well!" Know what I mean? That sets me off on a tear that comes real close to offensive. But I will NOT tolerate being dissed.People at work who were shocked by my honesty and bluntness now seek me out to discuss things they won't share with other employees or administration. I love it. People whose mouths and eyes fell open when I first began sharing the evidence of government Treason surrounding 9-11, now approach me with openness about their distrust in our Government and their true feelings about the "War on Terror". One worker asked me if I ever had problems with anyone because of my ImpeachBush.org sticker on my truck and scooter. I told him "No, the only comments I have gotten in the last two years have been along the lines of "I sure agree with your sticker!" Cooperation among Departments is rare, and a lot of friction arises from this. What I do is if I pass a fellow employee's department and they look like they need a hand, I give them one. The appreciation is obvious. I made an enemy when I first started work because I would not let a very bad work habit continue, even to the extent of physically removing the item of interest from this person's hands. I was adamant and have never backed down. After two years, this person finally came around after I continually stuck out my cooperation to his department. One of my black friends gave me a bud the other day out of the clear blue! I won't way a bud of what. It was so cool. What I am trying to say is you have to live the change you expect to see in this world. It's not easy, but it is most certainly gratifying to the soul, isn't it, museman? Toke.  
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Comment #11 posted by museman on March 10, 2007 at 09:22:09 PT
toke
You have it. The solution is exactly that. Say no, and stick to it. Stop feeding the beast. Don't forget to go for the heart of the matter, the core belief system that supports the kind of thinking that promotes class, and economic hiearchies. It's not enough (but it is a start I suppose) to refuse one part of the package, if you aren't willing to say no to the entire corruption, and the causes of it; each symptom though it may seem to be unrelated, is all part of the grand disease, and if we don't get in there and address the core issues, then the symptoms will come back in short order. I find it difficult to grasp how even after all that we went through in VietNam, and the various movements toward peace and freedom, that we are still relatively at the starting gate, and all progress we thought we made was so easily wiped out by the stroke of that monkey's pen.The struggle against this insane prohibition appears to be gaining some ground, but the power of the people is standing on thin ice with all the resource and power of the huge corrupt leviathan of our government and it's attending 'high society' arrayed against us. There will be no rest until the last rich man gives it up.Everyone knows that money is the engine that drives corruption, it is the sole reason for the existence of corruption, without the opportunity to live a life of do-nothing luxury, the motivation for power pretty much goes away. So when we are saying no, we got to say no to our system.You know, as FoM always tells me; "We need money to buy the things we need to live." This is true -as it goes in this time, and particularly in this system. Money itself if just an inanimate object which symbolizes a regulated and measured value, which we then 'trade' for whatever it is we need or want. However, the system of usury and interest has given those with resource much much more advantage than the common man, and the twisting of facts, morality, truth, and values serves only the purpose of perpetuating the power and wealth of a single class of people, who also just happen to be in political control -because they have us all convinced that we can't live without their game.If we can't say no to the causes, then the disease will continue. The question is; Can a person who is not corrupted by the greed of power, or so filled with the inadequacy of their own being that they must overcompensate with propriety, actually deal with money as a paper symbol, instead of a number 1 priority? Can a person manage to use the symbol (of corruption and power) without succumbing to the plague that it is infected with? Obviously if you don't have enough to live, then the question is moot.Some few have managed to be decent human beings, and a handful have actually invested their wealth in humanity, but they are rare drops of clarity and humanity in an otherwise totally putrescent and monstrous pail. I have heard from so many all my life; "If I only had the money, then I would change things."I've seen a homeless person become a landlord, and just that little bit was enough to harden their otherwise big hearts, and turn them into mean people. I've seen friends achieve material comfort, who closed their doors on their friends because they became afraid to lose their comfort.I've seen hair cuts and business suits replace smiles and hugs, and I've seen the life drain out of them all.It's not the money, it's humanity. If you put an honest man together with a rich liar, the rich liar will always be more convincing, because we are all convinced (in general) that we want what the liar has. Such is politics. It's our values, not the symbol of those values that we have to say no to. As long as we collectively value the power of wealth over the power of truth, love, justice, understanding, and peace, then we will be ruled forever by fascists, liars, thieves, and arrogant fools.
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Comment #10 posted by ekim on March 10, 2007 at 08:02:36 PT
please see Leap blog for response to kids story
heart felt request for sanity and end to the nanny state.
http://blog.leap.cc/
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Comment #9 posted by mayan on March 10, 2007 at 04:14:19 PT
A sad day already
Brad Delp has passed on to the great gig in the sky. Boston vocalist Delp found dead: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6437059.stmWhat a voice he had. R.I.P., Brad Delp.
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Comment #8 posted by Toker00 on March 10, 2007 at 02:49:37 PT
The War on Terror is a FRAUD.
What does it take to wage a war? People. At least for now, machines are not smart enough to do that alone. How do you stop a war? You stop the people who wage it. Who wages war? WAR PROFITEERS. The Elite. What are the Elite? People. (Though THEY would have you believe they are Gods) How do you stop people? TERROR. Turn the War on Terror back on the wagers of it. How? REFUSE TO FIGHT IT. The Draft? Look what happened when we refused to fight the LAST Illegal War. REFUSE TO FIGHT IT. This terrorized the Elite into retreat the last time, and it will work EVERY time. If they see we will no longer stand for our Nation to be run by the Oil/Energy Mafia, they will have no choice but to listen to reason. We have let them be MAD for too long. The World Bankers and the World Leaders need a dose of their own medicine. What terrorizes the terrorizers? The thought of an Unwilling People. How have the American People benefited, so far, by this so-called War on Terror? Loss of Constitutional Rights? Higher Fuel Prices? Loss of Jobs by Globalization? Loss of National Sovereignty? If we allow this "War on Terror" to continue for even TWO generations, we will have allowed the Elite success with their One World Government. We have to end the War on Terror in this generation, and not let it become a generational norm, in order to SAVE the future generations, not just of this Nation, but of this WORLD.It's time to STAND UNITED AGAINST THE WAR OF TERROR! UNWILL the War OF Terror. The People, Unwilling, Cannot be used for Killing!Toke.
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Comment #7 posted by mayan on March 09, 2007 at 18:23:39 PT
Misc.
Here is a very damning assessment of Britains drug war. American drug warriors take note...Study: Britain's drug policy has failed
http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=6198035The drug warriors have already lost.GCW, that's a good one. Thanks!Here is some news. Rudy Giuliani is not being invited to the IAFF's (International Association of Fire Fighters?) bi-partisan Presidential Forum. I believe that Giuliani is being groomed to be the next president of the United States. All of the power that has been illegaly granted to the executive branch must stay within the republican party as far as the PNAC crowd is concerned. We must expose him... Firefighters Union Letter On Rudy Giuliani:
http://www.firefightingnews.com/article-US.cfm?articleID=27125THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN... Vancouver 9/11 Truth Movement galvanises local activist community:
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/03/09/01390.htmlNewly Rediscovered 9/11 Archive Clips Talk Of Bombs In Towers: 
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/090307bombs.htmDr. David Ray Griffin's New Book, Debunking 9/11 Debunking, Available For Pre-Order At Amazon:
http://911blogger.com/node/67919/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB - OUR NATION IS IN PERIL:
http://www.911sharethetruth.com/
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on March 09, 2007 at 18:00:57 PT
News Article from The Baltimore Examiner 
Annapolis Police Seize Two Vehicles Due To Misdemeanor Marijuana Possession: http://tinyurl.com/yrfrrn
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Comment #5 posted by The GCW on March 09, 2007 at 16:49:19 PT
mayan,
US CO: LTE: For what it's worth ...http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20070309/LETTER/103090075About 911...
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on March 09, 2007 at 15:36:59 PT
High School Students Getting MMJ Cards
High School Students Getting Medical Marijuana Cards In CaliforniaMarch 9, 2007Article and Video Link: http://www.ksdk.com/news/world/us_world_article.aspx?storyid=114394
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Comment #3 posted by The GCW on March 09, 2007 at 14:36:51 PT
Some follow-up
"Religious" Pot Appeal Denied.Juneau Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks has rejected a Craig couple's argument that their drug convictions should be overturned because they used marijuana in religious rituals. Maria and Michael Lineker were charged in 2003 with felony... http://www.ketchikandailynews.com/
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Comment #2 posted by Sam Adams on March 09, 2007 at 12:13:34 PT
smelling a rat
Look at this - the guy's mother and brother turned him in to be jailed. I'm sure he's much better off after this experience. Great move!What a sad day for that family.
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Comment #1 posted by museman on March 09, 2007 at 12:03:10 PT
Yes
This is very important precedent. The powers of the police need to be curbed like a disobediant dog. Folks can use this precedent in their defence, since illegal search and seizure, is fundamenatlly dependent upon 'probable cause.'
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