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  Palin's Double Standard on Marijuana

Posted by CN Staff on September 18, 2008 at 19:26:48 PT
By Jacob Sullum 
Source: Chicago Sun-Times 

USA -- When it comes to questions about youthful marijuana use, Sarah Palin is no Slick Willie. "I can't claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled," the Republican vice presidential candidate told the Anchorage Daily News in 2006, before she was elected governor of Alaska.Palin has the difficulty reconciling her personal experience with her policy positions, a problem also shared by former pot smoker Barack Obama. Neither of them has a persuasive answer to the question of why other Americans should be arrested for something they did with impunity.
Pot smokers who are arrested do not typically spend much time in jail. But as a 2007 report from the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics noted, they pay a substantial cost that includes not only public humiliation and legal expenses but also collateral sanctions such as "revocation or suspension of professional licenses, barriers to employment or promotion, loss of educational aid, driver's license suspension, and bars on adoption, voting and jury service."According to figures the FBI released this week, about 873,000 people were arrested on marijuana charges in the United States last year, a record. Pot busts accounted for nearly half of the 1.8 million drug arrests; as usual, the vast majority, about 775,000, were for simple possession, as opposed to cultivation or sale.This is the fifth year in a row marijuana arrests have increased, an upward trend that began in the early 1990s. Three times as many people were arrested on marijuana charges last year as in 1991. The increase in arrests does not correspond to an increase in use; instead, the chance that any given pot smoker will be busted (though still small) is much higher than it was two decades ago. It is also higher than when Palin attended college in the '80s, which is presumably when she tried marijuana.By way of extenuation, the Anchorage Daily News reported, Palin noted that marijuana "was legal under state law," although "illegal under U.S. law." In 1975, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution, which says the "right of the people to privacy is recognized and shall not be infringed," prohibits the government from punishing people for possessing small amounts of marijuana in their homes.A 1990 ballot initiative ostensibly recriminalized all marijuana possession, but in 2003, the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled that "a statute which purports to attach criminal penalties to constitutionally protected conduct is void." The following year, the Alaska Supreme Court declined to hear the state's appeal of that decision.In 2006, the state Legislature, at the urging of Palin's predecessor, Frank Murkowski, passed another law that supposedly made private possession of marijuana for personal use a crime. A judge found that law unconstitutional as well, and the Alaska Supreme Court is considering an appeal of her ruling.The upshot is that smoking marijuana in the privacy of one's home is just as legal in Alaska today as it was when Palin did it. Evidently, she regrets this.As Wasilla mayor in 2000, Palin championed a city council resolution opposing a ballot initiative that would have legalized marijuana for adults. In March her administration asked the Alaska Supreme Court to reverse its 1975 decision shielding private marijuana use, arguing the drug is more dangerous than it used to be.In other words, Palin got to smoke pot without worrying about legal consequences and now wants to deny that assurance to fellow Alaskans doing exactly the same thing. "Palin doesn't support legalizing marijuana," the Anchorage Daily News reported in 2006, because she worries about "the message it would send to her four kids."It's Palin's job to teach her children that certain pleasures are reserved for grownups. The government should not continue to arrest adults who are harming no one simply because her children are easily confused.Source: Chicago Sun-Times (IL)Author: Jacob SullumPublished: September 18, 2008Copyright: 2008 The Sun-Times Co.Contact: letters suntimes.com Website: http://www.suntimes.com/ CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 

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Comment #40 posted by museman on September 21, 2008 at 11:59:02 PT
a special song (to me) about Spirit
I tried to play it today, but can't stop the flow of tears. I keep breaking down. Not tears of pain, but tears of joy and understanding.The Way Of The Rainbow WarriorCome, my brothers, let us dance togetherAround the fire, under the moon.Come sing my sisters to the beat of a sacred drum.You just met the white man 500 years too soon.On a sacred mountain, in the middle of the turtles back,I saw the western lion through the eagles eye.In the Place of the Spiralling Stones I found the beating heart.Four powerful, ancient spirits barred my way,And they danced around me to make me leave their sacred ground,But I said I was walkin’ in a sacred way.We were lost in darkness when we first came here,Runnin’ from a world of pain, and death, and fear.We came with hope and promise of a better life,But we brought our greed and money, disease, and endless strife.We were all just children, but you were dancin’ with the buffalo,While we forged steel and iron to subdue the land.In that Spirit moment when those ancient ghosts were dancin’ round,They changed direction just to sanctify.and I saw the promise that One Great Spirit had made for all,‘cause I was walkin’ in a sacred way.Great Ones from many nations, it’s here they made their stand.Let there be no mistake; this is the promised land.But we weren’t supposed to steal it, we weren’t supposed to tear it down,We weren’t supposed to kill it, that isn’t why we came.We were supposed to come together like two brothers who were lost then found,sharin’ all they know for an even better way.All my relations from the four directions came and joined the dance.It was a vision of hope, a living dream and a possible chance.They they stopped together, and turned, and then became as one,And I knew I was walkin’ in a sacred way.So, come my brothers, let us dance togetherAround the fire, under the moon.Come sing my sisters to the beat of a sacred drum,Now we can dance in a sacred way.In a sacred circle, with the freedom for which we were made.Now we can dance in a sacred way.In a sacred way.In a sacred way.In a sacred way.
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on September 20, 2008 at 13:37:51 PT
museman
Glad you liked the video. Enjoy your day too. Farm Aid is in Mass this year. I think that is cool. I am so happy they are showing it on DirecTV. Good ole Willie! He just keeps on truckin' We all should do that too.
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Comment #38 posted by museman on September 20, 2008 at 13:27:14 PT
FoM
Yes, Spirit is in the air.Enjoy your 7 hours, you deserve it.I'm going back to that 'other reality' out there in the trees to hang out with some old friends.PeaceFREE CAN_OF_BLISS FOR EVERYONE
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Comment #37 posted by museman on September 20, 2008 at 13:24:18 PT
FoM #32
Man if Roger Waters endorses Obama, I'd definitely say the Tide is Turning.Excellent video, I liked what he said about education not being the whole answer and solution, but "..thats where we start." Now thats a realistic statement, one that doesn't falsly elevate the worth and value of a person based on any one narrow set of standards. 
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Comment #36 posted by FoM on September 20, 2008 at 13:12:03 PT
museman
That is wonderful. I'm so happy for you. I love the new Spirit that is in the air. It's not really new it's just coming back from a long time of repression. We are watching Farm Aid all night. I'm making tacos for dinner and the world stops for us tonight for 7 hours.
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Comment #35 posted by museman on September 20, 2008 at 13:10:50 PT
when I wint 
to collage, I didn't take any spling classes, and I lerned to tipe on my comp -comp -comp u- ter, so I git no digreas fer it.Of course the fact that I have read more books than your average 'college graduate' literally libraries of 'em surely helps my 'wisdom.' Living real experiences outside the concrete boxes of the 'Height of Civilization' called 'cities' helped a great deal more.One can only laugh and have pity on the poor narrow minded stuffed shirts who compare their academic shallowness to actual 'experience.'
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Comment #34 posted by museman on September 20, 2008 at 13:01:10 PT
OT - Takilma
OMG! There were hippies everywhere. It was like time traveling to both the recent past, and the old west at the same time.The consciousness being represented there would have made a republican squirm and sweat, and then run as far and fast as they could.Words like, freedom, justice, and Spirit, were being broadcast over the PA, filling up the valley with things the establishement doesn't want to hear; like the invalidity of their (the establishment-status-quo) standards of qualifying intelligence and 'intellect' based on the narrow, finite scope of academia, and the biased, erroneous credibility of recognized 'credentials' that supposedly 'show' by their paper presence that the creditee somehow has 'better' intellect, and therefore wisdom above and beyond the people who actually live the life.An incredible rap/speech was given echoing most of the sentiments of the non-establishement awarenesses of the facts concerning cannabis and hemp. It would have been right at home amongst most of the posts here.One of my sons (attending the U of O is currently in a blossoming relationship with a young Japanese exchange student (who plays keyboard) in their band, and her parents came all the way from Japan to meet us and my son.They first arrived in Sand Diego, got thoroughly disgusted with what they found there, and had pretty much resigned themselves to believing the prevailing myths about America -the ones you see on TV, the news, and the like, but when they came to Takilma and saw a completely different, almost opposite lifestyle -in progress, they were amazed, relieved, and thrilled. Amazed that this kind of thing was actually going on in the world.As the sweet smell of herb drifted through the air, I watched the reaction of this very traditional Japanese couple, and let me tell you, these people are going to go back to Japan and talk about the 'wonderful, colorful, happy hippies, dancing in the woods' a lot more than the polluted, gross, ugly epitomy of Americas Status Quo and 'progress' as represented in the Southern California cities.It was 'hands across the water' in a very real way.They are going to go back to Japan, and in a small way, correct the errors of the predominant perception that all americans are idiots, full of themselves and false ideologies like the one that believes only in the statutes of their institutionalized consciousness (like academia).The boys were awesome. I had 3 people come up to me and thank me for raising them. I am as proud as a parent can be, and felt quite vindicated for all the years that idiots with 'college educations' but no souls or spirit have put myself, and our way of life down with mockery, derision, and comparative judgements based on nothing other than paper credentials, which are usually about as thick and substantial as the actual 'knowlege' and (LoL) "wisdom" they are supposed to represent.Going back today for more.
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Comment #33 posted by Skillet on September 19, 2008 at 19:28:21 PT
aolbites
Your comments seem a bit harsh. I went to four different schools before I worked my way to an Engineering degree and a career I love. My sister has one of those worthless Journalism degrees you speak of. I find her one of the most intelligent people I know. I had many different reasons for changing schools, including just hating the particular school. Besides, a degree mostly shows that you can be educated. Therefore we should hope that our opponents in this fight are intelligent enough to be educated. This mess will not be fixed with force but with hard work and intellect.Also, a college is a school of higher education. A collage is a form of art.
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 16:08:16 PT
I Just Thought of This Song
This is how I feel too.Barack Obama - The Tide Is Turninghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9ubMQX7WE
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Comment #31 posted by aolbites on September 19, 2008 at 14:33:39 PT
o/t
A research team from the Psychology Department at New York University, headed by Professor Yaacov Trope and supported by the National Science Foundation, is investigating the cognitive causes of voting behavior, political preferences, and candidate evaluations throughout the course of the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. This stage of the study focuses on the information people use to inform evaluations during the last few weeks before the election. They seek respondents of all political leanings from all over the country (and from the rest of the world) to complete a 15-minute questionnaire, the responses to which will be completely anonymous.If you are interested, the survey is here:http://www.psychsurveys.org/brietruesdell/2008electionsthe study authors would prefer if you don't discuss the questions you are asked in comments. Thanks.
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Comment #30 posted by aolbites on September 19, 2008 at 14:26:49 PT
palin
Palin went to 5 or 6 collages in 5 years, constantly changing tracks, ending with a worthless journalism degree.the 5 or 6 comes from the hawaii collage that can find no record of her enrolling and which she said she left because it rained to much. now, how intellectual is that?
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Comment #29 posted by Skillet on September 19, 2008 at 12:22:24 PT
Rainbow
Palin completed her Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, graduating in 1987 from the University of Idaho.I have never seen this issue as being for or against one of the political parties. To me it has always been against the people that profit from prohibition. That includes the Unions, Corporations, politicians and anyone else that profits by locking people in a cage for using a plant. There are alot of people in that group. It is my job to educate everyone I can about the "drug war" and you can't do that by cutting down poeple for their core beliefs. Everyone looks through their own window at the world. I want to help them see that cannabis is ok to be in that picture. 
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 11:50:37 PT
Rainbow
 Biden didn't want John Walters as drug czar because he wasn't for treatment. At least that is what I read. Change comes slowly and it will be a long time for drug reform to happen other then treatment instead of jail I believe. Palin doesn't even tolerate marijuana at all.
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 10:49:24 PT
Rainbow
I don't hold Biden's past against him because society in general doesn't like hard drugs. Cannabis isn't the same thing and Biden hasn't spoke out against marijuana like Palin as far as I know.
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Comment #26 posted by Rainbow on September 19, 2008 at 10:31:45 PT
re: hope
FOM you are right on and I see them as a ticket. If Biden can be that bad then how do we expect to see change. As you know it is really hard to convince a drug warrior he or she is wrong as with pail. At least biden isn't hiding it but remember he went to scholl aboutthe same time that we did and he probably indulge also.I do not have a problem with Obama, as he has indicted his support "once" for med cannabis and that is good. But how much influence does the drug warrior have being he is all experienced up and everything. Maybe Obama can convinence him, but I doubt it.Also does anyone know where palin got her degree from? her hushand apparently graduate from High School but not sure if Palin made it beyond that to a higher degree.
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 10:23:43 PT
Rainbow
Why I don't support 3rd Parties is because they can throw the election. They can't win and if they worked in the Party they were in, in time their views will be heard and maybe applied but it might take many years. When I look for a President I am not looking for a person that I would marry but a person that has a similar value structure to mine. I think we need to look at what is important to each of us as an individual. I don't agree with everything Obama believes but I believe what he says way more then McCain. 
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Comment #24 posted by Rainbow on September 19, 2008 at 10:16:28 PT
No hope
I was really hopeful when Obama was selected. it looked like cannabis would possibly get a hearing and maybe some respect.But Obama picked a big drug warrior and his supporr and even shaping of the current drug laws really scares me. he will domore of the same. I can see biden taking on th eONDCP and encouraging them more to do their dastardly deeds.So I am stuck between the bad guys McBush and Palin and the not so good guy with a real bad guy Obama and Biden.Any help to reverse my logic would be appreciated.But I am looking at a Barr or Ron Paul which then might give the elecetion to the repugnates
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Comment #23 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 10:10:54 PT
museman
Have a great time today! 
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Comment #22 posted by BGreen on September 19, 2008 at 10:07:22 PT
Rock On, Brother Museman
Rock on.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #21 posted by museman on September 19, 2008 at 09:57:52 PT
FoM
Got a big day ahead, Gotta load up the band and head out to the fair.Anybody in the area; The Hope Mountain Barter Fair, Takilma Oregon...Later...FREE KANEH BOSM FOR EVERYONE
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Comment #20 posted by museman on September 19, 2008 at 09:52:54 PT
FoM
To me, money is just a worthless collection of dirty, contaminated paper that I wouldn't wipe my posterior with for fear of getting a disease.As far as I can tell I'm just a minor carrier that moves a small amount of money from the rich, into my hands, and then back to the rich at their profit. It serves no other real purpose, even though many people believe in its false power. And that is of course why it HAS power in the first place.I have had a debate for years with different people on the question "Is it possible to live a decent life without money?"The answer is yes. Difficult, laborious, and dependent on availablility of land for growing food, but not impossible. A little conclave of us did it for almost 3 years. We traded our harvest (of food) for other necessities, and it felt real good to do that. Unfortunately it became obvious that it was 'easier' for some folks to get food stamps, so our industrious attempts at self-sufficiency were efficiently undermined by econmic controls and avialablity of 'cheaper' (but more toxic we find out later on down the line) packaged foods grown by slave labor in third world countries like mexico and south america.I am aware that people have been taught that food is only available in stores with the incredibly inefficient and polluting practices of shipping food from the big agra-businesses that have all but wiped out the common human feature of the family farm, but just because the status quo has the majority resigned and convinced to follow their agendas, does not make it right, logical -considering the alternatives, or justifiable in the long run.Eventually we will get back to the orignal plan of living in balance on the earth, but I swear to you it will never happen while the majority of people hold on to the false values of monetary systems. My eyes are on the far goal (I believe I have mentioned this before) and I don't believe we will arrive at that goal by continuing the compromises that got us into this mess in the first place.FREE MOTA FOR EVERYONE
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Comment #19 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 09:29:56 PT
museman
To me money is a means to an end. When we have extra money I'm happy but when we don't it's ok. Money is just an object. You can't take it with you either.
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Comment #18 posted by museman on September 19, 2008 at 09:24:12 PT
FoM
You're right about the 'love of money' but it seems to me to be the American State Religion, taught at an early age, and supported quite vigorously by the status quo, every academic institution that recieves funding from the government as well as other so-called 'religions.'The need for resource is a fact of life, but the ability to control reality through finance is evil, and should be done away with.
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 09:15:01 PT
BGreen
We were in the Assembly of God church for years too and you are right. I believe in a social doctrine like are in many black churches. If you really want to feel the Spirit of God go to a southern black church and He resides there. They are humble and not judgemental.Social doctrine = Do unto others etc.
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 09:10:08 PT
museman
I know a woman who is very wealthy but she is down to earth and has spent her life doing good things for others. I am glad when Stick and I are financially doing well but we don't forget others. It's the love of money that corrupts in my opinion. You can't buy a home if you don't have the money to buy a home. At least years ago that was the way it was. We want to retire without a heavy financial burden on us. It's something we have been working on for years.
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Comment #15 posted by BGreen on September 19, 2008 at 09:08:34 PT
Palin = Assemblies Of God denomination
I spent seven years as a member of the AG cult, and as a survivor it's my duty to warn the world of the danger of having somebody with those belief systems as the leader of the free world.I put up with a lot of the craziness for a number of reasons, the main reason was I THOUGHT I was serving the Will of God. I was in the music ministry and, as a teacher, I'm responsible for quite a few professional musician on the scene today. One of my students has a song that has been running for over two years worldwide on commercials for a major US corporation. If you have a TV you've heard his song. I wish I could identify the song without identifying myself, but nevertheless the time I spent as a cult member produced some precious fruit. That's probably due to the fact that I never stopped being me even though I had a role to play in public.The danger of the AG lies in a very simple principle (although they're very careful not to publicly admit this to "outsiders,") which is that the people that submit to the Biblical views of the Assemblies of God are right and are led by God, and the rest of the people are wrong and are led by Satan.Catholics? Wrong. Presbyterians? Wrong. Episcopalians? Wrong.It's part of the Christian dogma to assume they're right compared to religions that don't accept the belief of Jesus Christ as the Messiah. What's rare is a group that assigns such a religious and moral self-superiority about themselves against so many people who appear to be on their side.The thing that gets me is that these people who claim that God speaks to them and directs their words and steps don't seem to care when a John Ashcroft or a Sarah Palin LIE THROUGH THEIR TEETH EVERY TIME THEIR MOUTHS OPEN.That's why I think the AG is a cult. The members are apparently not able to see that the God they worship, the God of Truth, bears ZERO resemblance to many of those calling themselves Christians.Sarah Palin bears ZERO resemblance to the God of Truth, and just like her non-lipstick wearing twin, George W. Bush, she's a religious fanatic that needs to be kept out of control of our lives.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #14 posted by museman on September 19, 2008 at 09:04:12 PT
FoM
You got me with Bush!:)He's a slimeball no matter how you dress him up.Funny how the people who voted for him can't see his sliminess.
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Comment #13 posted by museman on September 19, 2008 at 09:01:46 PT
FoM
I don't want to disparage Obama, because I want to give him a chance, however my assessment of politicians in general, and even in his case still applies.To say that one has to have money in order to be president is still not having to do with representaion. One may claim "I come from" a 'poor' economic beginning, but I remind you of the axiom; "Power corrupts..." One may have once been there -in poverty, and though there are a few exceptions (and I hope Obanma is one of them) to the rule. most people who leave their less opulent beginnings behind, do just that, leave it behind, and embrace their new 'peers.'Having more money than the majority of people begats greed and stinginess, its the only way to hold on to the money.
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 08:56:21 PT
museman
Bush isn't cute to me either. The only cute president since Kennedy was Reagan I think.
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 08:52:06 PT
museman
Obama and his wife weren't rich. They are now but not when he started his run for President. It was his books that made him rich.
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Comment #10 posted by museman on September 19, 2008 at 08:43:31 PT
are you sure?
"Cute isn't a qualification to be President of the USA."When has there been a president that didn't have to 'dress-well' look good, get haircuts on a weekly basis, earn more than a few hundred thou a year, and hang out with other celebrity 'beautiful people?'When has there been a president that didn't play act their entire way into office? (maybe Carter)And personally, just once I'd like to se a candidate who was not rich, 'college' educated, and didn't have to look like hollywoods pick of a leading man or woman.A little real REPRESENTATION would do a lot for the crediiblity of this government amongst its people. The only representation I have ever seen is for the rich and their business, conquest, and comfort.A lot of lying lip service, but no actual service.
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 08:00:52 PT

About Palin
I am working very hard to be gracious about Palin. It isn't easy. She seems very shallow and she thinks she is cute or something. Cute isn't a qualification to be President of the USA. The fact that she gets more chants and cheers at an event then McCain means they want her as President not McCain. He is very old and has a bad medical history so her becoming President is more probable then Biden becoming President. My first reaction to her was her killing a moose. I don't know any woman around here that would consider hunting or even picking up a gun. I don't care if people have a gun but killing an animal if you don't need the meat because you are hungry goes against my grain. She reminds me of a Pentecostal lady like the Church Lady from SNL years ago. I want a person who is a college graduate with higher values then dwelling on people's sins and making laws for those sins to lock them up and get cheap labor.
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Comment #8 posted by Storm Crow on September 19, 2008 at 06:51:50 PT

Something I noted-
"Besides, what the hell is this "legal under state law but illegal under federal law" stuff that apparently only applies to Alaska?"They seem to selectively apply the law! There are guns that are legal federally, but banned by some states. Buy a "state illegal" gun and try arguing that federal law trumps state law and they will laugh at you all the way to prison! Here state law trumps federal law!A medical cannabis user in a MMJ state gets busted, claims that state law trumps federal law, and the DEA laughs as he's dragged away to prison! With pot,federal law trumps state law! They can't have it BOTH WAYS! But they do! 
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 06:41:18 PT

nuevo mexican 
I really liked the pictures. Thank you.
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Comment #6 posted by BGreen on September 19, 2008 at 06:27:02 PT

Palin's kids
"Palin doesn't support legalizing marijuana," the Anchorage Daily News reported in 2006, because she worries about "the message it would send to her four kids."Considering how well Palin's kids understood the "abstinence" talk mommy gave them, I don't think her kids would know the difference between the truth and lies, no matter how many innocent people their mommy wants to destroy to get her message across.Besides, what the hell is this "legal under state law but illegal under federal law" stuff that apparently only applies to Alaska? Are rights only applicable to those states who were fortunate enough to have drafted their Constitutions AFTER the invention of television?The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on September 19, 2008 at 05:56:09 PT

nuevo mexican 
I did see the rally yesterday on the news. We both said that we feel like he is our president already. If McCain wins I will fold up my desktop and disappear. LOL! My husband was sick with the stomach flu when the wind storm blew in. We lost power for over 24 hours but we are fine now. Our land line was out until yesterday but it's back. We didn't have any property damage luckily. I felt like we lived in a wind tunnel. The 70 mile per hour winds didn't stop for many hours. PS: If you have DirecTV Farm Aid will be broadcast on channel 101 tomorrow from 4 PM to 11 PM with no commercials. I'm planning on making a big pot of vegetable soup and we will be glued to the tv all night long tomorrow. 
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Comment #4 posted by OverwhelmSam on September 19, 2008 at 05:32:59 PT

My Question Remains
If marijuana is so dangerous now, where are all the sick and dying marijuana users? If personally involuntarily checked a few VA hospitals, and the majority are there for other drugs, alcohol, nicotine and sugar. The smoking related and diabetes related ill had the highest count. No one was admitted for acute marijuana poisoning during my stay. So my question still stands, how is marijuana dangerous? Just because something is stronger doesn't make it dangerous. 
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Comment #3 posted by nuevo mexican on September 19, 2008 at 00:37:50 PT

Viva Obama! It was a good day in Espanola FOM....
Hope you have power in Ohio, alot of people have been without after Ike Indiana, Illinois, and what a mess down there on the Bolivar Peninsula, catastrophic, eh!Here's the most Hispanic town in the USA, population wise.This diary will show you what I love about this state, the Land of Enchantment!Well over 10,000 people attended the rally today, according to the lady at the Post Office who had just returned.I thought she looked like she had just experienced a spiritual healing, like the Lady of Guadalupe had just made an appearance. Time to watch the 'Milagro-Beanfield War' again.I was talking about Obama and Sarah Palin, and she piped in, 'I was just at the rally, it was fantastic!'I had just watched it on CNN, hope you did too!Be sure and watch the video of the Mariachis! The comments are really great, as are the photos! Very uplifting and inspiring, this will make you feel like you were there! The best yet for Obama, in my opinion. With Palin/McCain imploding, we all need to unify around Obama and get this country back from the corporations, Si se puede! Imagine McCain/Palin and do what comes naturally, like a donation, volunteering, and phone banking, of course, only if you aren't already! Just sayin'....Yes we will! Enjoy!!!Fiesta de Obama en Nuevo Mexico (pictorial)
http://dailykos.com/story/2008/9/18/215443/124/803/603289
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Comment #2 posted by John Tyler on September 18, 2008 at 20:40:03 PT

it's called hypocrisy
Is there some doorkeeper somewhere that blocks politician form running for office if they come out for ending cannabis prohibition? Most all of the politicians will say, “I used cannabis some when I was in college, but I'm against it now, because, well because, I have to be if I want to get elected to this or that office.” I can do it and get away with it, but if you do it, you are going to jail. This is called hypocrisy. It’s what politics is all about.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on September 18, 2008 at 20:18:35 PT

This Says It All To Me
Excerpt: As Wasilla mayor in 2000, Palin championed a city council resolution opposing a ballot initiative that would have legalized marijuana for adults. In March her administration asked the Alaska Supreme Court to reverse its 1975 decision shielding private marijuana use, arguing the drug is more dangerous than it used to be.
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