cannabisnews.com: Marijuana Amendment Going Up in Smoke Marijuana Amendment Going Up in Smoke Posted by CN Staff on November 07, 2006 at 20:01:56 PT By David Montero, Rocky Mountain News Source: Rocky Mountain News Colorado -- A look at early returns shows that a ballot measure seeking to legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for those 21 and older was losing by almost a 2-to-1 ratio. Voters were deciding on Amendment 44 — an initiative that, if it passes, would make Colorado the first state to legalize marijuana use for recreational purposes. Previously, several states — including Colorado — passed medical marijuana initiatives that allowed for the distribution of the drug for those battling illness. Colorado was one of two states considering a recreational use provision regarding pot this election. The other state was Nevada. But even if it passes, Amendment 44 doesn’t technically make pot smoking legal in Colorado. It is still a violation of federal drug laws — though federal drug enforcement officials have said publicly they will not actively seek to arrest, try and convict users in possession of an ounce or less. Mason Tvert, campaign manager for Amendment 44, said he believed the success of Denver’s passage of an initiative seeking to legalize pot possession last year signaled the mood of citizens of the state. "Why shouldn’t adults over the age of 21 be able to make a safer choice by choosing to smoke marijuana instead of consuming alcohol?" he asked. "That’s all we’re trying to accomplish — to give adults the right to make a safer choice." The campaign has been opposed largely by Save Our Society from Drugs. Its Colorado-based spokesman, Robert McGuire, said the Amendment 44 campaign is simply trying to use Colorado as the first step toward legalizing all drugs nationally. He said he thought voters would "see through" the pro-pot agenda and would defeat the statewide ballot measure. "People are smart enough to understand what’s at stake here," he said. "People don’t want their children growing up in a society that says drug use is OK." If the measure passes, federal drug enforcement officials said they fear drug traffickers will begin shipping more pot to Colorado because it will be viewed as "a drug tourist spot." But Tvert argued that the current fines — a misdemeanor offense and a $100 ticket — show that the government doesn’t really consider possession of an ounce of marijuana a serious problem anyway. "If they did, they wouldn’t have such light penalties," he said. Tvert’s campaign strategy relied heavily on penetrating markets not normally targeted in politics. Advertising on alternative radio stations, using text messaging and pushing a massive voter registration drive on the three largest college campuses appeared to make a difference. But he admitted registering the youth wasn’t enough. They actually would have to show up and vote — not something that can always be relied upon. And some of those they registered at Colorado State University said they wouldn’t support the measure. Most students opposed to the ballot measure suggested that pot was so readily available anyway that they simply didn’t see a need to legalize it. But student supporters said they felt it was a waste of resources to continue to try to prosecute those in possession of less than an ounce. Even some Republican activists joined the pro-44 campaign, saying it is a question of personal freedom and the government should stay out of it. Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)Author: David Montero, Rocky Mountain NewsPublished: November 7, 2006Copyright: 2006 Denver Publishing Co.Contact: letters rockymountainnews.comWebsite: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Safer Coloradohttp://www.safercolorado.org/Safer Choicehttp://www.saferchoice.org/Colo. Pro-Pot Ads Target Bush, Cheney http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22357.shtmlAmend. 44 Step Toward Clear-Headed Drug Policy http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22351.shtml So Why is Pot Really Illegal?http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22323.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #63 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 17:43:12 PT Good News The Democrats Won The Senate Too NBC and the Associated Press declared the Democrat the winner in Virginia so they took the House and Senate! Now they need to clean house and find out how we got in this mess we are in. [ Post Comment ] Comment #62 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 17:27:22 PT mayan Yes we will soon find out. I expect they will hit the ground running in January. [ Post Comment ] Comment #61 posted by mayan on November 08, 2006 at 17:24:40 PT We'll Soon Find Out 9/11 Truth will be the ultimate litmus test which will define the democrats as either part of the solution or part of the problem. Make no mistake about it, until there is a REAL independent investigation of the 9/11 inside job then our country will remain in serious peril. Either they will expose it or they are a part of it and will allow it to happen again. [ Post Comment ] Comment #60 posted by Critto on November 08, 2006 at 14:11:51 PT There is much HOPE, Hope:) All the wins and losses on one page. http://www.mpp.org/site/c.glKZLeMQIsG/b.2180535/k.3A5B/2006_Elections.htm While it's disappointing that both Colorado and Nevada initiatives have been lost, WE MUST NOT LOSE OUR HOPE. Cheer up, in Nevada we've only lost by 6%, what's this? Anyway, it means that the glass is 46% full, and WE ONLY NEED 5 more points to win (51% as I understand?? or 50%+ at least 1 single vote?). And that's really much; in the previous Nevada ballot over MJ, it was only 36% or something full (remind me, please). Also, let's take a look at the WINNING points; where the voting was about the lowest enforcement priority (LEP), IT WAS ALWAYS WON!!! It's the great news and it gives us a hint: make the LEP campaigns most important, and let's later think about the outright decrim/legalization.In Liberty, Critto LIBERTARYZM (libertarianism) [ Post Comment ] Comment #59 posted by BGreen on November 08, 2006 at 14:08:07 PT It's time to challenge the LAW ENFORCMENT LIE I'm so dad-gummed tired of this BS lie that cannabis "crimes" aren't treated very seriously and harshly.Take a look at this press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (our version of the Texas DPS, etc.) and tell me if you don't think they're using checkpoints and searching every car with dogs:Troop H Releases Enforcement Operation ResultsNews ReleaseFor further information please contact:Sergeant Sheldon Lyon816-387-2345H11062November 7, 2006EMPHASIS: Criminal Enforcement OperationCaptain Johnnie B. Hoggatt, Commanding Officer of Troop H in St. Joseph, announces the results of a three-day enforcement operation that was conducted on November 2, 2006, through November 4, 2006.The location of the operation was Interstate 35 and 10 troopers from Troop H and Troop A participated in the project.Troopers made 97 arrests that included, 17 misdemeanor drug, 1 misdemeanor warrant, 18 felony drug, 1 felony warrant and 1 driving while intoxicated arrest. The troopers also wrote 275 warnings. A total of 191 non-commercial vehicles and 6 commercial vehicles were stopped for violations.Captain Hoggatt stated, “ The Missouri State Highway Patrol is responsible for making the highways of the state safer for motorists. These enforcement programs are just one of the effective tools we use to safeguard the public.”Hmmm, 197 vehicles stopped netted 17 misdemeanor drug arrests PLUS 18 felony drug arrests, BUT THEY ONLY arrested ONE drunk, ONLY ONE with a misdemeanor warrant and ONLY ONE WITH A FELONY WARRANT!Tell me that most of these people arrested WEREN'T FOR CANNABIS POSSESSION!This happens all over this state and I wouldn't doubt that the same thing takes place in all 50 states, regardless of the insistence that they don't take cannabis possession seriously.I think the only solution (if they want to continue this lie about not taking cannabis possession seriously) is for every single cannabis user in the US, all 20 million or more, to march right up to the cops with a joint in our mouths. We must overwhelm them and force their hand to prove that THEY DO PUNISH CANNABIS USERS WITH THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW AND WITH ASSET FORFEITURES, even though they lie through their teeth in denying the truth.The Reverend Bud Green [ Post Comment ] Comment #58 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 14:01:21 PT Toker00 and unkat27 I agree with the both of you about how money won't go far enough anymore. Maybe we will see a difference since Democrats are more socially aware then the Republicans that are very capitalistic. [ Post Comment ] Comment #57 posted by unkat27 on November 08, 2006 at 13:43:46 PT Whig You got it wrong, brother. My cynicism and my satire HELP me cope with the suffering. It ain't wallowing, it's dealing with the demons on their level.I tried the optimistic route, and no $$$$$$$$$ added up to plastic poverty and pointlessness.I escape suffering through my cyncial satire because i have no other means. [ Post Comment ] Comment #56 posted by unkat27 on November 08, 2006 at 13:39:01 PT Toker and Whig Toker,Yeah, you get the idea. All the little things add up to no extra money at the end of the month. In many cases, I go with no money at all during the last week. It can get really tight. I'm hoping my animation will go some where next year. It's all I have right now.Whig,Sounds like you made some sacrifices in moving to California. Not to dampen what sounds like a spiritual positive for you, but I don't think anyone should have to make too many sacrifices just to ensure better health and spiritual well-being. [ Post Comment ] Comment #55 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 13:30:38 PT pessimism You will get what you want if that's what you want. If you wallow in suffering you will suffer longer. I can't tell you what to do. [ Post Comment ] Comment #54 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 13:29:46 PT unkat27 Better plan, I think is to go for the impeachment of Dick Cheney first. [ Post Comment ] Comment #53 posted by unkat27 on November 08, 2006 at 13:23:35 PT FoM FoM, I'd be perfectly happy with the income I receive if 1) I could retain and use cannabis without having to worry about the local law busting down my door and tossing me into prison, and 2) I could find a way to permenantly drown out the noisey neighbor over my head. Chances are, in any case, "2" wouldn't be half as difficult as it is if "1" were possible. But the dems, as we all know, are for the most part just as willing to let the Prohibitionists continue the BS anti-cannabis policies as the repugs. They just have a nicer good-cop way of going about it. The way I and most poor cannabis users see it is, life wouldn't be so hard if we could just have legal cannabis to provide relief on a regular schedule. Not a lot of spoiled wealthy ruling-class repugs or dems see it that way, because they don't know the suffering in poverty that we know.Cannabis, is spite of everything, is being exploited as just another valuable wealthy capitalist commodity which is much more readily accessible by wealthy Americans than poor ones, and the people who make all the money on it either can't change that fact or don't really care to. Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss : Pelosi [ Post Comment ] Comment #52 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 13:20:23 PT unkat27 Our monthly rent doubled, when we moved out here, and we don't make much, my wife gets a small stipend and I have a couple clients in Pittsburgh who give me a few hundred bucks a month.I still like it better. And our health care costs dropped 70%. That's not a small thing. [ Post Comment ] Comment #51 posted by Toker00 on November 08, 2006 at 13:18:42 PT unkat27 I hear exactly what you are saying. No offense to anyone who has plenty of money, if you've earned it, or at least spend it wisely and unselfishly. But unkat27 has a very valid point. Poverty is Slavery. There are so many good people stuck in situations that are not as easily remedied as you might think. Any money left over after survival costs are met, can easily be consumed by unexpected situations. A flat tire. Medicine for a bad cold. Illness. Car repairs. Many things. Most people don't say they have nothing, they say they just don't have enough. And that is a fact. It cost's money even to maintain poverty level existence. And unless unexpectedly good things happen, like a really great job, or offers from family to advance your life style, poverty is relentlessly enslaving. You can make it out of it, but it usually takes a change in situations. When you have children involved as well, it can get discouraging. You can easily be middle aged by the time you finally break out of poverty.Where's Robin Hood when you really need him?Toke. [ Post Comment ] Comment #50 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 12:56:20 PT unkat27 I'd like to ask you a question. Since you have said how things are for you and other then changing how the politics are now since yesterdays election what would you want the Democrats to do to make you think they are trying to help people on lower income levels? [ Post Comment ] Comment #49 posted by unkat27 on November 08, 2006 at 12:41:44 PT Whig Not possible with the small pocket change I have. I have mentioned this fact before, many times, in this forum. California has one of the highest property tax rates and rental rates in the USA. It's all about the $$$$, Whig. The one-room studio apartment that i rent here is western Mass for just $360/month goes for about $600 or more anywhere in California. Heck, I tried getting a place in the most pot-firendly community in Mass, which is the College towns around Umass and Boston, but they all wanted $500/month for the same accomodations. They love sticking it to all the wealthy spoiled brats that live there off-campus while attending. They don't give a rat's ass about the working-class poor people, cept themselves, of course. Is $$$$$$$$$ the Real Secret to Cannabis Freedom? [ Post Comment ] Comment #48 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 12:19:46 PT unkat27 Move here, then. You are welcome.We will govern from the grass roots now. [ Post Comment ] Comment #47 posted by unkat27 on November 08, 2006 at 12:06:26 PT Whig I dunno what your talking about. We can't possibly win when there are only two horses in any race and they are both in the pockets of corporate big money.I don't like it, I just don't see that much can be done about it, not through the same old deceptive duopolist tactics. Most third parties can't get a foot in the door because they don't have the support of big corporate money, and the majority of dumbed down Americans don't even get a chance to hear from them because the MSM is dominated by the big money corporate puppets.I'm a cynical realist, not just another shallow optimist that thinks a wooden nickel has a chance in a one-armed bandit.Oh, and another thing. I'm a poor American in the lower-class suburbs of a religious-right dominated Mass-town, not a lucky middle-middle or upper-middle class American in a cannabis friendly Californian community. Big difference, Whig. But no disresepct intended, just telling it like it is. [ Post Comment ] Comment #46 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 12:00:14 PT I'm still voting http://cannablog.wordpress.com/tag/voting/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #45 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 11:49:17 PT unkat27 Do you prefer to lose? [ Post Comment ] Comment #44 posted by unkat27 on November 08, 2006 at 11:34:25 PT Corporations still Rule Man, you people are fooling yourseleves if you think a dem dominated Congress is going to make any real difference. The roots of the problem still exist, despite the cosmetic changes. Take US foreign policy. The dems are in the pockets of the corporations, just like the repugs. Foreign policy is controlled by corporations looking for natural resources, not politicians. When the corps go looking for resources, they step on anyone that gets in their way, and they use military power to back them up for support. The politicians sign over these powers for a piece of the pie. As long as this is the "business as usual" of US foreign policy, there will be foreign opposition to it, and they will be labelled the "terrorists". It will not make an ounce of difference if the Congress is dem or repug controlled.As for issues like cannabis, these too are corporate controlled. Domestic policy and foreign policy, all the same. Right now, the changes made by the Bush regime give the corporate police the power to link drugs to terrorism. If cannabis is never legalized and people continue to be punished for its use, as is the case in a majority of states, eventually, the Green Panthers will remerge and take action. If and when that happens, the chances are the corporate controlled govt will target them and anyone that supports them as terrorists.Before that happens, we can expect another 100 years of the same old BS prohibitionist lies and near useless pacific activism, while a few wealthy cannabis users walk and a majority of poor working-class users suffer in hell.US Foreign and Domestic Policy all Corporatehttp://indijo.freevision.org/Main-pages/Madkrow.ded-016.html Keeping the Working-Class Divided [ Post Comment ] Comment #43 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 11:24:01 PT Toker00 Over on the Rust List I read someone posted this and I thought you'd appreciate it too.***The people have heard the newsThe people have spokenYou may not like what they saidBut they weren't jokin'***(by Neil Young) [ Post Comment ] Comment #42 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 10:57:25 PT Don't forget http://cannablog.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/special-reminder/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #41 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 10:51:19 PT This is the picture http://cannablog.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/chief-prosecutor-of-the-united-states/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #40 posted by whig on November 08, 2006 at 10:49:10 PT Happy Sabbath This is Day 14, time to enjoy a well earned rest. [ Post Comment ] Comment #39 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 09:49:07 PT Rumsfeld Is Stepping Down Yes yes yes! [ Post Comment ] Comment #38 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 09:45:15 PT Toker00 I'm glad you took a day of vacation to celebrate our Blue Blue Victory. My heart has hope again. Now maybe we will see at the minimum medical marijuana laws happening in states that haven't had a chance under Republican control of the House and Senate. If we win in 08 the laws could be changed for marijuana very quickly I believe.With Nancy Pelosi in power we will have a voice. As California goes so goes the whole USA! That's what I have always thought. [ Post Comment ] Comment #37 posted by Had Enough on November 08, 2006 at 09:41:13 PT Sweet Loretta BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) _ A Libertarian Party write-in candidate for governor who had campaigned on her cleavage doesn't have to worry about choosing a neckline for the inaugural ball.Loretta Nall conceded Tuesday night that her low-budget campaign had no chance of beating Republican Governor Bob Riley, who won re-election. Her write-in vote totals won't be counted before Wednesday.Nall attracted the most attention when her campaign offered T-shirts and marijuana stash boxes adorned with a photo of her with a plunging neckline and the words: "More of these boobs." Below that were pictures of Riley and Democratic rival Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley and the words: "And less of these boobs."But the 32-year-old from Alexander City, who wanted to legalize marijuana and pull Alabama National Guard troops from Iraq, remained upbeat and is talking about a run for Congress in 2008.Morehttp://www.freenewmexican.com/news/51845.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #36 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 09:39:06 PT Hope I had to go look but it seems that South Dakota is a Republican thinking state. That probably is why it didn't pass I think. [ Post Comment ] Comment #35 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 09:28:58 PT Looks like three losses. They were important, too.Colorado. Nevada. South Dakota MEDICAL use! [ Post Comment ] Comment #34 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 09:26:13 PT Losing a medical marijuana vote is an egregious kick in the face of compassion.Shame on those who voted against compassion. [ Post Comment ] Comment #33 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 09:25:19 PT All the wins and losses on one page. http://www.mpp.org/site/c.glKZLeMQIsG/b.2180535/k.3A5B/2006_Elections.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #32 posted by Toker00 on November 08, 2006 at 09:22:20 PT The sky is so BLUE today, FoM! I took a day of vac. to enjoy it. There are probably many Americans working sleepy and tired today. I don't recall people talking quite as much about change-of-direction for America before. And this is just as the tip of the 9-11 Truth iceberg slowly makes it's way across the Nation. Can Americans form enough Unity to once again gain the Love and Respect of other Peoples of the World? Some very bad people within our government have caused the Middle East, and other places around the world, wreckage and ruin. Some want to continue this. We HAVE to stop them. Not just here in America, for we own not the world, but people the world over have to stop these beastly destroyers of Humanity. Britain, stand up! Throw off big brother and join us in leading the world out of imminent destruction, and into the light of Truth. New World People, not New World Order! Throw off the Fascists and break their Weapons Of Domination! Stop Shopping! lol.Toke. [ Post Comment ] Comment #31 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 09:05:25 PT 44 won some counties in Colorado. http://www.denverpostbloghouse.com/elect/index.php?fuseaction=search.find&race=&issue=Amendment%2044 [ Post Comment ] Comment #30 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 08:53:55 PT Toker00 I wish I knew how to give you perfect words of comfort but I don't know what to say except I am so very sorry. My husband and I were watching the news and are feeling content today and yet my heart was broken when Kerry lost. Blue hearted people are good people. Blue hearted people love America. Blue hearted people don't want to see our country run by big corporations at the expense of all our people. I will never forget how they didn't care for the victims of Katrina. How can we expect God to Bless this country if we fail to follow the wishes He made for us in the Bible for those who believe in Christ's words from the Bible? [ Post Comment ] Comment #29 posted by Toker00 on November 08, 2006 at 08:34:44 PT Thanks Hope, Sorry guys. Parts of my earlier post were very negative. I am truly glad for all of you who now live in a Bluer invironment. Texas is still Red, and at 4:00 something this morning, after waking and not being able to go back to sleep, I let out my anger for the REDS. The fact that our elections were not stolen should be comfort enough, huh?Thanks for appreciating what I was trying to say, Hope.I have to remember the Dems may take both the House AND Senate, in which Impeachment would at least be possible, if not very probable.Congrats to the Blue in All of You.Toke. [ Post Comment ] Comment #28 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 08:19:54 PT OverwhelmSam Thank you very much and Bless each and everyone one of us because we are making a difference. [ Post Comment ] Comment #27 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 08:04:21 PT Toker...17 Worth repeating and keeping in mind. "We may have changed some faces and varied the degrees of attack on our Liberty, but we are not Changed. This government will prove to be just as inhumane and corrupt as the one we voted out. It's designed to work that way. Keep us going back and forth, but never really changing. Just changing faces. A bit of Liberty granted here and there, only to be taken away at a later date, then re-instated to begin the illusion again. All the Billions we spend on war goes straight into the pockets of the Elite, not to defend our Nation, but to bomb for corporate profit, to build agencies that protect their monopolies on anything profitable, and to eliminate any natural, or upstart competition. This is the structure we have to change. THEY will not change it. THEY like it. THEY profit. WE suffer. It's time to CHANGE not just our government, not just the FACES, but the Hearts of Men." [ Post Comment ] Comment #26 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 07:58:27 PT Oh wait! There is another enemy....hunkering down there between hatred and fear. IGNORANCE. IGNORANCE is the name of that other enemy of ours.We fight the fear, the ignorance, and the hatred of those who would cage and persecute a cannabis user. [ Post Comment ] Comment #25 posted by OverwhelmSam on November 08, 2006 at 07:56:38 PT Bless You FoM You are wise and you are our consciousness. [ Post Comment ] Comment #24 posted by Hope on November 08, 2006 at 07:56:07 PT Comment 20 Right on! Hi ho! Hi ho! It's off to work we go.Tip of my helmet to you, fellow freedom fighter, Sam.So true! So true!Especially: "A lot of people voted for marijuana legalization and we can't let them down."Thank you, people! Thank you...and stay with us. We will, someday soon, I hope, God willing, be free from the "higher ups" criminalizing ways and we will be the visible juggernaut that we know is rumbling to come together, that will demand the rights of a free human being and end the persecution of those who appreciate the cannabis plant. It's a plant and it's good. The persecution of people who use or want to use it, is NOT good. Persecution of those people is a serious BAD.Our enemies are hatred and fear. [ Post Comment ] Comment #23 posted by Had Enough on November 08, 2006 at 06:54:23 PT Party Night Nelson's son arrested in altercation with Orlando policeIt seemed a good night for Bill Nelson. The Democratic U.S. senator from Florida easily beat his opponent, Katherine Harris.About 2:40, police responded to calls of a fight involving 20 people. By the time authorities arrived, most of the crowd had dispersed.Police said they found Charles Nelson arguing with an unidentified man and attempting to take an unconscious woman, Kimberly Baxter, to a hotel.Because Nelson appeared intoxicated, police said, the authorities interfered.According to police, when Nelson heard paramedics would be arriving to assist Baxter, he pushed the officers and attempted to drag Baxter to a hotel.When an officer told Nelson to put Baxter down, he dropped her on the ground, police said, and refused to leave. He yelled at an officer and pushed him.According to police, Nelson resisted arrest and was handcuffed after an officer sprayed him with pepper spray. More….http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15960717.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #22 posted by FoM on November 08, 2006 at 06:45:23 PT Had Enough and OverwhelmSam I agree with the both of you. We didn't win but we made great strides. Now it's time for those that are in charge to re-think why they lost so we can win next time. [ Post Comment ] Comment #21 posted by Had Enough on November 08, 2006 at 06:31:43 PT Re: #20 I’m with Ya Sam!!!Let’s Roll!!!Preparing for the next election, Yes.Voter education, Yes. [ Post Comment ] Comment #20 posted by OverwhelmSam on November 08, 2006 at 06:02:16 PT Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Back To Work We Go... A lot of people voted for marijuana legalization and we can't let them down. Time to start lobbying the new legislatures across several states and in the federal government and time to start preparing on the next election in 2008 in the same and several other states. In the mean time, a little voter education would be a good idea. [ Post Comment ] Comment #19 posted by freewillks on November 08, 2006 at 05:29:17 PT 42 out of 100 people support cannabis. The murderers keep murderin The churches keep a burnin The rapists keep a rapin And the tide ain't turninUncle Sam for all your power Things get worse every hour It seems to me your energies Are wasted chasin my friends and meChorus: So hey, Uncle Sam Leave us pot smokers alone Uncle Sam Leave us pot smokers aloneThe terrorists keep terrorizin Our leaders keep a lyin The haters keep a hatin And the planet's dyinUncle Sam, do what's proper Call off your dogs and your helicopters The problems of society Were not caused by my friends and meChorusHow many innocent people gonna be imprisoned We're just peace lovin spleef puffin brotherhood freaks A touch of Mother Nature never made nobody violent Never made nobody hate nobody or break nobody's peaceIt's never been shown to be harmful don't you tell me no lies With your caffeine codeine nicotine eyes The cannabis ban is just recent just since 1938 Relegalize it. Realize it. You made a big mistake [ Post Comment ] Comment #18 posted by Toker00 on November 08, 2006 at 04:49:25 PT OT: Now can we talk about the "I" word? Join the ranks of organizations and citizens out to Impeach Bush! Here's an Honorable one. As far as Militarism goes.http://www.westpointgradsagainstthewar.org/Toke. [ Post Comment ] Comment #17 posted by Toker00 on November 08, 2006 at 04:11:06 PT Alright Dems! The War on Drugs is over! The War on Terror is over! The War in Iraq is over and we're not going to attack anyone, anywhere in the world, again! Cannabis will now be a legal recreational and medicinal plant, grown free of charge for everyone! The immediate dismantling of all Weapons of War and all Slave control agencies loyal to the Elite will begin! People can once again homestead on National land, and New Cities will be springing up fueled not by Oil or Nuclear Energy, but by Hempoleum and Solar Energy! We are once again free to grow what ever plants we want in what ever quantity we want, to feed the poor! F*ck the Interstate Commerce Law! Only dangerous people will be put in prison, and every effort to humanely rehabilitate them with love and compassion will replace PUNISHMENT, and Incarceration reserved for only the UN-REHABILITATABLE. The Laws of God and Nature are now being enforced! We have saved the world and God is pleased! Praise God and pass the CannaBread!Huh? Not quite that simple? But I thought we were voting for Good, and for Change? If Evil has been voted out, then Good has been voted in, right? The Dems stand for everything the Reps don't, right? Anti-War, Anti-Fascism, Anti-Race-ism, Anti-Corporate Rule, Anti-Anti-Christ, Pro-Human over Property? We are free now, right?Please forgive my seeming pessimism. I am very pleased to see that Americans CAN change. We just need to change more than just from left to right, from red to blue, from liberal to conservative. We need to change from within our hearts. Find out what makes us disagree so angrily. War has no middle ground. It's all hell. Greed has no limit. It's all selfish.We may have changed some faces and varied the degrees of attack on our Liberty, but we are not Changed. This government will prove to be just as inhumane and corrupt as the one we voted out. It's designed to work that way. Keep us going back and forth, but never really changing. Just changing faces. A bit of Liberty granted here and there, only to be taken away at a later date, then re-instated to begin the illusion again. All the Billions we spend on war goes straight into the pockets of the Elite, not to defend our Nation, but to bomb for corporate profit, to build agencies that protect their monopolies on anything profitable, and to eliminate any natural, or upstart competition. This is the structure we have to change. THEY will not change it. THEY like it. THEY profit. WE suffer. It's time to CHANGE not just our government, not just the FACES, but the Hearts of Men.John Walters needs to hug a medical cannabis patient and tell them how sorry he is for forcing them to suffer needlessly. He also needs to apologize for every human being he has ever upheld Cannabis Laws against. He also needs to apologize to every researcher who has ever been denied access to Cannabis Research. Then we shall see through tests of our construction if this man is Rehabilitatable. If not, you know where he goes.George Bush, Richard Cheney and the rest of the Bush Cabal need to apologize to the world for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against God and Nature. Since they have already proven themselves to be Un-Rehabilitatable, Incarceration shall be their destiny.All Disobedient Christians shall gather in their Churches and bow down on their knees, asking eternal forgiveness for the Cowardice and Sheepiness in the presence of EVIL. Their Rehabilitation will be decided by God.Hey. Things have got to get better. But change has to begin from within. Wage Peace on War. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW! [ Post Comment ] Comment #16 posted by publicbulldog on November 07, 2006 at 23:01:54 PT: Denver Election officials should be ashamed They took out the biggest percentage oF YES voters in Denver by bottlenecking the polls. Bravo. Fill the trough ,Feed the union growing, fear selling trough feeeders. bravo. Now go take a fucking shower [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by Taylor121 on November 07, 2006 at 22:37:02 PT Hinchey I think the Hinchey amendment will gain quite a few votes with the Democratic house, but not a majority. [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by whig on November 07, 2006 at 22:36:05 PT Max Symbolic though as it would not pass senate right now. [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by Max Flowers on November 07, 2006 at 22:33:27 PT Hinchey-Rohrbacher et al Do you guys think that things like the Hinchey-Rohrbacher amendment will pass easily if the democrats have the majority? I am starting to really think about the possible tangible effects that a democratic majority may have on the medical cannabis issue nationally. [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by Taylor121 on November 07, 2006 at 22:09:56 PT It probably wasn't fixed "Fixed. It was fixed. Whose oversseing it? Whose counting those votes? If they can fix a presidential election, they can fix something as small as a state issue vote."Give me evidence for it being fixed. Are you saying every poll we saw was also fixed. Every poll released showed us down by a significant margin in Colorado. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by taylor121 on November 07, 2006 at 22:08:55 PT Yeah.. I'm kinda bummed out tho I pretty figured we would fail again this year privately, but the medical marijuana vote bothers me a lot. As for why it happened, I think we know why. Take a look at many of the negative articles that come out in newspapers. Reefer madness is instilled in so many people. This is not an easy thing to change people's minds on. People have strong opinions about legalizing these substances. The medical marijuana vote there is no excuse for. I think that was a poor state to choose. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by unkat27 on November 07, 2006 at 22:07:38 PT It was Fixed! Fixed. It was fixed. Whose oversseing it? Whose counting those votes? If they can fix a presidential election, they can fix something as small as a state issue vote.Either that, or, the majority of Colorado citizens really are brainwashed idiots. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by FoM on November 07, 2006 at 22:06:16 PT Just a Thought I don't think we will be getting any news until later on in the night or in the morning. It's been a very long day. I am pleased with how the overall election went today. Now maybe we need to think what went wrong with Colorado and Nevada and see if it can be changed if they go forward with another try next year. Mason worked very hard and I'm sure they will be analyzing what made people vote no. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by Taylor121 on November 07, 2006 at 21:59:02 PT Lies.. Whether it lies or not, the election results are posted on CNN.com and they match the claim. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by unkat27 on November 07, 2006 at 21:45:28 PT Don't Trust the BS Rag Ya know, I wouldn't trust this story cuz of the source. The Rocky Mountain News is a major corporate fascist BS rag and it likes to lie about these things. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by potpal on November 07, 2006 at 20:34:57 PT Pun-ishment Please hold the cutezy headlines. Be back in 2 years. Reefer madness generation is moving on and the another generation, younger, educated is moving up...its envitable. SAFER made history, no longer is the discussion of cannabis taboo, the cat is out of the bag. Isn't small amounts of cannabis legal now in Spain and Portugal? But yet only available via the black market? Did their society fall apart? Was it the end of their civilization? Any data?Saw a funny movie tonight...Thank You For Smoking. I had read the book, written by Christopher Buckley (William Buckley Jr's grandson) In the meantime, keep putting out the word good people. Give pot a chance. Grow! [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by Taylor121 on November 07, 2006 at 20:26:39 PT A look http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/ballot.measures/And a site to Nevada's secretary of state #s:http://www.secretaryofstate.biz/nvelection/2006StateWideGeneral/ElectionSummary.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by FoM on November 07, 2006 at 20:25:18 PT Taylor121 Thank you. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Taylor121 on November 07, 2006 at 20:21:12 PT Looking grim Medical marijuana may lose for the first time. With 33% reporting, the measure is losing 48 to 52%. Nevada's trend is looking like a 44-56ish loss [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on November 07, 2006 at 20:02:53 PT Article on Colorado It doesn't look good. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment