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A Word About Pot

There is a petition online to get the government to correct one of it's most glaring (domestic) mistakes. http://www.petitiononline.com/Legalize/petition.html Sure, nothing may come of it, but sometimes symbolic gestures are equally as important. It gets the message out that people are unhappy, and it may inspire someone to acknowledge why people are unhappy.

Sure, it's only an online petition, but it got me thinking.

And I know some of you may not be into smoking it. No one is forcing you to smoke, despite whatever government approved/Pizer funded |A|N|T|I|D|R|U|G| ads tell you. As Bill Hicks once said, Marijuana has "Eight billion uses, and they're all positive." Most of us know that marijuana is best material to make rope out of, and some of us may know that hemp once supplied the world with almost all it's paper. In fact, it's been proven to be better for the environment. The department of agriculture reports that you can make 4 times more paper from an acre of hemp, than an acre of trees. Not only does this mean a renewable resource for paper, but also a clearer resource. Hemp processing is cheaper than wood processing, and only spews out a fifth of the polution. Of course, this is part of the reason it was outlawed in the first place.

The reason for the cheapness and cleaness, hemp uses only 1/5 the chemicals needed to process wood pulp. And Lobbyists aren't a new problem. DuPont objected to the lack of chemicals. Hearst papers, who were also responsible for The Spanish-American War of 1898, and had a hand in pushing through the 1934 film code, also resisted. William Randolph Hearst* had large timber holdings, and was worried by signs marijuana would be used to manufacture the majority of the worlds paper again.

Tobacco companies also resisted. And now, oil companies may be getting in the resistance game. You know what ethanol is? The same can be done with marijuana. You can produce methanol from hemp, another wood product that can be done cheaper and cleaner. Methanol is the fuel of choice for race cars: http://www.fastmachines.com/archives/nascar/003427.php

As for the "dangers" of marijuana. Here are the totals of deaths caused by various drugs per year as gathered from surgeon general reports:

TOBACCO	340,000 to 450,000
ALCOHOL (Not including 50% of all highway deaths and 65% of all murders)	150,000+
ASPIRIN (Including deliberate overdose)	180 to 1,000+
CAFFEINE (From stress, ulcers, and triggering irregular heartbeats, etc.)	1,000 to 10,000
"LEGAL" DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental) from legal, prescribed or patent medicines and/or mixing with alcohol - e.g. Valium/alcohol	14,000 to 27,000
ILLICIT DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental) from all illegal drugs.	3,800 to 5,200
MARIJUANA	0
(Marijuana users also have the same or lower incidence of murders and highway deaths and accidents than the general non-marijuana using population as a whole. Crancer Study, UCLA; U.S. Funded ($6 million), First & Second Jamaican Studies, 1968 to 1974; Costa Rican Studies, 1980 to 1982; et al. LOWEST TOXICITY 100% of the studies done at dozens of American universities and research facilities show pot toxicity does not exist. Medical history does not record anyone dying from an overdose of marijuana (UCLA, Harvard, Temple, etc.).

These were gathered by Jack Herer, author of the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes. His website http://www.jackherer.com/ is a good resource for pro-marijuana information.

Then, there are the medical benefits that people are just waking up and realizing. One thing I find interesting is the pill known as "Marinol." Sythesized THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/16/health/main1622376.shtml Am I the only one that finds this odd? The pill was first approved by the FDA in 1985, and it was recently put back on the market. This is especially interesting when you consider the FDA recently claimed Marijuana had no medical properties. http://cannabisnews.com/news/21/thread21758.shtml

And get this! The FDA's current stance is that Marijuana is the same as coke or heroin! Now that's just insulting to our collective intelligence. This new decision is supported by the DEA, which if any of you have been reading up about the "War on Drugs," you should be very, very afraid of. I believe it was Bruce La Voy in California, the man who had SWAT teams raid his home, and as he sprung up from his bed only to be shot and killed in front of his wife, all because he had a couple of joints in his pocket.

http://www.norml.org/ has a very comprehensive guide to marijuana laws in the staes. It was there I read that in Kansas alone there are 150 non-violent drug offenders serving prison time. Many of who are there for crack or heroin, i.e. the really nasty shit that's become cheaper and more available with the outlawing of marijuana. And thus, helped in giving birth to the "gateway drug" bullshit that has kept the most parents sedated. This was also helped by the implication that all drugs are the same. Thanks FDA!

I say it's time to correct this mistake. The America people are holding themselves back because of lies, and corporate interest. People are being brutally mistreated. And the information that's being presented from our government is flawed, if not outright made up. My favorite anti-drug ad to date is the one from late 2001 that said "marijuana funds global terror." Not only is this incredibly inaccuarate, but nothing said compassion like "Who caused 9-11? YOU DID STONER!!!" What a great excuse to send marijuana smokers to Guantanamo Bay. Sure would clear up a lot of that red tape known as "a trial," and should would look statistically nice when you had to record arrested terror suspects. Call it paranoia (um... wait...), but shit! That's what learning about drug laws does to a person.

P.S. Our old anti-drug friend Mrs. Blood is pregnant. The one who threatened to narc on me to the other teachers because I joked about drugs? I'm going to wait 18 years, and when that kid enters college, I am going to visit her/him with a bunch of Jello Biafra and Bill Hicks CDs, a copy of the Emperor Wears No Clothes, and some pamphlets from the US department of argriculture. Just 'cuz. <IMAGE HERE>

*Note: Movie buffs might know Hearst as the inspiration behind Citizen Kane, which is still regarded as the greatest movie ever made. I tell you this because I would like to share a quote I like with you: "Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were just some magician, if you'd pissed off some witch, then what's she gonna do, she's gonna put a curse on you, and what's gonna happen? Your hens are gonna lay funny, your milk's gonna go sour, maybe one of your kids is gonna get a hare-lip or something like that — no big deal. You piss off a bard, and forget about putting a curse on you, he might put a satire on you. And if he was a skilful bard, he puts a satire on you, it destroys you in the eyes of your community, it shows you up as ridiculous, lame, pathetic, worthless, in the eyes of your community, in the eyes of your family, in the eyes of your children, in the eyes of yourself, and if it's a particularly good bard, and he's written a particularly good satire, then three hundred years after, you're dead, people are still gonna be laughing, at what a twat you were. " -- Alan Moore

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This is my weapon, and that is my gun... one is for business, the other for fun

Blue Collar TV makes me violently ill.

I always found that odd. Why would a dumb TV show actually bother me that much?

Though, I will be honest... Larry the Cable Guy got his start in Kansas City, and I certainly can tell you he has gotten more PC. I seriously doubt they'd let him say "I laughed harded than a skinhead watching Schindler's List" on the WB. So, I guess it could be worse. But something still bothers me.

It's namely the hunting skits that do this. But then again, the idea behind sport hunting has always really made me ill. Which is funny, really. I'm also very much again gang violence, and murdering prostitutes, especially with military assult weapons. But mother of God do I love my San Andreas. I don't like the idea of people taking the law into their own hands, especially when the person doing it was fucked up when he saw his family murdered right in front of his eyes, and prances about in leotards with with under-dressed children, but dear lord is Batman awesome! Hell, one of my favorite movies/books is Fight Club! And that's about a paranoid-schizophrenic who builds an army to destroy society! How is that different than a stupid comedy show?

Fight Club never saught to glamorize Tyler Durden. He was charismatic, but that was part of the message. And it doesn't take a genius to figure out the difference between Batman, Grand Theft Auto, and reality! (Despite whatever Bullshit the PTC feeds you.) But Blue Collar TV actually reflects our culture, in a positive light. It makes it look normal, because for some people, it is. And there's always the feeling that if they actually sold an attactment for your gun that killed everything in a 50 ft. radius, like one of the sketches featured, someone would buy it. That alone isn't enough to condemn it. In fact, normally, that would warrant praise. But, unlike the South Bronx Paradise/Parasite diet from Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Come on... a diet that let's you eat whatever you want, without exercising, while the pounds fall off? So what if a giant centapede bursts out your stomach! You'll be thin.), you know some of the people who would are the ones writing the show.

But, I guess I can't blame for reflecting society. In redneck families, hunting especially is something sacred. Hell, most are more likely to make it to their hunting trip than to church. (Note: I hate to implicate a specific faith, but you rarely hear about Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or Hindu hunters) To them, it's about getting close to nature, or something along those lines. Which is really quite ridiculous when you consider how many hunters don't actually eat what they kill. At least in the ancient times, when hunters killed their prey, they at least... well... did exactly that. Prayed! Some Indian tribes used to ask the animals forgiveness, and thank it for the gifts it would bestow on their family.

To all people from hick families... how many of you know what venecine tastes like? How many of you, in your attempts to get back to nature, actually incorporate that nature in your daily lives? And mounted deer-heads in your den don't count. That's like comparing the purple heart you got in Nam for the bullet in your leg, to the necklace of ears you made in My Lai. One was it service to your country (which you love.... riiiiiigght?), the other was simply to show how super-pimp (you think) you are.

Then, there's the other arguement. That's it's for sport? This is becoming less and less true everyday. And we have the internet to thank for that. Several websites have mounted a webcam, and a gun in a wooded area. Then, a person on his or her computer just has to point and click. It's like Duck Hunt, except when you miss a dog doesn't laugh at you... you just accidentally hit the local boy scout troop. You might want to make sure you have broadband... (I guess you could say that the lag time is... a... killer... Aaahahahahahahah!!! Killing...)

Thanks to the miracle of technology, if you're too fat and/or lazy to actually... you know... walk around... you can just log in online to get your daily dose of senseless killing. Luckily, congress has outlawed such practice of point-and-click killing. Which, considering the fuss they make whenever a game featuring  fake murder comes about, is the least they could do!

Regardless, it's still hard to except hunting as a legitimate sport. Hell, most sports at least require you to be sober! But, I guess it can be a sport. It isn't, but it can be. Next time you go hunting here's what you should do: Arrive at the grounds wearing nothing but a loincloth, a dagger, and some twine. Find a pile of deer droppings, and promptly smeer yourself with it. This way, you will smell like one them (and trust me... deer smell like shit). Find a tree branch, then pick up a rock. Fashion the rock into a spearhead, and attact it to the branch with your twine. Find your prey, and chuck the spear directly into it's eyeball. Then, lean down, gut it, thank it for it's gifts, and say a prayer to your pagan god. ('cuz what you just did sure as hell ain't christian!)

Then, you will be a sportsman!

Peace, I'm out!

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Greeting all! My name is Chris, and this is my political commentary account.

Basically, if there's a cause I want to get support for, or something I want to complain about, I'll most likely end up sticking it here.

My main account is "Low_Budget_Superhero," but there my commentary falls somewhere my other assorted random thoughts.

Peace.