Dems? Repubs? No thanks...

Dems? Repubs? No thanks...

Immigration

When it comes to immigration I do not have a very educated opinion. It seems to me that it is necessary to have safe boarders..I know that a lot of bad drugs get through the open boarders and that the underground slave trade uses the open boarders to transport sex slaves. This should not be happening. Immigration must be regulated by the government, be it state or federal, I'm not sure who can do the best job. Without strict regulation we have no idea who is in this country or what they are doing.They could be diseased or harmful in some way to us and we would have no idea. We need to protect ourselves in this situation, it is only reasonable.

At the same time, we must feel for those who want to come to our country to start new lives or better their existing one. It needs to be easier and cheaper for people to immigrate. If we granted the illegals citizenship we could tax them and use that money to provide an immigration education system and pay for services that all Americans receive from the government. We could have programs that get them started in good, safe jobs. We could teach them english and help them exercise their citizenship to their greatest potential.

But all of us must adjust to changes that immigrants bring. We can learn from all of our neighbors, no matter where they were born. America is one of a few nations that is not bilingual and this is just ignorant. Anyway, that's all I really have to say..don't take my word for any of this, it's just speculation, I really have no idea what I'm talking about..

Nader 08?

Ok, so everyone knows how important this next presidential election is..maybe the most important one in the history of our country. With all of the confusion of the public and the turmoil of our policies Americans are looking for a swift change in the direction we are all headed. Personally, I have yet to find a candidate that really gets my attention..I mean, Obama has some good things to say sometimes, he gives great speeches and seems pretty progressive, but lacks experience in the federal world. This lack of experience would make it hard for him to man the controls of the nose-dived airliner that Washington is today.

I know that 3rd parties don't have a chance in winning this election, but all of my confidence rests with the Green Party. Their agenda is the most sound and educated one out there and I hope that Nader decides to run on their ticket. A lot of people think that if he runs, he'll take away crucial votes for the Dems, but I think thats just full of it. The Dems will say that to muster up anti-third party thoughts so they can keep their spot as one of two parties that control Washington and the election process. Nader was barred from a Fox News debate in 2004, even though he was invited by the news station. The debate committee is controlled by the Dems and the Repubs and they don't want that to change. It probably won't any time soon...

It would be good for now, at least, if the Dems would get with the Green Party and take on Ralph's agenda (link to GP agenda provided below). I'm hoping that Obama will win the primary, I believe he would be the only one to take on the progressive agenda. Hillary wouldn't do this, she's too full of herself. If the Dems would just take on the Green Party agenda, they would gain the votes of hundreds of thousands of GP voters, like myself, and have a much better chance of winning. And on that, GP voters aren't just Dems, in some states there are more Repubs that vote Green than Dems... gotta remember those agricultural voters and the thousands of farmers that look to the Green Party..So check out Ralph, I posted an interview from last year with him on Hardball...there's a second part you should check out on YouTube...

http://www.gp.org/tenkey.shtml
http://www.greenparty.org
http://www.nader.org/

Stephen Colbert on The O'Reilly Factor

This is pretty funny. Colbert has a lot of guts and we can all learn from him in this area. Did anyone see his appearance at the White House Press Correspondence dinner? That was great.

O'Reilly takes Colbert's presence as a threat and it's very evident. O'Reilly is one of those people who hides his fear behind anger. This can be seen when he's getting all upset about Colbert's name..seriously? I wish more people in Colbert's position would have the guts to stand up and just totally mock the bad guys. His comedy is very progressive and he deserves a lot of respect for what he does. People can look at this and easily realize how ridiculous O'Reilly is, even when he's not even debating an important issue...just something to think about I guess..

Gov. Mitt Romney meets a medical marijuana patient--Oct. 6

here are some interesting facts about medicinal marijuana..

Since 1996, twelve states have legalized medical marijuana use: AK, CA, CO, HI, ME, MT, NV, NM, OR, RI, VT, and WA. Eight of the twelve did so through the initiative process. Hawaii's law was enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2000, Vermont's was enacted by the legislature and passed into law without the governor's signature in May 2004, Rhode Island's was passed into law over the governor's veto in January 2006, and New Mexico's legislation was signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on April 2, 2007.


In spite of the established medical value of marijuana, doctors are presently permitted to prescribe cocaine and morphine - but not marijuana.
Source: The Controlled Substances Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq.

On September 6, 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administration's Chief Administrative Law Judge, Francis L. Young, ruled:
"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known....[T]he provisions of the [Controlled Substances] Act permit and require the transfer of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance."
Source: US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, "In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition," [Docket #86-22] (September 6, 1988), p. 57.

The DEA's Administrative Law Judge, Francis Young concluded: "In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death. Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within the supervised routine of medical care."
Source: US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, "In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition," [Docket #86-22], (September 6, 1988), p. 57.

Between 1978 and 1997, 35 states and the District of Columbia passed legislation recognizing marijuana's medicinal value.
States include: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IA, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI.




I think a lot of the information provided to the masses about medical marijuana is very skewed...Politicians seem to have a one sided, non-investigative view on it despite the overwealming evidence that it does work in a controlled environment. I have seen the medical stores in San Francisco and in NorCal and they are a very safe business. Not only is MedMarij good for patients, but it also stimulates the economy (when legalized). The state government taxes the crop and they make a lot of money off of it. According to NORML.org and the Birmingham News, Marijuana is the number one cash crop in Alabama. What if we controlled this cash crop and taxed it for medicinal use? Most of the people who are illegally growing in mass quantities are doing so in a dishonest and environmentally unsafe way, not to mention the fact that the Alabama Free Malitia gets much of its money from the cultivation of marijuana...definatly don't want those kooks having lots of money to buy more illegal grenades, rocket launchers, and IEDs.

Most people, including Mitt Romney are in the dark about medical marijuana. My DARE officer told my highschool class that medical marijuana didn't exist anywhere in the US. Needless to say, I spoke to her after class about her lies. Maybe someone should speak to our government officials who are spreading these lies or even just hearing them? We spend so much money on a failed war on drugs aimed toward marijuana, a less harmful substance than alcohol. If we want to attack drugs, lets get all those poor 2nd graders off of meth based ADD drugs and spend all the money we waste on pot towards a global campaign against cocain and the slave trade that goes hand in hand with it...let's DO something!!!

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Caribbean Heritage Reggae Festival
This weekend, October 5-6
18th St. & 1st Ave. S
www.caribbeanheritagereggaefestival.com

I will be there...you should come too. But not if you don't like reggae or dub or whatever.