A Blue Activist in a Red State

Well, It's Been a While

2005-12-02T10:20:00.000-06:00

Well, I know I haven't been posting in a while. I have been without broadband at home for the last several month and that has made postings difficult. I will get in the swing of things when my DSL gets installed on Monday.Lots of things are happening. Tom Delay is up to his eyeballs. Randy "Duke" Cunningham has resigned because of corruption charges and the Bush regime seems to be imploding.

Re: [francesnewton2005] NCADP Conference in Austin Oct. 27 -30, 2005

2005-10-07T12:23:00.000-05:00

Thought you might be interested in this editorial about another death row case - this one in Virginia. http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/10/07/opinion/editorial/71edit07deathpenalty.txt Examiner Editorial - No evidence, no execution 07Oct'05 Published: Friday, October 7, 2005 12:06 AM EDT The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of Arlington's only

Dealing with Venezuela

2005-08-23T09:37:00.000-05:00

From the Drug War Rant - http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2005/08/23.html#a1115 Dealing with Venezuela So after Chavez kicked out the DEA from Venezuela (accusing them of spying and running drugs), the U.S. government retaliated ( http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2005/08/12.html#a1102 ) by revoking Visas and threatening their "rating" with the U.S. Now so-called religious leader Pat Robertson has

Re: Frances Newton

2005-08-19T10:10:00.000-05:00

Dear Rick, I read your Dec. 2, 2004 column, Mock gone, not mockery. - http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/casey/2929494 Please consider running another column on Frances Newton. She is set to be executed in less than a month and having read the circumstances of the case I seriously believe she might be innoncent and that the murderers may be walking around free. Even if

Rolling Stones Threatened with Boycott

2005-08-10T09:26:00.000-05:00

PRESIDENT Bush takes it on the chin in the new Rolling Stones tune "Sweet Neo Con." In the most political song from their upcoming "A Bigger Bang" album, Mick Jagger sings: "You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think your are full of [bleep]!" Jagger tells Newsweek he's not sweating possible repercussions. "I think [Keith Richards] is a bit

Fwd: Jerry Falwell Attacks Christian Alliance as "Hardly Christian"

2005-07-20T10:28:00.000-05:00

I received the email below from the Christian Alliance for Progress. I will post my response when I write it. Dear Tammera: Send us YOUR response to Rev. Jerry Falwell. Read on to find out how and why… On July 8, the Reverend Jerry Falwell sent out an email to the Moral Majority Coalition and the Liberty Alliance attacking the Christian Alliance for Progress. He claims that we are "hardly

Frank Introduces Medical-Marijuana Shield Bill

2005-07-07T11:54:00.000-05:00

Frank Introduces Medical-Marijuana Shield Bill http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C577645%2C00.html 7/7/2005 Doctors and pharmacists who recommend medical marijuana to their patients would be shielded by federal prosecution under a measure introduced in Congress by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). The Washington Times reported May 5

re: your interesting article

2005-07-06T11:43:00.000-05:00

I read your very interesting article on medical marijuana here - http://www.blacktable.com/kinard050706.htm While I agree with much of your article and won't dispute many of the negative effects of marijuana you site I do take issue with a few of them. I won't take issue with the others either because I don't have details of the studies which you sited but didn't identify or because I don't

[DrugWar] US: Web: Study: Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

2005-07-04T07:31:00.000-05:00

I heard Michael Savage the other day saying that marijuana causes cancerand that it has 200 times more tar than tobacco. I had always heardthat it wasn't necessarily the tar that caused the cancer but the factthat tobacco has radioactive isotopes in it and marijuana does not. -----Original Message-----From: Richard Lake [mailto:rlake@mapinc.org] Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 6:26 PMTo: mmjlist@

Court to Revisit Whether "Actual Innocence" Matters

2005-06-29T14:35:00.000-05:00

The Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider a ruling that they made in another case and it's about time. Several years ago, I believe it was in the case of Leonel Torres Herrera the Supreme Court ruled that "actual innocence didn't matter" .In a story in the Washington Post, Paul House of Tennessee is seeking release from death row because of what his appeal to the court calls "powerful new

We've already taken Canada without firing a shot! Is the Annexation of Canada part of Bush's Military Agenda?

2005-06-28T14:14:00.000-05:00

This should be disturbing to Canadians. We have become an empire and we shall surely grow too big for our britches, just like all the other empires before us that came and went as the new citizens of the empire decided they didn't like the empire. SUMMARY For nearly two years now, Ottawa has been quietly negotiating a far-reaching military cooperation agreement, which allows the

Bush Family Name Comes Up in Spitzer Investigation

2005-06-24T11:22:00.000-05:00

Elliot Spitzer is doing good work. If this leads to where it looks like it's going and doesn't get waylaid by Bush's big money lawyers, I guess I'll be gloating. If it leads to Bush Sr., Bush Jr. and Cheney - at the very least (maybe even Jeb and Marvin), I hope they get hauled before court and thrown in Club Fed.WASHINGTON, DC, June 20, 2005 -- Two criminal investigations based in New York are

Action Alert: Cut Military Aid to Colombia!

2005-06-23T06:34:00.000-05:00

Urge members of Congress to create an opening for peace bysupporting an amendment to cut military aid to Colombia. Takeaction now - before the June 27 vote. In 2000 Colombian Mennonite Church leaders wrote a letter toNorth American churches raising awareness of Colombia's internalconflict and the massive U.S. military "aid" package to Colombialegislated that year. Now Ricardo Esquivia, President

Medical Marijuana - Is Jury Nullification the Next Step?

2005-06-22T13:29:00.000-05:00

Perhaps the last defense against intrusive law will finally start to be employed and medical marijuana users will start having juries come back with NOT GUILTY verdicts.Medical MarijuanaIs Jury Nullification the Next Step?By CLAY CONRADSince the June 6 Supreme Court decision in Gonzalez v. Raich, medicalmarijuana supporters have largely determined to focus on lobbyingcongress. While Raich did not

The American people have been had

2005-06-17T20:00:00.000-05:00

The American people have been hadPHILIP GAILEYPublished June 12, 2005The war has taken a dangerous turn - not in Iraq but here at home. It has lost the support of a majority of Americans. According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News Poll, for the first time since the war began a majority of the American public doesn't believe the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime has made the United States

[Houston NORML] Drugs, Crime and Politics 6/15/05 streaming video

2005-06-16T12:40:00.000-05:00

Here is a link - http://dpft.org/dcp.html to Drugs, Crime and Politics, a TV show that me and my friends film every other Wednesday on Houston MediaSource on Channel 17 on Time Warner in Houston. We've been doing it for several years but we only have a few of the most recent shows on the website. > Interview with Medical Marijuana patient Clay Jones> and Lance Findley of the Bayou City

Mother of dead soldier vilifies Bush over war

2005-06-15T17:18:00.000-05:00

Posted on Tue, Jun. 14, 2005 R E L A T E D C O N T E N T Pablo Alcalá, Staff Cindy Sheehan, left, president of the Gold Star Families for Peace and other touring activists were greeted by supporters after arriving at a rally on the Freedom and Faith tour bus at a lawn on the grounds of the Red Mile track in Lexington, Ky.,Monday, June 13, 2005. Mother of dead soldier vilifies Bush over

Bush for Life: GOP introduces new bill to Congress

2005-06-15T14:43:00.000-05:00

This is now confirming my fears that the Republicans (or some of them) are attempting to kill our democracy and establish one party rule. We need to circulate this far and wide and not let this get a chance to be passed. We need to get this message to everyone far and wide and convince as many people as possible that they have now gone way too far.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: S

The Devolution of American Politics

2005-06-15T12:37:00.000-05:00

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US: Poll Finds Opposition to Pot Raids

2005-06-14T10:12:00.000-05:00

Pubdate: Tue, 14 Jun 2005Source: Oakland Tribune, The (CA)Copyright: 2005 MediaNews Group, Inc. and ANG NewspapersContact: triblet@angnewspapers.comWebsite: http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/314Author: Josh Richman, Staff WriterCited: Marijuana Policy Project http://www.mpp.orgCited: Gonzales v. Raich http://www.angeljustice.orgBookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/

Howard Dean Speaks For Me

2005-06-14T10:09:00.000-05:00

Howard Dean Speaks For Me View Current Signatures - Sign the Petition TO ALL SIGNERS: Questionable petition signatures have been and will continue to be deleted. As petition owner, it is my responsiblity to ensure the integrity of this petition. I WILL ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION SO A VALID SIGNATURE MAY END UP BEING DELETED. I WILL DELETE ANY SIGNATURE WITHOUT A

We Love Howard Dean

2005-06-14T08:16:00.000-05:00

What do you think? The Truthout Town Meeting is in progress. Join the debate! Go to Original We Love Howard Dean By John Cory t r u t h o u t | Perspective Friday 10 June 2005 The Bush GOP is a Wal-Mart of five-and-dime ethics, self-enriching corporate sponsored war, imitation morality made in China, and a fresh baker's dozen of half-truths for every occasion.

Survey Says . . . DEMS Are the Values Party

2005-06-13T12:28:00.000-05:00

Survey Says . . . DEMS Are the Values Party By The MavenSection: PoliticsTake that, GOP! A newly released poll "Moral Dilemma: Which Morals?" conducted June 2-5 by Westhill Partners/The Hotline should give pause to those who fear having the Democratic Party push a "values-oriented platform" in upcoming election cycles. "Which political party - (ROTATE) the Democratic Party, or the Republican

A REMEDY OR AN EXCUSE?

2005-06-13T09:32:00.000-05:00

June 13, 2005, 1:02AMA REMEDY OR AN EXCUSE?Medical marijuana supporters see hopeBackers say the call to legalize use by patients grows despite court decreeBy ROBERT CROWECopyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Scooting around the grocery in a motorized wheelchair, Marcia Baker doesn't look like a criminal.But when she gets home to her Fort Bend County subdivision, the 41-year-old former accountant

[infowarsnews] Former DEA Agent: Mexican Commandos Killing In South West US To Protect Bush Drug Cartel

2005-06-10T06:17:00.000-05:00

Shocking but not surprising story from Alex Jones who has a radio show in Austin, Texas and is the producer of the film, "The Road to Tyranny". If you haven't seen it you should.Former DEA Agent: Mexican Commandos Killing In South West US To Protect Bush Drug CartelPrison Planet June 9 2005Retired DEA Agent Celerino "Cele" Castillo III served for 12 years in the