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White House Battling Medical Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on October 20, 2004 at 09:25:04 PT
By John A. MacDonald, Courant Staff Writer 
Source: Hartford Courant 
As Teresa Michalski's weakened son Travis, 29, battled a rare form of blood cancer last year, he turned to smoking marijuana. "Marijuana ... helped quell my son's agony and made it possible for him to eat," Teresa Michalski said. "Because of marijuana, he was able to live his last days and die in relative comfort."In recent weeks, Michalski has emerged as a frequent spokeswoman in favor of a proposal on the Nov. 2 ballot in Montana that would make the Big Sky state the 10th in the nation to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Two polls show Montana residents appear poised to defy the Bush administration and approve the ballot initiative. Two other states, Oregon and Alaska, will vote on measures to liberalize laws that already permit the medicinal use of marijuana, but the outcomes in both are less certain.The Bush administration has dispatched top officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy to argue against the ballot proposals in all three states, but they seem to have had little success in Montana, a state with a strong "leave us alone" attitude toward Washington.Surveys by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and Montana State University-Billings showed the Montana initiative winning, with 58 percent and 57 percent, respectively, in the polls."We're very hopeful," Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, said of the outcome in Montana. The project is pushing all three states' proposals.The Montana initiative would allow patients who are terminally or seriously ill to produce, possess and use marijuana under medical supervision to relieve the symptoms of cancer, glaucoma, HIV-AIDS and other conditions defined by the state. The state would issue identification cards to those who qualify under the law.Nine other states have approved marijuana measures. The latest was Vermont, where state lawmakers voted in May to authorize patients with HIV-AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis to possess limited amounts of medicinal marijuana. The measure became law without the signature of Gov. James H. Douglas, a Republican.Since 1996, voters have authorized the medicinal use of marijuana in seven states - Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. In Hawaii, the legislature passed that state's measure, which then-Gov. Ben Cayetano, a Democrat, signed into law. Connecticut passed a law in 1981 making it legal for doctors to prescribe marijuana for medicinal use, but a conflict with federal law makes the state law unworkable, and at least four legislative efforts to resolve that conflict have failed.In Montana, both sides have been pressing their case in recent weeks.Scott Burns, deputy director of the drug policy office, campaigned across the state against Initiative 148. At one stop, according to local press reports, he said, "If we make it acceptable in society to smoke dope, our children are more inclined to do that."Tom Riley, communications director for the drug policy office, said the administration had a mandate from Congress to uphold federal laws against marijuana. Riley added that the Food and Drug Administration has not approved the use of marijuana to relieve pain or for other medical treatments. "We have an obligation to uphold sound science," he said.Mirken, the marijuana policy project spokesman, responded that there is "no doubt" that marijuana can relieve pain for some patients. "Current policy is just crazy," Mirken said. Michalski said families "shouldn't have to deal with the fear of criminal prosecution" during difficult times, as she and her family did when her son was dying.In the other states:Oregon voters will decide whether to create the nation's first state-licensed marijuana dispensaries, which would sell marijuana to patients on a state-operated registry. The initiative also would increase the amount of marijuana those on the registry could grow and possess. The Oregonian newspaper reported that a poll found the initiative is losing by 52 percent to 34 percent, with 14 percent undecided.Alaska voters will decide whether to remove all civil and criminal penalties under state law for people 21 or older who grow, use or sell marijuana for any reason. State and local government officials could not require a license for personal use or cultivation of marijuana but could regulate it like alcohol. Gov. Frank H. Murkowski opposes the measure.The three state votes will not be the final word on the medicinal use of marijuana. On Nov. 29, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a Bush administration challenge to California's law. The case involves two women who smoke marijuana on the advice of a doctor and say it is the only drug that eases their chronic pain and other medical problems. Source: Hartford Courant (CT)Author: John A. MacDonald, Courant Staff Writer Published: October 20, 2004 Copyright: 2004 The Hartford CourantContact: letters courant.comWebsite: http://www.ctnow.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Montana Careshttp://montanacares.org/Marijuana Should Be in The Toolboxhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19664.shtmlTheir Lips are Movinghttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19643.shtmlVoting on Pot Issuehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19629.shtmlDeputy Drug Czar Opposes Legalizing Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19612.shtml
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 20:36:16 PT
I Want To Say Something
But I don't know what to say. Bush scares me. He has a one track way of thinking and isn't open to different ways of looking at issues. The invasion of Iraq is what has been my reason for not liking Bush. It isn't even our issue because it wasn't long into his administration that the raids started so I know where he stands. He isn't very intelligent and says some awfully confusing things and I'm an American. You need to know how to communicate if you are the president of the USA. How could he ever bring peace in Iraq if he confuses many of us right here? He isn't evil but he isn't presidential either. Bottom line for me is he really does scare me.
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Comment #37 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 20:17:18 PT
Anti-Christs
I believe there are a lot of "anti-Christs"...but as far at THE big one people look for...The Beast...well...I don't look for him. I try to keep a watchful eye out there, but I'm not looking for someone to pin that label to and I'm not hasty about making such large assumptions.The war on drugs is bad. It has caused unnecessary pain and grief. It's a prohibition that has caused monumental damage to society and government. I can see that and I can resist that creation of man...but I don't have the energy to waste looking for imaginary scary stuff. There is enough scary stuff right before my eyes. I've got to keep my mind on that and not go around frightened of this and that all the time.
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Comment #36 posted by Nuevo Mexican on October 20, 2004 at 19:41:02 PT
Bush represents the Anti-Christ Administration....
and is just the tip of the iceberg! It's always nice to have one person to blame, and the buck has to stop somewhere. Why not bush, as he is born the same day as the Dalai Lama, (not the same year though), and when born under the sign of Cancer, which is ruled by the moon, (that's me!), one is either of the dark side of the moon, (Pink Floyd, remember!):
Henry the Eighth, Donald Rumsfeld, the United States, and of course, George 'W.'Bush!
or the light side, represented by the likes of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Red Skelton, Princess Diana, and Canada to name a few!
How many people have died under this regime? Thousands, like 20,000-30,000 Iraqis and don't forget the Afghanis, over a thousand American soldiers, Thousands of injured soldiers, and innocent civilians, some of which will die from their injuries. Who else could 'get away with murder' if its not this guy?So what standard do we hold leaders we accuse of being 'anti-christs'? I would think bush would fit the bill, but his ego likes being called the Anti-Christ, so I don't like giving him that much credit, as he eats it up.You know: ME BAD! Fear me, hate me, loathe me, that kind of thing.You do know he has a Hitler collection of memorabilia at the Skull and Bones lodge at Yale, if that tells you anything about his 'character'. Look it up! Some insights here:Nazis and Bush family history: Government investigated Bush family's financing of Hitler 
By Carla Binion http://www.rememberjohn.com/Nazis.htmlI loved the post regarding Kerry and music, that should tell all of the Kerry doubters that he is the right man for the Job, especially since he is a Sagittarius with Sag Rising, just like Jimi Hendrix! Go Figure!Under this mans stars, the truth will be revealed, as a side-effect, whether Kerry wants that or not, it will be.
The stars deem it so, as above, so below.
Oh, by the way, did you know God is an Aethiest?
A contradiction? Life is a contradiction, and i'm a believer! I have faith in the 'All that is' whatever that is! We'll find out when we meet our 'maker'.In the meantime?
Here is a great website that all here should read, check out as many links as possible, send far and wide, and it should be required reading for all Americans before they vote! 
Download the informative trifold pamphlet of these 14 points in .pdf format here (right click, save target as)
 
In "Fascism Anyone?," Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, identifies 14 characteristics common to fascist regimes. His comparisons of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto, and Pinochet yielded this list of 14 "identifying characteristics of fascism." http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htmOr do your own search here:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=bush+family+history&btnG=Search
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Comment #35 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 19:02:37 PT
Normal everyday guy
Make that normal wealthy everyday guy which is likely a bit different...well I'm sure it is...than regular everyday normal. Maybe "average" would be a better choice of word than "normal" or "middle class" or a bonafide member of the masses or anything like that.
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Comment #34 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 18:56:30 PT
Hope
That's how I see it in many ways too. I pay attention but that's about it for me. 
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Comment #33 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 18:43:55 PT
Bush
I think he's probably a fairly decent guy who is where he really has no business even trying to be.I think he's a decent everyday guy, who may or may not have gotten too hard a blow to the head one time, and was trained and forced to be where he is.No conspiracy theory or anything monumental. My husband thought Bill Clinton was THE Anti-Christ. I've never thought any one was the Anti-Christ or the Beast or anything like that. I just watch them. They'll prove to be what they are. I don't like to get all riled up and alarmed about things I really can't do anything about. It's against my religion. 
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Comment #32 posted by goneposthole on October 20, 2004 at 18:11:46 PT
I'll make the corrections
I doubt very much that he embraces a philosophy has that kind of manifest.should read:I doubt very much that he embraces a philosophy that has that kind of manifest.and, even though some of is factshould read:and, even though some of it is fact
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Comment #31 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 18:06:28 PT
goneposthole 
I don't feel Bush is evil. I don't think that people are evil. I don't think anything is evil. I don't like Bush but that's about it for me.
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Comment #30 posted by goneposthole on October 20, 2004 at 18:00:34 PT
it's just too much
Read at another website:We are not fighting a 'people'We are fighting a 'philosophy'...The hams and the loins of the axis of evil will be addressed.http://www.depression2.tv/nwo-2/archives/000113.htmlI don't necessarily like George Bush, but I really can't hate the guy.To imply that Mr. Bush is an embodiment of evil is quite a stretch. I doubt very much that he embraces a philosophy has that kind of manifest.  The guy can't operate a sledge hammer. With all that is rumored and/or fact about the man, his cocaine use, his comments about Carla Faye Tucker, skull and bones and whatever else there is out there in cyberspace ad nauseum; and, even though some of is fact, I just have trouble accepting some of the other undocumented outlandish notions.If I were drunk all of the time and snorting cocaine everday, I'd probably be awol, too. Scared to death of flying an aircraft that travels 600 plus miles per hour, I'd be snortin' the stuff. It goes on right today with air force pilots. Something's got to get them through the haze. If he's guilty of those faults, he can also be forgiven. Give him a break, too.I could be completely wrong, and the Bush Cabal has made some serious mistakes that are affecting us all. The Bush Administration can't be applauded for how the cannabis issue is being addressed. It stinks. However, to infer that George Bush is serving an evil agenda is going a bit too far. I just can't buy it... at all.I don't like it that the war is going on. It is the cruelest treatment to our fellow man. All races are guilty; all races want peace. It's insane.Everybody comes up short in the deal. There are no winners.How can it be that George Bush is to blame for it all? It just can't be.There are some who have sold him a bill of goods and he is too gullible to think otherwise. It's too bad. Maybe things will change for the good. I hope so. 
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 17:05:28 PT
Excerpt from Rolling Stone Interview With Kerry
What do you think of the Vote for Change concerts that Bruce Springsteen organized?I haven't been able to go. I'm jealous of everybody who is. It's separate from us -- they've done it by themselves. But I'm obviously elated. His music has been the theme song of our campaign from Day One. To have him out there is both a privilege and exciting. I hope it has an impact on the outcome.Who are your favorite rock & roll artists?Oh, gosh. I'm, you know, a huge Rolling Stones fan; Beatles fan. One of the most cherished photographs in my life is a picture of me with John Lennon -- who I met back in 1971 at an anti-war rally. But I love a lot of different performers.Do you have a favorite Beatles song -- or Stones song?I love "Satisfaction" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Brown Sugar." I love "Imagine" and "Yesterday."You're a greatest-hits kind of guy.My favorite album is Abbey Road. I love "Hey Jude." I also like folk music. I like some classical. I love guitar. Oh, God. I mean, you know -- Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffett . . .OK -- enough. Let's talk about movies quickly. Of the Vietnam movies you've seen, what's the most accurate? And your favorite?The most powerful Vietnam movie, to me, was The Deer Hunter, which was more about what happened to the folks who went, and about their relationships . . . and about what happened to this small-town community. I thought it was a brilliant movie, because the metaphor of Russian roulette was an incredible way of capturing the fatalism about it all: the sense that things were out of your control. And it really talked to what happened to the folks who went. So I thought it was a very, very powerful movie. Also, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Coming Home, Born on the Fourth of July -- those are powerful too.How about Apocalypse Now? Was that what it was like going up river, on those boats?That's exactly how it was, man. Sitting in that river, waiting for someone to shoot you -- but the later part of the movie, after the point where they get to the bridge, then everything becomes a little psychedelic. That got a little distant from me.http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6562106?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=single2
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 16:55:58 PT
kaptinemo
You're probably right. I just liked being able to think that justice could happen. Snap! Back to reality! LOL!
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Comment #27 posted by dr slider on October 20, 2004 at 16:40:40 PT:
mixed metaphors
The bob moves the fastest at the bottom of the swing. This is a pendulum against which reistance is worse than futile. The harder you push back the greater the impact when the wave passes you. It is only in resting in the flow that you surf the wave...in time.Fear and hope are both phantoms, created in the mind by thinking of self as self. When we see the world as ourselves, there is nothing to fear, and without fear, hope is unnecessary as we waift in Trust.
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 16:24:30 PT
BGreen 
I saw the interview last night with Pat Robertson. He was trying to help Bush but he didn't. I wanted to say well can't Kerry be loved by God too? I really mind people saying one or another person has a connection to God and no one else does. It's a proud and arrogrant statement.Hope all I know is William F. Buckley was part of that group too. I think of it as a group of young ambitious people doing something way out of the norm like young people usually try to do when going from youth to adulthood. 
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Comment #25 posted by BGreen on October 20, 2004 at 16:23:24 PT
Hope
I've said all along that if bush was truly hearing the voice of the Almighty God then bush would have gotten at least ONE thing right when it came to Iraq.That leads me to the only other possibility that the voice bush hears and obeys comes from the SECOND most powerful entity in existence, a true Prince like the Saudi's bush likes to associate with, but this one is the Prince Of Darkness.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #24 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 16:15:06 PT
BGreen
The spirit in me has sensed for a long time that Mr. Bush's spirit is not as "in touch" with the Lord as he professes to be. It's scary to me that Mr. Bush is "led" a lot more by something that I perceive as other than the spirit of God. By that, I mean he's being led by men...not by the Christian God he professes and I'm sure I've been in contact with, basically all my life. Believing like a child is easy for some children. If it's kept alive...it grows.Then again....I may be crazy.I really am not "judging" him. I would never judge anyone to 'hell'. I see a brother that doesn't know what the hell he's talking about a great deal of the time.Does that make sense?Then again...
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Comment #23 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 16:06:42 PT
Bonesman
How often in our history have Bonesmen run against each other for President?I've been thinking quite a bit about those dang Bonesmen again here lately.Are they under threat of death if they reveal the Bonesman secrets?
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Comment #22 posted by BGreen on October 20, 2004 at 16:03:57 PT
Which "man of god" is Telling The TRUTH?!
Off Topic but Enlightening news story.***********************************************************Pat Robertson says Bush expected no casualties in Iraq warWASHINGTON Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he warned President Bush before U-S troops invaded Iraq that there would be American casualties.But Robertson says Bush responded, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." In a C-N-N interview, Robertson said God had told him that the war would be messy and a disaster. But Robertson said Bush wouldn't heed that warning when they met before the war. Robertson said he still supports Bush's re-election, however, and believes the president is blessed by God. Kerry campaign adviser Mike McCurry said Bush should clarify whether he actually told Robertson that he didn't believe there would be any casualties.***********************************************************The prez's press secretary said on the NBC Nightly News that Robertson "misunderstood" what bush had said.Bull!One of these "godly men" is going to have to admit he lied or make up a new lie to cover up the old one.Since I've used the lower case "g" for god and godly, my bet is on the second of the two scenarios.The Reverend Bud Green
Pat Robertson says Bush expected no casualties in Iraq war
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Comment #21 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 16:03:05 PT
rchandar 
Thank you so much! I really need to know I'm not alone in feeling like you.
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Comment #20 posted by kaptinemo on October 20, 2004 at 15:59:15 PT:
FoM, as much as I'd like to see him
frogmarched to Leavenworth, he won't be. And as to the World Court, I am afraid it may be too late for that. Because even if Kerry wins, we're staying in Iraq. Kerry's made that plain. They're Bonesman, remember? Birds of a feather...' and all that. They'd never let one of their own see the lovely accomodations of a Graybar Hotel. He might start singing. A very bad opera, with villains galore. They'd have to offer up every person who's carried Uncle's water all these years, and that water is mighty filthy. Needless to say, the World Court would want to put major industrialists on trial for all manner of ecological crimes. Take a look at the Cabinet; all top oil(y) people. The World Court would just love to get it's patty paws on that lot. They know where ALL the skeletons are closeted.So it won't happen. Too many people normally looked up to would be exposed as elitist frauds with less than savory aims.
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Comment #19 posted by rchandar on October 20, 2004 at 15:58:38 PT:
10 reasons why we should de-elect bush
1. Because everyone, everyone, EVERYONE, is sick of Barbara Bush. She's like the queen mother of a royal family, and she just makes everyone sick with her stupid ideas.2. Probably because Bush, Jr., stole the last election.3. People around the world are ashamed of us; they think we're stupid.4. I personally don't like hearing about soldiers dying in combat, cities destroyed, bombings...enough!!5. Because Dubya isn't very intelligent. We should look better.6. Because Kerry will loosen possession laws--a little, but we've GOT to start somewhere.7. Because, again, to the world, we really look like IDIOTS!8. Because not all Americans are rednecks who believe in violence and stupid culture.9. Because if we don't, the LA Riots of 1992 will look like a youth fair.10. I just don't like 'im. Period.--rchandar 
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 14:49:06 PT
Kapt I Found Two Articles
Published on Friday, March 29, 2002 US To Back Out of World Court PlanEnvoy: Bush team may 'unsign' treaty 
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0329-01.htmhttp://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ICC.asp
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 14:35:24 PT
kaptinemo
You don't think Bush could get in trouble if we get a new president if I'm reading you right. I have thought of this for a while. It could be way off base but I did think of it. Here goes.Bush wouldn't sign on to the World Court. It might not be called that but the one where leaders can be held accountable. I think Kerry would sign it. If Kerry wins and signs it couldn't Bush get in big trouble? 
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Comment #16 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 14:24:23 PT
Siege
lol! That's all? Well I guess that would be bad for a person's record to floor an officer...even if he needed flooring.Thank you.
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Comment #15 posted by siege on October 20, 2004 at 14:15:36 PT
             hope
A 2nd Lt.
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on October 20, 2004 at 13:45:58 PT
Dr. Slider and Kaptinemo
Dr. Slider,“… pendulums only swing back to the degree they were released. To end duality the extremes must annihilate each other.”Not necessarily so. When it’s in our grasp we don’t have to push back violently on it. We can let it swing back more gently than how we received it. It will be our turn. We can still it…maybe.Kap,Dare I ask what a “butterbar” is?
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Comment #13 posted by kaptinemo on October 20, 2004 at 13:13:46 PT:
I'm sorry, I wish I could help, Nuevo
Not having my DD-214 with me (I'm at work) and not being conversant with the particular codes on it, I couldn't say. All I know is it says (what it can) about where I was and what units I was in. But I know with 200% certainty I earned my "Honorable Discharge". No Article 15's, no time in the stockade (came close with almost decking a fool of a 'butterbar'). Unlike some 'more equal' animals, I didn't shamble and lurch through my service in a drunken, coke-addled stupor. I gave better than I got, and Uncle still owes me big bucks he won't pay up on, especially now. C'est la vie.As to Bush...The only thing saving Bush's arse is his friends. Who will continue to keep his arse off the firing line even after an election loss in order to avoid him taking them all down with him. I am afraid he'll never see the inside of a prison yard unless he's grabbed by agents of a foreign country that has nukes. And they can have his sorry butt. (Scraping filth off of shoes, checking pants legs for muck spots) We don't need that kind of slime laying around.
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Comment #12 posted by siege on October 20, 2004 at 12:59:34 PT
 looking in 
Uniform Code of Military JusticeSpecial Order 158
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Comment #11 posted by siege on October 20, 2004 at 12:57:45 PT
                N M part
PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING AS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORPreparing CO APPLICATIONS  AFM 36-05
Establishing Claim. ANGR 36-05 (Air National Guard of the united States (ANGUS) (officers).
AFM 36-05http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/retsep/afi36-3204.pdf
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 11:41:01 PT
Crossfire Transcript
Jon Stewart's America: 
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/15/cf.01.html
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Comment #9 posted by Nuevo Mexican on October 20, 2004 at 11:33:22 PT
More on the Media misleading on the Polls!
Breaking News!All you journalists and psuedo-journos lurking here at C-News, it's time to get to work. Here are some ideas that might get you a Pulitzer Prize, the only thing that motivates most of you these days, and barely so!Expose the truth about poll rigging, you will get the prize!
Take Greg Palast as your example, and get to work!Incomprehensible: CNN again excluded polls favorable to Kerry from "comprehensive" polling overview
 
For the second straight day, CNN selectively reported recent presidential polling results. Although the network misleadingly dubbed its October 19 report on recent polls a "comprehensive overview," CNN Live Today host Daryn Kagan omitted results that are more favorable to Senator John Kerry and instead focused on results that show a lead for President George W. Bush.
 
http://mediamatters.org/items/200410190005Great article on Jon Stewart from SmirkingChimp.com with great comments!When Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson invited "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart onto their CNN "Crossfire" scream-fest last week, they got more than they bargained for. Much to their chagrin, Stewart didn't promote his number one best-selling tome, "America (the Book)." Instead, he pilloried, not only "Crossfire," but CNN and all the denizens of TV's huge Gasbag Ghetto. By show's end, Begala and, especially, Carlson wore the type of expression known by punch-drunk palookas everywhere. They were kissing the canvas Big Time and they knew it.http://smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=18329&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 11:26:56 PT
Thank You Nuevo Mexican 
Your comment made me feel better! I sure hope you are right!
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Comment #7 posted by Nuevo Mexican on October 20, 2004 at 11:21:55 PT
A mystery Kaptinemo might solve!
Just got this email, and thought of Kaptinemo, and Militaryofficerguy, and many others here I'm sure, that might have some info relating to bushes AWOL records.Don't worry FOM, Kerry will win HUGE, but the media will beg, borrow and steal another election if allowed to, and I don't think the American People, or the peoples of the world, will let them get away with it this time. Be hopeful, active, outspoken, and call everyone you know that hasn't voted yet, and we can win this thing hands down.
The polls are fixed, and still show Kerry with a lead, but you won't hear Wolf Blitzer put it that way, these pundits know Kerry has the advantage, and are doing every thing the can in advance to steal the election for bush. Hold them accountable with emails to all of the major news network, and let them know they will suffer like the Sinclair Group, with loss of revenues, legitamacy, and advertisers. It is working, as long as we are diligent!And be sure and watch the Jon Stewart spot on CNN, it is the moment of truth we've wanted for years, and it was AWESOME! Tucker Carlson will never recover from this one!Jon Stewart's Brutal Exchange with CNN Host
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831Please get this out there, as this should be a major news story, if the media were really 'librul'! NOT!Dear Activist,As Election Day nears, I sincerely believe victory is within reach - thanks both to the vigorous campaign by Senators John Kerry and John Edwards, and the unbelievable efforts of grassroots activists like you.I know you are inundated with urgent appeals for help from Democratic candidates and progressive causes, so I will not add another.Here are two quick items I would simply like to call to your attention. I believe they can make a difference in the coming days and weeks.Bob Fertik, President
Democrats.com1. $1000 Reward for Solving the Bush AWOL MysteryOn Friday, Sinclair Broadcasting will once again smear war hero John Kerry with the thoroughly-discredited Swift Boat lies.For 4 years, we have tried to find out the truth about George W. Bush's desertion from the Texas Air National Guard. Yet the mainstream media has shown NO interest in getting to the bottom of this story.Now, thanks to the incredible work of Paul Lukasiak of the AWOL Project (http://glcq.com), we are VERY close to learning the truth.It all comes down to this: there is a special code on Bush's Air National Guard discharge papers that would solve the mystery: "PTI 961"."PTI" is the Air Force term for "Personal Transaction Identifier." Lukasiak has determined that PTI 9xx means Lt. George W. Bush was essentially worthless to the Air Force in 1973, and should not be retained in the "Ready Reserves" for callup by the President even in the event of a national emergency.But why EXACTLY was Bush worthless to the Air Force in 1973, when he still had a year left to serve?We have long known that Bush was grounded as a pilot in September 1972 after he went AWOL for 5 months and refused to get his required annual flight physical. (The media knows this too, but they keep it a deep dark secret from the American people.) The 9-29-72 grounding record is here:
http://www.awolbush.com/kerry-vs-bush.asp Just this September, we learned that Bush's commander, Col. Jerry Killian, told Bush's replacement (Capt. Jan Peter Linke) that Bush couldn't fly because he developed a "Fear of Flying" - possibly related to his substance abuse. (This was only reported nationally by The Nation, and has been systematically ignored by ALL of the media.) Visit:
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041011&s=bakerBack in 1972-3, Bush's powerful friends in the Texas Air National Guard managed to conceal Bush's worthlessness from the Air Force for 16 months. But ultimately the Air Force demanded the truth, and Bush was discharged accordingly - with code PTI 961.When Bush became Governor, his aides - led by now-Presidential Advisor Karen Hughes and now-Communications Director Dan Bartlett - destroyed most of the records documenting Bush's failure to "fulfill his obligations." During the 2000 campaign, Bush's former Guard crony Col. Al Lloyd LIED to the media by claiming Bush "fulfilled his obligations" - a LIE Bush keeps repeating, and the media still believes. And when Bush was appointed President, his aides destroyed the rest of the embarassing and incriminating records. But they left one tiny trace of the truth: PTI 961.Although researchers have searched extensively, we cannot find a public record documenting the exact meaning of PTI 961. You can read the details of Lukasiak's investigation here:
http://www.glcq.com/pti_961.htmSo that is why we are turning to you.We are looking for SOMEONE with knowledge of Air Force regulations in the 1960's or 1970's. You might BE such a person - or you might KNOW such a person - or you might know someone ELSE who knows such a person.We are offering a $1000 REWARD for anyone who can authoritatively document the meaning of PTI 961, so we can definitively refute Bush's LIE that he "fulfilled his obligations."If you know the answer and want to claim the reward - or if you have ideas on how we can find it - post it here:
http://tinyurl.com/4ezszFinally, feel free to share this with the mainstream media. Even though the Swift Boat lies have dominated news shows for months, the media has resolutely ignored Bush's AWOL for 4 years - but miracles do happen! Our media list is here:
http://democrats.com/media
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 11:17:24 PT
dongenero
I agree with you. The damage done has been a long time coming. Kerry won't be able to fix it all but maybe he can fix a little of it if elected. This is how much I dislike Bush and it's a dumb reason. I told my husband I never want to buy him or see him wear a blue dress shirt ever again. I've seen enough blue dress shirts on Bush for a lifetime. Now that's discust isn't it? LOL!
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Comment #5 posted by dongenero on October 20, 2004 at 11:00:43 PT
understandable FoM
I think many people are feeling stress over this.
If Kerry gets elected, things are still very screwed up.
The fire may be put out but there will be a lot of repair needed. Much of what Bush has dismantled with his policies of the last 4 years took much longer than that to originally achieve.
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on October 20, 2004 at 10:45:22 PT
dr slider 
I understand where you are coming from. The News on TV is glitter and not much more. 12 days until elections seem like an eternity away for me. I have been feeling sick recently and I know it is because of this election. I want to say when Kerry wins but I can only say if Kerry wins. It looks good for Kerry but I even worry about a plane crash. We lost JFK, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Paul Wellstone and I'm probably missing someone in there. I have so much hope and fear at the same time it makes me feel under the weather almost all the time.
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Comment #3 posted by observer on October 20, 2004 at 10:41:58 PT
Burns
At one stop, according to local press reports, he said, "If we make it acceptable in society to smoke dope, our children are more inclined to do that."
re: "society" - The survival of society is assured, -- says the propaganda of prohibition -- as long as drug users are punished (jailed). (Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme3.htm ) re: "children" - Prohibitionist propaganda continually whips up parental fear, invoking lurid images of children corrupted by drugs. (Children Corrupted (propaganda theme 5) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme5.htm ) 
 
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Comment #2 posted by E_Johnson on October 20, 2004 at 10:39:28 PT
They stole his suit? How shoddy
The missing suitEmery's first moments of freedom began ignominiously, as prison officials scrambled to find the Armani suit Emery had been wearing at his arrival to the prison. Emery had worn his best suit for his court appearance and sentencing, and it had been taken by prison guards and put into storage along with the rest of his personal possessions. But upon Emery's release the suit was missing, and after a 45 minute search the guards admitted the suit could not be found.Whether one of the guards stole Emery's expensive Armani suit, or whether they were simply incompetent enough to lose it, the missing garment is an embarrassment to the prison. Corrections Saskatchewan is fully liable for losing the suit and may very well have to compensate Emery for its value.http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4023.html
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Comment #1 posted by dr slider on October 20, 2004 at 10:32:46 PT:
I see fields of green
The more I bend my mind into behaving in accord with triangulation rather than duality (more images, less rhetoric), the more comically tragic world events become. I've given up completely on corporate media. In ~24 minutes of "the most watched nightly news program" (NBC) I heard a passing reference, to a passing reference to some kind of trouble at Social Security, then it was off to the races. Poll numbers abound as they shovel their analysis of the campaigns, as though this provides any useful information to the electorate. And if you haven't heard there is a shortage of flu vaccine.Gotta love Jon Stewart. He rightly attacks the right/left, red/blue, black/white, evil/good, blather that pretends to be our public discourse, and the best the talking heads come up with as they are being called dicks on their own show is, "You're not very funny". I thought it was hilarious and I just read the transcriptMontana and Alaska are both "leave us the f*** alone states ", the pressure from the feds will likely bite 'em in the ass.As the days darken, all eyes on the light at the end of the tunnel. It is with troubling reassurance that the C-in-C of the most devastatingly powerful aresenal built by man, is another ex-drunk who talks of "catastrophic success" and "compassionate conservatism", yet can find no evil in his own heart.Transition is painful, and life is transition. With the Becoming we will observe that the horrors of the twentieth century were just practice, but pendulums only swing back to the degree they were released. To end duality the extremes must annihilate each other."And the Three begets all things" Lao ~500 B.C.
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