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Lawmakers Seek To Test Pot Leniency in Court 
Posted by CN Staff on February 05, 2006 at 10:21:41 PT
By Andrew Petty, Juneau Empire
Source: Juneau Empire 
Alaska -- Some Alaska lawmakers who are tired of the state's court-ordered leniency on marijuana possession say it's time to fire some heavy artillery at the state's judiciary. With Gov. Frank Murkowski's blessing, they're making headway at the Capitol."I hate judicial activism," said Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks, referring to both a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal and a landmark Alaska Supreme Court decision that allows residents to possess up to 4 ounces of marijuana.
"Anytime I can get a slug at one of those, I certainly don't want to lose the opportunity," he said.This year the effort to recriminalize marijuana started the legislative session with some momentum, whereas last year the proposal was bogged down in committee hearings.The effort slowed last week when the House objected to some of the Senate's provisions in a bill affecting both marijuana possession and methamphetamine manufacture. But lawmakers say it's likely provisions aimed at marijuana users will remain untouched when a conference committee focuses on the bill's meth details."Those people will immediately be in jeopardy of home invasion," Bill Parker, lobbyist for Alaskans for Marijuana Regulation and Control, said of people with a few ounces of pot.Longtime supporters of legalizing marijuana say it's a shame that Alaskans could lose something that makes it unique in the nation."You want a little more elbow room, a little more privacy (in Alaska)," Parker said.Behind the movement to control marijuana use in Alaska are a number of drug abuse and prevention counselors who say this action is long overdue."We've lost a lot of family and friends to the drug culture," said Lynda Adams, a former drug prevention counselor and a member of the Alaska Federation of Republican Women, which is backing the bill.Keith Stroup, founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said 12 states no longer treat minor marijuana offenses as crimes. No arrests are made for possession and users are not threatened with jail. Instead they pay a civil fine, similar to a speeding ticket.But Alaska is the only state in which no citation or jail time is given for small amounts of possession.A 1975 Alaska Supreme Court ruling known as Ravin vs. State allowed residents to keep small amounts of marijuana in their homes under a right to privacy protected in the Alaska Constitution.The court didn't define a "small amount." The Alaska Legislature in 1982 passed legislation that said residents could have up to 4 ounces.The right was challenged in 1990 with a ballot initiative approved by voters, criminalizing marijuana possession. Violators were issued citations and ordered to pay fines.A Court of Appeals in 2003 ruled that prosecuting Alaskans for possessing marijuana was unconstitutional. The ruling continues to stand today."(Alaska) is the model. In fact, until federal law is changed, it's as far as you can go," Stroup said.Stroup said there is no requirement that a state maintain a criminal penalty against marijuana smoking, even though the federal government has a law against it.Last year, during Senate hearings on the bill, smokers said marijuana is no less harmful than abusing alcohol or tobacco."If more people came out and admitted they smoke marijuana, there would be less of a stigma," said Dan Grafford, who smokes it to deal with the pain from severe back injuries."Senators and legislators like to have a bourbon instead of smoking a joint so they don't see it from the perspective of the smoker," Grafford said this week.But Adams, the former drug prevention counselor, said marijuana smoking is no longer a laughing matter. According to a University of Mississippi study, THC levels in Alaska pot were at 1 percent in the 1970s and now are at 14 percent."So we're not talking about the same marijuana," she said.Parker of Alaskans for Marijuana Regulation and Control said researchers are not testing a cross-section of marijuana available in Alaska, which could show that THC levels in many samples are not as high as 14 percent.Adams said marijuana presents health problems and can lead to domestic violence at home.She added that kids are a focus as they often imitate their parents if they smoke it too."Our law gives the message (to kids) that it's OK to smoke marijuana," she said.Four ounces can be divided into 392 joints, an amount that is far too much for private use, Adams said.A person would have to smoke one joint every day for a year to polish off a 4-ounce bag of pot, said Chief Assistant Attorney General Dean Guaneli.Also, after 60 days, marijuana begins to lose its potency and by 12 months it would useless to the smoker, Guaneli said. Therefore, he said, those with 4 ounces may have an intent to distribute.Guaneli said earlier that he wants to use the bill to bust the growers - those who are running highly lucrative operations.An ounce of marijuana in Alaska sells for $300 to $500; so 4 ounces can fetch $1,000 to $2,000, Guaneli said.In 2004, an Alaska Court of Appeals decision hindered law enforcement's access to acquire search warrants, he said.Criminalizing marijuana would allow police to get arrest warrants more easily so they can enter a grower's home by following up on tips of small amounts in possession, he said.The Murkowski administration and legislators say making marijuana illegal is what their constituents want.Ballot initiatives tried to legalize and regulate marijuana in 2000 and 2004, but were defeated. Parker said about 45 percent of Alaskans are on either side of the debate and feel strongly about it. But another 10 percent are on the fence."It's not clear at all what the majority of Alaskans want," Parker said.Stroup said 26 million Americans smoke pot and 49 percent have smoked it at least once. He said he expects those numbers to go up in the future.Even though there are enough pot smokers to call for legalization measures, Stroup said, politicians are slow to act for fear of being perceived as being soft on drugs."They're worried about sending the wrong signal to kids," Stroup said. His group does not advocate that minors smoke marijuana, he added.Parker said Murkowski's push to criminalize pot could be a campaign ploy to get re-elected. Some Alaskans on the right are embarrassed because their state has loose laws on marijuana, he said.A spokeswoman for the governor said there's more to his position."He believes marijuana is a dangerous drug and has disastrous effect on our communities," Becky Hultberg said.The Murkowski administration and its Department of Law say they have a shot at overturning the 1975 court ruling.The Alaska Supreme Court relies on the Legislature to monitor the harmful effects of controlled substances based on modern evidence, according to the Department of Law."The reasons have to be good enough to intrude on one's privacy," Guaneli said.The state Supreme Court in 1978 did not allow possession of cocaine under the right to privacy because the Legislature presented evidence that it led to deaths in the cases of overdoses, he said.Nevertheless, marijuana supporters maintain that the constitution will trump any attempt to criminalize marijuana."You cannot overturn a constitution right with a simple piece of legislation," Stroup said. "If Gov. Murkowski can't understand that I'm quite certain the Supreme Court of Alaska can explain it to him."Note: Detractors fear state may lose unique right to privacy to legislation. Source: Juneau Empire (AK)Author: Andrew Petty, Juneau EmpirePublished: February 5, 2006 Copyright: 2006 Southeastern Newspaper CorpWebsite: http://www.juneauempire.com/Contact: letterstotheeditor juneauempire.comRelated Articles & Web Site:NORMLhttp://www.norml.org/ House Rejects Marijuana-Meth Billhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21555.shtmlLegislation on Meth, Marijuana is Easy Call http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21540.shtmlMarijuana Bill Passes on Reconsideration Vote http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21521.shtml
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Comment #81 posted by SirEbram on February 19, 2006 at 02:31:40 PT
LEO plants & OUR kind of plants (Brilliantly said)
Hello my good reverend (bud) green.This comment is long over due, yet I couldn't help but admire your inginuity with words... I myself enjoy being colorfully creative with words; in fact, as it is becoming more and more apparent (to my extremely small + a little too balanced to the right = brain), I think that writing is one of my many obsessions in life.I hope to confidently proclaim to myself and everyone around me, that writing has become a priceless jewel, refined resource and a tool of immense import to the creatures of this crazy, chaotic, little world I was (most likely unwillingly) thrown into!lolAfter mulling over my embarrassing (first) comments, I came across what you said, in thinking that I was a (L)aw (E)nforcement (O)fficial; I had to look that one up on www.acronymfinder.com. to figure out what you were talking about.
also over what whig said, in thinking that I was a TROLL; now that I think about it, I suppose I was listening to that little invisible TROLL, which often lurches on my shoulder (or under my bridges), whispering sweet abominations into my ear--anyways; 
after mulling over what everyone was saying... well... 
what you & whig were implying, to be exact... 
I couldn't help but be a little flattered... 
and you know why? 
Because of the simple fact that it means that you and whig actually think I'm intelligent... lol... furthermore... do you realize what this makes it sound like I'm implying?THAT I ACTUALLY THINK THAT TROLLS & LEO'S ARE INTELLIGENT!!!lmao, man!All BS aside, peace everybody and... beunos noche!Sincerely yours,♫ ♫ ♫ ~ SirEbram ~ ♫ ♫ ♫ P.S. I truly am sorry if I hurt you BGreen... I can be a real A** sometimes!
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Comment #80 posted by FoM on February 07, 2006 at 09:26:08 PT
Genthirdday
You're very welcome. Runruff is special to many of us here. I am very worried about Steve Kubby. I read something in my e-mail last night that just really is worrying me. I think Steve needs to be in a hospital rather then a jail until this is resolved.
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Comment #79 posted by Genthirdday on February 07, 2006 at 09:20:19 PT:
Comment#56 by Whig [Fred Foldvary article]
Hello to all at CNnews.  Reading about runruff has touched me deeply. Thank you FoM for the work you do here.The article that Whig posted was "Who Will Murder Steve Kubby." The Progress Report where it was published, Emailed it to: Placer County Supervisors, current Board Chairman,Bill Santucci.,for me. bos placer.ca.gov I think other Emails showing support for Steve Kubby, MIGHT help. The Supervisors control the money at the jail, if I am not wrong.
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Comment #78 posted by Hope on February 07, 2006 at 07:09:04 PT
Toker00
Oh my! Scars? Runruff would love this conversation. I guess he's not been allowed to call home yet. I hope he's doing ok.He's probably working already, trying to comfort and help those who are sicker and worse off than he.A gentle connoisseur of herbs, locked in with people that are known to have killed or hurt others. I think even the prisoners will love him though. Surely they know a kind man when they see one...as they might not meet too many kind, gentle men there.
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Comment #77 posted by Hope on February 07, 2006 at 06:56:40 PT
air crash
That's obsene that they would print that like that. Marijuana as the cause and all that other stuff...alcohol, codeine and morphine...at the last. It's a wonder they even mentioned the last ones. Also they didn't mention that they are likely talking metabolites from cannabis use maybe a couple of weeks before...and not intoxication. Letters need to be sent.
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Comment #76 posted by Toker00 on February 07, 2006 at 03:57:29 PT
Whig
Pilot crashes, blamed on marijuana. At the end of the article, they mention he ALSO had alcohol, codeine and morphine in his system.Always at the end of the article. Always after the damage has been done.Sir Ebram, I would liken your post to a drop of water hitting very hot oil. LOL. Frankly, I enjoyed it, except for the obvious toe smashers. Believe me, FoM and Hope were gentle with you. Some of us regulars have scars from heavier scoldings! Just kidding LADIES.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!
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Comment #75 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 23:04:07 PT
lol...BGreen
Retro?That's a good one...I have to remember that.
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Comment #74 posted by BGreen on February 06, 2006 at 22:53:40 PT
I'm not a geezer
I'm retro. LOLThe Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #73 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 22:48:25 PT
SirEbram
Herbdoc is right. "Don't be illin' the geezers."We get cranky when we're illed.
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Comment #72 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 22:38:51 PT
" illin' the geezers"
Lol!I'm glad you're home safely, Herbdoc. 
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Comment #71 posted by herbdoc215 on February 06, 2006 at 22:14:43 PT
Am finally home now...what a week!
No sleep til Brooklyn...I feel rougher than a corn cob pipe but it was worth the trip, as these times are certainly tumultuous for our culture. Things/people are starting the ball rolling on aid Jerry and getting some light shined onto this case to make feds be on there best behavior... we will start to see some rays soon.
 SirEbram,  Glad to have you with us lil cuz...just don't be illin' the geezers;) as they is kewl and on our team:) and I been trying to inch'em a little at a time into seeing that rap is just symbolism and the poetry of repressed rage and whilst I listen to gangsta rap myself mostly, I try not to offend others with the lyrics that can be very offensive out of context, plus every time I try to turn others onto rap I end up having to translate the entire cd and ruins flow??? I have a unique view because upbringing, college half life (according to dad), Plus I have had so many young'uns live with me too learn da grow ting, tis kept me young way beyond where I would have without all of'em plus now they got their apprentices:) Sooo they keep me hoppin and hip. Full report tomorrow...Peace, Steve Tuck 
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Comment #70 posted by whig on February 06, 2006 at 21:16:39 PT
Hope
"The only thing is, I hope they are reading on their own time and that they aren't drawing wages from tax money to try and spy on freedom loving people that want their government to stop waging an insane war on our fellow citizens."You can pretty much assume they're always in this for their own self-interest, whether it's because they're on paid time or they're skimming nice "commissions" off whatever undercover busts they make. These aren't nice people who are just reading for their personal amusement.
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Comment #69 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 20:26:52 PT
Violence
Is a terrible thing. I don't think anything good every came from violence. Maybe something did but I can't recall anything. There are many people who have moved mountains peacefully and history will remember them. Our earth is getting full very quickly. We have big problems. We can't fix any of the problems unless we work together in a respectful manner. 
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Comment #68 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 20:06:06 PT
"Those advocating and starting violence"
That's exactly why I bailed out of the New York Times forum several years ago. One guy came in and started talking body bags and such. He probably was a narc, but he alarmed me. They even shut down the forum for awhile after that. I think they have it straightened out now. I don't want to be involved with people that want to hurt or kill others, even if I'm against those "others" governing methods and atrocious treatment of citizens. I'm hoping that the keyboard "is mightier than the sword" will prove to be true in our struggle. Violence leads to more violence, usually. Reason leads to more reason...hopefully.
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Comment #67 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 20:04:08 PT
Peaceful People
Peaceful people go about their way and do something they think they should and then miracles happen. Anger begets anger. When I read someone going off on americans and blaming us for problems that we shouldn't be blamed for it makes me more determined to show the world we are good people. We have bad leaders but the majority of everyday people are good people just trying to get by.
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Comment #66 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 19:57:29 PT
Narcs and DEA reading here.
I really don't mind them reading here, either. The only thing is, I hope they are reading on their own time and that they aren't drawing wages from tax money to try and spy on freedom loving people that want their government to stop waging an insane war on our fellow citizens.
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Comment #65 posted by BGreen on February 06, 2006 at 19:57:00 PT
Those advocating and starting violence
have been proven to have been the narcs, from the sixties peace rallies to recent anti-war demonstrations.They're on video for the world to see, and their actions are predictable.That's who I'm talking about.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #64 posted by whig on February 06, 2006 at 19:47:13 PT
Hope
I don't worry about the fact that there are narcs here. This is a public facing website, and given the subject matter there are probably a thousand people reading for every one posting. You can simply assume that everything posted here is read by DEA or whoever else wants to.What I do keep watch for in any organization or group that I belong to is for people that advocate violence or say hurtful things. I don't believe in doing this, and I'll speak against it when it happens. In online conversations if someone seems to be disruptive then I'll point that out. It doesn't matter whether it's a well-intentioned goof or a "narc" in the sense that no matter who it is, the content of the message (or nature of the disruption) is what I take issue with.
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Comment #63 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 19:43:03 PT
BGreen
I agree with what you are saying because this is very serious what is happening. I love to laugh and kid too but right now it isn't really possible. I believe that if we want to fit in a forum we read the comments and what the people have to say and decide if that is what you are looking for. I personally am not tuned into the younger generation because I am into adults and their opinions. If I had children or grand children I would be a part of a forum that talks about them. That's why the internet is good. I can talk on a Neil Young Board when I want to but most times I just read it. 
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Comment #62 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 19:41:17 PT
"infiltrated by government agents", BGreen
I'm always "gonna write a book". I don't aspire to that anymore but I still like thinking of plots and situations. When E_Johnson started writing her book, it made me think of lots of scenarios around CannabisNews. One was that we are all narcs...infiltrating...and we've all convinced each other that the drug war has to stop.:0)
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Comment #61 posted by whig on February 06, 2006 at 19:41:12 PT
FoM
I was looking for news for you, but I didn't find very much. There was a really obnoxious article out of Australia:http://tinyurl.com/76ohhPilot crashes, blamed on marijuana. At the end of the article, they mention he ALSO had alcohol, codeine and morphine in his system.I'm thinking of the song from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, but with the lyrics, "Blame Cannabis" instead of Blame Canada.
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Comment #60 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 19:36:05 PT
This is an intense and anxiety inducing time.
Museman, Ihope you don't take offense at my upbraiding of your off spring. I suspected it was someone very young and so full of life that they came across sort of hyper. I'm glad SirEbram has joined us. At one point, for some reason, I actually thought about your sons when I was trying to understand SirEbram's post. And obviously, with music notes on his keyboard...he had to be a musician like yourself. I'm not all that on top of it all with young people's lingo from different areas. I just intensely dislike that fairly common monkiker...common in hip hop songs, especially, anyway. I didn't like being referred to as a "chick" either. And with what is going on around us...we are a little touchy. Sorry I popped off and reprimanded your boy...who is a young man, in fact. Sorry, too, Sir Ebram...that I took you for a narc or troll. Gotta get this communication gap cleared up!I hope SirEbram joins us and keeps posting and eventually I probably will be able to decipher his true message. (Although Global Warming still gives me fits on occasion...but I understand Bob Dylan...I think...so I can learn to understand just about anything...given enough time.)Welcome to CannabisNews, SirEbram. I hope we aren't too much old fuddy duddys for you to endure. We're over thirty, some of us...but you can trust us. I assure you.
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Comment #59 posted by BGreen on February 06, 2006 at 19:33:08 PT
Normally I would agree
The fact is that ALL of the peaceful movements have been infiltrated by government agents, snitches and cowards, and to that extent there is no tolerance for those whose words HURT some and confuse everybody on Cannabisnews.com.There is something about all of the joking that I think is TOTALLY out of place at this time, and I'm the one who is always joking around.That's what the problem was to me. I've studied with and played with jazz musicians so I'm used to existing in the intellectual stratosphere. LOLThe Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #58 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 19:27:48 PT
Whig
Thanks for the link. 
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Comment #57 posted by museman on February 06, 2006 at 19:19:16 PT
BGreen
Yeah, I'm a pretty confirmed cynic too. But we must be on our guard because there are real and vital issues at stake. Sometimes folks don't really understand a situation unless they have had some experience. Raising 7 kids taught me a litle bit of patience though, and I know there is a whole new generation out there crying out for truth. I know how impatient and condescending my parents generation was towards us, it was nearly impossible to find anyone 'over 30' that could talk about anything but the mundane. Now that most of my own children are in their 20's, I am tryng real hard not to repeat the mistakes of the last generation. And it is not easy. The things I have had to just grit my teeth and bear with, you might not be able to imagine wihtout having gone through it.I believe we have to apply the same principle of tolerance and patience, within the parameters of acceptable common sense behavior of course, towards those youngers who speak with crazy lingo, and maybe just a might too quickly for our liking. I'm not making any correlations, it just came to me as an idea while thinking about my sons Faus Paux.
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Comment #56 posted by whig on February 06, 2006 at 19:18:27 PT
FoM
If you're looking for something to read, Fred Foldvary is a good friend of a friend of mine.http://www.progress.org/2006/fold441.htm
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Comment #55 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 19:05:57 PT
Bad Things
I can't remember a more tense time with so many things happening so close together. Jerry and Steve and tension for folks who went to those forums that aren't around anymore. I hope soon a news article is released so people know what happened.
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Comment #54 posted by museman on February 06, 2006 at 19:02:58 PT
FoM
Thanks,That's exactly the reason why I have stayed away from forums. I've been on the internet for years now , but until Jerry pointed me here, every one I tried to participate in was full of 'trolls.' Even my favorite music sites!I can see why one might think a troll was in our midst. Hey I'm glad you're on top of it! I certainly don't want to have to deal with that kind of thing. I'm glad there is a term for it. Useful.BGreen: no appology is really necessary.
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Comment #53 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 18:47:50 PT
Trolling
museman this is a page I have that helps me with doing my very best to understand what trolling is.http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/troll.htm
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Comment #52 posted by BGreen on February 06, 2006 at 18:47:47 PT
Sorry, SirEbram and museman
I send my sincere apologies for such a horrid insinuation.I've seen a lot of bad things so I'm not very trusting.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #51 posted by whig on February 06, 2006 at 18:47:43 PT
museman/SirEbram
SirEbram wrote: "I am a long time friend of RUNRUFF (Jerry)"Museman:
This seemed pretty strange coming from somebody a day after Jerry couldn't confirm knowing this fellow, and it didn't smell right to me before you explained that he's your son.SirEbram:
Welcome. Sorry for feeling a little weirded out by your initial couple posts.
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Comment #50 posted by museman on February 06, 2006 at 18:46:29 PT
SirEbram
I just 'read' through all that. In a word, Incomprehensible. Thanks for trying, but most of us just aren't vibrating at that frequency. Tune that psychic potentiometer down a couple of clicks and try again. As in music; K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid). You know what I mean.
peace
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 18:42:42 PT
museman 
Thank you. 
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Comment #48 posted by museman on February 06, 2006 at 18:37:41 PT
SirEbram - trolling
Alas I cannot tell a lie. This person is my offspring. 'Sir Ebram' is a handle given to him as a young man by none other than Runruff himself. I admonished him just as you for his choice of wording, as well as the 'silliness' and the rambling. But I assure you he is not 'trolling.' I'm not sure I understand that phrase. Does it mean 'fishing?'I pointed out this forum to him. He is his own person and just like the rest of us will sink or swim on his own merits. I luv him though . As a member of this online community, I bid you welcome SirEbram
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Comment #47 posted by BGreen on February 06, 2006 at 18:35:20 PT
Post #29
I immediately had this feeling, and I'm sorry to say I still do.Most of us don't really "know" Jerry, so I can't imagine this kind of talk coming from a friend.Instigators are almost always LEO plants (and not OUR kind of plants,) so beware of the trouble makers and trust your instincts.Sorry if I'm wrong, but I'm really hurting and this just doesn't feel right at all.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #46 posted by whig on February 06, 2006 at 18:22:15 PT
SirEbram
"Hello everybody. How are you all doing? So what's the deal with this "Alaska Federation of Republican Women"? This Adams chick seems pretty clueless (the dangerous, intelligent kinda clueless)! Hey, HOPE, I like what you sarcastically said about no one should be thinking for themselves..."You are obviously not as silly as you pretend to be.Why are you trolling us?
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Comment #45 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 18:19:32 PT
SirEbram
Apology accepted. Thank you...and again, Welcome.
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Comment #44 posted by SirEbram on February 06, 2006 at 18:13:11 PT:
TO "FoM", "HOPE", AND THE REST OF U
My deepest apologies for apalling you!The truth is... I am a poet, 
who doesn't even know it, 
but always wants to show it,
who likes the smell of pot,
yet don't use, sell, or grow it,
and if someone dropped a seed in my hand, asking me to sow it,
then like a weed, I would just stand, close my eyes and throw it,
for after all, the only one (other than the moon & sun) who has the right to go it,
is our loving mother Earth... to her we aught bestow it!Further more... I actually did think twice before posting this remark:QUOTE: "I decided to answer all my fellow
 bro's & ho's comments by saying hi... (oops... now that
 really was a little RUN ROUGHE, quite literally --sorry
 once again... err... maybe if I puffed a boll I would 
mellow down some? lol)" But I premedititated and pre-hoped that you would all realize that I was only foolin' around (sorry for embarrassing you Jerry)...I didn't mean to offend anyone (other than the expected, and
totally predictable, low-brow humor result; as is a common
 reaction held fast by most of the odd primate like 
species, dominating the third rock of the Lion sun system,
 of which I am not, by any means, 100% exempt from!
[chuckle])I guess I'm just a little premature, when it comes to posting comments on here. 
A very (small) & simple minded reason that I used "ho's"
 was because it rhymed perfectly with "bro's", but now that I think about it... I could have done this:QUOTE: "I decided to answer all my fellow
 bro's & mo's comments by saying hi..."or I could have done this as well:QUOTE: "I decided to answer all my fellow
 bro's & wo's comments by saying hi..."or maybe just cut out the wise cracks all together by sending:QUOTE: "Hello everybody. How are you all doing? So what's the deal with this "Alaska Federation of Republican Women"? This Adams chick seems pretty clueless (the dangerous, intelligent kinda clueless)!
Hey, HOPE, I like what you sarcastically said about no one
 should be thinking for themselves, because only legislators
 are intelligent enough to think for everybody else and that
whoever has children should not ever allow themselves to 
influince them, but instead, should turn them all into the 
states (so called) supreme authority, to be properly 
brainwashed, to be upstanding citizens, like the, highly
 esteemed legislators, themselves, and whosoever disapproves this fantastically new political policy should
 be persecuted to the ends of the earth and made to be
 steril --utterly brilliant HOPE!lol!!!
Based off of what Cou. Lynda Adams (in respect to her
 highly esteemed, and obvious supreme intellect) has stated
 in the article above, I can only infer that the great 
Plato's bones are probably rattling, somewhere in Athens
 right now! lol"Once again, I apologise, for the manner of my apparent lack of manners.I am also now aware that most people don't appreciate it
 when messages are sent in ALL UPPERCASE TYPING... so I will try to contain my big mouthed finger-puppets a little
 more for now on.PEACE
sincerely,~ ♫ ♫ ♫ SirEbram ♫ ♫ ♫ ~
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Comment #43 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 17:41:26 PT
Well maybe
there are women who get a kick out of it, but I haven't met them.
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Comment #42 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 17:40:34 PT
Post 28
"Grandmother" wasn't the term I meant that no woman appreciates. It's the "Ho" term.
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Comment #41 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 17:38:29 PT
FoM
Dongenero is right. "Nobody does it better." Thank you for giving so much of yourself to this project.
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Comment #40 posted by Max Flowers on February 06, 2006 at 16:19:42 PT
Sir Ebram
You, sir, are way out there!I mean like GONE, daddy-o!
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 14:48:58 PT
dongenero 
Thank you so much. I would love to do just that. Doing news really doesn't tire me unless it's really late at night. Waiting for news does tire me. I guess it's like being on call for something.
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Comment #38 posted by dongenero on February 06, 2006 at 14:41:21 PT
don't worry FoM
Take a load off, put you feet up...the news will come.You do great job here. You stay absolutely on top of this site, keeping it up to date and current.How's the song go?"Nobody does it better......"
"Nobody does it half as good as you.....FoM, your the best"
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 11:15:24 PT
Hope
It really is a small world. I really wish there was some news to post. I get tired just looking. 
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Comment #36 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 11:12:22 PT
Me and Mrs. Jones
My nephew, who loves me dearly, calls that our song. The thing we have "going on" is just purely platonic love though.Me and a formerly Mrs. Jones, FoM, have a thing going on, for sure...CannabisNews!
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Comment #35 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 10:41:54 PT
Hope
This was a song that I swear was written for me many years ago.Mee e e e e and Mrs. Mrs. Jones! LOL!
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Comment #34 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 10:38:49 PT
Hope
I was a Mrs. Jones for 7 years! Gammi not Grammi! Duh!
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Comment #33 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 10:36:37 PT
Gammi! Gammi! Gammi!
One summer I got so overwhelmed by the call, "Gammi, Gammi, Gammi" that I insisted they call me, "Mrs. Jones" for awhile. After all the tattleing and reporting calmed down...they could call me Gammi again. The one child that hated having to call me that the most, got a new teacher at the beginning of that school year...named...you guessed it. Mrs. Jones.When their mothers are with me...it's "Gammi-Mamma! Gammi-Mamma! Gammi-Mamma!"What you are doing will surely save some of today's children from the possiblity of prison and all that it entails for doing nothing worse than making use of a natural herb.
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 09:53:32 PT
Hi 
Hi Grammi Hope! Thanks!
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Comment #31 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 09:43:49 PT
Lol...you really made me laugh out loud.
Call me, Gammi! I've avoided being called "Granny"....whew!You were probably a wonderful grandmother in another lifetime and could be again. It's soooo much easier and more fun than parenthood...and you know well how difficult that can be.Of course...it's about children...and everything about children isn't wonderful to experience. You are doing something wonderful for all our grandkids by doing what you do.I don't want my grandchildren to use addictive drugs...drugs that they like too much...they already like their caffiene through chocolate, Dr. Pepper and Pepsi...but I want them to to have their hands bound behind thier backs or go to prison or get caught up in the legal mess and all that that means, even less.Thank you, FoM. What your doing may help my grandchildren, and others, to live a safer, better life and not be sucked into the prison industrial complex that shadows the citizens of this country.
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 08:53:49 PT
Hope
I never will be a grandmother but if I would have been I would have wanted to be called something else too. 
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Comment #29 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 08:49:14 PT
In reading SirEbram's post
More than once, I thought, this has got to be some sort of smart alec narc or prohibitionist come here to torment us about our grief at what is happening to Runruff.I don't really understand him at this point, either.
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Comment #28 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 08:46:25 PT
"grandmother" ?
I know many women of all different ages. None that I know appreciate that little term. My sixteen year old granddaughter and I have discussed that little moniker. She doesn't like it either. Not being overly sensitive or too offended...I'll let it pass, if FoM will. Just realize, in case you don't, that many women find the term offensive. I hope you don't have any problem not using the term in reference to the women here because I want a friend of Runruff's to feel welcome here. I have a feeling Runruff wouldn't want you calling us by that term either. So please stifle that and join us as equals, men and women...not as a man and usable pieces of meat.
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Comment #27 posted by BUDSNAXZ on February 06, 2006 at 08:40:22 PT
Eclectic
What an odd post from an odd man. I don't know what to make of it.Peace allMac
It's like X-mas lights
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on February 06, 2006 at 08:32:26 PT
SirEbram 
I really don't understand the point you are trying to make. It is very important to understand that this forum is read by those who fight us and try to lock us all up for thinking differently. We always try to help but we try hard not to hurt others. Some of us here are old enough to be your grandmother or father. If you want to help Runruff remember how important it is to be cautious in what you say in a public forum. I hope you understand.
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Comment #25 posted by Hope on February 06, 2006 at 08:17:54 PT
Hi, SirEbram
I'm glad to see a friend of Runruff's. But, please, don't call me or any of the other women here "hos". It doesn't go ever well...at least not with me. My self respect doesn't allow me to accept being called a "ho"...even if others do think it's cute and funny.Other than that...welcome, SirEbram.(I won't call you a "Dickhead" if you don't call me a "Ho".Deal?)
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Comment #24 posted by SirEbram on February 06, 2006 at 06:59:19 PT:
♫ Little LuLu I love you Lu just the same ♫
Hi HOPE... 
FoM (the one & only staff)... 
whig... 
museman... 
runderwo... 
BGreen... 
ekim... 
The GCW... 
cloud7... 
Overwhelmsam... 
mayan... 
and the rest --whew, a lot of U, I'm happy to say/see! (SirEbram ~ noobie ~ here)How y'all doon' up 'N heeyah?(MIND IF I JOIN YOUR VIGIL? --I HAVE NO CANDLES WITH ME... 
OTHER THAN THE ONE I OFTEN KEEP HID UNDER MY BED!)
lol
Hey SirJerry (or should I say "SirJury"?) (ouch, sorry for the puns... I guess they're just a little RUN RUFF --heheeeheeee)
Anyways... I hear this vigil is for you... SO... 
BY THE POWER VESTED IN THIS VIGIL/CONTINUAL PRAYER... (IF GOD'S GRACE BE WILLING; WHICH IN MY MIND ALREADY HAPPENED, in the future --yesterday!) 
I GRANT YOU TOTAL PERMISSION AND AUTHORITY TO WALK OUT OF THE NASTY, BLUE DUNGEON OF DEMONIC, FEDERAL FREELOADERS... A FREE AND HEALTHY MAN!
LUCK, LOVE & LONG LIFE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS (period --with a capital PERIOD)
Ummm... hmmmm.... welllllll.... ok then....I decided to answer all my fellow bro's & ho's comments by saying hi... 
(oops... now that really was a little RUN ROUGHE, quite literally --sorry once again... err... maybe if I puffed a boll I would mellow down some? lol)-----------------------------------------------------------ENTERESTING THING ABOUT THE WORD "BOLL" I JUST DISCOVERED (in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary):[boll]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form. 2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; 
for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. Avoirdupois. 
Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled bole. Origin: OE. Bolle boll, bowl, AS. Bolla. See Bowl a vessel. To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. "The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled." (Ex. Ix. 31) Origin: Bolled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) -----------------------------------------------------------lol
You learn something new every day
lmao... I don't really expect most of you to be surprised by this... but... whatever!
As for all you guys/gals remarkably brilliant (hinging on genius --as my lips turn brown; ) 
comments about the (already 4--? comments below) news article threads we (THE PEOPLE) are still on... uh... I think...
I think what RUNRUFF & HOPE said about "Cou. Lynda Adams" apparent lack of intelligence, 
cannabis experience and (quite frankly: non paranoid pschizofrenic aptitude for science!)
lol... sorry for the insult love... not that you'll ever read this anyway... 
I mean you're too busy being so concerned about all those poor helpless little victoms of the toxic devil weed 
to take the time to actually apreciate my unique way of over/under/inbetween/relating to any/everyone/no/thing!
(besides, chances are  5:09AM my brain is turning to mush and the only one, who is actually getting insulted is myself, by typing much, much further! lol) 
yet regardless (of whatever I just read above), perhaps one day you'll find that the very cure for your (perhaps mine as well) 
manically depressing symptoms --programmed into your head ever since you were a small (ironically innocent child) has been hovering (in a sweet aroma) under your thin little reptillian nostrels all along!
lol... uh... if you actually are/did read this my beloved Mrs. Adams... 
(uh... can I call you little LuLu for short? We are in Babylon after all, eh? --while in Rome... DIE AS THE SUMERIANS DID... lol) 
I uh... apologise... because I know... 
that deep down inside your cold blooded (helps alot of people all the time, so why should I care about what you think, you little free thinking, liberal brat, heart)... 
uh... I'm/I've hurting/hurt you pretty deep... I know if I were standing on that (tax payers money well spent) pedestal (as you indeed are now) I would get my panties tied up in good old Dubya's pretzel also!So... ummmm.... PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!!! LOL!!!FOR THIS MESSAGE TO U (HOPEFULLY WELL HUMERING THE REST OF THE "ACTUAL" PEOPLE IN THIS THREAD --which by now are probably thinking I'm a rude, 
but totally (somewhat) honest, compassionate & completely (incomplete) oxymoronic genius, who knows everything about nothing! heeehaaaaaaw!!!)
IS (AFTER ALL) JUST WHAT MY PRECIOUS ALTER EGO, WHOM I REFER TO AS "Simple Simon" SAYS!
JUST A BUNCH OF WELL (OFTEN TIMES ILL) OPINIONATED GARBLE...
Uh... did I also mention that I am just a Piquito bit obsessive compulsive about writing any old thing that comes off the top of my inflated little noodle? 
Uh... well... I'll have to fix that the next time I post a comment (instead of a mad grammer teacher's essay)!
lol
THAT IS OF COURSE... IF YOU "FoM" HAVEN'T DECIDED TO BOOT MY SORRY BUTT BACK TO "BE-GONE-BAY!"
Hmmm... what else can I spray... well... I have hemroids and my bunions are starting to hurt... lol... I don't think pot can cure that... a good night's... uh... morn's rest might do the trick...
So before I bid all you good people a (I know I probably don't sound too sincere right now... with all these windows within windows --crazy interruptions of the previous interruption 
--and somewhere there's a volcano starting it's erruption --maybe you should throw this half-virgin-king into it so that the calm of the comment corner will once again be commended 
--it's like I'm having a wicked hangover after just getting up from the party the night before... only I never had a party... 
I don't do, or try to avoid, prescription drugs (nor, especially, do I do "so called" illegal drugs of any kind) 
and I never --as never can possibly be; being quite often optional, drink any poisons... and to top it all off... I haven't even slept... so how can I wake up? lol )
but it's 6:25AM, so there's still time... thus... I'll leave you all off by saying this:I am a long time friend of RUNRUFF (Jerry) and I just wanted to say once again (before I hit the mildew infested hay)
that I am praying for him and his Fianc'e every day. 
(unintentional rhyme... this time... lol)
They (just like any other native american or member of the EARth, in general) 
do not deserve the unconstitutional treatment that the FED's are serving them.To the best of my knowledge (which isn't much) 
Oregon has passed the measure for medicinal marijuana to be grown and used medicinally... 
As far as I know the FED's really don't have any grounds for incarcerating my good friend 
(who has/had a legitimate license to use/grow up 'till this point) whatsoever, 
other than the same old "Simon says" excuses they usually use: "Uh... [hermph] attorny general A**crock gave us permission to entrap, inprison and/or hang all you peace lovin' hippies... 
so... uh... [hermph] JUST YOU TRY AND STOP US!!!"Well... 
in response to all their SSDD's they keep issuing out to us (in neat little, non recycled fill out forms):WE'LL DO OUR VERY BEST!!!PEACE & LOVE
Sincerely yours,~ ♫ ♫ ♫ SirEbram ♫ ♫ ♫ ~
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Comment #23 posted by BUDSNAXZ on February 06, 2006 at 03:11:46 PT
museman
I think they must be using their government provided schwag that they grow in Mississippi to base their one percent claim on. God knows they haven't made any attemts to improve it's quality since the programs inception. As pointed out a million times, the more potent the product, the less folks would have to use to get the desired effects. Not that you're ever going to see this fact in any of the prohibitionist arguments.Peace allMac
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Comment #22 posted by whig on February 05, 2006 at 23:36:39 PT
museman
"Alcohol definitely inhibits intellectual growth, as well as destroying billions of brain cells each time you drink enough to feel the effects. But pot is more dangerous because it leads to a conscience."Well, certainly. For people that have been up to no good, whose consciences might trouble them, alcohol is a way of shutting the conscience down, blurring it out, so they can cope. Cannabis would make them awfully paranoid, doncha think? Like God was looking right into their sick minds. Oh no!
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Comment #21 posted by museman on February 05, 2006 at 22:25:07 PT
See?
See what not expanding your consciousness leads to? I guess without the effects of cannabis, some people just don't know how to activate the higher functions of their neural net. Alcohol definitely inhibits intellectual growth, as well as destroying billions of brain cells each time you drink enough to feel the effects. But pot is more dangerous because it leads to a conscience.I am sick and tired of hearing about the 'increased potency' line. They have absolutely no evidence to support that claim, but those who have been smoking the herb since before Reagan know better.Nobody is going to tell me that todays bud is 'more potent' than that Thai stick we were smoking in the late '60s early '70s. Or that Acopulco Gold, or Vietnemese Red, Panama Red, Columbian, Ohacan, and the list goes on. Maybe it is more potent than the early 'home grown' experiments which ultimately led to 'cannbis americana,' the $10 bag of leaf which we called a 'lid,' but how could they compare the centuries of cultivation techniques applied to those afore mentioned but apparently forgotten kind, to a few decades of American experimentation? Everything this government does is done with arrogance and assumption. Where do all these small minded people come from? 
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Comment #20 posted by runderwo on February 05, 2006 at 21:08:34 PT
BGreen
BGreen, I know you live in MO, have you ever been to Schwagstock? If not you ought to go.
The Schwag
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Comment #19 posted by runderwo on February 05, 2006 at 21:07:11 PT
whig
I use a pipe usually too. Sometimes I roll a nice j. But the problem with that is I'm not good at packing it, so some of it falls out sometimes. OK if it's in the ashtray where it can be recovered, not so good if it goes on the ground. Anyway, this fella thinks you can get 12 joints out of an 8th. That's just what I thought was funny. If I go to the trouble of rolling a doobie, it's usually got about an 8th in it! Basically, it's a useless talking point because how much you put in each joint, and how much you smoke, is a personal decision.
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Comment #18 posted by BGreen on February 05, 2006 at 20:02:49 PT
Great minds think alike, runderwo
I read the comments after I posted, but it's nice to know that some people (at least on our side) know what they're talking about. LOLThe Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #17 posted by BGreen on February 05, 2006 at 19:43:41 PT
God, these people are STUPID!
Also, after 60 days, marijuana begins to lose its potency and by 12 months it would useless to the smoker, Guaneli said. Therefore, he said, those with 4 ounces may have an intent to distribute.Seeing that this dill weed LIVES in a freezer, he should know that cannabinoid degradation slows markedly when the cannabis is sealed and frozen.I'm sick and tired of "drug counselors" and law enforcement "experts," who know nothing about cannabis and the surrounding culture, spouting rhetoric as fact to the lap-dog media.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #16 posted by ekim on February 05, 2006 at 19:42:03 PT
hey look what symbol is in the threedee
member of the Alaska Federation of Republican Women, which is backing the bill.
http://www.magiceye.com/client/madd.htm
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Comment #15 posted by boballen1313 on February 05, 2006 at 18:09:08 PT:
PLEASE SAY THAT AGAIN SLOWER
"We've lost a lot of family and friends to the drug culture," said Lynda Adams, a former drug prevention counselor and a member of the Alaska Federation of Republican Women, which is backing the bill.What exactly does losing family and friends to the drug culture entail? I have lost friends and family to the republican "culture"... What kind of loss is she talking about? Or does she mean folks that wear the wrong tshirts at political rallies? The people who are concerned with our environment? Or some adults that enjoy a puff after a hard day's work? 
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Comment #14 posted by The GCW on February 05, 2006 at 15:04:20 PT
Alaskan cannabis users must speak out.
It seems there are many cannabis users in Alaska and they must speak out.Alaskan activists must reach out to other Alaska citizens who value cannabis to come out of the closet and make noise.I Am not hearing anything from Alaska citizens shouting for the dim-Murkowski to be quiet; that He does not support their issues.With out resistance to Murkowski, how will He know to do something else?Alaska speak up!
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Comment #13 posted by Hope on February 05, 2006 at 13:14:45 PT
Pink Joints and Flashing Disco Dance Floors
It was fun...and I don't think it was evil or bad...or even wrong.You could smoke and do wrong. But the smoking wasn't the wrong part. 
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Comment #12 posted by Hope on February 05, 2006 at 13:11:01 PT
Whig
"If you have kind bud, why would you want to roll it in a joint rather than smoke it in a pipe?"Keeping a quaint old tradition alive? It's been rather expensive and because of that, rather a luxury, to burn in joints in recent years. Too much wafts away into the ether.But a lot of people...especially some old timers just love their old traditional joints. Years ago, I was given permission to smoke in a friend's house. She didn't smoke, but said it was fine with her, that other's smoked marijuana there from time to time and she had no problem with it. Well apparently all the others that smoked there used some sort of low emmission device...like one hitters or something. When that joint started filling the air with it's pungent aroma she just about fainted. She'd never smelled it stink like that before. I had to put it out. She came undone.So conserving smoke loss and low emissions for safety reasons...and not having to purchase and smoke papers over and over again...have made pipes the way of the day, apparently.Pipes are sensible...but they can go too far away at concerts...for sure. I can tell you that the heydey of the joint was a good time.Ten dollars an ounce here in Texas during the seventies...and it wasn't ditchweed or low potency.People were paper crazy then. Pink ones. Strawberry flavored. Hundred dollar bill papers. All kinds and every kind you could imagine. It didn't kill anyone, directly or indirectly. It wasn't bad...it wasn't evil...and it was nice.Would that God would help us to stop the persecution.
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Comment #11 posted by Hope on February 05, 2006 at 12:51:42 PT
Benjamin Franklin?
Of course...he should have been arrested when he thought to fly a kite during a storm. It's a wonder he's not dead, today.Oh...yes. He is dead...but he shouldn't have done anything different or even slightly dangerous. We would have been just fine not learning how to harness electricity. It was just stupid.What if a child had been nearby when that lightening ran down that string?Some people don't have any sense of reponsibility at all.
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Comment #10 posted by whig on February 05, 2006 at 12:50:43 PT
runderwo
"LOL! Is he joking? Let's see, that's 24 joints per quarter, 12 joints per eighth. Maybe if you like smoking lots of paper..."I don't actually even know how to roll a joint. I'm not so coordinated, I guess. I generally just use a one-hitter and it's economical. When I'm with friends we pass a pipe. I've never even seen one of my friends roll a joint....I feel pretty cut off from pot culture a lot of the time, except for here on CNews. Most of my friends I don't hang out with lately because they've always been using a lot of other things and I don't want to be around it anymore. I try to explain my point of view sometimes but I don't like to preach, so they have to make their own choices and hopefully they make good ones eventually even if they make mistakes. I've made a lot of them myself, so I'm not one to judge.If you have kind bud, why would you want to roll it in a joint rather than smoke it in a pipe?
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Comment #9 posted by Hope on February 05, 2006 at 12:48:16 PT
That one child
that felt he was free to make choices for himself...could have a bad influence on other children, who then might get the idea they should be free humans when they grow up and might make choices for themselves, choices that we don't approve of. That just won't do. People shouldn't have liberty to choose, even as adults. Without all the government rules to follow...people would have no guidance whatsoever...just...well I don't know what they would just do...but you just can't let people be free and make up their own minds about what they want to consume or not. It has to be decided for them. Everyone but the ruling elite is just too stupid to make decisions for themselves.
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Comment #8 posted by Hope on February 05, 2006 at 12:38:17 PT
Well...we just can't have that...can we?
"She added that kids are a focus as they often imitate their parents..."Parents should not be allowed to influence children. The state should take over as soon as they're born. They need to be formed into "good and proper" citizens for the state. They should be removed from any possibility that they will be affected by their parents. We just can't have parents influencing children. It's bad for the state.In fact...if they don't promise to raise their offspring according to state rules and agenda...they shouldn't even be allowed to have children. It's time to find out who wants their children to be like them or be influenced by them...root them out and sterilize them.
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Comment #7 posted by runderwo on February 05, 2006 at 12:24:45 PT
hmm
"But Adams, the former drug prevention counselor, said marijuana smoking is no longer a laughing matter. According to a University of Mississippi study, THC levels in Alaska pot were at 1 percent in the 1970s and now are at 14 percent."1 percent huh. So, on the average, people were smoking grass that wasn't even psychoactive, right? I believe that the manipulation here is that they are using an average (which probably included hemp and ditchweed samples, but not hash or similar preparations) for the 1970's number, and a maximum value for the 'now' number. And that is assuming that the testing of the 70's samples was not flawed in some way. Why do they always cite 70's samples instead of 80's samples, which would have still been fresh and potent when tested in the 80's? Anyway, I fail to see how this is even relevant since nobody has shown a correlation between increased THC level and harm of any sort."Adams said marijuana presents health problems and can lead to domestic violence at home."What health problems? What domestic violence? You have got to be kidding me. The Denver campaign was based on the fact that pot REDUCED domestic violence as a substitute for alcohol, and the voters agreed."She added that kids are a focus as they often imitate their parents if they smoke it too."But they don't imitate parents in other adult activities, no siree.""Our law gives the message (to kids) that it's OK to smoke marijuana," she said."...OK _for adults_ to smoke marijuana... just like it is OK for adults to get tipsy..."Four ounces can be divided into 392 joints, an amount that is far too much for private use, Adams said."LOL! Is he joking? Let's see, that's 24 joints per quarter, 12 joints per eighth. Maybe if you like smoking lots of paper..."A person would have to smoke one joint every day for a year to polish off a 4-ounce bag of pot, said Chief Assistant Attorney General Dean Guaneli."And some people go through an ounce a month. Who cares?"Also, after 60 days, marijuana begins to lose its potency and by 12 months it would useless to the smoker, Guaneli said. Therefore, he said, those with 4 ounces may have an intent to distribute."What bullshit! Yeah, maybe if you left it out of the freezer, and you know everyone just loves to let their buds go stale..."Guaneli said earlier that he wants to use the bill to bust the growers - those who are running highly lucrative operations."So bust the growers. Or better yet, regulate and tax them. Don't make criminals out of ordinary citizens. "An ounce of marijuana in Alaska sells for $300 to $500; so 4 ounces can fetch $1,000 to $2,000, Guaneli said."Yeah, isn't it ridiculous what prohibition has done? Weed used to be 10 bucks an ounce. Now it's worth more than gold thanks to the prohibition. No wonder that organized crime is desperate for market share, and that ordinary smokers resort to growing their own."He believes marijuana is a dangerous drug and has disastrous effect on our communities," Becky Hultberg said.And what is the evidence for that claim?"The Murkowski administration and its Department of Law say they have a shot at overturning the 1975 court ruling. The Alaska Supreme Court relies on the Legislature to monitor the harmful effects of controlled substances based on modern evidence, according to the Department of Law."Yeah, "modern evidence" that goes unchallenged because they refused to hear expert testimony on the other side. Great science there."The state Supreme Court in 1978 did not allow possession of cocaine under the right to privacy because the Legislature presented evidence that it led to deaths in the cases of overdoses, he said."So, alcohol should be illegal? Prescription drugs should be illegal? But how does this have anything to do with cannabis?
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Comment #6 posted by cloud7 on February 05, 2006 at 12:23:01 PT
...
Judicial activism is most certainly not defined as reading the constitution and applying what is says in plain languange to laws. This was not a tortured, convulated interpretation of the privacy provision. In fact, they determined the right of possession based on previous case law and a direct reading of the privacy clause. Every ruling that comes out of a court that someone disagrees with cannot automatically be called judicial activism. Making fair decisions based on precedent is what is called doing their job.
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Comment #5 posted by OverwhelmSam on February 05, 2006 at 12:14:27 PT
Judicial Activism?
They're accusing the Judicial Branch of the same thing they're doing. I hate Administrative and Legislative marijuana prohibition activism. 
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Comment #4 posted by runderwo on February 05, 2006 at 12:05:45 PT
umm
"Last year, during Senate hearings on the bill, smokers said marijuana is no less harmful than abusing alcohol or tobacco."OK, I believe that sentence was constructed all wrong.
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Comment #3 posted by Hope on February 05, 2006 at 11:36:11 PT
What?
"Last year, during Senate hearings on the bill, smokers said marijuana is no less harmful than abusing alcohol or tobacco."Well, that was a tricky little twist on a misstatement.
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Comment #2 posted by mayan on February 05, 2006 at 10:48:37 PT
Go Back To Sleep
This year the effort to recriminalize marijuana started the legislative session with some momentum, whereas last year the proposal was bogged down in committee hearings.Momentum? Right. Why did the deceptive ones have to hide it in the meth bill? Any prohibitionists out there care to answer that one? Anybody? I know you won't because you can't. It's sometimes boring having achieved "site supremacy", but then, if the prohibitionists had any worthwhile arguments whatsoever we'd encounter one now and then. Sorry, didn't mean to wake you. Go back to sleep, prohibitionists.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on February 05, 2006 at 10:22:44 PT
The Fight Goes On
Maybe this will work out for the best in the end. 
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