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#1459 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
Date: Wed Jun 1, 2005 1:57 pm
Subject: THE "I" WORD
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It is obvious by now that Bush Inc. has lied, is
lying, and will continue to lie about Iraq and just
about anything else that comes within its power to
affect.  Although domestic issues are for the
electorate to deal with, torture, and the Iraq matter
is something else.  These two issues are international
in scope, and deal with the relationship our
government has with the International order at large.
      Bush and Cheyney, and anyone high enough up in
their command structure to make a difference are
absolutely lying about both the torture of combatants
and domestic prisoners within their control.  They
obviously intend to continue this coverup right until
the very last.  There is plenty of evidence admissable
in any court to convict the lot of them of both
implementing a policy of torture and carrying it out.
Government memos bearing the official marks of the
govenment fashioned by this crew more than supply
ample evidence to make out a bona fide case against
them for violation of both U.S. and International laws
against torture.  Our bone-headed electorate may not
realize it, but it is being led by convictable,
sadistic criminals who would hand out long-term prison
sentences for the same conduct if perpetrated by
someone outside of their circle.
     The Iraq debacle may be more serious.  It is now
obvious that an aggressive war was begun by the Bush
government, contrary to the International common law
and U.N. law.  This has ruined Iraq, and upset the
balance of power within the community of nations.
      We can expect the rest of the world to react as
the world reacted to Hitler: at first making a
sustained effort to avoid a bigger war by acquiescing
to faits accomplis.  But the world's patience will run
out, and by some signs that can be seen if one knows
where to look, the end of the summer will be the time
when this happens unless the US attacks Iran earlier,
as some have forecast.
      We will not be seeing hordes of Chinese or
Russians storming the shores of the nation to set the
world order right.  This would only set off a nuclear
war, and destroy civilization.  What is more likely to
happen is a large international conference will be
called, outside the U.S., to demand that the US hand
over Bush and his accomplices after a formal
investigation has been run.  Of course Bush will not
go, and the nation will be put on war footing.  Then,
the other nations will impose sanctions on the US,
probably involving an oil boycott, or perhaps even a
complete boycott, to impose economic pressure on the
US.  This will lead to hard times for the U.S., and
more martial law: perhaps even a coup and the
imposition of a junta under the guise of a "national
emergency." Our allies will begin to fall away, and
our international position will be substantially
weakened. The Constitution will be "suspended"
although no provision for such exists within the
Constitution except in limited areas such as habeas
corpus.
     People who value the Constitution, international
law, the rule of law, democracy, and righteousness
will start taking steps to prepare, NOW.   There is
only so far the Bush Administration can go without
breaking world credibility, and this point is near to
being reached.  There is only so far you can go to
justify illegal policies and conduct as "in the
national interest" before it becomes clear that the
national interest has already been damaged by these
policies.  Citizens will have to chose, and they will
have to be very well informed, and very versed in the
Constitution, to make good choices.

End the oppression of cannabis and its consumers. Self defense is always
correct, and it is never illegal.  b_jb2001






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#1460 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Wed Jun 1, 2005 3:23 pm
Subject: Re: Hempfest Tickets
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Dear Friends & Enemies,
  Get your tickets now!! Hope to see a lot of youns there.....look for me in the fifth-wheel camper with the "Benzie County NORML" banner on it.
  And remember to not take anything illegal across the boarder....not even pipes. Your Canadian brothers & sisters will take care of you when you get there and we will enjoy each other's company!!
  Also,radar detectors are illegal in Canada,so don't bring them.

Planetary Pride <editor@...> wrote:
Get your tickets today to Hempfest 2005 : The 7 Leaf Reunion Bash - August 25,26,27, 28 in Northern Ontario, just outside Sault Ste Marie , Canada's Premier Cannabis Community

Hempfest 2005 Tickets are now available. We expierenced a little bit of a delay with them but they are hot off the press. Tickets are $30.00 in advance or $40 at the gate. There is a $5 shipping and handling fee on all tickets orders. You can order and pay online with VISA or MASTERCARD at http://www.planetarypride.com/cat5_1.htm If you wish to call in your order you can do so by calling 1-888-215-8970 between thye hours of 10 AM and 6 PM EST. Or you can mail your payment Payable to Planetary Pride too Planetary Pride, 246 Queen St East, Sault Ste Marie, Ont, P6A 1Y7


If you are still undecided if you will make the journey this year let us give you some encouragement, we are expecting our Cannabis Community to grow to 2,000 + Hempfest Citizens this year that will cohabitate with one another for FOUR DAYS. There will be people from all corners of North America here and the best Cannabis one can ever smoke. We will have demonstrations on Making Bubble Hash, the VOLCANO the #1 Vaporizer in the world, and many other great inventions. Bring some buds and test it out. Puff Mama will be here with her tasty goodies and an awsome Comedy Show Fire Dancers, Glass Blowers, Hemp Ice Cream and the best people you can ever hang with for a weekend.

And don't forget about the contests:

JUNK YARD BONGS - Make the best homemade smoking device and then compete against other home bong enthusiasts to see who is the King of the Junk Yard. 2 Catagories : Most Original and Modified

ROLLING CONTEST - Roll Roll Roll them joints, and roll them nice and fine. Light them up and they must burn to blow the judges minds.

BIG BUD COMPETITION - Get them buds growing cause we want to see some BIG BUDS this year.

1 GRAM SPRINT - Fill that bowl and smoke it FAST


Puff Mama presents ... The Wayward Comedy Show! Boisterous, direction-less, almost delinquent. This traveling comedy show, with host Dave Martin, is gonna light up your life! 15 comedians and crew, are coming all the way from Toronto to Hempfest for the 7 Leaf Reunion. Theyıll be doing their famous comedy show right in the open air! Theyıve put together a great set with Torontoıs cream of the crop - who wouldnıt have come to any other type of festival! Theyıre going to set up in the bush, with tarps, hammocks, bean bag chairs ... and Puff Mamaıs special baking on the side! For more information about The Wayward Comedy Show, go to her website at www.puffmama.ca and click on events.

Plus over 20 Live Bands, Guest Speakers, Awesome People, Great Times and one memorable weekend that you won't soon forget, just ask those who have been making the trek to Hempfest for the past number of years and coming back every year , year after year and bringing their friends and relatives because we simply put on one of the best Cannabis Festival in North America.


See you this summer !!








HEMPFEST 2005
August 25, 26,27,28
Northern Ontario
Sault Ste Marie
www.planetarypride.com

Come join with others at the Greatest Cannabis Community in the world this summer.


Mailing Address

Hempfest 2005
C/O Planetary Pride
246 Queen Street East
Sault Ste Marie, Ont
P6A 1Y7


Sponsored by

Planetary Pride
Chills Canada
Laplaya Glass
The Amsterdam Seed Co./ Sativa Sisters B&B
Red Eye Glass
TreatingYourSelf.com
Heads Magazine
Puff Mama's Cannabis Balery
Parties & Affairs
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Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Director
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Benzonia,MI 49616
(231) 882-9721
 
GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
 Taken from "THE LIVING BIBLE"
                                


 


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Date: Wed Jun 1, 2005 11:33 pm
Subject: FW: File - Dave Emory
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#1462 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Thu Jun 2, 2005 4:16 pm
Subject: BACK FROM POWWOW----THOUGHTS ON OUR MINORML ORGANIZATION
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Osiyo (Greetings - in Cherokee) to Mitakuye Oyasin (All My Relations - in Dacotah),
 
  NAICCO (Native American Indian Center of Columbus,Ohio) was started by Selma L.Walker and her husband,Joe (both full-blooded Dacotah but whites called them Sioux which they do not recognize) in the front-room of a home on S.High St. in 1975.At that time,there were over 1,500 NAs from many different tribes living in the Columbus area and they were in bad shape.Selma & her husband saw a need and filled it! Today,there are over 15,000 NAs living there and their lives are richer because of NAICCO which is now headed up by their daughter,Carol Welsh,and her husband,Mark. Selma & Joe have passed on.
  I started in the food booth of their Memorial Day PowWow in 1987(the year my dad passed on) as a favor to my mom & dad who were Selma & Joe's friends.I took over the food booth that Labor Day weekend of 87 and have done this volunteer job ever since.This is my 18th year and I have seen many come & go.In those early years,there was alot of anger & strife as the center was growing (I like to call it growing pains) and many is the time that I almost thru up my hands and said,"I quit!!" But what kept me there was the hard-core little group of us that were like family and we did our best to treat each other with respect & dignity an had a committment & determinination to see the center prosper.Well,this PowWow was one of the best yet (organized,everyone happy,working hard together,and having fun doing it)! And,you know what,there is still that hard-core little group (around 50) of us out of some 15,000 members that make it all happen........are you getting the picture here??
  MINORML is just starting.We are in our growing years and we are experiencing some growing pains,but we will succeed if we do the right thing.Part of NAICCO's Philosophy Statement reads:
* Accept each person and their differences.
* Deliver services with respect,compassion,and integrity. (I would add: never promise what you cannot deliver.)
There is so much more that I would love to share...like  the NA Code of Ethics,but I do not wish to be long-winded.
  So let us get thru these growing years TOGETHER and let's go and kick some enemy ass!! TOGETHER AS ONE!!
  And for those of you that have joined us,but have to remain behind the front lines,that's okay too. Just remember those of us that are out on the front lines when you are blest with a little extra money to throw at a good cause.I assure you that your money will not be wasted.
  ALL TOGETHER AS ONE>>>>WE WILL WIN THIS WAR!!


Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Director
6215 Smeltzer Rd.
Benzonia,MI 49616
(231) 882-9721
 
GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
 Taken from "THE LIVING BIBLE"
                                


 

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#1463 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
Date: Thu Jun 2, 2005 7:25 pm
Subject: SAVE YOUR RIGHT TO A BRAIN AND A VOICE
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DEMOCRACY ON THE INTERNET AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!
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----- Original Message -----
From: Never Surrender
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:06 PM
Subject: ACTNOW- BEFORE 6/3: SAVE BLOGS AND ONLINE JOURNALISTS FROM FEC REGULATION!


This Is Your Last Chance To Help Save Democracy Online

TODAY - SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE BLOGS AND ONLINE JOURNALISTS FROM REGULATION BY THE FEC!!
http://www.onlinecoalition.com/

AND EMAIL THE FCC DIRECTLY WITH YOUR COMMENTS, LINKS BELOW

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/6/2/10531/11402
Tomorrow is the LAST DAY for citizens to file their comments before the Federal Election Commission regarding its impending rulemaking regarding political activity on the Internet.

Everybody from across the spectrum is getting into it now: the Online Coalition folks have posted their formal comment for your signature, and ordinary citizens from left to right have been emailing their comments to internet@....

We only have until June 3. Don't wait. Act now.

You have two obligations, if you are a citizen of the blogosphere who wants to see it remain the most vibrant market of political speech and ideas ever seen:

  1.. Learn. (And if you don't understand it, Ask. Here.)

  2.. Act. Speak directly to the FEC and tell them how you use the Internet, and how this matters to you.  Here's how:
Electronic comments must be sent to either internet@... or submitted through the Federal eRegulations Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Any commenters who submit electronic comments and wish to testify at the hearing on this rulemaking must also send a copy of their comments to internettestify@.... If the electronic comments include an attachment, the attachment must be in the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) format. Faxed comments must be sent to (202) 219-3923, with hard copy followup. Hard copy comments and hard copy follow-up of faxed comments must be sent to the Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463.
All comments must include the full name and postal service address of the commenter or they will not be considered.

The Commission will post comments on its Web site after the comment period ends.

Even if they mean well, that doesn't mean they understand the impact of seemingly innocuous regulations on what we're doing out here. As Judge Stewart Dalzell wrote of the Communications Decency Act, "no matter how benign the purpose, [they] could burn the global village to roast the pig."

Donna (NeverSurrender)

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - - Margaret Mead

Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular- but one must take it simply because it is right -- Martin Luther King Jr.     

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#1464 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
Date: Thu Jun 2, 2005 7:25 pm
Subject: SAVE YOUR RIGHT TO A BRAIN AND A VOICE
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DEMOCRACY ON THE INTERNET AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!
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----- Original Message -----
From: Never Surrender
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:06 PM
Subject: ACTNOW- BEFORE 6/3: SAVE BLOGS AND ONLINE JOURNALISTS FROM FEC REGULATION!


This Is Your Last Chance To Help Save Democracy Online

TODAY - SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE BLOGS AND ONLINE JOURNALISTS FROM REGULATION BY THE FEC!!
http://www.onlinecoalition.com/

AND EMAIL THE FCC DIRECTLY WITH YOUR COMMENTS, LINKS BELOW

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/6/2/10531/11402
Tomorrow is the LAST DAY for citizens to file their comments before the Federal Election Commission regarding its impending rulemaking regarding political activity on the Internet.

Everybody from across the spectrum is getting into it now: the Online Coalition folks have posted their formal comment for your signature, and ordinary citizens from left to right have been emailing their comments to internet@....

We only have until June 3. Don't wait. Act now.

You have two obligations, if you are a citizen of the blogosphere who wants to see it remain the most vibrant market of political speech and ideas ever seen:

  1.. Learn. (And if you don't understand it, Ask. Here.)

  2.. Act. Speak directly to the FEC and tell them how you use the Internet, and how this matters to you.  Here's how:
Electronic comments must be sent to either internet@... or submitted through the Federal eRegulations Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Any commenters who submit electronic comments and wish to testify at the hearing on this rulemaking must also send a copy of their comments to internettestify@.... If the electronic comments include an attachment, the attachment must be in the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) format. Faxed comments must be sent to (202) 219-3923, with hard copy followup. Hard copy comments and hard copy follow-up of faxed comments must be sent to the Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463.
All comments must include the full name and postal service address of the commenter or they will not be considered.

The Commission will post comments on its Web site after the comment period ends.

Even if they mean well, that doesn't mean they understand the impact of seemingly innocuous regulations on what we're doing out here. As Judge Stewart Dalzell wrote of the Communications Decency Act, "no matter how benign the purpose, [they] could burn the global village to roast the pig."

Donna (NeverSurrender)

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - - Margaret Mead

Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular- but one must take it simply because it is right -- Martin Luther King Jr.     

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


#1465 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
Date: Sat Jun 4, 2005 8:13 am
Subject: Fwd: EDITORIAL: Ed FORCHION, a/k/a WEEDMAN has right to speak!
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Can you forward this to your massive e-mail list?
 
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A couple of weeks ago I was attacked by a NJ-State Police Trooper because he didn't like my shirt! (I've detailed it here: http://www.njweedman.com/attacked.html ). Today un-expected, a little late but greatly appreciated the State's second largest newspaper (THE COURIER POST) wrote this EDITORIAL about that incident.
 

 
 
 
Weedman has right to speak

Friday, June 3, 2005

Pemberton Township resident Robert Edward Forchion, a perennial New Jersey political candidate, has a message many people might not want to hear. Forchion, who prefers the moniker NJ Weedman, advocates legalizing marijuana use.

We do not endorse using illegal drugs, but we do stand behind a person's right to say he does.

Forchion has an undeniable right to state his claim as long as he doesn't break the law he's contesting. That right has been upheld by the court, but it continues to lead to confrontations with authorities.

On May 11, Forchion was arrested for trespassing at the State House in Trenton. He had attempted to pass out campaign fliers in the press offices at the state building. It is something he has done in the past. It also was not an unusual request, as candidates and others seeking the public's attention often visit the press offices.

But when Forchion showed up wearing a campaign T-shirt with a message about legalizing marijuana, a state police officer told him the press area was off limits.

What happened next will likely be settled in a court, where so many of Forchion's collisions with authorities end. The only thing both sides agree on is that Forchion was charged with defiant trespass, resisting arrest and other offenses.

It is unclear how a person can trespass in a public building during a time when it is open to the public. It is equally difficult to understand how Forchion can be denied access to an area in that public building that is frequented by the public.

Forchion might not appear to be the kind of person the First Amendment was written to protect. His in-your-face push for legalizing marijuana juts out from the American mainstream. But he is just the person for whom the amendment's free-speech rights were written - someone expressing a view the majority dislikes.

Silencing people such as Forchion will, in the end, make it harder for anyone to speak up. Silence, not the Forchions in America, poses a threat to our way of life.

.

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#1466 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
Date: Sat Jun 4, 2005 11:02 am
Subject: A Pro-Constitutional July 4th-- A Call for Demonstrations Against the "Patriot" Act
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Congress is currently investigating not only
letting the so-called "Patriot" Act expire, but it is
also investigating renewing and supplementing it with
more invidious enactments.
      We all know this act is unconstitutional. It
seems possible that there was not only no
justification for its passage, but that its passage
indeed was the motivation for the September 11, 2001,
incidents in New York City and other places which saw
nearly 3,000 people killed and the subsequent
unwarranted invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, which is
still continuing via an occupation of that land.
      Without endlessly rehashing the history of the
past four years, this "Patriot" Act has led to
innumerable violations of the U.S. Constitution by the
government, both within and without the country which
have seriously damaged our nation, and eroded the
faith that our allies and democracies everywhere have
had in us.
     It's time to end this obscene piece of
legislation, which was NOT EVEN READ BEFORE ITS
PASSAGE BY THE FOOLS WHO VOTED FOR IT.

     I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ALL RED-BLOODED AMERICAN
PATRIOTS HOLD PROTEST MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
AGAINST THE PHONEY "PATRIOT" ACT ON JULY 4, 2005. IT'S
TIME TO RE-ASSERT OUR INDEPENDENCE AGAIN FROM TYRANNY.
NO BICKERING, NO PARTISANSHIP, JUST A UNIFICATION FOR
THE CONSTITUTION, AND FREE SPEECH.

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#1467 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Sat Jun 4, 2005 1:30 pm
Subject: Fwd: Kucinich Weekly Update
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Dear Friends,
  Totally unrelated to Cannabis but surely you have heard about the "Downing Street Minutes" by now. I personally think that this is the "smoking gun" so to speak of the REAL reason that we are in Iraq and Bush & Co., I am sure, are hoping that it just fades away. Are we going to let that happen??
  Scroll down to "Hold Bush Accountable".......click onto Conyers website and sign the letter to Bushie. The goal is 250,000 signatures......if we get this past around,I think that we can do better than that!!
  Yours for peace and bringing our troops home!!

Note: forwarded message attached.


Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Director
6215 Smeltzer Rd.
Benzonia,MI 49616
(231) 882-9721
 
GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
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Dennis Kucinich - kucinich.us - Insight and Action


Good afternoon. Congress is in recess for Memorial Day - Dennis will be
returning to Washington next week. Right now at http://www.kucinich.us :

SPEAK OUT TODAY TO PRESERVE POLITICAL ORGANIZING AND FREE SPEECH ON THE
INTERNET

Today, June 3rd, is the last day for citizens to file their comments
before the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on its impending rulemaking
regarding political activity on the Internet. Since the late 1990s, the
Federal Election Commission has been trying to figure out whether and how
to apply campaign finance laws to new media. On March 28, 2005, the FEC
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to extend campaign
finance regulations to certain political speech on the Internet. The
question is whether the Internet will be allowed to continue as a First
Amendment forum for citizen political advocacy. What happens will affect
the future of independent political speech on the Internet for years to
come.

Read more at http://www.kucinich.us/articles/fec_nprm_20050602.php and
make your views known today.


BILL TO BRING TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ DUE TO BE INTRODUCED ON JUNE 8

On June 8, Dennis will introduce the Homeward Bound Act, the bill he and
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) have been preparing to set a date certain for
ending the occupation of Iraq. Watch http://www.kucinich.us for details.


DEMAND PRESIDENT BUSH RESPOND TO INQUIRY ABOUT 2002 MEETINGS DISCUSSING
PRETEXT FOR WAR

Dennis Kucinich and more than 90 other Members of Congress signed a letter
to President Bush written by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking
Minority Member of the House Judiciary Committee, seeking answers to
troubling questions raised by the leaked minutes of a U.S./U.K. meeting in
2002. According to the minutes of this meeting, published on May 1 by the
London Times and now commonly known as the Downing Street Minutes (or,
incorrectly, the Downing Street Memo), U.S. and U.K. officials met months
before Congress was consulted about going to war and discussed creating a
pretext for the invasion of Iraq. The minutes include the following quote
about an earlier meeting between the head of British Military Intelligence
and the Bush Administration:

"Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the
conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were
being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route,
and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record.
There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military
action."

We are all being asked to sign a letter similar to the one the Members of
Congress sent. Somewhere around 100,000 signatures already have been
collected and Rep. Conyers has announced an updated goal of 250,000. Read
and sign the letter at http://www.johnconyers.com.


ASK YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO STAND UP FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE

The United States National Health Insurance Act, H.R. 676, is the key
legislation calling for single-payer universal health care - Medicare for
All - introduced by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and co-sponsored by
Dennis Kucinich. 39 other cosponsors have signed onto the bill as of June
2, many within the last two weeks. Those cosponsors are listed at
http://www.kucinich.us/archive/home/display.php?src=k_20050602_urnygu_pner_npgvb\
a.cuc.
Please check to see if your Representative is a cosponsor and, if not, call
or fax him or her and explain very briefly why this legislation is
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#1468 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Tue Jun 7, 2005 5:09 am
Subject: Re: MINORML-NEWS: Raich vs Gonzales--- IT IS NOT OVER, Ferndale, Flint and Traverse City still in
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I wholeheartedly agree with our Exc.Director,Mr. Tim Beck!!
WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!!! STAY THE COURSE!!! DO NOT LOOSE HEART!!! MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR FERNDALE,FLINT,and TRAVERSE CITY!!! MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR MICHIGAN!!! WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!!!!
So far,I have sent 4 letters to Pete Hockstra,Carl Levin,and Debbie Stabenow.....I will call their offices in the morning for follow-up.
I have logged onto www.9&10news.com and voted on their poll (do you agree with Supreme Court decision?) and as of tonite, 76% NO to only 24% YES.
Tomorrow,I will also be writing LTE's to all our local papers and I will be discussing this with whoever will listen for a long time to come.
WILL YOU JOIN ME??? WILL YOU DO YOUR PART???
NO,WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!!!! WE WILL NOT QUIT USING OUR GOD-GIVEN MEDICINE!!!
WE WILL GROW STRONGER AND TOGETHER PUT AN END TO CANNABIS PROHIBITION!!!!!!

Timmichben@... wrote:

NORML People, no doubt most of you have heard of the US Supreme Court
decision 6-3 in favor of the government, (O'Conner, Renquist, and Thomas
dissenting) in that medical marijuana is illegal under Federal Law.
As your leader, I was on WJR, WWJ, Detroit News, National Radio, Metro
Times, etc. today, so pardon me for not posting something earlier.
I told the media that this is a very sad day, with so many problems
confronting this country from terrorists, hard core criminals and seriously
dysfunctional persons, that Federal resources will continue to be used to persecute
sick persons who need this medicine, under a doctors care.
In reality, state and local laws are what they are. That is, some
protection for the sick is better then nothing. Local laws in Detroit and Ann Arbor
still stand, as they do in California, Oregon, Nevada, Maine and 7 other states
which are with us.
Local and State Police as appropriate, are agents of the state and local
authorities. They are not federal agents. Voter power is where it's at.
Medical marijuana was passed in California in 1996, and that law was
always in conflict with federal law. When Bush/Ashcroft decided to continue to
arrest medical mj patients, a lawsuit was filed against the government and the
people won in the 9th Circuit Federal Court. So, for two years, the Feds. could
not arrest sick people in the western USA states that passed these laws.
Unfortunately, they can now start doing so again
My friends, some protection from federal tyranny is better then nothing.
I hope our activists in Ferndale, Flint and Traverse City will continue
the fight and not lose heart.
My suggestion as head of Michigan NORML, is that we proceed as planned
with ballot initiatives in Ferndale, Flint and Traverse City.

Tim Beck
Executive Director, MI-NORML
First National Building
660 Woodward Ave., Ste. 1141
Detroit, MI 48226
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GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
 Taken from "THE LIVING BIBLE"
                                


 

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#1469 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Wed Jun 8, 2005 8:32 pm
Subject: LETTER TO EDITORS,NEWS,STATE & FEDERAL REPS
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  On Monday,June 6,2005,the highest (no pun intended) court in our land ruled against compassion for the sick & dying and "passed the buck" back to Congress (you know,the people that are supposed to represent ALL OF US) to do something about it. Will they show compassion? This remains to be seen,but given the attitude of this present administration,I highly doubt it.
  In Tuesday's Record Eagle,John Waters,Director of national drug control policy was quoted as saying,"Today's decision marks the end of medical marijuana as a political issue." He is dead wrong as evidenced by an article in the same paper,"27 pounds of pot seized following tip." People will continue to use this God-given plant for medicine,recreational,and spiritual regardless of what the law says!! We will continue to be hunted down,arrested,taken to jail,our possessions & children taken away,and even killed for our beliefs when we harm no one.The only way that this will ever end is when well-educated,compassionate people from all walks of life,users & non-users alike,state publicly that this is wrong and do something about it.
  In our own little neck of the woods here,though we are usually ignored by main-stream media unless we get into trouble,we take heart in knowing that most of our families,neighbors,co-workers,etc. have educated themselves on this issue and show their compassion as evidenced by such things as us working side by side with folks on the Postal Worker's food drive on May 14th. Or,more recently,9&10's news poll on Monday showing 74% disagreeing with the court's decision as compared to only 26% agreeing.
  We,on the front lines will go forward with medical marijuana being placed on November's ballot in Traverse City,Flint,and Ferndale this year.We will have our Coalition for Compassionate Care Conference on July 23rd at Traverse Civic Center and I challenge closed,narrow-minded people to come and hear our guest speakers,enjoy some good food,music,& fellowship,but most importantly,hear the testimonies of medical marijuana patients (some who will be coming out of their closets for the first time) and then make up your own mind as to whether we are a threat to you or our country.
  No,we responsible,adult cannabis consumers are not going away and the next time that you come home from a hard day's work and light up your favorite tobacco,drink your favorite alcoholic beverage,or just enjoy your favorite coffee or tea,I hope that you will remember that you could be in the same position that we are in if your government,our government,was to decide to prohibit these items.
  In closing,may I remind everyone that Alcohol Prohibition was not repealed because people suddenly decided that booze wasn't so bad after all.They were just willing to admit that Prohibition made things worse.


Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Director
6215 Smeltzer Rd.
Benzonia,MI 49616
(231) 882-9721
 
GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
 Taken from "THE LIVING BIBLE"
                                


 


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#1470 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Thu Jun 9, 2005 12:02 am
Subject: States rights was just a pipe dream
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GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
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#1471 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
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GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
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Dear NORML Member,

In response to this week's Supreme Court ruling granting the Justice
Department the authority to prosecute state-authorized medicinal cannabis
patients for violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, members of
the US House of Representatives may vote as early as next week on an
amendment to bar the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from prosecuting
patients who use medical cannabis in compliance with state laws.

This important bi-partisan provision, scheduled to be introduced next week
by Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-NY) as an
amendment to the 2005 Justice Department appropriations bill, would
prohibit the DOJ and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from
spending taxpayers' dollars for the purpose of pursuing "any criminal or
civil penalty or remedy against any person for the production,
distribution, or use of marijuana for medicinal purposes in a state that
authorizes that production, distribution, or use."

Writing for the Court's majority, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
said that he longs for the day when medicinal cannabis advocates "may be
heard in the halls of Congress."  The 2005 Hinchey/Rohrabacher medical
marijuana amendment does just that -- giving Congress the opportunity to
go on record to protect and support the health and safety of patients who
use cannabis therapeutically in compliance with the laws of their state.
A vote on the amendment is expected as early as next Wednesday, so members
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#1472 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:41 pm
Subject: So Help Me God (II): Substance Abuse, Religion and Spirituality
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"Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <benziecountynorml@...> wrote: Thank you,Allen for this post.I have forwarded it on to THC-Ministery and Universal Life Church so that they are aware in case someone can go.I for one would just love to be able to attend and share a big fatty with these mis-guided people and debate their brand of religion!! They would probably try to exorcise me!!

"Allen St. Pierre" <allen@...> wrote:

Hello all,

Conflation of religion and anti-drugism....

Rastas and Zion Coptics should descend on the conference.

-Allen St. Pierre
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Dear CASA Supporter,



Because of unprecedented demand and intense interest in the September
2004 CASACONFERENCE, So Help Me God: Substance Abuse, Religion and
Spirituality, CASA will present So Help Me God (II): Substance Abuse,
Religion and Spirituality on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at the
JPMorgan Chase Conference Center at One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 60th
Floor, New York City.



This conference will introduce new topics and cutting-edge research, and
build on the findings of last year's conference and CASA's 2001
91513.pdf.html> So Help Me God White Paper by updating attendees on
social, educational, governmental and scientific progress at the
intersection of substance abuse, religion and spirituality. As always,
this conference will feature nationally recognized experts and leading
journalists.



Four conference panels will cover: the underlying mechanisms of
substance abuse and spirituality (biological, social, etc.) and how
those mechanisms play roles in prevention and recovery; the training of
clergy and treatment providers; religion, spirituality and substance
abuse prevention, and treatment.



Jim Towey,

Director, White House of Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
will deliver a keynote address.



Panel moderators are:

* Elizabeth Cohen , M.P.H., Medical Correspondent, CNN
* Barbara Bradley Haggerty, Religion Correspondent, National
Public Radio (NPR)
* Timothy Johnson, M.D., Medical Editor, ABC News and Author,
Finding God in the Questions (2004)
* Mary Alice Williams, WCBS Radio, New York City and Contributing
Editor, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (PBS)

Panelists Include:

* Sister Lee Anne Farrell, SSND, Vice President of Women's
Services, Guest House, Inc. and a person in recovery
* Thomas J. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology,
Indiana State University
* Rev. Walter Modrys, S.J., Pastor, Church of Saint Ignatius
Loyola, New York City
* Andrew Newberg, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of
Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and Co-Author, Why
God Won't Go Away (2001)
* Lawrence C. Vaults, Deacon, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Austin,
Texas and President, Black Christians Against Substance Abuse
* Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, The
Orthodox Union
* Gowri Anandarajah, M.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine
(Clinical), Brown University School of Medicine
* Martin Nicolaus, Chief Executive Officer, LifeRing Secular
Recovery Services, and a person in recovery

The JPMorgan Chase Conference Center is a state-of-the art facility with
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GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
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#1473 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:47 pm
Subject: Re: MINORML-TALK: Running for Congress....Where to Start
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"Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <benziecountynorml@...> wrote:

Thank you,Chuck for letting us know this and I have forwarded it on to THC-Ministery!!

moksha@... wrote:Bernie Sanders is totally with our movement - he spoke at the mpp gala

--On Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:18 AM -0700 "Rev. Steven B. Thompson"
wrote:

>
> Richard,
> I think that you would make a dam good congressman and this might help
> you on how to start. Party affiliation??.....Personally,I think that we
> would be in a lot better shape in this country if people once and for all
> would start kicking out the fat-cat Dems & Repubs and replacing them with
> Libetarian & Green party candidates who actually give a dam!! That way it
> would still be a two-party system which seems to be the mode that the
> voting public are stuck in. Weed Party??.....what Chuck R. said comes
> to my mind.....don't flood them.....make it a slow & steady
> drip,drip,drip. This would probably be too radical for voters to swallow
> right now,but it sure sounds good to me!! Theme song....FREE THE WEED
> sung to the tune of AMEN!!!!!! I'm with you,brother and maybe we could
> get Trena to run also. Can you just imagine the likes of Mark Souder
> having to deal with her?? I would die a happy man!!
>
> james Karl wrote:
> Cris has forwarded this on to me, and I am
> forwarding in on to all activists with the hope that a
> LARGE, PRO-CANNABIS CAUCUS WILL BE FORMED IN EACH
> PARTY, AND A LARGE PRO-CANNABIS FRONT WILL BE ERECTED
> AS A REFUGE FOR THE VOTERS BY NOVEMBER, 2006. LET'S
> END PROHIBITIONISM ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!!
> Note: forwarded message attached.
>
> End the oppression of cannabis and its consumers. Self defense is always
> correct, and it is never illegal. b_jb2001
>
> __________________________________
>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:35:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "http://CRISERICSON.COM"
> Subject: Elect Cris Ericson to U.S. Congress 2006 & Make Marijuana Legal
>
> Elect Cris Ericson to U.S. Congress 2006 & Make Marijuana Legal
> http://chrisericson.com
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> As a volunteer, campaign funds may be used for hotel, travel, meals and
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> Please call the toll free number for the Federal Elections Commission and
> tell them you want to be a volunteer fundraiser and ask them to send you
> the two free books you'll need to read and comprehend before you start:
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> 2006 Vote for Cris Ericson for United States Senator for Vermont
> Out of state campaign donations are legal.
> http://chrisericson.com and http://crisericson.com
> Please forward this e-mail to everyone on all of your e-mail lists. Thank
> you! Ms. Cris Ericson, 879 Church Street, Chester, Vermont 05143-9375
> (802) 875-4038
> I am running against Bernie Sanders who has been in the U.S. Congress
> for years and has made NO effort to REPEAL (get rid of) the
> Federal Controlled Substances Act which makes marijuana illegal.
> It's time to give Bernie the Boot!
> You all NEED me in the U.S. Congress!
> You want the job done? You want marijuana legalized? VOTE FOR ME AND
> SUPPORT ME!
>
>
>
> Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Director
> 6215 Smeltzer Rd.
> Benzonia,MI 49616
> (231) 882-9721
>
> GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort
> of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
> GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants
> throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had
> made,and it was excellent in every way. Taken from "THE LIVING BIBLE"

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Cannabis, or marijuana, has proven medical benefits and few, if any, toxic side-effects.

 Why, then, has it been a prohibited medicine for over fifty years?

 

MARIJUANA

- A Medicinal Marvel


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Medicinal cannabis, also known as medical marijuana, is beginning to receive attention worldwide. Unfortunately, scare tactics and misinformation surrounding the international 'war on drugs' continue to dominate in the political and medical arenas, leaving many unwilling or unable to think for themselves. Despite this, more people are discovering the ability of marijuana, or cannabis, to relieve symptoms surrounding many medical conditions.
One of the pioneers of medicinal cannabis research is Dr Lester Grinspoon, a professor at Harvard Medical School. In the last 30 years Dr Grinspoon has researched and written many articles along with two books on the cannabis controversy. Marihuana Reconsideredand Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine introduced many to the positive uses and benefits of one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world.

 

In this interview with Dr Grinspoon, many topics are discussed concerning the role of medicinal cannabis use in today's society.

 

J. Ray: What got you interested in marijuana/cannabis?

 

Dr Grinspoon: In 1967, I had some unexpected time so I thought I would look into marijuana to see what all the fuss was about. I was convinced at the time that marijuana was a terribly dangerous drug. I didn't understand why young people were ignoring the government's warnings about its danger in using it. So, I spent the next three years doing research and looking into it. I learned I had been brainwashed just like so many other citizens in the United States.

 

While marijuana is not harmless, it is so much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco that the only sensible way to deal with it is to make it legally available in a controlled system. We can see this with alcohol which is legally available to people over the age of 21 in the United States. I put all this together in a book called Marihuana Reconsidered. It was published in 1971 by Harvard University Press and was quite controversial at the time. It has just been republished as a classic with a new introduction, 25 years later.

 

JR: In your research you found marijuana/cannabis to be less harmful than tobacco or alcohol?

 

Dr G: I think cannabis is not harmless. There is no such thing as a harmless drug. Cannabis is, by any criterion, less harmful than either alcohol or tobacco. For example, tobacco costs the US about 425,000 lives every year; alcohol, perhaps 100,000 to 150,000 lives, not to speak of all the other problems caused by alcohol use. With cannabis there has not been a single case of a documented death due to its use. Now, of course, death is not the only toxicity. It is the most profound one and certainly a permanent one. If you look at it from the point of view of other toxicities, again it comes out much better than either alcohol or tobacco. In fact, the subject of our latest book, Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine, looks at cannabis from the point of view of a medicine. When cannabis regains the place it once had in the US Pharmacopoeia it will be among the least toxic substances in that whole compendium.

 

JR: It was in the US Pharmacopoeia in the early 1900s?

 

Dr G: That is correct. Cannabis was a very much used drug up until 1941 when it was dropped from the US Pharmacopoeia. This was after the passage of the first of the draconian US anti-marijuana laws in 1937, the Marihuana Tax Act. This Act made it so difficult for physicians to prescribe cannabis that they just stopped using it.

 

JR: Cannabinoid receptors were recently discovered in the human brain. Are these cannabinoid receptors related to cannabis and its medical uses?

 

Dr G: Very definitely. Some years ago it was discovered by Dr Solomon Snyder that there are endogenous opioids; that is to say, substances like opium that we produce in our bodies. It followed from that, that there would be opioid receptors in our brains. It wasn't long afterwards that a woman named Candace Pert discovered this. In other words, if you consider a receptor as a kind of keyhole and the ligand or the neurotransmitter as the key that opens it, the key has to fit into that receptor to open it.

 

With cannabis it came about the other way: the receptor sites for cannabis were discovered first. I believe this was in 1990. From this it was implied that there had to be an endogenous cannabinoid, a ligand that would turn this receptor site on. Indeed, a couple of years later, a man named W. A. Devane and his group discovered this ligand and they gave it the name "anandamide", after the Sanskrit word ananda, which means "bliss". Now there are many studies of these receptors and anandamide. It is clear that these receptors are not just located in the brain but in various other organs in the body as well.

 

I think we are going to see in the future that these receptors play a very important part in the medicinal utility of cannabis. Right now the clinical evidence is empirical and anecdotal but, in my view, powerful enough to be translated into a policy which would allow people to use cannabis legally for medicinal purposes.

 

JR: Do these recent discoveries contradict past research that warned of brain damage from cannabis use?

 

Dr G: In my view, that kind of thing is in the realm of myth and misinformation about cannabis. Think about it for a minute. If the brain produces its own cannabinoid-like substances, it doesn't make much sense that it would produce a substance which is going to damage the brain. Indeed, long before it was discovered that there are endogenous cannabinoids, the empirical evidence did not demonstrate that cannabis damaged the brain.

There are a few studies which were methodically unsound that the US Government and, specifically, NIDA, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, and the DEA, the Drug Enforcement Administration, focus on.

 

JR: Can you tell me something about the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA?

Dr G: The predecessor agency of the DEA, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, was organised in 1930 by a man named Anslinger. Anslinger undertook what he called a "great educational campaign", which actually turned out to be a great disinformational campaign. This is symbolised by one of the flagships of that campaign: the movie, Reefer Madness. If you see the movie Reefer Madness today, even a person who is not very sophisticated about marijuana will laugh at the grossness of the exaggerations dramatised in that movie.

 

JR: Do you think pharmaceutical drug companies have anything to do with the government's prohibitive stand against medicinal cannabis use?

Dr G: Absolutely. The Partnership for a Drug Free America has a budget of about a million dollars a day. A lot of that money comes from drug companies and distilleries. You see, these companies and distilleries have something to lose- the distilleries for obvious reasons. The drug companies are not interested in marijuana as a medicine because the plant cannot be patented. If you can't patent it, you can't make money on it. Their only interest is a negative one. It will eventually displace some of their pharmaceutical products.

 

Imagine a patient who requires cancer chemotherapy. Now he can take the best of the anti-nausea drugs, which would be ondansetron. He would pay about US$35 or $40 per 8-milligram pill and would then take three or four of them for a treatment. Normally, he would take it orally, but people with that kind of nausea often can't, so he would take it intravenously. The cost of one treatment for that begins at US$600 because he will need a hospital bed, etc. Or he can smoke perhaps half of a marijuana cigarette and receive relief from the nausea.

 

Currently, marijuana on the streets is very expensive. One can pay from US$200 to $600 an ounce. This is what I call the prohibition tariff. When marijuana is available as a medicine, the cost would be significantly less than other medications; it would cost about US$20 to $30 an ounce. You can't tax it in the US because it is a medicine. So that would translate out to maybe about 30 cents for a marijuana cigarette.

 

So our chemotherapy patient could get, many people believe, better relief from the marijuana cigarette for 30 cents. This, in comparison to the ondansetron which would cost at the very least US$160 a day and, if he had to take it intravenously, more than US$600 per treatment.

Well, if you multiply that by all of the symptoms and syndromes we discuss in the book, Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine, then you can see that the drug companies will have something to lose here.

 

JR: Do you see this as a big obstacle in changing drug policy here in North America?

Dr G: Well, it is certainly playing a part. It is indirectly playing a part in the Partnership for a Drug Free America ads. To say they are inaccurate is an understatement.

 

JR: Are we also talking about DARE, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program we see in many schools at this time?

Dr G: Oh yes, that is a terrible program. Again, it is miseducating children about drugs. It has now been established in a major study that it doesn't do a bit of good. We're all worried about youngsters doing drugs, but now DARE has been demonstrated not to do any good.

 

JR: In your book, Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine, there are many references to the medicinal uses of cannabis. What are some of the medical problems you have seen medicinal cannabis help?

Dr G: The most common cancer treatment in the last couple of decades is with the cancer chemotherapeutic substances. A big problem with some of these is the severe nausea and vomiting. It is the kind of nausea that anybody who has not experienced it can only imagine. It is very important that this nausea be defeated so patients can be reasonably comfortable with this treatment. As I have mentioned, there are conventional drugs available; it is just that cannabis is often the best.

 

Then there is glaucoma which is a disorder of increased intraocular pressure in the eyes. If that pressure is not brought down, glaucoma can eventually lead to blindness. There are conventional medicines that work pretty well; but, for some people, cannabis works better and with fewer side-effects.

Epilepsy is a disorder which has been treated by cannabis for centuries. About 25 per cent of people in the US who have various forms of epilepsy don't get good relief from the conventional medicines. Many of them do get relief from one of the oldest anti-epileptic medicines, cannabis.

 

Multiple sclerosis affects more than two million people in the US, and one of its distressing symptoms is muscle spasm. It is very painful. Anybody who has had a cramp while swimming will know what muscle spasm pain is all about. Cannabis is very effective for the muscle spasms of not only multiple sclerosis but also of paraplegia and quadriplegia.

 

Furthermore, cannabis helps people with MS who may have trouble controlling their bladders. Cannabis is very helpful in reducing this kind of loss of control. Not long ago I was in London doing a TV debate on the topic of medicinal cannabis use. There was a woman in the audience who said she had come down from Leeds, two-and-a-half hours on the train, to be in the television audience. She has MS. The part that was so distressing for her was the social embarrassment of losing control over her bladder. Well, she said cannabis has restored her bladder control and she could now make the two-and-a-half-hour trip from Leeds with no trouble.

 

Cannabis has been used for centuries in the treatment of various kinds of chronic pain. It was used on the battlefields of the Civil War as an analgesic medicine until morphine displaced it. Morphine was much quicker for the pain and a much more powerful pain-reliever than cannabis. Cannabis cannot defeat very powerful pain. The price of using morphine was that many people suffered from what was then called "soldier's disease", which was addiction to morphine.

 

Cannabis is very useful in the treatment of migraine headaches. Sir William Osler, in his last textbook on medicine, describes cannabis as the best single medicine for the treatment of the pain of migraine.

The list is longer than that but I don't think you want me to go on and on about this. One of the amazing things about cannabis is its versatility. It has many uses. It is also remarkably non-toxic and it will be quite inexpensive when it is not a prohibited substance. In my opinion, cannabis will be seen as a wonder drug of the 1990s, much as penicillin was in the 1940s.

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The Downing Street Memo proves that invasion of Iraq wasn't the 'last resort' but Bush's intent all along, leading to cooked intelligence and other impeachable offenses; Greens note bipartisan and media complicity in overlooking evidence of deceit, urge public protest.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green leaders reiterated the party's July 2003 call for impeachment of Bush, and called on all Americans outraged by the Bush Administration's list of deceptions, violations of the U.S. Constitution, the disastrous Iraq occupation, and policies that have disgraced the U.S. to demand that Congress begin the impeachment process.

"The invasion and occupation of Iraq has caused the deaths of over 1,600 U.S. military personnel, as well as untold suffering and tens of thousands of civilian dead in Iraq," said David Cobb, the Green Party's 2004 candidate for President of the United States. "The Downing Street Memo confirms what we already knew -- that a conspiracy to deceive the American people led us into the war, and that this conspiracy constitutes 'high crimes and misdemeanors' according to the U.S. Constitution."

The Green Party of the United States called for the impeachment of George W. Bush during the party's 2003 national meeting <www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03.html>. Greens have organized and participated in numerous protests against the war since early 2003, and have called for an immediate end to the occupation, cancellation of further war spending, and removal of military recruiters from schools as U.S. troops continue to face death and injury in Iraq.

Greens praised Rep. John Conyers' (D-Mich.) public demand for an explanation from President Bush in the wake of Downing Street Memo's publication, and questioned why so many of the mainstream U.S. media have remained silent on the content and implications of the memo.

But Greens also called many Democrats as responsible as Republicans for Iraq policy, having voted in October 2002 to transfer war power to the President, which created the scenario for White House deceit and abuse of power, and having recently voted for another $82 billion for the war.

"It was already apparent, long before the Downing Street Memo, that President Bush's case for invading Iraq was based on fraud," said Rebecca Rotzler, co-chair of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee. "All of the reasons for invasion that Mr. Bush listed in his January 28, 2003 State of the Union address -- Iraqi WMDs, collusion between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, evidence that Saddam had sought nuclear weapons materials from Africa, nuclear aluminum rods, Iraq's supposed threat to the U.S. and to other nations -- are now known to be false. The Downing Street Memo shows that the intelligence supporting an invasion was fixed, with the complicity of the Bush and Blair administrations as early as July 2002."

Green Party leaders also noted that Ahmed Chalabi, whose false testimony to U.S. intelligence officials on Iraqi WMDs formed much of the basis of the claim that Saddam Hussein was an international threat, is now serving as interim Iraqi Oil Minister, with the Bush Administration's approval; and that John Bolton, now under consideration for appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., repeatedly manipulated intelligence and lied to the U.S. media and the U.N. about Iraqi weapons materials.

"Americans should be protesting in every way possible against the continued occupation of Iraq, and for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney," said Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States. "But this has also been a bipartisan war all along, and every Democrat and Republican in Congress who has supported it despite evidence of deceit from the very beginning also deserves removal from office."

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How about some truth for a change about the Food Supplements Directive in the European Union? The proponents of this directive say that it's about protecting patients from all these dangerous vitamins, minerals, supplements, plant extracts and antioxidants that are so dangerous for people. They say, "We're going to keep you safe!" Let me tell you what I think. It's an attempt to outlaw nutrition (see related ebook on nutrition). It is an attempt to criminalize those who would offer nutritional products that can actually prevent and even treat chronic diseases.

 

 

Why would anyone want to do this? Well, look at what it's trying to ban. One of the things it's trying to ban is tocotrienols, which are various forms of vitamin E. These are naturally occurring antioxidants that are found in the plant world. You can find them in whole grains, nuts, seeds and a variety of different plants. Why would they want to ban these ingredients and make it a crime to sell these to people?

 

Well, think about it folks. These ingredients prevent chronic disease better than prescription drugs, without the side effects, and without the profitability of prescription drugs. If people really knew just how much they could prevent chronic disease with these plant extracts, medicinal herbs, vitamins, minerals, and supplements, the pharmaceutical industry would collapse overnight.

 

The defenders of "Big Pharma" and of organized medicine have realized that they can't win the information war. They can't prevent people from finding out how to be healthy. Believe me, they've tried! They've tried through censorship, oppression, influence, and even attempts to regulate medical information on the internet. They have tried to create a total blackout of information, but they've failed. Thank God we live in a (relatively) free society where the internet still operates and people have access to independent information. As people are increasingly finding out that prescription drugs actually kill you, while vitamins, nutrients, and plant-based supplements actually save your life, organized medicine had to go to Plan B. Plan B is to outlaw nutrition, which is what the European Union Food Supplements Directive is all about.

 

Let's take this one step further here. Let’s assume they succeed in outlawing this nutrition. It's suddenly illegal to buy any amount of vitamin C over 50 mg, for example. It's illegal to buy various minerals, such as vanadium or boron. It becomes illegal to buy tocotrienols, or other antioxidants derived from plants. Well, what's the next step? It is, of course, to outlaw medicinal foods entirely!  continues on page 2 ->

 


 


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PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!

The U.S. Supreme Court Puts the Medical Marijuana Issue in Congress' Court.
Urge Your Member of Congress to Vote for the Hinchey-Rohrabacher Medical
Marijuana Amendment!

In response to this week's Supreme Court ruling granting the Justice
Department the authority to prosecute state-authorized medicinal cannabis
patients for violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, members of
the US House of Representatives may vote as early next Tuesday, June 14th,
on an amendment to bar the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from prosecuting
patients who use medical cannabis in compliance with state laws.

Citizens in nine states and the District of Columbia have voted to protect
patients afflicted with HIV/AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other
horrible diseases from arrest and prison, and three states have enacted
medical marijuana laws though their state legislatures. National polls
consistently show that around 70% of Americans support medical marijuana
access for seriously ill patients. Yet, sadly, the federal government
continues to raid and arrest these patients.

This important bi-partisan provision, scheduled to be introduced Tuesday by
Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-NY) as an amendment to
the 2005 Justice Department appropriations bill, would prohibit the DOJ and
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Writing for the Court's majority, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
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heard in the halls of Congress." The 2005 Hinchey/Rohrabacher medical
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Orwellian "Scenarios":

Emergency Preparedness against the "Universal Adversary"

by Michel Chossudovsky

www.globalresearch.ca 7 June 2005 (revised)

The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO506A.html


Orwellian "Scenarios"

A recent Report of the Homeland Security Council entitled Planning Scenarios describes in minute detail, the Bush administration's preparations in the case of a terrorist attack by an outside enemy called the Universal Adversary (UA).

The Universal Adversary, is identified in the scenarios as an abstract entity used for the purposes of simulation. Yet upon more careful examination, this Universal Adversary is by no means illusory. It includes the following categories of potential "conspirators": 

·                      "foreign [Islamic] terrorists" ,

·                     "domestic radical groups", [antiwar and civil rights groups]

·                     "state sponsored adversaries" ["rogue states", "unstable nations"]

·                     "disgruntled employees" [labor and union activists].

According to the Planning Scenarios Report :

"Because the attacks could be caused by foreign terrorists; domestic radical groups; state sponsored adversaries; or in some cases, disgruntled employees, the perpetrator has been named, the Universal Adversary (UA). The focus of the scenarios is on response capabilities and needs, not threat-based prevention activities." (See Planning Scenarios )

The domestic radical groups and labor activists, which visibly constitute a threat to the established political order, are now conveniently lumped together with foreign Islamic terrorists, suggesting that the PATRIOT anti-terror laws together with the Big Brother law enforcement apparatus are eventually intended to be used against potential domestic "adversaries".

While the Universal Adversary is "make-believe", the simulations constitute a dress rehearsal of a real life emergency situation:

 "The scenarios have been developed in a way that allows them to be adapted to local conditions throughout the country"

Fifteen Distinct Scenarios

The scenarios cover the entire array of threats: 

15 distinct threat scenarios to the Security of America carried out by four categories of enemies: Islamic terrorists, radical groups, rogue adversaries and labor activists.

The scenarios simulate operations carried out by the Universal Adversary (UA). They include inter alia a nuclear detonation (with a small 10-Kiloton improvised nuclear device, anthrax attacks, a biological disease outbreak including a pandemic influenza, not to mention a  biological plague outbreak. Various forms of chemical weapons attacks are also envisaged including the use of toxic industrial chemicals, and nerve gas. Radiological attacks through the emission of a radioactive aerosol are also envisaged. (See Text box below)

What  is revealing in the  "doomsday scripts" is that they bear no resemblance to the weaponry used by clandestine urban "terrorists". In fact, in several cases, they correspond to weapons systems which are part of the US arsenal and which have been used in US sponsored military  operations. The description of the nuclear device bears a canny resemblance to America's tactical nuclear weapon ("mini nuke") , which also has a 10-kiloton yield, approximately two-thirds of a Hiroshima bomb. That Homeland Security should actually envisage a make believe scenario of large scale nuclear attacks by 'domestic radicals' and/or Islamic terrorists borders on the absurd.

With regard to the nerve gas attack scenario, in a cruel irony, it is the same type of nerve gas (as well as mustard gas) used by the US military against civilians in Fallujah.  

Building a Consensus

These simulations are applied to sensitize and "educate" key decision makers. The simulated data, the various categories of 'conspirators", the types of deadly weapons envisaged in the simulations are part of this knowledge base. The political objective of the Bush administration is to create a broad consensus: a feeling of allegiance and commitment within the emergency preparedness community.

The nature of the adversaries and the dangers of the attacks (ranging from nuclear detonations to nerve agents and anthrax) become "talking points". In the scenarios, the conspirators including the "domestic radical groups" and "disgruntled employees" are described as being in possession of  "weapons of mass destruction".

In the comprehensive 2005 anti-terrorist TOPOFF-3 exercises , (similar to war exercises, conducted recently under the auspices of Homeland Security) precise data sources were simulated and used to identify potential conspirators.

This "world of fiction" underlying the scenarios becomes real. The data sources "replicate actual terrorist networks down to names, photos, and drivers license numbers." 

The scenarios create for the more than 10,000 TOPOFF-3 participants, a carefully designed "reality model" which shapes their behavior and understanding:

"Planners included the threats they considered most likely or devastating, said Marc Short, a [Homeland Security] department spokesman."

The "reality model" script of threats and conspirators replaces the real world.

These fabricated realities penetrate the inner-consciousness of key decision makers. The reality model script molds the behavior of public officials, it  builds  a "knowledge" and "understanding", namely a shared ignorance regarding the war on terrorism and the "adversaries" who oppose the administration's war and homeland security agendas.

A world of fiction becomes reality. The scenarios "enable exercise players to simulate intelligence gathering and analysis", in preparation of an actual emergency situation which, according to the scenarios' assumptions, would lead to mass arrests of presumed terror suspects.

Fiction becomes fact.

Conversely fact becomes fiction. "Ignorance is strength". The "scenarios" require submission and conformity: for those key decision-makers at the federal, State and municipal levels, the US government, namely the Bush Administration is the unquestioned guardian of the truth. The outright lies concerning Osama, Zarqawi, the "rogue enemies" of America, "weapons of mass destruction", not to mention 9-11, are upheld as indelible truths.   

What we are dealing with is a process of indoctrination, which develops a new righteousness and which ultimately abolishes the Rule of Law. In the words of Central Command General (ret) Tommy Franks:

 "A terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event [will occur] somewhere in the Western world – it may be in the United States of America – that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event." (Cigar Aficionado, December 2003)

"Reality Model" Script based on "Flimsy Intelligence"

The process of emergency preparedness could be launched, even in the case of a threat based on "intelligence", which proves at some later date to be unfounded. In the  scripted "scenarios", the pictures and IDs of potential conspirators in police data banks are real, leading immediately in the case of an actual emergency to mass arrests.

Known and documented, several of the post-911 terrorist threats were in fact based on fake intelligence. Several of the high profile code orange terror alerts had been fabricated outright. (See Fabricating Intelligence as a Justification for War, See also http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO505D.html )

 Acknowledged by Tom Ridge, upon retiring from his position as Sec of Homeland Security:

"there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level… Ridge [said] .he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat level to orange, or "high" risk of terrorist attack, but was overruled... There were times when some people were really aggressive about raising it, and we said, 'For that?' " (USA Today , 10 May 2005)

Fake intelligence is part of the disinformation campaign. It plays a key role in building the "war on terrorism" consensus. It builds a justification for war. The national security doctrine rests on the existence of an outside enemy, which threatens the Homeland. 

The falsehoods created by this "flimsy intelligence" are embodied in the terror attack "scenarios" and exercises. Lies are transformed into indelible truths. The latter are shared by State officials, private sector decision-makers and "first responders" in a national emergency situation, if and when it occurs.

In other words these Orwellian "scenarios" assume that the various threats must be taken seriously, irrespective of the source of the intelligence or the reliability of the intelligence. The scripted "scenarios" and anti-terror TOPOFF exercises are based on fake terror threats, which requires the production of fake intelligence.

Martial Law

Both the "scenarios" and the TOPOFF-3 anti-terror exercises were barely mentioned in the media. In other words, we are not dealing with a propaganda ploy directed towards the broader American public. The propaganda in this case is targeted. It takes the form of "training" and emergency preparedness:

"We are moving forward in applying lessons learned to anticipate and address all possible attack scenarios," an F.B.I. spokeswoman said, asking not to be named because her department was not the lead author of the document. "With enhanced law enforcement and intelligence community partnerships, we are able to better detect terrorist plots and dismantle terrorist organizations." (NYT 26 Feb 2005)

The "Scenarios" were developed for "Use in National, Federal, State and Local Homeland Security Preparedness". They instill in public and private sector officials and participants a sense of responsibility, duty and awareness in relation to something which is ultimately fictitious.

The "scenarios" and anti-terrorist exercises develop observance and compliance by public officials, law enforcement, intelligence, military and civilian federal and State employees, etc.

Moreover, the scenarios also envisage the circumstances under which Martial Law could be triggered in the case of a threat by the Universal Adversary. In other words, fake intelligence could indeed be used to trigger a martial law situation in America, much in the same way as (deja vu) fake intelligence was used "to fit the policy" of invading Iraq, as revealed in the controversial Downing Street Secret Memo.

In a real life emergency, instructed by the relevant authorities, law enforcement officials would proceed to arrest the Universal Adversary, including members of radical groups, labor activists, etc.

Law enforcement officials would no longer be instructed to uphold the Rule of Law. In fact quite the opposite.

The arrests would be conducted on behalf of officials in high office, who have broken the law, and who are known to have committed extensive war crimes.

In the "reality model" script, the US State, its military-intelligence apparatus and war planning machine become the guardians of the peace.  The State is above the law.

The "reality model" script not only sets the stage for Martial Law, it also constitutes an obvious political and legal safeguard against prosecution and/or impeachment of the President and his entourage.

Some 88 members of Congress, in a letter addressed to President Bush, have recently demanded "whether there was a coordinated effort with the U.S. intelligence community and/or British officials to "fix" the intelligence and facts around the policy [of waging an illegal war on Iraq] as the leaked document states?"

Under martial law, the Rule of Law is banished. The lies, crimes and atrocities of the real world are substituted by a "reality model" script of fictitious attacks by fictitious "conspirators". Those who in any way question to existence of the Universal Adversary would themselves be the object of possible arrest or prosecution.

Intelligence Disclaimer [ published at the Outset of the Report ]

While the intelligence picture developed as part of each scenario generally reflects suspected terrorist capabilities and known tradecraft, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is unaware of any credible intelligence that indicates that such an attack is being planned, or that the agents or devices in question are in possession of any known terrorist group.

Financing the Police State Apparatus

A large amount of "real money" from tax payers pockets is used to protect America against a non-existent enemy, the Universal Adversary.

Under the guise of emergency preparedness, the administration has allocated more than of 40 billion dollars to beefing up the police state apparatus, an amount broadly equivalent to the "official" budget of the CIA.

The scenarios and exercises of terror attacks are being used by Homeland Security Sec Michael Chertoff, to push "risk-based planning" as a central theme of the DHS, also with a view to boosting the Homeland Security budget.

Out of the $41.1 billion, some $27 billion are allocated to discretionary expenditures. A hefty $3.6 billion are allocated "to train and equip first responders [i.e. consensus building], such as police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians." (http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0205/020705c1.htm ).

A multibillion dollar Domestic Nuclear Detection Office is envisaged, with a mandate to "detect and report attempts [by conspirators] to import, assemble or transport nuclear explosive devices, fissile material, or radiological material intended for illegal use" 

The ultimate result (and intent) of these various counterterrorism initiatives, is not to "make America safer" against possible attacks by a non-existent Universal Adversary. Quite the opposite, emergency preparedness is the pretext for the militarization of civilian justice and law enforcement (See Frank Morales,  "Homeland Defense" and the Militarisation of America, Frank Morales, Sept 2003   http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MOR309A.html     The Homeland Security agenda consists in breaking within America, all forms of social resistance and opposition to the "war on terrorism".

TEXT Box: "Scenarios" of Selected Threats 

Radiological: In this scenario, the Universal Adversary (UA) purchases stolen CsCl to make an RDD or “dirty bomb.” The explosive and the shielded 137Cs sources are smuggled into the country. Detonator cord is stolen from a mining operation, and all other materials are obtained legally in the United States.


In this scenario, terrorist members of the Universal Adversary (UA) group assemble a gun-type nuclear device using highly enriched uranium (HEU) – used here to mean weapons-grade uranium – stolen from a nuclear facility located in the former Soviet Union. The nuclear device components are smuggled into the United States.


Plague is a bacterium that causes high mortality in untreated cases and has epidemic potential. ... In this scenario, members of the Universal Adversary (UA) release pneumonic plague into three main areas of a major metropolitan city – in the bathrooms of the city’s major airport, at the city’s main sports arena, and at the city’s major train station.


Anthrax spores delivered by aerosol delivery results in inhalation anthrax, which develops when the bacterial organism, Bacillus anthracis, is inhaled into the lungs. A progressive infection follows. This scenario describes a single aerosol anthrax attack in one city delivered by a truck using a concealed improvised spraying device ... For federal planning purposes, it will be assumed that the Universal Adversary (UA) will attack five separate metropolitan areas in a sequential manner. Three cities will be attacked initially, followed by two additional cities 2 weeks later.


Blister Attack: Agent YELLOW , which is a mixture of the blister agents sulfur Mustard and Lewisite, is a liquid with a garlic-like odor. Individuals who breathe this mixture may experience damage to the respiratory system. Contact with the skin or eye can result in serious burns. Lewisite or Mustard- Lewisite also can cause damage to bone marrow and blood vessels. Exposure to high levels may be fatal. In this scenario, the Universal Adversary (UA) uses a light aircraft to spray chemical agent YELLOW into a packed college football stadium. The agent directly contaminates the stadium and the immediate surrounding area, and generates a downwind vapor hazard.


Industrial chemicals: In this scenario, terrorists from the Universal Adversary (UA) land in several helicopters at fixed facility petroleum refineries. They quickly launch rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) before re-boarding and departing, resulting in major fires. At the same time, multiple cargo containers at a nearby port explode aboard or near several cargo ships with resulting fires. Two of the ships contain flammable liquids or solids. The wind is headed in the north-northeast direction, and there is a large, heavy plume of smoke drifting into heavily populated areas and releasing various metals into the air.... 


Sarin is a human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent. Nerve agents are the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents. ... In this scenario, the Universal Adversary (UA) builds six spray dissemination devices and releases Sarin vapor into the ventilation systems of three large commercial office buildings in a metropolitan area. The agent kills 95% of the people in the buildings, and kills or sickens many of the first responders. In addition, some of the agent exits through rooftop ventilation stacks, creating a downwind hazard....


Chlorine gas is poisonous and can be pressurized and cooled to change it into a liquid form so that it can be shipped and stored. When released, it quickly turns into a gas and stays close to the ground and spreads rapidly. Chlorine gas is yellow-green in color and although not flammable alone, it can react explosively or form explosive compounds with other chemicals such as turpentine or ammonia. In this scenario, the Universal Adversary (UA) infiltrates an industrial facility and stores a large quantity of chlorine gas (liquefied under pressure). Using a low-order explosive, UA ruptures a storage tank man-way, releasing a large quantity of chlorine gas downwind of the site. Secondary devices are set to impact first responders.


In this scenario, agents of the Universal Adversary (UA) use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to detonate bombs inside a sports arena and create a large vehicle bomb (LVB). They also use suicide bombers in an underground public transportation concourse and detonate another bomb in a parking facility near the entertainment complex. An additional series of devices is detonated in the lobby of the nearest hospital emergency room (ER). The event is primarily designed for an urban environment, but could be adapted for more rural area events such as county fairs and other large gatherings. Casualty estimates would be reduced as a function of a reduced target population and less population density at target points.

The fire is ignited approximately 1 hour after the start of the entertainment event. The detonation of explosives is delayed approximately 10 to 15 minutes after the ignition of the fire in order to allow for detection, evacuation, and response of emergency services providers. The detonation of explosives at the hospital site will be the hardest to time for maximum effect and may need to be coordinated by some communication among cell members. In any case, the hospital device should be detonated before the arrival of casualties from the entertainment venue....


The U.S. food industry has significantly increased its physical and personnel security since 2001. A successful attack could only occur following the illegal acquisition of sensitive information revealing detailed vulnerabilities of a specific production site [by terrorist plant workers]. However, in this scenario the Universal Adversary (UA) is able to acquire these restricted documents due to a security lapse. The UA uses these sensitive documents and a high degree of careful planning to avoid apprehension and conduct a serious attack.

The biological agent is delivered to terrorists (plant workers).... The UA delivers liquid anthrax bacteria to pre-selected plant workers. At a beef plant in a west coast state, two batches of ground beef are contaminated with anthrax, with distribution to a city on the west coast, a southwest state, and a state in the northwest. At an orange juice plant in a southwestern state, three batches of orange juice are contaminated with anthrax, with distribution to a west coast city, a southwest city, and a northwest city.

In this scenario, members of the Universal Adversary (UA) enter the United States to survey large operations in the livestock industries. The UA targets several locations for a coordinated bioterrorism attack on the agricultural industry. Approximately two months later, UA teams enter the United States and infect farm animals at specific locations.


In this scenario, the Universal Adversary conducts cyber attacks that affect several parts of the nation’s financial infrastructure over the course of several weeks. Specifically, credit-card processing facilities are hacked and numbers are released to the Internet, causing 20 million cards to be cancelled; automated teller machines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies report payroll checks are not being received by workers; and several large pension and mutual fund companies have computer malfunctions so severe that they are unable to operate for more than a week. Individually, these attacks are not dangerous – but combined, they shatter faith in the stability of the system. Citizens no longer trust any part of the U.S. financial system and foreign speculators make a run on the dollar.


Source: The Homeland Security Council, PLANNING SCENARIOS Executive Summaries Created for Use in National, Federal, State, and Local Homeland Security Preparedness Activities

Appendix: Hyperlinks to The Report

Homeland Security

PLANNING SCENARIOS
Executive Summaries

Created for Use in National, Federal, State,
and Local Homeland Security Preparedness Activities

The Homeland Security Council

David Howe, Senior Director for Response and Planning

July 2004

 



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#1480 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:20 pm
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#1481 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
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#1483 From: james Karl <bong_jamesbong2001@...>
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as possible after that happens.  I can tell you a few
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    A bill just introduced in Congress would take away the right of cities
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    Giant cable and telephone companies don’t want any competition -- which
    might actually force them to offer lower prices, higher speeds and
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    U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) -- a former telephone company
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    You can stop this outrageous bill. Send a message to your representative
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    Next, forward this message to everyone you know ...

    No less than the future of all communications is at stake. In a few
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    a high-speed internet connection. Low-cost alternatives to telephone
    (DSL) and cable monopolies are emerging across the country, as cities,
    towns, nonprofits and community groups build low-cost "Community
    Internet" and municipal broadband systems.

    Companies like SBC, Verizon and Comcast have been introducing laws state
    by state that would prohibit municipal broadband, undercut local control
    and prevent competition. But we've been fighting back -- and winning.

    An alliance of public interest groups, local officials, high-tech
    innovators and organized citizens have defeated anti-municipal broadband
    measures in nine of the 13 states where they've been introduced this
    year.

    What the industry couldn't pass in the states, they're trying to push  
    through in
    Washington. Sessions' bill -- the "Preserving Innovation in
    Telecom Act" (an Orwellian title if there ever was one) -- would prevent
    state and local governments from providing "any telecommunications
    service, information service or cable service" anywhere a corporation
    offers a similar service.

    Congressman Sessions worked for telephone giant SBC for 16 years, and
    his wife currently serves as a director of Cingular Wireless, an SBC
    subsidiary. SBC and its employees have been Sessions' second-biggest
    career patron, pouring more than $75,000 into his campaign coffers.

    We can stop this legislation and send a clear message to Congress that
    local communities -- not the giant telephone and cable companies --
    should determine their own communications needs. But you must act now.

    Please send a letter opposing HR 2726 at
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    Onward,
      Josh Silver
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#1486 From: <admin@...>
Date: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:07 am
Subject: Found: Europe's oldest civilisation
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Found: Europe's oldest civilisation

 

By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent

11 June 2005

Archaeologists have discovered Europe's oldest civilisation, a network of dozens of temples, 2,000 years older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids.

 

More than 150 gigantic monuments have been located beneath the fields and cities of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia. They were built 7,000 years ago, between 4800BC and 4600BC. Their discovery, revealed today by The Independent, will revolutionise the study of prehistoric Europe, where an appetite for monumental architecture was thought to have developed later than in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

 

In all, more than 150 temples have been identified. Constructed of earth and wood, they had ramparts and palisades that stretched for up to half a mile. They were built by a religious people who lived in communal longhouses up to 50 metres long, grouped around substantial villages. Evidence suggests their economy was based on cattle, sheep, goat and pig farming.

 

Their civilisation seems to have died out after about 200 years and the recent archaeological discoveries are so new that the temple building culture does not even have a name yet.

Excavations have been taking place over the past few years - and have triggered a re-evaluation of similar, though hitherto mostly undated, complexes identified from aerial photographs throughout central Europe.

 

Archaeologists are now beginning to suspect that hundreds of these very early monumental religious centres, each up to 150 metres across, were constructed across a 400-mile swath of land in what is now Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and eastern Germany.

The most complex excavated so far - located inside the city of Dresden - consisted of an apparently sacred internal space surrounded by two palisades, three earthen banks and four ditches.

 

The monuments seem to be a phenomenon associated exclusively with a period of consolidation and growth that followed the initial establishment of farming cultures in the centre of the continent.

It is possible that the newly revealed early Neolithic monument phenomenon was the consequence of an increase in the size of - and competition between - emerging Neolithic tribal or pan-tribal groups, arguably Europe's earliest mini-states.

 

After a relatively brief period - perhaps just one or two hundred years - either the need or the socio-political ability to build them disappeared, and monuments of this scale were not built again until the Middle Bronze Age, 3,000 years later. Why this monumental culture collapsed is a mystery.

The archaeological investigation into these vast Stone Age temples over the past three years has also revealed several other mysteries. First, each complex was only used for a few generations - perhaps 100 years maximum. Second, the central sacred area was nearly always the same size, about a third of a hectare. Third, each circular enclosure ditch - irrespective of diameter - involved the removal of the same volume of earth. In other words, the builders reduced the depth and/or width of each ditch in inverse proportion to its diameter, so as to always keep volume (and thus time spent) constant .

 

Archaeologists are speculating that this may have been in order to allow each earthwork to be dug by a set number of special status workers in a set number of days - perhaps to satisfy the ritual requirements of some sort of religious calendar.

 

The multiple bank, ditch and palisade systems "protecting" the inner space seem not to have been built for defensive purposes - and were instead probably designed to prevent ordinary tribespeople from seeing the sacred and presumably secret rituals which were performed in the "inner sanctum" .

 

The investigation so far suggests that each religious complex was ritually decommissioned at the end of its life, with the ditches, each of which had been dug successively, being deliberately filled in.

"Our excavations have revealed the degree of monumental vision and sophistication used by these early farming communities to create Europe's first truly large scale earthwork complexes," said the senior archaeologist, Harald Staeuble of the Saxony state government's heritage department, who has been directing the archaeological investigations. Scientific investigations into the recently excavated material are taking place in Dresden.

 

The people who built the huge circular temples were the descendants of migrants who arrived many centuries earlier from the Danube plain in what is now northern Serbia and Hungary. The temple-builders were pastoralists, controlling large herds of cattle, sheep and goats as well as pigs. They made tools of stone, bone and wood, and small ceramic statues of humans and animals. They manufactured substantial amounts of geometrically decorated pottery, and they lived in large longhouses in substantial villages.

 

One village complex and temple at Aythra, near Leipzig, covers an area of 25 hectares. Two hundred longhouses have been found there. The population would have been up to 300 people living in a highly organised settlement of 15 to 20 very large communal buildings.

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#1487 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:03 pm
Subject: Hinchley/Rohrbacher-- Helpful tips. ACTION ALERT
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Have you called,emailed,faxed your U.S.House of Representative member yet?? If not,DO IT NOW!! If you have,DO IT AGAIN!! LET'S KEEP THE HEAT ON!!!


SUBJECT: Urgent: Call Congress TODAY!

Congress will vote on an amendment this week (possibly Tuesday
afternoon) that would protect cancer, AIDS and other patients who use
marijuana for medical reasons from federal prosecution. Lawmakers need
to hear that their constituents demand protection for sick people, so
call your Representative as soon as possible and forward this alert to
everyone you know.

What to Do: Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Ask to speak
to your Representative. If you're not sure who represents you, the
operator can tell you. You can also look up your Representative at
www.house.gov by entering your zip code at the
top.

What to Say: Once the operator transfers you to your Representative's
office, give the person that answers the phone the following message:
"Hi, I'm a constituent. I'm calling to urge my Representative to vote
for the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment to the Justice
spending bill, which will be voted on this week. I would also like him
(or her) to send me a letter letting me know how he (or she) voted. This
issue is very important to me." (Hinchey-Rohrabacher is pronounced
Hinchee Roy Bocker.)

Then forward this alert to friends, family, etc.


MORE INFORMATION:

On Monday, June 6th the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the federal
government has the authority to prosecute medical marijuana patients and
their caregivers, even in states where marijuana is legal for medical
use. The Majority, which expressed sympathy for medical marijuana
patients, declared that it was up to Congress to change federal law to
protect sick and dying patients. When the U.S. House of Representatives
considers a Justice Department funding bill this week Congressman
Maurice Hinchey (D-22nd/NY) and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-46th/CA)
will offer a bi-partisan amendment on the House floor prohibiting the
Justice Department and DEA from spending any money undermining state
medical marijuana laws. 148 Representatives voted for a similar
amendment last year - 70% of Democrats and 19 Republicans.

The amendment would not prevent the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) from arresting people using, growing, or selling marijuana for
recreational use. Nor would it prevent the DEA from arresting patients
for medical marijuana in states that have not approved it. It simply
prevents the federal government from arresting cancer, AIDS, and other
patients who use marijuana for medical reasons in states that allow it.

Please urge your U.S. Representative to support the Hinchey-Rohrabacher
medical marijuana amendment to the Justice Department spending bill by
calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.







Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Director
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GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
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#1488 From: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...>
Date: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:52 pm
Subject: END MARIJUANA HYPOCRISY TO SAVE OUR NATION
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  Thank you,Mr.Finley for your wonderful words of truth! At age 57,and a responsible,adult cannabis consumer since age 18,your editorial touched my heart deeply.
  When I was in my 20's,doctors said that I would be blind by age 40. Well,I am still seeing,have never taken a prescription drug in my life,and in light of this,I will not stop consuming this God-created plant regardless of what the law is.
  Our own Michigan representatives in Lansing from Gov.Granholm on down could show a little sense & compassion by first repealing MCL 333.7403(2)d,and then make Michigan the 12th state to allow medical marijuana for our sick & dying.
  Alcohol Prohibition was not repealed because people suddenly decided booze wasn't so bad after all. They were just willing to admit that Prohibition made things worse. How sad that we forget the "lessons" of our past!!


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GENESIS 1; 11,12: And God said,"Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant." And so it was,and God was pleased.
GENESIS 1; 29,31: "And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth for your food." Then God looked over all that he had made,and it was excellent in every way.
 Taken from "THE LIVING BIBLE"
                                


 

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