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Comment on Half-staff wasn’t half respect by AllStates Flag Co., Inc.

AllStates Flag Co., Inc. — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:43:50 +0000

Only the President of the United States and governors of the states have the authority to proclaim the U.S. flag to half staff. This is the Federal Law.

I suggest that they find another way to honor people.

Comment on Point: California’s medical marijuana debate lights up by Rick

Rick — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:45:06 +0000

This is so naive, number one most pot dealers aren’t meeting people in dark alleys. They are regular people like you and me. Number two is pointing out that only a few are abusing the law? That is funny. I am a pot smoker and for legalization but what this whole medicinal movement has done is put a black eye on a cause we’ve been fighting forever. We don’t need to fight for acceptance based on the medicinal aspect, it should be legal period! However it is dishonest and makes us look bad when 99% not a few are only in it for the money. The government is fighting back against what they call commercial pot business. They don’t give it away and they don’t collect just enough to do what they do. Truth is they are collecting 60$ 120$ 550$ at a time times that by however many clients they have sometimes several times a week. That is a lot of money! Let’s just get real and stop trying to insult peoples inteligence because we are not fooling everybody.

Comment on Counter Point: California’s medical marijuana debate lights up by DJ Florida

DJ Florida — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:02:24 +0000

There are only 2 kinds of people in this debate that oppose the legalization of Marijuana:

#1 The ignorant

#2 Those that profit from prohibition

The supposed “worries” and “concerns” that our government is trying to instill in us was created through prohibition!!!
Any politician, officer of the law, or prison guard who tells you it is to protect the children is full of S___!!!
It is because of prohibition that right now any child can get marijuana as easy as a pack of bubblegum because dealers do not ask for an I.D. so in fact the remedy to the problem is actually causing more harm then good!
Take a bottle of beer and really look at it and tell me what you see!?

Apart from the name of the beer, you will see the following:

#1 Who and where that beer was made (accountability)

#2 How much alcohol content there is in that single serving.

#3 A label stating the age restriction.

#4 A warning label stating the health hazards of the product or the possible outcome of over consumption.

This is what is called Regulation and what it does is take that “prohibited” product out of the dark alleys where it is being controlled by criminals and brings it into the light where there will be an accountability for that drugs safety and cleanliness.

“Why do we want to make it easier for our kids to get it!?”

If your asking this question then I am sorry, you are among the ignorant but that’s OK. You are not the only victim of the refer madness and political propaganda.

Will kids still get their hands on weed after it’s legal? Yes of course they will! Just as kids manage to sneak mom and Dad’s cigarettes or raid the liquor cabinets. To think that you can ever stop that from happening is naive. To legalize marijuana you will do the following:

#1 Make it HARDER for kids to get it (photo I.D. proving your 21 and over).

#2 Take marijuana away from the drug dealers who can introduce the kids to the harder stuff (the true gateway).

“All marijuana addicts want to do is legalize their drug of choice!”

OK so, if a person that enjoys a joint now and again is an addict then anyone who takes a drink of alcohol is a drunk?

Can you say Hypocrite?

Just so you know, I do not smoke marijuana nor do I have any desire to. I used to be a drug counselor in our local jails and prisons. I have met a lot of good, tax paying peoples lives ruined for even possessing something that is as about as harmful as a cup of coffee! Marijuana prohibition has without a doubt, done more bad then good. It is time for the government to get out of our personal lives!!!
Alcohol prohibition did NOT work, How many more years of wasted lives and tax dollars will it take before we learn a lesson from history!?

Comment on Counter Point: California’s medical marijuana debate lights up by Matt Dickson

Matt Dickson — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:30:14 +0000

Author said:
“It has become increasingly apparent that the dispensaries are not exclusively meeting the needs of the sick but also recreational users at large.”

Can you site a source or just conjecture?

Let me tell you what has been proven with scientific certainty–

(1) Medical marijuana is capable of treating a wide variety of symptoms effectively. In patients undergoing chemotherapy, it can suppress nausea and stimulate the appetite, which is usually severely suppressed during treatment. It can lower intraocular eye pressure, which has been shown to be beneficial for people suffering from glaucoma. It also has (admittedly disputed) analgesic effects.

(2) The medical marijuana industry created a $2 billion dollar tax windfall for the state of California, alone, in 2008. It surpassed almonds and grapes as a chief cash crop.

(3) Tens of thousands of individuals are employed as direct or indirect result of the medical marijuana industry.

(4) Street crime in the state of California has seen a consistant and systemic reduction each quarter since 2008– in direct correlation with the legalization of the drug.

(5) Marijauna does not create physical dependency within the human body– in other words their are no physical issues with addiction. Contrast that with the plethora of extraordinarily anti-pain and anxiety meds which account for a trillion dollar underground market.

Plain and simple– neither fact, nor logic, nor common sense is on the side of preventing, legal use of marijuana for medical purposes. I’d encourage people to do their own research and not simply hang their had on social convention.

Alcohol was also once illegal. Tell me, what are it’s medical benefits?

Comment on Locally Sourced Meals: Harvest moon brings celebration for indigenous people by Diane W Yeaton

Diane W Yeaton — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:03:06 +0000

Awsome article.As the article states Native Peoples do Harvest Ceremony in Oct.Excellent twist on Native foods.I’m sure her Ancestors are smiling down on her.Great job Lauren

Comment on Occupy movement gives a face to America’s jobless future by Kallol Chakrabarti

Kallol Chakrabarti — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:19:50 +0000

Inspired by empty bullism America’s most trusted nations are in troubles. Meanwhile, America being the voice of the world of finance fails to notice the stream of currency is already silted and hopes of waves are false promises, while the country is gripped with utmost poverty. To survive America is to get back to its origin and not by sweeling meaningless mass of promises to a nation that never after 1924 was ever anymore in such shock. More so, big brotherism is to be curbed by the rulers and they must bow down to listen to the pangs and pains running like blood in the whole nation. Obama please speak yourself with realistic attitude and look at those your brethren the fellow Americans. If America is in fever, the pain is experienced by countries that mainly depend on American market.

Comment on R.A.D. class empowers women at Mesa College by UPDATED: Cormier Offers Self-Defense Course | Self Defense Training

UPDATED: Cormier Offers Self-Defense Course | Self Defense Training — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:20:09 +0000

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Comment on Occupy movement gives a face to America’s jobless future by Justin

Justin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:18:32 +0000

Thank you for writing this. I think it is important to refocus the media lens on what matters and the process, the cultivation, and the unity which these events are achieving in their methods are meaningful. The insatiable quest for immediate and convenient answers is what led to the current situation.

Thanks.

Comment on Altercation at the LRC by B-Daddy

B-Daddy — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:45:27 +0000

The statement that the pension reform will wipe out pensions for people already receiving them is flat out incorrect. Nothing in the measure changes existing pensions, read it for yourself: http://www.realpensionreform.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=93.

Further, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits such changes to contractual pension obligations. “No State shall . . .pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.” This applies to cities as well, as creations of the states. Please perform basic research.