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Pot at the Polls

November 4, 2014 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

NORML Thursday, 30 October 2014

Voters To Decide On Multiple Marijuana Reform Measures On Election Day [TODAY 11/4/2014]

Washington, DC: Voters in three states and in numerous municipalities, including Washington, DC, will decide this Election Day on ballot measures seeking to significantly amend marijuana laws. . . . Read Complete Report

NBC News

Pot at the Polls: Oregon, Alaska Cast Pivotal Votes on Legal Marijuana

Dig a little DEEPER ~ THEI.us Archive: “Legalize it”

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Libertarians look to bring reform within the GOP at LPAC 2013 (Video Report)

September 22, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Until we get rid of the control of Diebold and the other elitist owned electronic voting machine manufacturers and go back to real Americans counting the vote – and form a REAL third party, separate from the corrupt system of the two-headed-disguised-as-one- system that the Controllers have put in place – we have no chance of ever regaining control over the rigged elections in the good ol’ USA.

Although I commend these folks for taking a shot at bringing Libertarian values into the GOP, I believe it would be more productive to continue in the direction of forming a separate party than it will be to convince the Republican folks that the government should keep their noses out of other peoples business.  They seem to love controlling other peoples actions. Like what to put in their body and which gender they should fall in love with. I just Can’t see those in the GOP giving up those type controls. Like asking Winpy to give up hambergers. . . It ain’t gonna happen.  

Sorry guys, just a thought. . . . EDITOR

From youtube uploaded by RTAmerica

Published on Sep 20, 2013

Day two of the Liberty Political Action Conference is about relaxing among likeminded people.However, this is a packed day with breakout sessions, private briefing and grassroots activist training. Their goal is to either morph the Republican Party or break the two-party system altogether. RT’s Perianne Boring reports from this year’s event.

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Illegals Entering US Triple With Talk of Immigration Reform

May 2, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured image: CREDIT: David Dees

From NewsMax

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 09:49 PM

By Todd Beamon

Arrests of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States have nearly tripled in recent months in anticipation of Congressional efforts to enact comprehensive immigration legislation, border patrol agents told CBS News Wednesday.

“Once the first group gets across, they call their family, they call their friends and let them know, ‘Hey the time is right, come on over,’” Border Patrol agent and union representative Chris Cabrera told CBS News. . . . Read Complete Report

Image: CREDIT David Dees
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THEI Washington Watch: Rally for immigration Reform (Video Report)

April 11, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Credit: Dennis Crenshaw

From youtube uploaded by RTAmerica

Published on Apr 10, 2013

Thousands of protesters descended on Capitol Hill today to demand immigration reform. Over 100 local and national organizations came together to ask for a path to citizenship just days before the so-called “Gang of Eight” lawmakers are set to reveal their reform bill. RT Correspondent Meghan Lopez was at the rally and brings us this report.
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4/10/13 Pot Civil War: News from the Front Lines (W/Videos)

April 10, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Illustration: Hemp Products. CREDIT Petr Kratochvil SOURCE: publicdomainpictures.net

 

 

 

 

 

From the New York Daily News

Maryland lawmakers pass medical marijuana bill

ASSOCIATED PRESS  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013, 10:39 AM

The state Senate approved the measure, 42-4. The action sends the bill to Gov. Martin O’Malley, who indicated he is likely to sign it. . . . Read Complete Report

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From Delaware Online

As marijuana goes legit, investors rush in

Written by Tim Mullaney Gannett/USA TODAY Apr 8, 2013

Brendan Kennedy and Michael Blue are nice boys. Really. They’re bankers. Yale MBA classmates. Wearers of ties.

And, if luck and changing laws cooperate, they’ll be drug barons of a certain kind. . . . Read Complete Report

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From Toke of the Town

Celebs, athletes politicians, religious leaders urge Obama for drug law reform

By William Breathes in Culture, News

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 4:20 pm

What do P-Diddy, Cameron Diaz, Nicki Minaj, Ron Howard and Mark Wahlberg all have in common? Aside from being ridiculously famous and wealthy, they all support the reformation of drug laws in this country. More than 175 actors, artists, athletes and elected officials signed on to an open letter to President Obama today, asking him to change our drug policy laws from punitive, harsh jail times to one that favors evidence- based prevention and rehabilitation. . . . Read Complete Report

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from youtube uploaded by TheAlexJonesChannel

Former Prosecutor Says End Drug Prohibition

Published on Apr 6, 2013

For 21 years, Palos Park attorney James Gierach has been trying to convince elected officials and the public that the war on drugs is a failure. . . . From discription published with video.

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From NORML

Kentucky Industrial Hemp Legislation Becomes Law Without Governor’s Signature

by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director 

April 5, 2013

On Friday, April 5th, Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky stated that he will let Kentucky’s industrial hemp measure become law without his signature. Gov. Beshear had expressed concerns that marijuana growers could hide their illegal growing operations with hemp plants. Despite his concerns, he allowed the measure to become law without his signature and did not veto the legislation. . . . Read Complete Report

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From NORML

Bill to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana Introduced in Alabama

by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director

April 5, 2013

Many traditionally write off the Southern United States as an area dead to cannabis law reform, but one Representative is behind a new effort that can change all of that. . . . Read Complete Report

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From youtube uploaded by Massteaparty

Florida Lawmakers Consider Initiative To Legalize Medical Marijuana

Published on Apr 5, 2013

Push To Legalize Pot Spreads To Florida
Florida Lawmakers Consider Initiative To Legalize Medical Marijuana

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NORMLIZE CONGRESS: Marijuana Law Reform Heating Up in 2013

January 13, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

From NORML

by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications DirectorJanuary 

1/7/2012

The votes this past November in Colorado and Washington to regulate marijuana for adults have sparked a fire of change that seems to be spreading across the country. This month, both state and federal legislatures will return to work to kick off the 2013 legislative session and it is already shaping up to be one of the busiest in recent memory for marijuana reformers. Bills are already slated to be introduced in states such as Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Texas – with many more to be introduced in the coming weeks. It is very likely that on top of federal legislation coming down the pipeline, nearly two dozen marijuana reform measures will also be introduced across the country in various states. NORML will be providing you withAction Alerts as new bills are introduced, easily allowing you to contact your elected officials and ask them to support these important reform measures. . . . Read Complete Report

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Want Cannabis Reform? Be Vocal (+) DC’s First Marijuana Dispensaries 3 Miles From FBI Headquarters

December 27, 2012 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

from Toke of the Town

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in Culture

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 9:43 am
By Anthony Martinelli

Communications Director
One thing that’s easily noticed when working in the cannabis reform movement is that there’s an embedded fear in many individuals when it comes to standing up for supporting legalization, and working publicly to get it done. On one hand, it’s hard to blame these people: Cannabis prohibition is a very real, very dangerous beast. The government has spent a lot of time, and resources, to put this fear into the public.

On the other hand, free speech is a constitutional right, and standing up for what we believe in should be a core principle of being an active citizen of our great, yet ever-progressing country. It’s easy to forget that in relative terms, we’re a young nation, and we have a lot to improve upon — we can’t let complacency be an enemy. . . . Read Complete Report
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DC’s First Marijuana Dispensaries 3 Miles From FBI Headquarters

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in Dispensaries, Growing, News

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 1:20 pm
The District of Columbia’s long-awaited medical marijuana program took a big step forward this week when officials issued occupancy permits for DC’s first marijuana cultivation center and dispensary. Both locations are less than three miles from the J. Edgar Hoover Building, headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The step was widely viewed as one of the last hurdles to a working medical marijuana program that almost 70 percent of DC voters approved in a referendum 14 years ago, reports In The Capital. Congress spent years blocking funding for the program before finally getting out of the way after President Obama was elected. Then a tortuous three-year regulatory process began, which has only recently been completed. . . . Read Complete Report

 

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Protesting the Democratic National Convention; Reports from the Front Lines (w/videos)

September 6, 2012 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

from ustream

LIVE! 11:30 AM ET – Again at !:00 PM ET

Overgrow the Democratic National Convention

Thursday, September 6, 2012
10:00am until 8:00pm
sponsored by the Carolina Cannabis Coalition
Please join us as we gather and work to reform Cannabis Law Nationally and in North Carolina. THREE tours are coming to our state for the Democratic National Convention and the Coalition will be there to greet them and support them. . . . Posted with video at ustream

Live video for mobile from Ustream

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from Before its News

Protesting Is Now Terrorism

Thursday, September 6, 2012 3:24

Posted by  – September 5, 2012 at 9:45 am – Permalink – Source via Alexander Higgins Blog

An activist was designated as a terror suspect put on the terrorism watchlist, which was used to prevent him from protesting at the week’s DNC in Charlotte.

Activists James Tyson was shocked when he was giving an extremely high $10,000 bail after being pulled over on his way to protest at  the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Court documents show prosecutors were able to get such an unreasonably high bail set because they argued he was a dangerous person listed on the Department of Homeland Security’s terrorism watch list.

Tyson’s only two previous  run-ins with law enforcement  were for fishing out of season and driving while impaired.

Even more ostensible is prosecutors argued that Tyson be held in jail without bail until after the DNC was over. . . . Read Complete report

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from Info Wars

DoD Training Manual Describes Protest As “Low-Level Terrorism”

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Monday, June 15, 2009

Current Department of Defense anti-terrorism training course material states that the exercise of First Amendment rights in the U.S. constitutes terrorist activity.

The ACLU has written to the DoD regarding its Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course, which advises personnel that political protest amounts to “low-level terrorism”.

“It has come to our attention that the Department of Defense’s Annual Level I Antiterrorism (AT) Training for 2009 misinforms Department of Defense (DoD) personnel that certain First Amendment-protected activity may amount to “low level terrorism” The ACLU writes. . . . Read Complete Report

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from ustream

Vietnam vet arrested at DNC protest

Recorded live on September 4, 2012 2:44pm ET

from Timcast

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