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From: Risto Lankinen on 18 Apr 2008 19:13 at these young people right * here, whether it's a needle, whether it's a cigarette, whatever the delivery * system is. It's poison [at least it's not paraquat!], and it's got to stop * in America. My view is that drugs are wrong, you shouldn't use drugs, you * shouldn't smoke cigarettes---let's just throw them all out at the same * time." * * Mr. Dole later qualified his remarks: "I didn't say anything about * cigarettes." [what???] Proposition 215 passed into law. It was a major repudiation of Drug War hysteria. A major repudiation of the Schedule I Substances classification of marijuana. DEA: "Drugs in this schedule are those that have no accepted medical use in the United States and have a high abuse potential." And just why did the citizens of California have to pass a ballot to approve medical use of marijuana? * "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", by Jack Herer, 1992, ISBN 1-878125-00-1 * * From 1979 to 1989 (when the law lapsed), California had a law that was * supposed to help people get cannabis for medical reasons. Patric Mayers, * with his testimony and personal lobbying, was instrumental in getting the * California Legislature to pass the state law allowing cannabis for medical * use. Mayer's life was saved in 1976 when his doctors illegally advised him * to use marijuana for his chemotherapy nausea. He weighed only 93 pounds. * * However, first as state Attorney General then governor, George Deukmejian * deliberately refused to carry out the program passed by California * legislators. So, elected officials first thwarted the law, and then thwarted the citizens' direct
From: quasi on 18 Apr 2008 21:05 serial-numbered. * "Metrocards to Replace School Transit Passes" * By John Sullivan, The New York Times, 8/26/1996 * * About 500,000 students will now have their bus and subway usage tracked by * Metrocards, in an effort to save money. Unlike current passes, which * students can use anytime between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M. on weekdays, the * Metrocard pass can be programmed to restrict the students to a set number * of trips a day. * * Ms. Gonzalez-Light, a spokeswoman for the Board of Education, said they * would work with the Transit Authority to individualize the number of * trips per student to adjust for extra-curricular activities. Then you could track each individual student? Decide if they might be truant including if they didn't use it, or went the wrong way? * "Last Clink for Token-Only Turnstiles" * By Garry Pierre-Pierre, The New York Times, May 14 1997 * * The last token-only turnstile was ripped out today. * * Officials have spent $700 million over a four-year period to automate the * system, including upgrading the electrical wiring and the computer systems * to link up the vast network. * * Tokens will be eliminated in a year or so. * * For years, transit riders and advocates have been demanding discounts like * other cities, but transit officials said they couldn't do it without an * electronic system. * * In 1995, the Transit Authority lost $300 million in city, state and Federal * subsidies, and had to reduce and eliminate some bus and subway service, * along with some cleaning. Not counting the long-promised discounts, the * city is also offering free bus-subway transfers which will cost it another * $168 million. Wow. They are hurting for money, yet spent $700 million on it to offer discounts? They aren't expecting to monitor individual users, like in Singapore, are they? Let's see...they don't print them up in a
From: Phil Carmody on 18 Apr 2008 20:31 power? The New York Times, June 20, 1997 President Threatens Veto of Senate Bill for CIA By TIM WEINER WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday passed a secret spending bill for U.S. intelligence, but the White House threatened to veto it over a provision that would protect whistleblowers. The Senate bill would let employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and other branches of the government tell members of Congress classified information that would expose a crime, reveal lying to Congress, uncover fraud or stop abuses. They could do so without approval from their superiors and without fear of reprisal. They could only pass on information to appropriate members -- for example, CIA information would have to go to the Intelligence Committee. But the White House said it would veto the entire bill over that provision. In a written statement, it said the whistle-blower measure would usurp "the president's constitutional authority to protect national security and other privileged information." National security means keeping Congress dumbed-down: * "Secret Pentagon Intelligence Unit is Disclosed" * By Raymond Bonner
From: Gerry Myerson on 18 Apr 2008 19:01 registration, or * aircraft tail number," said 1st Lieutenant Robert J. Ireland of * Phillips's Lasers and Imaging Directorate. * * "But an operator with special eyewear, using a laser spotlight having a * wavelength invisible to the unaided eye, may be able to," he said. * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Air Force News Agency : DSN: 945-1281 * AFNEWS/IICT : (210) 925-1281 * 203 Norton Street : sysop(a)afnews.pa.af.mil * Kelly AFB, TX 78241-6105 : ftp.pa.af.mil * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Read car's license plates at night? Phillips's Lasers and Imaging Directorate? What is this? * http://www.rockwell.com/te/itsinca.html * * TraffiCam Vehicle Detection Sensor * * Rockwell is working with a variety of state and local authorities, * including several in California, for the introduction of a new, advanced * technology sensor called TraffiCam. The sensor uses machine vision * technology to detect vehicles. The capabilities of the sensor make it * useful for a variety of applications, including freeway surveillance Ugh oh, 'machine vision', I don't like the sound of that... * http://hippo.mit.edu/projects/projects.html#sensor * * NEW TRAFFIC
From: Pubkeybreaker on 18 Apr 2008 19:39
took this action in the closing weeks of the presidential race * after Bob Dole attacks his joking comments about marijuana on MTV. * * The plan will likely require federal legislation, probably making highway * funds contingent upon a state's implementation of the plan. * * About three million teenagers will seek driver's licenses each year and * therefore be tested for drugs. At a rate of one-percent false positives, * 30,000 completely clean kids will fail their drug tests. They will be * denied driver's licenses. How will their parents react? Many kids are * likely to be emotionally scarred by the false accusations of drug use, * and some may even attempt suicide out of their shame. Thank you very much Free World Leaders for that intelligent discourse on marijuana. What would we do without you? We love being your lemmings. Keep beating the Drums so we can march into your ocean of insanity. "Zero Tolerance" is an extremely dangerous attitude to have regarding crime. Zero Tolerance by definition means excessive vigilancy. # "War on Drugs Runs Up Against the 4th Amendment" # By Tony Mauro, USA Today # # J. |