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October 11, 2007

Are you going to arrest me, Governor Romney?

If you haven't seen the video of Mitt Romney turning away from a man with muscular dystrophy, coldly stating, "I don't support medical marijuana," you are missing out on a clear moment of truth about this man who is running for president.

It really boils down to that simple moral judgment -- should a sick man in wheelchair and his doctors who are trying to help him be put in jail for attempting to alleviate pain? Apparently Romney is okay with that. That is his morality.

If the reality of the man's suffering was discomforting to him, perhaps he should reconsider his policy position. Otherwise, Romney has to live with knowledge that his pursuit of power hurts the man in the wheelchair and that every step forward he makes, his campaign is furthering injustice and cruelty.

/KDR

Posted by KevinRollins at 01:29 PM | Comments (0)

September 03, 2007

State Medical Marijuana Laws Under Attack in New Mexico

New Mexico passed a law protecting sick and dying people from prosecution under state law, but the goon squads sent by our imperial leader in Washington don't recognize state law, so they invaded the home of a paraplegic New Mexico man named Leonard French who lost the use of both of his legs in a motorcycle accident and seized...six plants, most of which were dead.

Mr. French suffers chronic pain and muscle spasms due to his spinal cord injury, and qualified as a medical marijuana patient under the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act state law that passed earlier this year. Medical marijuana offers him relief with fewer side effects, he reports, than other pharmaceuticals that he's tried.

Posted by PaulGessing at 08:13 PM | Comments (0)

March 28, 2007

The Right Kind of Flip-Flopping

Bob Barr was a Congressman from Georgia for 8 years during what might be called the "golden era" of the Republican Revolution. He was one of the impeachment managers during the Clinton Administration and he was an ardent drug warrior. He was also one of the staunchest advocates of privacy protection in Congress. Then, the Democrats redistricted Georgia and forced Barr to run against another incumbent Republican and he lost. The Libertarian Party ran ads opposing Barr and were gleeful when he lost.

My how the times have changed. Not only is Barr now a lifetime member of the Libertarian Party, but he recently joined the Marijuana Policy Project, an organization with the stated goal of legalizing marijuana.

Unlike the jokers running for President, I think it is pretty safe to say that Barr has changed his mind due to real introspection and thought rather than political calculations. Congrats Congressman Barr for willingness to change!

Posted by PaulGessing at 11:40 PM | Comments (0)

December 15, 2006

55 Years for Weed?

According to the Marijuana Policy Project, last week, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the mandatory 55-year prison sentence that a lower court imposed on a man who was convicted of carrying a handgun during three marijuana deals in Utah.

By refusing to hear the case, the U.S. Supreme Court ensured that 27-year-old Weldon Angelos will spend just about the rest of his life behind bars for selling three eight-ounce bags of marijuana to an undercover informant.

As his attorneys noted, the sentence he will serve is harsher than the sentence for raping a child — or the sentence for detonating a bomb aboard an aircraft.

Even the federal judge who was required to issue the mandatory minimum sentence called it “unjust, cruel, and even irrational.” Yet, the U.S. Supreme Court let the sentence stand without comment. You can read more about this abrogation of justice here.

Posted by PaulGessing at 12:37 AM | Comments (0)

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