ChrisInAR
Since Jan 16, 2009
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ChrisInAR
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Now that both of my parents have passed away, I bought a house in October 2009 & moved back home to where my heart as been all along: back home to Little Rock. As a matter of fact, the house I bought is in the same neighborhood where I was raised (Meadowcliff). I LOVE LITTLE ROCK (Southwest Little Rock [SWLR] in particular)! Those of us from SWLR call ourselves "0-9ers", due to it being in the 72209 zip code.
I am proud to call myself an Arkansan, & I would rather live here than anywhere else in the world! I take pride in my state being one of the top producers of marijuana in the U.S. year-after-year (hence the name "The Natural State"), but it embarrasses me when I remember that Bill Clinton is also from here & used to be my Governor.
Let's move on now to politics:
| You Are 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
 Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
I am a staunch defender of the Constitution. Sure, everybody says that, but I am becoming a minority in that I believe in ORIGINAL INTENT, & if I have any questions on what is Constitutional & what is not, I go to 3 important documents:
1. The Constitution itself;
2. The Federalist Papers; &
3. The Notes On The Debates @ the Original Constitutional Convention.
No, I'm not a lawyer nor am I any Constitutional expert, but IMO, the Constitution is simple to read, very short & to the point, & should be understood simply by using COMMON SENSE. That's rather strange in today's world, is it not?
Out of the many living politicians that I respect, there is ONE that I admire the most: & that man is the honorable Representative RON PAUL, M.D. (R-TX):
Now THAT sends "a thrill up my leg"!
I find it absolutely SHAMEFUL that the GOP continues to nominate globalist illegal-immigration supporting RINOs like Sen. Juan McCain as its Presidential nominees. The Establishment of the party is totally corrupt, even down to the state level!
NO WONDER WHY THEY WERE SUCH TOTAL IN THE 2008 ELECTION!
Will America have to become a total socialist state, or completely give up its sovereignty to a world-governing body before the GOP gets its head out of its a**?
Considering the insults thrown @ Rep. RON PAUL & his supporters during the 2008 election (which continue to this very day!), the MSM blackout of him, & his being prevented from even appearing @ the 2008 GOP Convention I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT!
As for me & MY house, I shall support THE CONSTITUTION! I flat-out REFUSE to vote for a Presidential candidate who ignores his sacred Oath to protect & defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC...& her domestic enemies are more powerful, more sinister, & more effective @ gutting our constitutional republic than any of our current foreign enemies are -- because they are living right among us, & we are being forced to pay them handsomely to write, enforce, & judge our laws w/ our own tax dollars (& those of future generations as well)!
For instance, consider our disgraceful national debt:
Would I be going too far if I said that those who continue to pile on to this ungodly amount of debt are, IMO, committing TREASON against the United States? There....I SAID IT!
RONALD REAGAN ON RON PAUL:
- - "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense."
- - "We need to keep him fighting for our country."
From the article "On Role Models & Their Bongs", by Robbie Gennett:
I personally don't care for the way she dissed President Reagan further down the article, but IF he actually said what was written here, she may have a point; on the other hand, I know President Reagan had a great sense of humor, so could he have actually been serious when saying what he said below, or was he saying it in jest??? - - Chris
"Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica."
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"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country." - Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President
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"Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere." - George Washington, U.S. President
"We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption." - John Adams, U.S. President
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"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marihuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marihuana." - Jimmy Carter, U.S. President
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"I inhaled frequently. That was the point." - Barack Obama, U.S. President
"The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our nation's marijuana laws." -Barack Obama, January 2004
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"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world." - Carl Sagan, renowned scientist, astronomer, astrochemist, author and TV host
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"Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?" - Henry Ford, whose first Model-T was constructed from hemp fibers and built to run on hemp gasoline
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"Prohibition... goes beyond the bound of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded" -Abraham Lincoln
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"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." - Albert Einstein quote on Hemp
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"That is not a drug. It's a leaf." - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California
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Let's end with a quote from one of the most clueless U.S. Presidents [re: marijuana, anyway -- Chris], who evidently thought of himself as an authority on cannabis:
"I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast"
- Ronald Reagan
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Perhaps with all the evidence coming out that marijuana may help prevent Alzheimer's, it is possible that Reagan's affliction could have been halted or prevented by the herb he so vilified. The powers that maintain the illogical status quo for marijuana's illegality are feeling a seismic shift beneath their skewed logic and paranoid rhetoric. When scientific research is unambiguously and evenly applied to marijuana, the current laws and prohibition cannot and will not stand.
On a side note, sales of the bong that Phelps used are through the roof so in case you're in the market for a Roor Little Sista Ice Masta 3.2, you may have a hard time finding one. However, with marijuana being one of the biggest cash crops in our country, you surely won't have a hard time finding something to smoke in it....
"If the words "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." - Terence McKenna
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A few facts about Hemp, in case you were wondering:
The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp.
80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.
It was legal to pay taxes with Hemp in America from 1631 until the early 1800s.
Refusing to grow Hemp in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries was against the law. You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769.
Rembrants, Gainsboroughs, Van Goghs as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.
In 1916, the U.S. Government Dept. of Agriculture predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down.
For thousands of years, 90% of all ships' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word 'canvas' is Dutch for cannabis.
The hemp plant produces up to four times more cellulose per acre than trees. Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA Bulletin #404 concluded that Hemp produces 4 times as much pulp with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution.
Hemp fuel is non-toxic, biodegradable and does not contribute to sulfur dioxide air poisoning.
In Feb. 1938, Popular Mechanics called Hemp a 'Billion Dollar Crop.' It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars.
The following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture's 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing 'patriotic American farmers' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:
'...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable...
...Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries...
...the Navy's rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!'
Victory indeed.
From the NORML Website:
PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE MARIJUANA USE
When cannabis(marijuana) is enjoyed responsibly, subjecting users to harsh criminal and civil penalties provides no public benefit and causes terrible injustices. For reasons of public safety, public health, economics and justice, the prohibition laws should be repealed to the extent that they criminalize responsible cannabis use.
By adoption of this statement, the NORML Board of Directors has attempted to define "responsible cannabis use."
I. ADULTS ONLY
Cannabis consumption is for adults only. It is irresponsible to provide cannabis to children.
Many things and activities are suitable for young people, but others absolutely are not. Children do not drive cars, enter into contracts, or marry, and they must not use drugs. As it is unrealistic to demand lifetime abstinence from cars, contracts and marriage, however, it is unrealistic to expect lifetime abstinence from all intoxicants, including alcohol. Rather, our expectation and hope for young people is that they grow up to be responsible adults. Our obligation to them is to demonstrate what that means.
II. NO DRIVING
The responsible cannabis consumer does not operate a motor vehicle or other dangerous machinery while impaired by cannabis, nor (like other responsible citizens) while impaired by any other substance or condition, including some medicines and fatigue.
Although cannabis is said by most experts to be safer than alcohol and many prescription drugs with motorists, responsible cannabis consumers never operate motor vehicles in an impaired condition. Public safety demands not only that impaired drivers be taken off the road, but that objective measures of impairment be developed and used, rather than chemical testing.
III. SET & SETTING
The responsible cannabis user will carefully consider his/her set and setting, regulating use accordingly.
"Set" refers to the consumer's values, attitudes, experience and personality, and "setting" means the consumer's physical and social circumstances. The responsible cannabis consumer will be vigilant as to conditions -- time, place, mood, etc. -- and does not hesitate to say "no" when those conditions are not conducive to a safe, pleasant and/or productive experience.
IV. RESIST ABUSE
Use of cannabis, to the extent that it impairs health, personal development or achievement, is abuse, to be resisted by responsible cannabis users.
Abuse means harm. Some cannabis use is harmful; most is not. That which is harmful should be discouraged; that which is not need not be.
Wars have been waged in the name of eradicating "drug abuse", but instead of focusing on abuse, enforcement measures have been diluted by targeting all drug use, whether abusive or not. If cannabis abuse is to be targeted, it is essential that clear standards be developed to identify it.
V. RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS
The responsible cannabis user does not violate the rights of others, observes accepted standards of courtesy and public propriety, and respects the preferences of those who wish to avoid cannabis entirely.
No one may violate the rights of others, and no substance use excuses any such violation. Regardless of the legal status of cannabis, responsible users will adhere to emerging tobacco smoking protocols in public and private places.
Here are some EXCELLENT quotes by the Founding Fathers & other patriots about war (+ a few idiotic statements @ the end -- I'm sure you can figure out which is which). From my MySpace friends that call themselves THE NEW REPUBLICANS:
"Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other." ~Thomas Jefferson
"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket." ~General Smedley Butler
"What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness god has given us in this world..." ~Robert E. Lee
"He that is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. " ~Thomas Paine
"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. " ~George Washington
"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. " ~Ronald Reagan
"War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game. " ~Thomas Paine
"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. " ~General Smedley Butler
"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. " ~James Madison
"My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. " ~General Smedley Butler (USMC, Ret. )
"I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. " ~Thomas Jefferson
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. " ~Thomas Jefferson
"A people free to choose will always choose peace. " ~Ronald Reagan
"People who are anxious to bring on war don’t know what they are bargaining for; they don’t see all the horrors that must accompany such an event. " ~General Stonewall Jackson
"If tyranny & opression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." ~James Madison
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. " ~James Madison
"Criticism in time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. " ~Sen. Robert Taft (R-OH)
"A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over...is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen. " ~G. K. Chesterton
"It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils. " ~General Stonewall Jackson
"Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing. " ~Ayn Rand
"All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. " ~Benjamin Franklin
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. " ~Albert Einstein
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. " ~John Quincy Adams
"The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. " ~James Madison
"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. " ~Benjamin Harrison
"War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. " ~Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. " ~Napoleon Hill
"Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms. " ~Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
"It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood...War is hell. " ~General William Tecumseh Sherman
"The hardest thing for me in Vietnam wasn't seeing the wounded and dead. It was watching the big transport jets come in, bringing loads of fresh new boys for the war. " ~Johnny Cash
"War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. " ~Martin Luther
"The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. " ~Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
"War is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine...War is hell. " ~General William Tecumseh Shermn
"War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. " ~George Orwell
"All wars are fought for money. " ~Socrates
"Force always attracts men of low morality. " ~Albert Einstein
"When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace. " ~St. Augustine
"The State thrives on war – unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed – expands on it, glories in it. " ~Murray Rothbard
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president...is morally treasonable to the American public. " ~Theodore Roosevelt
Here's an additional statement posted by Emo4SC re: the present situation in Iran as of June 20, 2009:
I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to inter-meddle in the internal concerns of another; and that, if this country could, consistent with its engagements, maintain a strict neutrality and thereby preserve peace. -- George Washington: Letter to James Monroe, August 25, 1796
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