:: Naked Brunch: Out of Control ::

People in prison for 5-10 years for possession of an ounce or even two of Marijuana, at it's root level Hemp (Cannabis sativa), a plant species used to make rope and now clothing.  The bud of which is smoked, like tobacco, for it's calming effect on the nervous system.  I know quite a few people who would be better for it if they smoked the stuff.  And, people are thrown in jail for it on a felony charge.  When I can go into any health food store and combine herbal supplements and get a similar effect legally.  The fact that Hemp was banned in the U.S. due to stupidity rather than the reality of it's "drug" effect seems to matter not 75 years later.  The fact that the drug is now used by health professional in many states as the only thing that readily helps glaucoma and cancer patients, among others, is proof and evident that it can serve a real purpose other than "getting high."  (Personally, I don't see how you can get high on a depressant.  It's absurd.)  It is legal in the U.S. to subscribe Cocaine, Methadone, Barbiturates, Amphetamines, among other controlled substances.  What the hell is wrong with Marijuana, a drug that is non-addictive and harms no one.  The absurdity stuns me.

This leads me to this story in the Washington Post about Jessica Hall.  Our laws are out of control, when someone is put in jail for tossing a cup of ice into a passing car window.  The situation is more complicated than that, but, the crime doesn't come close to meting out the ultimate punishment.  This is absolutely fucking insane.  It's like being sued by your Homeowners Association and being thrown out of your subdivision and fined for leaving your garage door open once during the day. The Crime doesn't equal the punishment.  I'd like to see people petition the Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia to pardon this woman immediately.  She has clearly learned her lesson already without more of this crap and her record should be cleared of the Felony charge.  A fucking missile.  For fucks sake people.  The judge, jury and especially the prosecutor must feel really proud of this moment.  Implementation of this stupid law needs serious refinement.  I doubt anyone who created the legislation meant anything like this.  And, if they did, they are seriously wrongheaded.  A McDonald's waxed paper cup filled with ice.  Cripes.  Even the people it was aimed at think this is stupid and all she should have faced was a day of community service.

This is the enemy, make no mistake:  Mitch McConnell of Ky., Sen Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., John Boehner, R-Ohio, Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla.   Total clusterfucks, each and every one of them.  Those that voted against the resolution in the Senate yesterday include Lieberman, the gigantic idiot, as well as these Republics: 

Alexander (Tenn.), Allard (Colo.), Brownback (Kan.), Bunning (Ky.), Burr (N.C.), Chambliss (Ga.), Coburn (Okla.), Cornyn (Tex.), Craig (Idaho), Crapo (Idaho), DeMint (S.C.), Dole (N.C.), Domenici (N.M.), Enzi (Wyo.), Graham (S.C.), Grassley (Iowa), Gregg (N.H.), Hutchison (Tex.), Inhofe (Okla.), Isakson (Ga.), Lott (Miss.), Lugar (Ind.), Martinez (Fla.), McConnell (Ky.), Roberts (Kan.), Sessions (Ala.), Shelby (Ala.), Stevens (Alaska), Sununu (N.H.), Thomas (Wyo.), Thune (S.D.), Vitter (La.), Voinovich (Ohio).

Bush:  Incompetent and Arrogant (PDF)  Yet, he is still in office.

Greenwald:  Creepy is Right - On Odom's Speedslap Lesson to the warmongers & Victory Caucus

it is hard to put into words how creepy and Orwellian not only the "Victory Caucus" itself is, but particularly the logo they have created:

Compare that to the logo used in the superb film V for Vendetta, which depicts a tyrannical government that relies upon fear-mongering and protective authoritarian leaders to justify its repression and endless wars:

Copyists.  They have no original ideas themselves.  Their view of life is so narrow, they can't even conceive of not winning, much less other points of view that fit into their rigid mentalities.

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