Friday, December 15, 2006

Drug War Allowed To Get In The Way of Terror War

Afghanistan is a mess. The Taliban is back and has mounted serious offenses in recent weeks. NATO says they need more troops. And why is the Taliban back? Well, one of the reasons people are pointing to is our government's plan to eradicate opium. We've hired a corporation to go through the fields of the poorest farmers in Afghanistan and destroy their opium crop.

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Friday, December 08, 2006

Bill Hicks on the JFK Assassination

Yes, a few words to remind us about Artlen Specter, the infamous Magic Bullet's creator. (There is no statue of limitation on murder, and we haven't forgotten, Arlen)

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Full Length Movie - Hemp for Victory WW2 1942

This is a US Deptartment of Agriculture WWII film extolling the virtues of hemp, NOT MARIJUANA.....there is a difference.

Long ago when these ancient 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.

A 44-gun frigate like our cherished Old Ironsides took over 60 tons of hemp for rigging, including an anchor cable 25 inches in circumference. The Conestoga wagons and prairie schooners of pioneer days were covered with hemp canvas. Indeed the very word canvas comes from the Arabic word for hemp. In those days hemp was an important crop in Kentucky and Missouri. Then came cheaper imported fibers for cordage, like jute, sisal and Manila hemp, and the culture of hemp in America declined.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Penn and Teller: Bullshit! War on Drugs

Penn and Teller make the argument that the war on drugs is plain and simple worthless bullshit.