If the prefix "con" is the opposite of the prefix "pro", then is "Congress" the opposite of "progress"?

Hmm.... that would explain so much...

and pro is the opposite of con!!! :!:

Hey tommy...i think you may be thinking a weee to much for yourself. lol.

i posted that same thing in my journal 4 days ago. interesting huh.
oh yea, what do you call a male ladybug?

stupid plageristic tommy! lol

Wow... creepy.... I didnt read that one yet. Ok, I read it... scary lol. If I got it from your journal, I wouldve given you credit for it. But I saw it on some site. lol.

But yeah, the US government is all screwy. lol...

Marijuana is illegal because of Government corruption ;-)

or maybe its just illegal because people dont know how to controll their use of it...

nah, I learned it from a socialogy professor of Cal State Long Beach (and some documents on line)...

Basically...what happened was marijuana...or hemp...was a big cash crop back in colonial times. In fact, if you didnt grow it, your were fined/imprisoned because the colonies needed it so bad for rope, clothing, etc.

However, time passed, and Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and cotton became the "plastic" at the time, in that it was easier and cheaper to produce, so hemp slowly decreased in profits and stayed low over the years.

It stayed low until close to the 1930's when it started to become popularized again, because--once more--it was found to make softer clothing, tougher rope, and 2 times more fiber per acre than cotton...

The hemp industry began to grow, and the cotton growers got worried because they were tapping in to their profits. So in 1933 (i think that is the date) Congress (after getting a huuuge donation from the cotton industry) passed the Marijuana Tax that basically taxed the pants of anyone that farmed marijuana/hemp...this put marijuana out of business...gave them no money to fight politically, and in the years coming, it was outlawed completely.

...Its your basic story of Government corruption. It's the same reason why Marijuana (though it is bad to smoke) is illegal, yet Ciggarrettes (which are worse than marijuana) Remain legal. It all has to do with money...corruption...and the pursuit of a bigger wallet.

"Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere." -President George Washington, 1794.

"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country." -Thomas Jefferson.

just more proof that our country is goin to pot. haha.

since i am bored, here is a small amount propaganda from my collection.(i am going to to put my collections on the net as soon as i can find a free web host where it does not violate TOS....is that kind of stuff okay here? i dont think it would be because some of the stuff that i have for other things could b classified as warez:-/)

[img]http://www.hempcar.org/untoldstory/hemp4vic.jpg[/img] <------Introduction to the U.S. government's 1942 pro-hemp film titled Hemp For Victory.

A few facts:
~ ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS

TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ................ 20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS .............. 15,000
CAFFEINE ....................... 2,000
ASPIRIN ........................ 500
MARIJUANA ...................... 0
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Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics


~New Drug Enforcement Administration rules are scheduled to take effect on March 19, 2002, banning many hemp products as illegal drugs. (The rules were to take effect February 6, but the DEA has now delayed implementation.) These products, including energy bars, pretzels, and veggie burgers, can't get you high. They contain such tiny amounts of THC (the main active ingredient in marijuana) that for 30 years the federal government has treated them as being perfectly legal. Now, with the stroke of a pen, the DEA has said that the law was misunderstood all along!

What is affected by the new rules?

Hemp foods: Any hemp product containing even the smallest amount of THC would be illegal if it "introduces THC into the human body." Possession of a hemp candy bar or veggie burger is now treated just like possession of marijuana under federal law -- meaning up to a year in federal prison!

Industrial products: The DEA rules exempt industrial products like rope, which do not introduce THC into the body. These remain legal to sell or possess.

Personal care products: Products like soaps and lotions have been tossed into a legal twilight zone. The DEA says it currently "assumes" such products do not introduce THC into the body -- but has reserved the right to change its mind at any moment. Manufacturers can apply for a formal exemption by providing "rigorous scientific evidence" -- possibly drawing closer DEA scrutiny -- or continue to operate in a legal gray area, depending on the DEA's goodwill for their survival.

That means you will soon may be arrested and hit with a $10,000 fine for posessing a candy bar.

Visit http://www.savehemp.org/letters.html to tell congress not to pass this law.

~ For the first 162 years of America's existence, marijuana was totally legal and hemp was a common crop. But during the 1930s, the U.S. government and the media began spreading outrageous lies about marijuana, which led to its prohibition. Some headlines made about marijuana in the 1930s were: "Marijuana: The assassin of youth." "Marijuana: The devil's weed with roots in hell." "Marijuana makes fiends of boys in 30 days." "If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster marijuana, he would drop dead of fright." In 1936, the liquor industry funded the infamous movie titled Reefer Madness. This movie depicts a man going insane from smoking marijuana, and then killing his entire family with an ax. This campaign of lies, as well as other evidence, have led many to believe there may have been a hidden agenda behind Marijuana Prohibition.

Shortly before marijuana was banned by The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, new technologies were developed that made hemp a potential competitor with the newly-founded synthetic fiber and plastics industries. Hemp's potential for producing paper also posed a threat to the timber industry. Evidence suggests that commercial interests having much to lose from hemp competition helped propagate reefer madness hysteria, and used their influence to lobby for Marijuana Prohibition. It is not known for certain if special interests conspired to destroy the hemp industry via Marijuana Prohibition, but enough evidence exists to raise the possibility.

After Alcohol Prohibition ended in 1933, funding for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Drug Enforcement Administration) was reduced. The FBN's own director, Harry J. Anslinger, then became a leading advocate of Marijuana Prohibition. In 1937 Anslinger testified before Congress in favor of Marijuana Prohibition by saying: "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind." "Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes." Marijuana Prohibition is founded on lies and rooted in racism, prejudice, and ignorance. Just as politicians believed Harry J. Anslinger to be a marijuana expert in 1937, many people still believe law enforcement officials are marijuana experts. In reality, law enforcement officials have no expert knowledge of marijuana's medical or health effects, but they do represent an industry that receives billions of tax dollars to enforce Marijuana Prohibition.

Before the government began promoting reefer madness hysteria during the 1930s, the word marijuana was a Mexican word that was totally absent from the American vocabulary. In the 1930s, Americans knew that hemp was a common, useful, and harmless crop. It is extremely unlikely anyone would have believed hemp was dangerous, or would have believed stories of hemp madness. Thus, the words marijuana and reefer were substituted for the word hemp in order to frighten the public into supporting Hemp Prohibition. Very few people realized that marijuana and hemp came from the same plant species; thus, virtually nobody knew that Marijuana Prohibition would destroy the hemp industry.


thats all for now, mostly because i have to go. anyhow, tommy, tell me if anything like this would be a problem to post on the server. i am afraid that i will have to look for an overseas server.