This is CRUCIAL, HB 2306 End Marijuana Prohibition

The title is a link to find your US Representative in Congress. Please click it, find out who they are, and completely inundate them with calls and e-mails.

Let them know that if they don't vote yes for this bill, that you will be voting against them in the next election.
This is very important, this bill would allow the States to regulate, tax, and control Cannabis on their own levels. Including even allowing the local jurisdictions final say.

This is truly how our government is meant to be. The Federal Government should stay out of our personal lives. This is a key issue of Freedom of Choice, and if you agree that everyone who is a legal adult (by a State level could be 18, could be 21) to make their own choices regarding the consequences of what they put in their bodies. So long as they are fully informed of the consequences, and can safely obtain a product that is known to be of a specific potency and quality control.

This is where this bill is truly superior. It simply eliminates the Federal Government's role in regulating any commerce that takes place within a State's own borders. The Feds would still be responsible for monitoring for trafficking across State lines or Internationally. However, finally, the States would be able to tax, regulate, and control the Marijuana being grown in their borders. This would also mean a higher level of safety standards preventing children from obtaining Cannabis.

If it were to be legalized in the States that choose to make it so, then they would have a decreased demand in the Black Market, and therefore it would be less profitable for criminals to sell it. This would enormously reduce the availability to children. The reason kids (anyone under 18 in my opinion) are able to obtain Marijuana easier than Alcohol, is BECAUSE of it's prohibition, not in spite of it.

If we make this fell swoop change to our Federal Regulations, the implications would be tremendous and nearly immediate. All the State's that legalize Marijuana (probably beginning with the 16 States and District of Columbia, who have already legalized it's medical use.) would immediately begin to see an increase in revenue in the State's coffers. A boost that would be badly needly, and welcomely deserved to the Schools, Roads, and even Chemical Dependency Facilities.

This boost in revenue, it could be withheld from the Federal Government entirely. Although, I don't see that happening, I see the State's contributing at least a portion of the tax revenues generated to the Federal Coffers. This would make a powerful dent in the Federal Budget Deficit, which is the only way to begin paying down the national debt.

Secondly, and almost as immediately, would be the secondary impact of boosting the economic demand for other services and goods that would receive additional growth simply by the cottage industries that could pop up all over due to Marijuana legalization. There are truly too many to name, but the few that come to the top of my mind: Fast Food and/or Junk Food, Video Games, Books, and Movies are likely to sell more, industry catering to growers, medicated edible producers, and so much more.

There would also be boosts to Local, State, and Federal taxes associated with these industries as well.

Finally, I would like to speak out just on the terms of Consequence. Whether or not you like Marijuana, you have to look at the consequences of it's prohibition versus the consequences of not prohibiting it. The consequences of prohibition are huge, and include: Ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, creating a Black Market and artificial scarcity, which artificially increases demand, resulting in huge markup in price, resulting in higher profits for the criminals, which ultimately funds their nefarious activities and allows them to commit even worse atrocities thanks to the profits generated by the artificially high priced Marijuana.

If Marijuana were not prohibited: It could be taxed, regulated, and controlled, resulting in increase in quality and safety of the product, especially for medical use, along with restricting the access to only adults or those who have a prescription. This makes it especially hard to have a Black Market for Marijuana, because the prices would probably go down, reducing profits for the criminals, along with the demand going down because it would be legally and safely available. If this were to happen, even growers that want to make a living off of it in their own State would be able to do so, and it would allow them to grow larger quantities to match demand.

Finally, remember, it's not the Government's place to decide what you can and cannot do to yourself. That's the real crux of the argument. They can tell you six ways from Sunday how not to hurt another individual, but in finality, they cannot and should not tell you what to do to yourself.

Freedom of Choice. Choose Ron Paul in 2012, he's the best Candidate to Clean Up America's Debt, and Restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Qik - Rant by Frank Colletti

What's going on?

At the time of writing this blog, there is a small group of intellectual and financial elites that are meeting to make decisions that will influence the political, financial, and social changes of the next year and more. This group, known as the Bilderberg Group, has been meeting since 1954, and literally has always composed of the most significantly influential people of the world.

Now, most people in the United States are either blissfully unaware, or deny the existence of this group and it's influence and effects. If you mention organizations like The Council on Foreign Relations, or The Trilateral Commission, to anyone on the street or in any public forum, you are almost immediately accused of being a "Conspiracy Theorist" or "Crackpot Conspiracy Nut." And the truth is, these are simply ad hominim attacks on the individual to avoid the real argument at hand which is, "Why do we allow a group of globalist, collectivist, and elitist banksters and corporate thugs, rule our lives and our political and financial systems?"

This is the truly phenomenal thing about the majority. We are easily manipulated by following anything we're presented via "Mainstream" media and entertainment. That's the incredible thing, we are literally molding minds with the mediums such as Television, Movies, Books, Magazines, and especially Blogs and Podcasts. The beauty of the latter two, is that it isn't currently limited by any kind of government or global organization. Right now, you can post anything you want on the internet, as long as you're willing to pay for the domain name and hosting, to put whatever content on the internet you feel should be shared.

That's an incredible tool, and unfortunately, I think it's also being co-opted and controlled in small ways by the same group of people attempting to control the entire internet, and that currently control our "Mainstream" media. The reason I continue to use quotes around the word "Mainstream" is that, I think, in this current internet age we can finally move beyond a concept of mainstream, and finally allow information to be free.

Currently, several people use the web in a misanthropic, myopic way that is going to manipulate and control the thinking of several people. In fact, several people are even aware that they are being manipulated and controlled, and they seemingly don't care. Take, for instance, the current TSA controversy including several lawsuits being filed against TSA employees, and yet 95% of people travelling today, don't protest at all about the so-called "Naked Body Scanners" and invasive, unconstitutional, groping searches being conducted.

I've done several searches, and unfortunately, the "Mainstream" media and their co-horts, have been able to put their own spin on these things and in New Mexico, have managed to turn the situation around and make it seem that due to the problem of "mis-guided" or "poorly trained" security personnel, that the TSA now needs to step in and oversee all searches and security. It's scary that the vast majority of Americans are willing to blindly accept this kind of Orwellian control, and Big-Brother type of society. We are also increasing cameras, checkpoints, and biometrics including the use of implantable RFID locators that will literally keep track of you as you go through your day in the city you live, or wherever you go.

This is all not very far away. In fact, there was a news article about a family in Florida that was the first to be implanted with RFID chips. Now, I don't claim that we're all going to be tracked every moment of every day, and that there will be no freedom or livelihood, or that we'll become enslaved by the digital devices we love so much. However, there really isn't too much a stretch of the imagination that ends up at that scenario.

We can change it though. There is still a chance, because as long as we still have free information available on the internet, and we don't allow the politicians and "officials" to control the access to it, then people can wake up and force a change. I don't espouse that we need to become some sort of Anarchistic society, however, enabling individuals to be more involved in the issues that will utterly dominate our lives then we would all be better equipped to protect our liberty.

Let's not forget that the founders of this great country of ours had a significant disdain for the concept of big government, or government control over the lives and minds of all it's citizens. In fact, the Constitution is an anti-collectivist document. When reading all of the non-rhetorical statements in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, you find that our founders essentially wanted to protect the rights and minds of all individuals and allow them to flourish by creating a safe environment for them to grow.

That may have been how our country was run and flourished through it's first century. However, it is quite obvious that beginning in the 20th Century, our government became hijacked by the mafia of the Rothschilds and Rockefellers. The big banks and corporations were able to pass the Federal Reserve act, which created a central bank in America that is literally a private organization owned by banks.

The concept of a Central Bank, by the way, was propounded by the Communist Manifesto, along with a graduated income tax. Which was the next big change implemented by Wilson, in the 20's with the 17th Amendment, which was never properly ratified, but by that point it didn't matter because our government was finally fully hijacked by the Corporate/Banking Mafia. That's really what they are too, a mafia, a criminal organization operating as though they are legitimate.

A large portion of Americans don't even know these things. Because the most important events they ever notice are the Grammys, the Academy Awards, and the Superbowl. Welcome to the true epitome of George Orwell's 1984. We are being kept controlled through entertainment, and the government gets bigger and bigger, and expands it's control and dominion over the lives of every citizen. Everyone in the system thinks that it is still working, and that they're doing their part. However, due to the control and influence of the "Shadow Government" such as organizations like the CFR, UN, World Bank, IMF, and Bilderberg Group.

This is what needs to be essentially brought to bear, as the downfall of individualism. If you feel as though being controlled by the government is okay, then you obviously don't need to do anything. But we truly need to come together as the majority and speak out against these groups. No longer will we be condemned as "Conspiracy Theorists" because these groups operate entirely out in the open. They aren't even secretive about their agendas. It is their goal to turn the world in to "One World Government." They will eventually want more and more power and control over each individual, and eventually, the illusion of democracy and capitalism will break down, and more will realize that the true system is hegemonic dictatorship. With a president that is no more elected than Hussein or Jong-il.

The reality of the political system in the United States in the 21st century is that we have two political parties simply so the banksters and corporations can control who comes into office simply through finances. It will cost anyone hundreds of millions of dollars to run for president, and essentially it is a waste of money if you can't latch on to one of the major political parties. Look at Ralph Nader, he has attempted for years to run for president on the Green Party ticket, and spends millions of his own money, and through campaign contributions, and never can achieve more than 10% of the votes.

Unless we move to a new evolution in the political system, we cannot change this. I propose that we abolish the party system all together, and we create new regulations for the presidency. There should be reform in the ability for candidates to accept donations from corporations or individuals, because of that huge influence that corporations can have over a presidency that the average individual simply can't have.

This is why we aren't a true democracy, because even though everyone has a single vote. The people that run, are really already pre-selected by the corporate thugs and banksters in control. It's very simple, if I give you the option of shooting you in the leg or shooting you in the arm, either way I'm shooting you but you get the illusion of choice. Also, it's important to notice that the choice of not being shot isn't offered. That's a very concise analogy of our political system.

If we were to make these simple changes, and we could do more to make people politically active. We could see some real change in government. Right now, the vast majority of politicians are simply in it for fame, fortune, and most importantly, power. There are only a small few that actually seek to make the country, and the world, a better place. However, there is only so much the small minority can do against a huge group of thugs that are backed, and financed, by the corporate mafia. Wall Street, Corporate America, and the "Big Brother" Banks.

This is why our country has gone into decline. We currently have a national debt over $16 trillion. It's almost impossible for any person to imagine this amount of money. At a population of around 310 million, that's over $47,000 for every man, woman, and child. This is phenomenally large, and we will never be able to pay it back. There is no way we will ever be able to pay it back either, because you can't make money from borrowing money.

There has to be a change, a major change in our way of doing things. We can do this, and we can change, and we can evolve. It just takes more people. Tell everyone you know, and even though they may not like it, if they're your friends or family, they'll listen for at least a time. Some of them may even decide to do more. That's how it starts. We need a second American Revolution, and we can make it happen with the internet, blogs, and podcasts. We can't give up, because once you lose your freedoms and rights, they'll never return.

First Class

I had an epiphany whilst gazing upon the mesmerizing cinematography of "X-Men: The First Class" and thinking about the plot line.

This epiphany is mainly relevant to my situation as a medical Cannabis patient. However, it seems that it likely could apply to nearly all lifestyle choices.

The mutants are faced with the government wanting to regulate and track mutantkind. They start by imposing a "Voluntary" registration. This probably would just be the beginning, inevitably progressing to manual registration, then manual tracking of use, then it will be total control. I also have the sinking sensation that if 5955 does pass, the one that's just a hodgepodge of ideas that won't work together, then they'll still arrest patients that are registered. They'll just say "Oh, the network is down right now." or, "Well, your name isn't coming up (because they intentionally mis-spell your (possibly ethnic) surname.

Medical Cannabis patients in Washington are under threat of this very same system of control. The State legislators are currently attempting to force through a bill that would really do very little to help the Cannabis patients, and really only start this system of control on it's way.

There is, however, an alternative bill that is also currently in front of the legislators that would solve both the problem of patient arrests, and would eliminate the need for a patient registry system.

SB 5957 for the 2011-2012 legislative session is written to simply reschedule Cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act. This change, would be constitutionally appropriate under the Tenth Amendment, and arguably under the Ninth Amendment as well.

This change would allow doctors to legally prescribe Cannabis, as opposed to the current model in which doctors may only "recommend" it's use. It would also eliminate the legal necessity to arrest in cases of simple Cannabis possession. Police would no longer need to consider whether or not to arrest, as it could be controlled at the local level, including civil penalties for violators and and those who provide Cannabis to youths under 18, not prescribed by doctors.

Also, for those that don't believe the fact that a "voluntary" patient registration is jus the tip of the iceberg of control, I simply suggest you check out the history behind US Japanese Internment camps during WWII.

That may be an extreme example, when you examine the politics and motivations behind these cases, they are very similar indeed. The initial reason suggested is to provide security and protection, then it becomes something more. A system of indefinite enforcement and control.

This brings me back to the point about the X-Men. The mutants first simply wanted to be left alone, to be as normal as anyone else, and some thought that a registration system would protect them, give them more freedom. However, the government had other plans for this registration. First, it may have been simply to keep a watchful eye, but then they start keeping track of the mutant powers in a *database.* Sound familiar?

It should, every single day Americans are added to databases for a wide variety of reasons. But, the databases one need worry about are those in control by the Federal Government. "No-fly databases", "No-work databases (For those not allowed to work for certain agencies both public and private, due to security restrictions)", and other miscellaneous databases tracking properties such as:
"Political affiliations, pro-gun or pro-choice affiliations, groups that encourage constitutional government and reaffirmation of the Bill of Rights. Even Ron Paul supporters. If you think these lists sound ridiculous or incredulous, think again. Just look up the MIAC report, which specifically cites "Ron Paul supporters, NRA members, and Christians as possible "domestic threats."

Lastly, my main concern is that of normalcy. There is no difference between "good drugs" and "bad drugs." Drugs are drugs, and the only differences are who profits from them. Also, and more significantly, how the individual reacts to the drugs.

The only difference between the guy that owns the Pot Dispensary, and the guy living in his mom's basement, is motivation. The guy in his mom's basement is just a loser. That doesn't make Pot bad, it just means that Pot got to the loser before Heroin or Coke or Meth.

Another thing, we give our children drugs almost everyday, and in some cases we even give them amphetamines. Think that's incredible? Well, it is. In fact, it seems ludicrous that we lock people up everyday for just using crystal-Meth, and yet we give almost the very same drug to our children so that they can "concentrate" in school.

We need to rethink this pathological menace to society, painfully misnamed the "War on Drugs." The lie that is this so-called "war" is apparent when we look at the true motivation behind prohibition.

Prohibition, historically, has been used to keep prices artificially inflated, and indeed to increase demand while creating the appearance of scarcity, which in turn increases the prices, and thusly profits, accordingly. This is basic economics people, the Law of Supply and Demand. When Supply is diminished (or appears scarce) price increases, which should in turn reduce demand. However, there is the beauty (for the corporate bastards that want "drugs" to remain illegal) in it, there can never really be a reduced demand for drugs. ALL HUMANS USE DRUGS!

That's the ultimate point here, all humans, without exception, use drugs. Because even if you don't like Cannabis (I refuse to directly refer to it as Marijuana when I can avoid it, because it's a derogatory term), Cocaine, Heroin, or Crystal Meth. You use drugs, I guarantee it. Even the tribes in the rainforest that rarely see another form of human life, use drugs. Even your little babies, you give them all kinds of drugs, all the time.

Really, that's the end of that, because when you realize that everyone uses drugs, (think about it: Caffeine, Chocolate, Aloe-Vera, Mint, Tea, etc...) the only real question is "Why are the so-called 'Street Drugs' illegal?" The answer is a simple one, and it goes right back to my previous points, about the Law of Supply and Demand. The answer is Money. Our government makes TRILLIONS, with a T, a year on drugs. In fact, the legal drug industry alone is approaching a trillion dollars a year, and the government makes several shares of that, and then there is the illegal drug market. The government makes money on both sides of the law here, by importing drugs through illegal black op organizations like the CIA, and also through the different mafia groups throughout the US.

Also, they make billions on the judicial and penal systems through fees, and incarceration labor. This system, called the "Prison Planet" by some, is the largest on the planet, holding 25% of the world's prison population. (Note, the US is only about 5% of the world population.)

Another facet of increasing profits is behind the inherent risk of being involved in a criminal enterprise. By placing criminal penalties behind drug use and trafficking, this intimidates those too weak to think for themselves into one of two corners: 1. They become drug users until they are arrested or imprisoned at which point they become even further encroached into crime, or 2. They become a loyal slave to the system of control and only get their drugs from the masters.

As you can see, both of these alternatives are favorable to the institutions that place these limits on society, including the penal system, medical "care" industry, and shadow government operatives that profit on both sides of the law.

These points, none of them new, are very important for "We the People" to understand, and we need to empower everyone else to this way of thinking. Even if you don't use drugs at all, this fight is important to all of us. We must understand that drug prohibition is a "gateway" to an ultimate system of control, inevitably resulting in a police state.

Please help spread the word, and if you want more, then follow me on Twitter @Polymatheism and stay tuned for more Polymatheism podcasts, as soon as I get the computer systems back up.

Please call your Senator today!

Please people, this is SOOOOO important.

Call your State's US Senate representative today.


Dear Patriot,

The Senate will hold a critical cloture vote on renewing the Patriot Act at 5 pm eastern today, and only the immediate action of C4L members and other true patriots nationwide will put a halt to the ever-expanding surveillance state and save the Fourth Amendment from being pushed further into the shredder.

Contact Sen. Maria Cantwell by phone at (202) 224-3441 and Sen. Patty Murray by phone at (202) 224-2621 to demand they vote against renewing the “Patriot” Act on every vote – including each cloture vote.

On Friday, May 27, three provisions of the misnamed “Patriot” Act are set to expire.

In clear violation of their oaths to uphold the Constitution, the statists in Washington, D.C. are determined not to let that happen.

You see, last week, the House GOP, under the leadership of John Boehner and Eric Cantor (who are turning their backs on the limited government mandate they claimed to support in November 2010), cut yet another deal with Harry Reid – this time to extend the “Patriot” Act for four more years with as little debate as possible!

A four-year extension “conveniently” puts the next renewal vote in 2015 – a non-election year when our brave politicians won’t have to answer for their actions at the polls.

Empowered by the Republicans’ collapse on civil liberties, Harry Reid filed cloture last Thursday.

Don’t accept the statists’ pathetic excuses for one minute – a vote for “cloture” today is a vote FOR the Fourth Amendment-shredding “Patriot” Act.

Please don’t miss this point – if cloture (allowing for the bill to be debated and voted on) fails each and every time he tries it, Harry Reid CANNOT extend the “Patriot” Act.

Period.

But your senators are used to skating through on cloture votes and claiming that they are just harmless “procedure.”

Fellow Patriot, if you don’t turn up the heat on them today, they’ll say they didn’t hear from their constituents about a “procedural” vote – even one that enabled Reid to get everything he wanted with a simple majority vote on final passage.

Your phone calls today will keep that story from being true. You’ll be able to hold them accountable because you told them before the vote EXACTLY what they were going to do to the Constitution.

They need to know – TODAY – that the freedom movement is alive, well, and finished with watching them destroy our liberties.

That’s why your immediate action is needed!

Contact Sen. Maria Cantwell by phone at (202) 224-3441 and Sen. Patty Murray by phone at (202) 224-2621 to demand they vote against renewing the “Patriot” Act on every vote – including each cloture vote.

Reid’s bill is essentially the same bill the Senate and President were trying to rush through Congress without any debate in February - before Rand Paul and C4L members forced them to agree to a 90-day extension.

For ten long years, Americans have been given a false choice by their representatives and senators between trading some of their liberties for so-called “security” and experiencing a new 9/11- style terrorist attack.

This viewpoint was as apparent as ever during the House Judiciary Committee’s final “Patriot” Act hearing, where your pressure ensured C4L was heard in front of Congress.

The problem for our politicians, and in fact for all Americans who feel “safer” after trading some of their liberties, is that 9/11 didn’t occur because of a failure to gather useable intelligence. Rather, it occurred because of the bureaucrats’ failure to use the intelligence that had been gathered.

This is typical of the federal government. Whenever it fails to do its jobs properly, its solution is to throw more money at the problem and grab more power.

The abominable acts that occurred on 9/11 were unjustifiable, but we cannot allow the White House and Congress to destroy the rights and liberties that made this nation great!

Contact Sen. Maria Cantwell by phone at (202) 224-3441 and Sen. Patty Murray by phone at (202) 224-2621 to demand they vote against renewing the “Patriot” Act on every vote – including each cloture vote.

Campaign for Liberty has done everything we can to make our position clear to the politicians on Capitol Hill. Now it’s up to grassroots activists like you to make your voices heard and turn up the heat.

Politics really is just a game of numbers. Will your call be the one that changes your senators’ vote from “YEA” to “NAY”?

Please, help C4L restore our civil liberties and roll back the surveillance state by taking just a few minutes out of your day to call your senators.

Remember Benjamin Franklin’s wise words, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

The choice whether or not to continue giving up essential Liberty is ours to make today.


In Liberty,


John Tate
President


P.S. My staff and I have spent countless hours doing what we can to fight the so-called “Patriot” Act over the last three months. If you are able, please consider chipping in $10 to help C4L continue fighting for the restoration of our liberties.




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Happy birthday pops.

So the reason I've been so quiet lately is due to computer problems. I had two computers crap out on me almost completely.

I've also been on the road the last few days. My lovely wife and I are in San Diego visiting my family.

We're having a great time. I got to see my cousin Chuck Lancey race his badass Chevelle at the Barona Drag strip.

I plan on releasing a whole lot of new material next week when I get back. I will be getting my new Mac up and running and get everything I've recorded lately posted on the site and on iTunes.

I have been recording a few podcasts by myself here and there. If you want to hear more from me, you should tweet me @Polymatheism or send me an email at polymatheism@gmail.com

I'm always thankful for all the listeners so far, and the listeners to come.

Tune in next week, for my new blogs and my new podcasts about lots of new topics. If you've been paying attention to the news, there have been a lot of new developments for me to talk about.

The Governator has a lovechild. The 4th Amendment has been revoked. The Obama Long Form is a fake. And lots, lots more.

-Frank
http://polymatheism.com/
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Epic Fail :(

Hey everybody, I just wanted to give an explanation and apology as to why it is I haven't been on the air lately with Polymatheism. It's been a tough 9 days since I last posted a podcast, and the last two have been the worst. First of all, I started off having trouble getting on air because I couldn't get a guest/co-host. Skyler has apparently been so busy with work and things in his life that we haven't even been able to talk in more than a week. Which is, in itself, pretty unusual for us.

I've also tried talking to some of my other friends, but some have had major hardships in their lives, and others are just plain swamped with their work and personal lives. Which I totally understand. But it makes it hard on me, because I don't want to have a one sided podcast, with just me and only my points of view. I like to have a well-rounded podcast, and I'd like to think that Polymatheism and Polymathy both represent well-roundedness whole-heartedly.

However, due to this difficulty in lining up a guest, I also put off making a podcast so long that I shot myself in the foot. Two days ago, while I started working on changing my computer systems up some, I had two Catastrophic failures almost simultaneously (which is pretty weird if you think about it.) Both my Laptop DVD drive, and a RAM stick in my desktop failed at almost the same time. While I was trying to reinstall the OS on the laptop, I was having trouble getting it to boot from the disc. At about the same time, I was restarting my desktop and it began to hang immediately on the BIOS screen.

This was weird, and I thought it may have been due to one of the DVD's in the disc drives, so I removed them, nope. Then I thought it might be RAM, I swapped out all of my RAM to reseat them, and tried again. No dice. Then, I tried just pulling out a couple of the sticks, then it was able to boot. So I figured out that it was one of those two, it's simple trial and error to get the one right.

Then, after I was done dealing with that, I began to try getting the laptop to boot from USB. So I built a USB boot drive, and loaded it up, and it said that it couldn't find a boot file. But when I'd load the same USB on the desktop, it'd load just fine. So I was starting to get frustrated here, when I figured it out, that the computer must be having some catastrophic failure in components. I realized this further and more evidently when after some more time; upon boot, after the BIOS screen, it would just hang on a flashing cursor.

That's it folks, dunzo as my friends would say. Finito. My laptop is no more, and it was going to be my HacBook Pro. Shit, now I have to buy a real Apple. Oh darn...

Anyway, I'm almost back up and running, and I look forward to bringing you guys my first Solo Full-Length podcast.

Stay tuned, because it will be released today at some point, and it will be immediately available on iTunes, Stitcher and feedburner (feeds.feedburner.com/polymatheism-podcast)

Thanks,

Frank

Tacoma Prop 1 (Lowest Possible Enforcement Priority)

I was graciously invited to a meeting today to help Sensible Tacoma with their Proposition to make Cannabis the lowest possible enforcement priority.

I want to start by thanking everyone that showed up, and Sherry from Express Printing, for organizing.

I can't tell you the exact amount of signatures gathered thus far. For many reasons, the least of which being that we need more. However, I can tell you, that this is a very important issue, and even non-Cannabis users should be concerned with it.

We need about 5,500 signatures, and we only have a little more than 6 weeks to do it. So we need to make a call-to-arms. Citizens of Tacoma, if you are interested in protecting our civil rights, and making a stand for the patients of medical Cannabis, then we need your help.

Please contact us in any way you can if you would like to make donations or help gather signatures, I can be reached at polymatheism@gmail.com and I'd be glad to put you in touch with the right people.

Now, we need to gather lots of signatures, and it can only be signed by registered voters living inside Tacoma City limits. So, if you qualify, please get in touch with me, and I'll tell you more about how you can sign the petition.

Thanks again, and I hope to be back on the air soon. I have been having trouble lining up a guest, and I'm not sure I'm ready to fly solo yet. However, I will be making a new podcast soon, so please check it out at feeds.feedburner.com/polymatheism-podcast

--Frank

A Civics Lesson

Many of the citizens of this great nation of ours don't even know some of the most basic tenets and principles of our country and the laws that were created by the most glorious of documents, the US Constitution.

I can tell you from anecdotal experience, that several of the people in the United States don't even know some of the most basic facts about our Civic Government and what their roles and capacities are, at the Federal, State, and Local level.

The point of this blog has always been to share information, and I feel that I have a pretty balanced view. While I am an atheist, I feel that I have a close connection to theists, and I never judge based on that kind of thing anyway. (I try not to judge anyone at all, but I am human.)

Incredibly, when polled, nearly 60% of Americans can't even name the three branches of government and/or their capacity.

For the record, these are the Legislative (Congress), Executive (President and his Cabinet), and Judicial (Supreme Court). Their capacities, respectively, are to Create, Execute, and Interpret the laws of the US Government, and thusly have a balance of power. Now this balance of power comes in the form that each has equal power to veto one another.

However, the president, through the use of Signing Statements, is allowed to literally bypass, and thus violate, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

This may seem counterintuitive and even wrong to some, and it should, that's because it is. It is also entirely illegal and a violation of the oaths taken as Congressperson or President.

Their oaths are to uphold the Constitution, not to violate it, and literally make a mockery of our entire system of government.

The American public need to wake up ,and address this issue in the current administration and former administrations. Obama promised before he was elected, never to use a Signing Statement, to violate the Constitution, he himself said that using such an Order did so. Then, he himself issued several Signing Statements that do so.

In some, he simply suggests that certain portions of laws aren't in line with the views of his administration. For instance, on HR 146, President Obama issued a signing statement saying that the appointment of members of a certain commission, relating to Nature and Wildlife, would be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and that recommendations could be made by the members of the House, however the Secretary wouldn't be bound by these recommendations.

This is simply political bootlicking essentially, and he's taking a portion of the law, and telling them differently, however there are more egregious Signing Statements as well. Take, for instance, S. 386, whereby Congress passed a law requiring all governmental bodies to furnish their Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a Legislative body, with any and all information necessary for the Commission inquiry.

However, President Obama issued a Signing Statement that "abrogated any constitutional privilege", otherwise saying that they aren't responsible to comply with this subsection of the law.

How does this not directly violate the Constitution? President Obama was a professor for 10 years, of Constitutional Law. He knows better.

This is simply a matter of one simple example of how the Obama administration is no different from the Bush administration. They serve the same masters, the banks and the Wall St. hustlers that manipulate, lie, and steal from the American people, and use unconstitutional means of stealing Liberty from each and every one of us.

We should not, and can not stand for this usurpation of our Constitutional liberties afforded us in the Bill of Rights. We need to re-assert State's Sovereignty, and take back the Bill of Rights for each and every one of us.

It's very important that I point out, that I am not a Republican or a Democrat, I'm completely independent and the only party that I tend to agree with is the TEA party, because of their Libertarian views. However, I believe we should abolish the party system so that we can restore Civic involvement and education to the average American.

We should all be politically informed and active. Because it is every Americans duty to protect the Constitution and our Liberty. These are of the utmost importance, and we must reclaim our rights, because we are ultimately responsible for them. If we don't stand up for them, we will lose them, and once they're gone, you'll never get them back.

And we can do it by the way. As a friend of mine once said "I've been doing so much, with so little, for so long, that I could do damn near anything, with almost nothing at all."

That philosophy is one I stand by, and each and every one of us can do it. It just takes getting involved at your local level. Start in your local neighborhood. Go around, meet your neighbors, and talk to them about how they feel about their security and rights as an American in 2011. Do they think that they've improved or declined in the last 3 years. Then ask them why they think that is.

Also, remember, the two party system is essentially a political Dog & Pony show, that is no different than professional Wrestling or UFC. They are just two "Enemies" that give you the illusion of choice. A pre-conceived "Rivalry" that motivates individuals based on the "Go Team" mentality.

This is just a tool used to manipulate the masses into submission through basically media "political brainwashing." If you take a close look at the mainstream media, you will find that there is almost always consensus, there are never two sides to any story. There is literally one view, and it is shared by both sides. Never is there an alternate theory, or if there is, it is promoted by so-called "Conspiracy Theorists."

I, myself, don't call myself, or feel that I am, a "Conspiracy Theorist." Because, I am first, and foremost, a skeptic. It is a motto that I live by, that I first ask questions, and examine the answers given with a critical eye.

In writing this blog, I viewed sources about Signing Statements that were entirely opinion based, and you can find views that support, and others that supplant, the Signing Statements issued by Obama. As some will show, there are certain Signing Statements that are "legitimate." However, they almost entirely leave out the Signing Statements where Obama directly violates the Constitution. I can't view these to be anything more than blind supporters, that will defend; to the death, President Obama and their political party.

This is exactly why we need to abolish the party system. So that real choice can be introduced to the Presidential election. It will be "Election rather than Selection" to paraphrase president Truman.

This is a very difficult subject for me to write about. Honestly, it curdles my blood, and turns my veins cold like ice, due to this vagrant manipulation, and blatant usurpation of the American people's Constitutional rights.

Everyone should get informed, and get involved.

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-Frank
http://polymatheism.com

Medical Cannabis Strain of the Day (Lemon Sour Diesel) 5/9/11

I just want to give a warning right now, that this strain may not be available in large amounts right now. But, it is frequently available at Tacoma Cross, and if you want to get some, you should contact them at 253-627-1377 or http://www.tacomacross.org

I would like to start by saying, that this strain has always been one of my favorites and it should be one of yours too.

It is primarily Sativa, about 80%, so it will give you a very awake, and stimulated medicated experience. I personally love to use this when I get creative and write, or make a podcast.

I recommend you do the same. Also, I wanted to give a shout out to Sensible Tacoma, and Sensible Washington, they're working hard for you to fight for your rights, and you can help out by getting in touch with them. http://www.sensiblewashington.org

This strain has a very lemony and piney scent, which tells me that the turpenes involved are Limonene and Mycene, these are excellent for managing spasticity due to MS, or Asthma, however for asthmatics I recommend using a vaporizer of high quality at approximately 415 degrees Fahrenheit for optimal vaporizing.

Also, when smoked the scents and flavors given off include that of aromatic lavender and peppery spice.
This strain is also amazing for controlling pain, and inducing a healthy appetite. Wonderful at controlling nausea as well. I highly recommend you pick some up while you can.

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-Frank
http://polymatheism.com
http://polymatheism.blogspot.com

Did you know?

Cannabis has been used for over 12000 years of human history, the most recent anthropological and archeological evidence shows.

Humans, since the dawn of history have been evolving alongside this plant, which is just another form of life, in a symbiotic relationship.

This is completely evident when one examines the endocrine system and its counterpart the endocannabinoid system. Our bodies have grown alongside the Cannabis plant over the millennia and humans have been using Cannabis since the dawn of time.

These Cannabinoids, produced by the body, simulate some of the effects regulated by Cannabis, and other Cannabinoids, only produced by Cannabis, are essential for regulating key mood elements.

Thus, the Cannabis plant is crucial in human development, and evidence shows that there are several symptoms of a variety of conditions that are improved by regular Cannabis use.

Including: Wasting and Chronic Nausea caused by medications like Chemotherapy and HIV/AIDS medication. Also, the symptoms of spasticity from Multiple Sclerosis and Asthma are greatly reduced, if not eliminated by frequent high dose CBD intake. CBD, Cannabidiol, is the second commonly known medically relevant Cannabinoid produced by Cannabis.

CBD has an affinity for the CB2 receptors throughout the body, and has properties of an anti-inflammatory response, analgesic (pain killing), and anti-emetic (anti-nausea), just to name a few.

Also, there is no known solution of synthetically derived CBD, currently the only drug on the market that has CBD is naturally derived from the Cannabis plant, in equal parts with THC, it is called Sativex, it is only sold in the UK at this time, and it could greatly help the medical Cannabis users in the US, however, because of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, it remains that Marijuana and any substance derived from it, is illegal as a Schedule I drug, which has "No known medical use or benefit."

This is simply untrue, and the first step is to reclassify Cannabis as a Schedule III drug, and allow it to be legally prescribed on a Federal level. This solution is completely in line with the current trend of Medical Cannabis' increased acceptance.

At the time of this publication, 16 States have legalized the medical use of Cannabis. That is almost a third of the entire population of the United States of America, and with this level of acceptance, it should be Federally legal for patients to get safe access to their medicine, and stop the prosecution of sick people, who simply need an alternative to the "Big Pharma" Industrial Complex.

If you would like to get involved, you can e-mail me at wecannevolve@gmail.com or polymatheism@gmail.com, and I can tell you more. Or you can contact your local Senator or Representative, and tell them that you want Cannabis to be reclassified as a Schedule III drug, and allow sick people the safe access and protection from prosecution that they deserve.

Thank you,
-Frank Colletti
http://polymatheism.com
http://wecannevolve.org

Quo Bono? (Who benefits?)

In ancient rome, the Senators and Judges would ask one simple question when any crime was committed. Quo Bono? Who benefits, or who stands to gain from the crime?

It seems strange to me that more Americans don't ask this simple question about 9/11.

Who stands to gain? Who benefits the most? Was it Al-Qaeda? Osama Bin Laden? The Taliban? No, it wasn't any of these terrorists.

Who benefits? Larry Silverstein, leaseholder on the World Trade Center. Just before 9/11, Larry Silverstein, purchased a 99-year lease on the WTC properties, for the amount of $3.2 Billion U.S.

This lease, included a special insurance policy, worth $3.5 Billion dollars, that SPECIFICALLY covered Acts of Terrorism. That seems pretty convenient, doesn't it?

However, did the American people stand up and declare "That man is a criminal?" No! And I, for one, am outraged. It seems so simple, when you examine the evidence, that plainly, the United States government, collaborated with Mr. Silverstein to demolish his buildings in a very public, and horrific manner, to simply pass the USA PATRIOT Act, and remove our rights and suspend our liberties granted us by the Constitution.

This subterfuge was a collaborated effort that actually spanned several years of previous administrations, including Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush Sr.

Anyone who takes the time to read the 9/11 Commission Report, in it's entirety, will be shocked when they discover the "full story" that our government is trying to sell the American people.

It is an abomination to Liberty and the American way of life, and we must take a stand and order impeachment proceedings for all the parties in the Bush administration and prior administrations that had direct knowledge of the plans to attack the World Trade Center. The evidence of which, leads directly to several key individuals in the Bush cabinet, including Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and Colin Powell.

It is ridiculous and ludicrous for people to stand idly by, while our government stages a coup for political power and world domination, by usurping our freedoms, and removing the element of security from our way of life.

Justice is imperative in seeking retribution, and putting to rest the air of uncertainty left in this country after 9/11. Many still believe the official story, that 19 hijackers were able to subvert the entire FAA, Flight Attendants, and NORAD, in able to hijack and attack the WTC and the Pentagon, and that coincidentally, all the planes used were at only 20% occupancy due to an "error" in the computer systems.

This is also a highly controversial, and unpublicized fact about the entire 9/11 situation, that Dick Cheney, took control of NORAD on the morning of 9/11, and ordered them to stand down, for the FIRST time in NORAD's 56 year history.

Why isn't this fact published? Why aren't journalists and congressmen calling for the impeachment and criminal prosecution of Dick Cheney, with Conspiracy to commit an act of Terrorism?

I will tell you why, because the Bush administration issued a gag order against the media, and they threatened Federal prosecution under National Security, to any Federal employee, or military employee who divulged information about 9/11.

This is even documented.

We should also discuss Building 7, the one 300 feet north of Tower 1, that caught fire from falling debris, which set fire to some fuel tanks, and that fire cause the building to collapse in on itself almost perfectly, as though demolished by controlled explosives.

Why is it that no one in the media ever asked the key questions about this building? Who were the occupants of the building, and who stood to gain from its destruction?

Simply put, the main occupants of the building were the CIA, FBI, SEC, and Federal Prosecutors, along with storage for about 4000 files the SEC was using to prosecute Wall Street criminals.

Who stood to gain from its destruction? Well, Larry Silverstein is first and foremost, because with the buildings all destroyed due to an "Act of Terrorism" rather than controlled demolition, he collected a $3.5 billion dollar insurance payout.

Sounds like a nice investment to me. Let me see, he signed a lease, with which I'm sure the actual assets used to purchase the property came nowhere near $3 billion. Then a few months later, some "Terrorists" attack the buildings, they go down without really disturbing the neighboring buildings at all, and he nicely, cleanly, collects a profit and stands to build new buildings, which I'm sure he will gain even more profit from in the long run.

So really, tell me this, does it really make sense that the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden would need to make such an attack on the United States, because of their hatred for our way of life, which really this attack didn't do anything to our country directly except kill nearly 3,000 citizens. The actions of the Bush administration in the days after 9/11 are what has done the most damage.

Literally, the USA PATRIOT act is the most advanced, well thought, attack on our Liberties in the 235 years as a country. It was never conceived by the Founding Fathers that government should be able to have the capacity to have utter control and authority over it's citizens. Literally, the establishment of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, were done to protect the Liberty and Rights of every American.

The USA PATRIOT Act, passed in October of 2001 by President George W. Bush, was the most significant assault on American Freedom, and the biggest push for Tyrannical Dictatorship, ever perpetrated on the United States.

This act, along with it's sequel, the PATRIOT Act 2, have violated rights, violated the constitution, and ruined the freedoms and lives of all Americans. Many cities have outright rejected the PATRIOT Act, and luckily, it expires on May 29, 2011, even though Congress extended it by 90 days.

However, the threat is not yet done. We still have an assault on our Freedoms and Rights, and that assault is coming very soon. I'm sure that the Osama Bin Laden death, is simply more subterfuge to cover something else looming or already passed. I'm not sure what it is, but you wait and see. It will be something huge too. I'm not sure if they will simply start Martial Law, or if they will allow something else to happen, and it will be because of Osama Bin Laden's death, that the American people will just accept it; hook, line, and sinker.

I stand for our Liberty, and I think that we should all do the same. Please do not vote with Party politics in mind. Do your research, and find out how the political candidates stack up against one another, and find out about their voting records. There you can find the truth about how they feel, and who is controlling them.

Follow the money, it will lead to the source of corruption. As it simply goes, Quo Bono? Who Stands to Gain?

We need to create a new 9/11 Commission, formed by The People, consisting of bi-partisan members of the Congress, and civilians. Because that is the most important part, our government needs to have accountability to the rest of us, and it just isn't there.

If you agree with me, please tweet this blog, and tell your friends about the truth. You can find out more information by searching the web about anything I talk about. There is well documented evidence, both by the media, and within governmental websites, that plainly expose the lies for what they are.

It's up to each and every one of us to demand to our Congressmen and Senators that we want the truth. We want to see someone come to Justice for the crimes perpetrated on September 11, 2001. With the 10 year anniversary coming, isn't now the right time?

Thank you,

--Frank Colletti
http://polymatheism.com
http://polymatheism.blogspot.com

Fighting the InfoWar against Disinformation in the Establishment.

I've been doing quite a bit of research and reading lately. Because I use medical Cannabis, and I've had my life greatly improved since receiving my Authorization to engage in the Medical use of Cannabis. I have found quite a bit of information on the internet, and it seems that most of it is misleading. I would like to clarify this for my readers, and show exactly what is fact and what is lies.

First, I'd like to start by showing some information about Cannabis use in teens, and the connection it has in States that have passed medical Cannabis laws.

"(adolescent marijuana use in medical marijuana states) "Indeed, all 11 states that have passed medical marijuana laws ranked above the national average in the percentage of persons 12 or older reporting past-month use of marijuana in 1999, as shown in Table 2. It is at least possible, however, that this analysis confuses cause with effect. It is logical to assume that the states with the highest prevalence of marijuana usage would be more likely to approve medical marijuana programs, because the populations of those states would be more knowledgeable of marijuana’s effects and more tolerant of its use.

"It is also the case that California, the state with the largest and longest-running medical marijuana program, ranked 34th in the percentage of persons age 12-17 reporting marijuana use in the past month during the period 2002-2003, as shown in Table 1. In fact, between 1999 and 2002-2003, of the 10 states with active medical marijuana programs, five states (AK, HI, ME, MT, VT) rose in the state rankings of past-month marijuana use by 12- to 17-year-olds and five states fell (CA, CO, NV, OR, WA).¹¹¹ Of the five states that had approved medical marijuana laws before 1999 (AK, AZ, CA, OR, WA), only Alaska’s ranking rose between 1999 and 2002-2003, from 7th to 4th, with 11.08% of youth reporting past-month marijuana use in 2002-2003 compared with 10.4% in 1999. No clear patterns are apparent in the state-level data. Clearly, more important factors are at work in determining a state’s prevalence of recreational marijuana use than whether the state has a medical marijuana program."

Source: 

Eddy, Mark, "Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies," Congressional Research Service (Washington, DC: March 31, 2009), p. 32.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33211.pdf

It's important to point out, that this source is well balanced, showing the data as it relates to the facts, and not opinion. It's pointed out, that while the States with Medical Marijuana laws, some have higher rates of recreational Cannabis use, however some do not. This shows, that while the use of Cannabis in minors between 12 and 17 are higher in the States with Medical Marijuana laws, it may simply be due to the fact that the constituents of those States may just have more experience with Cannabis, which resulted in them passing Medical Marijuana laws.

This is an important fact that is basically lost in translation once portrayed by the general media. It is mostly pointed out that Medical Marijuana CAUSES recreational use in minors. Another point that is mostly lost, that Medical users have very little to do with the minors using Marijuana for recreation, and who does have everything to do with their illegal use? Their parents.

That's right, I would like to raise a call-to-arms for everyone that doesn't have a child, to stand up for our rights to provide medicine to the sick, and stop legislating away behavior that the parents think will "Put my children at risk."

I'm tired of being at risk of arrest, because I need this very important, lifesaving medicine, all so that some parents can feel like they're safe in protecting their children. The problem isn't Marijuana, the problem is people who don't spend enough time with their kids, and then the kids end up getting involved with bad influences, like other kids that have no parenting discipline, and they end up trying all sorts of drugs, because drug dealers don't ID.

However, here is where the "War on Drugs" is a complete lie and a failure. If the parents really wanted to protect their children, they would simply legalize Cannabis, so that it could be Controlled, Taxed, and Regulated. Then, there would be much less of it on the streets. Medical patients themselves already keep their Cannabis to themselves, and in fact, they commit no crimes in growing their own medicine and sharing it with other patients.

The only criminal activity involving Marijuana these days, is when it is trafficked in with the intent of being sold on the Black Market, and this is done by a criminal element with the intent of profiting off your children and others who want to use this medicine for themselves. That is where legalization ultimately protects you and your children.

There are several wars going on in the world right now, and one is being fought right here on the home front, against each and every one of us. It is a war of the mind, and on our rights and liberties. This war is called "The War on Drugs" and this war is really just a Ponzi scheme to protect the profits of companies like Eli-Lilly, Watson, and Roxy Pharmaceuticals. Along with Big Agro, like Monsanto.

There is a huge war of disinformation as well. I found this quote on the website Above the Influence.

"

Marijuana Facts
(Pot, Weed)

What is It?

Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. Marijuana has a chemical in it called tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering (psychoactive). In other words, they change how the brain works. A lot of other chemicals are found in marijuana, too — about 400 of them, some of which are carcinogenic.⁴⁶ Marijuana is addictive with more teens in treatment with a primary diagnosis of marijuana dependence than for all other illicit drugs combined.⁴⁷Using marijuana can also lead to disturbed perceptions and thoughts, and marijuana use can worsen psychotic symptoms in people who have schizophrenia.⁴⁸

Additionally, there are higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thinking among people who use marijuana when compared to people who don't use.⁴⁹Teens who started using marijuana before age 15 are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression in early adulthood.⁵⁰ A new study shows that smoking marijuana is associated with a 40% increase risk of psychosis, and 

Impaired judgment and motor coordination / Shortened attention span and distractibility / Anxiety and panic attacks /Increased heart rate / Increased risk of heart attack / Increased risk for schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals / Impaired judgment / Problems with memory and learning / Lowered motivation / Decreased alertness and coordination / Addiction / Withdrawal symptoms from stopping drug use (in a chronic user): irritability, sleeplessness, anxiety, impaired appetite, and aggression."

This kind of disinformation is rampant within our Federal Government, and our school system. It is systematically engineered to make people sick, and make them fear Cannabis. Cannabis doesn't have any of these effects and in fact, some of them are the exact opposite of the effects of Cannabis, let's start at the end and work our way back in examining these lies.

"Irritability, Sleeplessness, anxiety, impaired appetite, and aggression" Okay, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie... This is just plain wrong. Lets start with aggression. Are you kidding me? Normally, I refrain from using stereotypes to describe people, however in this case it makes a good point. Have you ever seen a stoner who just got high? Aggression is about as far from the truth as possible. Most people, when medicated don't have the force of will to be aggressive, let alone the fact that Marijuana's abilities to calm and relax are second to none.

Impaired Appetite? Are you JOKING? First of all, anyone who has read my blog or listened to the podcast knows, that my condition is that of Gastroparesis, a paralysis of the gastric nerves and smooth muscle in the bowels. Literally, my digestive emptying half-time is 24 times normal, so what it takes you and hour and a half to eat, it takes me a day and half.

I use medical Cannabis to control my nausea, vomiting, and APPETITE. Plain and simple, if it weren't for Marijuana, I wouldn't be able to eat.

Irritability, sleeplessness, and anxiety are three conditions that all relate to the level of stress, pain, and mental unrest that a person has. Usually, all three of these conditions are met with great resistance by the effects of Cannabidiol, a medically potent Cannabinoid that is constituent in Marijuana. This Cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is so medically potent that it is given to patients suffering from a wide array of disorders including: Multiple-Sclerosis, Anxiety, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Heart Conditions, Diabetes, Glaucoma, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Migraines, Nausea and Wasting Caused by Chemotherapy, HIV/AIDS, and more.

Impaired Judgement and/or motor co-ordination. This one I don't believe has been disproven in it's entirety, however I know anecdotally that it is false, because I notice that I myself do not lose motor co-ordination, unless I've medicated way beyond that which is necessary. My judgement is my own, and I don't think anyone could tell me that it is suspect or impaired, unless I was drunk or knocked nearly unconcious.

Shortened attention span and/or distractibility, this actually depends on the person. Because I've found that I myself gain focus and attentiveness while medicated, however some others have reported feeling "spacy" or "out of it." However, this is really just matter of the person's tolerance and moderation. See, I can choose to smoke all of my weed in one sitting, or I can moderate it out miserly, and get medicated a bunch of times on the same amount.

This is another point that none of the websites or organizations that advocate prohibition will admit, or even address. The fact is, that there is a small percentage of people who will become addicted to anything, given the opportunity to do so. This is where the prohibition model fails. Because prohibition, comes with it, a stigma and an ostricizing, that makes the person that becomes addicted, even more so and more problematic.

Because of the risk of incarceration, many who actually do need help, do not get it. They fear the repercussions of seeking treatment, and being forever judged because of it. Another misrepresentation highly purported by the establishment, and so-called "Authorities" in drug and alcohol awareness and abstinence programs, is the concept of making you "un-motivated." This is simply untrue, Marijuana doesn't make anyone any more un-motivated than drinking a beer. Even less so. 

This is just outright lies and manipulation, because the truth is, Marijuana actually motivates most people. Significantly so. It motivates people in a creative fashion. Several authors, musicians, and poets have cited Marijuana as being a source of great creativity, empathy, and MOTIVATION.

Also, you'll find that most people who use Cannabis daily, or at least regularly, are more politically aware, more educated (formally or self), and are more empathetic to the blights of humanity. This is all due to the capability of the plant to produce an empathic response in the individual. Most people who use Cannabis have a higher intolerance to injustice, and suffering, which is why they stand up for their rights and become politically active.

Lastly, on the subject of motivation, it is quite common for those of us who use Cannabis regularly, to not wish to be without Cannabis. Due to the fact that Cannabis isn't free, even when you grow it yourself, we have to work very hard to provide for our needs and our families. In fact, because Marijuana isn't covered by insurance companies, I have to pay a lot more for my medicine than the average individual benefiting from Premera or Regence.

I also wanted to point out, that the paragraph of lies above, mentions that marijuana contains "chemicals" that are carcinogenic. Here are the facts: Cannabis, contains no chemicals, other than the chemicals naturally produced by the plant itself, these are called Cannabinoids, Turpenes and Flavanoids. These chemicals are simply the mechanisms by which the plant produces it's aroma, flavor, and it's medical properties.

All Cannabinoids have receptivity in the human body, located in Cannabinoid receptors throughout the body. Cannabinoid receptors come in two varieties, CB1 and CB2 receptors. CB1 receptors are primarily located in the brain, and CB2 receptors, while they are in the brain, and more vastly located throughout the body.

The difference between the affinity Cannabinoids have for these two receptors is the key reason why Cannabis as a natural plant is an effective medicine, while the synthetic attempt to copy THC, known as Dronabinol, is simply ineffective. Dronabinol (known as trade name Marinol in the US.), is a synthetically derived analog of the molecule Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannibinol, better known as THC. This drug, while it can be derived from Cannabis plant's extracts, is more commonly synthesized from it's constituent elements.

While this may be mildly effective in controlling nausea, and somewhat has an effect on the brain, psychoactivity, it is strongly ineffective for the vast array of other symptoms and conditions that Cannabis is EFFECTIVE at treating. This is due to the affinity the various Cannabinoids have for the different receptors in the brain.

THC, whether naturally or synthetically derived, binds to the CB1 receptor, which is primarily concentrated in the brain. The vast majority of medical benefits from the Cannabis plant, come from the 60+ other Cannabinoids, that have a common affinity for the CB2 receptors located throughout approximately 90% of the tissues in the human body.

CBD, or Cannabidiol, is another Cannabinoid that is medically potent, and currently under study in several parts of the world. CBD is associated with Marijuana's anti-inflammatory and analgesic (pain management) responses. CBD, and several other key Cannabinoids, have a high affinity for binding to the CB2 receptors, and this is key in Cannabis' efficacy in medical treatment.

There is currently an accepted and marketed drug in the UK that is sold under the brand name Sativex which is naturally derived from actual Cannabis, and contains chemically pure THC and CBD, in equal parts. It is currently under mass trials now that it is publicly available for prescription in the UK. I look forward to seeing results on a large scale, however I already have several predictions about them. Namely, that they will find high efficacy, with ZERO harmful or deleterious side-effects. Simply put, Cannabis is non-toxic and non-harmfufl. 

THE ONLY EFFECT IN CANNABIS THAT IS CARCINOGENIC IS THE BURNING AND INHALATION OF PLANT MATTER.

This fact is key, and is currently under investigation under a larger scale, but has been studied in the past. In New Zealand a study was done (http://www.ersj.org.uk/content/31/2/280.full), that showed Cannabis smokers had an increased risk of lung cancer, however the data showed conflicting results. It was also pointed out that the methods by which people were smoking (i.e., smoking without a filter, to a smaller butt size, with deeper inhalation, and a tendency to hold the smoke in for longer) all added to the increase in risk. However, it is important to point out, that other research has shown that Cannabis, and it's Cannabinoid constituents have an ANTI-CARCINOGENIC effect, when administered through non-smoked routes.

It is important to also point out, that there is very little chance to control for subjects that use only Cannabis smoke, throughout their entire lives, that have never smoked tobacco cigarettes. This is a key problem in finding reliable data, that would put to bed the myth that Cannabis is "carcinogenic."

The final point of misinformation I would like to address is the level of teens in counselling or drug rehabilitation for "Marijuana Addiction." Namely, this fact is over-inflated by mandatory drug rehabilitation for all minors that are busted for possession. In fact, in most States, when you're arrested or charged for Marijuana Possession, as a part of your sentence, or probation, you will be required to take part in a Drug Treatment or Rehabilitation program. Along with mandatory involvement in the Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous organizations. Which these organizations border on religious, which nearly violates the separation of Church and State, mandated by the Constitution in the Bill of Rights.

This is just another set of reasons why the establishment fights so hard, using every dirty trick in the book, to dissuade the American people from making an informed decision on the facts.

These are all documented, I'm not just making this stuff up. There have literally been hundreds of studies (mostly not in the US, because of its strict Federal guidelines about Cannabis) that have proven time and again that Cannabis has medical uses, and that it is so medically advantageous that it substitutes entirely for a wide range of pharmaceutical compounds.

This is the real reason why the establishment fights so hard to keep Cannabis illegal. Because it threatens the profits of the Big Pharmaceutical ("Sick Care") Industrial Complex. This is why we as citizens must stand up and assert our rights. Tell your Congressmen or Senator that you want to see Cannabis legal in your State.

This will be the biggest issue that we as a country have to face in the next 10 years, and we must get it done, or we will begin to see more and more problems in defending our liberties, because they will be taken away by this administration, especially if Obama is re-elected. I personally am not a Democrat or Republican. I would consider myself a Libertarian, as I agree with the TEA party and their stance on defending the Constitution and re-claiming the Bill of Rights.

I myself look forward to seeing Ron Paul in the upcoming presidential election, and even if he's on the GOP ticket, I will be voting for him. However, I have talked about this before, and I believe we need to abolish the political party system. Start simply making candidates post all of the philosophies, principals and voting records on their websites, and it will be up to the people to investigate the candidates for themselves.

Finally, I would like to point out that on a State level, we all have the right to assert our Sovereignty, and tell the Federal Government to stay out of States matters. If we want to grow weed in our State, sell weed in our State, and TAX weed in our State. It is our RIGHT to do so, and without threat from prosecution by the Federal Authorities.

It is very important that we stand together on this issue, and we must fight to protect our Liberty, Freedom, and our Way of Life. All of which, I love more than almost anything next to my wife and family. I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read this, and listen to me on my podcast by clicking Polymatheism Special (5/5/2011).

--Frank Colletti

http://polymatheism.com  http://wecannevolve.org (under construction)

Happy Mothers Day

I would just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone that's a mother, a happy Mothers Day. I was actually born on Mothers Day, as my mom tells me, and so I always wish every mother I see a great one.

This time, I have a national platform with which to tell everyone this, and I am thankful for my mother Sharon. Also, for my sisters and my wife, and everyone else out there who has a child, because it is the MOST important job, next to being a father, and the more of you out there that do a great job at it, should all be thanked and compensated for it.

So if you aren't a mom, then you need to call yours if you can, or tell any other mom that you see, that you're thankful for them, and wish them a great Mothers Day.

This day is so important, that we all should remember our mothers, and if you can, give them a great big hug.

It's the first thing I did this morning, go and hug my mom. I'm so grateful that I can, and if you can too, please don't forget that, and go see her or give her a call right now, while you still can.

Shout out too, to all my friends down at Tacoma Cross, thanks for a great experience as always.

If you're in the Tacoma area, you can get a membership for free, if you have an authorization for Medical Cannabis, visit http://www.tacomacross.org for details.