I was in a lucid state of dreaming and the words “unalienable rights” kept coming up. I repeated the words several times as I drifted between consciousness and sleep. Once fully awake I remembered the phrase but did not know the meaning so I googled it, and to my surprise I realized that the words “unalienable rights” is part of The Declaration of Independence.
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by there creator with unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That morning I started to text a friend about dreaming the words “unalienablerights” and the spell check on my blackberry highlighted the word “unalienable” as misspelled. The suggested correct spelling was “inalienable”. Curious, I looked up the definition of both phrases “unalienable rights” and “inalienable rights”.
I don’t know about you, but I’m wondering why blackberry spell check doesn’t recognize the word that defines our natural right not be surrendered or sold, but instead chooses a definition with the opposite meaning?
Later in the day, a friend of mine corrected my usage of the phrase “unalienable rights” referring to “inalienable” as being correct? Why the confusion between the two words? Is the word “unalienable” subtly being buried from our language on purpose?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is our unalienable right. “Happiness” is also defined as “property”. According to the constitution we have a god-given right to “property” so long as the “property” does not harm the owner or the community at large.
Why are we being denied the right to grow hemp when it would provide paper, fiber, fuel, clothing, food and medicine? Why is cannabis prohibition not recognized as a denial of our “god-given” or “natural rights”? After all, The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
Marijuana prohibition is the maladjustment of our dwindling independence. Our fourth of July celebrations are no different then any of the other misguided holidays we celebrate. It is just another reason to be sold on hormone injected chickens and hamburgers for the barbeque, while we drink our Budweiser and watch fireworks made from China. It’s all very inalienable isn’t it?
Recorded excerpt from Hollywood Hemptress Hour on the topic, “Is marijuanaprohibition unconstitutional?” Host: Tere Joyce. Panel: Radical Russ Bellville, Robbie Gennet, Evan Dagger.
The California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012 needs your help. An initiative must have 560 signatures from registered voters to make the ballot, and without paid signature gatherers this task is a nearly impossible to accomplish. Unfortunately, this year Mary Jane is lacking a sugar daddy albeit George Sorosto support her.
I received inspiration on how to raise the much needed money from a conversation I had with my friend Stephen over eggs, toast, and coffee. My pal’s former high school had been robbed and they no longer had a budget to throw a prom that year. So, Stephen did a post on facebook asking his friends to donate just $1.00 towards the cause. He exclaimed that almost everyone can give at least a buck to help out, and a lot of people will give more without even asking them for it. His ideology paid off and he raised $6,000 in six weeks with very little effort. A light bulb went off in my head as I took sip of coffee…Hmm…What would happen if we expanded this idea to raise money for the California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012? Would giving a little bit equate to a whole lot? If a million people gave $4.20 each…Hmm…Do you see what I see?
What is the California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012 really all about?
How will the Jack Herer Initiative effect marijuana laws and local legislature?
It allows the use of marijuana for adults 21 years and older, and regulates it like beer and wine.
Releases prisoners from jail who are doing time for marijuana related crimes.
Eliminates testing for cannabis metabolites for employment, and replaces it with a test for active THC.
It challenges the federal government’s constitutional ability to restrict farmers from growing industrial hemp when they allow it to be imported to the country.
Legalizes entire cannabis hemp plant and establishes a hemp industry outside of the marijuana industry in the state of California.
Taxes recreational use of marijuana to create a fund for the industrial hemp industry.
How does the Jack Herer initiative differ from some of the other marijuana petitions circulating in California?
The California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative encompasses legalization of the whole cannabis hemp plant. It challenges the federal government’s constitutional ability to restrict farmer’s from growing industrial hemp when they allow it to be imported to the country. The other initiatives only legislate at the state level. The DEA does not recognize state marijuana laws.
You can help feed a child for less than the price of a gallon of gas!
Hemp seed can be eaten raw, ground into meal, sprouted, made into hemp milk, prepared as a tea, and used for baking. The hemp seed provides all of the omega-6 fatty acids that your body needs to stay healthy. When we legalize industrial hemp there will be no need for the federal program to feed our children hamburgers with “pink slime” injected in it, or genetically modified soy milk by Monsanto. When we legalize hemp we will create clean green energy jobs, boost our economy, provide clothing, and feed our children with good nutrition. Even if you don’t live in the state of California, won’t you please make a donation of $4.20 to legalize industrial hemp again? If a million people donate just $4.20 we will have enough money to get the California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012 on the ballot this year. Please send this post to your family and friends. Tweet, and post it on Facebook. Our future is your future. To make a donation visit www.cchhi2012.org.
“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1791
Jose Huizar gave a corporate style power point presentation at Eagle Rock’s State of the Town speech on Feb. 1st, 2012. Huizar’s attitude appeared laissez faire as he discussed local graffiti, tree trimming, and the hot topic of banning medical marijuana collectives. As if he were speaking to his locker room buddies he seized a moment to make a joke about cracking down on local massage parlors due to reports of sexually transmitted diseases.
Despite the fact that human trafficking may be taking place in our own neighborhoods all questions presented to Huizar were about marijuana collectives. The first question asked was to show evidence that the medical marijuana dispensaries increased neighborhood crime. Jose haphazardly read the question by skimming over the words as if most of it were irrelevant to those in the audience. Folks in the crowd began to yell, “We can’t hear you!” When he doubled talked his answer the group shouted, “You’re not answering the question!” He was ill prepared to deal with their heckling and walked the room like a bad comedian.
After about 20 minutes of nothingness he finally answered, “My constituents tell me there is increased crime from the marijuana collectives.” Who are his “constituents” and why is their word the truth despite other evidence such as the Rand Report? Hasn’t he researched his data, or is he just taking instructions from another source? Based on his power point presentation, his “constituents” appear more like CEO’s of a powerful corporation than local authorities. Huizar came ill-prepared for the bombardment of marijuana questions, and may have had to wear a dunce cap back at the office. If we were to rate Huizar’s performance like a porn revue…I would give him the rating of a “soft woody”.
Part of Huizar’s defense was that the collectives claim to be non-profits that make over a hundred thousand dollars a year without paying taxes. This is entirely untrue. The collectives do pay taxes, and measure “M” was passed which would allow a tax based revenue stream to help local cities. Meanwhile, our local city council members make over one hundred thousands dollars a year. Let’s tax Huizar to help create revenue for our much needed economy, and make this a real Happy Ending.
Tim Ryder at the State Town Address
Marijuana activists showed up unified under the leadership of Tim Ryder who is the founder of Cannabis Clubs United with the Community. They were dressed in black to express that if marijuana collectives are banned patients would be forced to get their medicine from the Black Market. To listen to Tim Ryder on Hollywood Hemptress Hour click here .
I can vividly remember a vacation that I took to San Francisco in the back seat of a car in 1968. I sat in the back with my childhood friend Cherry Carpio whom I had a love/hate relationship with. We first met when we were 2 years old, and I was wearing a dress with strawberries on it. For no reason Cherry pushed me into the rose bushes. I was dumbfounded by her actions. I concluded, if your going to push someone at least have a good reason for it; otherwise it doesn’t make any sense at all.
So, there we were sitting in the back of the car when one of the adults in the front seat said, ” Let’s drive through Haight Ashbury and look at the hippies, and the homosexuals!” The adult suggested it with such enthusiasm that I thought, “We must be driving through some sort of cool themed animal zoo. So I asked, “What are the hippies and the homosexuals?”
I looked up the word Hippie. It is defined as: Nonconformist, bohemian beatnik, drop-out, flower child, free spirit, free thinker. Oh, and I love this one…freak. Related internet searches are: hippie clothing, hippie slang, hippie graphics. hippie art, hippie sayings, hippie symbols, hippie bus, hippie music. hippie goddess, hippie names, and Dirty Hippie.
Recently I read a news article online about Occupy LA’s arrest and evacuation from City Hall. In the article there was a photo of police cleaning the park wearing the kind bio-hazard gear you see actors wear in those epidemic disease movies. There was a line that read something like, ” We’re really happy to get rid of those dirty hippies, and we really hope they got a flu shot.” Well, I just want to point out to the paper whom published the article that some of the occupiers weren’t just hippies. They were also communists. Call them what you want. In my opinion, not only have the “hippies” changed the world, but they are now commercially mainstream. Haven’t you noticed the tie-died peace sign clothing sold in the children’s department of Nordstrom? Do you think there will be occupy clothing twenty years from now? Will there be jacket’s, scarves. and ski masks with the 99% sprayed on them in Walmart stores across America?
How did the Bourgeois Hippies change the world?
How did the Bourgeois Hippie’s change the world? Once upon a time, a group of nonconformist, bohemian, beatnik, free spirited, free thinking, freaky, bourgeois communists… smoked some pot, took some acid, ate some mushrooms, tripped, tuned -in, dropped out, and became conscious of their lack of desire to push anybody for no reason. Why, you may ask? It no longer made any sense to them at all.
One again the civilians of Los Angeles are interfaced with the reality that their elected politicians are attempting to shutdown local medical marijuana collectives. Despite the fact...that in the last election we voted for Measure “M” which allows medical marijuana sales to be taxed. Despite the fact…that our California State Attorney General Kamala Harris is drafting new regulations on medical marijuana. Despite the fact…that the Rand Corporation study on marijuana legalization has confirmed that cannabis commerce makes neighborhoods safer. So, the big question of the day is… WTF is up with this bullshit?
Fact: The dispensaries are already regulated and licensed by the city.
Fact: Almost 80% of Americans support medical marijuana.
Fact: Shutting down cannabis collectives will only benefit the Black Market drug cartels.
Please attend the meeting in black attire to symbolize Jose Huizar’s “Black Market Strategy”. The meeting will be held Wednesday Feb. 1st, 2012 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. located at the Eagle Rock Center of the Arts. For more info go to www.ccuwc.org.
The black attire event is organized by Cannabis Clubs United With the Community. Tim Ryder founder of CCUWC announced the event on Hollywood Hemptress Hour Episode 042: Total Recall 2012. To listen click here.
Remember there is no shame in medicating with cannabis, and Just Say No to Big Pharma!
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