'My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it,' he once explained. 'People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.'
--Arnold Schwartzenegger
Gleaned from Atrios
Take 40 minutes or so to hear about the case of Ed Forchion- see his censored by Comcast commercial. Freedom is not something given, it is something we claim. Go to NJWeedman.com (realmedia file) and see a "little guy", a regular Joe standing up to the juggernaut of Government.
Consumer or Patriot, it is a personal choice we all make...
Check out ReconsiDer.org, visit their links page as you navigate around the site.
Remember we live in the land of the Free and the home of the Brave. How do we go about realizing these lofty thoughts?
Visit the site of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics and download their report On Medical Marijuana and Cognitive Liberty(it is a .pdf file). It will help clear your head of any of the sensationalist BS the mainstream media blasts at you. Plus it offers perspective to counter the hype on MM for when you discuss the issue with folks. CCLE has an amazing links resource too.
Where do Democratic candidates for President stand on the issue of Medical Marijuana? Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana can show you. I'll give you a clue, some of the great slightly "left of center" hopes are quibbling...