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On Thursday, Representative Patricia Todd filed The Alabama Cannabis and Hemp Reform Act of 2013. The bill has been issued as House Bill-550 and assigned to the Alabama House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
The Bill
The Alabama Cannabis and Hemp Reform Act of 2013, when passed would create a system of reasonable regulation that would end the criminal prohibition of both marijuana and industrial hemp in the state of Alabama.
Personal use of marijuana: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following acts are not unlawful and shall not be an offense under Alabama law or the law of any locality within Alabama or be a basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets under Alabama law for persons twenty-one years of age or older
Medical use of Marijuana: In the interest of patients’ rights, this bill would establish separate guidelines in the authorization of the medical use of marijuana only for certain qualifying patients who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a serious medical condition.
Regulation of Hemp: In the interest of enacting rational policies for the treatment of all variations of the cannabis plant, the people of Alabama further find and declare that industrial hemp should be regulated separately from strains of cannabis with higher delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (thc) concentrations.
http://www.theweedblog.com/rep-patricia-todd-files-groundbreaking-marijuana-legislation-in-alabama/On Thursday, Representative Patricia Todd filed The Alabama Cannabis and Hemp Reform... more
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I know you Republicans struggle with what’s known as basic, rudimentary intelligence, but for the love of Pete and all that is holy and sacred! Would you please stop running for public office?! Your stupidity and lack of a basic, working knowledge of biology is humiliating! Please don’t make the movie 'Idiocracy' a self-fulfilling prophecy!...
http://veracitystew.com/?p=49018I know you Republicans struggle with what’s known as basic, rudimentary... more
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Environmentalists and urban planners are on the run in Alabama as the state becomes the first to pass legislation banning Agenda 21, and all that entails. Tea Party types are ecstatic:
Defined these days as “sustainable development,” Agenda 21 seeks to transform humanity with “new global ethics.” At the most basic level, beyond the soft words like “sustainability” and “eco-friendly environments”, Agenda 21 takes away private property ownership, single-family homes, private car ownership, individual travel choices, and privately owned farms.
Other sites note that "Production, education, consumption, individual rights, and even people’s thoughts will all be targeted under the global plan to create a so-called “green economy." But Alabama is now safe from the threat.
This bill, that would bar the state from taking over private property without due process, is intended to shelter Alabamians from the United Nations Agenda 21, a sustainable development initiative that some conservatives see as a precursor for the creation of a world government,” explained Alabama GOP Executive Director T.J. Maloney when announcing that it had been signed into law.
The wording of the Alabama legislation acts to "bar the state from taking over private property without due process," which is pretty vague. But no doubt every proposal for smart growth, transit, higher density housing, heritage preservation, wetlands or forest preservation, shoreline preservation or environmental protection will now be bogged down in Alabama and challenged as part of the Agenda 21. Let's toss in birth control as well.
But hey, as one jubilant Agender reminds us of the words of Ayn Rand, “The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.”
Over at Huffpo, Andrew Reinbach writes a great summary of the Agenda 21 issue and its roots in the John Birch Society. I have called it the right wing "theory of everything"; Reinbach calls it "a sort of grab-bag for fringe ideas."
The JBS goal, after all, is smaller government and to the extent attempts at comprehensive land use planning and sustainability initiatives are frustrated, abandoned, or scaled back, while its followers are kept engaged and recruits filter in, it's succeeding, and sticking to what's proven to be a successful strategy -- one that brought it from near-extinction in the 1960s to being a major, if unacknowledged, influence in American politics today.
Don't count them out.Environmentalists and urban planners are on the run in Alabama as the state becomes... more
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A self-proclaimed white supremisist teen from Russell County, Alambama, plotted to kill six African Americans in his school, was released on a $75,000 bail this past Monday. According to authorities, a teacher at his school (who should be recognized for adverting another massacre) found a notebook detailing the plot and turned it over to authorities.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/01/06/2334878/russell-county-sheriff-teen-planned.html
You would think that something like this would make national headlines. A teacher, school district, and police working together to protect their students was thwarted by a judge who feels that their lives and those of 6 African American students, are not worth protecting! This kid's parents obviously didn't have any problems with him making bombs in their home, so why is he out on bail? He was charged with first degree attempted assault, but why isn't he charged with terrorism? He was plotting to kill and intimidate an entire community based on race so why isn't he charged with hate crimes and ethnic intimidation? Is it because he's white? If this suspect was of another race, would the charges still be the same?
Why aren't we talking about this? Is it because this potential tragedy was adverted or because of the potential victims involved?A self-proclaimed white supremisist teen from Russell County, Alambama, plotted to... more
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Marijuana for medical purposes is legal in 17 states. Birmingham representative Pat Todd would like to see it legalized in Alabama for those in pain.
"When you are at end of life, going through cancer treatment, or your have seizures or MS there is a proven medical benefit from the use of marijuana," Pat Todd said.
Under Todd's bill, the Alabama Public Health Department would issue cards saying a patient had a right to use no more than 10 ounces of marijuana a month for medical reasons.
"If your child was dying of cancer and they were in extreme pain and discomfort, you do everything in your power to eliminate that," Todd said.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/20077070/alabama-lawmaker-seeks-to-legalize-medicinal-marijuanaBIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -
Marijuana for medical purposes is legal in 17 states.... more
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The Rev. Thomas Long doesn't have neighbors on Montrose Avenue anymore. Everyone is gone. Widespread chemical contamination from a Monsanto plant was discovered in West Anniston, in Alabama's Appalachian foothills, back in the 1990s. Behind Long’s home a church was fenced off, and men in "moon suits" cleaned the site for weeks. Nearby, boarded windows and sunken porches hang from abandoned shotgun houses. A red "nuisance" sign peeks above the un-mowed lawn of one empty house. But Long stayed; he had lived in the same house for all but one of his 64 years. Now he is stuck. Stuck on a street with no neighbors. Stuck with a property he's convinced is unclean. Stuck with an extraordinary load of chemicals in his body. And stuck with diabetes. As a cleanup of West Anniston stretches into its eighth year, new research has linked PCBs exposure to a high rate of diabetes in this community of about 4,000 people, nearly all African American and half living in poverty. Even today, people there are among the most highly contaminated in the world. "Monsanto walked away not doing their job. They left a community still sick, still dying and very dissatisfied," Long said. Part 6 of Pollution, Poverty, People of Color
More at the linkThe Rev. Thomas Long doesn't have neighbors on Montrose Avenue anymore. Everyone... more
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Guilty plea planned in Ted Nugent AK hunt caseA
BUSTED: Wal-Mart Caught In Massive Bribery Scandal That Goes All The Way To The Top
‘Justice for Trayvon’: Alabama Man in Critical Condition After Mob BeatingGuilty plea planned in Ted Nugent AK hunt caseA
BUSTED: Wal-Mart Caught In Massive... more
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Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he’s in critical condition.
According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night. They say the kids left and a group of adults returned, armed with everything but the kitchen sink.
Police tell News 5 the suspects used chairs, pipes and paint cans to beat Owens.
Owens’ sister, Ashley Parker, saw the attack. “It was the scariest thing I have ever witnessed.” Parker says 20 people, all African American, attacked her brother on the front porch of his home, using “brass buckles, paint cans and anything they could get their hands on.”
What Parker says happened next could make the fallout from the brutal beating even worse. As the attackers walked away, leaving Owen bleeding on the ground, Parker says one of them said “Now thats justice for Trayvon.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/justice-for-trayvon-alabama-man-in-critical-condition-after-mob-beating/Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that... more
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I'm seeing a side of Mitt Romney that I never knew existed. He truly is a regular Southern guy.I'm seeing a side of Mitt Romney that I never knew existed. He truly is a regular... more
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This one's better than Bill Maher's recent video profile of Mississippi Republicans...
(warning: you may experience a loss of brain cells when viewing)
http://veracitystew.com/?p=32193This one's better than Bill Maher's recent video profile of Mississippi... more
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It’s no wonder that the misinformed who rely on Fox News for their information have their fears confirmed when political candidates like Rick Santorum continue to question the president’s religious beliefs by claiming Obama has a “different theology” than the rest of America, or when high-profile Evangelicals like Franklin Graham go on national television to declare that Islam gets a “free pass” on Obama because his father was Muslim.
http://veracitystew.com/?p=32029It’s no wonder that the misinformed who rely on Fox News for their information... more
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Funny thing about the Alabma ultrasound law...one of its major supporters, State Senator Greg Reed (R), owns a company that sells ultrasound equipment...
http://veracitystew.com/?p=31298Funny thing about the Alabma ultrasound law...one of its major supporters, State... more
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I've joked for years that God needs a better PR team on Earth. Some of the most log-headed charlatans, grifters, and just plain logically-challenged people claim to speak on His behalf. Pat Robertson, Ted Haggard, and ethically inept Newt Gingrich are just a few. But, AL state Sen. Shadrack McGill covets his own serving of ignobility.I've joked for years that God needs a better PR team on Earth. Some of the most... more
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