Signs of Sickness and D.E.Ath

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Signs of sickness in our society
DWR: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Via Radley Balko comes a letter from Kent Corbett - a Milwauke police detective and former SWAT officer - who defends the actions of police in the horrible raid on Mayor Cheye Calvo and his family (where the dogs were killed and the innocent family terrorized with no investigative work by the police). continued...

Dr. Wagoner speaks from the heart: Yes on Prop 1

"I think it's unconscionable that the medical use of marijuana is not legal. ... We can do better"
Michigan:U2bYESProp1

John McCain just doesn't get it

Urinetown

Lou Dobbs, an asshat in bizarro land


Horribly Ironic Justaposition

Ganjawar "DEAth" Mongers

* Rep. Duke Cunningham,
who has supported the death penalty for drug traffickers

* On the Larry King Show in late 1989, then drug czar William Bennett, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2000, said he had no moral problems with beheading drug dealers -only legal ones.

* ABC News Case of Jimmy Montgomery, a paraplegic sentenced to 10 years in Oklahoma prisons for less than 2 ounces of marijuana. Apparently ABC couldn't find a grandmother on death row for carrying a roach clip... John P. Walters

* If anybody is responsible for the death of Irma Perez (and many like her), it is people just like U.S. Congressman Mark Souder, who put the drug war above the lives of the citizens.

* James Geddes: sentenced to 150 years, reduced to 90 years
charged with cultivation and possession of five marijuana plants*

* Will Foster 93 Years For Cannabis

* Steve Kubby, a cancer survivor... 21 police officers burst into his California mountain home in January, 1999. After being mistreated in jail, Kubby and his wife found their home ransacked, their reputation trashed, their money and magazine business ruined by police.

* Jonathan Magbie lived at home with his mother, needed private nursing care at least 20 hours a day and was totally dependent upon others because he couldn't use any of his limbs. Magbie pleaded guilty to the possession of marijuana found in his vehicle, The city got its hands on Magbie on Monday. By Friday, he was dead.

* WAMM Raided on September 5, 2002

* Tom Crosslin - Nov. 10, 1954 - Sept. 3, 2001
* Rollie Rohm - Dec. 27, 1972 - Sept. 4, 2001
Rainbow Farm Massacre

* Angel's Fight to Stay Alive



* San Diego County, CA To Sue To Overturn Medical Marijuana Law

Editorial: What is San Diego smoking?
"The County Should Drop Its Legal Attack On Medical-Marijuana ID Law"

Racial disparities in Cleveland drug prosecutions

Cover-Ups, Prevarications, Subversions & Sabotage

Witness: Drug War Spraying Colombia To D.E.A.th

US PRAISES THAI DRUG WAR!

Kathmandu and the Black Prince



Drug Czar Attacks Prop. 5

Kill the Messenger

Drug Worrier Recycling

McCain Should Know The Truth

* Drug Sentencing Reform Act

* Higher Education Act Retracts Financial Aid From Marijuana Users

* Food Stamps Become a Weapon in the War on Drugs

* Drug Ruling Worries Some in Public Housing

* Harsh Drug Bill Coming Soon To Congress

* Our Education: Up in Smoke!

* Congress Considers Dangerous Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Marijuana



* The Murder of Peter McWilliams

* DEA Raids MMJ Garden of Sister Somayah

* Steven W. Tuck from his Vancouver, B.C., hospital bed, whisked him to the border, and relinquished him to the custody of U.S. officials.

* The Murder of Steve McWilliams

* Todd McCormick 5 - 10 years for treating neck cancer.

* Bryan Epis Sentenced to Ten Years

* Lynn and Judy Osburn Face Up to 40 Years

* Death Penalty for Two Ounces of Marijuana!
U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA)