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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for jsknow</title><link>http://disqus.com/people/a720bd7fb4845f24732915914b4a7a93/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:02 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Oil and gas executives couldn&amp;#8217;t care less</title><link>http://eletters.disqus.com/oil_and_gas_executives_couldn8217t_care_less/#comment-17010030</link><description>The best thing we can do is get the government off their drug trip and grow a crop that works. Don't let them lie to you, there is plenty of farm land. We have over 100 million total farm acres in the USA and only use about half. The half that's not being planted is more than enough to grow ALL our fuel. Not only that but the government is still paying farmers not to plant. Watch the video titled "HEMP FUEL Can Supply All Our Energy Needs" and read the article titled "Marijuana Facts The Government Does Not Want You To Know" on the website referenced at the bottom of this post.&lt;br&gt;----------------&lt;br&gt;Hemp requires no pesticides, no herbicides, and only moderate amounts of fertilizer.&lt;br&gt;Source: MARIJUANA AND HEMP THE UNTOLD STORY&lt;br&gt;---------------&lt;br&gt;Hemp can produce several different kinds of fuel. In the 1800's and 1900's hempseed oil was the primary source of fuel in the United States and was commonly used for lamps and other oil energy needs. The diesel engine was originally designed to run on hemp oil because Rudolf Diesel assumed that it would be the most common fuel. Hemp is also the most efficient plant for the production of methanol. It is estimated that, in one form or another, hemp grown in the United States could provide up to ninety percent of the nation's entire energy needs.&lt;br&gt;Source: Schaffer Library of Drug Policy &lt;br&gt;------------&lt;br&gt;Hemp is 4 times more efficient than corn as biofuel. Hemp pellets can be used to produce clean electricity.&lt;br&gt;... so powerful it could replace every type of fossil fuel energy product (oil, coal, and natural gas). &lt;br&gt;... This plant is the earth's number one biomass resource or fastest growing annual plant for agriculture on a worldwide basis, producing up to 14 tons per acre. This is the only biomass source available that is capable of producing all the energy needs of the U.S. and the world... &lt;br&gt;Hemp will produce cleaner air and reduce greenhouse gases. When biomass fuel burns, it produces CO2 (the major cause of the greenhouse effect), the same as fossil fuel; but during the growth cycle of the plant, photosynthesis removes as much CO2 from the air as burning the biomass adds, so hemp actually cleans the atmosphere. After the first cycle there is no further loading to the atmosphere... &lt;br&gt;Source: USA Hemp Museum &lt;br&gt;------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;JOIN THE EMAIL LIST, WATCH THE FUEL VIDEOS: &lt;br&gt;Internet Explorer: &lt;a href="http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br&gt;Other Browsers: &lt;a href="http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">jsknow</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:37:55 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Denver drug bust: 2 letters</title><link>http://eletters.disqus.com/denver_drug_bust_2_letters/#comment-17010207</link><description>What do they all have in common? Prohibition and the crime and violence if fosters. We'll never see real and lasting positive effects on any of the harms of illicit drug use until the profit motive is removed. You can waste billions of tax dollars every year, punish people every way imaginable, kill as many as you like, send them to prison, gripe or anything else you may think of but money makes the drug world go round. From the place of origin to the point of sale there can be up to 17000% markup in the illicit drug trade. Drug prohibition has increased drug related death, underage drug use, crime, violence, disease, corruption, wasted tax dollar spending, criminal / terrorist funding and a multitude of other harmful consequences. All major authorities agree that the vast majority of drug-related violent crime is caused by the prohibition against drugs, rather than the drugs themselves. This was the same situation which was true during alcohol Prohibition. Alcohol Prohibition gave rise to a violent criminal organization. Violent crime dropped 65 percent the year alcohol Prohibition was repealed. In the US we've been trying to reduce drug related death, disease, crime, addiction and drug use with prohibition since 1914 in one form or another. It's time to get on a program that works. There are far better ways to deal with drug use and addiction than prohibition. It's time to remove all the politicians that promote prohibition. How many more lives have to be needlessly devastated or lost? Prohibited drugs are way easier for kids to get than regulated drugs! Prohibition never works it just causes crime and violence. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The USA spends $69 billion a year on the drug war, builds 900 new prison beds and hires 150 more correction officers every two weeks, arrests someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds, jails more people than any nation and has killed over 100,000 citizens in the drug war. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 1914 when there were no prohibited drugs 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, today 1.3% of our population is still addicted to drugs but there’s way more crime and violence because of the huge profits prohibition generates. Drugs today are more potent, more readily available and often less expensive than they were in the early 70’s when Richard Nixon started the war on drugs. Every time you look at the news you see more and more drug busts involving bigger and bigger quantities of drugs, not less and less... doesn't that call for change?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There’s only been one drug success story in US history, tobacco, by far the most deadly and one of the most addictive drugs. Almost half the users quit because of regulation, accurate information and medical treatment. No one went to jail and no one got killed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The right; to freedom of religion, free speech, a free press, to keep and bear arms, to be secure in your person, house, papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizure, to life, liberty and property, to be protected from having your property taken by the government without due process of law and without just compensation, to confront the witnesses against you, to be protected from excessive bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, to vote and many others have been denied to millions of Americans in the name of the drug war but our drug problem has not been reduced, it's increased. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you are called for jury duty and you don’t agree with the law the person is charged with, you have the right to vote not guilty, no matter what evidence is produced. Jurors implementing this right in all non-violent drug cases will shut down the ridiculous laws of prohibition. One juror in each case is all it takes. The bottom line is a juror has the right to judge not only the accused person but the law the person is accused of breaking. Don’t be intimidated stick to your position. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We hold these truths to be self-evident -- that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . . that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it. (Excerpt from the US Declaration of Independence)&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;	&lt;br&gt;Join the email list, Watch the videos:&lt;br&gt;Internet explorer:  &lt;a href="http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br&gt;Other browsers:  &lt;a href="http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">jsknow</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:02 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 41 Murders In One Weekend Just Across The Border</title><link>http://sayanything.disqus.com/41_murders_in_one_weekend_just_across_the_border/#comment-19086300</link><description>IT'S TIME TO REMOVE ALL THE POLITICIANS THAT PROMOTE PROHIBITION.&lt;br&gt;HOW MANY MORE LIVES HAVE TO BE NEEDLESSLY DEVASTATED OR LOST?&lt;br&gt;PROHIBITED DRUGS ARE WAY EASIER FOR KIDS TO GET THAN REGULATED DRUGS!&lt;br&gt;PROHIBITION NEVER WORKS IT JUST CAUSES CRIME &amp;amp; VIOLENCE. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The USA spends $69 billion a year on the drug war, builds 900 new prison beds and hires 150 more correction officers every two weeks, arrests someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds, jails more people than any nation and has killed over 100,000 citizens in the drug war. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 1914 when there were NO PROHIBITED DRUGS 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, TODAY 1.3% of our population is STILL ADDICTED TO DRUGS BUT THERE'S WAY MORE CRIME AND VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF THE HUGE PROFITS PROHIBITION GENERATES. DRUGS TODAY ARE MORE POTENT, MORE READILY AVAILABLE AND LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THEY WERE IN THE EARLY 70'S WHEN RICHARD NIXON STARTED THE WAR ON DRUGS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Everyone needs to know about "Jury Nullification". You can learn more here: &lt;a href="http://fija.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://fija.org&lt;/a&gt;  If you are called for jury duty and you don't agree with the law the person is charged with, you have the right to vote NOT GUILTY, NO MATTER WHAT EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED. Jurors implementing this right in ALL NON-VIOLENT drug cases will shut down the ridiculous laws of prohibition. One juror in each case is all it takes. The bottom line is a juror has the RIGHT to JUDGE not only the accused person but the LAW the person is accused of breaking. Don't be intimidated stick to your position.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There's only been one drug success story in history, tobacco, BY FAR THE MOST DEADLY and one of the MOST ADDICTIVE drugs. Almost half the users quit because of REGULATION, ACCURATE INFORMATION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. No one went to jail and no one got killed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DEMAND your Constitutional rights. The right; to freedom of religion, free speech, a free press, to keep and bear arms, to be secure in your person, house, papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizure, to life, liberty and property, to be protected from having your property taken by the government without due process of law and without just compensation, to confront the witnesses against you, to be protected from excessive bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, to vote and many others have been denied to millions of Americans in the name of the drug war. &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;TAKE ACTION. JOIN THE EMAIL LIST,  WATCH THE VIDEOS:&lt;br&gt;Internet Explorer:  &lt;a href="http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br&gt;Other Browsers:  &lt;a href="http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">jsknow</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:08:03 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>