tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524315792427858322024-03-13T19:31:37.616-05:00Wallfisher's RamblingsThe rants and raves of a Realist and Disillusioned Baptist.
I do not intend to offend.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-10985409830033156512012-12-11T06:43:00.001-06:002012-12-11T06:43:58.424-06:00An old Compaq Presario 1670 laptop.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a project I've been wanting to complete for some time now. Finally, this laptop is maxed out with 192mb of ram and has a 3.5 gig
hdd installed. I started with a Debian LXDE netinstall, which ended up
being a damaged install. After a few days of reading, a lot of patience,
some time using xterminal, I believe it is repaired and loaded with a
bare minimum Gnome desktop environment. I still have 1.2 gigs of free
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It's not the fastest computer, but it's close to being as fast as some of my customers computers that are loaded with XP or 7. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-30367039121499322502012-04-02T22:49:00.001-05:002012-04-02T22:49:40.779-05:00Priorities of law enforcement.Today we had a difficult time in Oakland, California.<br />
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<a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/04/02/several-shot-inside-oakland-christian-school/#.T3psMBvIbL0.facebook">Shooting in Oakland</a> while this was happening our <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/02/BABJ1NTK9T.DTL&tsp=1">DEA raids Oaksterdam.</a><br />
I would say that the priorities of our legislators concept of protecting us is slightly twisted and one sided. They seem to think they are right and we the people are wrong. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-33238515163397344232012-03-29T20:16:00.001-05:002012-03-29T20:16:55.743-05:00Neglect or ADHDToday was the first time I've posted in a while. I shouldn't make that a habit, it happens when I can't find something that sets me off on a rant.<br />
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Of course, I've been busy working a lot lately. I can't say that I'm getting rich or making a lot of money, but I'm fortunate to be able to stay busy. So that cuts into my rants a bit.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-29661411559616948532012-03-29T19:27:00.001-05:002012-04-08T23:54:28.120-05:00A reply to Moms for Marijuana's status on Facebook<h6 class="uiStreamMessage uiStreamHeadline">
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statements were copied, verbatim, from a conversation that one of our
chapter leaders had with a family member. How would you educate your
family if you were in this situation? Help us analyze and dissect these
statements to form a well educated (and polite!) response. Please post
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with the research of any possible benefits of marijuana, maybe you
should focus less on smoking your next bowl and using the oil version to
"cure" your issues. You are fighting against millions of lazy ass pot
heads unwilling to do much more than watch tv and get stoned, wanting to
collect their disability check or unemployment check. I cant wait for
drug tests before handout checks are issued. Hopefully that would stop
the drain on society. There are plenty of legitimate people that deserve
to claim disability, but many more just taking advantage of the system
and expecting more handouts.<br /> <br /> If you get cancer while smoking
pot, doesn't that go against everything they say pot supposedly does for
you? It obviously doesn't kill cancer then, otherwise he wouldn't have acquired cancer to begin with. It was surgical removal and chemotherapy
that killed his cancer. Where was the magic drug saving him then? Is it
only helpful in the oil form? Then it should not be legalized period. If
smoking it has no benefit on cancer treatment, which obviously it doesn't, then it should remain as it is. Yes, parents that do illegal
drugs should have cps knocking on their door. They are unfit to make
proper decisions for themselves let alone children. Everyone else can
live within the means of the law, a headache doesn't make anyone else
special. There are plenty of other means of pain remediation that work
better, so why put your kids at risk just to get high. That is what it ultimately comes down to. So go smoke your bowl and forget all this ever
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size: small;">Not all consumers of cannabis are lazy ass pot heads and I'm offended by that statement, from personal experience I have discovered that certain strains do in fact motivate me and help me focus on the task I'm trying to complete.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size: small;">Florida has tried to test unemployment and welfare recipients, only to discover that a measly 2% failed the tests for illicit drug use. I wonder how many would fail a breathalyzer test for alcohol? I wonder how many are legally taking prescription drugs and abusing them or are addicted to them?</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size: small;">All drugs have side effects, every person alive can and usually does react differently to the drugs they consume. </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size: small;">I'm a firm believer that cannabis is the right choice of medication for some of the people, just as prescription drugs have proven to be the wrong choice of medication for some of the people.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times; font-size: small;">Most people are not aware that John D. Rockefeller Junior (1874 to 1960) was the man directly responsible for creating and instigating the destructive war on drugs. The war on drugs which has continued for many decades since it was started in the early 1900s was carefully planned and orchestrated to protect the family ownership of a chemically-based pharmaceutical monopoly. <br />
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The war was first begun by Rockefeller Junior, with the help of his father, John D. Rockefeller Senior (1839 to 1937), taking over the control of all legal narcotics. A few years after Rockefeller Junior had taken over the narcotics business market, they then set their sights on eliminating medicinal marijuana (known as cannabis), because it was a competitive threat to their chemically-based pharmaceutical sales. <br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times; font-size: small;">In addition to the control on narcotics, Rockefeller Junior was also directly responsible for the prohibition of marijuana back during the 1930s, and he was the real reason behind the government-sponsored Reefer-Madness propaganda campaign designed to scare people about marijuana. Rockefeller Junior used as a business tactic the strategy of controlling narcotics by using political influence to get laws passed. He also used the strategy of prohibiting certain medicines, in order to control the entire medical system, which he, with the help of his father was able to accomplish. This was done to insure that the Rockefeller-owned pharmaceutical companies would remain the powerful monopolies that they had become. Hemp/marijuana made plentiful ethanol when distilled and was good for running car engines, generators etc. Hemp/marijuana had many industrial uses such as cloth, paper, ropes, and many, many other uses. Because it made plentiful ethanol it therefore was seen as a competitive threat to the Rockefeller petroleum monopolies, as was the fact that cannabis/marijuana was an excellent natural medicine which presented a serious threat to the Rockefeller monopoly on chemically-based pharmaceutical sales.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times; font-size: small;">I do not want to spend a lot of time writing about John Rockefeller Senior or the oil monopoly he built, since this is a research paper about the war on drugs. However, in order to understand the strategies used by Rockefeller Junior in causing prohibition, thus creating the war on drugs, it helps to look at the strategies used by Rockefeller Senior and how he earned his huge oil fortune. Rockefeller Junior learned a lot about how to conduct business from his father. So just a brief but closer look at the elder Rockefeller and his early days follows.<br />
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">From a humble beginning, by the early 1900s John D. Rockefeller Senior was considered to be the richest man in the world; having made a huge fortune in oil. The Standard Oil Company formed by Rockefeller Senior in 1870 was by now so big that the government insisted that it be broken down into several smaller oil companies, which are still largely owned by the Rockefellers today. There have been many name changes over the years of the oil companies formed from the old Standard Oil Company such as BP, Texaco, Exxon-Mobile, Sunoco to name just a few of the oil companies still owned by the Rockefeller family. <br />
An excellent book about the early days of Standard Oil is The History of Standard Oil Company, by Ida Tarbell. When her book was published around 1904, it caused a sensation. Rockefeller allies publically labeled Miss Tarbell as a muckraker, and Rockefeller Senior privately made fun of the author and called her Miss Tar-Barrel. However Rockefeller Senior never made any public reference to the book, because he was probably embarrassed, or maybe he just did not care if people knew he was a crook. In any case the Tarbell book contained a detailed account of the early years of Rockefeller building his oil refinery monopolies and she exposed his crooked business dealings in her book. Her book goes into highly documented detail about fraud, secret kickbacks, bribes and ruthless business practices used by Rockefeller Senior in his strategy of deceit and deception to eliminate any competition from others, and which would also guarantee a monopoly for his Standard Oil Company.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">When Rockefeller Senior started his first oil refinery in Cleveland, one refinery was not enough for him. He was driven to own all the refineries, whether the other refinery owners liked it or not. He was a steam roller. It also was not enough for him to just own all the refineries; he had to take over the distribution routes too, such as the railroads, waterways and pipelines. He took over the distribution of the oil from the refineries to the ports on the east coast, where his ships were waiting to carry the oil to other countries. He built huge storage tanks to hold oil before it was distributed to the customer. He took over the domestic routes, with his own fleet of trucks, delivering oil directly to homes and businesses needing oil. He eliminated any middle men and took their profits as his own. Rockefeller Senior was like a man driven to obtain more and more. He was very smart and shrewd and he knew how to make deals in which he always got the best of the deal, and often leaving the other guy emotionally broken and financially bankrupted. Rockefeller senior had a great ability to create monopolies and to break the spirit of his competitors.<br />
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Rockefeller Senior's obsession to own everything included owning or controlling the various chemical companies that relied on his petroleum. These chemical companies made various products such as fertilizers, pesticides, explosives, industrial chemicals of all sorts as well as synthetic fibers and pharmaceutical drugs. These chemical companies were totally dependent on Rockefeller petroleum. Rockefeller took over the controlling interest of these companies and ran them.</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"> <br />
Another thing I want to mention about Rockefeller Senior because it is important to know about. In the early days of building his oil empire, he formed a fake company called the South Improvement Company to carry out shady deals. This was the company Rockefeller would use when he did not want people to know they were dealing with him. This company would make all kinds of shady deals and many people lost their businesses when they signed up with this company. The company looked great on paper and its bylaws looked fair, and many businesses signed up with this company because it looked so good on paper. However, once the unsuspecting businessman joined up with the fake company, he soon realized that according to the fine print he had given up all control and ownership of his company to Rockefeller Senior. The reason I mention this is because years later when the younger Rockefeller Junior was creating the League of Nations, similar wording was used for the conditions of countries to join the League of Nations. In other words just like companies unknowingly gave up all their rights and control of their businesses to the old South Improvement Company which had been formed by Rockefeller Senior, those joining the League of Nations had to also agree to give up their autonomy and to agree to defer any major decisions to the League of Nations. There are many similarities between the formation of South Improvement and the League of Nations. The book, The History of Standard Oil, by Ida Tarbell can be found free on the Internet. This book is a fascinating look at the early oil industry of the Pennsylvania Oil fields and the rise to prominence of Rockefeller Senior.</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The wealth being produced from oil (kerosene) was enormous even before cars were on the road to use gasoline. Rockefeller Senior began buying coal mines, railroads, steel mills, chemical companies that depended on petroleum products, and many other areas of business and industry. In 1894 he had developed oil ties in Venezuela and had purchased a railroad in Manchuria now in Northeast China. Rockefeller Senior believed that if you made a small investment in another country, it would buy great political influence in that country. He also wanted to retire from the oil business and use his time to do other things such as philanthropy and work on causes. Even before the automobile appeared on the national scene, the Rockefellers were very rich, and once gasoline became needed for automobiles, the wealth of the family became even greater. Eventually Rockefeller did retire and allowed others to run the oil business, although he still had total control over everything his oil companies did By the late 1890s he was retired from the oil business, and looking for new business opportunities, under the guise of philanthropy. This desire to do philanthropy work, while on the surface looked good, also had a more self-serving side. It seemed to satisfy an obsessive need in Rockefeller Senior to create even more monopolies to protect the growing Rockefeller Empire. So while Rockefeller Senior had now officially retired from running Standard Oil Companies, he was looking for new business ventures while hiding behind the mask of philanthropy. Now Rockefeller Senior had his son to help him.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The only son born to John Rockefeller Senior was John Rockefeller Junior. When Junior was old enough, somewhere around the turn of the century, his father gave him the responsibility for running Standard Oil. However, after Junior had worked a short time in the top position, his father replaced him with someone else who was more qualified to run the company. Nonetheless, this did not prevent Rockefeller Senior from finding other positions for Junior because Rockefeller Senior was grooming Rockefeller Junior to manage the family fortune, and there were a lot of ways to do it. Rockefeller Senior set Junior up on the board of directors of many companies and industries, including U.S. Steel.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">During the period from about 1900 to 1920 the Rockefellers, both Senior and Junior, started working on serious plans to take over the educational system, the medical system, all the medical schools and research schools. This was all done in the name of so called philanthropy, but was really designed to act as a method of distributing the chemical pharmaceutical drugs that his companies produced. Rockefeller had already decided to take control of the physicians of America and use them as distributors for his pharmaceutical drugs. One thing Rockefeller Senior had always done in his past business dealings was to take total control away from others and give it to himself. To his way of thinking, buying or taking over a medical school or university was no different than taking over any other business. <br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Rockefeller Senior showed Junior just how easy it was to take over the entire medical system in the United States, and that is exactly what happened. Rockefeller Senior set up the Educational Fund, later to be named the Rockefeller Foundation (established in 1913) and they gave money to the various educational institutions in the form of a conditional grant. This means that if a medical school or university accepted conditional grant money offered by the Rockefeller Foundation, there were strings attached. Those strings basically gave control of the school to the Rockefellers. Rockefeller Senior was not the type of person to twist arms to get his way. The use of force was not his style, to the best I can determine. While Rockefeller Senior often resorted to crooked and unethical business practices to bilk his competitors, he did not use force to get control of a business or industry. Instead Senior used shrewd intelligence, secrecy and the practice of dangling a lot of money (like a payoff) in front of the people who could make the decision to give up control of their educational institution to the Rockefellers.<br />
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The Rockefeller tactics usually worked, whether in the business world or the world of academics, it did not matter, because people still reacted to money in the same way. Senior expended huge sums of money buying out medical schools, universities and especially research schools, but to Rockefeller, the money was just a drop in the bucket. The purpose of taking over the medical schools was so that the Rockefellers could now insist that physicians be trained to only prescribe the use of chemical pharmaceutical drugs for their patients. Any teaching of naturopathy, the use of medicinal plants to treat illnesses, was to be viewed as quackery. Any teaching of nutrition, holistic medicine, or the prescribing of healing and medicinal herbs/plants was not allowed. The ultimate goal of this strategy was to be able to control what physicians were allowed to do, or not do. If a physician stepped out of line and did anything that was not approved by the Rockefeller medical doctrine, the physician lost his license to practice medicine. If the physician followed the Rockefeller rules, they would be financially rewarded through money.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">In the case of colleges and universities that were not necessarily related to medical teaching, they got money too. The roster of universities and colleges that have received Rockefeller money includes the leading Ivy League schools. The Rockefellers pretty much built the University of Chicago, as well as other schools, too numerous to mention. Rockefeller wanted to be able to utilize these schools to teach students the Rockefeller doctrine of global economic development. To Rockefeller Senior, the schools were just more businesses to be added to his empire, and would pay results by benefiting the Rockefeller business interests. A little historical footnote about the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as the Carnegie Foundation which is actually funded by Rockefeller money follows. Back in 1954 a congressional committee called the Reese committee was convened to investigate tax exempt Foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation. The investigation found a lot of wrongdoing on the part of these Foundations and was critical of how they operated. When the results of the investigation were released to the public, Carol Reese, the man who was in charge of the investigation, was slandered and attacked by the Rockefeller controlled media.<br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Another project that the Rockefellers were working on was narcotic control (opium) in order to insure their monopoly on the medical system. Rockefeller Senior must have known that the person who can decide who gets to use narcotics and who cannot is the person who controls the entire medical system. Without narcotics, doctors cannot practice medicine, and hospitals cannot treat patients in pain or perform surgical procedures. Without narcotics people suffering terrible pain cannot find relief. Narcotics are a necessity to any medical system. Rockefeller Senior and Junior used a variety of methods to corner the market and control narcotics. One of these tactics was to hide behind sacred cows to achieve business goals. Sacred cows such as religion, church groups and missionaries. I am not sure if it was Senior or Junior who thought up the idea to use missionaries to beat the drum for prohibition of narcotics, but that was one of their tactics. The missionaries carefully chosen by the Rockefellers were reportedly Baptist fundamentalist types who were more interested in stirring up trouble for people who used narcotics than spreading the word of the Lord. The missionaries in China were always trying to get laws passed which punished those Chinese citizens who used narcotics. In 1909 Rockefeller, using his missionaries convened the first commission on international narcotics, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, and held in Shanghai, China.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">In 1912 another international opium conference, with the same group of missionaries was held, and was called the International Opium Convention. Those countries who attended this convention agreed to be bound by the rules of the convention, which committed this country to work toward the control of all narcotics worldwide. Later, this same group of prohibitionist minded missionary types would also comprise the first narcotics board on the League of Nations, created by the Rockefellers around 1920. I believe that Rockefeller Senior was planning on doing in China what he was also doing in the United States, and that was to get a monopoly of the Chinese medical system. The Rockefeller business strategy for China was to force the Chinese people off of their traditional herbal medicines and on to Rockefeller chemical pharmaceutical drugs. Rockefeller missionaries were agitating for opium prohibition in China, same as in America. I believe that Senior planned to eventually get laws changed in China, making the conversion easier. Senior and Junior built a huge medical school and hospital in China. The medical school would have produced the so called medical experts needed to convince government to change laws to favor Rockefeller pharmaceutical sales. I believe that none of these things ever came to fruition, but not because the Rockefellers did not try. Between a war in China and the Communists coming to power in China, western businessmen were no longer welcome in the country, thus removing any further hope of doing business in the Chinese market for the Rockefellers. </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">There is much more I could write about the Rockefeller habit of using intolerant religious groups to carry out the Rockefeller prohibition agenda. Before researching this paper I did not know that the Rockefellers actually created their own church and used it to push public acceptance for the League of Nations, which Rockefeller Junior was instrumental in creating. This organization was created in order to protect the Rockefeller rapidly growing global empire. Enter (Interchurch World Movement and Rockefeller) into a search engine and find all kinds of information on this subject.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">By 1914 the Rockefellers pretty much controlled the political process in the United States. They pushed for control of narcotics and got the Harrison Narcotic Act passed, which was the first of many laws concerning the control of opium and narcotics. The Rockefellers, with the help of their so called medical experts doing their bidding, waged a scare campaign against the use of opium/narcotics. They portrayed people who used narcotics as sinners and bad people who should be punished. The Rockefellers also brought the prohibitionist minded and intolerant missionaries into his propaganda campaign against narcotics. These were the same missionaries that later sat on his international narcotic commission and would later become part of the League of Nations. The laws that were passed by Rockefeller allies greatly helped the Rockefellers secure their medical monopoly and put the control of narcotics squarely in their hands. They created federal agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which was just one among the many government agencies they controlled. They financed politicians to run for office and had a lot of money to spread around. Although the Rockefellers are more associated with the Republican Party, they also funded other political parties and candidates too. Many Democrats were Rockefeller allies also. There is much information about this subject on the Internet. Using a search engine, look for (pharmaceutical companies, Rockefeller) or (drug companies, Rockefeller). You will be amazed at all the information. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The fact that prior to 1914 before the passage of the Harrison Narcotic Act, people could purchase narcotics (opiates) without a doctor's prescription which gave the population the freedom to treat their own aches and pains. Once this law was passed, people would be forced to seek a doctor (the Pharma distribution system) before finding pain relief. Patients often found that doctors were reluctant to give narcotics, but freely prescribed Pharma drugs instead. People had to pay the doctor for his time, and many could not afford to pay, and thus suffered in silence. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The creation of the League of Nations in 1919 was the result of the Rockefeller efforts with the help of some of their wealthy allies. I do not want to focus too much on detail about its creation, because an entire book could be written about just this subject alone. However, it is important to know some information about the League of Nations, because it is so crucial in understanding the planning and implementation of the global war on drugs. The war on drugs, which has brought so much misery and bloodshed throughout the world, is waged to protect the profits of the chemically based pharmaceutical companies which are owned by the Rockefellers. Furthermore, the war on drugs helps the Rockefellers maintain their monopolistic control on the United States medical system as well as the medical systems of other countries throughout the world. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Around 1915 a group of wealthy New York state tycoons, led by the Rockefellers, got together to create a worldwide organization designed to protect the Rockefeller financial global empire. This organization would become the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson, who happened to be the President during this time, was to be the Rockefeller pitch man for their scheme. Wilson presented to the public his famous Fourteen Points speech, which basically explained to the public what a good idea this concept of a League of Nations was. The Fourteen Points Speech was to be an introduction to the public about the concept of the League of Nations. Nowhere in the Wilson Fourteen Points is there ever any mention of drug prohibition. I know this because I looked specifically for any reference to drugs and could not find any. Not a word about drugs. Yet as soon as the League of Nations was formed a narcotics commission was immediately created concerning this very matter of drug prohibition. Remember the missionaries mentioned previously who sat on the International Narcotic Commission meetings back in 1909 and 1912 in Shanghai, China. This was the so called missionary group chosen by Rockefeller and these meetings were sponsored by the U.S. State Department. This is the same group of missionaries that now would sit on the narcotic commission of the newly formed League of Nations. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">So the questions to be asked about President Woodrow Wilson are these: When he presented his Fourteen Points speech to the public, was he trying to deliberately mislead the public by lying by omission, or did he honestly not know what the Rockefellers were really doing and he was not aware of the deception. In either case, the public was deceived about the real agenda of the League of Nations. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">During the few years following the decision to start the League of Nations, much political maneuvering went on and there was much controversy on the matter. Some people believed that if the United States joined the League of Nations, that the United States would lose its autonomy. If you research this subject, you will discover that the terms agreed to by those countries that did join the League of Nations show that they did have to give up a lot of their own sovereign rights to the organization. Remember the old fake South Improvement Company that Rockefeller Senior often used in the early days of building the Standard Oil monopoly. Rockefeller used this fake company in order to hide his identity and true intentions in order to ensnare and bilk his fellow competitors out of their businesses. Senior had used this fake company to get people to sign away their business rights to him. A country signing on to the League of Nations pretty much agreed to sign away much of their autonomy, just like the competitors used to do when they would sign away their rights to the South Improvement Company without realizing what they were doing. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The League of Nations officially came into existence with the signing of the Versailles Peace Treaty in 1919, but the date of 1920 is the year given when the League of Nations began its operations from Geneva, Switzerland. The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I. The Rockefeller original plan was that once the Peace Treaty was signed, which authorized the creation of the League of Nations to begin with, the United States would automatically become a member of the League of Nations, subject to its rules. However the original provision that automatically made the United States a member of the League of Nations upon signing of the treaty was changed. The reason the provision got changed was when Andrew Mellon (1855 to 1937), a Pittsburgh banker, industrialist, and an honorable man along with some of his wealthy friends insisted that the Senate first approve or ratify the entry of the United States into the League of Nations before it would be allowed to happen. This requirement for Senate approval foiled the original Rockefeller plans for the United States automatic entry into the League. To make matters worse for the Rockefellers, the Senate refused to approve the U.S. entry into the League, and it would be years before the U.S. would be officially admitted to the organization. I do not know if the Rockefellers actually knew that it was Andrew Mellon and his friends who prevented the automatic entry of the U S into the League, but I believe the Rockefellers must have known, but just could not stop Mellon and his friends from throwing up this particular obstacle. It should be noted that Mellon, who owned the Gulf Oil Company was a rival of the Rockefellers, both in business and politics, despite the fact they were both Republicans. Andrew Mellon would later also serve his country as The Secretary of the Treasury. During the Andrew Mellon years in government, and even after he retired from government service, the Rockefeller allies persecuted Mellon. This information about Andrew Mellon can be found in an Andrew Mellon biography written by David Cannadine.<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Though the United States at that time (1920), did not officially join the League of Nations, that did not stop the Rockefellers. Unofficially the Rockefellers acted as if the U.S. entry into the League was already a done deal. The U.S. government acted the same way and cooperated fully with the new Rockefeller organization. The reason the Rockefellers and the government acted this way is because the Rockefellers by now controlled most of the U.S. government. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">During the time from 1917 through about 1919 when all this drama and publicity was going on with the League of Nations, another issue was looming on the horizon. This is when alcohol prohibition started to rear its ugly head. The Rockefellers were the biggest instigators of alcohol prohibition of anyone. They spread huge sums of money to various temperance groups and churches to stir the waters of prohibition fever. Without the Rockefellers pushing for prohibition of alcohol, there would have never been prohibition in the first place. Senior reportedly did not drink, but allegedly Junior liked to drink alcohol. So why did the Rockefellers do it? That is the big question, why did they do it and why did they choose that particular time in history to do it? Senior must have taught Junior by now that you do not embark on a campaign like this without a good business reason to do it. By making Alcohol prohibition a moral issue the Rockefellers could hide their true intentions. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Prohibition of alcohol (1920 to 1933), known as the Volstead Act, really did not ban all alcohol, just alcohol made from using a distillation process. According to my research on this subject, during prohibition people were actually allowed to make up to 200 gallons of homemade wine (which is fermented, not distilled) per person per year. That is a lot of wine, and wine can get you just as drunk as distilled liquor can. So why was only distilled liquor, including beer, which is also distilled, banned? According to the law back then, a person could make up to 200 gallons of wine every year, yet were not allowed to have a back yard still to make even a drop of alcohol. It seems very contradictory and I have a theory about alcohol prohibition. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">My theory is that implementing the Volstead Act was the only way that The Rockefellers could prevent Henry Ford from starting his ethanol/hemp fuel industries, which Henry was determined to do. Rockefeller Senior had always disliked any kind of competition from anyone at anytime. Senior had a great aversion to any kind of competition and always believed that anyone competing with his businesses had to be defeated. He hated anyone making money on his petroleum products and believed all profits should go to him and took over many other businesses because of this attitude. For example if a chemical company, which depends on petroleum products, was making a product such as drugs, Senior would be driven to take over their business and make the product himself. Senior was obsessed with creating vast monopolies and was a man driven to own everything he could get his hands on. Old Rockefeller Senior just could not stand any other businesses that would take away from his vast oil profits, which ethanol would have done. That is why I have concluded that Rockefeller Senior was the one who pushed for alcohol prohibition. Junior helped his father to implement prohibition, but I think the plan for alcohol prohibition was an old Rockefeller Senior idea from the very beginning. In my opinion, Junior was not smart enough to figure this scheme out on his own, but his father, old Senior, was certainly capable of getting this accomplished. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Henry Ford built his early automobiles to run on hemp/marijuana fuel. Hemp was the plant of choice for Henry because the Hemp plant makes far more fuel than any plant known at that time. Henry made Hemp fuel (ethanol) from his own distillery located on his property and sold it to local customers living near his auto plant. Henry also taught people how to make hemp fuel to run their cars, using a simple backyard still or even a car radiator to make the fuel. Henry was especially happy to teach farmers how to make fuel to run their tractors and other farm equipment. Hemp fuel, like other plant fuels burns clean and has no harmful additives. Modern race car drivers use ethanol in their high performance cars because ethanol is a high performance fuel. Ethanol can be mixed with regular gasoline to improve the octane rating of the gasoline which also helps stops engine pinging. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">In the early days when Ford cars were starting to roll off the assembly line, there were no gas stations around. Henry had to be able to tell people about hemp fuel so they could run their cars. Eventually, when enough cars were being driven on the road, the gas stations started to appear and these early gas stations began to make a lot of money selling gasoline for all the additional cars. Henry wanted to start an industrial business making hemp fuel for cars. He wanted to build distilleries all around the country and turn hemp into fuel. Every time Henry would try to get his business off the ground, the government would stop him with some excuse or another. During alcohol prohibition, Henry asked the government if he could re open some of the closed beer breweries to make hemp fuel, and each time the government turned him down. Eventually Henry <span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Ford grew old and his idea for a hemp fuel industry faded from the scene. Once that happened there was no longer a need for alcohol prohibition, because the Ford ethanol industry was no longer a threat to the Rockefeller gasoline sales, so prohibition finally ended.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times; font-size: small;">The prohibition of alcohol lasted for thirteen long and violent years. We all know about the gangsters who were being killed during these turbulent times. Many thousands of innocent people were also killed during this time. Many of those killed were innocent bystanders who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Prohibition of alcohol began at about the same time that the League of Nations was formed. The Rockefellers also discontinued their use of missionary groups as a front for their financial interests, because there was no more use for them. Now that the Rockefellers had the League of Nations, they had their own personal sacred cow that they could hide behind; the League. Prohibition eventually would come to an end and when President Franklin Roosevelt (1882 to 1945) ended prohibition in 1933 the nation breathed a sigh of relief. However the wretched violence that alcohol prohibition produced would soon be repeated. New violence and bloodshed were soon coming with the prohibition of marijuana. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">In 1930 the League of Nations put marijuana on their list of prohibited plants and began a worldwide campaign of its eradication. The League claimed that marijuana was harmful and was an addictive type of narcotic, which was as far from the truth as anything can be. Nevertheless, Junior wanted marijuana gone. Marijuana, also known as cannabis was too much of a threat to the Rockefeller chemically based pharmaceutical companies, which use oil byproducts to make their chemical drugs. The Rockefellers knew that medical cannabis was a huge financial threat to their monopoly profits on pharmaceutical drugs and they knew this beneficial plant had to be eliminated because of the competitive threat. A devious plan was hatched that was truly insidious in nature. A propaganda plan was devised which was called the Reefer Madness campaign to brainwash people about a medicinal plant. How the devious plotters accomplished this most horrid of schemes truly reveals the deceptive nature of those involved in this plot and the enormity of their lies. By 1930 when strategies began to be put in place about the propaganda campaign to prohibit cannabis marijuana Rockefeller Senior was getting old. How aware old Senior may have been about what was happening around him is hard to say, but I would guess that when the Reefer Madness campaign was planned, it was more a Junior scheme and not Senior. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times; font-size: small;">In recent years, going back to at least 1974 the government knew that cannabis researchers at the Medical College of Virginia had discovered while researching cannabis influence on the immune system that cannabis contains powerful cancer fighting properties. When the government DEA heard about this research, they stopped the Virginia research program and suppressed this research information. Years later in 2000, researchers in Madrid, Spain came to the same conclusion as the 1974 Virginia researchers. Both research studies found that cannabis fights cancer. The government tries their best to bury this type of information because it exposes the government attempt to deceive the public about marijuana. Research institutions in the United States are not allowed to do research using cannabis/marijuana unless it is government approved research. The government urges its own researchers to find something wrong with marijuana and they are the only ones that are allowed to do research on the plant. To date the government, despite their desire to find something bad about marijuana cannot find anything negative to say about the plant, because it is so safe, so they make up lies to indicate otherwise to justify prohibition of cannabis/marijuana. However despite the government propaganda to falsely portray cannabis in a negative light, slowly but surely the truth keeps coming forward. For example, just a few years ago, the Scripps Research institute in California discovered that cannabis also prevents the progression of Alzheimers disease. Also research has found that cannabis is a neuron protector, meaning it protects the brain, especially from certain neurological conditions. Meanwhile the Federal government Food and Drug Administration (FDA), controlled by the Rockefellers, claimed stance on cannabis/marijuana is that it has no medicinal value. If the reader is interested in learning more about this subject and more, I recommend an excellent book called The Emperor Has No Clothes, written by Jack Herer, which can be found free on the Internet. Anyone wanting to know more about medicinal cannabis/marijuana can do an Internet search on this subject, since there is a lot of helpful information, especially for sick people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">In 1930 when the League of Nations decided to prohibit cannabis/marijuana on a worldwide basis, the United States was still technically not a member of the League. Since the Senate had never ratified U.S. entry into the League, the U.S. was not bound by League rules like the countries that had already joined were bound. Rockefeller Junior needed to make U.S. law in accordance with League of Nations edicts and he soon started working on changing U.S. law. Junior had an agent, working in the government and his name was Harry Anslinger (1892 to 1975). Harry was one of the most crucial tools that Rockefeller Junior had in his arsenal of brainwashing strategies because Harry was a master at lying. Harry also would be used to organize the use of law enforcement so that the police would be the ones who would end up enforcing the laws that protected the Rockefeller chemically based pharmaceutical big profits. Rockefeller Junior hid behind the scenes while Harry did his dirty work at which Harry excelled.</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Harry Anslinger was born in Pennsylvania of working class parents. Harry dropped out of high school and never completed his formal education. It is reported that Harry did take a few college classes at a local junior college before finding a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad. His rise in the company was meteoric. In 1915, at the age of 23, he was given the job of the Chief of Police of the Pennsylvania Railroad. This new and high level job was a huge one because the railroad was so large and vast, and employed many police and detectives. Harry was put in charge of it all. Who elevated Harry to such a high position when he was of such a young and inexperienced age? Someone with power in high places had to have helped Harry get promoted at such an early age, and to such a high position in the railroads. I cannot prove that Rockefeller Junior was behind his early career success. However, I can prove that Harry, during his long government career was given a lot of power, rewards and promotions and that would not have happened if John Rockefeller Junior was not supporting Harry. I can prove that Harry had a close and corrupting relationship to the pharmaceutical companies, which were owned by the Rockefellers. I can prove that Harry had close and loyal ties to the League of Nations narcotics commission which was in charge of drug enforcement as early as 1925.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times; font-size: small;"><br />
During World War I, it seems that Harry sat on some sort of military ordinance board, but it appears that he never saw action on the battlefield. After the war, Harry did not return to his Police Chief Job at the railroad. Beginning in the early 1920s, it appears that Harry worked in some sort of diplomatic capacity for the U.S. State Department traveling to various countries, such as Germany, Venezuela and others. In the mid 1920s Harry seemed to be, engaged in some alcohol and narcotics interdiction for the government, working off of the Florida coast. Harry also had connections to the League of Nations and during this time sat on the Narcotic commission of the League where he worked on strategy to get Marijuana prohibited worldwide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">In 1930, President Herbert Hoover, a big Rockefeller supporter, appointed Harry to head a Federal Narcotics Department created specifically for Harry. His new job was in the U.S. Treasury Department, but the Treasury Department head had no power or say so over anything Harry did. In fact, no one in government had any power over Harry. Harry basically was given power to say and do anything he wanted and no one could stop him. This was because his Federal Bureau of Narcotics Department was created to be independent. Harry did not answer to anyone except for Rockefeller Junior who was his real boss.</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Harry planned to fool the public by referring to cannabis as marijuana, rather than the proper word cannabis. Most people were not familiar with the word marijuana. They knew it as cannabis instead and Harry knew this. The word marijuana was an obscure slang word for the plant used by sailors coming into New Orleans ports. The slang word was originally coined by Spanish speaking sailors who enjoyed smoking the medicinal buds for rest and recreation. The term marijuana was also used by black jazz musicians, who enjoyed the practice of smoking the marijuana buds. Outside of this specific circle of people in New Orleans, no one else was familiar with this word marijuana. That is why Harry always referred to cannabis as marijuana in order to deceive people as to what he was really trying to ban. Harry needed to perpetuate this lie so people would not know that cannabis was the same as marijuana, because everyone knew that cannabis did not make anyone crazy. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Harry kicked off his Reefer-Madness campaign beginning around 1934 to 1935 with an orchestrated newspaper campaign enlisting the help of William Randolph Hearst (1863 to 1951) who ran a chain of newspapers which were tabloid in nature. Hearst had never earned any money of his own. He inherited all of his wealth, which he would soon squander, from his parents. His newspapers had a reputation for using lurid details and sensationalism when printing their stories. His newspapers, despite being so well known, were not good income producers and he had to subsidize his newspapers from other inherited assets. Hearst lived like a playboy and had a weakness for showgirls and starlets, whom he would marry and then divorce. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">Harry was also responsible for making films like Reefer Madness (1936), which is about a group of naive high school and college students who experiment with marijuana and then supposedly go crazy. One of the students commits suicide and the other one has to be put away in a mental institution because allegedly marijuana destroyed his mind. This propaganda film of government deceit and deception was poorly made, poorly acted and poorly directed. Reefer Madness was your classic government brainwashing film. The message of this ridiculous, pathetic and poorly made brainwashing film was that one puff from a marijuana cigarette (reefer) made you addicted for life and headed you down the path of crime and ruin. Harry especially targeted parents for his scare tactics, frightening them into thinking that the lives of their children were in jeopardy if they smoked even one reefer. Back during the 1960s the film was discovered sitting in some old film archives and was redistributed to be shown in art theaters and college campus theaters throughout the country. College students who viewed the film found it to be hilariously funny because of its absurdly false depiction of marijuana users. It is easy to spoof the film because people now know that the film is as absurdly false, misleading and deceptive as can be. <br />
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Dr. Woodward was not an invited guest to the fake hearing because the hearing was all being done in a very secretive manner. Harry did not want the doctor to be there because Harry knew that Dr. Woodward was opposed to what Harry was doing. Dr. Woodward had only found out about the fake committee meeting the day before and had rushed off to Washington in order to testify at the fake Harry hearing, only to find he was not welcomed. <br />
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Dr. Woodward asked Harry why he was hiding what he was doing by holding these secretive hearings. Dr. Woodward also asked Harry why they were calling cannabis marijuana. Dr. Woodward explained that no one knew what Harry was talking about when Harry used the word marijuana instead of using the word cannabis. Dr. Woodward also told the fake committee that cannabis caused no harm, it was safe, and it was not addictive. When Dr. Woodward started speaking, the fake committee started to argue with Dr. Woodward. They told him he was not wanted there and asked him why did he not just leave. The committee told the doctor they did not need him.</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span>Although Roosevelt was a democrat, he still received campaign funding from Rockefeller Junior during the Roosevelt presidential campaign. Additionally Roosevelt had ties to New York State politics, as did the Rockefellers. President Roosevelt came from wealth, same as the Rockefellers, and both Rockefeller Junior and Roosevelt were considered the upper echelon of New York society. Old Rockefeller Senior had never been one to socialize, preferring instead to remain in the background and out of sight, but Junior loved the social life, the parties, and events. When Harry was doing his Reefer Madness campaign, Senior was in his 90s and probably not involved in the family business any longer. Senior died the year the Marijuana Tax Act was passed.<br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The Declaration of Independence, signed on July 4, 1776 is a cherished</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;"> document, which established the United States as a separate country from England. If this founding document had not existed, we would still be a colony of England. This important legal document is celebrated in our country every year on the Fourth of July. On this holiday, throughout the land, Americans plan picnics, attend parades, and view fireworks displays to celebrate our beginning as a nation. Without the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution would have never been written.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times;">The second paragraph in the Declaration of Independence opens with the words: 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, among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. <br />
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Why is it that elected government officials and judges are expected to take an oath to support the Constitution, invoke God in their oath, yet ironically some of them turn around and deny God as the Creator by denying the citizens of their God-given rights and supporting laws that prohibit Nature's plants? Judges in their courts of law require witnesses to take an oath to tell the truth, invoking God in the process, yet some of these judges support prohibition of Nature's plants and refuse to acknowledge God as the Creator of Nature's plants, thus denying the citizens the use of plants which is a God given right. Such a double standard by the government prohibitionists is the height of hypocrisy.<br />
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Article II, section 25.<br />
Religion, morality and knowledge being essential to good government, the General Assembly shall enact suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I stated I'd write a blog on this, this morning. Today while I was at work I considered how and what I felt I should say about my states constitution, so I'll start from the beginning and hope I don't offend anyone with my ramblings.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Religion: </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is a subject that is difficult to define for the simple reason that everyones concept is different. This doesn't mean our different concepts are wrong, it just means we see our individual beliefs in different perspective.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">As an example I claim to be a realist and a disillusioned Baptist, I am an ordained minister but will not lie to myself or anyone else by claiming to be a Christian. </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">My beliefs of religion is a more tangible concept in my opinion. Some people have called me agnostic for having an Earth based belief, I consider it to be closer to the native American Indians. I occasionally read scripture, not as often as I probably should. The Bible is a excellent guidebook for everyone even if they may not believe in a supreme being or God as the creator of our world. So far there is no law that says I have to believe in God to enjoy reading the Bible. Nor is there a law that says I have to understand the beliefs of others to learn from them. </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">An Earth based concept for me means the Earth we call home has been kind enough to provide us with what we need to sustain life and survive. It has provided us with the ability to discover and learn. In our quest for knowledge we also have an obligation to the Earth to only use what we need to continue the existence of our species. As a species we must commend ourselves for the advances that have been made in our history, but we do not have the right to abuse these advances if they are destroying the world we call home.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In some ways my beliefs are a complete opposite of the Amish community. This community refrains from the advances of modern technology for a simpler life of hard work and a cleaner lifestyle. They are more open to accept the advances of modern medicines and the advances made in that field. Where I am on the other side of this lifestyle. I'm all for the advances of modern technology, but believe the use of chemicals as a source of medicine on a daily basis to violate the laws of nature. This belief extends to the foods we consume also. </span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Morality: </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now this is something that is somewhat easier for me to comprehend and associate with. Morally if you are so sure of being right about your concepts and ideas, you have obligated yourself into the position of being responsible for the damages and deaths associated with what you believe everyone should accept as the right concept.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Knowledge:</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As I said earlier we were gifted with the ability to discover and learn. So knowledge is gained by our experiences in life. Ignoring what we have discovered as being a successful idea is not using the knowledge we have gained from our experiences.</span></h6>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-71910900294370966092011-08-13T16:10:00.000-05:002011-08-13T16:10:47.395-05:00I Can Feel the Tremors.<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div>It's starting to get worse, when I lay down to rest the tremors start,<br />
it seems to start at the bone and work out to the skin.<br />
At times it feels like I'll shake out of my skin.<br />
Some times they are mild and allow me to sleep,<br />
while other times I feel the need to hold onto myself tightly to control them.<br />
The mild ones allow sleep, but this is short lived.<br />
These usually end up shaking me awake violently.<br />
Once awake I must be active mentally and/or physically with a project,<br />
this takes my mind off the tremors, as I'm occupied they don't show themselves.<br />
These tremors are affecting my cycles of life.<br />
It's difficult to support a family when you work around the tremors.<br />
The side effects include sore joints and stiff muscles.<br />
There are times it feels like I was beat with a log truck<br />
And some times it causes me to be easily irritated with people.<br />
I don't like the tremors, they impose on my normally good disposition.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-30897315072859224482011-08-13T11:02:00.000-05:002011-08-13T13:45:12.145-05:00Linux Mint 9 LTS XFCE version modified with e16 enlightenment.<div class="post_title">Linux Mint 9 LTS XFCE version modified with e16 enlightenment. </div><div class="post_title"></div>I have installed and prefer e16 version of Enlightenment window manager over the e17 version. Enlightenment runs faster on the older computers I use. A couple weeks ago I was tinkering around with the set-up and deleted the menu that opens with the left mouse click from my desktop. Last night it was restored and modified, there are some tweaks left to do to it still.<br />
Here is the pictures of my 4 virtual desktops I have set for the e16 environment. The backgrounds are still being used, but there have been minor changes in the tool bars and placement of the desktop components.<br />
I know that these pictures are a re-post, but felt they should be included in this post.<br />
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I haven’t bought a new computer in well over 12 years now, all the desktops in the house are rescued, recycled and refurbished with Linux Mint operating system.<br />
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I also have KDE software installed that I use, this is mostly used for my independent contracting company. I try to keep every aspect of my life separated with the different varieties of software.<br />
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My web browser of choice is called Seamonkey it is from Mozilla the people who brought you Firefox, Thunderbird and Prism. I also use these three software projects on a daily basis. This is being composed with the Seamonkey composer application as a test to expand my knowledge of what I can accomplish with it.<br />
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Update: I've been getting this tweaked and am so enjoying the e16 more every time I learn something about it. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-13693449632923382452011-08-12T23:43:00.000-05:002011-08-12T23:43:26.977-05:00Continuing my Desktop DabblingMy last post was about installing and setting up the e16 window manager, well today I finally re-installed and modified my desktop menu that is opened by the left mouse button. I have to say I am glad to finally learn how to do that.<br />
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I've mentioned I consider myself a newbie when it comes to Linux operating systems. In the process of learning more about e16 and setting it up, I also installed Prism software. It's a nice experience of site specific web browsing, instead of shortcuts or bookmarks on your browser. It sets the shortcuts to your desktop, I use it for Facebook, Tumblr and a few other sites.<br />
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As for editing and posting this blog I am presently using Arora web browser, it's a good editor and quicker for typing without a lot of lag time like some of my other browsers. I do have to use a different browser for uploading pictures to my blog for some reason. But that's just another hurdle to clear for another day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-36447294031421605172011-08-12T23:37:00.000-05:002011-08-12T23:37:27.029-05:00Schaffer Library of Drug Policy<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/SCHAFFER/#.TjnnChsdEf8.blogger">Schaffer Library of Drug Policy</a><br />
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A good source of information corcerning the drug laws of the USA.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-41449207634248892582011-07-31T21:05:00.000-05:002011-08-03T10:46:49.825-05:00Dabbling with my desktop.As I've mentioned before I am trying to learn Linux. My preferred distribution is Linux Mint.<br />
Recently I installed a window manager called Enlightenment, e16 version to be exact. Not really a fan of the newer e17 version, looks goods and runs good but not to my liking.<br />
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So I've been setting it up and deleted the menu activated by my left button on my mouse, this is what happens on occasion. Eventually I'll discover or read about how to get it back, this is in a good way I now know a few keyboard shortcuts. I've set it up with 4 desktop windows to work with and here they are in order. I'm looking at possible themes for when I change the backgrounds.<br />
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Now then some of the groups have been archived and no longer exist. So they are being deleted. I have also deleted the listed of groups that show music videos all the time, just as the people who keep flooding my wall with these videos have been deleted or hidden. I'm not interested in them, this account is for news and freewill living concepts. I don't do apps or play games with this account either. There are a few moderated groups I belong to that I believe to be overly moderated. I don't know if I will continue to stay with that group for long.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-75870001438095483702011-07-21T10:07:00.000-05:002011-07-21T23:10:19.201-05:00Welcome to AmericaWelcome to America,<br />
home to 5% of the world's people<br />
25% of the world's prisoners,<br />
51% of these prisoners are for non-violent drug offenses.<br />
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Two recent local news stories I find of interest to this. Some people didn't seem to like my solution to the problem.<br />
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<a href="http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Father-and-son-arrested-for-stealing-trailers/lb9L0FDtQESfnoXJ7bvZVg.cspx?rss=315">Father and son arrested for stealing trailers</a><br />
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Now I have a copy and paste campaign going for these stories.<br />
It includes one of these prepared notes I keep on a notepad of my computer.<br />
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Here's a thought to consider:<br />
We have a problem with SUBSTANCE ABUSE, both legal and illegal substances. Why don't we quit wasting our money on enforcing this failed policy? So far we have been fighting this WAR ON DRUGS for 40 years. Now I'm not a genius by no means, but I'd have to say this battle will not be won with threats of fines and/or incarcerations.<br />
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Instead of continuing to fight an unbeatable enemy, let's do something constructive with that money. Let's start by HIRING MORE POLICE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PROPERTY from the violent criminals who show no remorse or respect for people's lives and property.<br />
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Now we also waste money on the prosecuting and incarceration of non-violent drug offenders. How about we stop that? Save that money and focus on using it for the violent criminals, for some reason we can't seem to get them off the streets and keep them locked. Well, doing this we will have the necessary space in the jails and prisons so they can serve their full sentence without parole or early release for good behavior.<br />
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Now see how easy that is, and all it took was changing perspectives of our prohibition policy, that's success can only be measured by it's FAILURE.<br />
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Just think of the billions of dollars spent every year in promoting the failed prohibition laws that persecute, prosecute, and incarcerate non-violent cannabis (commonly referred to as marijuana) users under the claim of protecting the people from themselves.<br />
Sorry, I don't need or want anyone to protect me from myself to that extent, this is overstepping the boundaries of your moral responsibility to the people. Your obligation as far as I'm concerned is to make recommendations or suggestions.<br />
What we need and want is a police force and justice system that protects us from violent people who show no remorse in taking the lives of others. The money wasted on this failed policy would go along way towards putting a stop to these acts of violence.<br />
The DEA claims that cannabis (marijuana) has a high potential of abuse, well so does alcohol and firearms. People aren't treated as criminals until after they injure or kill someone abusing alcohol and firearms.<br />
So how can we continue to claim to have a fair system of justice?<br />
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Now, most of the people who comment on these call me an idiot or a pothead. No big deal for me, I'm not the one who is ignoring the problems this nation is facing. I also don't see anyone else posting any competent or even reasonable solution to the problems of crime.<br />
I am questioning the concept of what is a crime, and how we should punish the people. The substance abuse problem we have is a health and social issue, not a criminal offense.<br />
We are human and tend to make mistakes in life, if we choose to use substances and we don't use the knowledge and information available then that's our own mistakes. We know some people are more susceptible to abuse of these substances differently and you shouldn't be treated as a criminal for the use unless your abuse is associated with an injury or death.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-15487148205609525482011-07-21T00:53:00.000-05:002011-07-21T00:53:19.688-05:00I've been called an idiot.<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div>At some time or other you will make a post on a news story, and some one will not agree with your post. The sad part is they will openly call you an idiot. This tells me that they have a difficult time finding a reasonable thought on their own.<br />
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What brought this about you ask? It had to do with the shooting of a convenience store clerk during a robbery. The robber didn't just take the money and run, he shot the clerk in the head. His picture is pretty clear on the video. And I have read that the suspect is in custody. I hope the clerk survives and I hope he isn't going to suffer if he survives.<br />
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Now, here's my post that justified a closed mind the right to claim I'm an idiot.<br />
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Just think of the billions of dollars spent every year in promoting the failed prohibition laws that persecute, prosecute, and incarcerate non-violent cannabis (commonly referred to as marijuana) users under the claim of protecting the people from themselves.<br />
Sorry, I don't need or want anyone to protect me from myself to that extent, this is overstepping the boundaries of your moral responsibility to the people. Your obligation as far as I'm concerned is to make recommendations or suggestions.<br />
What we need and want is a police force and justice system that protects us from violent people who show no remorse in taking the lives of others. The money wasted on this failed policy would go along way towards putting a stop to these acts of violence.<br />
The DEA claims that cannabis (marijuana) has a high potential of abuse, well so does alcohol and firearms. People aren't treated as criminals until after they injure or kill someone abusing alcohol and firearms.<br />
So how can we continue to claim to have a fair system of justice?<br />
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Billion of dollars can go a long way towards HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND PAYING THEM BETTER. Changing perspectives of our failed prohibition policies would also make ROOM IN THE JAILS FOR THESE VIOLENT CRIMINALS and maybe they will stay there long enough to serve their full sentence without parole.<br />
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I was kind enough to politely inform him that I didn't read any competent or reasonable solutions to help stop this type of violence from him or any other commenter on that news story. Now I'm not a genius, and I only have a high school diploma to show for 13 years of school. But, I do try to have an open mind and look at things in a different light.<br />
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Any way, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.<br />
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BTW, I been called worse and I'm still alive and kicking, I tend to let ignorance roll off.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-56224335292861201912011-07-19T08:20:00.000-05:002011-07-19T08:20:07.195-05:00Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div><strong>Thanks, goes to the people at NORML for this concept.</strong><br />
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When cannabis(marijuana) is enjoyed responsibly, subjecting users to harsh criminal and civil penalties provides no public benefit and causes terrible injustices. For reasons of public safety, public health, economics and justice, the prohibition laws should be repealed to the extent that they criminalize responsible cannabis use.<br />
By adoption of this statement, the NORML Board of Directors has attempted to define "responsible cannabis use."<br />
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Many things and activities are suitable for young people, but others absolutely are not. Children do not drive cars, enter into contracts, or marry, and they must not use drugs. As it is unrealistic to demand lifetime abstinence from cars, contracts and marriage, however, it is unrealistic to expect lifetime abstinence from all intoxicants, including alcohol. Rather, our expectation and hope for young people is that they grow up to be responsible adults. Our obligation to them is to demonstrate what that means.<br />
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Although cannabis is said by most experts to be safer than alcohol and many prescription drugs with motorists, responsible cannabis consumers never operate motor vehicles in an impaired condition. Public safety demands not only that impaired drivers be taken off the road, but that objective measures of impairment be developed and used, rather than chemical testing.<br />
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"Set" refers to the consumer's values, attitudes, experience and personality, and "setting" means the consumer's physical and social circumstances. The responsible cannabis consumer will be vigilant as to conditions -- time, place, mood, etc. -- and does not hesitate to say "no" when those conditions are not conducive to a safe, pleasant and/or productive experience.<br />
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Abuse means harm. Some cannabis use is harmful; most is not. That which is harmful should be discouraged; that which is not need not be.<br />
Wars have been waged in the name of eradicating "drug abuse", but instead of focusing on abuse, enforcement measures have been diluted by targeting all drug use, whether abusive or not. If cannabis abuse is to be targeted, it is essential that clear standards be developed to identify it.<br />
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No one may violate the rights of others, and no substance use excuses any such violation. Regardless of the legal status of cannabis, responsible users will adhere to emerging tobacco smoking protocols in public and private places.<br />
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<em>Adopted by the NORML Board of Directors<br />
February 3, 1996<br />
Washington, DC </em></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-13268473003180818812011-07-17T12:47:00.000-05:002011-07-17T12:47:43.892-05:00The DEA and Redeployment of Their Services.<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div>The Drug Enforcement Agency (commonly known as DEA) we have an unknown number of people employed by this government agency. They are suppose to be working for the people, not working for someone else's idea of what people should be. They are there and have been responsible for the defamation of character of so many good people with their continued effort to control the concept of what is acceptable. What is acceptable is of a personal nature and is up to the individual to discover for themselves. We are essentially different in all aspects of our lives. From our personal beliefs and opinions, desires and needs, and science has proven we are different in how we each react with what we consume.<br />
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So, we have to look at the products (alcohol, over the counter and prescription drugs) our government has claimed the responsibility of approving as the legal options for all the people. By claiming these products as the only legal options they are in fact stating these items are the right choice for everyone. Well, considering the amount of damages, number of deaths, the health problems, and social issues associated with them, you don't have to be a genius to see these aren't the right choices for some of the people. So I have to wonder how it's right to use threats of fines and/or incarceration in an attempt to intimidate people into believing cannabis is wrong for everyone to consume. There has been no known evidence it's wrong for all the people, just that it's the wrong for some people. Apparently this little fact is difficult for some to comprehend.<br />
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I know some people will not like this concept, but it's time to change our perspective and tactics.<br />
So on with the decriminalizing of the illicit drugs as they are called by our government, who we employ.<br />
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Now to redeploy our employees to be of better use to the government and people of this nation. First, they are already in place so there won't be a need to relocate anyone or put more people in the unemployment line, we are just changing the status of their employment by focusing it in a different direction. Second, the direction is to save valuable revenue and to acquire more revenue in an acceptable fashion that doesn't dig into the taxpayers pockets that are stretched to their limits already.<br />
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This starts with those at the borders, they will continue to search for smuggled products. These officers will also be in charge of collecting the tariffs on the drugs coming in, if the drug cartels want to continue sending the drugs that are so profitable to them into the USA they have to pay a tariff this will cover the expenses of rehab clinics. Now we all know there will be those who attempt to smuggle drugs, they get one chance to declare them after that if they are found to be smuggling well all I can say is they've lost their drugs to the DEA who in turn have a list of people authorized to sell drugs in the USA. These retailers collect taxes but they are also able to bid on confiscated drugs.<br />
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There should be two levels of retailers one for cannabis, and another for cocaine and meth. With all the cocaine and meth coming into the states from Mexico these agents will need to conduct test for quality. The cocaine and meth being the primary concern for testing, but because of some questionable practices in the drug trade they should conduct testing on cannabis also. Me, personally I don't want my cannabis laced with anything, but I don't want people consuming poison that may kill them either. (I can't fathom why anyone would want to consume coke or meth, I just know some people are more susceptible to using them than other people are.) We do know enough about the harsher drugs and in testing the quality should be able to verify that they are in fact a safer form of poison.<br />
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As for the cannabis, again authorized retailers the same as with alcohol. One, there are people too lazy to grow their own and they would rather pay for it. You don't have to have a permit to make your own alcohol so don't expect me to pay for the right of growing my own. Two, it will be an additional tax base for the communities that are strapped for money. Three, it will stop the wasting of money in our courts, which can be used to raise the salaries of our officers. Plus saving space in the jails for the more dangerous and violent criminals.<br />
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And yes, common sense will tell you that people will abuse these drugs, look at the history of mankind we can't seem to stop our abusing nature. The amount of abuse will not be known for a few years but, I'm betting that by changing perspectives of drug abuse there will be less of it, along with more responsible users. People like choices and they really prefer to discover for themselves what is right for themselves individually. What's right for some the people isn't always right for all the people. Just remember more people die a year from eating peanuts than they do from consuming cannabis.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-43126029938179131372011-07-17T12:41:00.000-05:002011-07-17T12:52:10.103-05:00The Cannabis Compromise: Getting Gritty On The TruthFirst as a realist, I know there will be people who will feel offended on both sides of this issue. So we start with the present policy of prohibition. It's not working plain and simple.<br />
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The Reefer Madness Mentality is that consuming cannabis is wrong for everyone and that everyone who consume cannabis is abusing it. There is no known evidence to support either one of these claims. Fortunately, I believe there is evidence to prove there are responsible adults who use cannabis and not just for medicinal purposes but also for recreational use. <br />
Yet, the government continues to waste billions on intimidation tactics in order to bully the people into believing that consuming cannabis is wrong for all the people. Now, I also believe that consuming cannabis is not the right choice for some people. There is evidence to suggest this to be true.<br />
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<div style="margin: 0px;">DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart wrote that she rejected the request because marijuana, like other Schedule I drugs, "has a high potential for abuse," "has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States," and "lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision." She wrote that "At this time, the known risks of marijuana use have not been shown to be outweighed by specific benefits in well-controlled clinical trials that scientifically evaluate safety and efficacy."</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">My problem with the concept of accepted medical use is pretty simple: If a product is not right for you, your body will react to it and it will cause additional health problems. This is not an acceptable source of medicine for you. If you consume a product and your body does absorbs it without the additional health problems then you have found an acceptable source of medicine.</div><br />
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On the other side of the coin is the people who have given me the impression that cannabis is the cure-all for everything wrong in our society. I'm certain that we can solve a lot of issues with cannabis, but by no means will it solve everything.<br />
There are those I believe who are pushing the medical use as a way to legally get high, I can hope I'm wrong on this. I kind of doubt it though, the bad apples in the bushel are making the good ones look rotten. These bad apples are the examples our government uses as the excuse for continuing this failed policy.<br />
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So, here we are with people in power who are abusing the power they have. While we have people who like to use cannabis but aren't responsible enough to see what they are doing to the movement for a competent and practical solution to this issue. In order to put an end to the Reefer Madness Mentality we the people have to help those who are irresponsible to be more responsible people. There is a time to consume and a place to consume. The idea of consuming anytime or anyplace has end.<br />
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So basically, there are issues on both sides that in my opinion is wrong. The compromise is we have to accept the truth and neither side seems to be willing consider it. Yes, I'm for the legalizing, regulating and taxing of cannabis for all purposes. I also believe in educating the people, accepting responsibility for ones actions and decisions.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-52021256067339096902011-07-17T10:00:00.000-05:002011-07-17T10:00:03.147-05:002 Stories involving the abuse of alcohol that made the news this week.<a href="http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/3-year-olds-walk-away-from-home-mother-goes-to/glXchRnD8UOMBzERzIF4kA.cspx">Mother losses 3 year olds</a><br />
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And here we are again, proof that alcohol isn't the right choice of recreation for some of the people, yet it is recognized as the ONLY legal choice for all the people.<br />
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Sure she needs help, locking her up probably won't help her and it sure wouldn't hurt her. But she has to be able to admit to her self she has a problem and she has to want to help herself, before anyone can be able to help her.<br />
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This is a quote from the head of the DEA: Administrator Michele M. Leonhart said she rejected the request because marijuana "has a high potential for abuse." <br />
She has apparently forgotten that alcohol, tobacco, and firearms have a high potential of abuse. And she has the mentality that every person who uses marijuana is abusing it needs to end.<br />
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So why are we being driven to drink if it's not the right choice for everyone? And why are people being denied the option or opportunity to discover what is right for them to consume, so that they can control it, instead of it controlling them? <br />
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I know people who drink alcohol some don't abuse it, while there are others who do. So I can't judge everyone who drinks as being alcoholics or drunks, because that's not true. <br />
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When and if this young lady decides to really look at her life, she will discover that she only has herself to blame and she will have to decide what crosses she will carry. We can only hope that her decisions will be for good of her son. <br />
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<a href="http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Arkansas-Oden-dismissed-from-team-after-DWI/zTx4yj8CdUCbfD_yOfwByQ.cspx">Arkansas Oden dismissed from team after 2nd DWI</a><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_CommonPage_CommonBody_Main_ROC___CBox_CR">Yes, here is still more proof that alcohol is not the right choice of recreation for some people, the sad part is that it's the only legal recreational product for all the people.</span><br />
<span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_CommonPage_CommonBody_Main_ROC___CBox_CR"> People are treated as criminals for possessing cannabis, but your not treated as a criminal for alcohol until after you have been caught abusing them.</span><br />
<span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_CommonPage_CommonBody_Main_ROC___CBox_CR"> Alcohol is the most additively dangerous product legally available mind altering substance, and has ruined more lives than the use of cannabis ever will. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-28289498120760339722011-07-17T01:26:00.000-05:002011-07-17T01:29:00.072-05:00Crashed, with no hope of recovery.<span id="goog_422247746"></span><span id="goog_422247747"></span>After a decent run my recycled Dell 2400 desktop finally crashed I believe. I shut it down to do a complete restart. It was acting kind of buggy. I had hoped it would do what was necessary to straighten itself out. Now I turn it on and then it kicks itself off then back on with no Dell start-up window or boot splash. I would say that the motherboard is fried. I check on it again later though.<br />
What is a shame is that the case is a good clean case, no scratches a good power supply. I guess I could look for another motherboard for it.<br />
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I moved the hard drives to a newer case that I recently rescued found another motherboard, got it up and running. I have even downloaded a few more packages. I'm still looking for a png converter I used lately and can't seem to remember where or how I ended up with it. I do like it, this application converter screenshots to jpgs which doesn't use as much space on one hard drive.<br />
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I am going to go ahead and download the LXDE environment to tinker around with, it has a few features I have discovered a liking for. The most important one is the ability to open files in Pcmanfm as root. I have this desktop environment installed on 2 laptops at the moment and after setting them up I decided to see what they would be like on my desktop computer. The Linux Mint 9 (LTS) LXDE is loaded on a 3.3 gig hard drive with room to spare for a few extras. The last I checked I had almost 700mb of free memory, my best guess would be the the base install, swap, updating packages, and my download of prefer packages was around 2.5 gigs of hard drive.<br />
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I haven't brought myself to trash the Dell just yet, in hopes of possibly saving it. If nothing else I'll have a decent case and power supply to work with.<br />
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<span id="goog_1853465774"></span><span id="goog_1853465775"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-44487107136788213132011-07-16T17:48:00.000-05:002011-07-19T08:21:13.652-05:00The DEA and redeploying their services.<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div>The Drug Enforcement Agency (commonly known as DEA) we have an unknown number of people employed by this government agency. They are suppose to be working for the people, not working for someone elses idea of what people should be. They are there and have been responsible for the defamation of character of so many good people with their continued effort to control the concept of what is acceptable. What is acceptable is of a personal nature and is up to the individual to discover for themselves. We are essentially different in all aspects of our lives. From our personal beliefs and opinions, desires and needs, and science has proven we are different in how we each react with what we consume.<br />
<br />
So, we have to look at the products (alcohol, over the counter and prescription drugs) our government has claimed the responsibility of approving as the legal options for all the people. By claiming these products as the only legal options they are in fact stating these items are the right choice for everyone. Well, considering the amount of damages, number of deaths, the health problems, and social issues associated with them, you don't have to be a genius to see these aren't the right choices for some of the people. So I have to wonder how it's right to use threats of fines and/or incarceration in an attempt to intimidate people into believing cannabis is wrong for everyone to consume. There has been no known evidence it's wrong for all the people, just that it's the wrong for some people. Apparently this little fact is difficult for some to comprehend.<br />
<br />
I know some people will not like this concept, but it's time to change our perspective and tactics.<br />
So on with the decriminalizing of the illicit drugs as they are called by our government, who we employ.<br />
<br />
Now to redeploy our employees to be of better use to the government and people of this nation. First, they are already in place so there won't be a need to relocate anyone or put more people in the unemployment line, we are just changing the status of their employment by focusing it in a different direction. Second, the direction is to save valuable revenue and to acquire more revenue in an acceptable fashion that doesn't dig into the taxpayers pockets that are stretched to their limits already.<br />
<br />
This starts with those at the borders, they will continue to search for smuggled products. These officers will also be in charge of collecting the tariffs on the drugs coming in, if the drug cartels want to continue sending the drugs that are so profitable to them into the USA they have to pay a tariff this will cover the expenses of rehab clinics. Now we all know there will be those who attempt to smuggle drugs, they get one chance to declare them after that if they are found to be smuggling well all I can say is they've lost their drugs to the DEA who in turn have a list of people authorized to sell drugs in the USA. These retailers collect taxes but they are also able to bid on confiscated drugs.<br />
<br />
There should be two levels of retailers one for cannabis, and another for cocaine and meth. With all the cocaine and meth coming into the states from Mexico these agents will need to conduct test for quality. The cocaine and meth being the primary concern for testing, but because of some questionable practices in the drug trade they should conduct testing on cannabis also. Me, personally I don't want my cannabis laced with anything, but I don't want people consuming poison that may kill them either. (I can't fathom why anyone would want to consume coke or meth, I just know some people are more susceptible to using them than other people are.) We do know enough about the harsher drugs and in testing the quality should be able to verify that they are in fact a safer form of poison.<br />
<br />
As for the cannabis, again authorized retailers the same as with alcohol. One, there are people too lazy to grow their own and they would rather pay for it. You don't have to have a permit to make your own alcohol so don't expect me to pay for the right of growing my own. Two, it will be an additional tax base for the communities that are strapped for money. Three, it will stop the wasting of money in our courts, which can be used to raise the salaries of our officers. Plus saving space in the jails for the more dangerous and violent criminals.<br />
<br />
<br />
And yes, common sense will tell you that people will abuse these drugs, look at the history of mankind we can't seem to stop our abusing nature. The amount of abuse will not be known for a few years but, I'm betting that by changing perspectives of drug abuse there will be less of it, along with more responsible users. People like choices and they really prefer to discover for themselves what is right for themselves individually. What's right for some the people isn't always right for all the people. Just remember more people die a year from eating peanuts than they do from consuming cannabis.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-91557999840092795762011-07-16T12:16:00.000-05:002011-07-16T15:52:58.040-05:00NeglectI've went and done it again, I tend to get involved with projects from time to time and neglect my blog. My recent projects were involving the advances of educating myself in different Linux distributions and setting up of desktops to my liking.<br />
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Some know that I am also vocal about the failed prohibition policies of our twisted justice system.<br />
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My apologies for those who do actually check my blog here. I don't keep up with who or how many visit. This is my place to speak my mind in order to find peace in my heart and soul.<br />
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So on to my Linux education. I recently tested <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/">SliTaz OS</a> on an older laptop, it is a Compaq Presaio 1670. This is a computer that has proven to be difficult to find software for, mainly because the bios has not been updated in who knows how long. I know it's not the most up to date equipment, but I like the small size of it. SliTaz runs extremely well on it and fast. There are some issues that I will have to address if I decide to keep it. Some will be time consuming as I learn to alter the setup for my desktop. Others are just finding a way to work out some bugs. My main reason of using SliTaz was the openbox environment. It's lightweight is perfect for a limited resource computer, which I seem to have an abundance of.<br />
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I do keep returning to <a href="http://www.linuxmint.com/">Linux Mint</a> though, they have my 2 favorite desktop environments in the stable LTS 9 release. XFCE and LXDE. I like XFCE but it has too many gnome components to rely on, where as LXDE doesn't. Don't get me wrong I don't mind gnome but it is a fairly heavy OS in my opinion, this is a problem when you are working with computers that have limited resources.<br />
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This old dog hopes to eventually learn enough to compile a desktop OS of my own whether it's a remaster or not, I would like to keep my mind occupied with learning more. I have been looking at Arch, DSL and LFS to compile my own system. My last set-up before SliTaz was a Debian based system using e16 environment, honestly I like prefer e16 over e17. I'm not sure why but I guess that's a personal taste.<br />
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I have discovered that <a href="http://code.google.com/p/arora/">Arora</a> is a better browser for posting on my blog. So that will be the only reason I have it on my desktop. I have a variety of browsers for different reasons and profiles. My primary choice of browser though is <a href="http://www.seamonkey-project.org/">Seamonkey</a>. My daughter uses Chromium on this computer, I use Kontact, Konqueror, and rekonq <a href="http://www.kde.org/">(parts of KDE)</a> for my independent contracting firm <a href="http://installsbydsc.blogspot.com/">Diversified SubContracting</a> and <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/installsbydsc/">here</a> these are my websites that I have built using Google free services.<br />
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My wife asked why I spend so much time messing with computers, for me it's simple I know in a few years I'll not be able to get around in attics or climb up and down ladders. So, I want to learn something that in my opinion is still in the stage of expanding (Linux) and can be financially beneficial, I don't expect to get rich from it, but I do hope to support my family with it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-4856018605412176742011-06-30T23:41:00.000-05:002011-07-01T00:05:49.259-05:00My History of Linux as a Newbie UserI just read 2 parts of a 3 part story of a womans transformation from being a Microsoft Windows user to a Linux user. <a href="http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/">Here</a>, it brought back memories of my conversion.<br />
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I am something of a new computer user in all reality. My first system was a Packard Bell (no longer around) loaded with Windows 3.1, the next system I would own and use would be a computer with Windows XP. I actually had 2 HPs with this operating system. Both decided to crash with in a couple of weeks of each other. I had the restore disk and unfortunately neither of them wanted to work, fortunately I did save all my documents to disk every week. So I only lost a few days of work.<br />
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At the time I had to have a reliable computer and a high speed internet connection. As a contractor doing fulfillment work for a satellite company, I needed to be able to print out my work orders from a website. After completing the work required me to upload pictures of my work and the related documents of each job.<br />
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My first introduction was with a Knoppix Live CD version 3.6 I believe. I did finally get one of my computers to take it's re-install of windows, I downloaded a version of Ubuntu 8.04 with wubi. So I installed an extra hard drive used the wubi program to install it as a dual boot. My windows side of that computer finally crashed a few more times before I got frustrated with it.<br />
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The name Microsoft in my opinion is a contradiction, it's neither micro nor is it soft on the computers that it's installed on. I believe this is why the big computer manufactures don't want people to use Linux. It is my personal opinion that the software they install causes the components to stress unnecessarily, this means more money replacing computers designed to break.<br />
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My first computer was the only new one I ever owned, since then they have all been recycled or rescued. I find and clean them up the best of my limited ability. As I said I'm fairly new to the computer world, less than 10 years I went from using a webtv system for my internet service to using a desktop, then onto using a laptop.<br />
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In the past 4+ plus years of using Linux I have cleaned and used a variety of computers, most have always been upgrades to faster machines. I haven't done a re-install on any of the Linux systems I use. I have only done installs to find the one I like to use. This is for educational purposes to test different distributions and desktops.<br />
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I collect live cds and dvds of Linux software. Some are great and work well with the older computers while some require a little more knowledge of the command line that I don't have at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon enough. The base install of my Compaq is from a Debian net install disc, but the rest was done using the command line. Now I'm setting up an e16 Linux Mint laptop, some of the applications require me to know more of how a file system works.<br />
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Some how on the Minted Debian e16 set-up, the application I wanted to autostart works. Like the avant-window-navigator and Gkrellm system monitor. The Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox I converted to the e16 window manager needs a little more assistance from me to get the Lxpanel and Gkrellm to autostart.And that is where I am at. Trying to decipher the works of people who have been involved with computers all their lives, some have been reasonably simple to understand while others have flew over my head. I hope to remedy that soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-66210576285865745472011-06-30T20:48:00.000-05:002011-07-01T00:11:08.420-05:00My Testing of the e16 window manager.I've been tinkering around with the <a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/e16">e16 window manager</a> lately. I am impressed with it to some degree. It runs well on some of the older computers I have restored.<br />
Through this testing I learned that using the nautilus file manager isn't a good idea, it brings gnome components to my e16 set-up and then disables my menus. To get back to the base e16 window you have to do a hard restart by holding down the power button, this is not a good idea with the equipment I am working with.<br />
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In earlier post I mentioned the e16 window manager being installed on 2 laptops.<br />
1st is a Compaq Presario 1670, I have a 4.3 gig hd and it's maxed to factory specs with 192 mb's of ram. I have to occasionally restart the window manager to get it to operate correctly. I am replacing the nautilus file manager with pcmanfm, a lighter and less demanding file system. This I have discovered will end the gnome components that annoyingly pop-up from time to time. <br />
This is also the only machine that is running <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>. My other computers are loaded with <a href="http://www.linuxmint.com/">Linux Mint</a>. I would have it on here but it's being spastic about what it will load. <br />
2nd is a Dell Latitude c600, it has a 3.3 gig hd and 256 mb's of ram. I started with a Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox install, did the updates after the initial install, downloaded e16, removed Fluxbox, cups, bluetooth and some other non-essential software packages, installed the necessary wifi software. So far it's the better running system. <br />
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My only problem is understanding the some of the tutorials regarding the configuration of the e16 system. Manly getting the LXpanel and Gkrellm to autostart when I start the computer and enter the x-window.<br />
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Debian is heavy with gnome, so this is a way for me to discover what gnome components I can get out of a system without disabling it completely.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-54016562362425579152011-06-28T20:37:00.000-05:002011-06-29T16:55:41.576-05:00My Linux EducationActually this is about the trials of loading the previously mentioned Compaq Presario 1670 laptop. It's been an educational experience for me. After much loading and reloading of various distributions, I have settled on a Debian base install.<br />
I have also installed e16 a stable Enlightenment desktop environment, e17 is out and I have tested it. But, I think I prefer the more stable of the 2. I have even installed Linux Mint in the repository just to give it that Minty flavor I like.<br />
The problem I found is that Linux Mint is built on the stable release of Lubuntu 10.04 if I'm not mistaken. Lubuntu is a derivative of Ubuntu which is built on Debian, they are not backwards compatible though. So the conflict is coming from the reworked Lubuntu packages.<br />
I'll be uploading the Minted Debian e16 desktop @ my <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/installs.by.dsc/DesktopPics">desktop snapshots </a>along with the desktop of my Dell Latitude. Which I had to rework after I removed my hard drive, apparently my daughters hd crashed and she needed the memory of my hd, I can make do with the 2 laptops having minimum hard drives. The Compaq has a 4.3 gig hd, the Dell has a 3.3 gig hd. That's one of the reasons I chose to install the e16 desktop. I am most likely going to store all the backgrounds I use on these computer on a flash card or flash drive so I can change the look of my desktop. But for now I have plenty on my Minted Debian, now to replace the defaults on the Compaq. The wireless works on the Compaq, that's a plus. <br />
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These 2 laptops are for the Hughesnet satellite installs and will spend a lot of time in my truck. Both have a complete OS on them and are tweaked to my preferences with a little eye candy of my taste at the time.<br />
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Update of the Dell, I loaded Linux Mint LXDE and some how wiped out the root access to my OS. Here I am installing Linux Mint Fluxbox edition, after the install and updates I'll download the e16 desktop and the wireless drivers I'll need. Restart into the e16 desktop and remove the Fluxbox desktop, in theory this should change my default desktop environment at the next restart. Now if this works I'll try to download a kernel that will work with my Compaq Presario so that I can swap hard drives and do it all again. It's the only way I'm going to get wireless to work with it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948302004899464670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452431579242785832.post-82308187984980122752011-06-19T09:56:00.000-05:002011-06-25T08:51:06.547-05:00Compaq Presario 1670Yea, it's an old laptop I have acquired a few years ago. It is equipped with 192 mb of ram, 4 gig hd, and pcmia card slot for the network cards I have. When I got it someone had squeezed Windows XP on it, unfortunately that was causing problems. Since then I have had <a href="http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm">Puppy Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html">Knoppix</a>, <a href="http://debrislinux.org/">Debris</a>, and a few other distributions on it.<br />
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My last disto I tried on it was <a href="http://www.linuxmint.com/">Mint</a>, this is actually my distro of preference. I was able to install the <a href="http://lxde.org/">LXDE</a> version. This would have been great because I prefer the networking tools they have in the base system. But, the updates and upgrades after the initial install was hanging up. I am now in the process of installing <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> again. I have had it installed and running well. During the tweaking and setting it up to my personal preferences I either overloaded it with software or de-installed some needed software to boot correctly. The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Gnome version</a> was to heavy and required more storage than I had available, the <a href="http://www.xfce.org/">Xfce version</a> would on occasion not install all the components that I liked or lose access to them after the install. I have tried the LXDE through some package changing and found it to be a very fast OS for this computer. So, I'm presently installing it Debian LXDE straight off the net install disc. <br />
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