Does anyone else...
This is question that I am sure there are reasonable solutions too:
First I don't condone the use of cocaine or crystal meth, these 2 products have proven to be the most dangerous and deadly illicit drugs on the streets. Even the manufacturing of them can be an explosive experience for some. Usually they don't survive to tell their story. I'll not deny it, I have tried both. To be honest I wasn't impressed with the effects they had on me, nor do I care to experience them again. I still can't seem to understand why anyone in their right frame of mind would want to put that poison in their body willingly.
Now, I do know and understand people are not going to agree with this idea as a suitable solution to this ongoing problem. But, Portugal seems to have found a way to curb the abuse of these products, I suggest we consider something similar but with a little more physician based control. After all, who would you rather be deciding if you have an addiction. They are already in position and giving medications that are responsible for a lot of peoples addiction.
Now first for this to work properly we need a way to monitor the distribution of these drugs, to verify people aren't cutting the products with poisons that are fatal to the end user. Then there's the age of consent we don't want children to be addicts, nor do we need children being born as addicts. This is one of my primary concerns, it's one thing for an adult to use. But to abuse the life of a child is irresponsible parenting. That's why we need a physician based system of checks and balances.
Ok, the next step is to take advantage of the existing distribution system. To do this is some what the lesser of two evils. If the drug cartels want to continue sending their manufactured products to the USA they pay a tariff. Anyone caught smuggling will loss their product and be turned around, sent home their names and pictures uploaded to a data base for future identification of suspected smugglers. Their products forfeited to be auctioned to a licensed and monitored distributor. This is absurd right. No think about it I read the illegal drug trade is estimated be $411 billion world wide, we spend an estimated $26 billion on enforcing prohibition laws then add the small fortune used in prosecuting and incarcerations. I'm willing to bet we spend less than 10% of what these drug cartels world wide gross profits. There isn't any way our government can even get close to stopping the drug traffic.
So we have a tariff on drugs that enter the country. Which will cover the cost of the infrastructure of the inspectors who are already in place, plus generate some extra revenue for our wasteful government to use on paying off our countries deficit.
We have an approved safe distribution network of licensed and regulated Americans, who tax these products. Which can go towards an affordable healthcare plan for everyone.
And we are not spending money on failed prohibition policies or on prosecution and incarceration of the citizens, this money can be reallocated to other uses. Preferably raises for our first responders(EMT, fire personnel, and police) and military personnel. These people deserve to be paid better than they are in most cities and towns. More room in the prison system for the violent criminals, who show no remorse for the taking a life.
Like I said I don't condone the use of these products, I would not recommend them to my worst enemy. I will suggest they first visit rehab clinics and talk to people who have discovered they needed help fighting their addiction. If a person has the courage to admit to themselves their drug of choice is causing them problems and they ask me to help break the habit, I have a moral obligation to assist them if possible and to respect them for their courage.
Fact is we have a problem, and fighting it with prohibition is a failure. We need to take advantage of the drug problem and turn the abuse around. Use the abuse against itself. I see this as a win/win solution.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Mother Nature Striking Back
Memphis residents prepare for rising river - CBS News
As with all the natural disasters of the last 20+ years. I take them as a sign for the people to shape up, to treat the Earth as if it is an individual living being. Some may argue that is a bullshit idea or religion. But don't expect me to rush around and try to save their precious butts when we have no where else to go. We haven't advanced enough to be ready to evacuate this planet any time in the near future.
I have been told that the Earth can't like or dislike what we do to it. Well, every action has an opposite and equal reaction that is a proven fact. So, if the Earth can't like or dislike, how come these natural disasters are more frequent and dangerous? Are we just so smart that we're stupid enough to not pay attention to what's happening to the world we call home?
We have what is commonly referred to as Fracking, the use of hydrolic jacks to hammer the natural gases of the crevices of the rocks. Just out of curiosity, how many of you people are willing to stand there and be hammered on for days at a time? How long would you live if some one stuck needles in your arm and pumped out your blood at a steady slow pace, faster then you can replenish it?
Then I read this. I see this as pure profiteering, there are those who are addicted to greed. Their greed has placed us in a position of being dependent on oil for various products that could and should be of a more environmentally friendly process. In other words they also are addicted to oil and petroleum based products. Well, look around those products have proven to be not as healthy for us or our world as we were led to believe. These products are endangering the future generations. I for one am not wanting to or willing to try keeping up with the Jones, the Jones of this world aren't very practical. Nor do they seem to have the ability to use basic common sense and intelligence. I prefer reliable, sturdy long lasting environmentally friendly products, especially if they are biodegradable.
As an independent contractor I would rather to have steady work with a small steady profit any day of the week than the occasional work with high profit margins. It in my opinion makes good business sense. We are living in a society that has forgotten what customer loyalty is, our corporations show no respect for the customers who help them build up to where they are today. They have set quality control programs and safety guidelines, but also at the same time don't offer the employees any incentives to really care about those policies.
Mother Nature shouldn't be fooled with like we have been doing over the past 20-30 years. She doesn't tolerate the ignorance as well as people do. We can't make better people with the chemicals of convenience, the new and improved isn't always better or greater than the old and reliable ways. Nor do I believe that the advances in chemical science has the ability to solve all the problems the people of this world face. It is time for the individual people to be practical in their actions and decisions.
I have in the past questioned the concept of people as a species being the superior intelligence on this world, we have 1,000's of years worth of knowledge available to us, thanks mainly to the previous generations who lived before us. Yet we seem to have a habit of ignoring the knowledge of that past. The old adage those who ignore the past will relive it, has a special ring to it in my heart. The past tends to come back and haunt us.
As with all the natural disasters of the last 20+ years. I take them as a sign for the people to shape up, to treat the Earth as if it is an individual living being. Some may argue that is a bullshit idea or religion. But don't expect me to rush around and try to save their precious butts when we have no where else to go. We haven't advanced enough to be ready to evacuate this planet any time in the near future.
I have been told that the Earth can't like or dislike what we do to it. Well, every action has an opposite and equal reaction that is a proven fact. So, if the Earth can't like or dislike, how come these natural disasters are more frequent and dangerous? Are we just so smart that we're stupid enough to not pay attention to what's happening to the world we call home?
We have what is commonly referred to as Fracking, the use of hydrolic jacks to hammer the natural gases of the crevices of the rocks. Just out of curiosity, how many of you people are willing to stand there and be hammered on for days at a time? How long would you live if some one stuck needles in your arm and pumped out your blood at a steady slow pace, faster then you can replenish it?
Then I read this. I see this as pure profiteering, there are those who are addicted to greed. Their greed has placed us in a position of being dependent on oil for various products that could and should be of a more environmentally friendly process. In other words they also are addicted to oil and petroleum based products. Well, look around those products have proven to be not as healthy for us or our world as we were led to believe. These products are endangering the future generations. I for one am not wanting to or willing to try keeping up with the Jones, the Jones of this world aren't very practical. Nor do they seem to have the ability to use basic common sense and intelligence. I prefer reliable, sturdy long lasting environmentally friendly products, especially if they are biodegradable.
As an independent contractor I would rather to have steady work with a small steady profit any day of the week than the occasional work with high profit margins. It in my opinion makes good business sense. We are living in a society that has forgotten what customer loyalty is, our corporations show no respect for the customers who help them build up to where they are today. They have set quality control programs and safety guidelines, but also at the same time don't offer the employees any incentives to really care about those policies.
Mother Nature shouldn't be fooled with like we have been doing over the past 20-30 years. She doesn't tolerate the ignorance as well as people do. We can't make better people with the chemicals of convenience, the new and improved isn't always better or greater than the old and reliable ways. Nor do I believe that the advances in chemical science has the ability to solve all the problems the people of this world face. It is time for the individual people to be practical in their actions and decisions.
I have in the past questioned the concept of people as a species being the superior intelligence on this world, we have 1,000's of years worth of knowledge available to us, thanks mainly to the previous generations who lived before us. Yet we seem to have a habit of ignoring the knowledge of that past. The old adage those who ignore the past will relive it, has a special ring to it in my heart. The past tends to come back and haunt us.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Defining a respectable and responsible citizen.
The definition of one's citizenship in the United States Of America.
My idea of a respectable citizen has nothing to do with what they possess to consume in the privacy of their own home, but has everything to do with how they treat their fellow citizens. It is determined by whether I can trust them to be responsible for their actions and decisions.
I personally don't believe in consuming alcohol, over the counter or prescription drugs, and if I do take prescribed medicines it will only be in an emergency, during surgery, or as a last resort when the natural organic herbs and medicines fail to work. I also don't like the fact that the majority of the foods we consume has been raised with chemicals or have been genetically altered for the purpose of generating higher profits.
I say this because I believe the use of these products on a daily basis violates the laws of God and nature. We are after all an organic product of this world not a piece of machinery. Science by genetically altering our foods have theoretically proven that changing these products will also change the next generation, so who can actually say what damages or health problems we are causing the next generation of people? If through the foods we absorb today can stay in our system how would they react when combined in the womb? Do we know for sure these combinations of chemicals are not affecting the health of our children and possibly our grand-children?
So if for some reason somebody took it upon themselves to consume a man-made product such as alcohol, cocaine, or any number of mind altering products, that is their decision and their cross to bear. I do expect them to have the courtesy to be respective of others by using those products responsibly.
This is where I argue the concept of our government's claim of having a moral responsibility to protect us from ourselves. Morally just because I may not approve of the use of the manufacture products to alter one's state of mind, does not give me the right to treat people like they are scum of the earth. Just as our government may not approve of my use of natural organic herbs and medicines, does not in any way give them the right to treat me like a criminal.
Yes, our leaders have a moral responsibility to the people to protect us from ourselves to some degree, Morally this is to inform us of the dangers that may result from the products we consume, morally they have an obligation to make recommendations, morally hold us responsible for any and all damages and/or deaths that may occur if we choose not accept those recommendations. But morally they have no right to deny us the option to learn from our mistakes. And morally they have an obligation to the people to accept responsibility for the damages and deaths that result from what they claim to be the right choice and only choice for all the people.
My idea of a respectable citizen has nothing to do with what they possess to consume in the privacy of their own home, but has everything to do with how they treat their fellow citizens. It is determined by whether I can trust them to be responsible for their actions and decisions.
I personally don't believe in consuming alcohol, over the counter or prescription drugs, and if I do take prescribed medicines it will only be in an emergency, during surgery, or as a last resort when the natural organic herbs and medicines fail to work. I also don't like the fact that the majority of the foods we consume has been raised with chemicals or have been genetically altered for the purpose of generating higher profits.
I say this because I believe the use of these products on a daily basis violates the laws of God and nature. We are after all an organic product of this world not a piece of machinery. Science by genetically altering our foods have theoretically proven that changing these products will also change the next generation, so who can actually say what damages or health problems we are causing the next generation of people? If through the foods we absorb today can stay in our system how would they react when combined in the womb? Do we know for sure these combinations of chemicals are not affecting the health of our children and possibly our grand-children?
So if for some reason somebody took it upon themselves to consume a man-made product such as alcohol, cocaine, or any number of mind altering products, that is their decision and their cross to bear. I do expect them to have the courtesy to be respective of others by using those products responsibly.
This is where I argue the concept of our government's claim of having a moral responsibility to protect us from ourselves. Morally just because I may not approve of the use of the manufacture products to alter one's state of mind, does not give me the right to treat people like they are scum of the earth. Just as our government may not approve of my use of natural organic herbs and medicines, does not in any way give them the right to treat me like a criminal.
Yes, our leaders have a moral responsibility to the people to protect us from ourselves to some degree, Morally this is to inform us of the dangers that may result from the products we consume, morally they have an obligation to make recommendations, morally hold us responsible for any and all damages and/or deaths that may occur if we choose not accept those recommendations. But morally they have no right to deny us the option to learn from our mistakes. And morally they have an obligation to the people to accept responsibility for the damages and deaths that result from what they claim to be the right choice and only choice for all the people.
I have been asked if I believe in God.
I have been asked if I believe in God, more than once.
My answer to this is and always will be:
I am a realist, disillusioned Baptist, and an ordained minister.
Some would argue my beliefs with me. But in my eyes God and the Earth we call home are the one and same. We can not live without each other. If you love God you have to love the Earth. If you abuse the Earth than you are abusing your love of God. They go hand in hand in my opinion. Our societies abuses of the Earth will be our downfall, there is no doubt in my mind to that fact. When we have depleted this world of it's blood we all die.
Our world is telling us to shape up or ship out. Don't believe me just look around you. My mother used to say she brought me into this world and she can take me out of the world. That saying is especially true with God. He gave us life and he has every right to take that life back at his discretion.
We as a society in general haven't shown the Earth or God the deserved respect, by abusing and ignoring the knowledge and information available. As a species we are influenced by greed. No other species on this planet is, they only use what is necessary to survive. We have on the other hand been led down a path that has neglected that concept. Apparently we have a problem with learning to co-exist with each other much less other species.
My answer to this is and always will be:
I am a realist, disillusioned Baptist, and an ordained minister.
Some would argue my beliefs with me. But in my eyes God and the Earth we call home are the one and same. We can not live without each other. If you love God you have to love the Earth. If you abuse the Earth than you are abusing your love of God. They go hand in hand in my opinion. Our societies abuses of the Earth will be our downfall, there is no doubt in my mind to that fact. When we have depleted this world of it's blood we all die.
Our world is telling us to shape up or ship out. Don't believe me just look around you. My mother used to say she brought me into this world and she can take me out of the world. That saying is especially true with God. He gave us life and he has every right to take that life back at his discretion.
We as a society in general haven't shown the Earth or God the deserved respect, by abusing and ignoring the knowledge and information available. As a species we are influenced by greed. No other species on this planet is, they only use what is necessary to survive. We have on the other hand been led down a path that has neglected that concept. Apparently we have a problem with learning to co-exist with each other much less other species.
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The link to the UN website.
Article 26:
This entitles me to an education, it does not give anyone the right to deny me an education, nor does it give anyone the right to deny me the ability to use the knowledge and information competently of said education.
No where does it say I am required to get approval from anyone on what I want to learn, neither does it require people to agree with how I use what I learn.
The link to the UN website.
Article 26:
- (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
- (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
- (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children
This entitles me to an education, it does not give anyone the right to deny me an education, nor does it give anyone the right to deny me the ability to use the knowledge and information competently of said education.
No where does it say I am required to get approval from anyone on what I want to learn, neither does it require people to agree with how I use what I learn.
An Illegal Act of Love: Husband Sentenced For Growing Pot For Wife
An Illegal Act of Love: Husband Sentenced For Growing Pot For Wife - WJW
This is to me an example of our CSA going to the extreme. What a waste of taxpayers money if I ever saw one. He's 69 years old and by the time he finishes serving time he'll be 71. This is why so many people are disgruntled toward our politicians. They can't bring themselves to find a suitable solution to this issue. Just because they may not agree with people using it or approve of the people using it doesn't mean it's the wrong choice for everyone. In this case the man did what he could afford to do for his wife. So basically you are a criminal in this country if you can't afford the modern medicines we are required by law to accept as the legal options, or consider those options as acceptable.
This is to me an example of our CSA going to the extreme. What a waste of taxpayers money if I ever saw one. He's 69 years old and by the time he finishes serving time he'll be 71. This is why so many people are disgruntled toward our politicians. They can't bring themselves to find a suitable solution to this issue. Just because they may not agree with people using it or approve of the people using it doesn't mean it's the wrong choice for everyone. In this case the man did what he could afford to do for his wife. So basically you are a criminal in this country if you can't afford the modern medicines we are required by law to accept as the legal options, or consider those options as acceptable.
The Earth As A Living Species
Some would call me crazy or even a lunatic for my belief that this planet we call home is an actual living being. As the true native Americans who roamed the USA before we came along and civilised them. I believe the earth has provided us with what is necessary to survive and can continue to provide for our future generations. But we have to be able to look at what the advances we have made has done to our little world. Listen to our world just as you would listen to your body when it tells you it's not working properly.
I also believe that everything has a place and purpose. The oil we suck out of the ground is the same as draining blood from your body, without blood you wouldn't survive for very long, and the earth won't survive much longer without the oil running through it's veins. We have a symbiotic relationship with this planet, I believe that this world won't survive without us as much we won't survive without this world. If we keep ignoring that than we have no right to be here in the first place.
For a species that claims to be of superior intelligence, we have proven to be a destructive lot who doesn't pay attention to or appreciate the world we live on and the wonders it has provided us. We have been taught to ignore the past, and over look the knowledge we have already discovered. In other words if it's not new and improved it's not acceptable or right. Our future generations are the ones who will suffer the consequences and pay for the mistakes of the policy makers who have proven their questionable concept of moral obligations and responsibilities.
Let's consider our founding fathers they knew and understood the need of a renewable and sustainable products. One of them faced certain death for smuggling hemp seeds out of China, he did this to provide for our new nation, to help our ancestors escape the tyranny of an unjust government. It is suspected that when our founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence they were under the influence of both alcohol and herb. Some even raised it as a cash crop. While our government not only accepted it as payment for taxes, but required farmers to produce hemp. We probably wouldn't be the nation of people we are today if it wasn't for this plant. By the way, both our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were wrote on paper made of hemp.
These hemp seeds provided the agricultural needs of this growing nation for over a hundred and fifty years, they provided the people with dependable sturdy clothing and paper (some of which still exists). Hemp was also used to manufacture fuel for the earliest vehicles of the industrial revolution. Henry Ford even developed a poly-fiber body for his vehicles and a biodegradable plastic of all natural fibers. I remember years ago of an article that had proven that ethanol was a cleaner burning fuel, which means it's healthier for the environment.
While there were studies that proved one acre of hemp can produce as much paper as 4 acres of wood pulp could. Levi Strauss manufactured durable work clothes out of hemp. We also have evidence available proving hemp is an excellent rotation crop for farmers to use in revitalising the soil for the next crop. There are old government publications that state hemp could be the billion dollar crop of the early 1900's. Now considering the amount of damage caused by ignoring this possibility we are in need of re-evaluating the concept of what progress is.
Up until 1944 cannabis was listed in the pharmacology handbook as a source of medicine, I am not one to believe it's the cure all medicine as some would like to believe it is. I do believe that it does have some medicinal values that need to be explored. We have in the past been told the more natural and organic the product we consume the healthier will will be. I tend to believe this should also include the medicines. It is my opinion that the combination of chemicals we consume is directly responsible for some of the health problems we as a nation suffer from.
It seems that the only way for a person to be chemically free is to live on a deserted island or in uncharted land. What we do on this planet has an equal and opposite reaction. And I'm worried that our children and grandchildren won't get the chance to enjoy their right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
I also believe that everything has a place and purpose. The oil we suck out of the ground is the same as draining blood from your body, without blood you wouldn't survive for very long, and the earth won't survive much longer without the oil running through it's veins. We have a symbiotic relationship with this planet, I believe that this world won't survive without us as much we won't survive without this world. If we keep ignoring that than we have no right to be here in the first place.
For a species that claims to be of superior intelligence, we have proven to be a destructive lot who doesn't pay attention to or appreciate the world we live on and the wonders it has provided us. We have been taught to ignore the past, and over look the knowledge we have already discovered. In other words if it's not new and improved it's not acceptable or right. Our future generations are the ones who will suffer the consequences and pay for the mistakes of the policy makers who have proven their questionable concept of moral obligations and responsibilities.
Let's consider our founding fathers they knew and understood the need of a renewable and sustainable products. One of them faced certain death for smuggling hemp seeds out of China, he did this to provide for our new nation, to help our ancestors escape the tyranny of an unjust government. It is suspected that when our founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence they were under the influence of both alcohol and herb. Some even raised it as a cash crop. While our government not only accepted it as payment for taxes, but required farmers to produce hemp. We probably wouldn't be the nation of people we are today if it wasn't for this plant. By the way, both our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were wrote on paper made of hemp.
These hemp seeds provided the agricultural needs of this growing nation for over a hundred and fifty years, they provided the people with dependable sturdy clothing and paper (some of which still exists). Hemp was also used to manufacture fuel for the earliest vehicles of the industrial revolution. Henry Ford even developed a poly-fiber body for his vehicles and a biodegradable plastic of all natural fibers. I remember years ago of an article that had proven that ethanol was a cleaner burning fuel, which means it's healthier for the environment.
While there were studies that proved one acre of hemp can produce as much paper as 4 acres of wood pulp could. Levi Strauss manufactured durable work clothes out of hemp. We also have evidence available proving hemp is an excellent rotation crop for farmers to use in revitalising the soil for the next crop. There are old government publications that state hemp could be the billion dollar crop of the early 1900's. Now considering the amount of damage caused by ignoring this possibility we are in need of re-evaluating the concept of what progress is.
Up until 1944 cannabis was listed in the pharmacology handbook as a source of medicine, I am not one to believe it's the cure all medicine as some would like to believe it is. I do believe that it does have some medicinal values that need to be explored. We have in the past been told the more natural and organic the product we consume the healthier will will be. I tend to believe this should also include the medicines. It is my opinion that the combination of chemicals we consume is directly responsible for some of the health problems we as a nation suffer from.
It seems that the only way for a person to be chemically free is to live on a deserted island or in uncharted land. What we do on this planet has an equal and opposite reaction. And I'm worried that our children and grandchildren won't get the chance to enjoy their right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
My week of Linux testing.
This week I had my Linux Mint software seem to lock-up on me in the latest computer I recently recycled. It wasn't as bad as I had expected, the cable from my hard drive needed replaced apparently it had a few breaks that took a while to raise their evil inconvenient ideas.
So after doing the necessary repairs and few more additions like hard drives, removing a zip drive and installing a floppy drive I had it up and running. One of the hard drives I installed was in another desktop it had some bad sectors in it, I decided to test it and installed a different distribution of Linux on it. This is Debian. I have tried this before and really liked it, at the time I wasn't use to working with Linux as much. After the install I was able to set everything up, with the different packages that I enjoy using. Unfortunately the hard drive did have a few bad sectors it was failing so I had it in the final stages when it crashed.
Luckily I have another drive to install in it's place. I'm not the least bit disappointed though.
Now my Compaq Presario also had it's drive die, which I had expected to happen. But I had already replaced it with a Dell Latitude with this as it's desktop . I have to have a laptop for work installing HughesNet Satellite.
I have a Gateway with this desktop on the most used hard drive of the two.
So after doing the necessary repairs and few more additions like hard drives, removing a zip drive and installing a floppy drive I had it up and running. One of the hard drives I installed was in another desktop it had some bad sectors in it, I decided to test it and installed a different distribution of Linux on it. This is Debian. I have tried this before and really liked it, at the time I wasn't use to working with Linux as much. After the install I was able to set everything up, with the different packages that I enjoy using. Unfortunately the hard drive did have a few bad sectors it was failing so I had it in the final stages when it crashed.
Luckily I have another drive to install in it's place. I'm not the least bit disappointed though.
Now my Compaq Presario also had it's drive die, which I had expected to happen. But I had already replaced it with a Dell Latitude with this as it's desktop . I have to have a laptop for work installing HughesNet Satellite.
I have a Gateway with this desktop on the most used hard drive of the two.
An example of irresponsible drug use, and why we need COMPETENT drug laws.
Girl, 5, hospitalized after ingesting PCP, Conn. cops arrest mother - Crimesider - CBS News
This is an example in my opinion as to why we need a controlled substance act. To protect those who can't protect themselves. The people who put their addiction to such dangerous and explosive mixtures above the welfare of their children is sickening, but so is treating non-violent marijuana users like criminals.
I say failed, because it fails to properly educate people and hold the people responsible for the damages and deaths that are caused by the products we are being told are the only legal options for everyone.
The CSA is a great idea, the problem is that it over steps the boundaries of common sense and intelligence. It ignores the fact that there are respectable and responsible people in this world. It also ignores that there are legal products that are more dangerous and deadly than some of the illegal products. The priorities of our drug laws are outrageously out of order.
It is disturbing when people can't control the products they choose to use. It's even more disturbing when you endanger the children and neighbors with the manufacturing of these toxic drugs. If it weren't for the violent behaviour that these home made drugs bring about. I wouldn't mind them to being decriminalised also, but since they tend to cause the users to inflict violence on others we shouldn't tolerate their abuse.
There is evidence of marijuana being successful in curbing the addictions to this type of drug. Now, just as it is a crime to drink alcohol and drive, I believe it should be a crime to smoke marijuana in public or while driving. I don't think it should be a crime to grow what you consume or possess marijuana if you use it in the privacy of your home. The law as it is presently enforced basically states that if you possess or use marijuana you are not a respectable or responsible citizen of the USA. Not everyone who uses marijuana abuses it.
Now even though I don't agree with or approve of the daily use of alcohol, over the counter and prescription drugs. I don't deny that they can be used responsibly, even though the evidence proves they are abused just as much, if not more than the illegal products.
Our government spend billions of dollars on this failed policy, plus no telling how much on persecuting, prosecuting and incarcerating non-violent marijuana users. This money would be better used in the educating and assisting the people who become addicted to the products they abuse.
This is an example in my opinion as to why we need a controlled substance act. To protect those who can't protect themselves. The people who put their addiction to such dangerous and explosive mixtures above the welfare of their children is sickening, but so is treating non-violent marijuana users like criminals.
I say failed, because it fails to properly educate people and hold the people responsible for the damages and deaths that are caused by the products we are being told are the only legal options for everyone.
The CSA is a great idea, the problem is that it over steps the boundaries of common sense and intelligence. It ignores the fact that there are respectable and responsible people in this world. It also ignores that there are legal products that are more dangerous and deadly than some of the illegal products. The priorities of our drug laws are outrageously out of order.
It is disturbing when people can't control the products they choose to use. It's even more disturbing when you endanger the children and neighbors with the manufacturing of these toxic drugs. If it weren't for the violent behaviour that these home made drugs bring about. I wouldn't mind them to being decriminalised also, but since they tend to cause the users to inflict violence on others we shouldn't tolerate their abuse.
There is evidence of marijuana being successful in curbing the addictions to this type of drug. Now, just as it is a crime to drink alcohol and drive, I believe it should be a crime to smoke marijuana in public or while driving. I don't think it should be a crime to grow what you consume or possess marijuana if you use it in the privacy of your home. The law as it is presently enforced basically states that if you possess or use marijuana you are not a respectable or responsible citizen of the USA. Not everyone who uses marijuana abuses it.
Now even though I don't agree with or approve of the daily use of alcohol, over the counter and prescription drugs. I don't deny that they can be used responsibly, even though the evidence proves they are abused just as much, if not more than the illegal products.
Our government spend billions of dollars on this failed policy, plus no telling how much on persecuting, prosecuting and incarcerating non-violent marijuana users. This money would be better used in the educating and assisting the people who become addicted to the products they abuse.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Educational desires and wants.
I have thirst for learning more about computers, I have had the unpleasant experience of having my computer crash approximately 4-5 years ago. Once would have been fine, but after 3 times in less than 2 months is discouraging. I was using Windows XP. I was first introduced to Linux with a Knoppix live cd borrowed from my brother, who for some reason doesn't seem to like Linux. I'm guessing he likes to collect viruses and getting spammed.
Since I have switched I have had less problems and I'm not a gamer so I don't have a need to use Windows products, I still have the ability to use a variety of Microsoft online software if and when I need to.
I would like to build a home server and theater system eventually, so I have been collecting and reading the available information found online. Which happens to be quite extensive.
I found this picture of an individuals liar of computers, I want something like this but I don't want the clutter of his:
I like clean neat looking systems, this is an example of my clean desktop with minimum items on it.
Yes, I like steampunk themed desktops. Here is the album of my past desktops and different distributions that I have tried. Desktops of the past. Some of them aren't captioned at this time I will have to remedy that soon as I can recollect their software and what computers I had them on.
My preferred operating system.
The varieties available and the option to mix and match the different versions. Here is the info on my present computer I'm using. I have since then made some changes in what software I use. My preferred browser.
This is my home page on Seamonkey. With my add-ons and toolbars.
Since I have switched I have had less problems and I'm not a gamer so I don't have a need to use Windows products, I still have the ability to use a variety of Microsoft online software if and when I need to.
I would like to build a home server and theater system eventually, so I have been collecting and reading the available information found online. Which happens to be quite extensive.
I found this picture of an individuals liar of computers, I want something like this but I don't want the clutter of his:
I like clean neat looking systems, this is an example of my clean desktop with minimum items on it.
Yes, I like steampunk themed desktops. Here is the album of my past desktops and different distributions that I have tried. Desktops of the past. Some of them aren't captioned at this time I will have to remedy that soon as I can recollect their software and what computers I had them on.
My preferred operating system.
The varieties available and the option to mix and match the different versions. Here is the info on my present computer I'm using. I have since then made some changes in what software I use. My preferred browser.
This is my home page on Seamonkey. With my add-ons and toolbars.
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