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My father was recently diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, and medical marijuana is one of the tools we are using in an attempt to decrease the cancer and recuperate his health. At this point it is just a matter of weaning him off of the pharmaceutical drugs and getting back to natural treatments (without the negative side effects of prescription drugs) as soon as possible. Medical marijuana is an important tool in making this process successful.

Check out Rick Simpson’s work at PhoenixTears.ca for more information about hemp/marijuana oil (also known as “Phoenix Tears”) and its ability to cure cancer.

“I am here to expose you to information about the most medicinal plant known to man — hemp. Medicinal miracles are a common occurrence when using oil derived from this specific medicinal plant.” – Rick Simpson

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Today GQ reports:

According to ongoing discussions with Obama aides and associates, if the president wins a second term, he plans to tackle another American war that has so far been successful only in perpetuating more misery: the four decades of The Drug War.

To believe Obama on this issue is to ignore the blatant hypocrisy of Obama’s drug policies and enforcement through his Administration. Obama’s campaign rhetoric in 2007 proved to be wildly off course from the policies he pursued as President. The Justice Department, per Obama’s orders, are raiding and shutting down medical marijuana dispensaries in  states such as California that have nullified federal anti-marijuana laws to allow the sale of medical marijuana to licensed individuals. Here is a dispensary establishment in Sacramento, California, that was shut down earlier this year following the new policies established by Obama and the Justice Department:

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Even the Bush Administration let states set their own course with medical marijuana policy; thanks to Obama, the federal government is overriding state policies that have allowed for the peaceful sale of medical marijuana. Obama’s actions as President (not campaigner or politician) have deliberately propagated and expanded the Drug War to new heights in its abuse of peaceful individuals, community destruction, and ignorance of the facts.

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“There is no reason, in a free society, that farmers shouldn’t be allowed to raise hemp. Hemp is a good product.” ~ Ron Paul

“I can very easily get into the insanity of letting a cancer patient die without allowing them access to medical marijuana and into the insanity of abolishing the right to grow hemp – an industrial product!” ~ Ron Paul

Ron Paul is one of the few representatives in Washington D.C. who has steadfastly defended the right of Americans to freely produce, process, and sell hemp products. Most officials and representatives in government have no clue even about the history of hemp’s criminalization (which goes all the way back to 1937). Hemp used to be grown by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay, and other famous and revolutionary heroes in United States history.

It goes to show how effective the government’s campaign against hemp has been. Within 75 years hemp has gone from one of America’s most productive and promising agricultural staples to a misrepresented, misunderstood, and largely unknown plant forbidden from growing in the United States.

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Upon seeing the “Ron Paul Revolution” T-shirt I was wearing, Galbraith said, “I wrote in Ron Paul for president.”

Treat yourself to twenty minutes of this independent thinker’s thoughts on drugs, education, debt, and a variety of issues plaguing Kentucky and America as a whole. We need more Gatewood Galbraith’s.

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Galbraith talking with Berea College students (Photo by Dylan Gorski)

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On the second day of his presidency, Barack Obama promised, “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.” Here is an honest look at Barack Obama in his own words, to ensure his promise of transparency does not fall by the wayside.

Due Process

“The detention of American citizens, without access to counsel, fair procedure, or pursuant to judicial authorization, as enemy combatants is unconstitutional.” — Barack Obama; December 2007

Tell that to Anwar al-Alwaki.

Presidential War Powers

“After Vietnam, Congress swore it would never again be duped into war, and even wrote a new law — the War Powers Act — to ensure it would not repeat its mistakes. But no law can force a Congress to stand up to the president. No law can make senators read the intelligence that showed the president was overstating the case for war. No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand up as the co-equal branch the Constitution made it.” — Barack Obama; October 2007

“The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” — Barack Obama; December 2007

Message to Obama: You probably wouldn’t have people in Congress suing you over the Libya War if you had followed your own words.

Medical Marijuana

“I don’t think that should be a top priority of us, raiding people who are using … medical marijuana. With all the things we’ve got to worry about, and our Justice Department should be doing, that probably shouldn’t be a high priority.” — Barack Obama, June 2007

“I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It’s not a good use of our resources.” — Barack Obama; August 2007

Obama has undeniably contradicted himself, with his Administration approving raids of medical marijuana businesses (even in states where medical marijuana is legal).

Debt Ceiling

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.” — Barack Obama; March 2006

The debt ceiling has been raised three times under Obama’s presidency as of summer 2011.

Iraq War

“What I am opposed to is a dumb war.” — Barack Obama; October 2002

“I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.” — Barack Obama; October 2007

The Iraq War is not close to ending. No troops have been brought home; if anything, they have simply been moved to Afghanistan. This doesn’t even account for the thousands of contractors hired by the Department of State and Department of Defense. In addition, the U.S. has continually bombed Pakistan and Yemen under Obama’s presidency.

Libya War

On March 18, 2011, Obama declared that U.S. military excursions in Libya would last “days, not weeks.” Six months later, we’re still counting.

Guantanamo Bay

“Why don’t we close Guantanamo and restore the right of habeas corpus, because that’s how we lead, not with the might of our military, but the power of our ideals and the power of our values. It’s time to show the world we’re not a country that ships prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in far off countries. We’re not a country that runs prisons which locks people away without ever telling them why they’re there or what they’re charged with. We’re not a country which preaches compassion to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of major American cities. That’s not who we are.” — Barack Obama; 2007

It’s a nice sentiment from Obama, but Guantanamo remains open to this day.

PATRIOT Act

“That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are. And it is not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists.” — Barack Obama; August 2007

As President, Obama twice signed legislation extending the PATRIOT Act for five years until 2015.

Torture

“The President is not above the law, and the Commander-in-Chief power does not entitle him to use techniques that Congress has specifically banned as torture. We must send a message to the world that America is a nation of laws, and a nation that stands against torture.” — Barack Obama, December 2007

“I also reject the view, suggested in memoranda by the Department of Justice, that the President may do whatever he deems necessary to protect national security, and that he may torture people in defiance of congressional enactments. In my view, torture is unconstitutional, and certain enhanced interrogation techniques like ‘waterboarding’ clearly constitute torture.” — Barack Obama, December 2007

Unfortunately, torture continues under the Obama Administration.

Is this the change we expected when we elected Barack Obama in 2008?

What has Obama done, either as Senator or President, to earn the trust of the people?

At what point do we acknowledge the broken promises of Obama and his Administration?

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