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The "new" drug war...

"H.R. 1528, Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005, is one of the worst drug war bills that Congress has ever considered."

Some of the "high"lights...

--Creates a new offense for persons who witness or learn about certain drug offenses that fail to report the drug offender to the police within 24 hours or fail to provide full assistance to the police in tracking and prosecuting the offender. Offenses that would get someone a 2-year minimum sentence, including failing to report a neighbor that is storing or selling drugs when that neighbor has kids, failing to report anyone that gives a joint to someone under the age of 21, and failing to report a college student that is selling marijuana on a college campus.

--Expands what is considered to be a “drug-free” school zone to include almost any place in an urban area, and increases penalties for selling or distributing drugs in that area. (The result will be enhanced penalties for people in inner cities, while people in rural and suburban areas get less time for the same offense).

--Makes it a federal crime to provide "drug paraphernalia" to anyone. While the goal is to make it a crime - punishable by up to three years in prison - to give someone a bong as a birthday present, it would also make it a federal crime to provide someone with sterile syringes (except where it is explicitly authorized by local or state law). If enacted, it would essentially criminalize many needle exchange programs.

Full details on further government opression here

Bush Sr. wants Jeb in the White House

Lovely...

The president's father would like to see another Bush in the White House someday, saying on Tuesday that he wants his son Jeb to run for president when the timing is right. Florida Governor Jeb Bush has repeatedly said he does not plan to run for president in 2008, trying to dampen speculation that another Bush could be the next Republican dumbass to corrupt all that's good.

In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," former President Bush said he wants Jeb to run for president "someday," but now was not the time. "The timing's wrong. The main thing is, he doesn't want to do it. Nobody believes that," Bush said. He added that he does not have a favorite candidate for the Republican nomination to succeed George Junior. Senior Bush is quite proud of his demonic spawn, as we can see.

Barbara Bush said she believed Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic nominee in the 2008 presidential race.
"I'm not going to vote for her, but I'm betting on her," she said.

Source: Yahoo

Judge's Offer: Church Or Jail

(AP) A judge has been offering some drug and alcohol offenders the option of attending worship services instead of going to jail or rehab -- a practice some say violates the separation of church and state.

District Judge Michael Caperton, 50, a devout Christian, said his goal is to "help people and their families."

"I don't think there's a church-state issue, because it's not mandatory and I say worship services instead of church," he said.

Alternative sentencing is popular across the country--ordering vandals to repaint a graffiti-covered wall, for example. But legal experts said they didn't know of any other judges who give the option of attending church.

Caperton has offered the option about 50 times to repeat drug and alcohol offenders. It is unclear what effect the sentence has had.

David Friedman, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, said the option raises "serious constitutional problems."

"The judge is saying that those willing to go to worship services can avoid jail in the same way that those who decline to go cannot," Friedman said. "That strays from government neutrality towards religion.

Source: CBS

Global Television is scum once again.

Wednesday June 8th, 2005

Global Television's "Moneywise" program featured a rep from the Canadian Federation of Small Business bashing performance bonuses for public servants. They seemed to have a especially good time laughing at the Governor General as well. Guess we now know what they think about when they're not complaining about the NDP/Liberal budget.

Needless to say they didn't have a rep for the other side and the "anchor" was smiling and nodding along.

Some of the advertisers from the broadcast for your possible boycott interests include:

Canadian Tire
Dell (including a special "bumper" spot with a voice over by a Global employee)
Body Break (what the hell do they sell anyways)