Talk about going against the tide of history: George War Bush's drug policy has sunk to the depths of the absurd in the raids on the pot clubs of California on Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, 2002, when state offices were closed and when Bush's "drug war" lackey, Asa Hutchinson showed up to speak at the San Francisco business organization meeting of the Commonwealth Club. His only friends in California are Democrats Gov. Gray Davis and Senator Dianne Feinstein, who opposed Proposition 215.

A good look at the vote on California's Proposition 215 of November 1996, the medical marijuana initiative which passed with 56% or 5.3 million votes, demonstrates how reactionary this latest turning back of the clock on the part of the profoundly stupid War Bush is. A map of the results is at:

http://vote96.ss.ca.gov/Vote96/html/vote/prop/prop-215.961218083528.html

Th honor roll of counties that passed Proposition 215 goes from the more advanced San Francisco, with 78% of the vote to the conservative San Diego County with 52% and Orange County with 51%. The medical doctors are big supporters of medical marijuana, and they are usually a very conservative voting sector. The voters overall are the most conservative sector of the population so War Bush is almost playing solo here. About the only friends he has in California are those good Democrats Governor Gray Davis and Senator Dianne Feinstein, both of whom opposed Prop. 215. Now for the honor roll:

78% San Francisco

74% Santa Cruz

73% Marin

71% Alameda

69% Sonoma

67% San Mateo

65% Santa Clara

64% Mendocino

63% Contra Costa

59% Monterey

58% Yolo

57% Humboldt

57% Mono

57% San Benito

56% Alpine

56% Eldorado

55% Los Angeles

55% Solano

53% Sacramento

52% Santa Barbara

52% Nevada

52% San Diego

52% Lake

51% Placer

51% Orange

51% Ventura

50% Napa

50% Trinity

Who cares whose freakin birthday it was!?! California's independence from the U.S., anyone?? F***K the DEA!!!!

The Federal Government/Bush Administration/Ashcroft/Hutchinson have declared war on the people in an unprescedented act of civil war. First it was Muslim/Middle Eastern/South Asian people, then it was AIDS activists, then it was anarchists, and now it's sick and dying people whose doctors have recommended medicinal cannabis in accordance with California law. What do those who are being attacked do now? Is everyone who stands up for justice -- including the sick and dying -- destined to be jailed or scared into silence? How long will it be before the masses unite to bring democracy to the land Bush is controlling? By the time the masses wake up to what is happening, will it be too late?

The state courts were closed on Lincoln's Birthday and state offices were officially closed. Thus, possible means of stopping the raids through the courts and protests from the state justice department were closed. It had nothing to do with whose birthday it was but rather that courts and state legal offices were closed.

There is also a political lesson to be learned from this as the "lesser evil" game is once again clearly demonstrated to be a con game, and only results in evil people in office.

Gray Davis, as Democratic Lieutenant Governor of California in 1996, opposed Proposition 215, as did Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and many Clinton administration officials, including former Pres. Bill Clinton. The San Francisco Chronicle reported these facts on the day after the election, November 6, 1996, in an article by Edward Epstein, "Medicinal Pot Initiative Rolls to An Easy Victory," as follows:

"Passage of Proposition 215 will put the leading possible candidates for governor in 1998 in a quandary, because most of them -- Republican Lungren and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis -- have opposed the measure. A rumored fourth candidate, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, has not taken a public position on the initiative, but a host of Clinton administration officials from the president on down have spoken against it."

See: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=chronicle/archive/1996/11/06/MN35136.DTL

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, stop voting for the Democrat-Republicans. Voting for the "lesser" evil is a vote for evil. Always vote your hopes, not yours fears. You will feel much better and humanity will advance. Always make a list of issues that are important to you and if there is no candidate who supports your position on ALL issues, skip that position(s) and just vote on the propositions. It is important that you vote on the propositions in every election.