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Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Mon, 28 May 2001 12:20:26 GMT
From kaba:
If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves. -- Thomas Sowell

The Economist - Great drug, shame about the delivery system: Nictotine may actually have valid medical uses. [grabbe]

Jaxon Van Derbeken at the San Francisco Chronicle - S.F. Police Arrest Protest Lawyers Three were trying to see clients: This one takes the cake. Lawyers can't even get in to see their clients in San Francisco. One of them was hospitalized from the effects of a police choke hold. [unknown]

There's a new article in The Libertarian series by Vin Suprynowicz:

  • Deaths in Merced: Vin relates the story of a 14-year-old girl who could have saved her siblings had it not been for California's "safe storage" law. Since she couldn't get the gun to defend them, her 9 and 7-year-old siblings are now dead at the hands of a pitchfork wielding vermin who was finally eradicated when the police arrived. These laws were created due to the accidental deaths of 4 or 5 kids per year, though the statistics of teenage gang members were mixed in to make it look worse than it is.

Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk - Spending, Tax Cuts, or Debt Reduction? The budget "surplus" belongs to us taxpayers. Dr. Paul will do all he can to ensure that every penny of it either comes back to us or is used to pay off the $6 trillion national debt.

Jim Herron Zamora of the San Francisco Examiner via Cannabis News - Massive Pot Farm in Hills Discovered: 11,800 female plants were discovered in San Mateo county, CA. Estimated value: $45 million. And there's plenty more. Give up, drug warriors. You're wasting your time trying to eradicate a harmless weed. [cn]

The Boston Phoenix - Reefer Madness: Our laws against smoking marijana don't make any sense. And how! [cn]

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