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REAL ID Act using CHIP IMPLANTS.. bullshit you say? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rfid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:REAL_ID_Act <--mentions RFID update http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act
RFID mandates

Wal-Mart and the United States Department of Defense have published requirements that their vendors place RFID tags on all shipments to improve supply chain management [3]. Due to the size of these two organizations, their RFID mandates impact thousands of companies worldwide. The deadlines have been extended several times because many vendors face significant difficulties implementing RFID systems. In practice, the successful read rates currently run only 80%, due to radio wave attenuation caused by the products and packaging. In time it is expected that even small companies will be able to place RFID tags on their outbound shipments.

Since January, 2005, Wal-Mart has required its top 100 suppliers to apply RFID labels to all shipments. To meet this requirement, vendors use RFID printer/encoders to label cases and pallets that require EPC tags for Wal-Mart. These smart labels are produced by embedding RFID inlays inside the label material, and then printing bar code and other visible information on the surface of the label.

[edit] Human implants

Hand with the planned location of the RFID chip
Hand with the planned location of the RFID chip
Just after the operation to insert the RFID tag was completed
Just after the operation to insert the RFID tag was completed

Implantable RFID chips designed for animal tagging are now being used in humans. An early experiment with RFID implants was conducted by British professor of cybernetics Kevin Warwick, who implanted a chip in his arm in 1998. Night clubs in Barcelona, Spain and in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, use an implantable chip to identify their VIP customers, who in turn use it to pay for drinks [4].

In 2004, the Mexican Attorney General's office implanted 18 of its staff members with the Verichip to control access to a secure data room. (This number has been variously mis-reported as 160 or 180 staff members, though the correct number is actually 18. [5])

Many books published about RFID are aimed at medium to large businesses implementing RFID technology to track shipments or livestock; however, until the publication of RFID Toys [6] by Amal Graafstra in 2006 little information was available for the enthusiast. Shortly after the book's publication, the Seattle Center On Contemporary Art [7] hosted a live implant procedure performed on Phillip Beynon, a student from Vancouver Canada.

Security experts are warned against using RFID for authenticating people due to the risk of Identity Theft. For instance a Mafia Fraud Attack would make it possible for an attacker to steal the identity of a person in real-time. Due to the resource-constraints of RFIDs it is virtually impossible to protect against such attack models as this would require complex distance-binding protocols.[citation needed]

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  • In August 2004, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRH) approved a $415,000 contract to evaluate the personnel tracking technology of Alanco Technologies. Inmates will wear wristwatch-sized transmitters that can detect attempted removal and alert prison computers. This project is not the first rollout of tracking chips in US prisons. Facilities in Michigan, California and Illinois already employ the technology.
  • RFIQin, designed by VitaCraft, is an automatic cooking device that has three different sized pans, a portable induction heater, and recipe cards. Each pan is embedded with a RFID tag that monitors the food 16 times per second while a MI tag in the handle of the pans transmits signals to the induction heater to adjust the temperature.
  • Many more applications can be found in the literature[7].
Real ID Act <--- when we dont pay attention to government laws like these take place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act REAL ID ACT is discussed in the video below - watch from 1:16:00 if youre braindead or lazy. this is where the film starts on Real ID Act. the rest of the film should be watched as well. _____________________________________________________ Data that must be included on the license or ID card Each card must include, at a minimum: * The person's full legal name. * The person's date of birth. * The person's sex. * The person's driver's license or identification card number. * A digital photograph of the person's face. * The person's address of principal residence. * The person's signature. * Physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes. * A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements (the details of which are not spelled out, but left to the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the States, to regulate). ____________________________________________________ Under the Disputed section on wiki - (same link as above) there is mention of RFID. The term States The Term States Refers to the 50 States,D.C, Puerto Rico ,USVI,Guam,American Samoa, Nothern Mariana Islands and Trust Territories from the pacific. National identification (ID) cards are on the way. Starting in 2008, if you live or work in the U.S., or any U.S. territory, including Puerto Rico, you will be required to carry a federally approved national ID card. That is, U.S. citizens will need the national ID to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. In February, Congress approved a Republican-backed measure compelling states and U.S. territories to issue ID cards and passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips embedded in them by no later than 2008. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved an $82 billion military spending bill that will, in part, create federally approved ID cards for all U.S. citizens and permanent residents. "All states and U.S. possessions, including Puerto Rico, will have to comply with the national ID card requirement. If you want to get into a federal building, on a train or airplane, or even receive your Social Security check, you will need this identification," explained Eduardo Bhatia, executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration. RE: Aaron Russo: The Architecture Of The Prison Planet ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Dalibor Date: Jan 31, 2007 6:35 PM

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.†Mark Twain

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4312730277175242198

Aaron Russo - The architecture of a prison planet - No Law Forcing Us To Pay Taxes. check the 16th amendment yourselves ;] RE: Aaron Russo: The Architecture Of The Prison Planet ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Dalibor Date: Jan 31, 2007 6:35 PM Aaron Russo: The Architecture Of The Prison Planet saalome GothicGhetto ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: GothicGhetto Date: Jan 31, 2007 3:45 PM From: Brandon
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Aaron Russo: The Architecture of the Prison Planet

Runtime:1:09:23 Aaron Russo joins Alex Jones for a fascinating sit-down in depth video interview on a plethora of important subjects. Aaron begins by describing how the draconian and mafia tactics of Chicago police woke him up to the fact that America wasn't free after his nightclub was routinely raided and he was forced to pay protection money. Aaron and Alex then cover a broad range of topics including the private run for profit federal reserve, Aaron's experience in the late 80's with the IRS when they retroactively passed laws to punish silver and gold traders, the real meaning of the word "democracy," what really happened on 9/11 and Aaron's relationship with Nick Rockefeller, who personally tried to recruit him on behalf of the CFR. Aaron also relates how Rockefeller told him that the elite created women's liberation to destroy the family and how they want to ultimately microchip and control the entire population. Rockefeller also told before 9/11 Russo that an unexpected "event" would catalyze the U.S. to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.freedomtofascism.com/ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3218585954111617501&hl=en

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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.†Mark Twain

Click here to watch America-Freedom to Fascism OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED VERSION for free at google video ( A must see film)

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US Federal System Out Of Line! - John Stossel - ABC News RE: Big, Big Government ---------------- Bulletin Message ---------------- From: Jack Herer Date: Jan 31, 2007 12:36 PM by John Stossel - co-anchor of ABC News' "20/20" Posted Jan 31, 2007 Two weeks ago, U.S. drug agents launched raids on 11 medical-marijuana centers in Los Angeles County. The U.S. attorney's office says they violated the laws against cultivation and distribution of marijuana. Whatever happened to America's federal system, which recognized the states as "laboratories of democracy"? According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 11 states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington) have eliminated the penalties for physician-approved possession of marijuana by seriously ill patients. In those states people with AIDS and other catastrophic diseases may either grow their own marijuana or get it from registered dispensaries. But the U.S. government says its drug laws trump the states' laws, and in 2005, the Supreme Court agreed. This is not the way it was supposed to work. The constitutional plan presented in the Federalist Papers delegated only a few powers to the federal government, with the rest reserved to the states. The system was hailed for its genius. Instead of having decisions made in the center -- where errors would harm the entire country -- most policies would be determined in a decentralized environment. A mistake in California would affect only Californians. New Yorkers, Ohioans, and others could try something else. Everyone would learn and benefit from the various experiments. It made a lot of sense. It still does. Too bad the idea is being tossed on the trash heap by big-government Republicans and their DEA goons. Drug prohibition -- like alcohol prohibition -- is a silly idea, as the late free-market economist Milton Friedman often pointed out. Something doesn't go away just because the government decrees it illegal. It simply goes underground. Then a black market creates worse problems. Since sellers cannot rely on police to protect their property, they arm themselves, form gangs, charge monopoly prices, and kill their competitors. Buyers steal to pay the high prices. Alcohol prohibition in the 1920s gave America Al Capone and organized crime. Drug prohibition has given us South American and Asian cartels that finance terrorism. Even the government admits that the heroin trade bankrolls terrorists. Prohibition's exorbitant black-market prices make that possible. In the United States, drug prohibition spawns gangs that are sometimes better armed than the police. Drug prohibition does more harm than drugs. The war on drugs hasn't even accomplished what it promised to do. Drugs are abundant and cheaper than ever. "ABC News" reported last month, "marijuana is the U.S.'s most valuable crop. The report, 'Marijuana Production in the United States,' by marijuana policy researcher Jon Gettman, concludes that despite massive eradication efforts at the hands of the federal government, 'marijuana has become a pervasive and ineradicable part of the national economy.'" The destructive failure of the drug war is why it makes so much sense to let states experiment, which 11 of them have done with medical marijuana. Legalizing only medical marijuana brings its own problems. For one thing, it invites state authorities to monitor the practice of medicine to make sure doctors don't prescribe pot promiscuously. But government officials shouldn't be the judges of what is and isn't medicine. That should be left to medical researchers, doctors, and patients. The effectiveness of medicine is too dependent on individual circumstances and biochemistry. One size does not fit all, so politicians and bureaucrats should butt out. More fundamentally, why should only people whom the state defines as sick be able to use marijuana? This is supposed to be a free country, and in a free country adults should have the right to ingest whatever they want. A drug user who harms someone else should be punished, but a peaceful user should be left alone. Despite my reservations about medical marijuana, the states' experimentation is still better than a brutal federal one-size-fits-all crackdown. There is no role here for the federal government. If the people of a state want to experiment by loosening drug prohibition, that should be their right. Washington should mind its own business. The feds and rest of us should watch. We might learn something. Mr. Stossel is co-anchor of ABC News' "20/20" and the author of "Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel -- Why Everything You Know is Wrong".
----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Dalibor Date: Jan 30, 2007 6:23 PM Aaron Russo: Nick Rockefeller's Predictions & Admissions thx Susan ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Susan Date: Jan 30, 2007 4:02 PM Big hugs and great gratitude to Mike4freedom(Power 2 The People), Shane (Infoseekr) and Brian for this very revealing interview!

Rockefeller Admitted Elite Goal Of Microchipped Population
Hollywood director Russo goes in-depth for first time on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, including his prediction of 9/11 and the war on terror hoax, the Rockefellers' creation of women's lib, and the elite's ultimate plan for world population reduction and a microchipped society

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Monday, January 29, 2007

Hollywood director and documentary film maker Aaron Russo has gone in-depth on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, who personally told him that the elite's ultimate goal was to create a microchipped population and that the war on terror was a hoax, Rockefeller having predicted an "event" that would trigger the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan eleven months before 9/11.

Rockefeller also told Russo that his family's foundation had created and bankrolled the women's liberation movement in order to destroy the family and that population reduction was a fundamental aim of the global elite.

Russo is perhaps best known for directing Trading Places starring Eddie Murphy but was more recently in the spotlight for his exposé of the criminal run for profit federal reserve system, the documentary America From Freedom to Fascism.

Currently undergoing more treatment in his fight against cancer, Russo made time for a sit down interview with radio host and fellow documentary film maker Alex Jones in which he dropped bombshell after bombshell on what Rockefeller had told him about the direction the world was being steered towards by the global elite.

You can watch a fourteen minute segment of the interview below.

After his popular video Mad As Hell was released and he began his campaign to become Governor of Nevada, Russo was noticed by Rockefeller and introduced to him by a female attorney. Seeing Russo's passion and ability to affect change, Rockefeller set about on a subtle mission to recruit Russo into the elite.

During one conversation, Rockefeller asked Russo if he was interested in joining the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) but Russo rejected the invitation, saying he had no interest in "enslaving the people" to which Rockefeller coldly questioned why he cared about the "serfs."

"I used to say to him what's the point of all this," states Russo, "you have all the money in the world you need, you have all the power you need, what's the point, what's the end goal?" to which Rockefeller replied (paraphrasing), "The end goal is to get everybody chipped, to control the whole society, to have the bankers and the elite people control the world."

Rockefeller even assured Russo that if he joined the elite his chip would be specially marked so as to avoid undue inspection by the authorities.


Russo states that Rockefeller told him, "Eleven months before 9/11 happened there was going to be an event and out of that event we were going to invade Afghanistan to run pipelines through the Caspian sea, we were going to invade Iraq to take over the oil fields and establish a base in the Middle East, and we'd go after Chavez in Venezuela."

Rockefeller also told Russo that he would see soldiers looking in caves in Afghanistan and Pakistan for Osama bin Laden and that there would be an "Endless war on terror where there's no real enemy and the whole thing is a giant hoax," so that "the government could take over the American people," according to Russo, who said that Rockefeller was cynically laughing and joking as he made the astounding prediction.

In a later conversation, Rockefeller asked Russo what he thought women's liberation was about. Russo's response that he thought it was about the right to work and receive equal pay as men, just as they had won the right to vote, caused Rockefeller to laughingly retort, "You're an idiot! Let me tell you what that was about, we the Rockefeller's funded that, we funded women's lib, we're the one's who got all of the newspapers and television - the Rockefeller Foundation."

Rockefeller told Russo of two primary reasons why the elite bankrolled women's lib, one because before women's lib the bankers couldn't tax half the population and two because it allowed them to get children in school at an earlier age, enabling them to be indoctrinated into accepting the state as the primary family, breaking up the traditional family model.

This revelation dovetails previous admissions on behalf of feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem (pictured) that the CIA bankrolled Ms. Magazine as part of the same agenda of breaking up traditional family models.

Rockefeller was often keen to stress his idea that "the people have to be ruled" by an elite and that one of the tools of such power was population reduction, that there were "too many people in the world," and world population numbers should be reduced by at least half.

One issue which has spiraled out of control of the elite according to Rockefeller's conversations with Russo, is the Israel-Palestine conflict, with serious thinking at one stage revolving around the bizarre notion of giving Israeli citizens one million dollars each and relocating them all in the state of Arizona.

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Prison Planet.tv members can watch the entire explosive 70 minute interview by clicking here. Not a member? You can subscribe for as little as 15 cents a day by clicking here. The interview with Aaron Russo is just one of hundreds and hundreds of pieces of activist multimedia that you can download, watch, burn to DVD and share with others.

Many Credible scientists and ex government people on UFOs this is one youre going to want to save - it has MANY great scientists and researchers as well as ex government people with high ranks and classifications RE: ufo smoking gun ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Dalibor Date: Jan 25, 2007 6:28 PM http://www.guba.com/f/root.swf?video_url=http://free.guba.com/uploaditem/3000029475/flash.flv&isEmbeddedPlayer=true the link is for a better player with forward and rewind options - bigger screen also.
FBI listening to your cell; even if turned off; not just FBI Short NEWS video below Magic Lantern is keystroke logging software developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Unlike previous keystroke logger programs used by the FBI, Magic Lantern can reportedly be installed remotely, via an e-mail attachment or "by exploiting common operating system vulnerabilities". It has been variously described as a virus and a Trojan horse. It is not known how the program might store or communicate the recorded keystrokes. =========================================



Carnivore is a name given to a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is analogous to wiretapping except in this case, e-mail and other communications are being tapped instead of telephone conversations. Carnivore was essentially a customizable packet sniffer that could monitor all of a target user's Internet traffic. Wired Magazine on Carnivore =========================================



ECHELON is a name used to describe a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network run by the UKUSA Community (otherwise described as the "Anglo-Saxon alliance") that has been reported by a number of sources including, in 2001, a committee of the European Parliament (EP report[1]). According to some sources ECHELON can capture radio and satellite communications, telephone calls, faxes, e-mails and other data streams nearly anywhere in the world and includes computer automated analysis and sorting of intercepts. =========================================



Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) is a US Department of Defense (DoD) agency whose size and budget are classified. It appears CIFA was created by a directive from the Secretary of Defense (Number 5105.67) on February 19, 2002. The Bush Administraton has broadly defended all of its domestic spying activities by stating that they are acting within the law as provided by the Constitution. Specifically, Article Two of the United States Constitution that suggests that the President has the chief responsibility to protect America from attack. In addition to Article Two, the President (and CIFA) may rely on Congress' specific Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, (“AUMF”) and the War Powers Resolution as foundation, though many Congresspeople asked about this have stated that they do not support this interpretation, and that it was not their intention on signing the AUMF to give the Executive Branch the ability to conduct domestic spying outside of FISA. Since CIFA is associated with law enforcement, the USA Patriot Act and in particular, Patriot Act's Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures and Patriot Act's Sec. 504, entitled "Coordination with law enforcement," that gave increased powers of surveillance to this DoD agency may support its actions in the gathering and distribution of information. =========================================



Oasis is the name of a piece of software developed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that converts audio signals such as cellphone calls and television and radio broadcasts into readable and searchable text. It is designed to intelligently analyze an audio signal such as a cellphone call in order to identify and label each speaker (Male 1, Male 2, Female 1, and so forth). Oasis is also able to intelligently reference terms, such as by linking "car bomb" with "terrorism". Oasis will eventually be able to recognize key languages such as Arabic and Chinese, as well as English. =========================================



The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a controversial United States wiretapping law passed in 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279). In its own words, the purpose of CALEA is: "To amend title 18, United States Code, to make clear a telecommunications carrier's duty to cooperate in the interception of communications for Law Enforcement purposes, and for other purposes." CALEA was passed on October 25, 1994 and came into force on January 1, 1995. =========================================



ANCHORY is the name of an American national security database collected by SIGINT on behalf of the NSA. Access to the database is provided on a need-to-know basis. The system was formerly known as the SIGINT Online Intelligence System. =========================================



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How to put on a pot rally - NORML - Cannabis Culture - GMM http://globalmarijuanamarch.com/
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2007 Global Marijuana March Saturday, May 5 161 cities have signed up World map map.png RE: How to put on a pot rally ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: NORML Date: Jan 23, 2007 8:37 PM How to put on a pot rally
by David Malmo-Levine (19 Jan, 2004)

Tips, tricks and techniques to ensure your pot protest is the best it can be.

David Malmo-Levine revs up the crowd in his traditional `Stoned Cat in the Hat` hat.
David Malmo-Levine revs up the crowd in his traditional `Stoned Cat in the Hat` hat.
Thinking of putting on a marijuana march or pot protest in your hometown? I have been organizing rallies and events for 10 years, both in Edmonton and Vancouver. Here's some advice based on my experience and past mistakes.

* Accept the possibility of arrest. First of all, you must accept arrest as the possible price of pot activism. Remember that it is better to get busted out in the open with all your friends watching and the cameras rolling and the media there, than late at night, all alone, with no one watching. Once you have accepted arrest as inevitable (and our foes promise this is true), then you can decide to get arrested on your terms, not theirs. You are then free to crank the dignity and fun level up to "11" – have a bud raffle, best plant contest, and so on.

* Learn from others. Plenty of event organizers are floating around who have hard-earned and valuable insights. Join the discussion at cannabisculture.com/chat, and get in touch with activists in your area.

* Pick the right time and date. A good time to start your event is 2pm. Any earlier and you will have smaller crowd. Remember that most people have jobs and cannot attend events during their workday. The Global Marijuana March is always the first Saturday in May. Other good dates are July 4 in the US and July 1 in Canada.

The best opportunities for a successful smoke-in are when another large crowd is keeping the police busy and the streets are full of curious onlookers – like holidays, fireworks, etc. However, you don't want to compete with other major events that might draw away your crowd. Try to work synergistically; perhaps you can time your event so that you get people who are just leaving an earlier event.

* Make a poster. Find someone who can design a poster with eye-catching graphics and easy-to-read text. List the event's time and place clearly, as well as attractions like speakers, drummers, marching bands, face painters, circus performers, free marijuana, and so on.

Your poster should say "prizes will be handed out for best costume and sign" and "no booze or anger, but bring all your buds." It should also include a contact number "to volunteer, or for more information."

Posters stay up longer with a 10:1 mix of water and wood glue. They stay up even longer if you haul a ladder around with you and put them high up. Have smaller posters ready for small poles. Add a dash of color to the posters by coloring the pot leaves.

Print a leaflet (mini-poster) to hand out at rock concerts, skate demos, festivals and other youth-culture activities. Distribute posters and leaflets to all compassion clubs, hemp stores, youth retail stores, clubs, alternative and campus radio, and newspapers.

Print as many posters and leaflets as possible, but use what you print. 10,000 leaflets and 1,000 posters can cover a major city. Distribute them through school, work, and activist networks.

Posters and leaflets should be printed and ready at least eight weeks before your event. Your entire city or region should be covered by them at least one month before the day of the smoke-in.

* Make banners. Banners can be hung behind and around the speakers and any musicians. They can also be carried during a parade. Simple slogans and big pot leaves always work well.

* Try to get a permit. Your permit will almost certainly be denied, but you should ask anyways. If a permit is denied, hold the smoke-in regardless, citing your constitutional right to free expression.

Either way, send out a press release immediately – it's an opportunity for advance publicity for the rally.

Do not sacrifice any previously-gained tolerance (such as glass pipe sales) to gain a permit – it is better to go without a permit than without dignity. Trying to work within the bureaucracy can often drain your energy and dilute your focus.

If a permit is obtained, think about obtaining a real sound system and some rock bands. If you are planning a very large event, then insurance should be considered.

Try to get a sympathetic lawyer to agree to help out if something goes wrong with the permit application or if someone gets busted.

* Send out a press release. All local and regional media should be told of the event at least one week before the event. Make sure your fax press release has the date, place, time, reason for being and contact info. You should also call up sympathetic reporters to tell them personally about your event and invite them to attend.

When being interviewed by the media, pick a simple theme in advance and keep repeating it.

* Keep it peaceful. Make an announcement at the beginning of the smoke-in that everyone there swears on their honor to not hurt anyone, not break anything, but to just make a whole lot of noise. That really gets the crowd going and deters provocateurs.

* Plan out your parade. If there is to be a parade, make sure the most stoned people are not leading the crowd. Have some solid folks out front, carrying a big banner. Make sure they pull it tight so people can read it. Also ensure that they walk really slowly, to keep your mob tight.

Have a well-planned route that your front banner folks all know ahead of time. Make sure your route doesn't send you head-on into oncoming traffic, that it is in a very public, high foot-traffic area, and that your route is given to the local fire department.

* Give away marijuana. If you can afford it and are brave, then joints or other canna-treats can be given out. Make sure this is done within the middle of the crowd, quietly, perhaps even with the distributor wearing a "Groucho" mask.

You can also ask the crowd to sit down in groups of five and pass them one joint each and ask them to share. Getting them to all sit down first is essential, as otherwise there will be a stampede.

* Film the police. Have some brave people designated to follow any "harassment" cops around with cameras. They should constantly ask the police officers questions, such as why there are "grow busters" but no "rape busters," or their thoughts on the relative harm of cannabis as compared to caffeine, alcohol or tobacco.

The people wielding the cameras should be firm but polite with the police, and should not have any marijuana on their person. Their goal is not to enrage the police, but rather to keep them distracted and show them that they are being filmed.

* Get musicians. If you have money, pay talented musicians to perform drugpeace songs, or thespians to perform short drugpeace dramas. Otherwise convince them to perform for free. Have song sheets or programs to hand out with contact information on them.

* Have a literature table. You can get pamphlets from the BC Marijuana Party. Just give them a call or an email and with a request for a package of pamphlets to reproduce and hand out.

* Collect names and numbers. Remember to collect names and phone numbers of smoke-in attendees who want to help with the next smoke-in or other activism.

* Send it to Pot-TV. Send a well-edited five to 15-minute video of your rally to Pot-TV. We'll put it online as an inspiration to other rally organizers.

* Keep it fun. It's usually better to keep your event light and positive. Try to make your event a fun celebration rather than an angry protest.
Nobody is expecting perfection – your best efforts will be more than enough to get the job done.

Hug Power

"Hug Power" is a technique that may be practiced in some of the more tolerant areas. It can be very effective in stopping police arrests, but it is a risky tactic that will only work under the right circumstances.

Hug Power is used when you wish to deter and prevent arrests, sometimes even resulting in an "un-arresting" or "de-arresting" of the cannabis criminal out of the hands of the police.

Hug Power is practiced simply by a group of people all hugging the person who is being unfairly arrested. If a large number of people are all holding on tightly to each other, with the intended arrestee in the middle, then the police have to pull off a large number of non-violent protesters to reach their target.

I have used this technique at a number of rallies in Edmonton and Vancouver. We have successfully stopped the police from making their arrest a number of times.

To practice Hug Power, you need the crowd to understand what to do. Make an announcement at the beginning of the rally after the anti-provocateur speech.

Take a poll and find out if people are prepared to defend each other using non-violent arrest-resistance tactics. Explain that Hug Power does not mean "hug the police" – it means "hug the person getting arrested."

Explain that Hug Power only works on victimless criminals, and only works when video cameras are around to record the unjustifiable use of force by police.

Explain that one is not to touch the police during Hug Power. The point is to obstruct the arrest only. Police should always be spoken to politely, but firmly.

If you are practicing Hug Power, be prepared for the real possibility of getting roughed up or beaten by the cops at some point.

The cops still have "Rodney King-o-phobia" – they hate getting caught on film using force without clear justification. So be sure to have plenty of independent cameramen and videographers at all your events! The chance of being caught on film is the best deterrent to police violence and your ultimate victory.

As the Yippie writer Vinegar Ben wrote: "The smoke-in is a blank canvas. Be sure your message is in the final picture."


• For more information and ideas, read Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, it's a book which outlines methods that poor, unarmed, imaginative people can use to affect public opinion with. Also check out Douglas Rushkoff's Media Virus – same topic but more modern tactics.
• The best forum for discussion, and the best way to contact me, is the "Activist and Activism" discussion forum at cannabisculture.com/chat.
RE: If you think weed is illegal because of taxation read this ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Pixie Date: Jan 22, 2007 12:54 PM From: Add me if you want to help legalize.... Date: Jan 22, 2007 12:34 PM Marijuana is not illegal because it can't be taxed. When asked why, most people respond that it cannot be taxed so they can't legalize it! These peole are wrong, 20 states have tax stamp laws in the U.S including my home stae N.C ! Pass this info along so there the truth can be known. Drew Marijuana is very much a danger to the oil companies, alcohol, tobacco industries and a large number of chemical corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of dollars and influence, have suppressed the truth from the people. These companies would lose billions if marijuana/hemp were to be legalized. Drew The truth is if marijuana was utilized for its vast array of commercial products, it would create an industrial atomic bomb! Entrepreneurs have not been educated on the product potential of pot. The super rich have conspired to spread misinformation about an extremely versatile plant that, if used properly, would ruin their companies. From: insanity it seems has got me by my soul to squeeze Date: Jan 22, 2007 11:29 AM "No taxation without representation" was the rally cry of advocates of American independence in the eighteenth century. Today, tens of thousands of cannabis consumers utter a similar cry over the selective and inappropriate enforcement of illicit drug taxes. In twenty US states, those who possess cannabis or other illegal drugs are legally required to purchase and affix state-issued stamps onto his or her contraband. The total cost of the tax is generally determined by the quantity of contraband possessed. Unlike typical criminal statutes prohibiting the possession and sale of controlled substances, drug tax stamp laws primarily assess financial penalties on the defendant for noncompliance. On occasion, criminal sanctions may also be imposed. Although nearly half of all US states have marijuana tax stamp laws on the books, few citizens observe them. Most individuals are unaware that such laws exist in their state; others fear that complying with it will incriminate their behavior. Because of this widespread noncompliance, drug tax stamps – unlike so-called "sin taxes" on alcohol or tobacco – do not collect state tax revenue at the customer's "point of purchase." Rather, the legislative intent of drug tax laws is to impose an additional penalty – tax evasion – upon drug offenders after they are arrested and criminally charged with a drug violation. In some states such as Georgia, failure to comply with the state tax law may result in a nominal misdemeanor penalty. However, in other states such as Minnesota, failure to comply with the state's drug tax law may result in a defendant facing an additional fine of up to $14,000 and seven years in jail. See State Tax Stamp Data for the current state penalties for violating marijuana tax laws and additional information regarding a particular state's law. www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6670&wtm_format=print Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Letter to the Governor - Tyrone Brown, Drug War Prisoner From: Peace Plant Date: Jan 21, 2007 11:38 AM From: Tyrone Brown, Drug War Prisoner Date: Jan 21, 2007 4:16 AM Subject Letter to the Governor -Tyrone Brown Body: Please take a moment today to get this letter out. It is time to ask Governor Perry to pardon Tyrone Brown for an injustice that occurred 17 years ago. 17 years is a very long time, think about what you were doing 17 years ago. Now imagine the 17 years and what you have done during that time - a lot huh....well Tyrone has been in prison for those 17 years. Today we can ask for his freedom. Please send this letter - a simple thing such as this can change this man's life. 1. Download the attached letter. Please don't forget to type your name at bottom, sign and print (print a bunch of them for other people too). Mail the letter to Governor Rick Perry Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711-2428 2. Please also fax this letter to Governor Perry's office - FAX: (512) 463-1849 3. Please get at least 5 other people to send this letter also (print out many of these and get others to send them also please). There is power in NUBMERS. Tell these other 5 people to get 5 more people each (it works, believe me - i saw Pay It Forward :-) ). AND LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST!!! THANK YOU! Sumit ps. Please print out a lot of these and get people to sign and mail out as many as you can. Governor Rick Perry Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428Austin, Texas 78711-2428 Dear Governor Perry, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Dallas District Attorney Bill Hill, and Judge Keith Dean recommend that you commute Tyrone D. Brown’s life sentence. Today, you are the only individual who can correct an injustice that occurred in the 265th judicial district of Texas nearly 17 years ago. I trust you will uphold the constitutional principles of fairness and equal justice by releasing Mr. Brown immediately. I was utterly shocked when the Dallas Morning News and ABC’s 20/20 unmasked Mr. Brown’s tragic story. In response to this inexplicable sentence, thousands of citizens across the United States joined together and immediately launched an internet campaign (www.savemrbrown.com). We reached out to those individuals who could initiate the commutation process, and after we sent them countless letters, Judge Dean (who sentenced Tyrone Brown) and Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill agreed that Mr. Brown’s punishment was too harsh of a penalty for the crime Tyrone committed. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles received Tyrone’s commutation application December 30th, and last Friday the Board voted to release him. Now, we are reaching out to you. I humbly ask that you join Judge Dean, District Attorney Hill, and the Parole Board members in their formal recommendations to release Mr. Brown. He has paid his debt to society, and he should be released immediately. You can be assured that Tyrone will have a solid support group awaiting him after he is released. His mother, Nora, has already arranged Tyrone’s bedroom in anticipation of his arrival, and a licensed Psychologist has agreed to offer his services free of charge to Tyrone and the Brown family. With the psychologist’s professional guidance and the support of several organizations around the country that are closely monitoring this case, Tyrone’s transition into a life outside of prison walls will be as smooth as possible. The stability of and respect for our judicial system depends upon the fundamental fairness afforded to those who are called before it. Seventeen years ago, justice was not equal in the 265th District of Texas, but I hope today, as a young man’s fate lies in your hands, you will right this wrong, restore confidence in the American judicial system, and most of all expedite the commutation of Mr. Brown’s unjust sentence. I sincerely appreciate your consideration. Kind regards, Your Name From: speedreeser Date: Jan 22, 2007 8:00 AM From: Nevada NORML Date: Jan 22, 2007 9:26 AM Ask Not What Marijuana Can do for you...But what you can do for Marijuana!!! 3% of you out there will be going to jail this year! Next year another 3% of you will go to jail! following year...another 3% will go to jail! So in 3 years ...1 out of every 10 of you that is reading this will find yourself facing court or jail!! Some of you have done been there! What the hell are you waiting for? The police or Right Wing conservative politicians to give in and pat you on the back! Join Nevada NORML Today at our website http://www.nevadanorml.org and help us get these laws changed! Were not radicals...were just honest people who want to stop the system from putting innocent people like you in jal!!! $25 a year to be a member of Nevada NORML...and were giving you an awesome deal right now...if you join Nevada NORML Today...Were going to give you a free pass into the Vegas 420 Music Fest at the Ice House in Las Vegas on April 20th and 21st. Were also going to get you into the VIP tent outside...plus your going to get some freebies from some of our sponsors...plus..you will have 1 year freee membership into National NORML! Today is the day...you will decide to do what is right! So ask not what the weed can do for you...we all know what that is...for once...ask what you can do for the weed!! www.nevadanorml.org
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