Posted on 09/23/2002 8:56:33 AM PDT by Commie Basher
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20037
World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org
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For release: September 23, 2002
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For additional information:
George Getz, Press Secretary
Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222
E-Mail: pressreleases@hq.LP.org
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Libertarians urge California Gov. Gray Davis to protect medical marijuana patients from federal agents
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Should California Governor Gray Davis call out the National Guard to defend medical marijuana patients from federal agents? That's the question Libertarians will be asking today as thousands of medical marijuana advocates descend on the state Capitol in Sacramento to send the federal government a message.
"The National Guard is charged with defending lives and property when disaster strikes and the federal raids on medical marijuana clinics have been a complete disaster," said Libertarian Party Political Director Ron Crickenberger, who is attending the rally.
"These DEA bullies with badges have ransacked clinics, brutalized helpless, dying people, and trampled state law. Now the only question is whether Davis will live up to his responsibilities as the state's chief law enforcement officer or continue to kowtow to the federal government."
Agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration have raided dozens of marijuana clinics over the past few months, despite the fact that the possession, use, and cultivation of medical marijuana was legalized statewide with the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996. But now Californians are fighting back. Santa Cruz and other localities are making "medipot" available during public rallies at City Hall as protesters chant, "DEA, go away!"
Monday's Medical Cannabis Freedom Day rally, which kicks off at noon on the south steps of the Capitol, was created as a way for medical marijuana supporters statewide to demand an end to federal interference.
But will calling out the National Guard be necessary? Libertarians hope not.
"No such confrontation would be needed if Davis and Attorney General Bill Lockyer had the backbone to speak out more forcefully against this unwarranted federal intrusion," Crickenberger said. "Davis has asked the federal government to stop the raids. And last week, Lockyer sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and DEA head Asa Hutchinson 'questioning the ethical basis' for the raids.
"But meekly asking the DEA to stop hasn't worked. Davis and Lockyer should publicly and unequivocally demand that the raids stop. They should remind Ashcroft and Hutchinson that their boss, President George Bush, pledged during the campaign to 'respect states' rights' on medical marijuana. And they should inform the federal government that any future harassment of medical marijuana patients will be treated as an assault under state law.
"If Davis lacks the courage to stand up to the federal bully when lives are at stake, he should have the decency to resign."
Other groups participating in the rally include the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP); the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML); Students for a Sensible Drug Policy; and the Drug Policy Alliance. Organizers are also demanding a federal pardon for Bryan Epis, a Libertarian Party member who faces 10 years in prison for cultivating medical marijuana.
For the sake of berevity, lets all just assume you've cut-pasted your usual malarky that only proves that you belive the FedGov is the arbiter of all our Rights, and that those Rights can be taken from us with either a simple majority in Congress, or by any district court judge. In fact, some of your postings have even suggested that things like the Second Amendment are too dangerous for the ordinary rank and file to possess and should be rightly restricted by the FedGov.
Does that about sum things up?
The federal government has no Constitutional authority to do so.
So does George Bush.
Incidentally, you should read Hans Herman-Hoppe's essay "The Right to Exclude" for an anarcho-libertarian perspective on immigration.
I'm ROTFLMFB off at you!
Hahahahahahaha
Ain't it the truth, Roscoe.
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Aah. Can't refute a damn thing so let's resort to the insults eh? So much for being an astute politcical maven as you claimed to be.
Your argument about "black and white" sounds an aweful lot like the liberals interpretation of the Constitution. When it comes to government power, having the things it can do laid out in Black and White prevents abuses of power and things like "pennumbras" and "emanations" being added to our legal system.
No thanks. I'll let you wallow in his form of libertarian philosophy. I'm sure you'll enjoy it too. LOL
It's your false statement.
That's rich coming from the guy who quotes the Founders without understanding them e.g. Jefferson and "casual embarassments."
Why should I waste my time. I'll let you make the case for me. Btw, I made no personal insult either. Its obvious you haven't been around modern American politics that long. I've concluded this from your own remarks. The truth wouldn't hurt you so much, if you only took off the blinders. Eyes wide open works wonders in the real world.
All the time.
Liberals and libertarians, kissing cousins.
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1. "In fact, some of your postings have even suggested that things like the Second Amendment are too dangerous for the ordinary rank and file to possess and should be rightly restricted by the FedGov."
2. "Go look for it your damn self."
Yes, and following your leaders into more socialism dressed as "compassionate conservatism" is such an alert thing to do. Maybe you are just hoping to get Medicare revamped to help you pay for your Viagra.
The descrepancies between your self-described learned position and libertarian philosophy have been posted and pointed out. Since it is so screamingly obvious you have no reply to this, you feel you must now commence with the insults and evasions. Go back and re-read 107 and 111. Your assumptions and my proof of your delusions are there.
By the way, I voted for Reagan. He was the last "conservative Republican" worthy of the name. You are doing his name no service with your tripe.
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