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I just got an unbelievable email from NORML. For the first time in 25 years, there is an actual piece of legislation before congress which would COMPLETELY REMOVE the national ban on marijuana!

Keep in mind, though, it would still be up to each state individually to legalize or criminalize it, or something in between.

However, this bill, if passed, would be a GIANT LEAP towards freedom (as the title suggests). It would mean that marijuana is FULLY LEGAL in California, and it would give states the right to choose whether or not it is okay.

There’s not a whole lot else to say on this matter, so I’ll get to the important part: celebrate 4/20 tomorrow, and the day after that, on 4/21, we’re going to let Congress know that this bill needs to be passed. How are we going to do that? Here’s an excerpt from the NORML Newsletter I received:

Guys, I urge you to help out with this effort to restore freedom to America. If you are interested in receiving updates like this from NORML, I also suggest you join NORML’s newsletter (it is near the bottom left of their page).

Thanks guys.

Hey everyone, PLEASE read this as it is by far the most important blog I have ever written. I don’t wish to come across as a fanatic, but for this particular issue, I am one. I hope you will be as well after you hear what I have to say. This is about doing your part to Save the Internet.

I sincerely believe that the Internet is humanity’s single biggest resource. It is bigger than human beings, bigger than corporations, bigger than even countries. The Internet binds the entire world together in a way never before seen.

It is not the right of any individual, corporation, government, or entity of any kind to stifle the freedom of the Internet.

Big phone and cable companies are trying to get rid of Network Neutrality, the fundamental principle that prevents them from discriminating against your favorite Web sites and services.

Unless we speak out to our members of Congress they could move to allow large telephone and cable companies to control what you do, where you go and what you watch online.

Ultimately, because of the power of the Internet, those who are allowed to control the Internet will have the power to shape the future of humanity. Think about it. Culture, commercial enterprise, freedom of speech, religion, politics. All of these things can be controlled with the Internet. Those who seek control do so according to their own desires and lusts, NOT what is in humanity’s best interests.

This is not a difficult issue. Nor is it to be taken lightly. Please, help protect the Internet, which has transcended national borders and pushed humanity to its golden age.

Visit this website, sign their petition, and send a letter to congress (they make it real easy with a simple form). The world needs your help to keep the Internet free.

Visit www.savetheinternet.com to learn what’s at stake and send a loud message directly to the Congress.

It angers me and saddens me to have watched Super Tuesday go by, all the news stations continuing to pretend that Ron Paul didn’t exist. Even when he earned 9, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25 percent of the votes, he was brushed aside as if he was a green party member earning less than 1% in every state. HE’S NOT! He’s a MAJOR CONTENDER! And he’s the only Hope for America.

“…the American Revolution—the very thing whose legacy Ron Paul is fighting to keep alive—had darker days in 1776 than anything we have yet faced.”

RON PAUL IS STILL IN THIS!!! It is pretty clear to me that America wants Ron Paul. They are just so afraid they can’t have them, and afraid they’ll be wasting their vote.

Voting for the right man or woman is NOT wasting your vote. The only ways you can waste your vote are by not voting and by voting for the wrong person because you think the right person doesn’t have enough support.

The Ron Paul Campaign HQ blog:

Loren C. says regarding Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy:

A friend of mine asked me tonight, “Should Ron Paul just quit? I never hear of him on the news so he can’t be doing very well today (Super Tuesday).” Here is my reply to him:

Not even close. Keep fighting, Ron Paul is!

I believe in Ron Paul. I believe in what he stands for, I believe in freedom, I believe in the constitution, and yes, I believe in the American people. And not in spite of, but because of this, I believe Ron Paul can overturn insurmountable odds and the media’s ridiculous political boycott to become the next president of this great nation.

That’s right, folks. Cocaine is to be re-released as I told you before, and now there’s a countdown to its release. Click the image or here to see the countdown. I’ve got it webclipped! LONG LIVE COCAINE! LONG LIVE FREE SPEECH! LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!

This is a research paper which details America’s fallacies in regards to their strategies in the War on Drugs. Not only do I outline the current strategy and explain what is wrong with it, but I also offer an alternative strategy which could solve many of the problems America faces today, including drug abuse, theft, and violent crime.

Most of us are familiar with alcohol prohibition, which began in 1920 and was quickly repealed in the early 30s. During that time, the sale of alcohol was outlawed in America, and this created far more problems than it solved. Consequences of the federal government outlawing a much-used substance included increased crime rates, increased acts of violence, and one theory even suggests that use of alcohol actually increased. One would find it extremely difficult to locate an educated individual that believes prohibition had positive effects. Prohibition was an absolutely indefensible attack on personal freedom. But most people believe prohibition ended in 1933. Wrong. Soon after began another prohibition, one that for a number of invalid reasons, was largely accepted in contrast to alcohol prohibition.

To see the rest of the article, download the PDF of Uncle Sam’s War on America.

I have plans to put together a more interactive and visually interesting version of this research, but I have had many extravagant plans fall apart. Thus, I promise nothing.

I’m in a pretty good mood right now. Freedom has triumphed in America for the first time in quite a while. Energy Drink-maker Redux Beverages has decided to re-release “No Name” energy drink under its original name! Jamey emailed me to let me know that their famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) drink will be going on sale again under its rightful name, Cocaine!

Redux’s logo is featured on the new Cocaine Can.

In case you’re not aware of Cocaine’s history, it was a perfectly legitimate energy drink released in September 2006. It was a brilliant name for an energy drink, with a brilliant slogan…Cocaine: The Legal Alternative. The FDA, however, was not amused. They somehow felt they had the right to circumvent the first amendment, and used unconstitutional means which I will not go into as a way of hunting down Jamey Kirby, Cocaine’s founder. Jamey’s very life was threatened if he refused to take the drink off the market. Since then, it has been known as “No Name”, with the same great taste, but sans the cool labeling. For a more detailed history, see the rest of my blogs about Cocaine.

The full new can design. Click to see it big.

Things have changed today, however. Jamey Kirby from Redux has informed me that they will be putting Cocaine, in all its controversial glory, back on U.S. shelves as early as next January. For those who value freedom, this is a very good thing.

Jamey sent me the full new label, which is very similar to the old one with some new fine print and a slight logo change. I must say I’m a fan of the snappy new fine print! I’m surprised they can get away with it, though I’m sure they’ve checked with their lawyers already!

Redux is forced to point out the obvious: their product does not contain the drug Cocaine.

A warning for those who might confuse thin white powder with a thick red liquid.

I’ll have to Vlog about this soon, of course. I just wanted to let you know as fast as I could that this is such a triumphant day for freedom-loving Americans. I am very happy for Jamey and his business, and I appreciate that they have been fighting the man on behalf of us all. Freedom can win! Freedom will win!

Click to see part of Jamey’s email to me.

Update: Jamey just informed me that there were no lawsuits involved. That was a conclusion I jumped to, so I apologize for the misinformation.

“Isn’t it amazing that corporate warmonger GE and its media outlet NBC could suddenly drop me from the debates, and none of my opponents would even comment on it? It’s like Stalin’s Russia when someone would just stop showing up for work but no one in the office dared to ask; “Hey, what ever happened to Ivan?” What does it say about the state of American politics when our presidential candidates don’t have the guts to question a TV network?”

-Senator Mike Gravel

The Cocaine Energy Drink Label had a good run. Even after the FDA bombed the first amendment and ordered Redux to change the name of their beverage, Jamey and his posse secretly resisted by simply wrapping the new “No-Name” labels over the real “Cocaine” labels. Okay, so maybe that just had to do with not wasting the 3 million cans they already had made, but still, it was kinda cool. Now, the Cocaine label is gone and No Name is being printed directly on the cans. It is a sad day for freedom, folks. A sad day indeed.

The United States incarcerates more people and at a higher rate than any other peacetime nation in the world. According to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics the number of US residents behind bars has now reached more than 2.3 million.

We must increase the use of special drug courts in which addicted offenders are given the opportunity to complete court supervised substance abuse treatment instead of being sentenced to prison. We must eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing laws. We must increase the use of alternative penalties for nonviolent drug offenders. Drug defendants convicted of nonviolent offenses should not be given mandatory prison sentences. We should emphasize the criminalization of the importers, manufacturers, and major distributors, rather than just the street venders. Prisons in this country should be a legitimate criminal sanction — but it should be an extension of a fair, just and wise society.

These words are not my own. These are the words of Senator Mike Gravel, who is running for president in 2008. They display wisdom. I advise you to read up on this candidate. I would absolutely love to see a non-republican, non-democratic president win who has some common sense. I’m sick of the red-blue divide.

Click here to read up on Mike Gravel, and of course do some Googling. SPREAD THE WORD!

Click here to listen to Audio Blog

Hey guys,
This Audio Blog (I could call it a podcast, I guess, but everyone does that…) is about — you guessed it — legalization of marijuana! Seriously though, it has some really interesting statistics about death rates in America.

I actually recorded this like a week ago, and just haven’t gotten around to putting it up yet. I’ve been procrastinating it because I’ve moved my office to the basement, and I’m using the crappy wireless Internet, and things take ages to upload (or download for that matter).

But something motivated me to post this as soon as possible. My last audio blog (a rant about Cocaine Energy Drink being made illegal) got listened to by the creator of Cocaine, Jamey Kirby, and evidently the entire Redux team! He personally sent me an email! I asked for his permission to post the email on my blog, so if it’s okay by him I’ll have it up soon.

Well, it’s 4:00 AM yet again (I was up til 4 last night, and until 7 the night before…) so I best be off now.

I haven’t really said this before, but to everyone who reads my blog, thank you so much. Tonight’s email from Jamey Kirby made me realize that while I don’t get a lot of traffic here, and sometimes that gets frustrating, I do have a few loyal readers. Many thanks to those, and also to readers who just pop in for certain blogs. I appreciate you guys!

And, yes, I plan on blogging more often now. Truth be told, I was pondering giving up on this thing completely, but not after tonight’s email!! I’m here to stay.

Peace out, guys!

Oh, I almost forgot, here’s the audio file! It’s a WAV…sorry about that, I would like to do it as an MP3 but was having a rough time with it. Next time, hopefully. Enjai.

Click here to listen to Audio Blog

Update: Here’s the email I got from Jamey Kirby, founder and inventor of Cocaine Energy Drink!!!

On Jun 17, 2007, at 1:51 AM, Jamey Kirby wrote:

Dude,

I have been following your blogs on my drink and I appreciate your
effort very much. Tonight we found your latest audio blog. It made us
all (the whole management staff at Redux) very happy. We have sent it
off to various media outlets, the Jay Thomas Show, and several other
radio shows we sometimes work with; I even sent it off to the Daily
Show. I have no idea if any of them will use it, but it was so good I
had to give it a shot.

Other partners have sent your message to their congressmen and all of
their friends and contacts. We all want to thank you very much.

Oh, I am Jamey, the founder and inventor of the brand. I too was a nerd.
A year and a half ago I sold my interest in a software company I started
7 years ago and chose to use the funds to make this energy drink (along
with the funds of some of my friends). I developed device drivers for
the Windows platform mostly; file systems, filters, backup, and other
storage related system level components.

I am having a party at my home in San Diego on Saturday June 23rd. If
you are interested in coming I can send you the details. It will be a
hodge-podge of nerds, rock stars, and business people. You are very
welcome to come.

Regards,

Jamey Kirby
Senior Partner/Founder
Redux beverages, LLC
www.drinkcocaine.com

Click here to listen to Audio Blog