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Did Congress Really Just Get A Pay Raise?

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Sun December 30, 2012 at 11:02 PM MDT

This is the worst Congressional Body in history, and we are rewarding them…….

I just don’t understand how we reward people for screwing us over?  When did this practice become OK in America?  And why as Americans have we been so bamboozled that we accept it?

The issue is none of us will do anything. The electeds will all point fingers and still take the pay raise. In Colorado, I believe every one of our federally elected officials are multimillionaires.

What are we going to do about this? I would email all of them and let them know if they take the pay raise they have lost your vote. All of them! Dems and Repubs. I would then stick to that promise.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…


According to the order, Biden’s pay will increase from $225,521 to $231,900 a year, before taxes. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will see his salary increased to $224,500 and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will take home an annual pay of $194,400 after his raise.

While Obama’s order made no mention of merit for such a raise, HuffPost’s Amanda Terkel reported on Friday that the 112th Congress is set to end the session as the most unproductive since the 1940s, with only 219 bills passed by the body becoming law.


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Hick takes Weed Money and Denounces Weed….

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Thu September 13, 2012 at 4:19 AM MDT

How do I know Hick took weed money?  The fundraiser was at my restaurant with Medical Marijuana business owners and patients.  

Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today he is opposing Amendment 64, Colorado’s marijuana legalization measure which seeks to regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol and will on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Gov. John Hickenlooper Opposes Legal Weed: ‘Colorado Is Known For Many Great Things, Marijuana Should Not Be One Of Them‘

I am in shock that a man that makes and sells alcohol would be brazen enough to make that statement. I guess selling a drug that kills 75,000 people per year and destroys thousands  of lives is better thing for Colorado to be known for.

Mighty Republican of you, Hick.  


Governor Hickenlooper’s statement today ranks as one of the most hypocritical statements in the history of politics,” Tvert said. “After building a personal fortune by selling alcohol to Coloradans, he is now basing his opposition to this measure on concerns about the health of his citizens and the message being sent to children

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…

Hick is also supporting racist policies by allowing law enforcement to racially target Blacks.

African Americans made up roughly 4% of the population in Colorado in 2010, but they accounted for about 9% of marijuana possession arrests and 22% of arrests for marijuana sales and cultivation. The numbers in Denver are particularly staggering. According to a report prepared by the Denver Police Department for the the city’s Marijuana Policy Review Panel, African-Americans accounted for more than 31.5% percent of arrests for private adult marijuana possession, despite making up less than 11% of the city’s population.

I  am sick of Democrats, who receive well over 95% of Black vote, act like the drug reform is not their problem.  


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Polis 1, DEA 0. Can the head of the US DEA be this clueless?

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Thu June 21, 2012 at 2:59 AM MDT

 

Congressman Jared Polis questions DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart during a hearing on the agency’s priorities. He repeatedly pressed the administrator on the relative health impacts of marijuana versus other drugs



Obama doesn’t have to come out for drug reform, but should he have someone this out touch in charge of this agency?  I remind you that over 800,000 people are arrest each year for marijuana possession.  75% are Black or Brown.  Answer this, is marijuana more dangerous than a felony conviction at 17?


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AG Suthers supports PILLS that KILL

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Sun March 18, 2012 at 6:45 PM MDT

Nonmedical use of painkillers in Colorado is 19 percent higher than the national average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TO ILLUSTRATE THE “EPIDEMIC” NATURE OF OPIOID ABUSE, THE CDC SAID ENOUGH OF THE PAINKILLE…RS WERE SOLD IN 2010 TO MEDICATE EVERY AMERICAN ADULT WITH A TYPICAL 5-MILLIGRAM DOSE OF HYDROCODONE EVERY FOUR HOURS FOR A MONTH.

http://www.denverpost.com/news…

HEY AG SUTHERS, WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?  WHY AREN’T YOU PROTECTING THE CHILDREN?

Will someone explain to me why the Attorney General is focused on pot when his Big Pharma campaign contributors are killing Coloradoans at an alarming rate?

Will someone explain to me why people are in jail for choosing to smoke pot to ease pain?

Will someone explain to me why we are so supportive of whatever Big Pharma makes billions of dollars on, yet we choose not to protect the public?


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Willie, Snoop, and 2000 other people?!

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Sat January 28, 2012 at 11:44 PM MDT

How many Americans must smoke pot before we stop sticking our heads in the ground and just legalize! THIS IS STUPID.


Interstate 10 – a main artery linking cities from California to Florida – Now the highway is sending thousands of drug bust cases Sierra Blanca’s way, courtesy of a Border Patrol checkpoint just outside of town where drug-sniffing dogs inspect more than 17,000 trucks, travelers – and tour buses – daily for whiffs of contraband..

http://news.yahoo.com/celebrit…

Seriously, I am not sure what the politically correct argument is anymore or what message  polls the best for soccer moms and NASCAR dads.

However, what I do know is marijuana sales are not far behind alcohol sales.  And Medicinal Marijuana sales equal the sales of Viagra.  That is a bunch of Americans smoking pot.

http://www.gazette.com/article…

How much longer can we ignore the fact our CIA, DEA, FBI is knee deep in controversy surrounding drugs and the drug war is completely corrupt?

Moreover, how much longer can we ignore that arresting 800,000 Americans a year for anything pot related is just wrong?  

How much longer can we decide to ignore these facts?  

Please, someone, tell me why we just can’t end this war?


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MARIJUANA = 9% DROP IN TRAFFIC DEATHS

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Wed November 30, 2011 at 1:11 AM MDT

A New Study Found That Laws Legalizing Medical Marijuana Have Resulted In A Nearly 9% Drop In Traffic Deaths And A 5% Drop In Beer Sales.

Our research suggests that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces traffic fatalities through reducing alcohol consumption by young adults,” said Daniel Rees, professor of economics at the University of Colorado Denver. The study was co-authored by D. Mark Anderson, assistant professor of economics at Montana State University.

http://www.thedenverchannel.co…

The economists said they analyzed traffic fatalities nationwide, including the 13 states that legalized medical marijuana between 1990 and 2009. In those states, they found evidence that alcohol consumption by 20- through 29-year-olds went down, resulting in fewer deaths on the road.



And if the elected officials would like to argue jobs and economy, we have something for them there as well…

Marijuana sales tax in DENVER

from Jan 2011 – to Mar 2011 = $976,726

Marijuana sales tax in DENVER

from Jan 2010 – Dec 2010 = $3,580,336

Marijuana jobs (approx) created in DENVER 4,125 (from just direct hires to work in MMCs, MIPs and Grows)

All of this with no government assistance, without banking relationships, without business loans, with extreme restrictions on location and ownership and with NO INVESTMENT CAPITAL FROM OUT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO.


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A Walk of Shame

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Sun November 20, 2011 at 6:49 PM MDT

How are you feeling about Police Brutality in America?  Where are our leaders?  Why haven’t they spoken up?

This week we have seen protesters clash with cops in Denver, people ticketed for honking, an 84 year old woman pepper sprayed and now a group of students, seated and peaceful, being pepper sprayed.

According to David Lane, it is because they are all in collusion…

Today, attorney David Lane released open-records requests over alleged “collusion between top city or state officials and those in other cities and states to suppress the Occupy movement in violation of the First Amendment.” The State of Colorado denies this charge; the City of Denver hasn’t responded at this writing.

Yesterday, Lane told Westword’s Kelsey Whipple that he was planning both a federal injunction and an open-records request related to Occupy Denver. The injunction involved reports of Denver Police harassment against supporters of the occupation, exemplified by citations for dropping off donations and honking in support of the group at Civic Center Park. As for the open records requests, they’re motivated by the suspicion that local officials are coordinating with officials across the country to time crackdowns.

http://blogs.westword.com/late…

According to Lane,

“The issue is very clearly established when the cops start moving simultaneously on Oakland, New York, Denver, everywhere on the planet at the same time, and they’ve been doing this since the beginning,” says Lane, “Anytime there is action, it rises up all across the country, and it’s obvious to anyone paying attention that this is not coincidence.”



Students Pepper Sprayed that were sitting in peaceful protest…Is ths the next move on the CU or DU Campus?

Leaders, it is time to do your job…

A WALK OF SHAME! Very Powerful….


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5,000 Pissed Off Americans March on Wall Street, and very little Mainstream Coverage!

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Mon September 19, 2011 at 10:59 PM MDT

I was surprised to find this out via Facebook!  

NYPD closes Wall Street and over 5,000 people march and barely a mention from NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC or CNN.  WHY?

9 yr. old Sam knows America is corrupt…

“They’re just doing the reverse of Robin Hood. They’re stealing from the poor for all their things to live and giving it all to the rich! It makes no sense!”



Ad nauseam, we heard about Michele Bachman’s stupid comments, we saw two plane crashes and we argued about Obama finaly taxing the rich instead of 85 year old grandmothers on medicare, but so little about this.

The UK Guardian covered it!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comm…

Our leaders are getting richer, yes, even the ones you like, at our expense.  Now, our media has decided what they will cover.  


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Polis Saves America!

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Fri July 15, 2011 at 7:59 PM MDT

Congressman Polis, your plan involves marijuana, gambling and immigration. I’m already intrigued. Let’s start with how marijuana is going to help solve our debt crisis.”

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/…

And, by the way, so when we’re talking a $4 trillion year, a $2 trillion year, those are 10-year figures. So when you’re saying $2.5 billion a year from reducing the tax on marijuana that is $25 billion right there that brings to the table, because that’s a 10-year number. But, absolutely, this doesn’t mean the cuts go away, entitlement reform goes away, but it’s a way to put revenues on the table that’s consistent with the pledge that many Republicans have made not to raise tax rates.



http://video.foxnews.com/v/105…

Sorry,I can not get the video to embed….


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Pres. Jimmy Carter calls on end to 40 Years of Failed Drug Policy

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Fri June 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM MDT

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the War on Drugs.  This war has cost us $1 Trillion dollars, the rise of cartels, rogue law enforcement attacks on the minority communities and millions of lives ruined.  And not one thing was gained!

Today in the NY Times, Presdient Jimmy Carter noted

But they probably won’t turn to the United States for advice. Drug policies here are more punitive and counterproductive than in other democracies, and have brought about an explosion in prison populations. At the end of 1980, just before I left office, 500,000 people were incarcerated in America; at the end of 2009 the number was nearly 2.3 million. There are 743 people in prison for every 100,000 Americans, a higher portion than in any other country and seven times as great as in Europe. Some 7.2 million people are either in prison or on probation or parole – more than 3 percent of all American adults!

America is infamous throughout the world with our focus on drugs and not on education.  We are now one of the worst educated countries on the planet, with the most people in prison!

Not only has this excessive punishment destroyed the lives of millions of young people and their families (disproportionately minorities), but it is wreaking havoc on state and local budgets. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pointed out that, in 1980, 10 percent of his state’s budget went to higher education and 3 percent to prisons; in 2010, almost 11 percent went to prisons and only 7.5 percent to higher education.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06…

Rolling Stone Magazine Chimed in as well

Happy Birthday, Drug War! You’ve come a long way: a trillion dollars spent, millions of tokers and small-time pushers busted, countless jails built and crammed full (and then crammed full some more). And drugs? More plentiful than ever! Everybody wins! Or, to put it another way – the way a gold-plated panel of former world leaders recently put it – “the global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.” Right, then

http://www.rollingstone.com/po…

We can all disagree on MMJ or MJ.  But I have never been more convinced than what I am doing is the right thing.  It is time to legalize marijuana.  People who are believing the silliness that gets passed to us by AG Suthers and other uninformed law makers need to read up on this subject and quit acting like the world will end if we legalize a plant that has been used by people since ancient Egypt.

TIME TO GET REAL AND LOOK AT WHAT LOCKING UP PEOPLE IS COSTING US!!!!!!


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Lying, Thug Cops cost Denver taxpayers $795,000!!

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Wed May 4, 2011 at 5:06 AM MDT

“WHERE’S THE WARRANT NOW, YOU FUCKING NIGGER!”

On Monday night, the city council unanimously approved the settlement, one of city’s largest payouts in a police brutality case.

I have blogged about this before.

http://www.coloradopols.com/di…

Anyone care to defend the cops now?  How much more money do all of you taxpayers want to donate to lying, thug cops bad behavior?

http://neighbors.denverpost.co…

I’m glad to see financial justice done.  Now explain to me why these cops are not in jail for assault?  Wouldn’t you or I be charged for attempted murder if we did that to another citizen?

http://www.thedenverchannel.co…


•April 26, 2011: 2 More Denver Officers Disciplined For Misconduct

•April 20, 2011: 2 More Denver Police Officers Fired For Lying

•April 5, 2011: Fired Denver Police Officers Challenge Termination

•March 25, 2011: Both DPD Officers In Lodo Beating Case Fired

•August 29, 2010: Marchers Angry, Cite ‘Police Brutality’

•August 24, 2010: For Some Victims, HALO Cam Evidence Tough To Come By

•August 23, 2010: Mayor: Safety Manager Resigned After Losing Public Trust

•August 23, 2010: Denver Police Chief Talks About Beating Investigation

•August 20, 2010: Mayor Vows Fair Probes In Jail Death, Alleged Police Beatings

•August 20, 2010: 8 Level Matrix Used To Mete Out Police Discipline

•August 20, 2010: Victim Of Alleged Police Beating Says Officers Should Be Fired

•August 19, 2010: DPD Reopens Internal Investigation Into Police Beating

•August 19, 2010: Another ‘Police Beating’ Video Raises Numerous Questions

•August 17, 2010: FBI Will Review Denver Police Beating Case

•August 16, 2010: Monitor: Officers’ Story In Apparent Beating ‘Pure Fiction’

•August 14, 2010: Police Camera Pans Away As Officers Subdue Suspect


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James Mejia: the right candidate not just for providers and patients, but for all of Denver

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Tue March 22, 2011 at 5:54 PM MDT

As the owners and operators of Simply Pure, a medical marijuana edibles company and 8 Rivers Modern Caribbean Restaurant and James Foxx Communications PR Firm, we employ over 30 people in our small businesses based in Denver. We know James Mejia is the right person to lead our city.  

While some candidates pay lip service to Medical Marijuana, James actually understands the needs of our community.  More importantly, he understands the role we play within both the broader medical and business communities.  James supports the rights of patients, and understands that regulation must ensure patients have access to safe, quality medicine.  Furthermore, he understands that dispensaries and licensing provide create revenue for our city in these tough economic times.

While it’s important to know that Mejia stands with our community, we must look at the broader economic picture as well.  As a Denver small business owner, one of the most compelling parts of James’ policy is his “buy Denver initiative.”  Buy Denver will help encourage local businesses, creating jobs here.  By giving priority to local companies in the City’s procurement process, and through promotion of locally made products, we can insure the prosperity of our city.  Imagine a Denver where our neighborhoods are filled with locally owned businesses, selling products you know are created right here in the Metro area.  With every purchase, you will know you are not only buying high quality items, but supporting our local economy when you see the “made in Denver” label.  A recent study showed that such an initiative can have a 127% increase on the local economy.

Finally, Mejia is running the best campaign operation in Denver: he has the vision, staff, and supporters to carry him into the runoff and into the Mayor’s office.  It is now official that there are ten candidates on the ballot running for mayor.  While we personally know and respect many of them, James Mejia is the only candidate who has both the vision for Denver and the ability to win.  We hope you will take a minute to visit www.mejiaformayor.com to learn more about his campaign and join us in supporting a new era of economic prosperity for our city.

Wanda James and Scott Durrah

Released by James Mejia about MMJ in Denver

Medical Marijuana

In 2000 the voters of Colorado amended the State Constitution allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Since that time the medical marijuana industry in Denver has grown to be the largest in the nation. As Mayor, I will continue to support medical marijuana. I have seen the benefits: when a friend of mine was in the last stages of her battle with cancer, medical marijuana was the only thing that would relieve the pain. We need to ensure that those who use marijuana for medicinal purposes are able to receive it.

Prior to marijuana becoming legalized for medical purposes, too many patients who needed access were driven into the shadows. Although the current process isn’t perfect,today Colorado has a clear system for approving patients, growers, and dispensaries. Additionally, the revenue from these operations has had a large beneficial effect on our economy.

I also believe we need to look at the laws and make changes to ensure doctors are writing recommendations for only those who truly need it. In order for medical marijuana to be treated as serious medicine, we must ensure that licensed doctors write recommendations and that dispensaries are held to the same high standards as pharmacies.

We need to engage the neighborhoods where dispensaries and grow operations are located. Simply because an area is zoned in a certain manner does not mean it’s appropriate in all communities. The City must take local input into consideration before allowing a dispensary to open.

The medical marijuana industry has been a boom to Denver’s economy. Dispensaries now occupy properties that previously sat empty. The City collects taxes that generate revenue. It creates jobs for those who work in the dispensaries and growing operations. From an economic standpoint, medical marijuana is good business for Denver.

It is very likely in 2012 the legalization of marijuana in Colorado will come before the voters. If the voters of Colorado choose to legalize marijuana, I will support the will of the people and work to ensure the transition to the free market proceeds smoothly.

For more information about the Mejia for Mayor campaign, visit www.MejiaForMayor.com

www.MejiaForMayor.com

2900 W. 25th Ave, Denver, CO 80211 (720) 287-3346


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“Where’s that warrant now, you fucking nigger?”

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  by: Whiskey Lima Juliet Sat January 29, 2011 at 8:35 AM MDT

Did I get your attention?  Good.  Westword front page story last week, “Black and Blue”….

Two friends, one Black, one White. Marijuana in the car.  Black kid beaten beyond recognition, White kid given $160 ticket and sent home.

Eventually, Landau blacked out. When he came to, he was being dragged out of the bloody gutter. One of the first things he remembers hearing is one of the cops telling him,
“Where’s that warrant now, you fucking nigger?”

http://www.westword.com/2011-01-20/news/alex-landau-beaten-denver-police-lawsuit/

OK, once again tell me how this was just ANOTHER incident that I have taken out of context, the cop feared for his life, blah, blah, blah.  Thug Cops.  And this time it is racial!

The mistake the cops made was the “nigger” has two white parents, what a shocker. What LA cops learned in the 1990s is the Black kids they were beating weren’t just gang members, they were the wealthy kids of rap stars and Hollywood elite.  In other words, “Niggers With Lawyers”.

Fast forward to Denver, Colorado circa 2000.  Thug cop beatings galore.  And now, the racial beating.

The Governor should be all over this.  Where is the outcry from the Black community?  Where is Wellington Webb, Councilmen Michael Hancock, the Black Chamber and the Urban League? I have seen this escalate first hand when I was a witness to the LA Riots in 1992.  I guess Denver is fortunate not to have enough radical BLACK PEOPLE TO TAKE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE FACE OF OUR YOUTH BEING BEATEN.

I am once again sickened by law enforcement.  Why?  Because my car, my brothers car, and my husband’s car smells like cannabis.  We transport it all the time.  I have forgotten my wallet before.  So, in Denver, is my family fair game for thug cop beatings over cannabis?

Every time I get pulled over, I call a lawyer on my cell phone and inform the cop that my lawyer is listening or the call is being recorded.  I have my husband and my brother do the same.  I am fearful that the cops would use us as an example.  

This, people of Denver, is why pot should be legal.  

Yes, I care about patients, but I am sick to death of hearing about Black and Brown boys being arrested,  beaten and given felonies over pot.  A plant that NO ONE HAS EVER DIED FROM, unless you are beaten to death by law enforcement.

Gov. Hickenlooper, AG Suthers and whoever is the next Mayor, I want to know what you are going to do about this? My family’s safety is at risk by your Denver cops!


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