Whose Peoria?
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As the Gulf Oil Tragedy worsens, two things occur to me. First is the ineptitude of humans to control outcomes of their mechanical invasions upon Mother Earth. Second is the vulnerability of waters to this destructive folly. In a genuine lack of wisdom, the U.S. has once again decided to go beyond where it should go—this time by Salazar approving Cape Wind. He just slated Nantucket Sound’s fragile ecosystem for an electrical service platform with a helicopter pad, fuel, transformer oil, greases, and industrial lubricants—tens of thousands of gallons of them about four miles offshore in those waters. With an increase in predicted severe weather events already taking place, prospects of nor’easters on steroids just doesn’t bode well for offshore wind farms in their path.
Satanic Music, Pacifism, and Murder
“The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races.”
And this is what Dr. Grinspoon said in 2006 about the cannabis sativa medicinal plant:
