-Caveat Lector- Hi Moss, Your email address looks familiar, but not your name- dunno where we may've come into contact. However: I have read the document you sent in the past, and found it to be consistent with what I know to be true, although I have NOT verified every scrap of information. I have verified a number of items, and found no discrepancies; persons that I have reason to trust in their honesty and breadth of knowledge have indicated accuracy to the best of their knowledge. It is an intricate web all intertwined with one plant with which mankind has had a VERY long and mutually beneficial relationship. Some deep thoughts could be mulled over regarding the juxtaposition of consciousness alteration/exploration vs. the motive to financial profit at any cost. More thought could be given to the fact that the PROHIBITION of marijuana has turned it into a very valuable crop, attractive to ruthless criminals as well as your regular neighborhood ex-special forces Vietnam vet pot farmer (who taught 'em that line of work?) .... instead of a plant that anyone could freely and easily grow to suit his or her desire... ('course the present form of potent marijuana has benefitted greatly from the fine agricultural sciences and botany laboratories at Humboldt State University in California's most famous pot farming region... funny, eh? but is it funny ha-ha, or funny "I smell spook-stuff" ?) This line of thinking could then be juxtaposed to the interesting fact that COCAINE is CHEAPER than marijuana, and that coke is the pause that refreshes the covert coffers of the C.ocaine I.mporting A.gency PROHIBITION=Organized crime; in this case Organized Crime=covert ops of U.S. agencies. Prohibition=drug war=war on populace=prison/industrial complex. War on Drug Czar=drug importer (heroin-in-bodybags) McCaffrey. Since we seem to be living in an Alice-through-the-looking-glass world... It is amusing to me that my own personal relationship with the cannabis family started out in an addiction that marijuana users often contend doesn't exist (funny though... how many of them have a hard time paying the rent but are stoned every night ;) ... and now after years of abstinence from mood altering substances... I am finding myself once again championing cannabis- though in it's industrial & food product forms. (with a minor in personal freedom and a major in remodelling the financial "economy") There is a beautiful HTML version of "The Elkhorn Manifesto" aka "Shadow of the Swastika" at: http://www.ka.net/randy/shadow/shadow.html Several very basic thoughts to be considered: How power and wealth relate to centralized control of resources. (Hemp=decentralized; petrochemical=centralized) How financial wealth is a power over concentration of resources. Sugar=alcohol; petrochemical=gasoline How to make lots of money by taxing decentralizeable alcohol Prohibition -- make it illegal to distill your own. Tax the hell out of the legal-licensed stills. Form an illegal branch of government enforcement troops and FRAUDULENTLY convince "local authorities" that their jurisdiction is pre-empted (FBI- unchartered) (BATF questionable, possibly illegal spin-off of unchartered IRS, though claims status of "Bureau" under US dept of Treasury). In addition to the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, other important legislative initiatives have been adopted in recent years. For example, the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1982 contained a provision, "Military Cooperation With Civilian Law Enforcement Officials," which was intended to codify the practices of cooperation that had developed between military and civilian law enforcement authorities. The Act was also designed to improve the level of cooperation by delineating precisely that assistance which military commanders could provide and by permitting military personnel to operate military equipment that had been lent to civilian drug enforcement agencies. This is interesting in that it serves many purposes at once. (often I am quite impressed with the exquisitely interlinked plans of the elite) Police become militarized as population becomes marginalized. The population becomes slowly acclimated to military law enforcement. (jackboots marching) Prisons become an industrial force similar in overall dollar size to the Pentagon. Fascist state machinery is polished and oiled. 'bout time folks wake up. Dave Hartley, N.A.D. (not a doctor ;) (homoeopathy & cranial/sacral energy work) http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/ncf http://www.ioa.com/~davehart http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/issues http://www.Asheville-Computer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 3:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dave: The Global significance of Hemp Dear Dave: I would assume you are familiar with the attached file. I welcome your comments and reactions. --Cordially, Moss David Posner, M.D. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) attachment: <shadowoftheswastika.doc> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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