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seems to be a general misconception that all hippies eat Tofu and soy
milk ( did you know in addition to all the nutrients and protein, soy
contains a natural chemical that mimics estrogen, the female hormone.
Some studies in animals show that this chemical can alter sexual
development. And in fact, 2 glasses of soy milk/day, over the course of
one month, contain enough of the chemical to change the timing of a
woman’s menstrual cycle?) see HERE
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But lets start with something Un-Healthy
YIPPY IT'S HIPPIECANDY
1 - bag chocolate chips 1 - bag butterscotch chips 1 c. peanut butter
(smooth or crunchy) 1 bag sm. marshmallows (colored if ya can find
them, makes it look trippy)
Put a small amount of butter on the bottom of a 9"x13" pan. Melt the
chips and peanut butter. Stir in marshmallows. Pour into pan and let
cool !
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THE
TYRANNICAL COWBOY BUSH'S TERM HAS ENDED
Barack
Obama
Has Arrived
Mass
Actions on the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War -- March 21, 2009 Bring All the Troops Home
Now -- End All Colonial Occupations! Fund
People's Needs, Not Militarism & Bank Bailouts!
Marking the sixth
anniversary of
the criminal invasion of Iraq, thousands will take to the streets of
Washington D.C. and other cities across the U.S. and around the world
in March 2009 to say, “Bring the Troops Home NOW!”
We will
also demand “End Colonial Occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan,
Palestine and Everywhere,” and “Fund
Peoples’ Needs
Not Militarism and Bank Bailouts.” We also insist on an end
to
the war threats and economic sanctions against Iran.
The ANSWER Coalition
(Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) is organizing for unified mass
marches and rallies in Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Chicago, Miami and other cities on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Months ago
we obtained permits for sixth anniversary demonstrations. ANSWER has
been actively involved with other coalitions, organizations, and
networks to organize unified anti-war demonstrations in the spring of
2009. ANSWER participated in the National Assembly to End the Iraq and
Afghanistan Wars and Occupations that was held in Cleveland, Ohio on
June 28th-29th and attended by 450 people, including many national and
local anti-war coalitions. The National Assembly gathering agreed to
promote national, unified anti-war demonstrations in the Spring of
2009.
The war in Iraq has
killed,
wounded or displaced nearly a third of Iraq’s 26 million
people.
Thousands of U.S. soldiers have been killed and hundreds of thousands
more have suffered severe physical and psychological wounds. The cost
of the war is now running at $700 million dollars per day, over $7,000
per second. The U.S. leaders who have initiated and conducted this
criminal war should be tried and jailed for war crimes.
The war in
Afghanistan is
expanding, and both the Democratic and Republican presidential
candidates and Congressional leaders have promised to send in more
troops. Both have promised to increase the size of the U. S. military.
Both have promised to increase military aid to Israel to continue its
oppression of the Palestinian people, including the denial of the right
of return.
While millions of
families are
losing their homes, jobs and healthcare, the real military budget next
year will top one trillion dollars, $1,000,000,000,000. If used to meet
people’s needs, that amount could create 10 million new jobs
at
$60,000 per year, provide healthcare for everyone who does not have it
now, rebuild New Orleans and repair much of the damage done in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Federal bailouts of
the biggest
banks and investors many of whom have also made billions in profits
from militarism, are already up to an astounding $2.5 trillion this
year. None of that money is earmarked for keeping millions of
foreclosed and evicted families in their homes.
Coming just two
months after the
inauguration of the new president, Barack Obama, March 21, 2009 will be
a critical opportunity to let the new administration in Washington hear
the voice of the people demanding justice.
Lawrenceville,
NJ – U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer’s
“Waste of
the Week” campaign this week highlights how Senator Frank
Lautenberg chose to spend $1,000,000 on a hippie museum rather than
support a prenatal and child healthcare program.
The Museum at Bethel Woods is commonly referred to as the Woodstock
hippie museum since it examines the experience of the Woodstock
festival and the legacy of the Sixties.
Senator Lautenberg voted against a specific
amendment
that would have shifted $1,000,000 in federal funds from the Woodstock
hippie museum to the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program
which provides prenatal and children’s healthcare. (Senate
vote
377, October 18, 2007, S. Amdt. 3321 to HR 3043, FL voted yes on motion
to kill amendment)
During yesterday’s U.S. Senate radio debate on New Jersey
101.5
FM, Senator Lautenberg said that he voted for the hippie museum because
“it looked like something that was vital in terms of American
history and the movement of our society.” However, the museum
was
considered absurd even by Democrats who crossed party lines to kill
it.
Zimmer issued the following statement:
“Apparently, Senator Lautenberg feels that preserving go-go
boots
and tie-dyed t-shirts is more ‘vital’ to society
than the
health of our nation’s
children.
“Wasteful spending must be stopped so our economy can get
back on
track. As Senator, I will eliminate wasteful spending and
make
the interests of the taxpayers my top priority.”
Zimmer’s “Waste of the Week”
campaign is
designed to highlight Senator Frank Lautenberg’s record of
supporting wasteful spending and pork-barrel politics at the expense of
New Jersey taxpayers. Previous Wastes of the Week were the
$300
billion Farm Bill, the $389 million Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska, a
$225,000 pamphlet on beaver damage, various Monuments to Me spending
projects, the Teapot Museum in North Carolina, the Joplin, Missouri
interchange, Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, renovations for the
Scottish Rite Theatre in Collingswood, New Jersey, the EarthPark indoor
rainforest in Iowa, the Frank R. Lautenberg Train Station, the
Camden-Philadelphia aerial tram, the wood uses research and the Hippie
museum.
Jim
Croce and Maury
Muahleisen, 35 long years later
Jim
Croce delivered his
songs with such sincerity that you believed him. With ballads and love
songs, Jim would let his music speak for itself. But with his "story"
songs, Jim was a natural stand-up-comic; his wit and charm exaggerated
his heroes, making legends of "everyman" from fighter to lover,
stockcar boy to Roller Derby Queen. - Ingrid Croce
....it was 35 years ago,
September 20th that Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen, two of the most
uniquely gifted folk musicians America ever produced, were killed in a
Louisiana plane crash. Croce was a great storyteller, and not merely in
musical terms; the
audio file here has Jim introducing a couple of his songs ( with a
quick bit of Muary Muehleisen's voice just under halfway through)
... Listen
to the King DaevidPODCAST
HERE OBAMA
WAFFLES
We all know how much
Barack Obama
loves his waffles. A couple of guys from Tennessee came up with a novel
way to make money on Obama's favorite breakfast food. And make fun of
politics in general.
This
is the story of how Obama Waffles was born as told on
Mark Whitlock and Bob Demoss's official Obama
Waffles website :
Our
journey to create Obama Waffles was an improbable one. Our founders,
Bob and Mark, were minding their own business while eating a late night
pizza at Brothers’
Pizza in
Franklin, Tennessee. That’s when the inspiration for Obama
Waffles struck Bob like a spatula to the side of
his head.
Maybe
it was the mushrooms . . . might have been the Hawaiian pineapple.
They’re still not sure. But the fog of politics lifted long
enough for
a vision of golden, hot, fresh waffles to materialize before their
eyes–just as someone in the adjacent booth was talking about
Senator
Obama’s latest flip flop.
A sign?
Indeed. They knew they had to get cooking.
From
that humble beginning, West Wing Waffles, LLC was born. Our first
product–Obama Waffles–is proudly made in the
U.S.A.. And, if the
initial public reaction is any indication, Obama Waffles are selling
like, well, like hot cakes!
The pair then rushed to a conservative political forum, the Values Voter Summit and rented a
booth and began selling their waffle mix for $10 a box.
David Nammo, executive director of the lobbying group FRC
Action (Family
Research Council),
said summit organizers were told the boxes
were a parody of Obama's policy positions but had not examined them
closely.
While Obama Waffles takes aim at Obama's politics by poking fun at his
public remarks and positions on issues, it also plays off the old image
of the pancake-mix icon Aunt Jemima, which has been widely
criticized
as a demeaning stereotype. Obama is portrayed with popping eyes and
big, thick lips as he stares at a plate of waffles and smiles broadly.
Placing
Obama in Arab-like headdress recalls the false rumor that he is
a follower of Islam, though he is actually a Christian.
On
the back of the box, Obama is depicted in stereotypical Mexican dress,
including a sombrero, above a recipe for "Open Border Fiesta Waffles"
that says it can serve "4 or more illegal aliens." The recipe includes
a tip: "While waiting for these zesty treats to invade your home, why
not learn a foreign language?"
The novelty
item also takes shots
at 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry, Obama's wife, Michelle, and
Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Wearing white
chef's aprons, Whitlock and DeMoss were doing a brisk business at noon
Saturday selling the waffle mix to people crowded around their booth.
Two pyramids of waffle mix boxes stood several feet high on the booth's
table.
"It's the
ultimate political souvenir," DeMoss told a customer.
Asked
if he considered the pictures of Obama on the box to be racial
stereotypes, Whitlock said: "We had some people mention that to us, but
you think of Newman's Own or Emeril's — there are tons and
tons of
personality-branded food products on the market. So we've taken that
model and, using political satire, have highlighted his policies, his
position changes."
Values Voter Summit organizers cut off
sales of Obama Waffles boxes on Saturday, saying they had not realized
the boxes displayed "offensive material." The summit and the exhibit
hall where the boxes were sold had been open since Thursday afternoon.
The Obama
campaign declined to comment. Ol'
Hippie
: I think this
product is hilarious
and anything but racist, but I understand some so called liberals
(American Atheists) raised all kinds of hell with the FRC at the summit
and this is the reason the organizers shut down Mark and Tom's booth.
Come on, if you are a liberal you should believe in freedom. Doesn't
that include freedom to be funny and poke fun ? I don't know what
Senator Obama thought about this, but I would sure hope he has a sense
of humor. at the summit upwards of 1/3 of those who bought
the Obama
Waffles were Asian, African Americans, Hispanics, or from other ethic
groups - the last person to buy was an African-American woman who
purchased three boxes of Obama Waffles.read more about this on theObama
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Oct
12, 2008 – Rock n Roll Artist Scott Allen Denis is in the
working
stages of creating the Worlds first Rock and Roll Art School and
Gallery in Toledo Ohio. The gallery is an impressive collection of 50
autographed canvases by famous rock bands like ZZ Top, BB King, The
Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Who,
The
Allman Brothers Band, Traffic, Joan Jett, RTZ, Don Henley and many
more. Custom designed guitars such as classic Fender"s,
Gibson's,
Gretsch and more. You will not want to miss the grand opening set for
some time in 2009. You can go to the temporary site at
www.RockandRollArtSchool.com and keep up on opening dates.
Scott
Allen Denis is America's Rock and Roll Artist. Originally
from Toledo, Ohio and curently living in South
Carolina, Scott has been creating artwork for people in the music
busines and for people who simply love Rock and Roll for 17 years now,
creating some of the best realism and abstract art in the
Country. Scott has had shows all over the World and
is in
the planning stages of creating America's first S. A. Denis Rock and
Roll Art School.
Either
abstract or realism, all of
Artist Scott Denis's painting are created from the love of Classic Rock
and Roll music. Scott curently teaches art in South Carolina
and
is available for commission's.
Artist Scott Denis
loves to design concert posters, album covers, guitar designs,
murals and of course paint on canvas.
" I look forward to starting my new Rock and Roll Art School next year after I sell a few more
paintings, If you would like to be part of it or
have
some cool idea's contact me. Thank you."
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Cheech
and Chong Together Again
Smokin'
Again After 25 Years, The Feud Ends!
(AP)
— Now that their feud is
up in smoke,
Cheech and Chong
are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than
25 years.
Cheech Marin told AP Radio
that he and Tommy Chong
"looked at
each other going, `If we're ever going to do something it has to be now
because you're not getting any younger and neither am I.'"
They tossed around some ideas
and figured a comedy
tour would be
"the most fun" and "the least hassle," the 62-year-old Marin said.
Marin and Chong, who broke up
amid creative
differences, have
tried to reunite before, but have always fought too much. Marin laughed
and said: "It takes about 3 minutes for that to happen. There's this
veiled hatred." But he added: "We've kind of resolved that."
"We've gotten to the age where
we don't feel like
fighting anymore because the end is a lot closer than the beginning,"
he said.
Marin said he thinks dope
humor can be as funny today
as it was back in the '70s.
"I think it's time for a
revival of dope jokes. It's
a much
bigger audience now, it's much more widespread and institutionalized,"
he said in an interview earlier this month.
Details of the "Hey, What's
That Smell?" tour were to
be
announced Wednesday at a news conference in West Hollywood, Calif.,
according to concert promoter Live Nation.
During their original
run,
Marin and Chong released
nine comedy
albums between 1972 and 1985, were nominated for four Grammy Awards and
won one. They also starred in eight feature films, almost always
portraying a pair of comical stoners stumbling through life.
While Chong has continued to
do standup, Marin has
concentrated on films and TV appearances.
"I guess Cheech forgot how
tough standup is," Chong
joked last month after Marin said they were considering reuniting.
"But he's got the incentive
and the enthusiasm and
he's ready," he said of his former partner. "My boy is back."
Cheech
& Chong: Light Up America Tour Will Be Theatrical
Successful
beyond their
wildest dreams, the iconic comedy duo Cheech & Chong defined an
era
with their hilariously irreverent, satirical, counter-culture,
no-holds-barred comedy routines. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong's
phenomenal success began on the stand up comedy circuit which led to 9
hit comedy albums and 8 hit films, breaking box office records,
shattering comedy album sales, garnering multiple Grammy nominations
and mesmerizing fans for more than a decade. Today, from the world
famous Troubadour where they were initially discovered, Cheech
&
Chong announced their first tour in over 25 years, an epic cross
country U.S. trek with over 22 dates confirmed; additional dates to be
announced in the coming weeks. Cheech & Chong: Light Up America
...
tickets go on sale nationally at 4:20 PM on August 8th and are
available at http://www.livenation.com/.
The
Live Nation produced
tour will kick off on September 12th at the Tower Theatre in
Philadelphia. Other highlights include Los Angeles, Washington DC,
Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Austin,
Seattle, Boston, San Diego and Denver to name a few. Chong's wife and
comedy partner, Shelby Chong, will open all dates on the tour.
With nine albums released
from 1972 through 1985, the duo was nominated for four Grammy Awards,
winning the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album with their third album,
Los Cochinos, released in 1973. Big Bambu, their second album, was the
biggest selling comedy record of all time in 1972 and remained so for
many years. Their stunninglysuccessful comedy streak
transitioned to
film in 1978 with their first movie, "Up In Smoke," the highest
grossing comedy of 1978, topping $100 million at the box office. Cheech
and Chong co-wrote and starred in a total of eight feature films
together, all directed by Chong. The comedy duo was initially
discovered at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Cheech
& Chong Live 2008 Tour Dates
September 12 Tower Theatre
Philadelphia, PA September 13 Warner Theatre Washington, DC September
19 Murat Center Indianapolis, IN September 20 Fillmore State Detroit,
MI September 26 Tabernacle Atlanta, GA September 27 Fillmore Jackie
Gleason Miami, FL October 24 Westbury Theatre Westbury, NY October 25
Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis, MN October 31 Verizon Wireless Houston, TX
November 1 Majestic Theatre Dallas, TX November 7 Chevrolet Theatre
Wallingford, CT November 8 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL November 14
Dodge Theatre Phoenix, AZ November 15 Austin Music Hall Austin, TX
November 21 Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, CA November 22 Berkeley
Community Theatre Berkley, CA
November 28 Copley Symphony Hall San
Diego, CA November 29 Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA November 30 San
Jose PAC San Jose, CA December 6 Gibson Amphitheater Los Angeles, CA
December 12 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA December 13 Borgata Music Box
Atlantic City, NJ December 19 Silver Legacy Casino Reno, NV December 20
Paramount Theatre Denver, CO
Associated
Press Writer John Rogers in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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LP's
ARE MAKING A COMEBACK
And why not, they sound so
much better
This spring, an employee for the Fred Meyer
retail
chain, intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest
release "Accelerate" inadvertently entered the "LP" code instead. Soon
boxes of the big, vinyl discs showed up at several stores.
Some sent them back. But a handful put them on
the shelves, and 20 LPs sold the first day.
The Portland-based company, owned by The Kroger Co., realized the error
might not be so bad after all. Fred Meyer is now testing vinyl sales at
60 of its stores in Oregon, California, Washington and Alaska.
The best-seller so far at Fred Meyer is The Beatles "Abbey Road" album.
But musicians from the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters to Metallica
and Pink Floyd are selling well, the company says...
...:
In May 2008 the best selling ITEM on this website
was "Vanilla Fudge" when we sold 3 LP's. We are still trying to figure
out why May was such a good month for Vanilla Fudge ! And we are
upgrading our site to include more LP's, if you have a favorite album
you want let us know because we CAN find the LP for ya !
...The Portland-based company, owned by The Kroger Co., realized the
error might not be so bad after all. Fred Meyer is now testing vinyl
sales at 60 of its stores in Oregon, California, Washington and Alaska.
"It's not just a nostalgia thing," said Melinda Merrill, spokeswoman
for Fred Meyer. "The response from customers has just been that they
like it, they feel like it has a better sound."
The resurgence of vinyl centers on a long-standing debate over analog
versus digital sound. Digital recordings capture samples of sound and
place them very close together as a complete package that sounds nearly
identical to continuous sound.
Analog recordings on most LPs are continuous, which produces a truer
sound - though, paradoxically, some new LP releases are being recorded
and mixed digitally but delivered analog.
Some purists also argue that the compression required to allow loudness
in some digital formats weakens the quality as well.
But it's not just about the sound. Audiophiles say they also want the
format's overall experience - the sensory experience of putting the
needle on the record, the feeling of side A and side B and the joy of
lingering over the liner notes.
The interest seems to be catching on. Turntable sales are picking up
and the few remaining record pressers say business is booming.
Many major artists - Elvis Costello, the Raconteurs and others - are
issuing LPs and encouraging fans to check out their albums on vinyl. On
Amazon.com, one of the best-selling LPs is Madonna's latest album,
"Hard Candy".
According to the Recording Industry Association of America,
manufacturers' shipments of LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006
to 2007 to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17
percent during the same period to 511 million, as they lost some ground
to digital formats. Return toMENU RECORD STORE
OWNER CASHS OUT ON eBAY FOR
$3MILLION Pa.
record store owner sells nearly 3 million vinyl albums, singles and CDs
for $3M on eBayRoss Township, Pa. (AP) - A man says he can now retire
because someone bought his massive record collection on eBay for the
asking price - $3 milA buyer from Ireland agreed to shell out
$3,002,150 for the collection of nearly 3 million vinyl albums, singles
and CDs, owner Paul Mawhinney said.The winning bidder has already
deposited $300,000, and a bank has confirmed that he has enough money
to buy the collection, Mawhinney said.The price tag is one of the
highest recorded for eBay Inc., said Karen Bard, a spokeswoman for the
online auctioneer. A Gulfstream II jet once sold for $4.9 million she
said.The 68 year old Mawhinney closed Record Rama, which opened in
1968. He said he wants to spend time with his wife, three children and
five grandchildren. "I am legally blind. I had a couple of strokes a
few years ago...and it's time at my age to think about doing something
else with my life,"he said.The collection includes more than 1 million
albums, 1.5 million singles and 300,000 CDs. ANY
OLD HIPPIES CAN SELL
THEIR COLLECTIONS Many
old hippies have very large old record collections . I have seen some
that numbers in the thousandsand are worth thousands of dollars ! I
will be the first to admit that in my younger teen years ,I did not
take very good care of my music albums. By the time I was 18 or 19
years old I found that when I wanted to listen to some of my older
tunes like ,"T.REX", "MANFRED MANN's EARTHBAND", or some old ROLLING
STONES, they would skip and jump and sound like crap. If I could have
kicked my own ass I would have. About that time I started to keep
better care of my albums . Soon after vinyl records became obsolete , I
would search for them because I still had not got a cd player . I found
out that vinyl records were quickly becoming scarce . I began buying up
some that I could still find . I realized that if I invested then ,
that they would become even more valuable later . They are now worth
several times what I paid for them . We would like to hear about your
collection , how large it is , how much you think it is worth , do you
want to sell ,trade , or buy more. We will list it on these pages just
contact us about your collection on the form below. If you would like
to see what some of your albums are selling fornow , or if you would
like to invest in your collection , then Records By Mail
has over one million old albums for sale (where did they get em' all)
They also buy albums. Check them out here.
Reverend Michael Baldasaro received two years in a Federal Penitentiary
and Reverend Tucker one year in Hamilton jail
A
Hamilton judge
has hammered Church of the Universe founders Reverend Brother Walter
Tucker and Reverend Brother Michael Baldasaro, sentencing them to hefty
jail terms and ordering the seizure of their east-Hamilton
headquarters. In a strongly worded decision, Superior Court Justice
John Cavarzan said, "544 Barton Street East is a marijuana convenience
store that operates for profit like a prohibition-era speakeasy, but
disguised as a church." Cavarzan sentenced Baldasaro, 58, to two years
in a federal penitentiary on two counts of marijuana trafficking,
involving about 2.5 grams worth $30. He handed Tucker, 75, a 12-month
jail sentence for three counts of trafficking, involving $40 worth of
pot.
The spiritual
leaders of a rag-tag group of followers were convicted by a jury in
November after selling small quantities of marijuana to an undercover
police officer. Church members call marijuana the Tree of Life and
smoke it as a sacrament. The female officer took out a $25 membership
in the church and bought the sacrament five times from May 2003 to
February 2004.
Cavarzan ordered
their church headquarters forfeited to the Crown as "offence-related
property" under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The jailed
pair have 30 days to remove their personal effects from the building,
comprising a storefront and four upper-floor apartments. Tucker and
Baldasaro established the Church of the Universe in 1969 at a former
quarry in Puslinch, which they called Clearwater Abbey. Since that
time, they have ceaselessly advocated for the legalization and
recognition of marijuana as a socially beneficial and and health-giving
herb. But Cavarzan stressed this was not a case of simple possession,
but of drug trafficking, which the Supreme Court of Canada has stated
is a serious offence. He noted that the pair ran a commercial
enterprise that had attracted violent crime in the past, including the
attempted robbery of Tucker by two armed men looking for his cache.
Tucker, who is hard
of hearing, told the judge he was disappointed at being sent to a
provincial jail while Baldasaro would be serving federal time. Placing
his arm around his longtime friend, Tuckers asked, "Why don’t
you
sentence me to the same time as Reverend Baldasaro? Because if he
deserves two years, then I deserve it too."
UPDATED 3:30 pm ct June
12, 2008 YIPPIE RELEASED ON BOND FROM
COLES COUNTY ILLINOIS JAIL
New York
marijuana
activist Dana Beal is free on bail. He paid $7,500 and was released
after today's hearing in Coles County Court in Charleston, IL. Beal was
being held on $750,000 bail for money laundering. The charge was
reduced to obstruction of justice.
Beal was
traveling through
Illinois with two women and another man last week when an argument
between the women at a restuarant alerted the police. Beal's attempt to
intervene and the fact that he was carrying $150,000 in cash resulted
in his arrest. He may be charged with money laundering at a later date.
A preliminary hearing was set for Aug. 4.
The money was
reportedly
for Ibogaine clinics to be opened in the U.S. Ibogaine is derived from
the African iboga plant and is used as an addiction therapy. A major
supporter of Ibogaine therapy, Beal also runs the annual Global
Marijuana March from the YIPPIE headquarters at 9 Bleecker St. in New
York. --see the original story HERE
From the rainforest of western
Africa, Iboga with it's white and pink flowers and orange elongated
fruit, may hold the cure for many addictions.
Iboga's yellowish roots produce ibogaine. Taken in small doses, the
bitter root material causes an anaesthetic sensation in the mouth and
numbness to the skin and stimulates the central nervous system and in
larger doses induces visions.
In
June 2000 the Republic of Gabon declared Tabernanthe iboga to be a
national treasure. The Iboga tree is the central pillar of the Bwiti
religion practiced in West-Central Africa, mainly Gabon, Cameroon and
the Republic of the Congo, Iboga is taken in massive doses by initiates
when entering the religion, and on a more regular basis is eaten in
smaller doses in connection with rituals and tribal dances, which is
usually performed at night time.
Iboga
is outlawed or restricted in the U.S. and several other countries.
Iboga has come to be used as a (non-addictive) recreational drug by a
small number of people in Europe and North America. This
experimentation, while frequently illegal, has led to interest in iboga
by drug addiction researchers. Iboga reportedly has the effect of
ending cravings for addictive substances, both illegal (such as heroin)
and legal (such as nicotine). Patents on this kind of use for iboga
stretch back to 1985 (US 4,499,096).
In
the United States where iboga is listed as one of the most illegal
narcotics, there are treatment centers which illicitly use iboga to
cure heroin addicts and other drug users of their addiction. Clearly,
there is growing interest in the apparently miraculous ability of iboga
to cure some drug addictions. Iboga is gaining scientific
respectability and may, in short order, become a hot pharmaceutical
property.
When Dana
Beal was arrested in Mattoon Illinois and charged with money laundering
( the charges were later dropped) it was alleged that he was traveling
with the cash because he intended to finance a clinic to
study"ibogaine".
add
this to the list of prohibited plants that need to be better
understood, and legalized, we NEED it ! most
of this information came from Wikapedia, but check out this link for
much more info :http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ibogaine/ibogaine.shtml
HAS
A CURE FOR ADDICTION BEEN SUPPRESSED SINCE THE 60's
?
Since the
overt suppression of research on "psychedelic" (mind-manifesting)
drugs, few animal studies - and far fewer human studies (almost none) -
have been authorized by the FDA. This book clearly emphasizes the
importance of on-going research based in these important chemicals.
We need your help here at
"BBR&R" ! This site was started as a Hippie friendly site and
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about the music and bands from back in the day. It has morphed into
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with anything
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After you read the excerpt from his new book "In The Midst Of" I think
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It
is
hard to picture David Peel as a rock star , running from screaming
fans, and playing to mega crowds in stadiums. Peel does have fans and
has played for large audiences in stadiums ,but his start was in street
performing. Though his raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about
marijuana , war , and anarchy appealed mostly to hippies at first, the
sound make him an important, if little-credited, early performer of
punk rock. David Peel chose NOT to live life as a typical rock star,
prefering to direct his profits into the good of his community, namely,
THE LOWER EAST SIDE....for
more about David Peel plus his discography and some
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OBAMA DOES HE OR DOESN'T HE ?
As a candidate for the U.S. Senate four years ago, Mr. Obama told
Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal
penalties for marijuana use or possession, according to a videotape of
a little noticed debate that was obtained by The Washington Times.
Last fall during a nationally televised presidential debate, Sen.
Barack Obama hesitantly raised his hand and joined with most of his
Democratic rivals to declare that he opposed decriminalizing marijuana.
Asked about the two different answers, Mr. Obama's presidential
campaign said he in fact has "always" supported decriminalizing
marijuana as he answered in 2004, meaning the candidate mistakenly
raised his hand during the presidential debate last fall.
DECRIMINALIZATION
or LEGALIZATION, What's the difference ?
In fact,
these are terms that do not have precise definitions –
especially in the context of marijuana prohibition.
"Decriminalization"
usually means the absence of criminal -- but not civil -- penalties for
possession of a small amount of marijuana for "personal use." That is
usually an ounce, but not always.
"Decriminalization"
also necessarily means leaving production and sales in the black
market, which is a disastrous social policy. That is a point that we
have to make at every opportunity.
"Legalization"
usually means some form of "regulated" sales. In fact, "legalization"
generally implies something like the alcohol and tobacco models.
REDNECKS
Bands
will added to this list
often. Come
has agreed to write an occasional column for us.
He is an accomplished writer and an old Hippie among many other things.
After you read the excerpt from his new book "In The Midst Of" I think
you will agree he is a nice addition to have here at BBR&R
(read the excerpt 
