Vote Hemp on Gov. Brown's Veto of SB 676, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act

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Monday October 17, 2011 · 10:45 AM PDT

2011/10/17 · 10:45

Posted for Patrick Goggin of Vote Hemp.

In a statement released last Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown expressed his support for the return of industrial hemp farming to the United States: “It is absurd that hemp is being imported to the state, but our farmers cannot grow it.” Contrary, however, to the hopes of many farmers, Kings and Kern County Sheriffs, California Certified Organic Growers, the California State Grange, and the governor’s ostensible support, Gov. Brown vetoed Senate Bill 676, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, citing the federal regulation that conflates industrial hemp with marihuana and which requires farmers of either plant to obtain a growing permit from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Have you signed and shared the Vote Hemp petition the Obama Administration to Allow Industrial Hemp to be Grown in the U.S. Once Again? <a href="http://wh.gov/gKH">http://wh.gov/gKH</a>

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Have you signed and shared the Vote Hemp petition the Obama Administration to Allow Industrial Hemp to be Grown in the U.S. Once Again? <a href="http://wh.gov/gKH">http://wh.gov/gKH</a>

Yes

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3 votes

Not yet, but I will

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Site Error with Twitter Login

tommurphy

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Saturday July 02, 2011 · 3:07 AM PDT

2011/07/02 · 03:07

I kind of hate to waste a diary on this, but I can't find the answer. When I try to log into Daily Kos with Twitter I get this message:

ERROR! GET https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token failed: 500 Internal Server Error at /www/dk4-perl/lib/ScoopDK/Authenticate.pm line 123

Who do I report this to?

Thanks,

Tom

Ben Masel Has Passed Away

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Saturday April 30, 2011 · 8:04 AM PDT

2011/04/30 · 08:04

Dear All,

It is being reported on his Facebook pages that Ben Masel has passed away:

http://www.facebook.com/...

He will be missed by all.

Best Regards,

Tom

Write to Congress: Sponsor The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009!

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Wednesday March 11, 2009 · 12:31 PM PDT

2009/03/11 · 12:31

Crossposted at Congress Matters.

Please Write to Your Congressional Representatives
Ask Them to Sponsor the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009

Vote Hemp is pleased to announce that the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009 will be introduced soon. Yesterday, the offices of Rep. Ron Paul and Rep. Barney Frank sent out a Dear Colleague letter (PDF file 116K) to members of Congress inviting them to be original co-sponsors of the Act, which does not yet have a bill number.

Please click here to write your Congressional representatives and ask them to consider becoming an original co-sponsor of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009.

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Have you written to your representatives in Congress?

26 votes Vote Now!

Have you written to your representatives in Congress?

Yes

11 votes

5 votes

No, but I promise to

10 votes

Breaking: Farm Bill in Limbo

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 5:20 PM PDT

2008/05/21 · 17:20

The Hill is reporting on a "clerical error" involving the vote in the House to override the President's veto of the Farm Bill that lacked Title III of the bill:

http://thehill.com/...

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Monday February 25, 2008 · 11:12 AM PST

2008/02/25 · 11:12

I kind of hate to waste a diary on this, but since I don't write diaries all that often I will.

Is the site slow, or is it just me? I have had all kinds of trouble loading pages from dailykos.com. I see all kinds errors when the site is trying to get information from other servers such as i.ytimg.com, banners.blogads.com, and even ones on this site such as images.dailykos.com.

I thought that it might be a weekend problem. Sometimes it seems that Time Warner only feeds their hamsters from 9:00-5:00 on Monday-Friday. But, that does not seem to be the case since I can get to many other sites just fine.

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How does Daily Kos load for you?

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I'm on dialup, so it's always bad

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RNC FINAL NOTICE

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Friday February 15, 2008 · 11:48 AM PST

2008/02/15 · 11:48

Today I received a FINAL NOTICE in the mail from the Republican National Committee. Yes, it looks just like a bill and has a postage paid return envelope. I find this really sad and scary in a number of ways. It's sad because I'm a Democrat, a delegate to the Maine State Convention for Barack Obama no less. It's scary because this tactic is reprehensible because it looks like a bill and scares old people and those who are not as savvy to these kinds of tricks into just paying the thing.

Here's part of the tear off form at the top and the full text of the letter:

tommurphy

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Friday December 21, 2007 · 9:37 AM PST

2007/12/21 · 09:37

Crossposted at The Hemp Report and Booman Tribune.

This morning I got up to go to work like every weekday morning. I work an early AM shift, but I still check my email before I leave. This morning there was an email with this stunning subject line in my Vote Hemp and HIA Board in boxes "Fwd: White Plume home burned down today."

Alex White Plume on his back steps
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Manderson, SD
AP Photo/Chet Brokaw

The email was from Tom Cook and he writes:

tommurphy

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Saturday November 24, 2007 · 9:25 AM PST

2007/11/24 · 09:25

Widespread Hemp

On August 20th of this year I received at Vote Hemp the email below from high school student Brian Simpson, who had been banned from wearing his hemp t-shirt to school:

I am a senior at Oak Mountain High School in Shelby County, Alabama. On August 16, 2007, I was forced to remove my shirt and to change into one provided to me because the shirt had the word "hemp" on it. The principals claimed that because hemp is associated with marijuana and that school and county rules claim you cannot wear clothing that refers to illegal substances, that I could no longer wear the shirt. I explained to them the difference between hemp and marijuana and explained that because hemp is legal in the United States that the rule did not apply. They refused to acknowledge the facts that I presented to them and forced me to change shirts. I am absolutely disgusted in the suppression of my freedom of speech and the suppression of the hemp movement in my school. I am looking for legal assistance, but if you could even contact my school and let them know that they are WRONG, it would be greatly appreciated!

Brian Simpson

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Should students be able to wear shirts to school with the word "hemp" on them?

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Should students be able to wear shirts to school with the word "hemp" on them?

Yes

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12 votes

It depends on what the rest of the message is

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Dame Anita Roddick dies at 64

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Monday September 10, 2007 · 7:54 PM PDT

2007/09/10 · 19:54

I just received an email from one my fellow board members of Vote Hemp with links to a BBC News story and obituary for Anita Roddick:

Founder of ethical cosmetics firm Body Shop, Dame Anita Roddick, has died at the age of 64.

Her family said in a statement she suffered "a major brain haemorrhage" at 1830 BST at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex.

Her husband, Gordon, and daughters Sam and Justine were all with her.

Dame Anita set up the first Body Shop in Brighton in 1976. She pioneered cruelty-free beauty products and turned them into a highly profitable business.

She was an one of our early supporters and inspirations and she will be missed greatly. I need to head off to bed as I get up early, but since I did not see any tags or stories on this I thought that I would white a short diary.

Standing Silent Nation on PBS July 3rd

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Friday June 29, 2007 · 1:35 PM PDT

2007/06/29 · 13:35

This is a reminder that Standing Silent Nation will be aired on P.O.V. on PBS on Tuesday, July 3 at 10:00 PM (please check your local listings). If you would like an email reminder sent to you, please click here and select the "Remind Me" link just to the left of the "Watch Trailer" button.

I have been following this story since 2000 when the Hemp Commerce and Farming Report, now called the Hemp Report, ran a tribal press release and story about members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe planting industrial hemp at various locations on the Reservation. There was a short follow up in Issue 14 DEA raid Pine Ridge: hemp lost.

Please make the jump with me for more on hemp in Indian Country...

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Are you going to watch Standing Silent Nation?

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Are you going to watch Standing Silent Nation?

Yes

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Yes and I will hoild a screening party

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Yes and I will use it in my classroom

0 votes

Yes and I will tell my friends and family

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Hemp is not like pot. Please make a note of it. Thanks.

tommurphy

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Friday May 11, 2007 · 8:40 AM PDT

2007/05/11 · 08:40

Before I launch into this little lecture I would like to make an assertion:

If hemp had remained an agricultural crop instead of being classed as a Schedule 1 drug we wouldn't have had all the problems we've had all these years.

I just like to say that.

I have been wanting to address the issue of comparing hemp to pot. This happens often and it is so stupid it drives me nuts to have to listen to it.

John Walters, "Drug Czar" for the Bush Administration, the worst presidential administration in human history, has often found it useful to compare and contrast hemp and marijuana.

Is he really stupid, or does he have an agenda?

Make the jump.

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Ben Masel Has Passed Away

Write to Congress: Sponsor The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009!

Breaking: Farm Bill in Limbo

Is the site slow, or is it just me?

RNC FINAL NOTICE

White Plume Home Burns To Ground

Don't Panic It's Hemp

Dame Anita Roddick dies at 64

Standing Silent Nation on PBS July 3rd

Hemp is not like pot. Please make a note of it. Thanks.