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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:29 PM Original message |
Can anyone give me a good reason for hemp to be illegal? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. why should pot be illegal when cigs/booze arent? |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. it shouldn't |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Not just cigs and booze, |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. those are all shitty trips |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. heavenly blue morning glories also |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. You were given an extremely stupid reason |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. yes. but so far it's the only one with any sense behind it |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
76. Cannabis Indica is not a seperate species |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. you'd need to smoke about a field of it |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've got 10 real good ones for making it legal |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. LOVED this reason |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. oh yeah. hemp rules |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes! Because it |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Bingo! When in doubt, coddle the major industry that lines your |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Have you heard of the Dupont Co. lobbying to make marahoochie |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I haven't looked that deeply in to the history of hemp banning |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Here is an interesting read: |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
97. Hmmm.. curioser and curioser |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. yup and the textile industries too. . . |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Thanks for that info. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. The Constitution |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
87. Shhhhh! Don't give the ....... |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
84. MUCH Bigger deal than that -- biofuel |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. See my reply #52 |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. All kinds of stupid (and false) reasons |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. because Curly was the better stooge! |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. good point! hadn't thought about that |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. The pot in the hemp field would be fine to harvest and smoke.... |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. ok, fair point. (NT) |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. A Joint The SIze of A Zeppelin? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you own large amounts of Du Pont stock you would oppose hemp |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I thought it made black men presume they can talk to white women |
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pezcore64 (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. nope. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Cotton lobby? The polyester cartel? |
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pezcore64 (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. definitely |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. No, but I can give you lots of bad reasons.. |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. yeah. that seems to be about it |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Safer than Alcohol?!?!? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. But you don't have to smoke it. |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Point Taken |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. i really hope i'm just missing your sarcasm |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
92. you can also get vaporisers |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Actually a heat gun and a glass bong are cheep. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. not when you break 'em as much as I do! (NT) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
83. Actually, pot smokers get worse cougher's hacks than |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
89. Require the use of vaporizers and provide penalties |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. William Randolph Hearst |
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adriennel (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. yup. the paper (timber) industry |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. because bushgang ceo's want it illegal |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. George Washington grew it as a crop, The US Navy used it |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Isn't There A Real Danger |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Public smoking laws would still apply to pot |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. But Think of the Children. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. This is a joke, no? |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No. NO! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. You're weird dude |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Weird? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Well there are exactly four possible outcomes |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
75. Dude (or dudette), you're being messed with |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. D'oh! |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
86. I see your point about the terraists |
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NormanConquest (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. You don't have to smoke it... |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I Suppose I Could Live With |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. John Ashcroft is that you? |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. If That's What It Takes. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. aren't you the clever one |
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daveropeswing (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
69. Ok... does this include cooking... |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Cooking? Transportation? |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
67. A serious marijuana grower |
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Texican (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. Pancho Villa |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. True- Hearst had just purchased some log/pulp mills-all laws againist are |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. Threat to cotton farmers/cattle raisers |
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bleedingedge (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. I personally don't have any good reason but... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Welcome to DU! :^D |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
72. LOL...welcome, bleedingedge |
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kcpatriot (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Should be legal |
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mot78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hell NO!!!! |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. It might lead to dancing |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. We have hemp stores in Canada |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think it's just another blue law invented by good Christians like |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Careful, There |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. And that bias wud be??? |
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MARALE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
60. Its a weed!! |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
93. I can't understand |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. Well, if was legal |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
63. yup..ahhhhhhh wait huhaaa i forgot |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. nope...there is no good reason eom |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. god hates fun |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
71. how much fiber do you suppose there is |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
73. because. |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
74. (devils advocate) you would need a legal THC content cut-off |
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outinforce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. And I Bet |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. cigarettes are still legal |
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Hammie (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
81. The real reason for making things illegal |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
88. If farmers planted them together |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
91. Naturally, Kucinich has the balls to actually advocate industrial hemp |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. And for that I pulled the lever for him in NYC |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Dennis rocks :^D |
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