Jim Kingsley

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  Jim signed the petition | over 1 year ago

  Allow Media Access to Oil Spill Clean-up Sites
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  Jim commented on the article | over 1 year ago

  Texas Cops Mistake Mint Plants for Weed

  Aaaaaah haaaaa haaaaa haaaaa haaaaaa!!!!! Oh my lord. That's my state law enforcement for ya Matt. Let me tell ya something as a fellow Texan, east and south east Texas cops are notoriously known for not being the sharpest tools in the......well their just tools.

  
  

  Yes, there are much better things the officers should be doing with their time then going after a plant more benign than alcohol, but they live in the conservative bible belt. That means that once they believe what they are doing is right or worse "God's will," there is pretty much no stopping or dissueding them. Just take pleasure in the fact that you're not them, and take in a much pleasure as you can that they are idiots that can't recognize a pot plant from the crack in their ass. Also if your ever going to make a trip to Texas for a little r and r, keep the itinerary limited to Austin, DFW, and South Padre (Maybe check out the Alamo, but it's a little faded). Plus, Austin is a little more 420 friendly.

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  Jim commented on the article | over 1 year ago

  To Save Money, Some Prisons Try Skimping on Food

  Of course the severity of the crime will dictate how much starvation a person should endure. Petty theft and unpaid tickets could warrant a few to just shy of a week's worth of starvation, while rape and violent crimes can warrant more of the skin and bones style of sentencing. Murder is still murder, so I'll consent to the current standard of due process there.

  
  

  I won't include drug charges in the mix because, like this web sites many articles on the subject already state, that won't fix the source of the problem with drugs... our policies on them.

  
  

  I know I sound cruel, but trust me. I'm not the cruelest. I left them behind me when I quit working for the govenment.

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  Jim commented on the article | over 1 year ago

  To Save Money, Some Prisons Try Skimping on Food

  They are not there for "care" they are their for "punishment". Imprisonment IS a violation of human rights, but it's accepted as a means to keep the rest of the population safe from the"unruly types" because they can't protect themselves.......like they should (but no, we leave the job up to cops prone to become corrupt from power over others). I think we just stumbled on a new form of punishment that could be much more effective crime deterrent, save money, and create shorter prison sentences.

  
  

  Starvation. We start sentencing starvation with a max punishment of starvation down to the stature of the average skin and bones Ethiopian. After they reach that point, they are released back into the "wild" to serve as an example to others. At that point a former violent criminal isn't much of a threat to anyone. Not like he'd have the strength to pick up let alone hold a gun after wards. I've seen those infomercial begging for money to fill the churches pockets...oops, I mean feed the hungry. Those people are always shown lying down barely able to move. No one should starve, but no one should commit a crime against their fellow man or woman either. Doing this we can kill a flock of birds with one stone. Numbers will plummet (weight wise at least) from shorter prison sentences of a month or three (some people have more fat than others). There would be less overhead for the prisons to pay (food, electricity for the refrigeration or cooking). Plus, the out put of former criminals less likely to be a threat to anyone else (not even the first fast food cashier they come across).  No one would have the strength to commit prison rape, and compared to the other atrocities that commonly take place in the prison system today, this is probably still ten times more humane. Even the average abusive warden/prison guard can enjoy a new form of torturing prisoners by eating pleasantly odoriferous foods out side of the inmates jail cells. This way they can get their "fix" of abuse without real contact with the prisoners.

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  Jim commented on the article | over 1 year ago

  Nebraska's CSI Scandal: Punishment vs. Poetic Justice

      Good points Matt. It's very poetic that he'll serve just as much time as they did, but I think he should serve the time that both people served together. Ten and ten, or double the time per count of delibrate wrongful conviction.

  
  

     I love the idea of law enforcement. Wish we had it, instead of personal agenda enforcement. But I guess a lot of ideas sound better than the reality i.e Communism, war on terror or drugs (hell any "War on"), law enforcement, religion.

  
  

     What I don't get is why a crime scene investigator would plant evidence instead of paying attention to what's presented there before him in hopes of finding the people that actually did do the crime. But I guess swift incorrect justice looks better than a cold case, especially if it's backed by the crime scene investigator.

  
  

  Keep up the good work Sir

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  Jim commented on the article | about 2 years ago

  An Exit Strategy from the Drug War

  Great timing with the unjust justice system thought. The news is full of the perfect example of this at the moment. I'm talking about the man Maurice Clemmons, who allegedly shot the four police officers in the Seattle area (since they found one of the slain officers gun in his possession, it's probably more than alleged now). There's a guy that had previous violent crimes convictions and got pardoned(thanks Huckabee), then went to assault a police officer and sexually assault a teen.

  
  

  Now there's a guy that deserved to stay in jail, but nope, it's the nonviolent drug offenders that fill up most of the jail space for the longer amount of time that do. WTF! Looks like that guy was able to destroy four families and one little girls life faster than any drug addiction could, but that's just my opinion.

  
  

  The cartels destroy many lives as well but we empower that with our laws. We might not be able to stop sick people from hurting others, but at least the cartel problem we can do something about, effectively too. And the sick and unstable people, we can at least make some room for them by releasing the non-violent drug related inmates. At least even in a different mental state, they naturally minded their manors.

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  Jim commented on the article | about 2 years ago

  An Exit Strategy from the Drug War

  Not really but thanks. It never really makes it clear if you can buy (or receive) and then take home like a common grocery. I'd agree that opium should be used in a controlled environment, that you can overdose on, but not pot. To say that pot would be better if it were only used in a controlled scene would be ignoring the fact that its been used so much under the radar that law enforcement couldn't even put a dent in the amount used in this country. It would be a silent statement and agreement that it is as dangerous as opium and deserves to be micro-managed in its use. And that's just not the case (with pot).

  
  

  I like the rest of the reports proposals, but I think the marijuana part needs a big revamp. Especially if they want to make it harder for the youth to get. I smoked plenty as a teen, way more than I drank, and that was because I never had to show an I.D to get it.

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  Jim commented on the article | about 2 years ago

  An Exit Strategy from the Drug War

  Over all I like the approach of the outline. I'm a little unclear on page 21 where they describe the models for regulation, specifically the "membership based coffee-shop style licensed premises". Does that mean you have to buy and use there only, or could you buy then bring home for use? Not that I'm complaining about legal use, but I'd rather be able to enjoy a little smoke in my own home rather than wait in a public location for the effects to wear down enough for me to be able to go home. Remember, one of the objectives is to make it seem not worth going to illegal vendors for. But I really could use some clarification there.

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  Jim commented on the article | about 2 years ago

  The DEA Quietly Updates its Website, and Drug Reformers Score a Victory

  Thanks Jillian. I hate it when I watch the CNN and see people like Ron Brooks (Chairman of the National Narcotic Officers' Associations Coalition) say things like it's more dangerous to smoke it than smoking cigarettes, or you can't control the dosage, and we have legal alternative marinol that can be used instead.

  
  

  He never mentions the safer vaporize or injestion option. And I'm pretty sure he never uses it himself regularly (that would be messed up and just wrong if he does), so he wouldn't understand how the regular smokers can control their own dosage level and self determine potency......safely.

  
  

  And as far as marinol the wonder drug alternative goes, well, you can find some kinda disturbing adverse effects to it as well posted by the FDA on Drugs.com. Like it can cause nausea (isn't that what it's supposed to fix) and seizures and seizure-like activity in some of the people that used it. Also, that it is "highly protien bound to plasma protiens, and thus, might displace other protien-bound drugs". Kinda counter productive if you ask me.

  
  

  People like Ron Brooks are the face of the adversary. I won't use enemy because I don't want to end them, just defeat them. Then, afterwards, share some vapor with them. They REALLY need it!

  
  

   

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  Jim commented on the article | about 2 years ago

  The DEA Quietly Updates its Website, and Drug Reformers Score a Victory

  Good to see more progress. It's also good you added the "vaporized" part Matt. I do have one qualm with the conservative M.D stance tha I think needs to be adressed. Particularly where they say that you can't control the amount you get from from using marijuana due to different strains and potency.

  
  

  I might not be able to tell you the exact THC content of a sample, but, and back me up fellow responsible users, you give me a bag and I can tell weather it's potent or not just by looking at and smelling it.

  
  

  It's not like it's a generic looking pill I'm using. It's a plant that shows the perceptive individual what it's about. If it has crystals plain as day on it, it's a good sign I might want to not vaporize as much of it in a single sitting. If the smell is super pungent (and I'd always smell a newly aquired sample first thing), same procedure. Luckily since it is a benign substance virtually impossible to overdose on, just a little observation and experience (supervised for the newbies) with the plant is really all anyone needs to make sure they're getting the right dosage level.

  
  

  Does anyone agree or disagree with that? Love to know.