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time.com - 4/2/2009

Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense

— time.com — For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom... generation. We, who started on the path of righteousness, marching for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam, need to find an appropriately ... (more) Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense

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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/26/2009

Obama's Interactive Town Hall Meeting

— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — The event is the latest example of efforts by the Obama team to replicate its creative use... of the Internet during the election campaign. (more) Obama's Interactive Town Hall Meeting

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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 3/28/2009

Surprise!... Obama's Town Hall Participants Were All Campaign Supporters

— gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — What a shocker. Dear Leaders town hall participants were ALL campaign supporters or donors. President Barack Obama... listens to a question from teacher Bonnee Breese, right, of Philadelphia, as he takes part in an Internet town hall meeting, ... (more) Surprise!... Obama's Town Hall Participants Were All ...

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The Weed Question: An Online Hijacking? Or Democracy in Action?
techPresident — Teaser:  You may have heard that during yesterday's Open for Questions event at the White House, President Obama interrupted MC Jared Bernstein to address a question that had demonstrated considerable mojo in the online forum. "I have to say that there was one question that was voted ...

President Obama is Wrong on Marijuana
Politics Daily — Filed under: Barack Obama, Featured Stories, Economy, Viral VideoIt was the hottest topic at President Obama's "virtual town hall": Would the new administration consider decriminalizing marijuana? The arguments are fairly straightforward. Each year the United States spends hundreds of millions of dollars trying to stamp out a naturally growing substance. Criminalization has meant that drug lords traffic pot, reaping profits that guarantee Capone-like violence on our nation's. 800,000 citizens were arrested on pot-related charges last year, costing the government more millions, even though we know that smoking the plant is far less ...

It's Earth Day -- go green, legalize marijuana
Top of the Ticket — It's Earth Day in Washington and, all about, politicians are scurrying to offer their tributes to the environment. Call it Earth Pander. On Capitol Hill, the Congressional High Tech caucus is hosting a briefing -- led by California Democrat Anna Eshoo and Texas Republican Mike McCaul -- on smart grid technology. The upshot: a new, intelligent grid could drastically increase the efficiency of the nation's electricity infrastructure. Plus, several committees are hosting climate change hearings on both sides of the Capitol. And lots of Cabinet officials -- from Transportation, Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency -- ...

An Open An Honest Debate
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — by Patrick Appel DiA calls for one about marijuana: These are issues worth discussing in the same way we discuss the regulation of tobacco and alcohol. Unfortunately, our politicians don't feel free to do so. At a town hall earlier this year the president blithely dismissed decriminalisation as a way to boost the economy. The ...