Not sure, there is information that both were against hemp: See http://kempscaseworks.com/GENERAL/HUMOR/50UselessFacts.htm
22. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw them as competitors. There is an excellent historical article on the whole affair at: http://www.hemp4fuel.com/nontesters/hemp4fuel/emperor.txt Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > Cotton farmers may have eventually been hurt, but it never got that far. > The cotton industry of the time was burning out the land to the point that > all that land would grow was short needle scrub pines which will grow in > places where even grass won't due to their really deep tap roots. > Walk through most Southern Pine Forests and you can still see the cotton > field terraces. [I live in one] > > It was paper from wood pulp that did the deed with William Randolf Hearst > in the lead. > He had just bought millions of acres of forest in Mexico when the hemp > processing machine was invented and that threatened his newspaper empire. > He used his empire to start a 'yellow journalism' pack of lies propaganda > campaign keying into anti Mexican immigrant and anti Black 'job stealer' > sentiments of the depression era and lobbied congress with an intentional > loco-weed=marijuana twist. > Hearst "invented" a non existant problem to justify irrational fears and > the paranoid peoples bought it wholesale. > Everyone knew what hemp was, grew it and used it for hundreds of things, > but virtually no one used the term 'marijuana' except Blacks and Mexicans. > It was Kentuckys major cash crop. > I have a friend whos' Dad actually emptied bags of marijuana seeds out of > airplanes onto farm fields for a living during WW2 because Hemp was so > valuable to the military. The remnants of that Gov't campaign is now the > legendary 'ditchweed' of the Midwest. [Smoke a ton and get a headache] > > Loco-weed is really a very common weed of the Datura family [Jimson weed] > and contains high levels of scopolamine [sleep aid..see 'sleepeaze'] and > atropine [used as a poison antidote by 'home security' etc] > > Don't make a tea of loco-weed roots or seeds or you'll find out what "trip" > really means..for several days. [as I found out many years ago] > ..makes for crazy cows who eat it by accident...hence the name "loco weed" > > ..lotsa fun..never ever again. > > If you get poisoned, now....might be worth it. [Crazy for 3 or 4 days beats > being dead] > > What is not realized is that commercial growing of hemp would probably > make growing high potency 'pot' impossible outdoors. They are the same > plant, just different strains with the low potency strains dominant. > > Ode [still crazy after all these years?] > > At 02:28 PM 7/7/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Yeh, that is a good karmic story. The main reason for stopping the > growing of > >hemp was because the cotton farmers were being hurt financially by it, it was > >cheaper to grow, and replaced cotton many places. There were varieties > that had > >almost no hallucigen in it, but they still used that to outlaw it. Then when > >the synthetics replaced cotton, the cotton farmers starting crying to be > able to > >grow hemp, but they were then unable to get the law appealed that they > >originally sought. So their original greed ended up eventually > bankrupting many > >if not most of them. > > > >Marshall > > > >T J Garland wrote: > > > >> Guys-- do some reading on hemp and how it could replace millions of barrels > >> of oil a day. WR Hurst did a real con job on the US. TJ > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:23 AM > >> Subject: Re: CS>Re: Cold Fusion > >> > >> > James Patterson [inventer of microspheres, used every freekin where in > >> > every flippin thing these days] tried to market a cold fusion water > heater > >> > a while back. > >> > For some reason it didn't take off. > >> > Time to check back in? > >> > > >> > http://www.infinite-energy.com/resources/abc.html > >> > During the last year, Patterson's little beads have led to a huge > >> > surprise. Not only do they produce heat. It turns out, they also > >> neutralize > >> > radioactivity. > >> > > >> > http://www.lightparty.com/Peace/MiracleInTheVoid.html > >> > Clean Energy Technologies (CETI) is marketing licenses for the a power > >> cell > >> > invented by Dr. James Patterson, a scientist with a distinguished record > >> of > >> > achievement. News of his device spread widely when it was discussed on > two > >> > ABC shows, Nightline and Good Morning America. > >> > > >> > http://www.cleanenergy.com/ > >> > Clean Energy Technologies (CETI) > >> > ..no mention of Dennis [the crook] Lee, for a change. [If you ever get > the > >> > chance, DO go see the show. It's a FACINATING display of con artistry and > >> > emotional manipulation surpassed by none...just don't give him any money. > >> > PS, you WILL 'want' to.] > >> > http://www.phact.org/e/z/leemotortest.htm > >> > http://www.phact.org/e/dennis.html > >> > > >> > People are still saying that Tesla 'made' free energy...never happened. > >> > Train loads of coal paid for by George Westinghouse was doing that job. > >> > Tesla wanted to freely 'transmit' energy...like every radio station does > >> > today, by the multi megawatt. [Which incidently, lets people who live > near > >> > by pull out flourecent tubes from the closet for free light] > >> > > >> > Got an antenna as big as a frigate sail? > >> > Oh! Wrong frequency! > >> > See H.A.R.P. [and have that pointed at your house?] > >> > > >> > Ode > >> > > >> > > >> > At 02:45 PM 7/6/2005 +0900, you wrote: > >> > > > >> > >This is a useful introduction to the topic for those who want it: > >> > > > >> > >http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.11/coldfusion_pr.html > >> > > > >> > >Cold fusion, if commercialized, would change the world so radically we > >> > >can hardly comprehend the implications and ramifications. The rapid > >> > >demise of the corrupt oil empire would be one of the first blessings. > >> > > > >> > >Those lucky few who identify the Microsoft of cold fusion > >> > >commercialization will of course become quite wealthy. But I assume > >> > >most research at this stage is non-commercial. > >> > > > >> > >JBB > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >On Wednesday, Jul 6, 2005, at 14:39 Asia/Tokyo, Jonathan B. Britten > >> > >wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> A letter to the editor in today's newspaper (Daily Yomiuri) mentioned > >> > >> a recent success in room-temperature fusion somewhere in California. > >> > >> > >> > >> I wonder whether that's correct; seems it would be big news if so. > >> > >> > >> > >> A quick Google did not turn up anything definitive; if anyone knows > >> > >> of something new I would be glad to hear. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks in advance; I know some members follow this topic closely. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >-- > >> > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >> > > > >> > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >> > > > >> > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >> > >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> > > > >> > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >> > >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >> > > > >> > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >-- > >> > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >> > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> > >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/42 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >-- > >> > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >> > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> > >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10/43 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10 - Release Date: 7/6/2005
