Brandon Connell
Politics
Being a Blogger Holds Legal Risks
Aug 21st
If you are an American, you must be familiar with the constant daily argument that free speech is a right. The problem is that this “law” is challenged on a daily basis. It is challenged in many ways, including top secret government attacks on the character of the person practicing free speech.
The reason that sparked this post is the recent arrest warrant that went out for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. I saw that major press release, and then maybe an hour later I saw that the arrest warrant was canceled just as fast as it was placed.
My immediate reaction to the More >
My Blog Readers Are Potheads
May 15th
….well maybe not all of them. But a whole heap of my readers find me by searching for the Illinois SB 1381 bill that is trying to pass medical marijuana in Illinois. I have found that the few posts I have written on the subject get more hits than the rest of my blog posts combined. As of right now, I stand at around 150 posts and climbing, not including the categories and tags that add up to over a thousand.
I attribute the pot success to my top 10 rankings in Google regarding the legislation. I am like all of More >
SB1381 Medical Marijuana in Illinois Bill Status
May 11th
The SB1381 Illinois bill on Medical Marijuana has a date set of May 28th, 2010. It is the final action deadline. You still have time to write your senator and tell him to pass the bill.
See the updates at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1381&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=76&GA=96 and scroll all the way down to the latest date.
UPDATE:
According to the Marijuana Policy Project…
The Illinois House of Representatives adjourned last week without voting on SB 1381, the Illinois medical cannabis bill. We expect Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) to call for a vote in November during the veto session, or in January when the legislature will return for a few days More >
Racist? I Think Not. Welcome to the Law!
Apr 30th
The new Arizona law requiring police to ask suspected illegal immigrants for their ids has some people claiming racism. But the truth of the matter is that Arizona is simply welcoming illegals to how Americans live every single day. The fact is this. If you are an illegal immigrant, you have absolutely no way of getting a drivers license or state id. That document is the only piece of proof they need if stopped by police. Welcome to America, where regular Americans get stopped by police every day and asked for their id.
This isn’t racism people! I am a white More >
California County Bans Toys From Happy Meals
Apr 28th
Can you believe this? Misguided government control over something that parents should have control over. Whether or not their kids can have a toy in their happy meal (original story link was broken so I took it down).
I find it ridiculous that a county thinks that they can make this decision. I can’t wait for them to try and do it in my county so I can boycott MacDonald’s and make them sue the hell outta the government for overstepping their bounds.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – A California county is stopping restaurants from using toys to lure children to high-calorie, salt-laden More >
How Long Before Marijuana Is Legal?
Apr 27th
I subscribe to an Illinois medical marijuana newsletter. If you didn’t know, there is a bill being looked at that will make medical weed legal in Illinois if passed. It is S.B. 1381 and will come to a vote on May 7th, 2010. You can find more information about it on the Marijuana Policy Project‘s website.
I believe that this bill will pass. But I am wondering how long it will take before the state seeks to make it entirely legal similar to what California is attempting to do. It would provide a huge amount of money to the state in More >
A War That America DOES Need to Start – IRAN!
Apr 8th
With all of the stupid wars going on, I am wondering “what about the countries that need to be forced into our values?”. The fact is that Iran is very unstable. They continue to snatch our innocent citizens who most likely were close to their border, but not actually within it, and we sit back and do nothing to make them stop.
I am one of the Americans on the side of blasting Iran off of the face of the earth. Iran is a hostile country with “kids” for leaders. These kids are bad, and need to be punished. I can More >
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