Stop Over for Peace Activists, Organic Gardens, Nature Retreat !!! Dedicated to the propagation of varieties or "designer strains" of Blueberry bushes (Vaccinium) suited to Northern California. William and Lynn McLean, Humboldt County, CA, Ph # (707) 777-1941
(and S i d e s h o w C i r c u s A c t
on the Forrest Channel)
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Mogellons Lesions can hurt like bees or hornets stinging you. The belo Medication help for me. The pain was sooooooooooo bad it would wake me up in the middle of the night and i was taking up 4-5 showers a Day!
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Hinduism encompasses many movements and schools fairly organized within Hindu sects. A sect is a denomination that shares a common ground of beliefs but embraces many different schools inside its philosophical branches.
The many schools and diverse movements of Hinduism trace their origins from as far back as three thousand years to only a few decades. Most are the natural evolution and reinterpretation of old Vedanta and Yoga precepts. Hinduism is recognized as a very dynamic religion, accepting and continuously transmuting new influences from inside and outside with equal ease and remarkable lack of conflict.
The presence of different schools and sects within Hinduism should not be viewed as a schism. On the contrary, there is no animosity between the schools. Instead there is a healthy cross-pollination of ideas and logical debate that serves to refine each school's understanding of Hinduism. It is not uncommon, or disallowed, for an individual to follow one school but take the point of view of another school for a certain issue.
Hinduism, as most other major religions, has a great number of schools. The most important are listed below, under the sect in which they find greater expression:
Jerry Garcia Band - Dont Let Go 9~11~76
I am staying about 8 to 10 blocks from Jerry Garcia's old Home.
A couple from Engalnd, also going to see Jerry's Home, who were touring "America" took these Picture of me in front of the House.
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Chinmaya Mission : Transforming Lives (the "School of Vandata" instruction that i was given at age 16 to 17, and preparing me to die, @ Houston Vendata Society/Center with Full IndianHindu Birth chart done having to know the Time and The Location of my Birth and how Energies/Aspects/Influences would affect my Life, but only in part, and much of which i don't remeber, w each "Aspects", i.e. positions of Planets in Constellations and the Geometric Patterns they were in, being looked up in 50 yr old set of books from Engand): http://www.chinmayamission.com/ (India) http://www.chinmayamission.org/ (Chinmaya Mission West)
from wiki ::::: Chinmaya Mission is a Hindu spiritual organisation engaged in the dissemination of Vedanta, the science of the Self as expounded in the Vedas, particularly the Upanishads, and other important Hindu scriptures including the Bhagavad Gita. Chinmaya Mission was established in India in 1953 by devotees of the world-renowned Vedanta teacher, Swami Chinmayananda. Under his guidance, these devotees formed the nucleus of a spiritual renaissance movement that now encompasses a wide range of spiritual, educational, and charitable activities, touching the lives of thousands in India and outside its borders. Administered by Central Chinmaya Mission Trust in Mumbai, India, the Mission is now headed by Swami Tejomayananda. There are over 300 mission centres all over India and Abroad.[3]
Lynn is working with Century 21 to sell the Mississippi Property, and We will (God's will be done) be purchasing Property in Trinity or Shasta Counties (N Cali).
****************************************** My Campsite in Galden Gate Park on a "Terrace" just large enough to fit the Dome Tent and well hidden, 40 feet up a steep hill over looking Lincoln Street and even with the 3rd floors of the Town Homes across the Steet:::::::
Homelessness, an extra extra credit paper (with a digression to the injustice of the Justice System) William Carl McLean Psychology 101 Summer Session 2, 2001 The year 2001 (America is consuming a disproportionate amount of the world's resources; one of the "Big 7"; "Gluttony". The Bureau of Land Management controls 250 million acres. See current National Geographic, 9-01. Every child born should have "birth rights". A system of disproportional wealth and privilege should be thoughtfully looked at and perhaps reevaluated).
SO YOU WANT TO HELP THE HOMELESS?..BUT THEY'RE NEVER HOME ("home is where you lay your head"- David Thoreau)
Lynn and I urban camped in Austin, Texas.
We had met "on the streets" in Houston. My friends and I had the bridge at Alabama and Main Street there. There was society and sub-culture with-in this setting. Most people had alcohol or drug usage, some didn't, and there were various degrees. Lonnie, who was a Montrose local legend/relic from the '60's, sold news papers at the corner of Westiemer and Montrose Blvd. He has shaggy white hair and a beard to match. After being on the corner in the morning, you could find him at "CAMP" (a term that you will hear frequently hear from the urban "homeless"); an overgrown vacant lot not far from "the work corner". There was Lonnie sitting on one of the two old couches salvaged ("keepers"/"scores") from a nearby apartment dumpster along with whoever else was "visiting", stopping in to drink a beer, smoke some herb, socialize or listen to Lonnie play his old beat up guitar. His on again/off again girlfriend/"sister" would sometimes be there harmonizing. Other people would bring an instrument or use a 5-gal. bucket (a must for the urban camper; suitcase, chair, dish/clothes wash tub, ice-chest, card table if sitting Indian-style on the ground, and musical instrument) as a drum or two sticks hit together (playing the bones). One of these people who was there usually was Danny, a Vietnam Vet, until one night, drunk, he walked in front of a car on Westiemer and was killed. Lonnie had been doing this since the '60's when Montrose was reputed as Bohemian/artsy/hippies. Pacifica radio station was on Lovett Blvd. and you would go to the Montrose to score some weed or see a concert or midnight movie. The head shops, antique and art stores were there. (back to 1992) Just north on Montrose Blvd. from Lonnie's paper corner was another "homeless" person of a different nature. For years he stayed in the median of the road, hair in dreds, wearing old clothes. People would bring him food. (Lonnie was welcome at the back door of a number of restaurants as was I and there were other ways of getting food)) During the day he would sit cross-legged as if in meditation or pace in a 14-foot wide median. I guess he might still be there. He would more likely be labeled mentally ill. People on the streets slept at camps in vacant or pubic lands, vacant buildings, under bridges or other structures or where ever they ended up that night. Some worked at "day labor", some begged, some had small public assistance, some live just off of the fat/or garbage of the city, some survived solely through charity feeding programs, some "hustled" or thieved. There were also the prostitutes, "crack heads" and street kids.
As well as some of the above methods of survival, I knew people who worked at businesses or lived in the neighborhood. Papa Jim (died 3 yrs ago-heart attack) worked at the Chevron on Alabama and Montrose. Papa Jim lived rent-free in an old 2-story house on Marshall street. The house was gutted and had no electricity. He had arrangements with the owner. He lived simply ("LIVE SIMPLY THAT OTHERS MAY SIMPLY LIVE") and gave away any extra money after minimal living costs to one of his adopted kids. This was his choice between him and "God". I spent many a night visiting with Jim as he cut up vegetables by the light of a kerosene oil lamp or candle. He had at one time a problem with alcohol but had not drank in years. He would feed whoever showed up. He always told me "Have some more, Son". I loved him for his integrity. (I tried often to bring him something he could use or needed) He was a friend, as was Lonnie and Danny (and many others). Garland was another friend in the neighborhood. He lived in an old 2 story as a long time bachelor/widower. In his house it was filled with boxes of things and memories of years past. He was a retired city councilman who had few friends besides the birds and the squirrels he would feed everyday. He would pay me $20 to do a little yard work (his yard was very overgrown and unkempt but homey) but mostly we would share company (he had lots of stories and memories) when I would stop by on my walks abouts. He was the only one who gave Lynn and I a card (a little cash inside) when we were married (1993, I think we still have it amazingly, it says "God cares for even the sparrows")
Our bridge could be quite the place of activity. It actually is the overpass for the entrance to downtown from highway 59. At one time we had 10 to 20 people, depending on the night. (with tents, mattresses and an American Flag) Other times it was me alone or just me and Bobby Clark who ended up there after his wife died. "Duke" Davis (also dead-hit by a speeding teenager while he was riding a bike to a store) was another friend/brother of the streets. He was the one that first introduced Lynn and I. He was like a kid that never grew up (last year when he was killed he was listening to "Kid Rock" and still living to "party"). He came from a rich family (Memorial) and made lots of money in the seventies selling computers. He had wrecked 7 corvettes by age 25. Whenever he had money he would impulsively spend it. His drink of choice was Thunderbird wine. After we were married (at Lakewood Church, got there by city bus and slept in a large vacant grass field under the stars our wedding night, free Doobie Brother's concert July 4th, Allen's Landing) we chose to move to Austin. Lynn's ex-boyfriend, "crying Brian" said he put a $1000 bounty on me. He was broke and "homeless" but there was still a possibility of conflict. Also my x, "bicycle Laura" (an old heroin user turned cocaine/speed user who used to deliver on a bicycle in the Montrose-also one of the most intellectually and musically gifted people that I've ever met) told Lynn she was going to kill her (she had killed before)(she was an "outlaw chick"), but it was though Plexiglas at the county jail, a drug charge. So for a new start we moved to Austin. We got off the Greyhound in north Austin at the Highland Mall and that is the area (north Guadeloupe) in which we remained in the 3 years we lived there (before coming to Nacogdoches). Getting off the bus, I went and found a shopping cart. We had wheels. Our first "camp" there was in bushes and trees by some railroad tracks behind a convenience store with a outside water spigot. There was a phone, coffee, tobacco and beer available. We would wake up in the morning with birds and squirrels above us and around us. We were there about a month before we were asked to move by the police. We had found out that there is a large population of urban campers in Austin. Moving Day! (again!) Our next campsite was further down the railroad tracks. There was about 5 acres that belong(ed?) to the family of someone we had met and he gave us "permission". We set up a tent, a fire pit, clothes line and found a couch, some carpet and chairs.
There were some other "homeless" people camped there. There was a 24-hour poolroom nearby, the "Q Club". They live in "the tree house", a room made of pallets and plastic tarps with carpet, couches and mattresses. Their deal was cocaine and that costs money. They would bring in money, sometimes a lot but they would very quickly be broke without even a cigarette. They had scams such as shoplifting and returning merchandise or else working day labor all day just to briefly get high on coke(illegal=high cost). Christmas Day we got flour tortillas, chicken leg quarters and pork "country style" ribs and cooked for everyone (we had "company" visiting). The day after Christmas one of the "homeless" broke, mad at himself and the world, coming down off cocaine attacked us in our camp. This was a continuance from a incident earlier when he had asked us for money and when we refused he pulled a knife. Later that night he started to yell that he was going to burn us as we slept. He ran into our camp and I hit him right between the eyes and he got dizzy and went down. To keep him down, and in fear of personal injury, I did a Mexican hat dance on his face with my tennis shoes. He had swollen bruised eyes, swollen cut lip and a cut ear. He looked bad. An ambulance was called out and he went to the hospital where he had 3 stitches on his ear and was released. The police were also called out and I was arrested and taken to jail.
I thought for disturbing the peace or fighting in public, but I was very wrong. One of the other people "living in the woods", made a statement to the police that "It sounded like he hit him with a steel pipe". In spite of no other evidence in the physical injuries or any other and on the word "one of the vagrants", I was indited by a grand jury for felony aggravated assault. The indictment read that "I formed and fashion the said steel pipe with intent for serious bodily harm and or death and I did so used such weapon to inflict serious bodily harm on said victim, Kenneth?..". The victim "Ken" turned out to be wanted and left town two weeks later after an incident where he and his buddy got in a fight with someone at a nearby apartment and their neck was broke. He was arrested in Arizona for other crimes. I was stuck in jail facing time accused of something I did not do. It would be 4 months before I got out. Lynn was out in the woods in a city she didn't know and no family of her own to turn to and with my parents, not knowing them well yet, she didn't get help either (they would have done what ever they could but there was communication problems). There are some big flaws in our justice system. Recent overturning of convictions by DNA evidence shows this. Prosecutors are rewarded and the "legal system" makes money whether there is a conviction or not, whether valid or false. Somebody makes money! Once the "ball is rolling" there is little incentive to say "Ops, we were wrong". Recent cases have proven false even with "signed confessions" show this. As in class, we learned that people will do what they think they would never do under certain circumstances (such as hours of "interrogation" and shady ways, i.e., taking polygraph and passing but being told that "you failed". Police do not have to play fair)(a easy partial solution: require video taping) I was caught in this system. I was assigned a "Public Defender" who recommended I get money from my parents to bail me out (10K bail). I refused this and made a complaint to the state bar, which they said was valid (soliciting moneys from my parents). I wrote letters to Government elected officials (up the line) asking that my case be investigated. After 4 months, they were all of a sudden in a hurry to "reduce charges" (they still didn't want to admit mistake) and immediately released me. This was because the right people made inquiry. (it could have gone different if I hadn't taken action)(Scary!!!)
This put Lynn in danger and our relatively new relationship in danger or at least serious strain. We had moved to Austin with hope of new start. Lynn was vulnerable to crime (things happened) while in the woods and I was mostly restricted and powerless to help in jail. A Church of Christ couple we had met tried to help by delivering mail and messages and brought Lynn to see me a few times in the county jail outside of the city. Also, J.T. ("the Gentle Giant"), a 6-foot plus black, country (caring and laid back) Vietnam Vet. helped out Lynn by letting her stay on the couch at his modest apartment the last month I was in jail (caged like an animal). Our first embrace when I got out was beyond words and will never be forgotten.
We found 17 acres of vacant land right at the interchange of 290 and I-35. There were a number of temporary agencies in the area and we got some work. I got a job transferring info. from topographical to computer mapping programs. We got a car from a used car lot and started making payments. It got hit by a college student, and replaced with a Murcur X4TI, a German/Ford Sports Coupe. There was a creek running though the property and our "camp" was under the large trees by the creek. I found a truck tarp that was 30 x 40 feet, which we hung from the tree branches. Under that we had individual dome tents. I could park the car under it. We had a large fire pit built with Austin limestone where we cooked. We had restaurants that would feed us regularly. One sandwich shop always left us bread to feed the family of raccoons that came daily to our camp. A nearby hotel got new pool furniture and we got the old stuff ("score");~10+ chairs and loungers. We had lots of company and friends that would come visit. A friend Cruz gave us a wolf that he couldn't keep at his house or farm (it killed his farm animals). We kept it on a 20 foot chained and warned people not to pet him. A few people didn't listen and got bit. Our camp was generally open to new people and what we had was shared. We especially tried to be hospitable to "travelers" (homeless on the road). We were there almost two years. Also staying out there was "Railroad". His birth given name was Luis Gardner. He was a Eastern Orthodox Monk. When living away from the monastery (located in the remote Hill country), which he called sabbatical, he lived in the woods where he could play guitar and sing old country music and drink beer. We took him back to the monastery to stay (at least for some time) and spent a weekend with the monks eating their homegrown vegetarian diet and being included in some of their prayer and study time. Before, i met Lynn i had been married for 10 years. I was a Medic, Nurse and then Nuclear Medicine Technologist in the U.S. Army from 1981 to 1985. After getting out the Army, my "X" and i returned to Houston where i worked at M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital. I worked the second shift and my "x" went the University of Houston. She joined the University Karate club, which met in the evenings when i was still working. Her instructor became more than that and she became pregnant by him and filed for divorce from me. That same year, i was hit in the head with a pistol while being robbed near the Houston Medical Center. My left eye was hanging by the optic nerve and i spent 3 weeks in Ben Taub Hospital for the Head Injury and having facial reconstruction and my eye being repaired. I lost my job at the Cancer Hospital and had concentration and memory problems that are often associated with Head Injuries. She (my "X") went on to have 3 children and married the person who she was pregnant by. They now are running a Karate School and she also got her Master's and taught for a while at U of H and now works for Baylor College of Medicine. I wish her and her family all the best and all of God's Blessings. Sometimes Life involves "hard chapters" which this was one for me.
Lynn also was divorced not of her choosing, after 15 years of marriage, raising two beautiful boys and being the primary income source working in the grocery business. He declared bankruptcy and their house was foreclosed and she was left wondering what happened.
There is a painting of two children holding hands crossing a dangerous bridge over rocks and swiftly running water. They seem unaware of their danger or of the safety of the Angel watching over them or the watchful eye (grace) of God (whoever/whatever that may be) on them. On a good day that is how I feel.
Homelessness is caused by people unable to, or refusing to run the rat race. There is a large variation in the details of these two cases. Drugs and alcohol may be a part of this, or hard circumstances, or illness, physical or mental, or in some cases a choice to be that way (the Buddha, Jesus, John the Baptist and many, many others) or just "giving up". The people living through and in these conditions have different perspectives and schemas than those of them that have not this experience. Sometimes, when you are homeless the world and God's Universe can become your home.
Sannyasa (Devanagari: संन्यास, saṁnyāsa) is the life stage of the renouncer within the Hindu scheme of āśramas. It is considered the topmost and final stage of the ashram systems and is traditionally taken by men or women over fifty or by young monks who wish to renounce worldly and materialistic pursuits and dedicate their lives to spiritual pursuits. People in this stage of life develop vairāgya, or a state of dispassion and detachment from material life, renouncing worldly thoughts and desires in order to spend the remainder of their lives in spiritual contemplation. A member of the sannyasa order is known as a sannyasin (male) or sannyasini (female).
During the sannyasa phase of life, a person abandons fire, or Agnihotra, allowed to the Grihastha ashram or householder phase of life. People who have entered the sannyasa ashram may choose not to cook, perform fire rituals or take heat from fire. In practice, however, Sannyasis do various services and partake in sacred rituals to set an example for others. Sannyasa focuses only on the self and spirituality and not even the gods (as abandoning fire suggests). Symbolically, a sannyasi casts his physical body into fire by wearing saffron robes when entering this phase, thus freeing the soul while the body is still alive. Hence, sannyasis are not cremated after death as most Hindus are, but may instead be buried.
Good Things
Run for the Roses:
Run, run, run for the roses, the bigger it opens, the sooner it closes.
Meddle, meddle, friend of mine, all good things in all good time.
Reach for the sun, catch hold of the moon.
That ball too heavy, but what can you do.
Reach for the stars, smack into the sky.
You don’t want to live but you’re chicken to die.
Ohhh, you’re chicken to die.
Run, run, run for the roses, the bigger it opens the sooner it closes.
Meddle, meddle, friend of mine, all good things in all good time.
Run for the money, caught short on the rent.
Big ideas, but the cash is all spent.
The trouble with love is it’s on vase.
You just want a cup, but you don’t want to race.
No, you don’t want to race.
Run, run, run for the roses, the bigger it opens, the sooner it closes.
Meddle, meddle, friend of mine, all good things in all good time.
Run for the roses, get caught on the briar.
You wanted to love, next thing there’s a fire.
You got the Do Re, I got the Mi.
I got the notion we’re all at sea.
Yes, we’re all at sea.
Run, run, run for the roses, the bigger it opens, the sooner it closes.
Meddle, meddle, friend of mine, all good things in all good time.
LEAVING THE "SOUTH"
"Goin' To Florence"
Now I don't care what the weatherman said
Don't care how easy it
is to butter your bread
Just like Brother Jonah said from inside the
whale
It's time to go, pack it all up, unplug the phone
And just like Da
Vinci when he went home
I'm going to Florence, Florence Alabama
Right
across the river from Muscle Shoals
Well it happened on a dark and a
glittering night
And I knew for certain what was wrong and right
Nothing
more to but turn on the lights, and head for the door
It's time to go, pack
it all up, unplug the phone
And just like Da Vinci when he went home
I'm
going to Florence, Florence Alabama
Right across the river from Muscle
Shoals
Well, dynamite will win and will shake up everything in this
world
But nothing like that can ever touch the only true pearls
Then
please stand up and look around at what it is that you've got
And figure out
what is Heaven-sent, let go of what is not
I'm going to Florence, Florence
Alabama
Right across the river from Muscle Shoals
And when you're in Rome,
as the saying goes
Better do as the Romans do
But when you come down to
see me in Alalbam'
I'm gonna sing you those Florentine blues
There's a
time and a place for everyting, they say, everything under the sun
And you
know this trip it ain't over yet, in fact it's just begun
It's time to go,
pack it all up, and unplug the phone
And just like Leonardo when he went
home
I'm going to Florence, Florence Alabama
Right across the river from
Muscle Shoals
I'm going to Florence, Florence Alabama
Right across the
river, the Tennessee River
Right across the river from Muscle
Shoals
Let's do some river talking
Well the catfish are jumpimng in
the river
Craw [fish] creeping round
Cicadas buzzing real loud
Come on
down, take your shoes off
Break out that fishing pole
It's gonna hold up
in your closet
Gonna do some river talking
Yeah, and river
walking
Loving on the river
Never know what's coming down
Just gotta be
there
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lynn and i are, the Good Lord willing, are Moving to N Cali from Mississippi, and i am already in San Francisco being treated for a Health Issue @ UCSF. Lynn is still in Mississippi, working with Century 21 to sell the Property there. How We will "work the Move" will have to be decided when the Property sells & We "cross that Bridge.
I am staying in the Goden Gate Park. I have 3 Days before isee my main Doctor on Tuesday and so i am going to try clean 3 acres of the Park (It a wooded area) over the next 3 Days. My illness has been causing me only to be able to walk short distances, so i will be taking 10-15 minute breaks between trying to do my Park trash clean-up.. I do yoga (http://www.sfyoga.com/pages/index.shtml) from 6 AM till 7:15 AM to start the Day. I am attempting to "rattle" my Heart Chakra with a deep in my lower throat and lungs with the "OOOOOOOOOOO", then bring it upwards to Higher Chakras with the "MMMMMMMM" to help alleviate Cognitive issues associated with Health problem that i am being treated for (Morgellons Disease).
I am staying in the Sunset District, but here is a Song about the Mission District:
''''''' I NEED A MIRICLE !!! EVERDAY ''''''''''
I am eating Nasturium Flowers (a Good Collecter and processor of Sun Energy Vibes) and there are so many resturants in the Sunset District SOME are HAPPY to give some food. There is also food uneaten at all left on the foood tray covayer belt as people sometime buy more than they consumer. Got to put fuel in the Tank (transient body). Lynn gave me 6 red potatoes that i ate raw (like apples) for a 2 Day Greyhound bus ride here to San Francisco.
Breakfast
Lunch
Evening Meal
It has been 30 years since i lived here (1981 & 1982). Then as Now, the Plants here i am much more aware of in a curious Way (Type of Pine Trees, Succulants, Sage +++their vibes...as a Hortoculturalist a 200 years ago seeing and studying "new plant" and how they fit in to the classification of plants....down to "species" ... i seem more at ease, (though suffering in a medical condition of a Microbe,) as well as aware of Silence, the Spirit of the Universe and the True Nature of the "Knowledge" i have w/ Relation to "Greater Knowledge?"/absolute Love".
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SOME OLDER POSTS::::::::::::::
Magee "Crazy Day" (Arts/Venders) 2007
******************************************** William "Dirt" Mclean for Magee Constable
CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW ENFORCEMENT Statement (& Reform)First and foremost, our criminal justice system should respect and protect the fundamental rights of all individuals guaranteed by the United States and Mississippi Constitutions. An effective justice system protects and maintains the whole community, yet our present criminal justice system fails to meet the real needs of the vast majority of our population. The punitive and shortsighted orientation of this system conceals the basic fact that much crime is caused by gross economic inequalities. Criminal justice is intimately connected to social justice. A society that does not adequately feed, clothe, house, educate, nurture, and inspire its citizens, especially its children, will be a society constantly threatened by violent crime.The Green Party of Simpson County will promote:1. Restorative justice, as a healing process for victim, perpetrator and community. Rehabilitation, not retribution, should be the object of the criminal justice system. Arrest and incarceration should be the last resort, not the first option. Prisons should be training grounds for the creation of just citizens, not schools for crime.2. A philosophy that addresses the causes of most crime, ensuring that each person receives adequate health care, education, nutrition, psychological nurturing, etc.3. Proactive educational and employment programs to provide an alternative to the economic enticements of criminal activity.4. Policies which seek meaningful input from local communities when identifying and addressing crime in their areas. 5. The creation and funding of civilian police review boards that have the power of subpoena.6. Police should be thoroughly trained in conflict resolution and mediation. 7. The establishment and full funding of community mediation and conflict resolution programs.8. Decriminalization of victimless crimes.9. An end to the violation of civil liberties under the guise of a ?war? on drugs or terror.10. A requirement that courts inform juries of their constitutional right to make decisions according to their perception of the full requirements of justice, rather than the technicalities of extant law.11. Elimination of sexism and racism in our court system through diversity programs for court and law enforcement personnel.12. Increased recognition and support for the rights and needs of the victims of crime, including services for survivors of rape and domestic violence.13. Comparable budgets for public defenders, legal aid programs and state prosecutors.14. Restoring the right of the accused to jury trials and public defenders in all criminal cases.15. Automatic dismissal of misdemeanor cases if the state fails to file a bill of information within 45 days of an arrest.16. Continuing education focused on criminal justice and constitutional rights for all law enforcement personnel in Mississippi.17. The strengthening of whistleblower protection for law enforcement personnel.18. The investigation and vigorous prosecution of law enforcement personnel who commit perjury.19. Returning to judges rather than prosecutors the decision making authority as to whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult.DEATH PENALTYThe Green Party of Simpson County advocates nonviolence at all levels of society, including within the criminal justice system.The philosophy behind state-sponsored execution is one of retribution, not justice, and the application of the death penalty has been disproportionate toward ethnic minorities and the poor. The execution of criminals has not proved to be an effective deterrent to crime, and does not address the underlying causes of crime, which include the lack of economic opportunity and education, drug abuse and prohibition, and child abuse, among others. We recognize the need to protect society from violent criminals, but executions are neither a humane or effective means of achieving this goal.The Green Party of Simpson County would therefore promote:A philosophy of incarceration rather than execution, with assurance that dangerous criminals will not be released as long as they pose a threat to society or specific individuals.Prison Reform: Criminal justice experts from the U.S. Justice Department report that the United States has the largest prison population and highest incarceration rate in the world due to factors such as tough sentencing laws, record drug offender arrests and high crime rates. A report released by the justice department on Nov. 30 reported 1 in every 32 American adults -- or a record 7 million people -- were incarcerated, on probation or on parole at the end of 2005, with 2.2 million of them in prison or jail. The International Center for Prison Studies at King's College, London reported that this number was the highest of any country, with China ranking second with 1.5 million prisoners, and Russia sitting in third with 870,000. The United States also has the highest incarceration rate at 737 per 100,000 people, compared to nearest country Russia's 611 per 100,000 and St. Kitts and Nevis' 547. Groups calling for U.S. sentencing law reform are pointing to these numbers and others that show inmate populations are rising faster than prisoners are released. "The United States has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's incarcerated population. We rank first in the world in locking up our fellow citizens," said Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports alternatives in the war on drugs. "We now imprison more people for drug law violations than all of Western Europe, with a much larger population, incarcerates for all offenses."We feel that ALL nonviolent drug related charges should be referred to Region 8 Mental Health, or ?New Roads? of Mendenhall Program, regardless of number of charges or times of arrest.For more info, go to the http://www.dmh.state.ms.us/ (see PDF, also: http://www.dmh.state.ms.us/pdf/draft_fy07adstateplan.pdf for detailed information. Simpson County Greens opposes "Privatization" of prisons, jails or employees thereof.
E. Criminal Justice
1. Abolish private prisons. Allowing private individuals to profit by subjecting their fellow citizens to involuntary servitude is suggestive of slavery.
2. We favor rehabilitation of prisoners. To that end, we support access to education and job training for prisoners.
3. We support halfway houses, fines, restitution, and community service as alternatives to the continued expansion of the prison-industrial complex.
4. We call for the repeal of Mississippi's "three strikes" law. This law has crowded our prisons with nonviolent offenders and devoured revenue that could be spent on education or the protection of the environment.
5. We oppose damage caps for lawsuits. We favor the repeal of all laws imposing them. Individuals and businesses that commit illegal acts must be brought to account.
6. We condemn the doctrine of sovereign immunity and favor legislation making it illegal for state officials and agencies to invoke it. If private individuals are to be answerable for their crimes in courts of law then public officials must be also. No government has the right to expect its citizens to obey its laws if it does not obey them itself.
7. We support vigorous enforcement of laws against cruelty to animals, especially the anti-dog fighting and anti-cockfighting laws.
8. We support independent civilian review of complaints of police misconduct.
9. We support the legalization of industrial hemp.
10. We oppose mandatory drug testing by employers except in situations involving the operation of vehicles and equipment where there is a danger to human life. We favor the passage of laws making such testing illegal in the state of Mississippi.
11. We support the abolition of the death penalty in the state of Mississippi.
12. We condemn the USA Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act as steps towards the creation of a police state. We call on all state, county, and municipal law enforcement organizations to refuse to cooperate with the Federal government in the enforcement of all unconstitutional provisions of this legislation. We also call for all county and municipal governing bodies to pass resolutions condemning the Patriot Act as unconstitutional and dangerous to democracy.
13. We call for the establishment of a state commission to investigate the feasibility of decriminalizing, taxing, and regulating private possession and use of marijuana.
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HATTIESBURG ARREST "THE BIG STORY" http://youtube.com/watch?v=7DBZzfqHf7c
WHLT/CBS interview (Hattiesburg, Mississippi TV News)
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"LOCAL DEFENDS RIGHT TO GROW MARIHUANA"
(fornt page of Magee Courier Newspaper)
The Tree We planted that is on Our Property that the "Neighbor" in below article damaged with a Machete (or simalar tool) because he wanted his Children to be able to practice baseball near. This is what We were watering with Creek Water!!! (NOT Cannabis) He then told lies to to the Police!
McLean shows the plants that he smokes from and said it is clear from the plants that he does not smoke over a joint a day. He finds it hard to point because his hands are shackled behind his back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Local defends right to grow marijuanaby Pat BrownWednesday, May 28, 2008 2:34 PM CDT
Former Green Party candidates have been busted for growing the green -- marijuana, that is.William "Dirt" McLean and his wife Lynn were busted last Thursday afternoon following an 11-month investigation by Magee Narcotics Investigator, Joey Womack.The investigation was brought on by complaints filed by citizens who reported that McLean was transporting water at all hours of the day and night from a local creek on his Kawasaki vehicle. It was also noted that during the night he was using flashlights, which drew attention to his movements.According to Womack, on May 22, the police department received a final piece of evidence that assured a search warrant. With assistance of other officers, including Chief of Police Rickey Davidson, the department raided the property at 305 Fifth Avenue belonging to McLean and his wife.The officers recovered approximately 100 plants planted in three containers. According to Womack, McLean admitted he had been growing marijuana since 2005. His wife admitted she was aware he was growing marijuana. The two were charged with felony manufacture, and the Kawasaki was seized.Officers also seized a small number of seeds and smoking pipes in his residence.An initial appearance was set before Judge Eugene Knight and bond was set at $5,000 for each of the two. As of Friday morning, the two were in custody of the Magee Police Department making bond arrangements.During the actual arrest, McLean was very calm and told law enforcement officers where the plants were located. He told the paper that he grew the marijuana for personal use and said he only smoked about one joint a day.He also stated that President George Washington grew two types of marijuana in his garden, one of which he used for making rope and the other he smoked in his pipe. McLean went on to say that he used the marijuana to help treat "nerve issues" he had.In March of this year, McLean had approached the Magee City Board in an effort to get the City to change existing drug law regarding marijuana. The board allowed McLean to present his request along with a lengthy letter he outlined to them. The city took no official action.
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the warant was based mostly lies. They said they went though our trash that we had put out on the street and found stems with roots and dirt and some "green leafy material" that "field tested positive for marijuana". >>> . . . this is refered to in the above article that made the front page of local newspaper. ("According to Womack, on May 22, the police department received a final piece of evidence that assured a search warrant.")
The plants were no where near the creek and within reach of a Garden Hose! The bucket of water were to water a Pine Tree (on OUR Property near the Creek) which we planted near the creek, but a "bad neighbor" wanted that area for his 8 and 13 year old sons to practice baseball and made up lies to the police.
