Seattle City Attorney To End Marijuana Possession Cases

by Ace Smith

With new City Attorneys come new policies. In the City of Seattle, a new policy has been handed down regarding marijuana possession. They aren’t going to be prosecuted any more. As a Seattle criminal attorney I both like and (sort of) dislike this. Read on to find out why.

Before we begin, however, let’s clarify what will and will not be prosecuted. First, it’s only misdemeanor cases. This essentially means any case where the person has on their person under 40 grams of marijuana. Essentially somebody that has enough on them to smoke themselves (or with their friends). No drug czars will be going free because of this.

A potential consequence that immediately jumps out to people, particularly those deathly afraid of drugs, is that marijuana use will begin to run rampant throughout the city. People will start showing up high all over the place, not just in the comfort of their own homes or their favorite dance club. For many, this will restart the drug trade.

While possible, it is unlikely that anyone will see much difference. Though at times untrue, there is still a social stigma attached to smoking marijuana, and its distinctive smell makes it likely that people will refrain, for the most part, from smoking it wherever and whenever they want. People still have to show up for work with a clear mind.

One consequence I see, as a Seattle criminal attorney, is a likely drop in revenues for some people that have been making a tidy living off of these type of cases. All that business will be gone (and the city will be saving a ton of money too). Although I don’t market to this type of crowd or do this much business, for some it could be a pretty big hit.

This also means the loss of many of the fun search and seizure cases that are out there. Seattle criminal attorneys love nothing more than to get a search and seizure case. The cops usually don’t know what they are doing, and there is typically one huge mistake made in every search and seizure case (particularly if the client was smart enough not to give consent).

In the end, this law will have one great benefit, which the City Attorney was looking for - it will save a lot of money, both in investigation, police manpower, and time in the criminal courts. And college kids and dead heads can breathe a sigh of relief.

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Brown Wins, Teddy Spins

Congratulations Massachusetts. You have just pulled the United States back from what could be the most tyrannical bunch of liberal meatheads this republic has ever had to deal with.

Today is definitely a day to celebrate, but we cannot rest for long.  Tomorrow, we shift our focus to November and the mid term elections.  With the mood of the country, as it stands right now, we have a very good chance to take back the Senate.  Remember, we only need 10 more votes to make the majority.

I encourage each and every one of you, if you haven’t done so already, to go out and register to vote in your primaries, and make sure to vote for the people who most closely represent our values.  One thing we have to learn from the liberals is that we must always be engaged in the political process in order to keep our republic from falling into the hands of tyranny.  It is not always convenient.  Sometimes, we have to get our hands dirty.  However, we have seen what happens when we let liberals and moderates pick our candidates.  John McCain was picked liberals and moderates to be our presidential candidate, and he failed miserably.

We now know that true conservatives can win elections, even in the ‘bluest of blue states.’  Let us all dig our heels in, and show these liberals exactly what a bloodless revolt looks like!  Guided by our morals, our values, our principles, and most of all our God, we can and we will overcome this darkest of political eras.  We will be victorious.

Ted Dekker ‘ Talented Writer Of Suspense Fiction Books

by Jacob Biggs
If you were to look through this article, you are going to get a good introduction into one of the best authors writing suspense fiction books. This man behind the covers is Ted Dekker, who has been making quite a name for himself in this genre, who has several best sellers to his credit.

The whole object of the following paragraphs is to take a moment and introduce you to what many consider to be his finest novels. So, I have included a short list of three best sellers that Dekker has written. Along with the titles, I will include a brief plot synopsis, without revealing too much information about them.

One of the things that you should also know about Dekker, is that he is a Christian author. I might have potentially lost a few of you there. I assure you, though, that this is not convert to Christ fiction works. This is more about the description of inherit evil in the world and the various ways that it can manifest itself to those that least expect to meet with it head on.

You should know that any of the novels that are about to be mentioned are all very high selling ones. There is none that is necessarily better than any other, and therefore you can safely start with any of these and be good to go. You could also opt to partake in one of the several different series that Dekker has written.

The first of these novels is titled: Sinner
This novel is set in a time that is not much different than the world that we live in now. Except in this world, anything faith and Christian related has been outlawed. It has been considered a hate crime and the world is at the mercy of Marsuvees Black, the very personification of evil. Will anyone stand to defend the truth?

Another novel that you should check out is titled: Adam
. In this novel, a behavior psychologist pursues a serial killer obsessively and dies attempting to bring him to justice. He is revived twenty minutes later, but it is the truth that is hidden in the twenty minutes he lost that could save his wife’s life. This will require him to die all over again to have any chance to stop the serial killer.

The last to be discussed is the novel House
which Dekker co-wrote with another impressive author in the genre, Frank Peretti. The story unfolds around two couples who have been unfortunately required to stay in a bed and breakfast due to car troubles. They soon realize that they are locked inside with evil. Then they meet the Tin Man who says that he intends to kill them all if one doesn’t kill another one before sunrise. Terror ensues.

Now you might understand a little better about who Ted Dekker is and the impressive collection of suspense fiction books that he has written for everyone to enjoy. Any of his novels could prove to be a great addition to your library, so feel free to check them out.

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Limbaugh Hospitalized, Left Rejoices

Honolulu, HI

According to reports which have been flooding the internet, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been hospitalized after suffering from chest pains.

Mr Limbaugh, known for his scathing criticism liberals, has drawn the ire of the left wing in the United States and around the world.

As it turns out, he has been absolutely right.

In a disgusting display of their true colors, left wingers from around the world have been posting commentary wishing for Mr Limbaugh’s death on such sites as http://twitter.com.

Imagine that.  The very people who claim to have a monopoly on love and compassion and accuse us on the right of being full of hate have shown themselves to be nothing but utter hypocrites.  How pitiful.

I would like to take a moment to wish Mr. Limbaugh a speedy recovery and pray for his good health.

LMFAO! The Sky Is Falling!! Er, Maybe Not…

I would like to just point out how very amusing this article is…

Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as his North Pole sums don’t add up

Courtesy of the Times Online (U.K.)

Enjoy!

A Plan For Failure

Well it seems that the left is all in a knot today. Preident Obama,
while using the cadets at West Point as props, gave a speech outlining
his plan to pull out of Afghanistan.

So during this speech, he never mentioned victory. He did, however
mention himself several times more than he mentioned even Afghanistan!

So, what was the speech about? Well, our Dear Leader said that he was
going to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. He then told the
Taliban and Al-Queda exactly what day we would be leaving, so that they
would have the time to gear up and overthrow the Afghan government that
we helped put into place.

So why is the left in such a knot? They got their beloved time line for
withdrawl. I guess they have just never seen a cause worth fighting for,
especially when it involves our military fighting for our or anyone
else’s freedom.

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The Liberal Pledge Of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance

To the President

Of The Global State Of America

And to The Commune

For which he stands

One World Nation

Without God

With Tyranny

And Welfare

For all!

Wasteful Government Spending

by James Ziebarth
The amount of wasteful spending in this country, to say the least, is completely outrageous. The money being allotted for frivolous spending throughout the government of the United States of America is completely out of control. All the bills that are sighted in this report are from the fiscal year of 2009.

The first Bill that I cringed at was a piece of legislation passed for Hawaii and Guam. Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Rep. Madeline Bordallo (D-Guam) requested $1,200,000 for two projects to deal with Brown Snake Tree Control. Since 1996, $14.6 million has been earmarked in both Hawaii and Guam for the purpose of Brown Snake Tree Control. Whats next? Are our Representatives going to earmark a Bill for Great White Ocean Control? Useless spending. Thats all this is. Are the Brown Snakes of Hawaii and Guam a threat issue? Why not use the $14.6 million that has been allotted to Hawaii and Guam over the past 13 years for something more efficient. Why not invest this money in a program for early education for the children of this nation. They are our future.

$50k to replace trees. In fiscal year 2009, Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich) asked for $50k to replace trees. No, these trees were not in a federal park or even disaster area. These trees were in River Rouge, Michigan. United States Census shows that River Rouge, Michigan is a town of less than 10,000 people. With all federal government expenditures, the question is “Why should a taxpayer in California pay to replace trees in Michigan?” How would Representative Kilpatrick answer this question?

Military spending receives a large amount of attention. Usually, the attention is on spending for the Iraq war. This story is not about war spending but about spending on an access road. Representative Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) joined Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) in requesting $30 million. The $30 million will be spent on Phase Five of an access road at Pohakuloa Training Area. Phases One through Four have already cost $74.4 million. Now that is wasteful government spending.

Veterans benefits and military spending have received a large amount of attention. Our military veterans deserve the best benefits money can buy. This spending story has nothing to do with veterans benefits. It is about a request for money to build a dining hall. Representative Louise Slaughter joined then Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) in requesting $9 million to build a dining hall at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

Another example of wasteful government spending comes from Ames, Iowa. Swine farms give off a large amount of odor. I am sure most people would agree that pigs can be stinky. Would they label this a problem for the federal government? Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would. He recently requested #1.791 million to research odor management for pigs. That gives new meaning to “pork barrel spending”.

Now I can call Bull when I see it. We seriously have to spend 1.8 million to find out why swine manure stinks? Thats ridiculous. Has anyone took the initiative to study the human feces to see if we excrete nutrients. If the time was taken to study this then they would more then likely determine that humans excrete nutrients in their feces as well. Also, as for odor control, we as humans, have invented the toilet. Why not spend this money on creating a sanitary way to not only dispose of the swine manure, but it would also act to control the odor. There is no reason to do a study on why manure has an odor. It always has and always will. Thats part of anatomy. Lets spend this money on something more important, like finding homes for all the children who are abandoned at birth and given up for adoption of just left out on the Hospitals doorstep.

As a final thought I would like to leave you with a segment from the 2009 Pig Book. It is under the Department of Defense. And I find this spending to be outlandishly ridiculous. $465,000,000 for the continued development of the F-136 engine as an alternative engine in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. The JSF is 55 billion dollars over its budgeted cost according to the Government Accountability Office. Congress has added funding for an additional engine in order to supposedly increase competition and flexibility for pilots, despite the fact that the winning engine had prevailed in a half dozen public and private competitions, and despite the fact that no other part of the plane would be competed once production commenced. CBS News reported on July 30,2007, that the Air Force and two independent panels concluded that the second engine is not necessary and not affordable, and that the professed savings from competition will never be achieved.

A total of 100 Senators and 435 Representatives have refused to be associated with this bill by remaining anonymous. Hint, hint, anyone? If the officials we have elected are hiding their voices and not wanting to be tagged with this, then why has the millions of dollars even been allotted for these mind blowing bills? $465 million for competition level engines? I urge you to pick up the phone, call your local Representative, and let them know how utterly disgusted you are with the way taxpayer’s dollars are being spent.