[July 11 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: This Summer I Hear Them Callin' 'One Dead In Santa Cruz'... Over An Herb - Things Are Getting Out Of Hand In The War On Pot Growers - Âm thanh Lưu trữ Miễn phí

...and the fires in California keep on burning. Sitrep. One of the 400 California National Guard soldiers on fire duty interviewed by the media had just gotten back from Iraq, where it's 117 degrees. More. The MediCare amendment, which stops the Bush administration from cutting 10% of doctor services payments has passed the House and senate with veto-proof majorities Contemptuous... Karl Rove is AWOL from a House judiciary committee hearings where he was subpoenaed in regard to ex-Governor of Alabama Siegelman. The Mortgage bailout bill will probably pass today with modifications to take the load off the householder, and more load on the lender. A potential veto issue. More Mortgage. The US government MAY take over Freddie MAC and Fannie MAE, the nation's quasi-private mortgage 're-insurer'. In The Buffalo's neck of the woods... Santa Cruz California. One alleged pot grower killed by County Drug Enforcement authorities, and two others 'vanished' into the woods despite a manhunt by hundreds of officers. The authorities say the 3 alleged growers were armed but have yet to produce weapons OR identity of the victim to assess veracity of their 'armed' claim... like any available criminal history. (Was it a deadly shovel, watering can, or wheelbarrow in the hands of a crazed pothead?), or any other information. Have something to say about this? TOPIX has the Santa Cruz Sentinel forum thread. [After the commentary, Jim Stafford, from other times, and other places... "Wild Wood Weed". Courtesy of the respective artists and KPIG radio Freedom California Earth]