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Feds Raid Legal Marijuana Farm, Destroy Crops
By Escape The Illusion on July 13, 2010 | 3 Comments
Source: AlterNet Agents descended on the property of Joy Greenfield with guns drawn, tore out the plants and took Greenfield’s computer and cash. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has flouted Mendocino County, California’s newly enacted medical marijuana ordinance by raiding t... -
Reform law ‘thins the herd’ to line big h...
By Escape The Illusion on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
Buried in the recently passed health-care reform bill is a new law granting one of the nation’s largest corporate lobbyists what it has been targeting for years: Death to its competition, and, consequently, a heavy blow to patient choice. Section 6001 of The Patient Protection and Affordable C... -
Republican Who Gets It on Clean Energy Could Derail H...
By Escape The Illusion on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
Senator Graham (R-SC) told reporters Saturday that he was outraged at the idea that now immigration reform might be voted on before the climate and energy bill and is no longer unveiling it Monday as promised. He has been working for weeks with Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lieberman (I-CT) on making t... -
Angst rises as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer mulls immigrat...
By Escape The Illusion on April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
The nation’s battle over immigration reform this week landed squarely on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s office steps. And with four days left to decide what she’ll do about one of the state’s most divisive issues in the midst of an election year, the pressure is mounting. The Ariz... -
Who’s Afraid of Health Care Reform?
By Escape The Illusion on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments
After days of protests over reform, the Obama administration has, in fact, created a change that many Americans can now see and feel. The new law, though imperfect, represents progress in a new direction. However, it seems that for this step forward some Americans have taken two steps back. For th... -
Let’s Drop the Good Guys vs. Bad Guys Talk, We ...
By Escape The Illusion on March 20, 2010 | 3 Comments
Bad people are not to blame for our problems and better people can’t make everything right. We need to create the social conditions that bring out the best in everyone. President Obama has given us a huge gift. It’s so big we may have trouble getting our arms around it, but it’s p... -
Outrage in San Francisco: City Gives Residents ‘...
By Escape The Illusion on March 6, 2010 | No Comments
The city’s actions are a wake-up call that the entire nation regularly consumes foods grown on fields fertilized with sludge. When San Francisco, one of the greenest cities in America, offered its residents free compost, many were excited to take it. After all, purchasing enough compost for ev... -
A Calamity in the Making
By Escape The Illusion on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
A major reason for enacting health reform is the fate of elderly and disabled patients—especially the indigent—in nursing homes and assisted-care facilities. Except for the visits of relatives and thoughtful friends, they’re out of sight, out of mind, all but ignored by politicians and media t... -
Joe Stack’s Letter
By Escape The Illusion on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
Here at ETI we do not know if this is Joe Satck’s actual letter, but we thought we should share what we found. If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The wri... -
Texas Suicide Flyer Had Real Populist Grievances
By Escape The Illusion on February 21, 2010 | No Comments
Joseph Stack’s suicide screed chafes and exposes a raw wound this country does not know what to do with. Liberals are dismissing Joseph Stack’s rant as a brutal anti-government battle cry — “Tea Party on steroids.” Conservatives are dismissing it as the petulant whine ...











































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