THE ZEALOTS RULE RIGIDLY AND IGNORE LAWS THEY THINK EXIST AND ARE UPHOLDING

New at Reason.tv: "This is an injustice and I think everyone has gotten the message"—Is Charlie Lynch's year-and-a-day sentence the end of medical marijuana prosecution? June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

Sometimes I wonder if we have hired humans or robots to monitor justice. The long arm of the law seems to come down randomly these days. The absurdity is apparent in a recent California case. "Charlie Lynch is the medical marijuana dispensary owner whose business, fully legal under California state law, was raided by federal agents in 2007. Lynch was charged with five counts of violating federal drug laws. He faced as many as 100 years in prison, but on his June 11, 2009 sentencing date many expected the mandatory-minimum five-year sentence."...Reason magazine.

The Bush administration violated the Constitution and ignored laws. I would like to be able to contradict those who say that fecal material rises to the top...but recent history has confirmed that it really does. There are too many people appointed or elected to high positions who have no preparation, intelligence, or understanding of the Constitution to be where they are. The killing of Dr. Tiller is no different than the lynchings of the KKK. Why are these tolerated without loud cries? Why has not the Congress raised issue with domestic terrorism? What will they do when militias, currently stocking ammunition and training arduously, raise themselves in revolution? My guess is that people are feeling at their most helpless once again...the jobless, the bankrupt, the ill without medical insurance...there are too many of them to raise voices for others when they can't even be heard for their own causes.

Many of us feel the foment but, again, what can the average lay person do when those in power do nothing because they feel safe with their political power. They do not understand that they are no safer than the rest of us. I don't live my life fretting over that which I cannot effect nor change. However, I grieve over the suffering caused to so many people by inaction.

To read on more current news about attempts to make medical dispensing legal, check this out. What is wrong with our society that we want people to suffer needlessly? We do not allow euthanasia. We make suicide attempts illegal. We do not allow smoking marijuana for those doctors believe would be benefited. What is wrong with our society? Are we living in the dark ages still within so many religions? If so, why are the religious making policy for those not part of that belief system?