Promoting The MERP Model At All Events For the many activist that believe that the MERP Model is the best solution to ending Marijuana Prohibition I encourage you to pass out "MERP Information Cards" that you can view and print by clicking here. There are 8 mini-flyers per sheet and they look something like this:
People in other countries can modify the text (below) in order to customize them to correspond to the contact requirements for your respective leadership. You can retain the hyperlink, www.newagecitizen.com/merp.htm, since all of the pages in the MERP sub web can be read in over 40 different languages by clicking on the language list box. Once you select a language the entire page will be instantly translated.
The most effective thing you can do to help Re-Legalize Marijuana, by the end of 2009, is to call Obama and your Representatives , once each week, and tell them the following:
"I would like you to review a model for the Re-Legalization of Marijuana known as MERP. You will find plenty of information on the model at the following link:
You should be aware that I will not vote for you, the next time you come up for re-election, unless the MERP Model is fully implemented throughout the United States. So if you are up for election this coming November you had better get moving immediately."
Here are the phone numbers:
President Obama: (202) 456-1111 Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
I believe that a consistent practice of making weekly calls to both our presidents and representative will result in formidable pressure to force passage of the MERP Model Worldwide: possibly as early as 2009.
About the only thing most politicians always respond to is the threat of loosing their jobs. And that is why I believe these cards are an essential element of the MERP strategy. Please call them all, once every week. Keep a copy of the mini-flyer in your pocket and write the names of your representatives on the back of the flyer for easy reference.
The links (above) great source for those that want to organize an event or merely to find an event to attend in 2009. The YouTube links (above) will allow you to view videos of the various events throughout the world. Funny how this received so little coverage from the corporate media?
Despite the rain we had about 300 people at the event and I had the opportunity to speak along with a host of others. It was a fun time and I hope that future Detroit GMM have far more participation. That IS what is required should we really want to Re-Legalize in the next few years.
I hope to post the video of my speech eventually, however, here is a quick recap. My focus was on the "Merp" Model for legalization which is part of the New Agenda for America. I also announced my "fantasy" write-in candidacy for the 2008 Presidential election. Finally, I discussed the North American Union and what it has to do with drug policy. Specifically, I spoke out against the pending "Merida" Bill that would give 1.4 Billion dollars to the Mexican military which, unfortunately, is involved in drug trafficking itself. My recommendation was Marijuana Re-Legalization through the "Merp" Model. By taking the profit out of the entire Marijuana Black Market we would economically destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels . . . and save 1.4 Billion dollars to boot. Sounds like a win-win to me.
I also drew a parallel between a recent executive order which gives the US the ability to involve the Canada military in containing civil disturbances in the US. Very bad idea. But worse is that, in the context of a North America Union (which wants to consolidate Canada, the United States and Mexico) it would not be such a stretch to see another executive order that allows the Mexican military to also help contain civil disturbances in the US. I really don't think that is a very good idea.
Two topic I believe I missed were: (1) the Medical Marijuana that will be on the Michigan State ballot this November and (2) the pending sentencing of my fellow activist Marc Emery at the behest of the Bush Administration.
The first topic is good news as it chips away at the facade of Marijuana prohibition and I expect it to pass with at least 60% of the vote. The second topic really angers me for more reasons than I have time to cover. Suffice it to say that George was a Coke-swilling hypocrite in his youth and his father was responsible for the Crack epidemic on both East and West Coasts during the Reagan administration. For those that were not "zombied out" on anti-depressants, during the 80's, George's father was then Vice President and was formally the head of the CIA. For more on this "google" the following: "Iran Contra" and "The Dark Alliance", "Gary Webb"
For those that want to better understand my positions on Marijuana in particular, and drug policy in general, let me offer you the following primer: Unfortunately the following links are only in English.
Video Biography of Bruce W. Cain This covers various television appearances, debates with federal representatives, speeches at the Hash Bash and my run for US Congress in 1996.http://www.newagecitizen.com/Videos.htm
Michael Ruppert On Government Drug Laundering and 911 This 2-hour video details complicity of the US Government in the Global Drug Trade. Well worth watching! http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/261.html
I hope you found these links informative. If nothing else it will help you appreciate why I want Marijuana Prohibition to end yesterday and have little tolerance for those that don't think along the same lines.
If Soros, Sperling or Lewis would like to contribute a few million altogether, I'm fairly confident that I could implement the "Merp" Model throughout the US in less than 5 years. I would do it be organizing the vast unfocused energy of the "grass roots" organizations. By the way, it is these 3 that basically fund the lions share of moneyed drug reform in this country. Unfortunately, many of these organizations are dragging their feet as far as I'm concerned. And I have been involved with them for over 20 years, so I just might have a learned opinion on this subject.
Well lets go onto the photos of the event:
Here's a look at the crowd from the perspective of the fountain, in which the band played. Great well-behaved group of people. Great band, though I couldn't recall their name. But they played a lot of Bob Marley Reggae which was exactly what the rain-soaked crowd needed.
Next we have Youseph, who has been a perennial activist, with two attractive hemp activists from Sterling Heights: Youseph also spoke and recommended that I read "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle, which is Oprah's new book club selection.
Below we have Peter Wirbe, the past editor of "5th Estate" and host of the WRIF (101 FM, Sunday at 10 PM) "talk radio" show, "Night Call." I've known Pete for over 20 years and have a deep and enduring respect for him. He gave a great speech on the hypocrisy of Marijuana prohibition. But there a couple of things that bother me about him as of late. He won't allow me as a guest on his show any more and doesn't offer any reason for it. He made that clear when I made the request to discuss the "Merp" Model and the "New Agenda for America" on his radio show after the event.
But what I really find odd, given his vast background in current events, is that he scoffs at the idea of a North American Union, the Trans Texas Corridor and the movement from sovereign nations states towards a global corporate government. After we had that little conversation, at the event, I told him I was worried that someone had performed a brain transplant on him. We both got a laugh out of that one.
Here is some video review of the 2007 GMM/Detroit event from Oakland County NORML, along with some other commentary. This video is well worth viewing and includes a story showing how drug prohibition is funding Islamic Terrorism in the UK and across the globe. When do we start thinking intelligently about this issue?
In closing I just wanted to thank Paul for all of his efforts in organizing this event. I also want to plant a thought in the minds of every activist throughout the globe. Once we recognize that the moneyed reform groups -- such as NORML, Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana Policy Project -- are not really serious about ending Marijuana Prohibition, through the the the "Merp" Model -- we can use the internet to organize the vast grass root individuals and organizations. As I write in the refrain to the "Hemp Song"
Any time, any day Any time that we want it that way We don’t need your Drug War anymore
Together I am confident that this can be over within the next 5 years if we could only convince the money boys (Soros, Lewis or Sperling) to grant me the money I've been asking for over the last 20 years to accomplish this one simple task:
Legalize Marijuana for all adult Americans without any taxation, regulation or government interference.
That, in a nutshell is the "Merp" Model for Marijuana Re-Legalization. And it is just one plank in the "New Agenda for America."
Let me just leave you now with my recent video presentation on why we need to Re-Legalize Now!
I am asking the "grass roots" Re-Legalization Movement, including all 2012 Global Marijuana March organizers, to support my candidacy in order to put an immediate end to Marijuana Prohibition in the United States and throughout the world.
If elected I would grant clemency to all non-violent Marijuana offenders and pressure Congress to completely remove Marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (1970). That would effectively end Marijuana Prohibition in the United States. I would follow this up by cutting off all UN funding unless and until they also endorse the Re-Legalization of Marijuana throughout the planet by revising all charters and agreements concerning Cannabis. It is high time we got beyond the "Incrementalism" (e.g., Medical Marijuana for some) that will never allow us to reach our goal of Legal Marijuana for all Adults throughout Planet Earth.
70 years of Marijuana Prohibition is 70 years too long! Please help me make a difference in 2012.
Marijuana Prohibition has gone on 70 years too long. I, Bruce Cain, have been active in the Drug Reform movement for over 20 years now and I have had enough.
I have seen first hand how the "moneyed" organizations (MPP, DPA etc.) have largely ignored what the "grass root" activists have always wanted: Legal Marijuana for adults. I have also witnessed the incredible, but diffuse, efforts of the "grass root" movement which has been significantly compromised by lack of operating revenue.
Nothing exemplifies the different agendas of the "moneyed" Vs "grass roots" activists than the murder of Tom Crosslin at Rainbow Farm (Jones, Michigan) one week before "911" (09/11/2001). Around that time we had collected over 270,000, of a needed 450,000 signatures, to put a true "legalization" initiative on the Michigan ballot. I contacted Ethan Nadleman, of the Drug Policy Alliance, in order to secure money for professional canvassers in order to collect the remaining signatures before the deadline. Nadleman refused to put me in contact with any of the major financiers of the "moneyed" organizations and the initiative never made the ballot. Beyond Nadleman's refusal I am convinced that Bush had Tom Crosslin murdered because his "Rainbow Farm" had become a major organizing center for the Re-Legalization effort. It had succeeded in attracting the luminaries of the movement -- Jack Herer, Gatewood Galbraith etc. -- and was instrumental in the organizational efforts for the 2001 initiative.
The sad truth is that all Democratic and Republican candidates will continue to vilify Marijuana. At best they will continue the path of "unnecessary Incrementalism" that will get us nowhere. But more than likely they will continue to support Marijuana Prohibition. This is because they are being funded by trial lawyers, pharmaceutical interests and other groups that continue to profit at the expense of Americans whose crime is merely to prefer Marijuana over legal but much more dangerous drugs: alcohol, nicotine, anti-depressants etc. Unfortunately money doesn't just talk: it successfully screams for the compliance of its puppets such as Clinton, Bush and now Obama.
Please send the link to activists throughout the planet.
newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm
The translation bar should allow this to be read in any language. The 5-Point Strategy for Marijuana Re-Legalization should be easy to implement in any country throughout the planet. I encourage all groups celebrating the Global Marijuana March to make the immediate implementation of the MERP Model a primary focus of the event.
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The first topic is good news as it chips away at the facade of Marijuana prohibition and I expect it to pass with at least 60% of the vote. The second topic really angers me for more reasons than I have time to cover. Suffice it to say that George was a Coke-swilling hypocrite in his youth and his father was responsible for the Crack epidemic on both East and West Coasts during the Reagan administration. For those that were not "zombied out" on anti-depressants, during the 80's, George's father was then Vice President and was formally the head of the CIA. For more on this "google" the following: "Iran Contra" and "The Dark Alliance", "Gary Webb"
