more helicopters

[LeeE]

Florida Dept. of State Division of Corporations

Donna Blue Aircraft webpage

Knight Ridder Washington Bureau

US Dept. of Justice, FBI

ADMIN FOLDER-F1: HSCA ADMINISTRATIVE FOLDER, JFK VOLUME XV

New York Times

British Commission of Inquiry's Final Report

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

Wikileaks

Tampa Tribune

Numerous Latin American news outlets

Viewing those took around three minutes.

My previous comment stands.

Believe whatever you like.

As an aside, former LAPD Vice Officer Michael C. Ruppert has interesting testimony (to the CIA Director at the time) on film on the web He is one of many, including former Undersecretary of HUD, Catherine Austin Fitts, who discuss this stuff at length, with authority.

[LeeE]

Last post on this. Let's look to the top of the drug money pyramid, (yes, it extends from the streets of Pahoa all the way to the institutions discussed below), in order to see this issue in it's proper perspective,imho.

"UN: UN Crime Chief Says Drug Money Flowed Into Bank

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n101/a11.html
Pubdate: Sun, 25 Jan 2009
Source: International Herald-Tribune (International)
Copyright: International Herald Tribune 2009
Contact: letters@iht.com
Website: http://www.iht.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/212

VIENNA: The United Nations' crime and drug watchdog has indications that money made in illicit drug trade has been used to keep banks afloat in the global financial crisis, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Vienna-based UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa said in an interview released by Austrian weekly Profil that drug money often became the only available capital when the crisis spiralled out of control last year.

"In many instances, drug money is currently the only liquid investment capital," Costa was quoted as saying by Profil. "In the second half of 2008, liquidity was the banking system's main problem and hence liquid capital became an important factor."

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had found evidence that "interbank loans were funded by money that originated from drug trade and other illegal activities," Costa was quoted as saying. There were "signs that some banks were rescued in that way."

Profil said Costa declined to identify countries or banks which may have received drug money and gave no indication how much cash might be involved. He only said Austria was not on top of his list, Profil said."

[Beachboy]

it's sad that our local government won't acknowledge the will of the people. I promise you, had the vote gone the other way, the local Gov. would be screaming about the will of the people! It's to bad that this is all happening during our economical woes. People are resorting to all kinds of things during these bad times.

Look, I've been involved with "Operation Green Harvest",since it inception during the mid 70's. As much as growing Pakalolo is a industry, so is the act of confiscating this plant by local law enforcement,....and handing it to their relatives. I've had to stare down the barrel of a automatic weapon one early morning on my own property on Maui back in the 70's. Repelling Nation Guards with M-16's for christsake! These ****ers don't go packing like this for "Ice heads" bust, why for Pakalolo growers/smokers? Easy money, and no hassles is my guess. So with this in mind, it's gonna keep happening until we(da community) decide to take action! The people of Puna should follow the example of the citizens of Colombia, corrupt officials there are usually dealt with in a fast,swift manner of "street justice". Colombians tend to blow up Court Houses, kill federal judges, etc.,etc.when they feel they have become victims of government BS. Speaking of which, I believe tomorrow our state Gov. must address some "grey areas" concerning our medical Cannabis program.

As for Uncle Billy having a part in these helicopters, I'm not so sure about that. Billy like to smoke a "phatty" from time to time back in his school dazes. I just don't see him behind ln all these raids.
Federal Stimulus money has been given to Hawaii already, perhaps they are using these funds from transportation to afford the helicopters to fly? They are flying way to often in my mind. This has nothing to do with low priority. To me it's all about these cops lining their pockets with this extra money that they have been getting for years..

WHAT IS THE HARM IN CANNABIS???????

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Let's get together and over grow the government!!!!

[Greg]

Paul asks: "It may well be true that the government is in the drug business, but where's the proof?"

There is a well documented book titled; "The politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia" that documents the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking during the Vietnam War. They did it then to keep the drug producers of the region on our side.

I know this was a long time ago, but shows the practice is not unprecedented.

punatoons

[Beachboy]

that book was outlawed in the states for many a years. I wonder why? lol The US dealt in Heroin for several reasons. To me the major one being the ability to create their own fianaces. That way they wouldn't have to go to the Senate to ask for money for their covert ops in the region. Like being in Laos while Nixon addressed the American public with his BS about no US involvement outside of Vietnam.!

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Let's get together and over grow the government!!!!

[mdd7000]

It is not "harmless". It is quite easy to find hundreds of similar examples:

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x737367639/Na...d-accident

[MarkP]

If you want thousands of examples, include alcohol.

[LeeE]

<www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n872/a03.html>

Fortune Magazine is running an outstanding, in depth piece on this topic.

Looks like the big money boys are finally getting it, (ok, many of them have been getting it for years for their own consumption). Now they see that ending the Prohibition will create an economic bonanza from an industry that truly "lifts all boats", from Main St. to Wall Street.

Will President Change get the message?

One things for certain, when the big boys talk, President's listen.

[Bullwinkle]

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fort...index.html

here is the link to the photo essay .... good read - thanks!

I would rather be educated than protected

[LeeE]

Howzah! Nice pics. Sure wish we had them dispensaries here in Hawaii.