George Washington raised large quantities of hemp. So did Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and virtually every other 1700s American farmer.

It is also highly likely at least some of them smoked its potent sibling, now known as marijuana.

Perhaps we should commemorate the upcoming President’s Day by honoring George Washington with a National Celebration to Re-Legalize Hemp and Marijuana.

Indeed, in the Age of Obama, this old news has a new meaning. It is time to end Hemp/Marijuana Prohibition. With Bush gone and a new generation taking charge, we may finally have a chance to do it. Our nation’s famous Founders are our key allies.

Since 1937 the US has suffered through a period of hemp persecution that all the Founders---from Washington to Franklin, from Adams to Madison---would have deemed absolutely insane.

The world may learn next week what inherent contempt means. (It's not just a feeling in your gut.)

John Conyers just subpoenaed Karl Rove to appear February 2nd, and nobody seems terribly confident he'll show.

Jason Leopold just reported on what might happen next:

"... Last year, during a hearing on the case in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Judge John Bates said Congress could have had Bolton and Miers and Rove arrested for refusing to comply with the subpoenas. While historically Congress has ordered people detained for refusing to comply with subpoenas, the power has not been used in modern times. But on Monday, several Democrats on the Judiciary Committee said if Rove refuses to comply with the subpoena they will urge Conyers to act on Bates's advice and have him arrested."

Last August (2008), I wrote an article with the headline "How to Put Rove Behind Bars for Years", which confusingly enough began with the words "Last August" referring to August 2007. Why not get a jump on everybody else and learn what inherent contempt is now?

How to Put Rove Behind Bars for Years

From the National Affairs Desk: The 2009 Presidential Inauguration: On Location Free Press Coverage by Kendra R. Chamberlain Free Press Correspondent (Editor's Note: Kendra Chamberlain, of “la Chupa Cabra” fame, served for many years as the Logistics Team for National Affairs Editor, David S. Lewis. Present for the mêlée that was Hurricane Katrina, and the months that Followed, Chamberlain was also present in Puerto Rico and for various other Free Press stories. This, her first Free Press story, was pulled as reluctantly from her as Teeth from a Wino. Look for more Kendra Chamberlain stories in the coming months.) WASHINGTON, DC – There were large traffic signs every twenty miles or so, indicating doom ahead: “Jan. 20 Inauguration Expect Delays Plan Ahead.” I was driving in on Monday, however, and there was hardly any traffic at all, at least not on the north side. I entered D.C at 3 pm, but it wasn’t until 4p.m. that I found my Washington, D.C. Press contact, head of the People's Media, the DC branch of the People's Media Center.

Update: 23 Jan 2009. We received a phone call from Leonard on 1/22. He was jumped by young gang members. He's been put in solitary, he says, and won't be released again into the general population. He was told by the FBI that he was the victim in the attack, the proof of this being a videotape. Assured that he'd enjoy all his privileges upon his transfer to USP-Canaan, he's now been told he'll be allowed only one phone call a month. Two attorneys attempted to get inside the prison to meet with Leonard, but their requests for legal visits were denied. Peltier is clearly being isolated from friends and family and even his attorneys.

Update: 24 Jan 2009. Sheila Dugan, Esq., an attorney residing in Pennsylvania and working with Peltier attorney Michael Kuzma was able to visit Leonard this morning for four hours. She saw his bruises. Leonard's chest still hurts. Leonard was not taken to a hospital to be examined after he was beaten by two other inmates.