Tuesday, April 19, 2005
NDP and Liberal Party fire rouses the frog
In an earlier posting, Frog in the Pot, we talked about how Bill C-17 is the first step on the road to legal pot. We will be posting in the next few days why we believe this. For now, we feel the only way to get out of the pot before the fire roasts us, is to work for the defeat of the NDP and Liberal Party of Canada. See the latest posting, United for a Conservative Canada, on the freak inc. site for our reasons.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Freaks on Retreat. A Manifesto. Of sorts.
Where do we go from here?
It’s been a little under a month since our first Freak blog was published. Since then, we have grown to 12 blogs which are linked through our freaks inc. site. Now is the time to put our feet into the ocean for a few days to see where we go from here. So, as of tomorrow, April 14, there will be no postings until about April 19 as all the Freaks associated with all the sites go on retreat. We will be asking ourselves these questions, among others:
1. Do we continue as blogs or go to a full Web site? Or, both?
2. Will all the Freaks, from all the blogs, join in the upcoming election to lobby against all those politicians who support Bill C-17? Or, do we concentrate our efforts on the Liberals and the NDP and ignore the Bloc and the Conservatives? (If we go after the Bloc, we will have to recruit a French speaking Freak.) And, do we really want to go after the Conservatives? Truth be told, although we have picked on the Conservatives along with all the other parties, most of the Freaks are supportive of the Conservative Party. If this party wins the next election, we are sure they won’t be as anxious to support the spread of non-medical drugs, as are the other political parties. Or, do we remain completely apolitical?
3. How much money do we pour into the upcoming election campaign? Do we try to raise some cash? How many Freaks will put their lives on hold to fight this campaign?
4. How do we fight the campaign? Do we use news releases and telephone interviews with media that are situated within the targeted ridings, as well as updates to our blogs or web page (the latter depends on the time we have before an election to get a Web page up) or do we also use billboards and other mass advertising? This, of course, depends on our finances and would probably necessitate some fund raising. Are there any rich Freaks (or not Freaks) out there, who support our fight against the spread of non-medical drugs, such as pot?
5. Will we finally have an Executive Director to co-ordinate all our FAD (Freaks Against Drugs) business? It is important to have a "front man" for all media contacts. We have two Freaks here who are capable and have the experience to do this, but they are a bit leery of becoming front men because of some of the language, in the past, used on many of our sites. Not only what we have said, but how we have said it is bothersome to both of them. Each site is independent of the other and even within sites, particularly the FAD site, there is more than one person posting. If we are to be taken more seriously, our candidates for Executive Director have said that all postings (at least on the FAD sites) would have to be cleared by them. Some of our more anarchist Freaks have a problem with this.
6. Do we disband? Say, "it was nice to get our feelings out but, there is more to life..." and just let the country go to pot?
7. That’s about it. If you have feedback, please email us at freaksinc2@hotmail.com.
8. Until next week, this is Peter wishing you peace. Freak peace
It’s been a little under a month since our first Freak blog was published. Since then, we have grown to 12 blogs which are linked through our freaks inc. site. Now is the time to put our feet into the ocean for a few days to see where we go from here. So, as of tomorrow, April 14, there will be no postings until about April 19 as all the Freaks associated with all the sites go on retreat. We will be asking ourselves these questions, among others:
1. Do we continue as blogs or go to a full Web site? Or, both?
2. Will all the Freaks, from all the blogs, join in the upcoming election to lobby against all those politicians who support Bill C-17? Or, do we concentrate our efforts on the Liberals and the NDP and ignore the Bloc and the Conservatives? (If we go after the Bloc, we will have to recruit a French speaking Freak.) And, do we really want to go after the Conservatives? Truth be told, although we have picked on the Conservatives along with all the other parties, most of the Freaks are supportive of the Conservative Party. If this party wins the next election, we are sure they won’t be as anxious to support the spread of non-medical drugs, as are the other political parties. Or, do we remain completely apolitical?
3. How much money do we pour into the upcoming election campaign? Do we try to raise some cash? How many Freaks will put their lives on hold to fight this campaign?
4. How do we fight the campaign? Do we use news releases and telephone interviews with media that are situated within the targeted ridings, as well as updates to our blogs or web page (the latter depends on the time we have before an election to get a Web page up) or do we also use billboards and other mass advertising? This, of course, depends on our finances and would probably necessitate some fund raising. Are there any rich Freaks (or not Freaks) out there, who support our fight against the spread of non-medical drugs, such as pot?
5. Will we finally have an Executive Director to co-ordinate all our FAD (Freaks Against Drugs) business? It is important to have a "front man" for all media contacts. We have two Freaks here who are capable and have the experience to do this, but they are a bit leery of becoming front men because of some of the language, in the past, used on many of our sites. Not only what we have said, but how we have said it is bothersome to both of them. Each site is independent of the other and even within sites, particularly the FAD site, there is more than one person posting. If we are to be taken more seriously, our candidates for Executive Director have said that all postings (at least on the FAD sites) would have to be cleared by them. Some of our more anarchist Freaks have a problem with this.
6. Do we disband? Say, "it was nice to get our feelings out but, there is more to life..." and just let the country go to pot?
7. That’s about it. If you have feedback, please email us at freaksinc2@hotmail.com.
8. Until next week, this is Peter wishing you peace. Freak peace
Monday, April 11, 2005
This Picture is Not Cute. But it's True.
Please, don't click on this link one hour before a meal. Or, until at least an hour after your meal. It's not a pretty sight. But it's something we will see more of if our politicians press ahead with softening Canada's drug laws.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Analyzing the Bill
We recently acquired a copy of the bill and have been pouring over it. We have also been asked to submit a written brief to the parliamentary committee studying the bill. We will post our response to this bill (which will be an outline of our written brief) on this site within the next week. If you wish a copy of our brief, please email us at freaksinc2@hotmail.com.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
The Frog in the Pot
It's the old story of the "Frog in The Pot." If you want to cook a live frog, you put him in a pot of cold water and place the pot on a hot stove. As the water warms up gradually, the frog is lulled to sleep. Then, while sleeping, he gets cooked. Now, if you put the frog in a pot filled with boiling water, she will jump out immediately. What do you expect; frogs aren't stupid! So, welcome to the frog in the pot law to support the spread of pot (the smokable kind, not the metal kind).
We have joined the freaks at FAD. We met them at Peg's Lunch and have taken on the task of analyzing the bill (C-17) that will see a vast increase in the spread of pot in Canada. Once Bill C-17 is in place, the forces to be will then move, over time, to do what they really wanted to do in the first place. Complete legalization of pot.
We have joined the freaks at FAD. We met them at Peg's Lunch and have taken on the task of analyzing the bill (C-17) that will see a vast increase in the spread of pot in Canada. Once Bill C-17 is in place, the forces to be will then move, over time, to do what they really wanted to do in the first place. Complete legalization of pot.
