Pubdate: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 Source: Athens News, The (OH) Copyright: 2002, Athens News Contact: http://www.athensnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1603 Authors: Christopher Perisho Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hemp.htm (Hemp) WHAT ABOUT THOSE DUDES WHO WROTE THE CONSTITUTION ON HEMP PAPER? A while back some dudes called "The Framers" got out a nice blank sheet of HEMP PAPER and wrote this thing called the "U.S. Constitution." In this "Constitution" thing, there is this one part called the "4th amendment" that says that the government can't take property from citizens without a good reason. This means that if the government makes a law outlawing refined sugar ( for example ), the government has to pay all the sugar owners the value of their sugar since the law effectively confiscates private property. Reading on through this "Constitution" thing, other rules in this document written on HEMP PAPER say that the House, Congress and the president collectively make laws and that the courts interpret the laws. One thing I did not find in this document written on HEMP PAPER is where it says that the "DEA" can "clarify laws" or "change the meaning of a law" or "steal $800,000 worth of merchandise from a local businessman who is creating jobs in our county." Perhaps the DEA already confiscated that part of the Constitution. After all, it is written on HEMP PAPER! Oh well. Christopher Perisho Walker Street Athens - --- MAP posted-by: Beth