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SOUDER'S ANTI-MARIJUANA CRUSADE

Regarding your Nov.  30 editorial, "Who has the power?" : While you wrote U.S.  Rep.  Mark Souder may call himself a "unionist," meaning he sides with Washington when the issue is of national interest, and a "status-quo conservative," which means he would resist efforts to add to the federal government's power as well as attempts to lessen the power it already has, I call him a hypocrite who flip-flops his position to suit the issue at hand.  Souder himself acknowledges that by agreeing that his views are inconsistent, as quoted in the editorial.

Indiana residents should be embarrassed by Souder's ideological double standards and his support for arresting sick and dying Americans for using medical marijuana.  Medical marijuana has received more votes nationwide than Souder ever will.

He ought to concern himself with the needs and wishes of his constituents and his district rather than trying to usurp the votes of the residents of the nine states, none of them Indiana, that chose to make a compassionate exemption for their ailing residents.

Gary Storck, Director of Communications Is My Medicine Legal YET?, Madison, Wis.