http://mendocinocountry.com 31 years of muckraking in Mendocino County & beyond Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:53:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 31 years of muckraking in Mendocino County & beyond Mendocino Country Independent no 31 years of muckraking in Mendocino County & beyond http://mendocinocountry.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://mendocinocountry.com Mendocino County, California http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/29/federal-authorities-subpoena-mendocino-countys-99-medical-marijuana-plant-program/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/29/federal-authorities-subpoena-mendocino-countys-99-medical-marijuana-plant-program/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:52:28 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=773 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/29/federal-authorities-subpoena-mendocino-countys-99-medical-marijuana-plant-program/feed/ 1 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/radical-astrologer-november/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/radical-astrologer-november/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:12:48 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=762 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/radical-astrologer-november/feed/ 0 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/skunk-sniffer-the-campbell-hawthorne-timber-company/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/skunk-sniffer-the-campbell-hawthorne-timber-company/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:10:24 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=759 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/skunk-sniffer-the-campbell-hawthorne-timber-company/feed/ 1 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/10-million-claim-filed-against-mendocino-county/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/10-million-claim-filed-against-mendocino-county/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:07:10 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=752 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/10-million-claim-filed-against-mendocino-county/feed/ 1 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/mendocino-county-sheriff-captain-under-marijuana-related-investigation/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/mendocino-county-sheriff-captain-under-marijuana-related-investigation/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:50 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=741 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/09/mendocino-county-sheriff-captain-under-marijuana-related-investigation/feed/ 1 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/08/guilty-jury-finds-billy-norbury-guilty-of-murder/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/08/guilty-jury-finds-billy-norbury-guilty-of-murder/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:51:01 +0000 Annie Esposito http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=718 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/11/08/guilty-jury-finds-billy-norbury-guilty-of-murder/feed/ 0 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/10/17/memories-part-1/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/10/17/memories-part-1/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:52:54 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=802 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/10/17/memories-part-1/feed/ 0 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/10/17/again/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/10/17/again/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:13:08 +0000 admin http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=797 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/10/17/again/feed/ 0 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/09/30/roseanne-barr-campaigns-for-president-2012/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/09/30/roseanne-barr-campaigns-for-president-2012/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:20:48 +0000 Christina Aanestad http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=700 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/09/30/roseanne-barr-campaigns-for-president-2012/feed/ 1 Comedian and presidential candidate, Roseanne Barr campaigned on a pro cannabis platform at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Ca, the state's premier cannabis college. Her fiery, 8 minute speech touched social commentary and tragic comedy about life in... Comedian and presidential candidate, Roseanne Barr campaigned on a pro cannabis platform at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Ca, the state's premier cannabis college. Her fiery, 8 minute speech touched social commentary and tragic comedy about life in America, and focused on the war on drugs. Barr, who is running for president on the Peace and Freedom Party's ticket with “Peace Mom” Cindy Sheehan as Vice President, called the war on marijuana, a class war on drugs. “[The war on drugs] is waged by rich people on prescription drugs against poor people on street drugs,” Barr said. And the irony, according to Barr is that taxpayers foot the bill. “Many of whom smoke pot. Locking up your own tax base is simply stupid!” she said. The usual, funky and diverse Oaksterdam crowd packed the university to rally behind the comedian. Straight laced working class people, dread-headed rastas, hip hop artists, yellow haired punks, queers and everyone else in between who loves cannabis, hollered with enthusiasm for her presidential bid-hungry for inspiration. “Teach!” shouted a man in the crowd. Despite her pro cannabis platform, the undertones of Barr's speech largely addressed class disparity in America. Barr's analysis of the war on drugs connected the dots to the prison industry, racism, corporate exploitation, and war, which largely impacts people of color, the poor, and working class Americans. Stating 98% of paint in the U.S. is manufactured in prisons, Barr coined prisons “America's new manufacturing base”, which is largely populated by pot smokers. “6 in 10 prisoners in jail are in there due to marijuana,” she said. Supporters in the room could relate.  Ganja Guru, and 1 time marijuana convict, Ed Rosenthal attended the campaign to endorse Barr. “I'll never vote for anyone who wants to put me in jail,” said the cannabis advocate who was arrested by federal authorities in 2002 for cultivation. Barr's appearance was on the heels of a federal raid on a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Ca, where authorities in military gear allegedly confiscated over 1,150 marijuana plants and claimed the grows were gang related, which residents deny according to KPFA radio producer, Jose Guiterrez, who said he visited the area after the raid. “They wouldn't do that in Piedmont, Ca...but they did it in a Latino neighborhood because they can get away with it,” he said. Ending the war on drugs will also legalize hemp, save the economy, and “our asses” according to Barr. “If they would let me grow hemp, which they won't because its not a free country...I could employ thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of Americans,” she said. Hemp can be used to make fuel, food, clothes, and paper. The crop has a 2 year grow and harvest cycle, which is “way ahead of other crop yields,” said Barr, who farms nuts in Hawaii. Barr, who played Connie Cancer in the movie, “What if Cannabis Cured Cancer,” also said ending the war on drugs will help make a healthier society. “[Cannabis] helps cure cancer and PTSD and dam near every other ailment to mankind,” she said. What next, world peace? Since marijuana is the ultimate weapon against mind control, according to presidential hopeful, Barr, and all you want to do is laugh and eat when you're high, legalizing cannabis might make world peace possible too, if Roseanne Barr leads the way.             Mendocino Country Independent no 9:00 <iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://mendocinocountry.com/?powerpress_embed=700-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/08/20/mental-health-of-billy-norbury-at-issue-in-jamal-andrews-murder-case/ http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/08/20/mental-health-of-billy-norbury-at-issue-in-jamal-andrews-murder-case/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:41:04 +0000 Annie Esposito http://mendocinocountry.com/?p=687 http://mendocinocountry.com/2012/08/20/mental-health-of-billy-norbury-at-issue-in-jamal-andrews-murder-case/feed/ 1