Canada's Politicians On Drugs

We have decided not to be so non-partisan, seeing how the future of Canada is in the balance. See the recent freaks inc. posting, United for a Conservative Canada.

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

You can contact your MP and ask him/her where they stand on Bill C-17, the bill to decriminalize marijuana; the first step to legalization. This is the link. You can email them from this link. To see how each Canadian Political Party stands on the issue of non-medical drugs, see the Links to Parties on the sidebar. (This link is for information on Bill C-17.)

...to say whether they support the legislation.
We have yet to hear from those MPs from the various parties who missed the vote on the first reading of Bill C-17. Following is a copy of an email we sent today to all errant members, who have as yet not replied to our previous email: Unless we hear from you this week on whether you support Bill C-17, we will put you on the list of those supporting this legislation. After all, you did miss the vote on first reading.

In our quest to list the politicians from the main parties, we nearly forgot the independent MPs. There are two of them. One, Carolyn Parrish (Mississauga-Erindale) voted for the legislation while Chuck Cadman (Surrey North) didn't vote one way or the other. We don't want to forget them, and certainly won't in our targeting of MPs who support the legislation, in the next election.

And why not. Think of the new dollars they could salt away to buy our votes. This new post on our FAD site, shows what would happen if the government became the new drug traffickers.

While there are only a few Conservatives who appear to support looser drug laws for Canada, let's turf these odd-balls out in the upcoming election. If not, they will again be joining the pro-drug lobby whose actions will ensure we see this picture re-enacted in rural towns and villages across Canada. Our youth pumping drugs into their arms.

Are we conspiracy theorists? Not necessarily. We just wonder where the billions of dollars in profits made yearly by Canada's Drug Cartel are being spent. Not all of it goes to cars, houses and private schools for our Drug Cartel's owners. Maybe the odd million or so finds its way into the pockets of some politicians or Media giants such as...? You fill in the blanks. This picture shows the kind of Canada they, together, are lobbying for.

To read the release on the "lucky" winner, click on this link.

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.

Our first postings on all the political parties, and how they stack up, are now available. Check out the Links to Parties on the sidebar, on the left, to see how each party fares. Also, to see the first report card issued on all the parties, check out this link. FAD has also announced the first ever "Doper of the Month Award." To identify the March winner, click here.