Life, Loss of liberty and the Pursuit of Hash in Oklahoma

A couple of things have happened this year in Oklahoma that should have every person of conscience more than a little perturbed. I’m not talking about the things the Christian Right is so proud of, like the ‘Ten Commandment Law’ or the ‘Ultrasound and Monitor Viewing Law’ or even the “Tenth Amendment Resolution.” Although those laws/resolution are to be lamented, particularly the law that makes a woman watch a monitor displaying her ultrasound, even in cases in rape or incest before she has an abortion - the injustices I’m talking about are more recent. One is the case of Patricia Spottedcrow, a twenty-five year old mother of four who sold $31 of marijuana to a police informant and has started a ten year sentence in February. The second is a bill just passed in Oklahoma that could put a person in jail for life for making hash. The bill passed 44-2 in the Senate and 75-18 in the House.

So, in Oklahoma a person could go to prison, for life, for making pot a little stronger. The same sentence one would expect for rape or murder. Injustices like this should not be tolerated by our society. But there are some things we can do.

The first is easy. Sign a petition to free Patricia Spottedcrow:

http://www.change.org/petitions/ask-oklahomas-governor-to-commute-10-year-sentence-for-3100-marijuana-sale?signatures%3Fopt_new=fopt_fb=t

And if you feel like going the extra step, please call, write or fax Governor Fallin:

Oklahoma State Capitol
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 212
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

E-mail: info@gov.ok.gov Local: (405) 521-2342 Fax: (405) 521-3353


The next request is directed to journalists and intrepid bloggers. Investigate and expose these Oklahoma State House members and find anyone who has smoked pot or done other drugs with any of these sadistic hypocrites:

HOUSE BILL 1798 Public health and safety; making certain acts
Tibbs unlawful; effective date.

THIRD READING PASSED

YEAS: 75 RCS# 358
NAYS: 18 3/17/2011
EXC : 8 4:13 PM
C/P : 0
YEAS: 75
Armes, Grau, McNiel, Roberts, S.,
Banz, Hall, Moore, Rousselot,
Billy, Hamilton, Morrissette, Russ,
Brown, Hardin, Mulready, Sanders,
Brumbaugh, Hickman, Murphey, Schwartz,
Cannaday, Hilliard, Nelson, Sears,
Casey, Hoskin, Newell, Sherrer,
Cockroft, Inman, Nollan, Shoemake,
Condit, Jackson, Ortega, Shumate,
Coody, Johnson, Ownbey, Sullivan,
Cooksey, Jordan, Peters, Terrill,
Denney, Kern, Peterson, Thomsen,
Derby, Kouplen, Proctor, Tibbs,
DeWitt, Liebmann, Pruett, Vaughan,
Dorman, Lockhart, Quinn, Walker,
Farley, Martin,Sc., Renegar, Wesselhoft,
Faught, Martin,St., Richardson, Wright,
Fourkiller, McCullough, Roan, Mr.Speaker,
Glenn, McDaniel, R., Roberts, D.,


Same for the sadistic hypocrites in the Oklahoma Senate:

Third Reading

YEAS: 44 RCS# 570
NAYS: 2 4/20/2011
EXC : 2 2:55 PM
N/V : 0


YEAS: 44

Adelson, Brown, Holt, Rice,
Aldridge, Burrage, Ivester, Russell,
Allen, Coates, Johnson, R., Schulz,
Anderson, Crain, Jolley, Shortey,
Ballenger, David, Justice, Simpson,
Barrington, Eason Mc, Laster, Sparks,
Bass, Ellis, Marlatt , Stanislawski,
Bingman, Fields, Myers, Sykes,
Branan, Ford, Newberry, Treat,
Brecheen, Garrison, Nichols, Wilson,
Brinkley, Halligan, Paddack, Wyrick,


I’ve never asked for any post or essay I’ve written to be passed around, but would love to see this get some exposure.

Thanks.

http://newlsb.lsb.state.ok.us/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb1798

are showing time and again that they don't actually care about people. Sure, some would argue that they care about the unborn. And I would agree that they are entitled to. However, if for whatever reason a woman decides having an abortion is what is best for her at a given time in her life, she should also be cared for, not just physically but emotionally. Submitting a woman to this is just a mild form of torture, imo.

As for the pot/hash issue... they again show their punitive natures. It would certainly seem as though they have lost all perspective. A 10 year sentence for less than $100 worth of pot is extraordinary. What kind of sentences do they have for violent crimes? Crimes in which women are so often the victims? And how often are those penalties enforced to the fullest extent of the law?

This, to me, smacks so much of the good ol' boys club and them wanting women to be pregnant, barefoot, and in the kitchen, but now with the addition of possibly numerous unplanned for children and (not mentioned here) little education. Treating women as little more than breeding stock. Truly disgusting.

I heard about that hash bill...do they have hash confused with something else? Do they know what it actually is??? Inquiring minds want to know!

Ms. Spottedcrow is getting hosed. I'm assuming it's because she's Native American. Hope she gets out so she can return to her 4 kids...

:hi:

I think they know. And you're right about Ms. Spottedcrow.

fixed.

request.

I think it's important enough to try and make those bastards pay a little for the crimes they are committing against their own citizens.

Crazy.

Thanks for the thread, 20score.