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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3320)	6/22/1999 7:57:00 PM
From: freeus	Respond to of 13056

Interesting article: how hypocritical are the people with power over us It is ironic that our drug laws are created and enforced by drunks. Below is an example of a drunk who can use his drug of choice, illegally endangering other people and then, after a slap on the wrist, he is back the next day condemning others like Marvin Chavez to prison. Marvin merely tried to help sick and dying people by providing them with a remarkably safe medicine (marijuana). Judge Thomas J. Borris refused to allow Marvin to use Prop. 215 as a defense and then threw him in jail for six years. This blatant hypocrisy and selective enforcement of the law demands a response from all of us. I urge you to address your concerns about Judge Borris to: Honorable Kathleen E. O'Leary Presiding Superior Court Judge Orange County Superior Court 700 Civic Center Drive West P.O. Box 1994 Santa Ana, CA 92702-1994 ----------------------- Pubdate: 17 Jun 1999 Source: The Orange County Register (CA) Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register Website: ocregister.com Author: Stuart Pfeifer Note: This is the same Judge who sentenced Marvin Chavez and wouldn't allow Chavez to use a Prop. 215 defense. Police: Judge who hit tree was drunk CRIME: Tests put his blood-alcohol level at almost three times the legal limit during the crash. By STUART PFEIFER The Orange County Register The supervising judge at the Westminster courthouse was charged with drunken driving this week after tests showed he had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit when he crashed into a tree, authorities said Wednesday. Huntington Beach police officers found Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Borris sitting on a curb next to his dented 1996 Jeep Cherokee at about 1:25 a.m. Saturday, police said. They arrested him after determining he had been drinking, police Lt. Chuck Thomas said. Tests revealed that Borris, a judge for six years, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.22 percent, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent, at the time of the crash, court records show. The judge declined to discuss the case Wednesday during an interview outside his second-floor courtroom. He would not answer questions about his drinking habits or his ability to preside over future drunken-driving cases. "I don't have anything to say," the judge said. The judge's lawyer, Edward Munoz, said he does not think the arrest will affect Borris' work. "It was a mistake, and it has no effect on his performance on the bench," Munoz said. "He is a well-respected jurist in Orange County - a rising star. This was a regrettable and unfortunate situation." Borris, 45, was held for about four hours at Huntington Beach jail. The judge did not attempt to use his position to influence arresting officers, Thomas said. Presiding Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Leary removed county judges from the case Tuesday, court records show. The case will be assigned to a Los Angeles judge, said Orange County Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh. Arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 6. -------------------------------------------- -THE KUBBY FILES- kubby.com Monarch Bay Plaza #375 Dana Point, Ca 92629 DON'T GET LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP: Kubby-Announce-on@list.kubby.com

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3320)	6/22/1999 7:59:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

We already have all sorts of "touchy feely" junk in the public schools, if the parents chose one like that, their kids wouldnt be any worse off than they are now! I still think tax credits is a better choice than vouchers however: that way you are using your own money not "the governments" (ha ha) and less likely to have court challenges. I know I know everyone sues over everything. Freeus

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3320)	6/23/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13056

Global taxation near By Henry Lamb © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Two primary targets are now in the cross hairs of the global tax-mongers: carbon and currency exchange. Carbon taxes are being designed to modify social behavior while the tax on currency exchange is designed to increase U.N. revenue from about $11 billion per year to $1.5 trillion per year. A revenue stream, independent of the voluntary contributions of member states, is all that prevents the United Nations from imposing, and enforcing, its vision of global governance. Momentum is building for global taxation schemes to provide that independent revenue stream. More than two-thirds of the American people support the idea of a global tax on foreign currency exchange, and a whopping 79 percent want a global tax on carbon. These numbers were collected by the ATI Foundation, and reported by the Washington-based Commission to Fund the United Nations. The numbers likely reflect the pollster's skill at asking misleading questions, rather than a true reflection of the American attitude toward global taxation. Nevertheless, support for various forms of global taxation is growing, pushed by well-funded organizations such as the Commission to Fund the United Nations; the United Nations Association U.S.A., Friends of the Earth; and a host of other environmental organizations. Carbon taxes are being discussed and presented as "Environmental Tax Reform" (ETR) which means, simply, taxes on the use of fossil fuel, while providing subsidies for non-carbon energy sources. Interestingly, nuclear and hydro energy sources are excluded from consideration for subsidies even though both are non-carbon energy sources. Carbon taxes are designed to force people, especially those heartless, greedy Americans, to reduce their consumption and live a simpler, slower, healthier, lifestyle. Bicycles and frequent brisk walks are in store for those lazy people who Al Gore describes as people who burn a gallon of gas to go buy a gallon of milk. The taxes will be called anything but taxes, and imposed incrementally. User fees, permits, registration fees, externalities cost adjustments, are but a few of the terms used to disguise the carbon tax. Bunker fuels (airplane and steamship fuel) are likely to be an early victim. Air travel represents only 3 percent of transportation fuel use, but it is easily taxed and the tax is easy to hide from the consumer. Virtually all resource use is subject to ETR. Fossil fuel use will lead the way, but logging, mining, ranching and even farming are the focus of Environmental Tax Reform. Very little of the revenues from ETR will go to the U.N. The real money prize lies in the tax on currency exchange. Global currency exchange exceeds $1 trillion per day, compared to about $10 billion per day traded on all U.S. stock markets. Nobel economist, James Tobin, calculated that if 0.05 percent of this exchange were taken as a tax, it would produce about $1.5 trillion, more than enough to fund all the U.N.'s ambitious social and peace-keeping objectives. U.N. advocates have been working overtime to create the mechanisms necessary to impose such a tax. (cont) worldnetdaily.com