To: Peter Dierks who wrote (49844 ) 3/10/2012 11:32:36 AM From: joseffy 3 Recommendations Respond to Tell us about Pro Flowers, Progressive Insurance, Quicken Loans and Carbonite.Who is Peter Lewis? aim.org Lewis is the chairman and chief executive officer of Progressive Corporation, the fourth-largest U.S. personal auto insurer , which insures high-risk motorists who can’t get insurance anywhere else. But what are they leaving out? “a functioning pot-head.” His house features an elaborate series of paintings of Chinese communist Mao Tse-tung by Andy Warhol. But most significant is the fact that this self-described “screwball” has tried to change America to suit his own tastes. The anti-drug group, National Families in Action, says that Lewis has “contributed heavily to the destruction of thousands of America’s children” by promoting the medical marijuana hoax and leading kids to believe that “pot is OK.” Soros and Lewis have helped bankroll the campaign to legalize pot , featuring a slick public relations effort that falsifies the dangerous nature of marijuana and presents it as “medicine.” Since 1991, Lewis has contributed $5 million to the ACLU to fight drug laws, and he has made large contributions to drug “legalization” campaigns in Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Utah, Florida, Maine, and Massachusetts.on a trip to New Zealand three years ago he was arrested and admitted to three charges of importing drugs after customs officers found two ounces of hashish and 1.7 ounces of marijuana in his luggage. Of course, Lewis said he was carrying the drugs for “medicinal purposes.” The Washington Times reported that the incident “sparked a political furor after the charges were dropped and his identity was suppressed by a court in New Zealand The judge had issued a suppression order against the release of Lewis’ name , stating, “The consequences of publication would far outweigh the crime.” He is a close friend of Senator Ted Kennedy, who uses Lewis’ accommodations to “relax” when in Cleveland.
