Holding these resource extraction companies accountable for the damage they are causing to our ecosystem is vital to our survival; but, sadly, none of our politicians appear to be accountable for anything anymore. High time to eliminate the need for lying politicians altogether by implementing a simple, transparent form of direct democracy through which people can help to influence whatever is important to them. Got any thoughts?

We need look no further than our nation's failed drug war to see how deep this problem of deception among political leaders and media outlets has run for decades. Luckily, the internet has made transparency possible and already begun rebuilding media outlets from the ground up. Which is exactly why our fake two-party system isn't fooling a large segment of the population anymore either. Thanks to journalism like this, we are waking up! My only criticism is the author doesn't go ... More »

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition is a great organization that's driving current drug policy reform. Anyone interested in investing in a better future should visit their site and possibly make a donation to further their important work.

Sadly, biomass is only one example of environmental legislation being crafted for profit and manipulation rather than actually helping the environment. How many people are aware that corn ethanol has already become a huge environmental disaster--which actually requires more energy than it creates!

Sadly, google has become the mouthpieace for mediocrity and melodrama. As google continues catering to what's left of the mainstream media, a potentially useful search engine becomes nothing more than a worthless advertisement. Pretty freakin' lame.

FOX does not produce "news", per say; what they produce is called "infotainment." An actual word used in actual litigation when former reporters attempted to sue the network for NOT ALLOWING them to broadcast the news--why doesn't the White House want to focus on this? Could they also be afraid of that big, scary word: Transparency

There is no way to possibly overstate the amount of damage our idiotic prohibition laws have caused and continue causing. The sooner our president and congress are forced to read this book and take action, the better off we all will be.

Even if it is done so to perhaps befriend or gain credit with cynical readers, it is in poor taste to poke fun at the "hemp hucksters" you clearly have not taken the time to listen to..

Like Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, and a growing list of experts from all fields, I am an advocate for a complete and total end to the FAILED prohibition of drugs...

I am the author, so what I think seems irrelevant.

The trillion dollar fix will require the trillion dollar crop: hemp. Also, ending the drug wars according to the recommendations of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc) and the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy is essential for defeating the military industrial complex--the beast responsible for this whole mess...

If our government wants to fix our energy problems, first it should end the (failed) war on drugs. Then domestic hemp will revitalize our economy and give us a way to store carbon while producing our own plastic (and many other) goods. Please visit Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc) to help spread the word: prohibition doesn't work--education and regulation does.

Our ruling elite have overplayed their pathetic hand; and have already resorted to cheap, sloppy propaganda. I recommended this garbage only so others can see how distorted some of our "news" has become.

If there had been any integrity in the media for the past century, we would not be in this mess right now. Propaganda is a big word, but it's not fooling nearly as many people anymore--thanks in large part to the internet...

Once all drugs have been legalized, out of work prison guards and newly freed drug offenders can go to work in the American hemp industry, which also offers a solution to the many problems caused by E85 and coal-based fuels...

Netanyahu is a bully and a coward; if Obama follows his orders instead of respecting international law, he is guilty of treason.

Why are we in Afghanistan? Such a great question, and a scary gauge of incompetence.

Hemp grows in all fifty states, reaches heights of 16 ft in 3 months and actually helps rejuvenate soil. Methanol from hemp would be a superior fuel to both E85 and liquid coal in many ways, and all other products made from the plant are an extremely safe and efficient way to store carbon.

Honestly, how hard is it to come out against a racist and corrupt policy which does nothing but create violence, bloodshed and more disrespect for our government?