Journalistic Ignorance? Indifference? or Incompetence?

Just another Media Flaw! They Pop up like Boils

Yesterday Google alerted me to an article in the news that never should have been published. It’s just filler but it’s another inexcusable hostile attack on Medical Marijuana which I addressed with a letter to the author.

 Here is a link to the article and following my response.

http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2012/10/18/too-many-patients-going-to-pot-md

To: WellandTribune.ca

Attn: Mr. Allen Benner- Reporter

Re: Too many patients going to pot: MD

Dear Mr. Benner:

S’mee:

Blaine Barrett, 
TheSmeeGoanGuy

from

Medical Marihuana and TheSmeeGoanGuy

http://Goan-Smee.Blogspot.ca

How dare you present the unsupported opinion of an unqualified moron like Dr. Pran Kundi as news worth publishing? He’s presented as some sort of expert in the field of Medical Marijuana. It’s a complete crock of misleading bullshit.

It’s the biased, one-sided unsupported opinion of some East Indian G.P. who doesn’t give a shit about pain because he hasn’t got any. Where the hell is one supporting study that links marijuana to cancer? Lung or otherwise! He has no basis in fact and touting pharmaceutical substitutes that just don’t work implies to me he’s probably collecting a fee for the favourable review. You know how drug companies work, don’t you?

The Swami doctor apparently hasn’t bothered to consult Granny’s List for thousands of scholarly studies of the benefits of marijuana. I don’t know of one with a provable harmful consequence or it would be front page news.

I checked on the Doc. He may be a good guy but he’s no wonder boy. I checked at www.Ratemds.com and found 30 doctors listed for Welland. 10 had no ratings yet but of the 20 that did the average rating was 3.9 and Dr. Kundi rated a 2.9. That’s fourth from the bottom

If there was one iota of actual proof of any physical harm as a result of smoking or ingesting cannabis the Medical Community would have killed medical marijuana long ago.

You apparently unaware that there is a sneaky underhanded vicious war going on about Medical Marijuana and if you’re going to write about something, get yourself informed. Go to my Blog and check out the other side of the equation. The Kamermans Conspiracy is the most blatant assault but I don’t think you’ve been paying attention to major details, just the minor. You’re probably completely unaware of it and the egregious violations of Medical Confidentiality involved

You’re supposed to be a professional journalist: fact check yourself. You owe your readership a correction and the Licensees of the program an apology.

I and my readership will be watching for it.

TheSmeeGoanGuy

Harper’s at it again!

More Sneaky Under-the-Table Bullshit

S’mee again

Yesterday The Guardian and CBC published articles that every Canadian should resent.

It announced that the Harper Government has finally been given its due recognition.

We just won the Goddamned DODO Award for duplicity and secrecy- Actions that Harm biodiversity. The Harpocrits are actively helping to dump 100 tons of rust into the ocean and violating 2 International Conventions. It came from Alberta and Steevil the Weevil no doubt will justify it by the number of Canadians getting work from sabotaging the environment.

In order to win this tribute to stupidity and arrogance, the arseholes in Ottawa were perfectly aware of possible massive environmental damage when some scum Yankee named Russ George, with a record that stinks to high heaven, dumped the forbidden contaminant; in fact they apparently were active participants and helped.

That sucks!

The Guardian: Canadian government 'knew of plans to dump iron into the Pacific'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/17/canada-geoengineering-pacific?newsfeed=true

Vancouver Sun: Tonnes of iron dumped off BC's coast

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Tonnes+iron+dumped+coast/7395723/story.html

What else have we got going on under the table?

Well there’s the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) as well as the Nexen takeover by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). Both involve losses of sovereignty and should be no-no’s but Harpo’s always right.

Both these need extreme examination but Harpo is doing his normal keeping his cards to himself thing and nobody has any idea where he’s leading: Not that anyone ever did! He wants Canada to trust him. Why should we? We just watched him betray the trust of his Pro-Life following and back away from abortion like a scalded cat. Two faced = No Trust!

Once upon a time Harper got lectured by UN experts for his refusal to acknowledge Harm reduction as a better way to deal with drug addiction. Not our Law and Order Leader. Fail to punish a sick criminal, no way. If Harpo had his way he’d ram through Capital punishment for growing Medical Marijuana.

He started sulking, decided to teach them a lesson, sucked up to the US position and came out in support of Israel, screw the Palestinians. That got Canada kicked off the Security Council by the UN Arab bloc and Stevie just can’t seem to get over it. He once again knows it all and doesn’t agree with anything that organization, or anyone else in the world, thinks is the proper approach to environmental stewardship. He knew better that the experts and contemptibly helps dump garbage into the ocean. The fact he was violating UN conventions no doubt gave him extreme satisfaction. That’ll teach them to disagree with God’s representative on Earth

Canada’s position as presented by him is a complete denial of reality. He’s got Canada standing up in front of the General Assembly and giving them all the one finger Heil Harper salute. He’s destroyed Canada’s image as a common sense reliable neighbour whose contribution as a middleman negotiator and peacekeeper was valued by the UN.

I fear now that the world will see all Canadians as mirror images of our asshole leader.

Nothing could be further from the truth, but our leader doesn’t know what truth is. His whole government is based on lies, distortion and misrepresentation of the truth. Over 50% of our population knows that and wants him gone. Unfortunately we gave the asshole a majority and he’s beyond control until we can kick his ass out of office at the next election. That span of years is going to seem an eternity. Woe is us!

TheSmeeGoanGuy

Letter to Dad

The other day I was sent through Hell!! A simple letter from my son sent me on a journey of terrifying imagination when I looked at the terrible mistake he was making and the future consequences . Things were very dark for a while as you will soon understand, here is his letter

Letter to Dad

I was passing by my son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then I saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, "Dad". With the worst premonition, I opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:

  Dear Dad,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with mom and you. I've been finding real passion with Joan and she is so nice-even with all her piercing, tattoos, and her tight Motorcycle clothes. But it's not only the passion, Dad, she's pregnant and Joan said that we would be very happy. Even though you don't care for her, as she is so much older than I, she already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. She wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my! dreams too.

Joan taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and trading it with her friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Joan can get better; she sure deserves it!!

Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your son,

John

PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbor's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk center drawer. I love you! Call when it is safe for me to come home.