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http://www.hemp.com/2013/01/hemp-the-us-illegal-super-crop/jefferson_hemp/
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Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)Using a slave owning aristocrat as the poster boy for hemp, however, is another story.
...we should discount all of Jefferson's work and writings?
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littleswan
(24 posts)His ideas have zero relevance to our modern society.
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_jefferson.html#f3s7Fdjb8YUI5Qlc.99
littleswan
(24 posts)"Just disregard my criminal record that says I rape on a daily basis"
Same thing
TeamPooka
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(24,259 posts)littleswan
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(24,259 posts)RandiFan1290
(6,245 posts)It doesn't have much to say
Dreamer Tatum
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(28,136 posts)RandiFan1290
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(6,245 posts)OldDem2012
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(6,245 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)"Old Ironsides" was originally outfitted with 60 tons of hemp sails and rigging.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)corn, beans, and cotton maybe a luxury crop in the not to distant future
green for victory
(591 posts)but the mainstream media didn't care
http://hempcar.org/indexOLD.html
Hemp Seeds were the main ingredient in Gruel
RIP:The King of Hemp
littleswan
(24 posts)I hated him.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)Textiles, of course, but IIRC it's an execellent source for bioguels, too.
The Navy wouldn't have been able to operate without hemp ropes and sails.
The current textile industries are helping keep the lid on this. It would be very helpful to get textiles off of the petro based synthetic textiles and back to more natural fibers.
green for victory
(591 posts)then they said they didn't
then Jack and friends found a copy
Henry loved Hemp too
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)We use cloth diapers and I like to use more natural fibers rather than fleece and microfiber and hemp is a great material. It's very absorbent. It allows you to use thinner material while still being super absorbent (compared to microfiber which would need to be thick and bulky to match the absorbancy). I do believe it has natural anti-microbial properties as well. My daughter has super sensitive skin so using hemp is a bonus because it doesn't irritate her in any way. The only downside is that it takes longer to dry than any other diaper material I have used (cotton, bamboo, fleece, microfiber...).
Just thought I'd share.
TeamPooka
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(19,877 posts)harmonicon
(12,008 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Has anyone else called??
Would create jobs, increase American manufacturing, increase the tax base, exports, etc.
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)Comer (ag commissioner) is a republican and I have been irritated with him for the most part. But I do agree that hemp would be a good thing for the state so I hope it goes through. It seems like the federal government would adjust their policies on this if enough states embrace it but maybe that's wishful thinking.
[link:http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130122/NEWS010101/301220075/Effort-to-legalize-industrial-hemp-gains-new-life-in-Kentucky|
kimtjj195_tx
(23 posts)I wonder if he ever smoked the stuff. Hmm