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PLEASE HELP!

Even though almost nobody reads my blog I thought I'd give it a shot.

My Special Education final includes 2 interviews with someone in the special education field (not necessarily a teacher) and it's due Thursday and I have no idea who to interview! If you or someone you know is, please let me know! We can do it via e-mail or whatever works best. It's really simple and quick, just a couple of questions .. I don't need to know your identity either! Your name and such can remain private!

Pleaseee help!

Wise Words.. of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. 
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin

420

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And .. It's 420. Hooray.
No, I don't smoke. I used to .. a lot. And I do like it. But sometimes it would give me headaches towards the end of my smoking period ..  so I stopped. I am an advocate for legalizing marijuana, and not just so pot smokers can live it up.

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If you read any of my 420 themed quotes, you'll see that the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp, and that George Washington encouraged farmers to grow hemp wherever they could. Hemp pretty much established the economy in America.

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They don't tell you that in history books, of that I am certain. Sure, they tell you about tobacco and cotton, but what about one of the easiest crops to grow, that can be used to virtually anything? That doesn't destroy the land after harvest, making that land useless until it is turned over, and saves the need for a lot of logging?

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If anything, hemp should be grown in America at least to help stimulate the economy .. I mean, I won't get into the whole debate on whether or not people should be allowed to smoke pot freely.

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Let me just say this, you might have heard that if we legalize marijuana, we will just be helping the drug lords. NOT TRUE. The drug lords DO NOT want marijuana legalized (and therefor regulated and taxed) because it would just destroy their 'empires' that they have built! It will take away much of their business, and yes, they would still probably sell or move on to sell harder drugs, and no, I do not have an answer for that. But seriously, do you even know what is in the pot that most people buy? It is cut with crack cocaine, PCP, etc.! It is not PURE, and pot smokers do not always have the resources to access naturally grown pot.. meaning that they are putting extremely harsh chemicals in their bodies, when, if they were able to get a hold of natural pot, it would not be so harmful to them, nor would the second hand smoke that comes from it, if you were wondering.

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Ok, so for now, I am done my ramblings. The message is,

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But please, enjoy!

Oh, so many quotes..

So, you must have realized that I have made a bunch of posts titled "Wise Words..", I promise you, this is not for naught. I think that we can learn a lot from the past, and especially from things they said that aren't too well known. I am discovering many of these quotes for the first time as well, and I wanted to share them. Besides annoying my sister on Facebook for changing my status each time I get a new quote, I don't think anyone else minds too much.

Wise Words.. of Edgar Cayce

It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
-- Edgar Cayce [March 18, 1877 - January 3, 1945]