I agree 100% with you Phillip. I think LEAP is still riding on its high horse and despises Barry Cooper due to the previous usurpation of their credentials. I especially like the harm reduction analogy you raised. Better to keep more people out of jail while carrying the fight!

Also, I look forward to his 50/50 reality TV experiment where people will party in a big place and get smashed with booze, and then try the same thing with the same people, but with pot instead. With the fad that is reality TV nowadays, it could be a good way to reach untapped audiences that wouldn't be so sympathetic to our message otherwise.

Hey Phillip,

I'm glad you see through all the disinformation some in the reform community have delivered regarding my efforts. I would also like to point out I NEVER falsely affiliated myself with L.E.A.P. I was on their website as one of their speakers and was asked by three board members to give L.E.A.P. plugs during my national media appearances. I gave the plugs and L.E.A.P. freaked for no apparent reason and decided to distance themselves from me.

Jack Cole also stated in an Associated Press interview: "While LEAP is in sympathy with millions of people who have their lives damaged or destroyed by the failed policy of drug prohibition, LEAP in no way endorses the violation of the law, or any efforts to frustrate the hard work of those sworn to uphold the law."

It is NeverGetBusted's policy to do EVERYTHING legally possible to frustrate law enforcement's efforts to arrest non-violent offenders while trying to change the law at the same time. I am not only teaching citizens how to stay out of jail, but I am also trying to change the laws...I am testifying in courts about illegal searches and I am running for U.S. Congress District 31, Texas.

I wish L.E.A.P. would extend their hand and meet mine for a handshake...not because I need it but because the movement needs it...organizations coming together and placing childish fights aside. It hurts the movement every time Jack Cole criticizes true freedom fighters. He should use his media opportunities more wisely.

The rest of the Reform community has already caught on and now realizes I am a friend. I write for Marc Emery (Cannabis Culture) now and am working closely with NORML Dallas Chapter by speaking at their events. The reform "knee jerk" happened a year ago and few are still kicking! LOL.

You can see the entire first chapter of NeverGetRaided where I sneak into a pot field: It's on the front page of my site: www.nevergetbusted.com

Peace, Love and NeverGetBusted,

Barry N. Cooper
CEO/NeverGetBusted

Barry I would just like to say that I have a huge amount of respect for you and what you are doing. I am not from the US and the laws regarding marijuana may or may not be as strict here as it is in the US, but I believe that even giving as much as a warning or a fine to non violent person partaking in a victimless crime is a huge slap in the face of personal freedom. All this while people who irresponsibly drink alcohol are allowed to be legal public nuisances. Things like slavery, witch trials and censorship were all abolished by people like you. This whole "staying obedient and trying to change the laws" nonsense doesn't work. As the saying goes: obedience is slavery. Keep up the good fight.

From a police forum:

http://forums.officer.com/showthread.php?t=76619
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Buy this guys videos. http://nevergetbusted.com/ Former drug agent that turned sour and tells people how to hide their stash. I have one on order. I am going to watch what the dirt balls are watching.

sicntired This guy is the best speaker on drug legalization I've ever heard and I've heard a lot of speeches.I have no idea what Mr.Cole's beef is but you're never going to beat the drug war if you're afraid of speaking out against every aspect of it.I would liken this to NORML's stance on trafficking.Where do these guy's get their dope?You can't say it's OK to smoke but god damn the pusher.Give me a break.In my country,possession of as little as one pot plant is now a mandatory 6 month jail term.I've heard a lot of nonsense on this issue but to give this guy a hard time is bull shit.You're either against drug prohibition or you're not.To argue over nuances is just plain foolish.It's finally starting to look like we're making some real progress on this issue.Are we now going to start taking shots at each other over minor differences.I've been addicted to opiates for 40 years and I signed up with LEAP.They'll take me but they have issues with a former drug cop?Let's keep it together people.This fight is only just beginning.

I've found Barry's style to be a little like a cross between a TV Preacher and a Professional Wrestler. I'm not entirely sure what motivates him...but I think the activism will grow from his efforts despite his own foibles. I look forward to seeing such a movie, I think it would be incredibly important.

It was tacky of Barry to affiliate himself with LEAP without more involved agreements, but that seems typical of him. LEAP should overcome it's stodgy, law-enforcement superiority and welcome a member who can rock the boat.

I have avoided getting busted for 40yrs. I keep a low profile. We don't need to avoid getting busted, we need to go out of our way, in an organized manner, to get busted. When they try to write a citation, refuse to sign it, demand a lawyer, and a trial by jury. Be slow to post bond, or request ROR. When people are lined up down the hall, and out the door, things might start to change rather quickly. Organization is the key, and being ready to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Ironman

sicntired@mac.com,Vancouver,B.C.Canada I was impressed with the first talk I saw Cooper give at a university Campus.I don't understand the need some people feel to put down other advocates for petty reasons.The LEAP thing was more of a misunderstanding as I read it.It does no one any good for any of us to snipe away at others.I have lots of disagreements with a lot of organizations and a lot of policy differences but we have to learn to work together or we'll be picked off one at a time.We are all working for the same thing,or at least some of the same things.Disagreements are good but personal attacks do no one any good.

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Nobody has the passion for freedom that Barry has.

Hence, nobody has the activity level that Barry has.

Hence, Barry will win more votes than a Libertarian has ever won for
TX Attorney General.

Barry's votes will outnumber those of the Demopublicans, and he will
WIN. When he wins, the jail doors will open, and the prison industrial
complex will stumble, reuniting families and friends, and it will be a
beautiful day,in a freer America.

...And it's not just potheads that will be set free. It's anyone whose
2nd amendment rights have been violated by the ATF. It's doctors
imprisoned for following their conscience, and curing cancer with
Vitamin B17. It's anyone who whose Health Food store was raided
by the FDA, and had their books and Stevia products burned. It's anyone
who refuses to pay income tax to support international murder and
theft. It's anyone who isn't in the government cartel foodchain.

:D

Let's help Barry win his race for Attorney General. See:
http://www.kopbusters.com

Let Texans make billions of dollars in revenue by showing the rest of
the USA how stupid prohibition is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even bum Texans will be rich by catering to the influx of demand for
"Green" Gold! ...And when billions of dollars enter Texas, noone will
take the government seriously anymore.

...All from following the US Constitution!

Towards Liberty and Justice For All,

Jake Witmer
http://jcwitmer.blogspot.com