By: Jason

Hey everybody its Jason here to give you a little insight on some of the amazing green Eco~Friendly musical products that we have to offer here at thedreamshop.us!

I will tell you a little bit about the drum sticks. But first I will tell you a little bit about me the drummer. I started playing percussion in middle school about the age of 13. I played in school as a member of the marching band till about the tenth grade. I was in my first band when I was fifteen and have been in about four different bands since. I have played everything from rock to country. Everything from soft and subtle to hard and heavy and I have always been a 5B hickory stick user and have gone through my share of sticks over the years.

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1776
The patriotic populace organizes spinning bees to turn hemp fiber into clothing for General Washington’s Continental Army.

1776
First and second drafts of the Declaration of Independence are written on hemp paper.

1777
The Stars and Stripes is endorsed as the Capitol Flag of the U.S.A. and made of hemp fabric.

1790’s
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grow hemp on their plantations.

1800’s
Van Gogh paints on hemp canvas.

Australians survive two prolonged famines by using hemp seed for protein and leaves for roughage.

Hemp seed oil, long the most popular lighting oil in the world, falls to second place in popularity as whale oil becomes widely accessible.

The use of hemp extracts as a recreational stimulant spreads through Western culture and romantic writers expound on individual freedom and human dignity, extolling cannabis use. Their works include: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass.

1812
America goes to war with Great Britain over free-trade access to Russian hemp.

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By: Jason

Just a little info on hemp seeds and hemp seed oil, in case you wanted to know.

Hemp seeds have been cultivated since ancient times. They provide a source for complete vegetable protein and, when pressed, yield nutritious, emerald colored oil containing the highest overall essential fatty acid (EFA, or vitamin “F”) content in the plant kingdom in an unsaturated form. Some of the plant’s diverse applications include nutritional, medicinal, cosmetic and industrial use.

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By: Jason

This is some info on just one of the chemicals that the US is using. I have given you two views, one from each side. You decide who is honest and who is not.

My opening statement…

What is Organic anything anymore? With so many chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides intertwined into our food and water systems what is really truly organic. The genetic makeup of the crops in the farming industry after years of chemicals are showing traces of said chemicals. Scientists are even infusing animal DNA with that of the crop to advance it, even when its been fine for thousands of years. Do they do this because all the chemicals they have used through the years have permanently changed the way said crops grow. Leaving said crop unable to grow the way it should? With it always changing the biological make up of the crop and the insects that feed off of them through years and decades of use. They engineer bigger, stronger, and deadlier herbicides and pesticides to counter act what damage they have already done. Forever changing the soil through degeneration. Forever changing the wildlife through runoff into the water system which effects us all through the food chain and our drinking and bathing water. When is our government going to look in to safer ways to protect or crops and or food supply. The money they save on the way things are done now isn’t worth the horrible aftermath that will undoubtedly effect all of us, our children, and their children. So my hopes are that enough people will be fed up with this process and do something about it.
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By: Jason

As an eligible voter in the state of Michigan and a true supporter of the medical marijuana movement, my question for our new president, whether it be McCain or Obama, is will they stop the senseless war against marijuana.

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