Pubdate: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 Date: 11/11/1998 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Author: Jonathon Oros After our Nov. 3 elections, the next day the White House said it would ignore the overwhelmingly passed medical marijuana initiatives in five states and Washington, D.C. Wow! I hear now on the propaganda networks, and have since the first grade in public school, that we live in a democracy. I am afraid that's a big lie. The truth is we live in a hypocrisy. After voting Nov. 3, then hearing this news Nov. 4, I questioned my own participation in this fraud of a democracy. Now I understand why less than half of registered voters vote! Jonathon Oros, Los Angeles