Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread John Howell
At 1:59 PM -0500 4/2/04, Andrew Stiller wrote: I have received the following communication from the Drug Policy Alliance, wh. may be of interest to US Finale listers: Congress is considering legislation that would hold bands, DJs, bartenders, promoters, venue owners, radio stations and others

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Apr 2004 at 14:36, John Howell wrote: At 1:59 PM -0500 4/2/04, Andrew Stiller wrote: I have received the following communication from the Drug Policy Alliance, wh. may be of interest to US Finale listers: Congress is considering legislation that would hold bands, DJs, bartenders,

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
John, The RAVE act is absolutely not an urban legend. Go to the ACLU's web page to find out more. The Republicans have been trying to pass this for years, and they finally got it by appending it to the AMBER alert bill (otherwise known as the Elizabeth Smart act), a very popular bill which

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
A recent story on the impact of the RAVE act: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0410/spartos.php Public policy, however, is not so mutable. Weeks after the botched study was published, its conclusions were repeatedly invoked by witnesses at a House subcommittee hearing on the Reducing

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 2, 2004, at 11:40 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: The RAVE act is absolutely not an urban legend. Go to the ACLU's web page to find out more. The Republicans have been trying to pass this for years, and they finally got it by appending it to the AMBER alert bill (otherwise known as the

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Apr 2004 at 13:56, Mark D Lew wrote: By the way, you and David have both mentioned Republicans. While it's true that the Republicans who control Congress have provided much of the support for the RAVE Act, it's really not a partisan issue. The sponsor of the bill is a Democrat, Sen Joe

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Mark, You are quite correct about Biden and Liberman, but you have to admit, Lieberman out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic party right now (as his embarrassing presidential bid demonstrated). Biden is another socially conservative Democrat and is, IMO, almost as loathsome as

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 2, 2004, at 2:08 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Joe Lieberman is not really a Democrat. Touché But this is not a political list, so we should probably not go any further with this. . . Good point. I'll resist the urge to follow-up on Darcy's post. Either that or we can take it elsewhere.

Re: [Finale] TAN: Rave Act protest scheduled

2004-04-02 Thread Philip Aker
On Friday, Apr 2, 2004, at 14:51 US/Pacific, Mark D Lew wrote: On Apr 2, 2004, at 2:08 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Joe Lieberman is not really a Democrat. Touché But this is not a political list, so we should probably not go any further with this. . . Good point. I'll resist the urge to