Subject: Re: [drugwar] Here's to 58% of the folks in Seattle! Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:38:53 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:40:36 -0400, Preston Peet wrote: >=A0=A0=A0It seems to me that it is illegal to use public money for= political >=A0purposes, which is what these anti-voting jaunts for speeching= are. Please remember this principle when evaluating such= anti-freedom legislation as the Incumbent Protection Act aka The Campaign= Reform Act , which claims to aim to "take money out of politics" by= restricting the rights of individuals and associations to pool resources to= buy media megaphones and replace it with Big Media and Taken Money= subsidies to those who live on that taken money . It is profoundly evil to have your money taken to be used to= support individuals and causes you are viscerally opposed to . That is= a foundational First Amendment principle . I have some comments on the recent historic audio of the Supreme= Court arguments on the Bipartisan CRA p and a link to the 4 hour= C-SPAN audio at http://cosy.com/home.htm#20030911 . -- Also , kudos to the North Westerners for rejecting the opening= wedge on the extension of the WOsD to expresso in rejecting by about the= same 58% marging the proposed special tax on some coffee . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/18 12:18:49 PM