Obama's Vice president Joe Biden Behind Unconstitutional Rave Act

[Magicman]

Barack Obama's running mate, JOE BIDEN, was the main sponsor of the RAVE Act, and personally had it passed as an amendment to the AMBER Alert bill, when he could not pass the Bill on it's own.

For everybody who doesn't know, the RAVE (Reducing America's Vulnerability to Ecstasy) Act created a penalty for promoters of events where drugs could be used, despite the promoters best efforts to keep drugs out. This means that any music event promoter in the United States risks being fined $250,000 and 5 years in jail every time they throw a party/event. It has been used to shut down events in advance.

Despite a promoter's best effort to make their party safe and drug-free, they can still go to jail over this. This has even been used to shut down pro-medical marijuana concerts, effectively squelching dissent to the USA's draconian raids on medical marijuana patients.


This act effectively criminalized an entire youth subculture with the stroke of a pen.


So JOE BIDEN who made it his business to TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOM AS AMERICANS to gather and enjoy music wants to be the next Vice President of the United States?

We have a few options, but one of them would be to somehow confront JOE BIDEN and make him promise to amend the AMBER Alert bill and remove the section about electronic music events if he is elected.


Find a leader who has not made CRIMINALS OUT OF AMERICANS who want to GATHER, UNITE and DANCE !

 

[James Madison]

But, but, but, he's going to change things.

 

[RSLudlum]

That's exactly why I despise him. I used to DJ in that 'subculture' and it really made a stir in those circles. The first two guys that got convicter were Idaho promoters, i think one of their names was Rice, i can't remember the other one...This thing was attached to the "Amber Alert" bill, and included such language as 'one time event' and 'outdoor events'..It is pretty much a Crackhouse law revamped for entertainment events.

Watch this video that is absolutely amazing to think that SWAT teams and helicopters are needed to stop a party on private property (you can hear the dogs and helicopters), this had many of us in the scene fuming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW-mv80rvyg


here's a good story on the fiasco:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/401/utah1.shtml



Actually, this could be a damn good point to put out on many of the networking sites like Myspace, Facebook, etc....Those sites are full of people in the underground dance scene, esp. DJ's and Producers that make their livelyhood there and would likely be going toward Obama. They would really feel hurt that he picked Biden as a VP. Many of those that frequent these events, like I use to, eat, sleep, and drink that scene and it's really non-violent vibe. Let them know there are other options in the Third Parties.

 

[Magicman]

Rebump.

Your right, I sent one with my EDM profile if anyone has one send this out as a bulletin.

 

[krazy kaju]

Man, you have to have helluva respect for Congressmen who come up with innovative ways to name bills. Seriously, I never would've known how to make an acronym spelling out RAVE for a bill that gets tough on x.

 

[RSLudlum]

Man, you have to have helluva respect for Congressmen who come up with innovative ways to name bills. Seriously, I never would've known how to make an acronym spelling out RAVE for a bill that gets tough on x.

LOL...yeah, I've thought about that same thing before, and have concluded that they consult an ancient decoder ring deep under DC for these acronyms.

or maybe its just as simple as this

 

[kombayn]

Someone should drop of ecstasy in Joe Biden's coffee so he can just die. Obama is a fool. I can't wait to see McCain pick Tom Ridge, it'll be a fun election this year.

 

[Mesogen]

http://www.theagitator.com/2008/08/23/biden/

But from a policy perspective, it’s a disaster. Biden has sponsored more damaging drug war legislation than any Democrat in Congress. Hate the way federal prosecutors use RICO laws to take aim at drug offenders? Thank Biden. How about the abomination that is federal asset forfeiture laws? Thank Biden. Think federal prosecutors have too much power in drug cases? Thank Biden. Think the title of a “Drug Czar” is sanctimonious and silly? Thank Biden, who helped create the position (and still considers it an accomplishment worth boasting about). Tired of the ridiculous steroids hearings in Congress? Thank Biden, who led the effort to make steroids a Schedule 3 drug, and has been among the blowhardiest of the blowhards when it comes to sports and performance enhancing drugs. Biden voted in favor of using international development aid for drug control (think plan Columbia, plan Afghanistan, and other meddling anti-drug efforts that have only fostered loathing of America, backlash, and unintended consequences). Oh, and he was also the chief sponsor of 2004’s horrendous RAVE Act.

Biden does appear to have eased up a bit in the last couple years, including taking a fairly strong position against federal raids on medical marijuana clinics (though he still opposes making marijuana available for medicinal purposes). But that’s little consolation for all the damage he’s done over the years.

Biden’s record on other criminal justice and civil liberties issues is just as bad. Opponents of the federalization of crime might note that the 1994 crime bill he sponsored created several new federal capital offenses. Biden also wants to expand federal penalties for hate crimes. He supports a federal smoking ban. His position on the federal drinking age is, and I quote, “absolutely do not” lower it to 18. He believes “most violent crime is related to drugs” (if he had said “drug prohibition,” he’d be closer to the truth). Biden also has an almost perfect anti-gun voting record. He said last year he favors “universal national service,” either in the Peace Corps or the military. Sounds like conscription to me. He says he’s opposed to the PATRIOT Act, but he voted for both the original bill and its re-authorization in 2005.

Foreign policy? Biden voted for the war on Iraq. Yes, he’s opposed to it now (and I like the partition plan he pushed in the primaries). But he didn’t vote correctly when it counted most. Biden also voted to send troops into Darfur. He wants to enlarge NATO. He voted in favor of the air strikes in Kosovo. He voted to strengthen the trade embargo against Cuba. His seems to be a meddling, interventionist, Clinton-esque foreign policy. His first instinct seems to be that the U.S. military’s objective include some vague notion of “doing good in the world.” Never mind the disastrous consequences that notion has reaped over the years.

I obviously disagree with Biden on a host of economic and regulatory issues, too (though he does seem to be fairly decent on free trade). But that’s to be expected. My problem with Biden is that he’s not even good on the issues the left is supposed to be good on. He’s an overly ambitious, elitist, tunnel-visioned, Potomac-fevered Beltway dinosaur, with all the trappings. He may well have been the worst possible pick among congressional Democrats when it comes to the drug war and criminal justice.

Your humble Agitator predicted the Biden pick last February. It was a prediction made mostly from cynicism. I wish I had been wrong.

On principle, Obama stumbles badly, here. I guess we’ll have to wait to see how it plays out on the electoral map.

 

[RSLudlum]

Someone should drop of ecstasy in Joe Biden's coffee so he can just die. .

He wouldn't die...If many think he's a looselips blabbermouth now, just wait till he gets a little 'molly' in his system. He'd be out on the streets with the protesters demanding the troops home now with a lollipop in his mouth...

 

[rockandrollsouls]

The sad thing is, whether you admit or not, Biden is incredibly convincing when he talks. A wolf in sheep's clothing...

 

[kombayn]

He wouldn't die...If many think he's a looselips blabbermouth now, just wait till he gets a little 'molly' in his system. He'd be out on the streets with the protesters demanding the troops home now with a lollipop in his mouth...

Not a pacifier?