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<CENTER><U><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>The True Story of the InterNet
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<CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=7 COLOR=#800000>Info</FONT><FONT SIZE=7 COLOR=#FF0000>War</FONT></B></CENTER>
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<CENTER><U><B><FONT SIZE=4>Final Frontier of the Digital Revolution</FONT></B></U></CENTER>
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<CENTER><U><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=#800000>Behind the ElectroMagnetic
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<CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>by <I><B>TruthMonger <tm(a)dev.null>
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FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA<BR>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED DEC. 10, 1997<BR>
THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz<BR>
How can we reduce voter turnout?<BR>
<BR>
Toby, somewhere in the Great Northwest, writes:<BR>
<BR>
"I am doing a research paper for my Sr. High School Government
term<BR>
paper. My assignment is 'How to increase voter turnout.' Are there
any<BR>
books or information that I could use to reference, and if you
have time<BR>
could you give me some of your ideas?"<BR>
<BR>
I replied:<BR>
<BR>
# # #<BR>
<BR>
Greetings, Toby --<BR>
<BR>
The book "Votescam," widely available in paperback,
is worth a look.<BR>
<BR>
But I'm not sure about the premise of your paper, in the first
place.<BR>
<BR>
Before we can answer the question, "How to increase voter
turnout," it<BR>
seems to me we need to ask "WHO wants to increase voter turnout,
and why?"<BR>
<BR>
Whether the next election sees 70 percent of registered voters
show up at<BR>
the polls, or 50 percent, or 30 percent, the result will be the
same. A<BR>
member of the incumbent Republicrat Party will be elected. He
or she will<BR>
go to the capital, raise taxes, and increase government meddling
in our<BR>
lives. Freedom will be further eroded. The only folks granted
"loopholes"<BR>
and "exemptions" from this ever-tightening vise are
corporate, union, or<BR>
other special interests who have ponied up tens of thousands of
dollars<BR>
worth of bribes -- euphemistically called "campaign contributions"
-- to<BR>
buy "access."<BR>
<BR>
If the folks running this protection racket thought that higher
voter<BR>
turnouts would upset their applecart, dumping them all out of
office and<BR>
replacing them with Libertarians (or anyone who might REALLY decrease
the<BR>
size and power of government), they would be doing everything
possible to<BR>
PREVENT higher voter turnout, starting with re-enactment of the
poll tax.<BR>
<BR>
Instead, we see our state and local registrars -- FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT
<BR>
EMPLOYEES -- urging HIGHER voter turnout, and making it so easy
to register<BR>
and vote that you can now actually do both by mail.<BR>
<BR>
Why?<BR>
<BR>
To discover their real motivation, look at the recent special
<BR>
presidential election in Bosnia. Because voter turnout was under
50<BR>
percent, the United Nations held that vote was INVALID and had
to be<BR>
redone, figuring terrorist gunmen had frightened too many folks
away from<BR>
the polls.<BR>
<BR>
The risk to governments now in power is not HIGH voter turnout
-- their<BR>
control over the courtesan press, and restrictions on the ability
of third<BR>
parties to get on the ballot or into televised debates, take care
of that.<BR>
<BR>
Instead, their fear is that turnout among wised-up victims unwilling
to<BR>
continue endorsing their schemes will fall so low that they will
no longer<BR>
be able to claim any credible "mandate from the people"
to continue<BR>
building their metastasizing police state.<BR>
<BR>
So, if we want to see anything change, why isn't the title of
your paper<BR>
"How to REDUCE voter turnout?"<BR>
<BR>
"That's outrageous," you'll likely be told. "Voting
is how we keep the<BR>
democratic process strong."<BR>
<BR>
Precisely. And the Founders never meant for us to be exclusively
or even<BR>
mostly a democracy, or they'd never have let five Supreme Court
justices<BR>
overrule 218 congressmen. All this vote-counting has actually
gotten<BR>
people believing it's OK to throw away the Second Amendment and
restrict<BR>
the right of the people to keep and bear arms (for example) ...
so long as<BR>
you can get a majority to "vote" for it.<BR>
<BR>
Our current problem in this country is that there's TOO MUCH voting
going<BR>
on, on stuff never meant to be subject to government intervention,
in the<BR>
first place.<BR>
<BR>
But, if you insist, here's a way to "increase voter turnout":
<BR>
<BR>
Place every state, local, and national ordinance which currently
outlaws,<BR>
taxes, or regulates any drug or medical device or practice, or
any firearm,<BR>
explosive, or militarily useful device up to and including tanks
and<BR>
shoulder-launched missiles, on the ballot. For good measure, also
place on<BR>
the ballot any existing law which authorizes any tax or fee.<BR>
<BR>
Then announce that, under the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a jury
trial,<BR>
it follows that no person may be punished for violating any of
these laws<BR>
unless he or she could reasonably expect to be convicted by a
UNANIMOUS<BR>
vote of a RANDOMLY-SELECTED jury of 12.<BR>
<BR>
Since one juror in 12 represents 8.33 percent of the populace,
obviously<BR>
no law which has only 91 percent popular support can be allowed
to stand<BR>
under the clear intent of the Sixth Amendment; only laws with
92 percent<BR>
popular support can be allowed to stand.<BR>
<BR>
Therefore, any law which is OPPOSED BY 9 PERCENT (OR MORE) OF
VOTERS IN<BR>
THE NEXT ELECTION will be stricken from the books. No more prosecutions
<BR>
under that law will EVER be allowed, even if the Legislature tries
to<BR>
re-instate it.<BR>
<BR>
If the vote goes 91-9 to KEEP the drug laws, the drug laws are
REPEALED.<BR>
If the vote goes 91-9 to KEEP the gun laws, the gun laws are REPEALED.
If<BR>
the vote goes 91-9 to KEEP the income tax, the income tax is REPEALED.
<BR>
<BR>
Giving folks the chance to finally CHANGE something, I think that
would<BR>
draw a pretty good voter turnout. Don't you?<BR>
<BR>
Vin Suprynowicz is the assistant editorial page editor of the
Las Vegas<BR>
Review-Journal. Readers may contact him via e-mail at vin(a)lvrj.com.
<BR>
<BR>
***<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Vin Suprynowicz, vin(a)lvrj.com<BR>
<BR>
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility
of servitude<BR>
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us
in peace.<BR>
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick
the hand that<BR>
feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity
forget<BR>
that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams<BR>
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Nobody Calls From Vegas Just To Say Hello
FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED DEC. 10, 1997
THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz
How can we reduce voter turnout?
Toby, somewhere in the Great Northwest, writes:
"I am doing a research paper for my Sr. High School Government term
paper. My assignment is 'How to increase voter turnout.' Are there any
books or information that I could use to reference, and if you have time
could you give me some of your ideas?"
I replied:
# # #
Greetings, Toby --
The book "Votescam," widely available in paperback, is worth a look.
But I'm not sure about the premise of your paper, in the first place.
Before we can answer the question, "How to increase voter turnout," it
seems to me we need to ask "WHO wants to increase voter turnout, and why?"
Whether the next election sees 70 percent of registered voters show up at
the polls, or 50 percent, or 30 percent, the result will be the same. A
member of the incumbent Republicrat Party will be elected. He or she will
go to the capital, raise taxes, and increase government meddling in our
lives. Freedom will be further eroded. The only folks granted "loopholes"
and "exemptions" from this ever-tightening vise are corporate, union, or
other special interests who have ponied up tens of thousands of dollars
worth of bribes -- euphemistically called "campaign contributions" -- to
buy "access."
If the folks running this protection racket thought that higher voter
turnouts would upset their applecart, dumping them all out of office and
replacing them with Libertarians (or anyone who might REALLY decrease the
size and power of government), they would be doing everything possible to
PREVENT higher voter turnout, starting with re-enactment of the poll tax.
Instead, we see our state and local registrars -- FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES -- urging HIGHER voter turnout, and making it so easy to register
and vote that you can now actually do both by mail.
Why?
To discover their real motivation, look at the recent special
presidential election in Bosnia. Because voter turnout was under 50
percent, the United Nations held that vote was INVALID and had to be
redone, figuring terrorist gunmen had frightened too many folks away from
the polls.
The risk to governments now in power is not HIGH voter turnout -- their
control over the courtesan press, and restrictions on the ability of third
parties to get on the ballot or into televised debates, take care of that.
Instead, their fear is that turnout among wised-up victims unwilling to
continue endorsing their schemes will fall so low that they will no longer
be able to claim any credible "mandate from the people" to continue
building their metastasizing police state.
So, if we want to see anything change, why isn't the title of your paper
"How to REDUCE voter turnout?"
"That's outrageous," you'll likely be told. "Voting is how we keep the
democratic process strong."
Precisely. And the Founders never meant for us to be exclusively or even
mostly a democracy, or they'd never have let five Supreme Court justices
overrule 218 congressmen. All this vote-counting has actually gotten
people believing it's OK to throw away the Second Amendment and restrict
the right of the people to keep and bear arms (for example) ... so long as
you can get a majority to "vote" for it.
Our current problem in this country is that there's TOO MUCH voting going
on, on stuff never meant to be subject to government intervention, in the
first place.
But, if you insist, here's a way to "increase voter turnout":
Place every state, local, and national ordinance which currently outlaws,
taxes, or regulates any drug or medical device or practice, or any firearm,
explosive, or militarily useful device up to and including tanks and
shoulder-launched missiles, on the ballot. For good measure, also place on
the ballot any existing law which authorizes any tax or fee.
Then announce that, under the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a jury trial,
it follows that no person may be punished for violating any of these laws
unless he or she could reasonably expect to be convicted by a UNANIMOUS
vote of a RANDOMLY-SELECTED jury of 12.
Since one juror in 12 represents 8.33 percent of the populace, obviously
no law which has only 91 percent popular support can be allowed to stand
under the clear intent of the Sixth Amendment; only laws with 92 percent
popular support can be allowed to stand.
Therefore, any law which is OPPOSED BY 9 PERCENT (OR MORE) OF VOTERS IN
THE NEXT ELECTION will be stricken from the books. No more prosecutions
under that law will EVER be allowed, even if the Legislature tries to
re-instate it.
If the vote goes 91-9 to KEEP the drug laws, the drug laws are REPEALED.
If the vote goes 91-9 to KEEP the gun laws, the gun laws are REPEALED. If
the vote goes 91-9 to KEEP the income tax, the income tax is REPEALED.
Giving folks the chance to finally CHANGE something, I think that would
draw a pretty good voter turnout. Don't you?
Vin Suprynowicz is the assistant editorial page editor of the Las Vegas
Review-Journal. Readers may contact him via e-mail at vin(a)lvrj.com.
***
Vin Suprynowicz, vin(a)lvrj.com
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greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that
feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget
that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams
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Foulmouthed Timothy May rehashes his lies like a rabid parrot
choking on a stale mantra stuck in its poisonous beak.
o/ \ / \ / / \o
/# ##o # o## #\ Timothy May
/ \ / \ /o\ / |\ / \
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Phillip M. Hallam-Baker <hallam(a)ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>FC folk may find this interesting. What Jim Bell was charged
>with and admitted was planning and executing attacks on the
>IRS.
No, that's not correct. He was charged with (and plead guilty to)
obstructing an IRS agent (26 USC 7212(a)) and misuse of a Social Security
number (42 USC 408). The "attack" he admitted to executing consisted of
applying a stinky chemical to the doormat of an IRS office. (see
<http://jya.com/jimbell-dock4.htm> for more.)
>His 'Assasination Politics' essay was used to demonstrate
>motive (amongst other things).
That doesn't make any sense - it could conceivably have been introduced to
demonstrate intent, or state of mind .. but not motive, at least in the
absence of evidence that an active assassination market existed, and the
prosecution apparently didn't see fit to mention such evidence to the
press, nor to the judge at sentencing.
But it's misleading to say that the essay was used to "demonstrate"
anything, as it was never introduced into evidence - there was no trial.
Jim plead guilty and was sentenced based upon the arguments of his counsel,
the prosecutor, and the probation department's presentence report. It's
interesting to note that the prosecutor and the defense concurred in
recommending to the judge that Jim receive a sentence at the low end of the
permissible range, while the probation department (which acts as an
"attitude police") urged a sentence of 27 months, at or near the upper end
of the applicable guidelines.
Jim's analysis of AP and its relationship to our legal/political/social
structure was poor, and his behavior juvenile and indefensible. He did not,
however, present a credible threat to the IRS, nor should he be punished
more harshly because of his political views/ideas.
We should not let distaste/disgust for Jim's ideas and tactics blind us to
the important legal and constitutional questions lurking beneath the
surface of this investigation and prosecution - there's some possibility
that the IRS used its investigation of Jim as a threat to other prolific
authors on the Internet.
For example, copies of the press release announcing the raid on Jim's home
were mailed, apparently from computer systems inside the IRS, to
individuals active on the Cypherpunks list. The IRS has never before (or
since) bothered to notify those individuals about criminal investigations
which might otherwise be of interest. One easy conclusion to reach is that
the raid was intended to chill those individuals' expressive activity on
the Net with respect to Jim and his ideas and the interplay between
taxation and anonymity and cryptography.
Further, it's worth considering carefully the relationship between Jim's
legitimate and constitutionally protected political speech and the criminal
trial process. To what extent did Jim's outspokenness about the IRS
influence its interest in investigating and prosecuting him? To what extent
was his protected speech used to argue that he was ineligible for release
on bail pretrial? To what extent did his extended pretrial incarceration
pressure him to plead guilty? (Note that as of his sentencing on 12/12,
he's already served almost 80% of his term of incarceration.) To what
extent did his protected speech influence the probation department to
recommend a sentence two and half times as long as that proposed in the
plea agreement negotiated by the prosecution and defense? To what extent
will his protected speech be used to measure his compliance with the terms
of his supervised release?
Assuming that one considers a stinkbomb "force", it seems beyond dispute
that Jim is in fact guilty of the charges against him - so it's difficult
to argue that he was, in fact, wrongfully convicted. But it's also
difficult to argue that, but for his AP essay(s), he'd never have attracted
the attention nor scrutiny of the IRS, and hence never have been
prosecuted. In effect, he's guilty of violating common sense - he shouldn't
have drawn attention to himself if he wasn't prepared for a certain amount
of scrutiny. But cases like Jim's demonstrate that there's a considerable
gulf between the high-school-civics-class idea that we are all equal before
the law and the practical world of the criminal trial system. Jim was
treated specially at every stage of this process because of what he's
written, and that should make every person who values free political
expression uncomfortable. Jim's case demonstrates that we're moving closer
to a country where one can be prosecuted for thoughtcrime. And that,
indeed, should be of interest to FC list members.
--
Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell:
gbroiles(a)netbox.com | Export jobs, not crypto.
http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | http://www.parrhesia.com
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>Gag Broiled wrote:
>>Phillip M. Hallam-Baker <hallam(a)ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>FC folk may find this interesting. What Jim Bell was charged
>>>with and admitted was planning and executing attacks on the
>>>IRS.
>>
>>No, that's not correct.
Half-Baked knows that, but with his bowling-mentality, he thinks
he has a better chance of throwing a strike if he puts a little spin
on his balls, while twisting Jim's.
>>He was charged with (and plead guilty to)
>>obstructing an IRS agent (26 USC 7212(a)) and misuse of a Social Security
>>number (42 USC 408). The "attack" he admitted to executing consisted of
>>applying a stinky chemical to the doormat of an IRS office. (see
>><http://jya.com/jimbell-dock4.htm> for more.)
Was that FELONY 'Making a bad smell'? I farted in an IRS office once
(on purpose). Am I a Jim Bell co-conspirator?
Are my armpits considered a felony or a misdemeanor?
The government misuses my Social Security Number to steal my money.
Where do I press charges? Can I place airline employees under citizen's
arrest when they demand it?
>>It's
>>interesting to note that the prosecutor and the defense concurred in
>>recommending to the judge that Jim receive a sentence at the low end of the
>>permissible range, while the probation department (which acts as an
>>"attitude police") urged a sentence of 27 months, at or near the upper end
>>of the applicable guidelines.
>>
>>Jim's analysis of AP and its relationship to our legal/political/social
>>structure was poor, and his behavior juvenile and indefensible. He did not,
>>however, present a credible threat to the IRS, nor should he be punished
>>more harshly because of his political views/ideas.
Winter winds blow both ways.
>>We should not let distaste/disgust for Jim's ideas and tactics blind us to
>>the important legal and constitutional questions lurking beneath the
>>surface of this investigation and prosecution - there's some possibility
>>that the IRS used its investigation of Jim as a threat to other prolific
>>authors on the Internet.
The government's armed assault on Ma and Pa Bell's residence took place
within hours of an email being sent to him containing a rough draft of
a chapter of an InterNet published manuscript describing and lauding
Bell's AP system.
>>For example, copies of the press release announcing the raid on Jim's home
>>were mailed, apparently from computer systems inside the IRS, to
>>individuals active on the Cypherpunks list. The IRS has never before (or
>>since) bothered to notify those individuals about criminal investigations
>>which might otherwise be of interest.
It is interesting to note that the emails from treasury.gov constituted
the same type of 'threat' that Bell was roundly accused of by government
officials and the press.
>>One easy conclusion to reach is that
>>the raid was intended to chill those individuals' expressive activity on
>>the Net with respect to Jim and his ideas and the interplay between
>>taxation and anonymity and cryptography.
The winter wind blows both ways.
It is also easy to reach the conclusion that the AP-BOT results sent to
the Oregonian and to the officials involved (via their internal email
systems) played a hand in the judges 'vacation' before Bell's delayed
sentencing. (Or that petty government officials involved in Bell's case
were not impressed with the fact that they were becoming the source of
valuable digital prizes in the AP-BOT community, without receiving the
same protection as those who were behind the criminal malefeasance
directed at Bell.)
>>Further, it's worth considering carefully the relationship between Jim's
>>legitimate and constitutionally protected political speech and the criminal
>>trial process. To what extent did Jim's outspokenness about the IRS
>>influence its interest in investigating and prosecuting him? To what extent
>>was his protected speech used to argue that he was ineligible for release
>>on bail pretrial? To what extent did his extended pretrial incarceration
>>pressure him to plead guilty?
Bell's persecution was straight out of the spook's political torture-
indoctrination handbook. The only difference is that many aspects of the
turning of Bell's thumbscrews were made public (just before tax-time,
surprise, surprise).
>>To what extent
>>will his protected speech be used to measure his compliance with the terms
>>of his supervised release?
That was half of the purpose of his persecution. "We the people" were the
other half of the sacrificial lamb targeted for cold-storage.
>>But cases like Jim's demonstrate that there's a considerable
>>gulf between the high-school-civics-class idea that we are all equal before
>>the law and the practical world of the criminal trial system. Jim was
>>treated specially at every stage of this process because of what he's
>>written, and that should make every person who values free political
>>expression uncomfortable. Jim's case demonstrates that we're moving closer
>>to a country where one can be prosecuted for thoughtcrime.
The corollary to this is that we are moving closer to a country where
we will need to take up arms in both meatspace and cyberspace if we wish
to defend our basic human rights.
(Former NRA members are unlikely to take any more consolation from the
government's expressed desire to only want to ban 'strong' crypto, than
they were from the government's incremental announcements that they only
want to ban criminal/assault/dangerous-looking/kind-of-scary/citizen's
guns.)
Rage Against The Machine
Lock And Load
Lock And Loll
Human Gus-Peter-San <gold(a)toad.com>
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>From frbspd(a)crl.com Thu Nov 13 11:41:55 1997
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 01:48:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Stephen Dunifer <frbspd(a)crl.com>
To: Barry Alexander <peyote(a)netcom.com>
Subject: FRB legal victory
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR FREE RADIO BERKELEY & MICROPOWER BROADCASTING
At 7 PM on Wednesday, November 12 attorneys for Stephen Dunifer & Free
Radio Berkeley received a 14 page decision via fax from Federal District
Court Judge Claudia Wilken announcing her ruling in favor of Stephen
Dunifer and Free Radio Berkeley. Her ruling denies the FCC's motion for
summary judgement for a permanent injunction, states that she has
jurisdiction in this case and that the FCC's regulatory structure is
unconstitutional. Further, she orders the FCC to submit within 14 days a
brief on the constitutional issues raised. Essentially Judge Claudia
Wilken affirms all the merits and arguments raised by the defense
attorneys for Stephen Dunifer and Free Radio Berkeley.
Stay tuned for further details. The full text of the decision will be
posted ASAP. A victory party will take place on Saturday evening,
November 15 in Berkeley. Place to be announced as soon as one is
secured. Everyone is invited.
Stephen Dunifer
Free Radio Berkeley
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JUDGE WILKEN DENIES FCC MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT!!!
Press Release Follows. To Go Directly To The Full Text Of Judge Wilken's
Decision, Click Here
National Lawyers Guild Committee on Democratic Communications
558 Capp Street, San Francisco 94110
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COURT REJECTS FCC'S CONSTITUTIONAL CATCH 22
United States District Court Judge Claudia Wilken has rejected
another attempt by the Federal Communications Commission to silence
Berkeley Micro Radio Broadcaster Stephen Dunifer, founder of Free
Radio Berkeley.
In a 13 page opinion released on November 12, 1997, Judge Wilken
once again rejected the government's motion for an injunction to
silence micro radio broadcasts by local radio pioneer Stephen
Dunifer.
In 1995, Judge Wilken rejected the government's first motion for a
preliminary injunction against Dunifer's broadcasts. At that time
the Court found merit in Dunifer's argument that the FCC's ban on
low power, affordable FM broadcasting was a violation of the First
Amendment's guarantee of free speech to all in the United States.
In a blatant attempt to avoid facing its First Amendment obligations
the FCC then urged Wilken to permanently enjoin Dunifer from
Broadcasting and at the same time argued that she could not even
consider the issue of whether its rules, which prevent him from
getting a license, are unconstitutional. In a Kafkaesqe argument,
the Commission argued that Wilken had jurisdiction to issue an
injunction, but no jurisdiction to hear Dunifer's constitutional
arguments. The government claimed that only the higher federal
courts could consider the constitutional question.
In her November 12 decision rejecting the Government's position,
Judge Wilken pointed to the fact that the FCC had taken exactly the
opposite position in the 1994 case of Dougan vs FCC. In that case,
an Arizona micro radio broadcaster had appealed an FCC fine (for
broadcasting without a license) to the 9th Circuit Federal Court of
Appeal, and the FCC had argued that the Court of Appeal had no
jurisdiction over the case, and that it had to be heard by the
District Court. The Court of Appeals agreed with the FCC and sent
the case back to the District Court.
Judge Wilken noted that the Arizona broadcaster had raised the same
constitutional arguments in the Court of Appeals that Dunifer is
raising. The Court ruled that in sending all of the issues in the
Arizona case to the District Court, the Appeals Court recognized
that the District Court had jurisdiction over all aspects of the
case.
In denying the Government's motion for an injunction "without
prejudice," Judge Wilken ordered the Government to file a further
brief on the question of whether the unconstitutionality of the
FCC's ban on micro radio is a valid legal defense to an injunction
against broadcasting at low power without a license. Dunifer's
attorneys, Louis Hiken and Allen Hopper of San Francisco, will have
an opportunity to rebut the government's arguments on this point.
In response to pressure from the commercial broadcaster's lobby, the
National Association of Broadcasters (N.A.B.), the FCC has in recent
months been stepping up its campaign of harassment against the
thousands of micro radio stations now on the air in this country.
Hiken commented "The broadcast industry is clearly afraid of these
little community stations which are speaking truth to its power. In
trying to do the N.A.B.'s bidding, the FCC demonstrates that it is
nothing but an enforcement arm of the commercial broadcast industry
and the multi-national corporations which own it."
The National Lawyers Guild's Committee on Democratic Communications
has represented the Lawyers Guild, San Francisco's Media Alliance,
and the Women's International News Gathering Services as a "Friend
of the Court" (Amicus) in this case. In its Friend of the Court
brief the Lawyers Guild pointed out that FCC regulations make it
impossible for all but the very wealthy to even apply for a
broadcast license. This, they told the Court, is the equivalent of
saying anyone could speak from a soap box in the park, but the box
had to be made of gold. Guild attorney Peter Franck commented "In an
era when Disney owns ABC, the world's largest defense contractor
owns NBC and CNN merges with Time which merges with Warner, and when
'public' broadcasting is told to get its money from corporations,
micro radio may be our last best hope for democracy on the air
ways." He continued "Judge Wilken's decision is a courageous
rejection of the Government's attempt to use a legal Catch-22 to
avoid facing the fact that its ban on micro radio flies in the face
of the Constitution."
The legal team representing Dunifer and the Amicae are very pleased
with Judge Wilken's reasoned and thorough decision denying the FCC's
motion to have the case resolved without a trial on the merits. For
almost 70 years, the FCC has catered solely to the interests of
commercial corporate giants, through their mouthpiece, the National
Association of Broadcasters. These are the pirates, who have stolen
the airwaves from the American people, and who represent corporate
interests valued at more than 60 billion dollars. Only the Pentagon,
the Silicon Valley and the transportation industries possess the
financial wallop represented by the NAB and its constituents.
Judge Wilken's decision represents a vision of what it would be like
for the American people to be given back their own voice. The
decision suggests the likely unconstitutionality of the entire
regulatory structure underlying the FCC's ban on low power radio. It
forewarns of the total failure of that agency to carry out its
statutory obligation to regulate the airwaves in the public interest
-- that is, in the interest of the American people, rather than the
media monopolies that control our airwaves.
The legal team welcomes the opportunity to have a court identify the
real pirates of the airwaves -- not the thousands of microradio
broadcasters who seek to communicate with the people of their
communities, but rather the billionaire commercial interests that
control the airwaves as if they own them. Is it General Electric,
Westinghouse and the Disney Corporation that have the right to
control local community radio, or is that a right that belongs to
all of the American people, regardless of economic status?
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Peter Franck, Counsel for Amicus
415-415-995-5055
pfranck(a)hbmvr.com (days)
pfranck(a)a.crl.com(evs, wknds)
http://www.368Hayes.com/nlg.cdc.html
Alan Korn, Counsel for Amicus
415-362-5700
aakorn(a)igc.org
Stephen Dunifer, Free Radio Berkeley
415-644-3779
frbspd(a)crl.com
http://www.freeradio.org
Louis Hiken
Counsel for Stephen Dunifer
415-575-3220
hiken(a)igc.org
http://www.368Hayes.com
Allen Hopper
Counsel for Stephen Dunifer
415-575-3222
lazlo(a)igc.org
http://www.368Hayes.com
SEE THE FULL TEXT OF JUDGE WILKEN'S DECISION
TO STEPHEN DUNIFER/FREE RADIO BERKELEY INFORMATION PAGE
TO FREE RADIO BERKELEY LEGAL BATTLE PAGE
TO NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INFORMATION PAGE
TO THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD WEB SITE
TO NLG COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRATIC COMMUNICATIONS PAGE
TO FREE RADIO BERKELEY WEB SITE
BACK TO LAW OFFICES AT 368 HAYES STREET
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 03:59:29 EST
Reply-To: Hayek Related Research <HAYEK-L(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sender: Hayek Related Research <HAYEK-L(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
From: GBRansom <GBRansom(a)AOL.COM>
Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com)
Subject: HAYEKWEB: V Postrel on Hayek & 'Information'
To: HAYEK-L(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>> Hayek on the Web <<
"Knowledge at a Cost" by Virginia I. Postrel, editor of _Reason_
magazine, on the Web at:
http://www.reasonmag.com/opeds/vpasap0695.html
>From "Knowledge at a Cost":
".. The "information is free" school of thought also tends to assume
that information magically appears in computer networks. But
deciding what to record and how means negotiating among people
with different needs and knowledge bases. The marketing
department of a steel company, for instance, wants products
classified by how they're used, while manufacturing wants them
classified by how they're made.
A health insurer studied by Elihu Gerson and Susan Leigh Star
of the Tremont Research Institute had a five-person unit devoted
to resolving conflicts over how to code medical procedures. Doctors,
customers, and various internal departments disagreed about what
criteria should determine the codes and how narrow the categories
should be. Yet everyone had to use the same system. The
unit's job was essentially diplomacy: getting the different groups
to agree on coding guidelines.
"Traditionally, finding solutions to information systems problems
has been framed as...arriving at the 'correct answer' via algorithmic
procedures," write Gerson and Star. But in this case, there is no
single correct answer. "Rather, there are multiple, possibly
inconsistent, competing answers, none of which has a unique
claim to validity."
Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek, one of the earliest economic theorists
of the role of knowledge, would have recognized the problem.
Organizations overcome such difficulties through compromise
and negotiation, or they break down. But society as a whole
can avoid the "knowledge problem" only at the cost of stamping
out individuality.
In his classic 1945 essay, "The Use of Knowledge in Society,"
Hayek criticized economists who believed central planning would
be simple. He wrote that "the knowledge...we must make use
never exists in concentrated or integrated form but solely as the
dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge
which all the separate individuals possess." Those "bits" include
not merely facts, but complex individual goals and preferences
information that, by its very nature, can't be centralized. In our
enthusiasm for the power of information technology, we would be
foolish to forget its limitations. Information may be cheap, but
knowledge still isn't free."
A slightly shorter version of Postrel's article originally appeared in
the June 5, 1995 issue of _Forbes ASAP_.
Hayek on the Web is a regular feature of the Hayek-L list.
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Jam Choke, ravaging the Young and wringing the Bell, wroted:
> From: John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com>
> Subject: Re: Fw: Jim Bell Sentenced (fwd)
> Now, is it not true that we've self-censored ourselves into believing
> Jim is just a fool, rather than a gutsy guy willing to do what most
> of us will not, instead preferring covert self-censorship over the
> all-too-easily opposed group-think kind.
Spin-doctor alert.
No need to announce yourself, Jim. Your name is in the From: header.
Jim Bell plea bargained period. Had he had one iota of the 'guts' you so
blithely banter about the case would be going to trial.
Plea-bargaining = capitulation = self-censorship
Spoken like a free man...
I've sat at a lot of border crossings 'psychically willing' my sweat
back into the pores of my body. I've been pulled over by the Men in
Black on dark roads late at night, within sight of the towers where
the Iron Curtain is personified in a chambered round which serves as
a local currency price-tag on free speech. I've sat in courtrooms in
which justice was an unwanted intruder and mere mention of it caused
the dogs of war to growl and bare their teeth. (e.g. 'Bell' County,
Texas) I've waited for interminable hours while interrogators were
being brought in from distant places to shake me up, down and sideways
to find a small vulnerable spot that could be ripped open with the
one-sided sword of dark authority.
I know the tune Bell's persecutors were playing. It is a dark and
scary tune most effective when played to an audience of one.
Anyone who thinks that Jim was imprisoned in America is a fool. Jim
was in a Gulag, in Auschwitz, in a sweat box in a distant jungle.
Bell was the target of an insidious physical, mental and emotional
attack threatening the most deep-seated human impetus of all--survival.
The methods used against Bell are the same methods used by despotic
regimes throughout history and by the mind-benders who serve them.
I've been the target of wanna-be local Nazis and I've been the target
of the real McCoys. The hands pulling the strings in Jim's case were
not amateur. They were the same hands that have massaged the minds of
prisoners of war, defectors, political prisoners and compromised spooks.
Anyone who believes that Jim received his right to legal counsel is
likewise a fool. The difference between Bell's attorney and McVeigh's
attorney is that established heavyweights get paid $15 million to
sleepwalk their client to a conviction. The lightweights get paid with
future political favors.
Bell was unconstitutionally imprisoned, drugged, and subjected to
sensory deprivation torture as punishment for exercising his right
to think and speak freely. Anyone who attempts to justify this with
weak claims that Bell was 'asking for it' is also justifying McVeigh's
counter-attack on the Waco murderers, who, for those of you who are
paying attention, are continuing to 'ask for it.'
The Sympatico AP-BOT received bets on the times of demise of even
some of the lowliest government paperwork shufflers involved in Jim's
case. The Netcom AP-Bot received belated bets on the times of demise
of *all* of the government casualties in the OKC offensive. (Definitely
a political statement...)
Jim's political statement *has* made a difference in the implementation
of, and experimentatin with, AP-BOTs. His persecution has made those steps
both real and meaningful for the participants. There is currently an
AP-BOT accessible from an Eternity Server which is serving as a test
of the ability of underground InterNet activity to become widespread and
remain covert and untouchable in its operation. (For each unit bet on
the choice of the individual, it is *required* to generate an extra unit
which is automatically used to bet on the demise of the Big Guy. This
requirement is designed to take the exercise beyond the realm of being
merely a 'fun game.')
Anyone who easily dismisses Jim Bell as a 'loon' is probably not in
great danger of dropping their dime.
Wavy Gravy is a loon. The Smothers Brothers were loons. Lenny Bruce,
Cheech and Chong, Timothy Leary, Babba Ram Das, Ginsberg, Kerouac,
Guerva, Patton... They were all capble, to a different extent, of
knowing when it was safe to relax their anus, and when it was unwise
to do so.
When the government puts your ass in a vice and makes keeping your
cheeks tight a condition of loosening it, the decision to spit or sing,
or merely to remain passive, is an individual decision. It does not
increase my respect for anyone if they choose to use someone else's
trials and tribulations as a stick to beat their own tough-guy drum.
Just as there are no athiests in foxholes, there are no tough guys
in Gulags. There are only survivors...and not all who leave alive are
survivors.
Plain and simple: Jim Bell is a political pri$oner of the men, women
and children who steal your money at gunpoint.
Jim Bell's human and civil rights were violated more over vague public
speech involving those who control the money spigot than were those of
Terry McNichols over the violent deaths of over a hundred citizens.
God help us all if anyone ever bombs the Treasury.
UncleMonger
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