map - Wednesday, May 01, 2002, 5:32 PM -------------------------------------- MELANGE> MELANGE> autologin: /nick BigBong 0 0 MELANGE> +OK [user] >> Melange Chat Server (V.2.02 B2,Drugsense Build), April 2002 Welcome ! (Type /HELP for a list of commands) >> List of users in this channel (MAIN [0]) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [0] BigBong, group: 0 >> [1] bumbleweed, group: 0 >> [7] ben, group: 0 >> [8] Will, group: 0 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [0, BigBong]: webgreetings [1, bumbleweed]: webgreetiings [7, ben]: When KKK was denied a permit for WI State Capitol in '97, I gave the ACLU Atty my State Constitution based case from '89, which prevailed. [0, BigBong]: bumbleweed, ben and will [1, bumbleweed]: munchies attack [1, bumbleweed]: garlic stuffed green olives [0, BigBong]: me just packing the big bong mobile for transport [0, BigBong]: paint still wet [0, BigBong]: and plenty left to do [8, Will]: we don't have any problems organizing the Lansing, MI march... we have a parade permit for 2 lanes of Michigan Ave. and a rally permit for the capitol [0, BigBong]: and when me log out of here, next tuime i arrive in the room will be live from the mardigrass [8, Will]: they're very friendly toward us... I think they'd rather deal with potheads than KKK members [1, bumbleweed]: yeah right on will [0, BigBong]: am glad we have no kkk in australia [8, Will]: the last KKK rally in Lansing was a major fiasco [0, BigBong]: which is no to say we don't have racits and bigots etc [7, ben]: Most interesting pending assembly issues are Rainbow Gatherings. There is no "executive" function capable of applying on behalf of, or signing a US Forest Service permit. [0, BigBong]: mardigrass organizers had a sit down meeting with the nsw premier yesterdy [0, BigBong]: au equalent of state govenor [8, Will]: they had to surround the area of the rally with chainlink fence to keep the KKK and the counter-protesters separate [0, BigBong]: also at meeting was police minister [0, BigBong]: who has sdaid, 'you can hold the mardigrass [7, ben]: So the issue is whether the Govt can mandate an internal structure on a pure free assembly of individuals. [8, Will]: sounds interesting ben [8, Will]: what court is it in? [0, BigBong]: dunno ben, mandating an internal structure on a free assembkly of individuals is not unlike trying to herd cats [0, BigBong]: theoretically possible [0, BigBong]: but very hard to do in reality [8, Will]: lol [7, ben]: there've been a bunch of cases, I lost one in District Court, there's an appeal pending in Denver. [0, BigBong]: chatoic anarchic utopia [0, BigBong]: chaotic, anarchic utopia [0, BigBong]: is kinda where i live [7, ben]: and 3 folks about to start 90 day sentences in PA. [8, Will]: denver... damn... I don't know my circuits too well yet... I know I'm in the 6th federal circuit, western district [1, bumbleweed]: multi tasking here back n forth [7, ben]: The gathering this year will be North Woods, either UP or Northernmost WI. [8, Will]: up in Richard's neck of the woods [7, ben]: yes. tho more likely on the WI side. [7, ben]: There's a good chance I'll be the first repeat offender under the "too many people for dinner in the woods" regulation. [1, bumbleweed]: grins* [8, Will]: I'm preparing for a case against the Michigan Dep't of Career Development... I've got to reapply for assistance and get denied again though, because the statute of limitations has run out since I got turned down last time. [0, BigBong]: lol ben [7, ben]: more formally known as "Use or Occupancy of Natl Forest lands without a Special Use Authorization, where such Authorization is required. [0, BigBong]: me looking forward to the upcoming attempt to set the mapchat room applet continuity record [0, BigBong]: current record is 42 hours [8, Will]: they have a drug testing policy, and I refuse to pee in a cup for them, so I'm gonna nail em for violating 42 USC 1983 and 42 USC 1985 [0, BigBong]: set this time last year >> User Will comes in from 216-40-175-62.lansing.tir.com at line 2. [2, Will]: dammit [0, BigBong]: me love this last log on before the start of a mission [1, bumbleweed]: wb will [0, BigBong]: kinda like talking with the last dudes before the gantry is removed and the capsule blasts off [2, Will]: ISP disconnected me... I'll be glad when we finally get broadband access out here in the boonies [2, Will]: this dialup shit sux [0, BigBong]: me have 700 miles of copper before me hit the glass [0, BigBong]: and the last 20 miles is at least 30 years old [2, Will]: well, I'm less than a mile from the nearest catv lines [0, BigBong]: me lucky to get 34000 bps [0, BigBong]: in nimbin i can get amost to 5100 bps [2, Will]: but they don't wanna run cable tv service down dirt roads around here... they don't wanna get their white trucks muddy [1, bumbleweed]: sheesh [0, BigBong]: personally, me looking forward to satelite [2, Will]: if I lived 3/4 mile to the north, I could get cable access, no problem [0, BigBong]: both using it for web and for eventually living in one ! [7, ben]: how pricey is satellite there, BB? [0, BigBong]: me use cable when me go to www.gasgroup.com headquaters in sydney [2, Will]: satellite internet access is expensive... $60/month here [0, BigBong]: way too expensive at moment, thousands of au [0, BigBong]: early 'amotization' days yet [2, Will]: if the local cable provider serviced my neighborhood, I could get cable internet access for $10/month more than what I pay for dialup [0, BigBong]: still prolly 2 years away from viable to my budget! [0, BigBong]: bbbbut you never know [0, BigBong]: anyhow, I think the gantry is about to detach [0, BigBong]: and so, till next [0, BigBong]: peace [1, bumbleweed]: peace >> Goodbye, cu ! +++Quit