Anyone start an RNC discussion thread yet?

[iris lilies]

I don't think it matters much if someone is an illegal or legal immigrant.

ok! So you do not respect the rule of law in handlng immigration.

do you think, then, that all comers to our borders should just walk in?

why cant I just walk into Canada and stay? canucks are hard nosed about that too. Why so?

Lets carry your idea further: why dont you open up your apartment to house a few immigrants, along with their dogs? Harlan surely has no respect for the rule of law, being a dog. He would be happy to have a pack of dogs hangng out all day with him. Get bunkbeds, you could sleep another 2-3 men in your place. You should do it. Why ever not?

[Ultralight]

Called it. Maybe he'll make America great again by doing away with copyright law too.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...pions-20160608

Republicans just have no respect for the rule of law!

[Alan]

I am also a content of character kinda guy.

No you're not. You're obsessed with skin color.

You've told us that you prefer to date women of color and never told us that you like to date women of character. You apply race to virtually every subject, such as your recent declaration that simple living is a white thing and you keep us advised of the racial makeup of the various groups you're involved with to make you feel better about yourself.

You're not completely unaware of your fixation are you?

[iris lilies]

Called it. Maybe he'll make America great again by doing away with copyright law too.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...pions-20160608

You did call it.

Did the limited number of bars played actually violate copyright law? I dont know, but it may have been within the allowed limit.

[LDAHL]

How does copyright law work as applied to songs? Is there some kind of clearinghouse system political campaigns, cover bands, radio stations, etc. use to pay royalties to the holder? It's hard to believe that each individual use is subject to a separate negotiation.

I've heard before about cases of artists objecting to campaigns using their material, but can't recall a case where one obtained some kind of legal remedy against it's use by somebody they didn't like. As long as they pay the same fee as anyone else, is the Trump campaign within their legal rights to tell Brian May to take a hike?

[iris lilies]

How does copyright law work as applied to songs? Is there some kind of clearinghouse system political campaigns, cover bands, radio stations, etc. use to pay royalties to the holder? It's hard to believe that each individual use is subject to a separate negotiation.

I've heard before about cases of artists objecting to campaigns using their material, but can't recall a case where one obtained some kind of legal remedy against it's use by somebody they didn't like. As long as they pay the same fee as anyone else, is the Trump campaign within their legal rights to tell Brian May to take a hike?

yes, there are a couple of major brokers who handle song public performance rights.

It certainly is possible that the RNC paid the required fee.

[Alan]

See The Long History of Musicians Telling Republicans To Stop Playing Their Music:

A partial list:

1. Springsteen objected to Reagan’s use of the song “Born in the U.S.A.” during the 1984 election.
2. Reagan also got dinged in 1984 by John Cougar Mellencamp for “Pink Houses.”
3. Bobby McFerrin objected to George H.W. Bush using the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in 1988.
4. Sam & Dave objected to Bob Dole using the song “Soul Man” in 1996.
5. Springsteen objected to Dole using “Born in the U.S.A.” in 1996.
6. Mellencamp didn’t grant any more leeway to George W. Bush than to Reagan. Mellencamp complained when Bush used “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.” in 2000.
7. Tom Petty objected to Bush using the song “I Won’t Back Down” in 2000.
8. That same election, Sting objected to Bush using “Brand New Day.”
9. In a rare bit of bipartisanship in 2000, Sting also objected to Al Gore using “Brand New Day.”
10. John Hall of the band Orleans objected to Bush using the song “Still the One” during his re-election campaign in 2004.
11. Boston objected to Mike Huckabee using “More Than a Feeling” in 2008.
12. Van Halen objected to John McCain using “Right Now” in 2008.
13. Mellencamp is back! He complained about McCain using “Our Country” in 2008.
14. In the same election, Mellencamp had a problem with McCain using the song “Pink Houses.”
15. Heart objected to McCain using “Barracuda.”
16. Jackson Browne objected to McCain using “Running on Empty.”
17. Bon Jovi objected to McCain using “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.”
18. The Foo Fighters stopped McCain from playing “My Hero.”
19. Tom Petty objected to McCain using “I Won’t Back Down.”
20. ABBA complained about McCain using “Take a Chance on Me.”
21. Sam Moore of Sam & Dave objected to Barack Obama using “Hold On, I’m Coming” during the 2008 election.
22. Survivor objected to Newt Gingrich using the song “Eye of the Tiger” in 2012.
23. Gingrich also was dinged by The Heavy for “How You Like Me Now.”
24. Also in 2012, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister objected to Mitt Romney using “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”
25. Silversun Pickups stopped Romney from playing “Panic Switch.”
26. K’Naan objected to Romney using the song “Wavin’ Flag.”
27. Survivor objected to Romney using “Eye of the Tiger.”
28. Tom Petty complained about Michele Bachmann using “American Girl” in 2012.
29. Katrina and the Waves objected to Bachmann playing “Walking on Sunshine.”
30. And finally, now we have Young’s complaint about Trump’s use of “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

Note that, according to my research, only twice have Democrats been asked to stop using a song.

[Tenngal]

does anyone except me find Tiffany Trump very strange? Beautiful mother and no expense spared for her upbringing. I found watching her speech unbearable.

[Ultralight]

The whole GOP seems to be moving in the direction of "very strange."

[Ultralight]

Quite an interesting read. I am not surprised by this delegate's assessment though.

One delegate's jaded impression of the Cleveland convention


http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blo...-the-cleveland