Sujet : Re: Orwellian surveillance dragnets
De : here (at) *nospam* is.invalid (JAB)
Groupes : misc.news.internet.discussDate : 24. Nov 2024, 11:57:50
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On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:05:00 -0500, Anonymous <
anon@anon.net> wrote:
Who was President this past September?
What happened in 1983 that set the Beach Boys back?
President Ronald Reagan's interior secretary at the time, James Watt,
had announced the Beach Boys were banned from performing at the 1983
Independence Day celebration on the Mall, because they attracted the
"wrong element."
Within hours of banning the Beach Boys, both President Reagan and Vice
President George Bush had issued statements supporting the band.
Reagan's deputy chief of staff Michael Deaver told a TV reporter, "I
think for a lot of people the Beach Boys are an American institution.
Anyone who thinks they are hard rock would think Mantovani plays
jazz."
Soon after, Watt retreated
Watt said the Beach Boys would perform after all, but they had already
booked another show during the hubbub.
40 years ago: The Beach Boys' Fourth of July concert on the National
Mall was canceled
https://wtop.com/entertainment/2023/07/40-years-ago-the-beach-boys-fourth-of-july-concert-on-the-national-mall-was-canceled/
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