RE: RAT Hello Seattle

["Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>]

Is the show still opening tonight?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	chris mac [SMTP:cmacdona@adobe.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 02, 1999 5:17 PM
> To:	rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> Subject:	Re: RAT Hello Seattle
> 
> Hi Johnny S:
> 
> Yeah. Sorry you can't be here John. Did you read the part about the black
> Council Member?
> 
> It will warm your heart to know that we are going to try and get into
> Annex
> tonight. I believe it still smells of tear gas.
> 
> ...Chrismac
> 
> ----------
> >From: "Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>
> >To: "'rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com'" <rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com>
> >Subject: RE: RAT Hello Seattle
> >Date: Thu, Dec 2, 1999, 5:14 PM
> >
> 
> >  This is surreal:
> >
> >   " At one point last night, police cars, motorcycles and trucks sped
> > up and
> >> down city streets with sirens screaming and lights flashing. They
> weren't
> >> really going anywhere. It was meant as a loud show of force.
> >>
> >>
> >> By last night, police were roaming the city, often with squads jogging
> to
> >> respond to growing crowds.
> >>
> >>
> >> Some trade ministers were unhappy with the ongoing battle between
> police
> >> and
> >> protesters.
> >> A delegation from Chile fumed at officers when the group couldn't get
> to
> >> the
> >> Four Seasons Hotel. "If you're in a state of war here, you shouldn't
> have
> >> invited us to this country," yelled Mario Artaza, the Chilean trade
> >> minister.
> >  [Sylvain, John]
> >  1. thank god for the First Amendment
> >  2.Go back to Chili you jerk!
> >  3. I wish I was staying at the Four Seasons
> >
> >>  Asked if he would have had more law-enforcement personnel on the
> streets
> >> than Seattle chose to, Reichert hesitated, nodded his head slowly and
> >> said:
> >> "Yes, that's what I'm saying, in a roundabout way."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >