Griper News: Dedicated to Rep. Mark Foley -- Tom Waits, "The Piano has been Drinking"

Monday, October 02, 2006

Dedicated to Rep. Mark Foley -- Tom Waits, "The Piano has been Drinking"

This one goes out to Rep. Mark Foley, who blames his problems on alcohol -- Tom Waits, The Piano has been Drinking (with bonus interview).

Tom Waits on Fernwood Tonight

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Teenagers are not children. The law says as much in almost all countries where age of consent is typically 14-16. The indidividual states as well have lower ages of consent than the federal govt uses to define a “minor” for internet/telephone contact. Even in DC, age of consent is 16.

In fact Foley did not commit a crime, because the age of consent in the jurisdiction is 16. Federal solicitation charges depend on the laws of the jurisdiction. There's no indication that he offered to pay for sex. Sexual harassment is also an unlikely charge because the page in question was not in his emply.; 4:56 PM
Wisco said...: Sorry, but it's illegal and, irony of ironies, Foley would be well aware of that fact, since he helped write the law that makes it illegal.

From Unclaimed Territory:

...under the so-called "Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006" (of which Foley was a co-sponsor), along with 18 U.S.C. 2251, discussion or solicitation of sexual acts between Foley and any "minor" under the age of 18 would appear to be a criminal offense (see Adam Walsh Act, Sec. 111(14) ("MINOR.--The term 'minor' means an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years") and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2256 (1) (“'minor' means any person under the age of eighteen years").; 8:11 PM