yeah, free speech

[juldea]

Jul 14 - A Texas couple wearing anti-Bush t-shirts was handcuffed and removed from a Fourth of July Bush-Cheney campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia.

The Bush speech, given after the two, Nicole and Jeff Rank, were arrested, included a proclamation that "on this Fourth of July, we confirm our love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds, the freedom for people to worship as they so choose." The president added, "Free thought, free expression, that’s what we believe."

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[metahacker.livejournal.com]

(ob geek joke) Maybe he meant free-as-in-beer?

[sammid.livejournal.com]

WHAT THE FUCK!?!
I am ANGRY!
I fuckin live here,and funny,no one has heard about this!Big surprise.
It baffles me how that can be done.
Funnier,is I remember makin a comment to Nick about how we should go and protest Bush when I heard he was going to be here-yet again.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Charges were quietly dropped (only only reported locally apparently) when they got before a judge. I'll see if I can find the link.

Found it

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

The lone news item reachable by Google on the subject.

It's good that outrages like this are publicized, somewhat. It would be better if when the outragers are found in the wrong that they be branded and horsewhipped their names be publicized nationally as dangerous rights-violators.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Just make sure you protest in the special "protest zone" and you'll be fine. :P

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

"...and the Free Speech Zone for this year's Republican National Convention will be in Buffalo."

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Buffalo?! You're allowing these.. these... anti-American zealots into our country? The Free Speech Zone should at least be an ocean away! Put it in France, I say! They're welcome there. Or let the protestors join Osama in Afghanistan like they really want to.

[sammid.livejournal.com]

So, I was talkin to my mom about this tonight,or rather,screaming about it...She said she did see it all over the news-I guess I missed that week.
Actually that makes sense,cause that was when I was stayin at Nicks,and his moms,and there isn't tv there!