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"If a person can walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment or physical harm, then that person is living in a free society, not a fear society."
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Since Bush took office, we have these things called "free Speech zones." Never in my life have I heard of such politically restrictive BS here in the U.S.
"If a person can walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment or physical harm, then that person is living in a free society, not a fear society."
protestors in NY (during the GOP convention) were rounded up like cattle and locked into a bus warehouse for hours and hours w/out recourse
. Remember.. Asscroft's snitch Army? They're still out there. Probly sitting next to you at Starbucks.
Originally posted by Nygdan
One has allways had to apply for permits for protests. The 'free speech zones' aren't swaths of the coutnry that allow free speech, they are specific areas that exist for the duration of specific events, like the RNC or DNC.
The the US is certainly a free and open society.
Today, if you illegally protest you get fined.
They were arrested for illegally entering Central Park.
Not only that, but everyone arrested was let go free of charge and without trial, and are free to sue the city and police organization.
It would be damned foolish to not have a centralized hotline where people can report acts specifically related to domestic terrorism. It would also be foolish to not encourage transportation workers, whose industry is a likely target, to keep their eyes peeled.
BARNSTORMING EXCLUSIVE!
Did a federal agent ban anti-Bush signs in downtown storefronts?
CHRIS DAVIS | 3/12/2005
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“The man who called was very polite and nice,” says John Gasquet, owner of Empire coffee at 2 N. Main in Downtown Memphis. “He said he was special agent Something-or-other. He said that due to the fact that in some states the President had been to, there were issues of security regarding area businesses, he was calling businesses to tell them not to put up any negative signs in their windows that were negative toward President Bush. He said there were designated areas of protest and this would cut down on the possibility of problems.”
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Originally posted by EastCoastKid
It just proves how far they will go to suppress dissent.
You must not have been paying attention to accounts from the New York GOP convention
. The cops corralling protestors and innocents who were in the wrong place at the wrong time
There are many other examples of needless police brutality & stupidity in general.
It was not illegal to 'enter Central park.' They were arrested all over the place.
Exactly. The judges basically ruled that the cops behavior was ridiculous and without merit.
Oh yeah, and you know the decrepit bus terminal used to house
We already have that. It's called 9-1-1 and the FBI. This goes way beyond that.
This snitchBiz is reminiscent of Nazi German tactics.
Originally posted by sminkeypinkey
As I have said elsewhere, I think many Americans are in denial over what their country is becoming under this administration.
Originally posted by Theblind
Hate bush, hate the right thats the liberal way. Your a fool.
Originally posted by Nygdan
The US was attacked on September 11th. This is not a myth. This is not a peice of propaganda, and I am not trying to pander to some reactionary jingoist fervor by noting that
In his new exposé of the National Security Agency entitled Body of Secrets, author James Bamford highlights a set of proposals on Cuba by the Joint Chiefs of Staff codenamed OPERATION NORTHWOODS. This document, titled “Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba” was provided by the JCS to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on March 13, 1962, as the key component of Northwoods. Written in response to a request from the Chief of the Cuba Project, Col. Edward Lansdale, the Top Secret memorandum describes U.S. plans to covertly engineer various pretexts that would justify a U.S. invasion of Cuba. These proposals - part of a secret anti-Castro program known as Operation Mongoose - included staging the assassinations of Cubans living in the United States, developing a fake “Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington,” including “sink[ing] a boatload of Cuban refugees (real or simulated),” faking a Cuban airforce attack on a civilian jetliner, and concocting a “Remember the Maine” incident by blowing up a U.S. ship in Cuban waters and then blaming the incident on Cuban sabotage. Bamford himself writes that Operation Northwoods “may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government.”
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba [includes cover memoranda], March 13, 1962, TOP SECRET, 15 pp.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Do yourself a big favor, read Operation Northwoods.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Do yourself a big favor, read Operation Northwoods.
I am already familiar with operation northwoods.
Originally posted by ghostsoldier
If you are familiar with Operation Northwoods, why are you not pondering the idea that this attack could have been orchestrated (by the US or another country (possible Israel)..
Originally posted by ghostsoldier
If you are familiar with Operation Northwoods, why are you not pondering the idea that this attack could have been orchestrated (by the US or another country (possible Israel))