Yesterday’s arrests of anti-war protesters — declared “National Security Threats” — and disgusting display of our police state shows the First Amendment is on its way out. All the more reason to show up and SPEAK OUT on September 15th, while you still can.
The ANSWER coalition, an anti-war group, was holding a press conference yesterday to address the excessive fines they’ve received from DC authorities for their promotion of a September 15th protest. Last month they were fined tens of thousands of dollars for hanging up posters around the city. The alleged crime? Using unapproved adhesive. In actuality, they were using wheat paste, about the most natural and gentle adhesive you can imagine. You may be utterly shocked to also learn that this whole thing started after Fox News called on the DC government to take action against the posters.
Apparently we can’t hold press conferences on public property any more. And if you want to hang up a poster ::gasp:: — watch out! You may be declared a national security threat and trampled by police officers on horseback, apparently necessary to disperse a large crowd of a dozen people, followed by prompt arrest. Who do these protesters think they are, tax payers? American citizens protected by Free Speech rights? Don’t they remember George W. Bush saying the Constitution is just a damned piece of paper?
From A.N.S.W.E.R.:
Three anti-war activists were arrested in front of the White House today after the U.S. Park Police moved to suppress a press conference called to protest the fines and threats against the ANSWER Coalition for putting up anti-war posters promoting the September 15 March and Die-In in Washington DC.
…The press conference became a chaotic scene as U.S. Park Police interrupted the event on the basis that there was no permit for a folding table that was used as a speaker’s stand for media microphones. As U.S. Park Police officers surrounded the group, an officer on horseback rode into the crowd to disperse the media and onlookers…
Who the hell do we think we are — spending billions of dollars every month, killing thousands of our sons & daughters — to occupy “liberate” other countries so they can supposedly enjoy the fruits of democracy, when we aren’t free to exercise our inalienable rights here in Amerika?
They’re quelling dissent by any means necessary now. You think this is bad?
If you want to go even deeper down the rabbit hole, check out Bush’s Executive Order signed in July that nixes the Fourth Amendment for anti-war protesters: “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq.” Or even worse: National Security Presidential Directive 51, which would essentially suspend the Constitution and make Bush a Dictator in the event of a “Catastrophic Emergency.”
I hate to say it, because people are so damned sensitive to the word — but this is a clear sign of fascism. It reeks of Police State as much as the Comfest incident.
Yeah, I said it. F A S C I S M.
I’m done saying “it’s coming” because clearly it’s already here. Perhaps people should question why they’re so uncomfortable with the word and admit their discomfort is actually plain ole’ cognitive dissonance? It’s their brain saying “hey, you say you love the flag so much, why don’t you stand up and defend the rights it signifies?” I suppose that’s asking too much.
See for yourself:
“IF YOU’RE NOT OUTRAGED, YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.”
The George W. Bush quote about the Constitution is not necessarily correct.