Where Did America Go
If you have been paying attention it shouldn't come as a surprise that the bush government would arrest someone for wearing a t-shirt that called attention to their lies. Somehow though, for some reason it does still surprise and shock me.
My first instinct is to think, *there has to be more to the story*. I mean this is america, freedom of speech, freedom to have dissenting opinions, land of liberty, land of freedom. You can't be arrested in the US for simply wearing a T-shirt the government doesn't like or approve of, or disagree with....
But apparently in the Brave New Bush World...that is exactly what the government can and will do. Think like us or be arrested. How outrageous that more people are not outraged about this.
So what is the *official* story?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan before President Bush's State of the Union address.
According to a blog post on Michael Moore's Web site attributed to Sheehan, the T-shirt said, "2,245 Dead. How many more?" -- a reference to the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq.
"She was asked to cover it up. She did not," said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman.
Schneider said Sheehan was arrested around 8:30 p.m. on charges of unlawful conduct, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
She was handcuffed and held in the Capitol building until she was driven to the Capitol Police headquarters for booking. According to her blog, she was released about four hours after being arrested. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html
and for those of you who only believe the Fox spin zone: WASHINGTON — Cindy Sheehan finally got her invitation to see President Bush again, but before she set eyes on him at the State of the Union address, Capitol Police removed her from the gallery overlooking the House chamber.
The offense: her shirt, bearing an anti-war message and other "unlawful conduct," police said.
Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was handcuffed and charged with unlawful conduct, according to Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. The charge was a misdemeanor and Sheehan was being released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to Tuesday night's speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed in the House chamber, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said. (somehow there version doesn't sound much better does it?) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183392,00.html
You can read Cindy Sheehans letter giving her version of events at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=594
No matter whose version you believe it all comes down to the same thing. Under the rule of the tyrant..any tyrant..civil liberties and freedom only apply to those who agree with the tyrant and everyone else is expendable and unimportant collateral damage.
My first instinct is to think, *there has to be more to the story*. I mean this is america, freedom of speech, freedom to have dissenting opinions, land of liberty, land of freedom. You can't be arrested in the US for simply wearing a T-shirt the government doesn't like or approve of, or disagree with....
But apparently in the Brave New Bush World...that is exactly what the government can and will do. Think like us or be arrested. How outrageous that more people are not outraged about this.
So what is the *official* story?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan before President Bush's State of the Union address.
According to a blog post on Michael Moore's Web site attributed to Sheehan, the T-shirt said, "2,245 Dead. How many more?" -- a reference to the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq.
"She was asked to cover it up. She did not," said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman.
Schneider said Sheehan was arrested around 8:30 p.m. on charges of unlawful conduct, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
She was handcuffed and held in the Capitol building until she was driven to the Capitol Police headquarters for booking. According to her blog, she was released about four hours after being arrested. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html
and for those of you who only believe the Fox spin zone: WASHINGTON — Cindy Sheehan finally got her invitation to see President Bush again, but before she set eyes on him at the State of the Union address, Capitol Police removed her from the gallery overlooking the House chamber.
The offense: her shirt, bearing an anti-war message and other "unlawful conduct," police said.
Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was handcuffed and charged with unlawful conduct, according to Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. The charge was a misdemeanor and Sheehan was being released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to Tuesday night's speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed in the House chamber, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said. (somehow there version doesn't sound much better does it?) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183392,00.html
You can read Cindy Sheehans letter giving her version of events at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=594
No matter whose version you believe it all comes down to the same thing. Under the rule of the tyrant..any tyrant..civil liberties and freedom only apply to those who agree with the tyrant and everyone else is expendable and unimportant collateral damage.
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