Man arrested for disagreeing with Bush

It was August 15. Asheville, North Carolina.

America used to have something called freedom of speech. A nifty little thing, that freedom of speech thing was. By law, people could sort of, like, say and print stuff, ya know. And even if the government disagreed with what they said, people were legally safe from being arrested for saying it.

But that was long ago. We don't know exactly when free speech went away. Maybe it was when the Bush regime seized IndyMedia's servers. Maybe it was when NKU issued that "trespassing" arrest when The Last Word got distributed there. Who knows?

In Asheville last week, a fellow opted to loom along a roadway carrying a sign that implored, "IMPEACH BUSH-CHENEY." We're sure you'll agree with the message, because most people do. After the man had held the sign for about 10 minutes, a police officer materialized. He made him fork over his ID and then summoned his sergeant to the scene.

When the sarge arrived, he was immediately hostile. He arrested the civilian and claimed it was for obstructing the sidewalk. This was bullbunk, because the first policeman had just seen a person walk past unimpeded. The sergeant exclaimed, "You were obstructing the sidewalk!" Then he yelled, "I'm sick of this shit!" Then, "Here's your 15 minutes of fame, buddy!" As the "suspect" was being taken to jail, he was never read his Miranda rights. The police couldn't make up their minds what to charge him with (which of course is not legal).

With fascism ruling the roost, the Bush cult often gets public parks illegally deeded out to it during political rallies. (That's why some Nazi thug was allowed to attack folks in Covington, Kentucky, during the 2000 campaign.) But now it looks like the whole country is deeded out to the Bush politburo in one final rah-rah for the hated dictator.

(Source: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/19/194647/490)