Monday, June 27, 2005
Privatizing Freedom
It's hard to believe this happened in America, but 3 months ago, 3 individuals were thrown out of a taxpayer-financed Bush Social Security event in Denver, reportedly because they drove up in a car with a "No More Blood for Oil" bumper sticker.
How creepy is it that the President had "his people" watching the attendees as they drove up, and how much creepier is it that an anti-war bumper sticker can get you thrown out of an event that is TAXPAYER-funded--that you helped pay for. To make matters creepier, the White House host who tossed the "Denver Three" likely impersonated a Secret Service agent in order to get them to leave. And the White House, of course, is protecting this person's identity. Creepy, creepy, creepy.
Thankfully, a criminal investigation has been opened. The fact that Bush handpicks audience members so that he doesn't have to ever face anyone who disagrees with him is frankly, in a supposedly democratic nation, criminal.
Evicted 'Denver Three' Gain Support in Quest - New York Times
How creepy is it that the President had "his people" watching the attendees as they drove up, and how much creepier is it that an anti-war bumper sticker can get you thrown out of an event that is TAXPAYER-funded--that you helped pay for. To make matters creepier, the White House host who tossed the "Denver Three" likely impersonated a Secret Service agent in order to get them to leave. And the White House, of course, is protecting this person's identity. Creepy, creepy, creepy.
Thankfully, a criminal investigation has been opened. The fact that Bush handpicks audience members so that he doesn't have to ever face anyone who disagrees with him is frankly, in a supposedly democratic nation, criminal.
Evicted 'Denver Three' Gain Support in Quest - New York Times
