Free Speech

This is a bit old, however I haven't had a forum to place this, so I will be adding my old rants from time to time.

Incarcerated “Free” Speech


O.K., as we all know, the first amendment is for freedom of speech…in case you forgot it, here goes…

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

So; can someone please explain to me why in the hell is GeeDub; in coordination with the Secret Service and local law enforcement making these “Free Speech Zones”, whenever he darkens the skies in your town?

Quite simply put, it’s a holding pen for those who have a difference of opinion with our President. These “zones” can be up to half a mile away, and out of the view of the President’s delicate eyesight. In this day and age expressing your views, peacefully against our President is an act of “dissent”, go figure. Now, here’s where it gets fun…for some odd reason you just happen to get arrested while quietly protesting outside of a “free speech zone” you can be changed with the following; a petty misdemeanor, entering a restricted area around the President of the United States of America, or endangering the President of the United States of America. The latter offense is of course a terrorist act, since it is illegal to endanger the President, and it’s against the Patriot Act, Title VIII, Section 802.

Now, I’m not going to get onto a soapbox and preach about removing G.W.B. from the highest office in the land. However, if you’re a free thinking person, who doesn’t want their civil liberties tampered with, then next election, you know what to do! Who does this man think he is, censoring the very people who put his ass in office to begin with? Is it just me, or is this a big violation of the first amendment, and civil liberties? I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s just shady, bad politics, poor judgment… just plain wrong.

Y’know, Ice-T said it best “…freedom of speech, just watch what you say”