JabberWocky!

I seem to remember about a year or so ago President Bush was in another country, I can not remember which one, but anyway, while he was speaking a protester from that country stood up and started disrupting his speech. At that time security from that country began going towards that protester but the President spoke up and security stopped to hear what he had to say.

He then made a statement that went something like:

“that’s what I love about America, everyone has freedom of speech”!

Of course at that time the tension in the room eased up, almost everyone let out a forced laugh at his attempt to be clever, the protester stopped and the President continued, uninterrupted until he finished his speech.

Isn’t it wonderful to live in a country where you always have “freedom of speech”, and if you are at a Presidential rally you can demonstrate if you wish to? Why? Because the President said to an entire other country and to billions of people watching television all around the world that he loves “freedom of speech”, right?

WRONG!!

Did you know that a White House manual that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of “deterring potential protesters” from President Bush’s public appearances around the country?

Among other things, any event can only be open to people with tickets tightly controlled by organizers. Which doesn’t mean to say that the White House is against demonstrations…just as long as the President does not see them!!!!

As it turns out there are squads placed in strategic areas around the rally to look for demonstrators and if the demonstrators are yelling, rally squads can begin and lead supportive chants to drown out the protesters by chanting something like, “USA!, USA!, USA!” etc., and as a last resort, security should remove the demonstrators from the event site!

Whatever happened to “freedom of speech”? Or…you are more than welcome to have “freedom of speech” as long as it is pre-approved by the President?

More on this very interesting story can be found at:

White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protestors

Well! That’s if for me today! Hope to see you back again tomorrow for some more…

JabberWocky!

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