City Drops Citation Against Man With Anti-Bush Sign

seriousstan

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Wed Jan-12-05 02:53 AM
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City Drops Citation Against Man With Anti-Bush Sign

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - The city dropped a public obscenity citation Tuesday against a man who erected an anti-war sign in a public square that mixed President Bush's name with a profanity.
Mike Wallschlaeger, 41, was issued the citation Friday after police received a complaint and ordered him to take the sign down. The ticket carried a $102 fine.

City Attorney Bill Nagle left a message with the Wausau Daily Herald Tuesday saying he was dismissing the citation, but had no further comment.

Wallschlaeger said he was confident he would have prevailed in court, calling the citation a violation of his constitutional rights.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBV3G01V3E.html

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NYC

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Wed Jan-12-05 03:01 AM
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1. Good,

That was nonsense.

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Journeyman

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Wed Jan-12-05 03:12 AM
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2. It wasn't so much nonsense as it was Bushit . . .

n/t

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BikeWriter

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Wed Jan-12-05 03:33 AM
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3. "This war is Bushit" What's the big effin' deal?

Some damn wingnut was whining!

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chicagojoe

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Wed Jan-12-05 03:52 AM
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4. 'Cause disrespectin' president bush

helps the terrists, dontcha know.

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BikeWriter

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Wed Jan-12-05 09:55 AM
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9. Yep, we got to watch for them terraist!

Their everwear!

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Laurab

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Wed Jan-12-05 01:14 PM
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13. No, it's worse than that

it makes you a terrorist!

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NVMojo

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Wed Jan-12-05 05:01 AM
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5. Bushit is so sensitive, repukes everywhere have to protect him

:toast:

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goddess40

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Wed Jan-12-05 07:20 AM
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6. It isn't over yet

The city may be trying to wiggle out of their blunder but I don't know if Mike will let it die so easily. After all it really wasn't about the sign but about trying to get us to give up the protest. This isn't the first time the police have tried to intimidate us to giving up. I just hope that it's the last.

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Clark2008

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Wed Jan-12-05 07:26 AM
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7. Heck, the guy could have said he simply misspelled the word

Heaven knows Freepers can't spell! And they aren't punished for their stupidity!!

:shrug:

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rodeodance

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Wed Jan-12-05 07:39 AM
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8. te he, if he would have won, the attorney would have went forward.

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goddess40

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Wed Jan-12-05 10:14 AM
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10. We will still get complaints now that * will be reinstalled

With there dictator reinstalled the fascist will get bolder.
The same day that the bushit incident happened someone else stopped and ask that we don't carry our "What Would Jesus Bomb" and "Jesus would be against this war too" signs

If they ever figure out my "Stop terrorism Impeach Bush" sign out they'll demand I stop carrying that too. I did think about spelling it out for them with a Bush is a terrorist sign but I think I'll pass on that for a while.

(I do like the FW sticker idea that I read about in the general discussion forum. - for my car not a sign)

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Vidar

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Wed Jan-12-05 11:53 AM
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11. Good news. Thanks for posting.

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Az_lefty

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Wed Jan-12-05 01:00 PM
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12. They dismissed the citation because the election is over.

these wingnuts are just a little too obvious.

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