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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-19-06 10:43 PM
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The Turning of the Leaves
... Mr. Howards, was arrested by Secret Service agents charged with protecting Vice President Cheney because he, that's Mr. Howard, "wasn't acting like the other folks in the area." That's it. That's the charge. Oops, I tell a lie. He, that's Mr. Howard, also was suspected of having "behavior and demeanor that wasn't quite right."

Now we weren't there, but everything I have ever seen about Mr. Cheney tells me that he also wasn't acting like the other folks in the area and we have never seen him when we thought his behavior and demeanor were quite right, especially whe he is lying about the Iraq war in the face of increasingly indisputable facts.

Mr. Howard, who, by the way, became "argumentative and combative" when confronted by the Secret Police, excuse me, Secret Service, as any free American citizen might when accosted on the street by agents of The State for no apparent reason, was later released. His government (and yours), is however, "reviewing possible federal charges".

Let's see: one possible count of Failure to Conform, a violation of an Executive Order issued by President Bush; one possible count of Suspicious Demeanor, a violation of a Signing Statement issued by President Bush in connection with the renewed PATRIOT ACT and one possible count of Refusal to be Cowed by Federal Agents, a violation of traditional law enforcement practice needing no other authority ...

http://nakedzoo.blogspot.com/2006/06/turning-of-leaves_17.html
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-19-06 10:58 PM
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1. But don't call them fascists!
they'll demand an apology - and get it.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 06:34 AM
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2. Nauseating--Typical Bushwa
It's time, past time, to clean the House, Senate, Supreme Court and 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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