Red State meet Police State

[raysr]

FEBRUARY 15, 2006
Red State, Meet Police State
A federal employee gets hassled by Homeland Security for antiwar stickers on his car. Is it a mistake, a new rule, or the part of a trend of the First Amendment being bullied out of existence? Read the transcript, read the rules and decide for yourself

BY NICHOLAS COLLIAS



Dwight Scarbrough's idea of political dissent is one that rubs some people the wrong way. He likes to blame his compulsion for peaceful troublemaking on his birthday: October 2, the same as Ghandi. However, a few of Scarbrough's techniques are all his own--especially when it comes to his truck.

For instance, when the Iraq War was looking imminent, not long after September 11, Dwight attached a garbage bag to the back of his truck bed. He splattered the bag and the truck with ketchup and added a sign reading, "This veteran knows that our children are worth more than a $6.95 body bag." When he drove down the freeway, the bag would inflate and appear occupied.
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http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A158729

[fooj]

1. This would NEVER have happened in this country 10 years ago.

Peace.

[A Simple Game]

2. I see this as a good sign.

If they have time to spend on this type of "problem" then we can be assured that all of the big problems have been solved. :sarcasm: