Comments on: Sheehan Arrested at Capitol http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262 A rough draft of my thoughts... Mon, 08 May 2024 15:33:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Equal Opportunity Anti-Slogan Policy http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-426124 Wed, 01 Feb 2024 19:48:20 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-426124 [...] tunity Anti-Slogan Policy By Dr. Steven Taylor @ 1:47 pm It wasn’t just Cindy Sheehan, as it turns out, and it wasn’t just anti-war slogans: Lawmaker’s wife told to leav [...] […] tunity Anti-Slogan Policy
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It wasn’t just Cindy Sheehan, as it turns out, and it wasn’t just anti-war slogans: Lawmaker’s wife told to leav […]

]]> by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-426009 Wed, 01 Feb 2024 17:16:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-426009 Joe, On the one hand, I take the point. On the other, there are rules of decorum at these events and she knew she was violating the rules by having the shirt covered. Eric, My point is that she could have gotten quite a few more people talking had she stayed in the chamber. Joe,

On the one hand, I take the point. On the other, there are rules of decorum at these events and she knew she was violating the rules by having the shirt covered.

Eric,

My point is that she could have gotten quite a few more people talking had she stayed in the chamber.

]]> by: eric http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-426003 Wed, 01 Feb 2024 16:57:18 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-426003 well, she did get people talking. not a bad thing from a protester's point of view. well, she did get people talking. not a bad thing from a protester’s point of view.

]]> by: Joe mCCarthy http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-425997 Wed, 01 Feb 2024 16:10:35 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9262#comment-425997 If anything is puerile about this whole thing, its the fact that she was arrested SIMPLY FOR WEARING A T-SHIRT. The T-shirt apparently had the number of US troops killed in Iraq and a question: "How Many More?" She had a ticket given to her by a member of Congress and was not disrupting any proceedings. If anything, it demonstrates the vacuity of Bush's consistent rhetorical invocations of "freedom" while basic civil liberties are threatened by his big-government policies and proclivities. If anything is puerile about this whole thing, its the fact that she was arrested SIMPLY FOR WEARING A T-SHIRT. The T-shirt apparently had the number of US troops killed in Iraq and a question: “How Many More?”

She had a ticket given to her by a member of Congress and was not disrupting any proceedings. If anything, it demonstrates the vacuity of Bush’s consistent rhetorical invocations of “freedom” while basic civil liberties are threatened by his big-government policies and proclivities.

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