Cindy Sheehan Arrested in State of Union for Wearing Shirt

[bkdelong]

Unbelievable. I would truly like to know what the rules are that allow Capitol security to squelch Freedom of Expression. Cindy Sheehan was roughly escorted out of the State of the Union for wearing a T-Shirt that allegedly said "245 Dead. How many more?". She was taken to a nearby police station and arrested. Also interesting- so was the wife of "powerful" Republican Rep C.W. Bill Young of Florida, (Beverly Young), for wearing a shirt that said "Support our troops - Defending our freedom". Good grief.

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[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Bev Young has claimed she was ejected as well, but I smell a history rewrite.

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

How so?

[floppsy.livejournal.com]

Lemme see if I understand this -- in Congress, whose halls are lined with portraits of the framers of the Constitution of the United States of America, that everyone serving there swears to uphold, 2 people were thrown out from a State of OUR Union for excersizing their ... FREEDOM OF SPEECH (the silent version) ?!?!?!?

I WEEP for our nation & what we've let the Constitution be used for & warped into. I'm really sorry our founding fathers can't resurect & throttle the whole lot of them.