An aimless, incoherent rant
Cindy Sheehan is a member or supporter or liker or something of a bunch of folks called "CODEPINK, a group pushing for an end to the Iraq war," according to the AP. What a coincidence. I too am pushing for an end to the Iraq war. I have something in common with Cindy Sheehan.
Another thing I have in common with Cindy Sheehan is that I think it is totally ridiculous to take someone out of the Capitol because of something that can be read on her t-shirt. But then, I've never been a fan of dress codes. Cindy Sheehan was forced out of the State of the Union address for wearing a "[two-thousand some-odd] dead, how many more?" t-shirt. The wife of a Republican rep was escorted out because of a "Support the Troops" t-shirt she was wearing. Each somehow, incomprehensibly, thought her own case was that of partisan singling-out. Obviously this is yet another matter of bipartisan idiocy. They're t-shirts for crying out loud. As a matter of fact, there was no crying out loud. That's my point. How can you be disrupting a speech when you're not making any noise?
Another thing: Sheehan wanted to be arrested. I'll bet she's giddy that they escorted her out without provocation. I'm not saying Capitol (Keystone) cops are leftists. I still stand by the bipartisan/nonpartisan idiot comment.
Why not allow t-shirts into the Capitol during the SOTUA? I think that congress is more and more interested in limiting the speech of all the commoners, and getting away with it more and more. You'll notice that when they get caught misbehaving, instead of repenting, they use it as an excuse to take more of our freedoms away (see "Campaign Finance Reform"). They'll do it again if this Abramoff thing results in any new legislation.
We need to start taking our congress back, especially at the primary level. The Republicans haven't done what they promised. They just borrow and spend as a not-so-welcome break from Democrats' tax-and-spend strategy. Every politician that behaves differently in office than he promised during his campaign should not be selected in primary, let alone elected.
Also, let's demand a constitutional amendment banning pork (federal spending on goodies for individual states or counties or towns). I could write one this week that would improve the U.S. economy substantially and free up congress' time. . . wait, maybe that's not such a good idea after all.
SRS
Another thing I have in common with Cindy Sheehan is that I think it is totally ridiculous to take someone out of the Capitol because of something that can be read on her t-shirt. But then, I've never been a fan of dress codes. Cindy Sheehan was forced out of the State of the Union address for wearing a "[two-thousand some-odd] dead, how many more?" t-shirt. The wife of a Republican rep was escorted out because of a "Support the Troops" t-shirt she was wearing. Each somehow, incomprehensibly, thought her own case was that of partisan singling-out. Obviously this is yet another matter of bipartisan idiocy. They're t-shirts for crying out loud. As a matter of fact, there was no crying out loud. That's my point. How can you be disrupting a speech when you're not making any noise?
Another thing: Sheehan wanted to be arrested. I'll bet she's giddy that they escorted her out without provocation. I'm not saying Capitol (Keystone) cops are leftists. I still stand by the bipartisan/nonpartisan idiot comment.
Why not allow t-shirts into the Capitol during the SOTUA? I think that congress is more and more interested in limiting the speech of all the commoners, and getting away with it more and more. You'll notice that when they get caught misbehaving, instead of repenting, they use it as an excuse to take more of our freedoms away (see "Campaign Finance Reform"). They'll do it again if this Abramoff thing results in any new legislation.
We need to start taking our congress back, especially at the primary level. The Republicans haven't done what they promised. They just borrow and spend as a not-so-welcome break from Democrats' tax-and-spend strategy. Every politician that behaves differently in office than he promised during his campaign should not be selected in primary, let alone elected.
Also, let's demand a constitutional amendment banning pork (federal spending on goodies for individual states or counties or towns). I could write one this week that would improve the U.S. economy substantially and free up congress' time. . . wait, maybe that's not such a good idea after all.
SRS
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