Speechifying
When I was a tot, I remember reading an old Mad Magazine history of the United States. The civil rights era was summed up by one panel: a group of African Americans were in the background, singing "We Shall Overcome." In the foreground, a group of dull-looking whities were looking smug, and one was saying "they can over come, as long as they don't come over here." Funny, funny stuff. Riiight.
What does this have to do with the price of soy sauce at Lucky Star Grocers of Delancey Street?
This: The ACLU has finally gotten around to suing the Secret Service for arresting anti-Bush protesters who have the temerity to wave a negative sign in sight of our hallowed Regis Noster. Hope they win big.
Story via Reason's hit and run.
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The Secret Service has been
The Secret Service has been growing increasingly out of control for the last decade. The closing of Pennsylvania avenue, the massive armored vehicles, harrassment of protestors, etc. The elder Bush didn't smack them down, Clinton didn't and Bush the Younger hasn't either.