Free Speech Zones

Monday Aug 2nd

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Saturday; true to his word, the pretender - Mr GW Bush - arrived here in our not so sunny city to deliver a speech at Don Cross Stadium.  It was a soggy wet day and the president unelect was at least an hour late.

Tickets were fairly easy to acquire. They were given out free on three consecutive mornings at the offices of a local attorney to anyone with a valid Ohio Driver's License on a first come - first serve basis and attendance was over-whelming. My wife, who was responsible for depositing two angry protestors - our daughters Mora and Cheyenne - as close to the event as possible reports she was unable to get within three blocks of the city park, all roads having been blocked by yellow barracades. Failing to reach ground-zero, my wife turned back to town and discovered a small group of protesters in front of the local Democratic Headquarters. The daughters chose to be deposited there and report being enthusiasticly welcomed with sandwhiches, cookies and cold drinks and were somewhat surprised to find, had they come without their pre-made protest signs; poster board, paint and other supplies were freely available inside democratic headquarters. Democratic HeadQuarters The Daughters (L-R) Cheyenne and Mora More Pictures of the Dangerous Protesters I must admit I saw no sign of the detestable 'free speech zone'. Yet, security for the 'president' was highly noticable. Secret Service combed the neighborhood for hidden terrorists, bomb sniffing dogs probed the roadsides for that sort of thing. Twenty minutes before the 'president's' arrival a huge helicopter gunship flew overheard rattling windows and walls and luring out of their homes the clueless to see what the matter was. In what was perhaps an unordered act of zealousness someone went down highway 22 ( the path Gearge Bush's entourage took into town ) and removed the protest signs from citizen's front yards. One small and subtle sign bearing a cartoon character peeing on a bush excaped their notice. Several attendees of the event were overheard complaining of standing three hours in a muddy centerfield to hear Mr. Bush deliver the same speech he had delivered in Canton two hours earlier and which had been broadcast in it's entirety on CNN.

Have a great day America.
Hope Is On The Way!
not an endorsement of John Kerry but of the american people
  Sunday July 25th

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Today I learned GW Bush is coming to my hometown. To Cambridge, Ohio. Pop. 13,000+.
 
I don't know much more about it just now. Just what I have read in the local paper. Funny that just last night I had posted to a message board regarding the 'free speech zones'. Guess I will get to find out first hand what one looks like, how one comes to be stuck into one, etc.
 
Should be interesting.