When King George travels, liberties suffer

The Capital Times ^ | May 13, 2004 | John Nichols

[freeeee]

Before you get your panties in a wad about "security during wartime", try explaining exactly what threat the people with dissenting opinions hold that those allowed to stand along the president's route (as clearly shown in the picture) do not.

[BillyCrockett]

Get over it. Presidents cause disruptions where ever they travel. Republicans AND Democrats.

[cripplecreek]

Having ones panties in a wad beats the horrifying possibility of having panties on ones head any day of the week.

[armyboy]

Ok, you can get off your soap box now.

[EggsAckley]

A rare and revealing photo of the author.

[freeeee]

Presidents cause disruptions where ever they travel. Republicans AND Democrats.

"You said it, brother."

[FrogMom]

At least there were no union thugs beating the crap out of protesters, which is what happened when the trailer trash moved around the country.

[freeeee]

Having ones panties in a wad beats the horrifying possibility of having panties on ones head any day of the week.

That was real deep.

[LuigiBasco]

Good on. Some one has CMS

[freeeee]

you can get off your soap box now.

Why? Is the King coming this way?

[hobbes1]

Let me give you a little perspective, from Real life.

The gym I workout in, in Midtown Manhattan, is right at the nexus of a Presidential/VP entery exit zone, and it was ROUTINELY cordoned off, at 5:30 in the AM, for extended amounts of time, for x42, and his would be, but thankfully not successor, about every 4 weeks, in 2000.

Thats not even protestors thats people going to their F*ng jobs.


thats life.

[Christian4Bush]

Idiot writer. What town or area DOESN'T have the utmost concern for security when a high ranking dignitary is there?

I was visiting Kentucky in November of 1996, when the former occupant of the WH, x42, was in town. I actually saw Air Force One on the tarmac. It was suggested that we get my luggage and get out of the area before the motorcade returns, and the Secret Service shut down the roads.

Typical liberal writer with his head up his medieval arse, who hates America but is glad to live here, and in this time, because if he lived in those medieval times, if the king didn't like you, he had you killed.

Go sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here.

[BipolarBob]

I see nothing here that did not take place during Clinton. When SlickWilly went to sporting events, you had to show up 2 hours early or get in late. Freeom to not have hecklers shout you down was also employed by Bill. It's the sameol' sameol'.

[jcb8199]

Great Article.
"If they're going to call it a presidential visit, then it should be a presidential visit - where we can hear from him and he can hear from us. But that's not what happened here, not at all."
Uh, was the President in town? So he was visiting? How is it NOT a Presidential visit then?

[freeeee]

"It' doesn't matter what you say because you're smelly and fat! Mean too!"

[RightthinkinAmerican]

Typical Bush-hater hypocrisy. I'm sure things went like clockwork when Clinton travelled. Yes, sir. An asinine point.

[Sender]

This writer and his "imperial subjects" should be stacked naked in a pyramid, with liberal feminist environmentalists panties stuck on their heads. What a royal a-hole.

[MEG33]

Good Grief..Piffle

[jcb8199]

Oops, should have been...

Great article. /sarcasm

[freeeee]

I see. It's ok if Clinton did it.