"In Platteville, peace activist Frank Van Den Bosch was arrested for holding up a sign that was critical of the president. The sign's "dangerous" message, "FUGW," was incomprehensible to children and, no doubt, to many adults. Yet, it was still determined sufficiently unsettling to the royal procession that Van Den Bosch was slapped with a disorderly conduct ticket."
"Wolf and hundreds of other Wisconsinites and Minnesotans who sought to express dissents were videotaped by authorities, told they could not make noise, ordered not to display certain signs and forced to stand out of eyesight of Bush and his entourage. Again and again, they were told that if they expressed themselves in ways that were entirely protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, they would be "subject to arrest."
That's just from this article. But this is not a new policy.
Given the dishonesty of the author and those of his ilk, I would prefer to see a listing from a reputable source of believable citizens who were told such things. I'm not going to take Nichols' word for it. This is a baseless attack, much like the horror stories told about the USA PATRIOT Act. Not one legitimate complaint has been brought forth to the Justice Department showing abuse of rights due to the act.
Now, do us all a favor and write Karl Rove or Halliburton or whoever this week's bogeyman is, and get a copy of the Bush directive to quash free speech rights. Then get back to us here at FR. Until then, you're running a pointless and baseless attack.