[freeeee]

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

I know the founders must have meant to exclude people who look funny, or have the wrong ideas.

They must have just forgot to put that part in. I guess its a penumbra.

[TomB]

the right of the people peaceably to assemble....

Nobody from what I can see is saying they can't meet, we are merely making light of their hypocrisy. I didn't realize we weren't allowed to voice our opinions on these fools. I guess the founders forgot to exclude us from the First Amendment.

Anyway, the operative word is peaceably.

"Then in an unbelievable move of stupidity, some people threw rocks at the officers . . . It's regrettable that a few young fools would take it into their heads to commit those aggravated acts."

[AAABEST]

I like the fact that the throw rocks at the Forest Service who has no business closing these roads.I also agree with you that they have a right to assemble, especially on Federal land.

That said these people are nasty disgusting pigs, I'd probably be tempted to trot my horse over them just for fun.

If they want to assemble fine, then they need to either clean up after themselves or pay to have it done.

[jimt]

Sounds to me like the "melee" was caused by the Forest Service, who wants increasingly tight restrictions on public access to public land. Pretty soon no access will be allowed without a permit from the UN.

It was stupid to resist the towing of the car. It was also stupid not to give the car owner some time to move it.

The closing of the road - affecting many folks - for what a few did is nothing more than a harassment tactic.