America is NOT the Home of the FREE

A typical American mom was invited by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif) to attend President Bush (whacker)'s "State of the Union" address last night. She arrived on time, sat down removed her coat, and was told by police that she wasn't appropriately attired for the event. When she didn't respond to their remarks she was promptly removed from the area and arrested.
Ok, so the part I forgot to mention was that this "typical American mom's" name is Cindy Sheehan, and that she is the mother of a soldier slain in Iraq. And her "inappropriate attire was an anti-war T-shirt. But she is not "just" another mom of a slain soldier, no, she is THE mom who has and is taking her story on the road, explaining to America how wrong it is to lose a loved one for nothing. Nothing in the sense that the war in Iraq is an unnecessary, unjustifiable war. It is always tough to lose a loved one, but when a parent loses a child its much, much more so. And when you lose this child unnecessarily, it is a crime.
But back to the story. What DID she do that was so criminal? It was obviously criminal to the Capitol Police, since they did indeed charge her with a misdemeanor. First the charge was "demonstrating in the Capitol building", but this was later changed to "unlawful conduct". Since when is it unlawful conduct to dress as you wish? Certainly you can be asked to leave, maybe even removed, from a PRIVATE event, but from a public one? Of course certain attire can be considered poor taste, maybe. Inappropriate, maybe so. Make Blackwell's worst dressed list, no doubt; but a crime?, here in America? What's next? Burkas? Maybe the Taliban on the ballot? Why not; after all Pat Robertson has already run for president.

OK now lets all sing again:
Oh say can you seee .....
What the @#$% happened to my country .................