Thursday, September 07, 2006

Land of the Free, My Arse!

We were on our way to the White House when we stopped at some traffic lights. Suddenly a couple of regular police officers went all dramatic, Starsky and Hutch style. They were running around then jumping into their cars and driving into the road, sealing off the traffic.

Suddenly one of the cops jumped out and told us that we weren't allowed to stand where we were. We had to take about 10 steps back and stand next to this post up the street. She was so anal.

Sirens then started to sound and a bunch of police cars escorted this car down the street. Ok i thought, fair enough, a matter of security i guess. Maybe it was the president. You can't be too careful. So i thought.

What happened next however, spat in the eye of every American citizen. I started filming and this dumb arse officer told me in her over dramatic fashion "NO!" Can you Believe that? Told that i couldn't film in a public place. Under what law? Where is your 1st amendment that the USA is so proud of?

There are so many signs of Nazi Germany here, i.e restricted filming, restricted news coverage, arrests under new terror laws(no explanation necessary, no lawyer), more powers to tap peoples phone lines without permission from congress.

The second those powers go over they will then have permission to tap phone lines of opposing democratic parties and use such information against them. They may say it's to defend against terrorism but once they have these powers they don't need to disclose their purposes.

Wake up America!

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