More Obama gangland tactics: Signs banned at Virginia rally today
Reader Ron e-mails that the Obama campaign has issued a decree banning all signs at a rally today at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.
It is a public campus on public property.
The local newspaper, the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star is up in arms:
NOT ALL COUNTRIES guarantee their citizens the right to virtually unbridled freedom of speech. The United States does. Would someone please tell the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama? And the dozing guardians of liberty at the University of Mary Washington?
Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, is scheduled to speak at a rally at the university today. The public is invited to this forum, on property it, the public, owns. However, signs and banners will not be allowed, according to the organizers and compliant campus officials. Suddenly, UMW is a First Amendment-Free, or at least a First Amendment-Crippled, Zone, subject to the self-serving preferences of politicos. Why does an Obama rally–or a McCain rally or a Nader rally–justify taking a little off the top of Americans’ most fundamental rights?
A UMW spokeswoman says that the Obama campaign required the sign-and-banner ban. That campaign tells us that the ban is for “security” reasons. But a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, responsible for protecting presidential candidates, says that the service has no objection to signs at rallies, provided that no “part of the sign could be used as a weapon”–e.g., a heavy metal pole or a sharpened stick. Finally, the McCain campaign tells us, “We encourage people to make signs at our events.”
Just more Chicago gangland tactics from Camp Obama.
Careful out there. The Goon Squads are watching.
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thanks b-cat,that was great, pretty well tells it all.
FYI
Maxine Waters wants minority representation put into any Bailout bill. These are the Representatives who led an effort to block oversight of FreddieMac and FannyMae back in 2004;
Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY) - Afro-American
Rep. Lacy Clay (MISS) - Afro-American
Rep. Arthur Davis (ALA) - Afro-American
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) - Afro-American
Rep. Barney Franks (NY) - White Chairman of the committee.
Who were they holding up as a great leader of Freddie? Franklin Raines (D) - Afro-American
Who was number three on the list of benefactors of FreddieMac, having only been in congress for 143 actual workdays? Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (D- IL) Arab-African-American
Yep! Great judgement, and a track record of excellent governance from some of our liberal minority representatives. Do we really want more of them to govern with out money?
Em,
You are welcome north of the mason dixon in PA. We need all the GOP we can get to counter the voter fraud in philly
You never know. Maybe he’s just taking a post-spliff nap,
Get ready America,it will be far worse than you can imagine. Yeah, they banned signs here in Hawaii too when he came through on his vacation. Only 1000 people showed up, (no Germans in Hawaii apparently) so they didn’t even show it on the national news.
You can really rely on the Germans for that whole mass rally sort of thing, can’t you?
Great post donnab13
Right,
It is that “justice” obambi speaks of.
Did anyone else notice the 4head bump obambi and mememechelle obambi did after they kissed at end of debate?
a cross tween a vulcan mindmeld and a fistpump I guess.
Well you know you could fold a sign up into a F22. And we know how much Obama loathes the military.
B-cat,
yupp when you give away free bier and music
If Obama had been wearing knee-high boots, 2,000,000 would have shown up.
Happyscrapper
Here are the names that introduced ACORN into the bill. They will not come as any surprise.
“Very simple: behind closed doors, ACORN-friendly language was slipped into the Democratic economic rescue proposal by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA)”.
If you would like to read more:
http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103884
utoh
the continuing resolution was just passed in the Senate….
Me to! linkfree fax.
Attention America: Watch how fast your free speech rights get squished if this marxist gets elected. NO to Obama!
Vote McCain/Palin!
automakers got our $:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_go_co/congress_spending
someone do that fixed it for you thing please that should read UNIONS got our $
….sigh
Thank you! I am sending this information out to everyone I know!
And the dozing guardians of liberty at the University of Mary Washington?
Great line, and a great metaphor for the MSM too.
Blunt smacks down Obama
It is a
publicpeoples campus onpublicpeoples property.That campaign tells us that the ban is for “security” reasons. OK. Descent does tend to make a despot insecure.
Pray for divine intervention.
Tony,
SWEET news!
Tony,
can he fire them?
I just sent a thank you note to Missouri Governor Blunt for his stand on Free Speach. However since I do not live in Missouri I rather doubt that my E-mail will get read.
http://governor.mo.gov will get you to his web site.
reminiscent of the Sedition Acts … Oh my!
Really like the Governors mention of Sedition Acts. Just wish those could be brought up against the St. Louis group and especially against Obama. Woops almost typed a s instead of a b.
Where is Brett Bursey when you need him?
Brett, tell them America is a Free Speech zone.
Take it to the Supremes.
But…But!!!! Just a day or so ago our resident Legal Scholar lgm, holder of the prestigeous Chair of Silliness at the Yonkers Upstairs Law and Cosmetology College, issued the definitive opinion on this matter:
Quick, lgm!!! Call the Governor and set him straight!!!
BWAAAAhahahahahahahahahahaaa
(what an a*ssclown)
More violations of the 1st amendment by Obama bullies!
http://soundpolitics.com/public/2006/10/senator_cantwellbellevue_commu.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Q-CRDS_mo
Maybe Obama doesn’t want signs at his rallys’ because so many of his followers can’t read, and it could be embarassing.
Wow! I wonder when the MSM will pick up on that article from Governmor Blunt? The MSM still supports free speech, don’t they?
Ironically, McCain-Feingold was one of the first indicators that I could never support McCain for higher office. Obama just took that bill to the next logical place.
Obama is clearly out to abuse any power he has in order to get his way and glorify himself as a god. The idea of him being able to sign executive orders is chilling.
? Only for them not us.
Obambi is using more and more tactics out of Alinsky’s playbook because of his desperation. Silence the opposition is what he is doing here.
In case you missed it here is a link at AmericanThinker last week that is a good view into why Obambi acts the way he does.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_alinsk
WarEagle82 said:
Wow! I wonder when the MSM will pick up on that article from Governmor Blunt? The MSM still supports free speech, don’t they?
Hahahahahahahahaha! yeah, the MSM supports free speech, as long as it fits their agenda… and if it’s free speech WHY are you paying for it??? but I digress… hat’s off to Blunt.
Obama weirods show up at every McCain rally, no doubt told to do so.
Puhiawa
They are told to do so and Obama’s site organizes them as well.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/organizing/gs7xv2
The double standard rides again. It’s not ok to tarnish the image of the chosen candidate, however, his goons are free to do whatever they want to intimidate McCain/Palin supporters. You should have seen the pro-obama group outside the building in Philly where Sarah was. They were quite something. It Obama truely had anything to offer, these tactics would not be necessary. What make Obama think that we want his motley crew taking over Washington. There’s aleady enough wacko there now.
If you want proof positive that the liberal media (a) either doesn’t know/care a thing about the Constitution and Free Speech, and (b) is in the tank for Obama, just watch how they uncritically report the threats made by those prosecutors and then immediately segue into a straight political piece on McCain:
http://www.kmov.com/video/index.html?nvid=285793&shu=1
The Media Morons just listen as the Stalinoid Obamatons talk about how they will watch for violations of unspecified “ethics laws”.
I fell like I’m watching Soviet Television, where the presenters ALWAYS support their government masters.
Puh,
proud Americans both of them! COUNTRY FIRST
While being interviewed at rally I was at some crackpot came up and called me a liar, my response was screw you!! Yes could have been more clever….
The idjot just walked away quickly.
Once the camera guy and interviewer gal stopped laughing asked to put me back on record to respond to what I thought about women like that… needless to say they won’t be getting jobs at any commielib outlet anytime soon and they don’t care
sorry to be spamming the same thread no new ones…..miss you seadub…
anyway just got off phone with Boehner’s
office. They have just ordered food and there for the long haul, the GOP Senators screwed us on the CR bill and all its pork and commielib crap. no don’t have a roll call handy
take the time to call the Leader and give him and staff your support and Prayers.
202-225-4000
okay I went to the US SENATE website and looked up roll call vote and this is what the fools gave me:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00208
the damn house vote!!
tossing in towel this blog is dead
Of course. You don’t really expect them to live in liberal-controlled (and unliveable) places like DC or PG County, MD, do you? That’s what always amazes me about liberals. They flee liberal-dominated areas (such as DC) for conservative areas (Fairfax County had a Republican majority on the county board when we escaped from the Peoples Republic of Arlington). And then they vote for liberals who turn the formerly nice area into another liberal h***hole. And then the process repeats.
Anyway, I think Obama was safe in Fredericksburg today since it seemed like all the Republicans were at the state fair. We came home with a McCain/Palin yard sign, bumper stickers, and stickers on our shirts–and we never even got to the McCain tent. And we had people asking where we got them. It wasn’t until about 6 pm that dh finally spotted someone with an Obama sticker on her shirt. (Loneliest person at the fair, I think.) Of course, it is hard to picture Obama supporters at such small town entertainment as a tractor pull or rooster crowing contest.
(And a mama brag: my 13-year-old took a first in the fiddle competition youth division and a 3rd in the open division.)
Now that Kwame’s gone, the circus is coming to Motown (Detroit) tomorrow. Nobama, MO, Joe and Jill will be featured. Be assured that the goon squads will be there too. Please note no signs or banners allowed.
Here is a portion of the announcement…
Change We Need Rally
Woodward Ave. in front of the Detroit Public Library
5200 Block of Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
Sunday, September 28th
Gates Open: 11:00 a.m.
Program Begins: 1:30 p.m.
For security reasons, do not bring bags. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners allowed.
If anyone need a truth squad it’s Sarah Palin.
Maybe Obamas group doesn’t want signs at these things because they are worried he’ll mistake one for a teleprompter?
Regarding the enlistment of an AG, Sheriff, etc in Missouri as part of the “Truth Squad” to fight back against character assassination and make sure people “stick to the issues”….
that means that these “defenders” are going to be equally as zealous in their advocacy against anyone who smears or impugns the character of Saracuda, right?
Right?
This is becoming dire. Obama’s brown shirts are threatening our basic freedoms and our liberty. They should be met head on in the courts, or the streets . . . whatever is necessary.
Odopey has his thugs in PA. also…
Threatening stations showing the NRA Ad. etc….. same ole obamalamadingdong tricks…. newsmax.com has some stories on it….
Now I understand some of the jobs “community organizers” have.
Time to organize a Krystal Nacht near you.
For all the laughing we have done over Ted Kennedy’s slip of the tounge, it may be more like a prophecy.
Those apples never fall far from the tree.
S’pose he’s been threatened a time or two?
Slavery was SUCH a mistake.
Isn’t McCain’s campaign only allowing people to use campaign made signs at events? I thought I saw a story about that somewhere.
I’m reading how the Chinese are starting to involve themselves in slavery in Africa. Amazing stuff.
Now all we need is the Capitol (Reichstag) to catch fire and have the democrats blame it on right-wing republican extremists for it to be all complete in their campaign.
Here is a good link
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/09/021628.php
SOMEBODY has to put out those burning crosses…
Kiss my Rebel, Army Airborne vet, NRA member, freedom lovin’, Genuine conservative backside.
Democrats were responsible for more negro lynchings than and other political group.
On September 28th, 2008 at 8:48 am, sausage said:
After they’re finished with their extinguishing duties, maybe they’ll head on over to England and help take down some of those hideous swastikas -
What is so disturbing about these tactics is the fact that now we have activist law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and other elected officials actually going along with it and acting as surrogates and enablers.
Obama speaks and his cult obeys. And he still stands in front of America with his message of change. There will be change alright. For each liberal, Democrat, and Obama fanatic who keeps telling us how Bush had taken away their civil liberties, we have to respond in kind. I agree with the question asked of an earlier poster who couldn’t come back with an answer.
Maybe it is time for someone to a revised version of 1984 but using an Obama administration in the role of Big Brother. It would be appropriate.
LOL, yes they definitely went further south after the war. Although I have no proof and can only make an educated guess, the best I can tell is that reparations are going to be a b!$@h…
Side note (if i dont hear a reply on this thread from you, i will hit you up on another one): This may have already been done, but I am going to have my familys oldest generation tell me/show me where all the graves/cemetaries of our family are located. I have no idea where my great-grandparents are located.
Then I am going to map the graves with a GPS latitude/longitude.
I once heard a southern belle describe Sherman as just another “glorified arsonist”
http://macsmind.blogspot.com/2008/09/doj-may-open-investigation-into-obamas.html
Somebody get the picture on this site, please
I have no doubt - this is more to prevent McCain/Palin sign from popping up, and perhaps to stop any anti-Obama “smears” from appearing.
What next? Banning videos and audio recordings? Wouldn’t want Obama to be held accountable for mis-speaking or a flip-flop.
Please tell us all exactly who it is you PERSONALLY know who have had their rights refused or taken away from them. Please give us SPECIFIC examples of each and every right that has been trampled or removed from this country. Please tell the cvlass exactly what part of the Constitution has been disregarded, changed, thrown out or whatever term you wish to use.
Unless you can site secific examples and give specific people then you are nothing but a hysterical idiot who prefers to read the lies and propaganda fed to you by other illiterate buffoons on Left-Wing hate sites then to obtain the true facts as they are from reputable sources.
I, for one, am convinced you are of the latter mentality, and wouldn’t know truth and facts if it hit you in the a$$.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6fuFrdCJY