Take That Feds: Anti-Bush Protesters Strike it Rich


	Take That Feds: Anti-Bush Protesters Strike it Rich

zizzy

8-19-2007 11:02 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6c0f4b98-f5d7-4886-9d4b-f71849960485/EA1AEA34-2467-4586-A178-2262300EBD46/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070817_protest_bush_or_get_rich_trying/" href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070817_protest_bush_or_get_rich_trying/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.truthdig.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070817_protest_bush_or_get_rich_trying/"><TABLE width="180"><TBODY><TR><TD align="right"><SPAN class="imgborder"><IMG width="180" height="207" border="0" alt="the Ranks" src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/rankbushteeshes.jpg" /></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD align="right"><SPAN class="photocredit">patriotsactbook.com</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class="photocaption"></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070817_protest_bush_or_get_rich_trying/"><H6 class="date">Posted on Aug 17, 2007</H6></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070817_protest_bush_or_get_rich_trying/"><P>Nicole and Jeff Rank, who were arrested in 2004 for refusing to remove or cover their anti-Bush T-shirts at a presidential rally, have just won an $80,000 <A title="settlement" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/16/national/a163846D32.DTL&hw=aclu&sn=004&sc=266">settlement</A> from the federal government. In prosecuting the case, the ACLU learned that the president’s advance manual has little tolerance for free speech, saying: “As a last resort security should remove the demonstrators from the event.”
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The front of the Ranks’ homemade T-shirts bore the international symbol for “no” superimposed over the word “Bush.” The back of Nicole Rank’s T-shirt said “Love America, Hate Bush.” On the back of Jeffery Rank’s T-shirt was the message “Regime Change Starts at Home.”
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The ACLU said in a statement that a presidential advance manual makes it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the president’s appearances. “As a last resort,” the manual says, “security should remove the demonstrators from the event.”
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