Let’s start with the First Amendment, which says, “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 Gove[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Protests’
April 24th, 2022 - 2:44 pm § in Politics
Trucker convoy drives into ambush
I’m against political violence in any form, even egg throwing, but as a Vietnam veteran I gotta say their point man is incompetent. Led ’em straight into a trap. He should’ve known they’d get a Ukrainian Welcome in Oakland. But, Raw Story says, “According to CB radio ca[...]
Trucker protest has a new problem
When they drove circles around D.C., you didn’t hear much about them, because there wasn’t much to hear about except drivers flipping them off. Well, there is now. Daily Beast reports: “Many things have given the People’s Convoy problems, from Beltway commuters flipping them [...]
What, exactly, are they protesting?
I certainly get the feeling it wasn’t just Covid-19 mandates, but something bigger. In a column last week, Seattle Times writer Danny Westneat pointed out that even though all Washington mask mandates will end two days from now (on March 12), the protests against mask mandates go on, and on, a[...]
March 6th, 2022 - 10:19 pm § in Politics
“We have demands,” but don’t know what they are
Here in America (unlike Russia), protesting is legal and legitimate (to most folks, anyway, with some exceptions). But some causes are more compelling and popular than others. Also, it helps to have one. The so-called “People’s Convoy” mimicking Canada’s truckers’ prote[...]
March 3rd, 2022 - 7:32 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
CDC releases 90% of Americans from mask tyranny
“Data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Covid-19 levels have dropped significantly enough that more than 90 percent of people in the United States can go without masks,” NBC News reported on Thursday, March 3, 2022 (read story here). “Th[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 12:37 am § in Politics
B.S. Alert: Ottawa police horse didn’t trample elderly woman
In the 1999 cult film “Fight Club,” a character named Robert Paulson was shot by police (details here). On Jan. 6, 2021, a rumor circulated on Twitter that a woman named Roberta Paulsen had been shot at the U.S. Capitol. While the incident was true (and widely covered by media), the Capi[...]
February 14th, 2022 - 9:14 pm § in Politics
Why is this needed for peaceful protest?
“Alberta RCMP submitted this photo of what they say is a cache of firearms and ammunition found in three trailers near an ongoing blockade of the Canada-U.S. border.” Read story here. Trudeau invoked the “Emergencies Act” to “address the impact of continued protests acr[...]
February 11th, 2022 - 11:50 pm § in Law and Courts
What will happen to blockading truckers who defy injunction?
A Canadian judge issued an injunction against the trucker blockade of the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Windsor, Canada, on Friday afternoon, February 11, 2022. Hours later, “little had changed” at the border. “Dozens of people were still on site well after 9 p.m.,” when the[...]
Should Rep. Cawthorn be banned from re-election for “aiding insurrection”?
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is controversial, to say the least; see his profile here. And while he’s not popular everywhere, he’s certainly popular in his district; in 2020, he easily defeated a retired Air Force colonel and former Guantanamo prosecutor, 54%-42% (details here). Some of [...]