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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (456007)	9/10/2003 9:48:35 AM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Second federal suit filed over protests near Bush ranch Associated Press AUSTIN -- Three activists sued the city of Crawford today, claiming a city ordinance illegally barred them from protesting the war in Iraq when President Bush was visiting his ranch in May. The federal lawsuit filed by Marie Pugh of Caddo Mills, Victoria Rectenwald of Waco and Martin Wallace of Denton claims they were threatened with arrest if they violated the city's protest ordinance during Bush's May 3 visit to the ranch. They said the ordinance violated their First Amendment rights and the Texas Bill of Rights. The ordinance requires would-be demonstrators to apply for a permit 15 days in advance. They also must state the purpose of the march and the number of people and kinds of material that will be involved, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Austin. The three had not filed for a permit, which would have been issued by the Crawford police chief. They said they were unaware of the ordinance. The suit names the Texas Department of Public Safety, the city of Crawford, Crawford Police Chief Donnie Tidmore, McLennan County Sheriff Larry Lynch, and McLennan County Chief Deputy Sheriff Randy Plemons as defendants. A spokesman with the DPS would not comment on the suit, citing pending litigation. Crawford police and the McClennan County Sheriff's Department did not immediately return calls seeking comment to The Associated Press. Pugh, Rectenwald and Wallace said they were on their way to demonstrate against the war in Iraq at the Bush ranch and were threatened with arrest by Tidmore as they drove through Crawford. About 20 DPS officers and a number of sheriff's deputies barricaded the road to prevent them from passing, according to the lawsuit. Rather than being arrested, the three left. Five other protesters who were arrested in the incident and spent the night in jail filed a separate lawsuit in June. The status of that lawsuit is pending the resolution of criminal charges against the five. Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, called the ordinance "un-American, anti-democratic and unconstitutional." "The Crawford ordinance illegally curbs constitutionally protected expression of political views," Harrington said. "The ordinance gives unfettered discretion to the police chief to decide who can and cannot protest and impermissibly discriminates on the basis of the content of the speech." chron.com

To: PROLIFE who wrote (456007)	9/10/2003 9:50:46 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Come on, admit it, Bush Jr. is doing a lousy job of running the country and is messing things up internationally in a huge way. I guess the right wing brainiacs are waiting for another tax cut to turn things around, lol.

To: PROLIFE who wrote (456007)	9/10/2003 10:30:12 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Most of the conservatives do not feel the need to hang around here all day and night, especially when you liberal pinheads school up like carp and do your daily bottom feeding frenzy. Funny, just a couple months ago, all they did was post and boast 24/7 on this thread. Its only since Bush is looking less and less like a candidate for sainthood have they disappeared into the woodwork. Oh well, easy come, easy go! ;~) Funny part about your post is the Texas could be a country...and do quite well. Meanwhile you immoral lefties could go on and do your work of destroying the country you live in. Go for it!