Thursday, February 02, 2006

War on T-shirts

I wrote that blog entry following in response to an article at the Huffington Post about Sheehan being removed from the Capitol "State of the Union" meeting for wearing a T-shirt which said "2,245 Dead -- How Many More?" In the "war on T-shirts" a Congressman's wife (R-Fla) wearing "Support the Troops - Defending Our Freedom" was removed too for a T-shirt in support of the President. I read the law, and they were both apologized to. However, leading people away in handcuffs (that is nylon plastic strips probably) to me seems fishy, like it was ordered then a quick thinking Capitol officer did the same to balance the perceived unlawful conduct, but both charges are being dropped. When I look at it I see actually both could be reversed, i.e., whose freedom, the President to use war powers however he wants? Republicans always complain when they're not in the Oval Office about the misuse of the War Powers Act, claim they will change it when they get in office then seem to be the biggest users of it in the Nation's history, never effecting a change of it whatsoever, perhaps earning the charge of "liars".

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