Blogger visited by FBI for anti-Bush post.

Charming. An older story... Sorry if dupe, I haven't seen this here yet.

a word to the wise
For all my LJ-loving friends, this is a word of warning, a word to the wise, and a word of utter exhaustion after the wringer I've been put through in the last twenty-four hours.

A couple of weeks ago, following the last presidential debate, I said some rather inflammatory things about George W. Bush in a public post in my LJ, done in a satirical style. We laughed, we ranted, we all said some things. I thought it was a fairly harmless (and rather obvious) attempt at humor in the face of annoyance, and while a couple of people were offended, as is typical behavior from me, I saw something shiny and forgot about it, thinking that the whole thing was over and done and nothing else would come of what I said.

I was wrong.

At 9:45 last night, the Secret Service showed up on my mother's front door to talk to me about what I said about the President, as what I said could apparently be misconstrued as a threat to his life. After about ten minutes of talking to me and my family, they quickly came to the conclusion that I was not a threat to national security (mostly because we are the least threatening people in the entire world) and told me that they would not recommend that any further action be taken with my case. However, I do now have a file with the FBI that includes my photograph, my e-mail address, and the location of my LJ. This will follow me around for the rest of my life, regardless of the fact that the Secret Service knows that I am not a threat.

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http://www.livejournal.com/users/anniesj/331112.html#cutid1

When Bush has done away with our rights. But then he has corporate globalism to push and he must define his priorities. Selling America down the river is hard work. Really hard work.

I just wonder if any of the comments involved a bag of pretzels :)

there are certain things you can't say, particularly with regards to the chief executive of the United States. Even if you're kidding. Even if "everyone knows" you're kidding. It's like walking through the airport and making jokes about how "That New Eminem CD is really Da BO-..." .. I mean, I'm not saying there aren't legitimate complaints from people whose rights have been seriously f*cked with, but I don't think this is one of those. From what I can extrapolate from this dude's blog, he said something dumb.. end of story.

or those who think "this is not possible" in the U.S.A. ought to just read your post.

If you can find a copy of the book, it mirrors what's happening today.

Go here and read it:

http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/l/lewis/sinclair/happen/chapter1.html

This link has been posted at DU before, and some members came to the conclusion that the livejournal poster in question had been turned in by a vindictive acquaintance.

So, no random visits for anti-Bush posters... yet.