Physician who told off Cheney lost home in Katrina, detained, now on eBay

By Jackson Thoreau

Dr. Ben Marble, a young emergency room physician who plays in alternative rock bands and does art on the side, needs our help. Since he was the one who told Dick Cheney to "go fuck yourself" on Thursday, that's the least we can do.

Marble is a complex guy, to say the least. Some of the lyrics he writes can be considered harsh by some – personally what I've heard is very much on target - but he has a softer side as an organizer of breast cancer fund-raisers, not to mention an ER doctor.

When he, like thousands of others, lost his home due to Hurricane Katrina last week, it was the single most traumatic week of his life. That led to his confrontation with the man who best represents the
worst of the most callous, heartless, shittiest administration in U.S. history on Thursday.

As Marble explains, he was driving to his destroyed house Thursday in Gulfport, Ms., when military police refused to allow him to cross a barricade that was about 200 feet from his home. They forced him to drive an extra 20 minutes and spend even more on gasoline.

For the rest of the column go to
http://opednews.com/articles/opedne_jackson__050909_physician_who_told_o.htm

and that no one was being kept out. I suppose he lied the other day.

Thank you Jackson and welcome to du.
Hiley

Is this you?
:9

But if it was me, I would leave out the 'Mr.' part....

thank you for posting this, I had not noticed the other post.
hiley

bake hims some cookies!

What a cool-sounding dude!

Thanks for finding this!

now, very good too!
http://www.hurricanekatrinasucked.com/
http://www.myspace.com/yoon

I wish you had really read the post, he was NOT arrested just detained. I was getting really mad until I read the whole post. Please get the story straight, we don't want to jump to conclusions do we? I admit he got a raw deal, but an arrest record relating to the V.P. would not look good on the resume. BTW, this guy should be nominated for some kind of Medal of Honor, what large testicles!



thanks, by the time I posted you edited the original!!

Then what was the point of spending the time looking for him & then detaining him then? Surely the MPs have better things to do these days... (can't imagine WHAT)...???

and was released afetr 20 minutes. Good for him. I wish I could shake this gentleman's hand!

:toast:

Any bets he's been put in the "terror suspects" list?

But Total Information Awareness has been offshored to the Bahamas with Ben Bell III's company anyway. Who watches the 'watchers' ?

As usual, we here at the DU are the Bestest with the Mostest.

Thanks to diligent posters like you.

:smoke: Welcome to the DU!!:toast:

If only I get the chance!!!

Maybe when Dianne F. shows up...

The listing is gone. WTF?