"The Presidential Advance Manual" or how to protect George from the evils of dissent.

http://www.slate.com/id/2172500/?GT1=10346

"The details of the Rank lawsuit and the cases involving similarly harassed folks are always fascinating: citizens removed from a Bush event in Denver because of an offensive bumper sticker on their car outside ("No More Blood For Oil"); a Tucson student barred from a Bush event for sporting a Young Democrats T-shirt; Wisconsin citizens forced to unbutton their shirts before attending a Bush speech, only to have an attendee wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt ejected from the event. But the best thing to have emerged from the Rank litigation was the official—if heavily redacted—Presidential Advance Manual (dated October 2002), which, although stamped "SENSITIVE" and not to be "duplicated ... replicated ... photocopied or released to anyone outside of the Executive Office of the President, White House Military Office or United States Secret Service," is now posted right here at the ACLU's Web site.

There is so much that is entertaining in the Advance Manual, it's hard to know where to begin. Sure, it's not a surprise anymore that it is official White House policy to use staff to foster "a well-balanced crowd," with well-balanced evidently defined as a subtle melange of those citizens who adore the president and those who revere him. The key to achieving such a balance, according to the manual, lies in "deterring potential protesters from attending events" and "preventing demonstrators." Nor should anyone be surprised that the president is to be shielded from dissent at taxpayer-funded presidential appearances and at "rallies, roundtables and tours" in equal measure. Only those individuals and groups that are "extremely supportive of the Administration" (emphasis theirs) will be seated in the area between the stage and the main camera platform."

I'm pretty determined to show up to exercise my right to dissent.

:hide: I don't think we are even supposed to ask.

It keeps would-be-assassins from being able to plan their hit ahead of time, but it also works on protesters and hecklers. :(

Is it hot enough for you in NorthGlenn? My patio here in the Springs is 85 in the shade, but I'm still not going out, the humidity is awful. IMHO. I hate the humidity. It reminds me of Missouri.

I'm hiding indoors where we have some AC...

This is something we suspected for a long time but now it has been proven correct....people used to call me paranoid...now they call me "a prophet!"

Lie, cheat, and steal, then blame the other side for taking issue with that. And they put it in writing and passed it around, not in a double secret e-mail. :eyes:

The *resident swore an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution, yet here is verifiable, first-hand evidence that he has used taxpayer funds to subvert, undermine, and quash First Amendment freedoms.

Of course, this is far from the most offensive and unconstitutional action by the *ush admin. But it's still bad enough to warrant impeachment.

OK, dem leadership, can we put impeachment back on the table yet?

Why am i hearing crickets?

-app

These people bring the word elitist to an all new level.