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It turns out the reason it was so easy for Bush to see into Putin's soul is that they are kindred spirits, especially in their dim view of journalistic freedom. Of all the rights being dismantled by Rove's Republican Regime, it is the manipulation of a free and fair press that most threatens our democracy. Watching the arrest of an independent and increasingly influential critic of the right-wing establishment, Amy Goodman, was jarring in it's resemblance to the recent pictures and stories of censorship coming out of China. It also sends a clear and chilling signal to both the new and the old media: You are now fair game.

When even a single line of the costitution is accepted as optional, the proposition of freedom itself is placed at risk.

Wow, my niece just called me. She lives/works in St. Paul. Apparently, her boss owns the building that was involved in one of the anarchist group raids. He had rented space to them. He told her not to come to work today because the police not only busted down and ransacked the office space he had rented to the anarchist group but they also busted down his store door and made a mess of things there. She says there were children and elderly in that building when the police busted in with guns drawn and arrested about 50 people only to release them later since nothing was found except what the police described as a "fire violation" and then even that has been debunked. Wow.

Glenn Greenwald's been following this story, as well.

An absolute offense by a police state. All the more reason to be sure McCain doesn't win, if we want to preserve First Amendment freedoms of speech and peaceful assembly. This should be a major national scandal and a clear portent of things to come. Any American who believes in our system of government and our Constitution should be outraged and not just a little frightened.

A co-workers friend was almost arrested for taking pictures of the Hilton in downtown Minneapolis FROM THE SIDEWALK! Apparently snipers also had him in their sights.

Our police state at work folks!
All of these police actions were coordinated from the federal government on down through the FBI. Remember those stories of federal agents infiltrating vegan pot lucks? That was just the beginning here in Minneapolis.....

You bet they had Amy in their sights. They want her off the streets during "their" meeting. Remember this is by invitation only. The likes of a liberal media player are bound to be stripped of their credentials. Their voice is not to be heard.
But they may have picked on the wrong person to make their point because Amy Goodman is a veteran standup media player of hostile circumstance. I only hope some rebel MSM player will come to her side and voice the outrage deserved. She must be released at once to do the job she does so well. The job of informing the public of what they seldom hear, the truth.
I can't wait to hear her play on this. And suppoort her we will.

Waiting for the search warrant.

I expect that at some point the current supreme court will rule that if a police officer has a good-faith belief that a warrant might have issued, or might issue in the future, they are authorized to go wherever they damn please and detain anyone they find there.