Mark and I have been together for more than 7 years. We have just adopted a baby girl who is the love of our lives. We live in a small town in the North East with our three dogs and one obnoxious cat who believes himself to be a dog. This blog is set up to express my views and my feelings on a day to day basis. I will write about things that make me happy, sad, and angry. Hope you enjoy and get outraged a little.
This tells me that our government finally understands that we, as Americans, have the right to protest and have a right to freedom of speech. To bad Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL) doesn't see that. He feels that if people protest on the street, it's OK. But god forbid that people respectfully protest to our government's face. That would just be wrong. Rep. Dave Weldon, read the Constitution:
Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
From the Youtube site:
When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, a contingent from the antiwar group Code Pink was in the back row, holding up bloody hands in protest.
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL) found the silent protest difficult to handle and asked the chair if it was possible to eject the protesters. "I've never seen anything like this before," he complained. "We're trying to hold a hearing. I find all these protesters in here really distracting. Is there any kind of rule or policy? ... I'm all for freedom of speech on the street, but we're trying to listen to the Secretary of State here and people are holding up placards."
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), who was chairing the hearing, replied, "Dr. Weldon, let me just say I appreciate your comments, but we're here in the United States of America, and as long as they don't disrupt this proceedings, and as long as they're silent, they will be welcome."
"It's a very important hearing but I think it's being turned into a circus," Weldon insisted.
"I respect your views but as long as the protesters are quiet and they sit down and they don't disrupt the hearings, everybody is welcome," Lowey stated again.
After Rice completed her testimony and was leaving the hearing, the protesters began chanting, "The Blood Is on Your Hands" and "Get Us Out of Iraq!"
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