Politics Again

[snarkyman]

I saw two interesting stories today, the first linked from Boing Boing:

jlassen "...recently got a visit from the Sekrit Service, because of some satirical protest images of Bush Jr. he posted on Flickr."

See jlassen blog entry here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/jlassen/186474.html

Boing Boing provides a link to the actual images.

For all of you who say the Secret Service must investigate all threats to the president, see the EFF chilling effects site.


Second interesting story: Quotes from the The American Taliban which has choice quotes from the likes of:

Ann Coulter
Beverly LaHaye
Henry Morris (Institute for Creation Research)
Randall Terry (Operation Rescue)

along with the other usual suspects.

Comments

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ick. Now I feel ill.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

So...being investigated by the SS is not the end of the world. Usually they quickly determine that you're not a freak who wants to do something horrid, and are on their way.

Sometimes they ransack your house, steal all your computers, and don't give them back. That's not so good.

Maybe we should make sure to make a distinction between the two. The first is protecting the President; the second is likely Unreasonable Search and Seizure. But just listing every visit from the real Men In Black as "OMG teh SS talkd to me end of the world!" isn't helping much.

[sapphorlando.livejournal.com]

Interesting: Every link that purports to show the images doesn't have them anymore. Now I'm really curious.