Freedom of Speech

Read this. (And the clarification here).

anniesj received a surprise visit from the Secret Service after making derogatory comments about Bush, and ill-wishing him, in her LiveJournal; this was reported by another LJ user.

I want to make jokes about it being a full-time job suppressing Bush's critics, and how long the list must be, and whether they are going to visit everyone individually or will have group sessions to save time in the election run-up. And whether they do international calls; and if so what they use their frequent-flyer miles for. But for heaven's sake, this is real.

EDIT: would the person who posted, and then deleted, an anti-Bush comment, please confirm that they have not been dragged away and beaten up told to stop by a Yankee hit squad?

Balancing Act

( Today's Good Stuff and Bad Stuff, and it's early yet ... )