Wednesday, August 18, 2004
"Protest is a Privilege", says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Or you can "Go Shopping." You say it's a "privilege"; I say it's my "right." Link
The next day, the Mayor was offering "well behaved protesters" baby-blue buttons, off-Broadway discounts, and tickets to the Museum of Sex, while four activists with Code Pink were arrested hanging a banner that read, "You Say Welcome, We Say Where? Let Us Protest 8/29 in Central Park."
In exchange, they must promise to obey city laws and regulations and pick up their blue pledge pin. More »
He can't be serious. It must be bonus to have such an idiot in charge of your city. Why pick a Democratic town for a Republican convention during one of the most hotly contested presidential races in American history? A ground zero backdrop featuring Republican basset hound Rudy Giuliani obviously proved too irresistible a photo op for Bush & Co.
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