Lisa recently highlighted this story on how dissent is quarantined in the United States. The difference between what they're doing and what the authorities in the Soviet Union did in the past is that the communist regime didn't pretend to humour free speech.
Posted by Joe at January 8, 2004 07:03 AMWell, now we know why the protests never show up on television.
Posted by: DJ at January 9, 2004 07:50 AMI was thinking about that earlier discussion we had on the subject - can't seem to find it on the site now though. It does explain a lot doesn't it.
Posted by: Joe at January 9, 2004 08:04 AMI've seen Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Reagan.
That story is a crock. The protestors can not only be seen -- they can be heard too.
Posted by: Vaneta at January 9, 2004 10:14 AMIt may be "crock", but look who also ran it:
http://www.amconmag.com/12_15_03/feature.html
Posted by: Joe at January 9, 2004 11:12 AM