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You know, something is up there, when this is going on:

ACLU Files Suit Against Denver, Secret Service
by: Erin Rosa
Fri May 02, 2008 at 10:56 AM MDT

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado announced the filing of a lawsuit against the City of Denver and the U.S. Secret Service today in an effort to force them to disclose plans for an anticipated demonstration zone during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August and to obtain more information about parade routes and permits during the event.
Erin Rosa :: ACLU Files Suit Against Denver, Secret Service
Plaintiffs in the case consist of a total of 12 groups that plan to hold actions during the convention, including Recreate 68, the American Friends Service Committee, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, and Citizens for Obama.
"Our purpose is to vindicate the rights not only of the [plaintiffs], but everyone who wants some opportunity to communicate their views in conjunction with the Denver convention," said Mark Silverstein, legal director for the ACLU's Colorado chapter.

The ACLU has said that it is filing the suit over First Amendment violations that happened at the Democratic convention in Boston in 2004, where so-called "free-speech zones," which consisted of concrete barricades under a rail line, were set up outside the security perimeter of the convention site.

A Boston judge ruled that the zones were unconstitutional shortly before the 2004 convention but said that there was not enough time to change the plans. ACLU officials says they are trying to make sure the same thing doesn't happen this time around, which is why the organization is filing the suit at this time.

"No one will tell us what these restrictions are," Silverstein said. "We've been trying to find out for a year what these restrictions are."

Plaintiffs say they also want to know more information regarding parade routes and the parade permitting process during the convention, which has not yet been disclosed.

Chicano activist Nita Gonzales, with the Escuela Tlatelolco Centro De Estudios, said that she has been planning a "Somos Americanos" parade during the convention and submitted permit papers in March.

"We have yet to know if that's going to happen," Gonzales said.

City officials have said that a parade route will be made available to demonstrators during the event, but it is not known where it will be located or how permits will be applied to the plan.

Representatives with Recreate 68 and the ACLU say they have been meeting with the city to discuss issues like zones and parade routes since last summer, but they say the talks have not succeeded in their obtaining any information.

Silverstein also said that the suit was somewhat unprecedented in that his organization is filing legal papers regarding First Amendment rights when security plans for such rights have not been disclosed.

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McCain has been losing delegate battles as well, alot of these Romney/Huckabee people do not want McCain to represent the GOP.

NO MORE REPULICANS! Enough said.

Yea well do you think they are ready for a 72 year old man that will make two out of the four year term if he is lucky.

ANYONE EVER PLAY SPOONS

Everyone picks a sign... sign, as in a movement with your hands, face, whatever. You go around the circle and everyone shows what their sign will be. Then the game starts.

1. Everyone starts drumming on the table.
2. The starter of the game yells "what's the name of the game?" Response from all, "Fumble!" "Why do we play it?" "To get f*cked up!"
3. Starter does his sign, then someone else's.
4. The person with that sign responds by doing their own, then doing someone else's. When someone "fumbles," aka forgetting their sign or can't think of someone else's, they drink. It's hilarious when everyone's already tipsy or drunk.

unique

Offbeat.

how about the all time, flippin' with the oldies.....QUARTERS !!!!!!!!

bush should just open the gas reserves !! its his fault we have to pay an arm for gas

where the heck is Toledo, Ohio?

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