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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:44 PM
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If I'm a liberal, and I was to "protest" a Republican president, did I have to have a permit to
carry an umbrella? As long as it was not concealed???
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:46 PM
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1. Only if...
...you had correctly parked your penguin in the breadbox.

Sorry, anyone got a picture of a rabbit and pancake handy?
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:49 PM
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2. I can guarantee you that no one stood on the corner with a gun on his leg when * was in town.
No way, no how. When Pickles came to town it was the feds who pointed their assault rifles at us. go figure.
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:35 PM
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6. If you even wore an anti-bush tee shirt & you'd get escorted out! --nt
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:49 PM
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3. Don't be silly
You'd just be kept in a "free speech zone" surrounded by a 10 foot high chain link fence and at least a mile away from where His Eminence was supposed to speak.

Sheesh, people have such short memories.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:02 PM
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4. so why is a person with a gun well displayed allowed to be near
a President?

When Bush was in Richfield, Ohio, in 2003, even his most devout worshippers were not allowed to bring in umbrellas, despite the fact that it was raining and cold ...
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texanshatingbush Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:03 PM
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5. Warpy, you said it before I could........good on ya! n/t
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 03:03 PM by texanshatingbush
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