Monthly Archives: October 2011

citizensintervention.com Slam poet Jonathan b. Tucker aka PhenomeJon speaks candidly and extemporaneously about the state of our country. To create an "Enough is Enough: Citizens Intervention" Free Speech Open Mic event in your town or city, go to: http://www.meetup.com WHEN: October 29, 2011 • 12 noon WHERE: US Capitol West Front Lawn WHY: Democracy will not die on our watch "Sometimes an institution becomes too sick to fix itself...Sometimes an institution, like an individual, needs an intervention, from people, from friends, from outside." — Lawrence Lessig, Republic, Lost America is at a crossroads

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"Citizens Intervention" Free Speech Open Mic #Oct29 No. 1: PhenomeJon - Video

As people were peacefully protesting outside the American Legion Convention in Minneapolis where President Obama was giving a speech, the Minneapolis Police suddenly declared the sidewalk area a "security risk" and then moved people to another "free speech zone" across the road using police on horse to push the crowd to the new area. As an added bonus, some of us got our pictures taken by the cops! Welcome the Police State of Minneapolis :-/

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Obama's Visit to Minneapolis - Free Speech Zone Outside

Should free speech be allowed no matter what the cost or is there a line that cannot be crossed? Gabrielle Giffords, a Democratic congresswoman, was injured in a shooting, which left six others dead, at a political event in Tucson, Arizona

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Inside Story - Free speech at any cost?