MetroWest Daily News — Women upset about President Bush’s policies and recent commutation of I. Lewis Libby’s prison sentence protested during yesterday’s Fourth of July parade.
The group of four women stood on a hill in front of the First Congregational Church on East Central Street.
“The Fourth of July is about freedom,” said Louise Coleman, a member of Peace Abbey in Sherborn. “I’m very concerned about our loss of freedom. The president is doing whatever he wants.”
The timing of the protest, Coleman said, is mostly a result of recent actions Bush has taken. Bush on Monday commuted “Scooter” Libby’s 30-month prison sentence.
The decision came five hours after a Federal Appeals Panel ruled that Libby could not delay his prison term. The commutation means Libby will still have to pay a $250,000 fine and serve years of probation for his conviction of lying and obstructing justice in a probe into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity.
During yesterday’s protest, the women held signs calling for Bush’s impeachment and to end the Iraq war.
One of the signs read: “Paris serves more time than Libby,” a reference to celebutante Paris Hilton’s recent jailing for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (More)
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July 4, 2007
A Patriot’s Message
The hammer falls on the Constitution of the United States of America. Our freedom and Democracy, our sovereignty as a nation is coming to an end.
The politically appointed neoconservatives in Justice sneer at Habeas Corpus; Geneva Convention; worker, consumer and investor protection; education; affirmative action; individual rights and “entitlements†like Social Security and health care.
The corporate neo-con conspirators (Establishment) have their own agenda of a New World Order; W.T.O; N.A.F.T.A; immigration; globalization and “free tradeâ€; military seizure of foreign oil fields; employing a private army of mercenaries and propagandist; “dealing†with Afghanistan Opium drug lords harboring Osama Bin Laden and financing Al Qaeda.
The ideal corporate model is “Communism†where individual freedom and democracy are mute. The board of directors rule. The corporate neo-cons hate our regulatory government, Constitution and Individual Rights.
Our Federal Government is purposely bankrupt by war/trade debt and the ideal corporate nation, China, are carrying trillions of dollars of our debt. Communist China and their junior corporate American partner’s technically own theâ€U.SA†resulting in “Globalization†and loss of sovereignty. Mission accomplished. The surge strategy is not to win the war but to pump oil and further indebt U.S.A to Communist China. Patriots, sign on! Impeach Bush, Cheney and nullify their Supreme Court appointments!
We took flags hung upside down & marched at the end of the “offical” Ann Arbor 4th of July parade. I put some pics on my blog. A cop made us stay 10 feet back from the “offical” parade. We got a few “GO HOME” but for the most part we got alot of clapping & thumbs up.