The Bush Dictatorship

We have crossed over into the first stage of a dictatorship when American citizens can no longer exercise their First Amendment rights in the presence of an unelected president who, by his own admission, prefers dictatorships to democracies.

Over the weekend, BuzzFlash headlined several stories about Ohio State University graduates who were threatened with expulsion and arrest if they even silently protested Bush, by turning their backs to him, during their commencement services.

We ran this main headline:

"OHIO STATE GRADUATES WERE THREATENED WITH ARREST AND EXPULSION IF THEY PROTESTED BUSH'S SPEECH. (READ TO BOTTOM OF STORY). THEY WERE "URGED" TO GIVE HIM A 'THUNDEROUS OVATION'"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/
ap/20020614/ap_to_po/bush_7

We included a first hand account:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/
duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=27823&forum=DCForumID35

We also included the Ohio State University ad hoc site that organized the protest crushed by a regime that has thrown the First Amendment out of the Constitution when the dimwitted prince makes a royal appearance:

http://www.turnyourbackonbush.com/

It's hardly the first such incident of trampling on the First Amendment by the Bush royalists. For instance, in June of 2001, three people (two senior citizens and a gay man) were arrested for merely holding signs at a public event for Bush: