Georgia Passes Laws Limiting Protests

AP ^ | Apr 18-04 | RUSS BYNUM

[backhoe]

I'd love to hear W.W. and the Chamber of Commerce explain how this is a benefit to the businesses of Glynn County....

I would too- I ran retail businesses here for years ( remember the old Yellow Frog? ) and I regarded the CC as an outfit that welcomed & helped my competitors to come into town and do me dirt.

I know your Dad, of course, and he ( and perhaps you ) know my old mechanical mentor, Roger Parsons.

[lodwick]

Welcome to the NWO's new america.

What steenking 1st Amendment?

[Little Bill]

What happens when WE want a large scale protest?,/p.

[backhoe]

I (we) thank you and Dan for your kind thoughts. I suspect we denizens of the benighted Mainland will be fine since attention will be focused on Sea Island and the associated barrier islands, and while terrorist incidents can't be ruled out, the logistics of such a strike make it unlikely, aside from the heightened security.

People unfamiliar with this area have no idea how the causeways limit access, or how close-knit people in this area are. Strangers stand out like sore thumbs.

As for the protesters, they are largely self-aggrandizing malcontents who would find another cause if this one weren't available. The sad thing is they corrupt and drown out legitimate debate and opposition, forsaking it for cheap street theatre. Like with Free Trade, I think you can make fairly decent arguments pro and con- but not with these clowns hogging the spotlight.

[spunkets]

This is only possible, because of past leftist failures to punish those that were out, not to protest, but destroy. This sort of prior restraint is abhorent to Freedom.

[.45MAN]

It's too bad that the whole thing has to be here in the first place. As always even a well organized well meaning demonstration can become unruly and a completely disorganized mob scene with just a couple of people placed in the middle.

Hopefully the state and federal people will be able to handle anything that gets out of hand. As I said before too bad it has to be there in the forst place.

I hope that after this is over the area will get back to normal, it's a nice area and until know unknown to most.

[backhoe]

...and until know unknown to most.

Back when Jimmy Carter was President, we had our 15 minutes of glory when he visited Musgrove Plantation on SSI. My folks were friends with the owners, and we used to visit there- a fixture of the place was Johnny Reb, a huge, ancient bloodhound who looked fierce as a bear, but who was actually very laid-back and friendly.