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When the two plainclothes Loudoun County sheriff's investigators showed up on her Leesburg doorstep, Pamela Albaugh got nervous. But when they told her why they were there, she got angry: A complaint had been filed alleging that her 11-year old son had made "anti-American and violent" statements in school.
Albaugh described her son as a rambunctious student who has long opposed armies of any kind. He refused the Veterans Day assignment and told his teacher that the Marines "might as well die, as much as I care." Whatever was said, the words had been the source of anguished conferences, phone calls and, ultimately, a day of in-school suspension.

Albaugh thought the whole thing was resolved in school until Investigators Robert LeBlanc and Kelly Poland showed up last week. What followed, she said, was two hours of polite but intense and personal questioning.

They asked how she felt about 9/11 and the military. They asked whether she knows any foreigners who have trouble with American policy. They mentioned a German friend who had been staying with the family and asked whether the friend sympathized with the Taliban. They also inquired whether she might be teaching her children "anti-American values," she said.

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--My opinion, the boy is a brainwashed little brat, but the police shouldn't have gone to their house.

So, it begins....1984 is about to happen. F-you, big brother!

Tanya

So, it begins....1984 is about to happen. F-you, big brother!

Tanya


I am scared....  :o

While I don't agree with what he said, it isn't right sending him to jail.  Freedom of speech, anyone?

Wow, this is the sort of stuff US governments used to accuse the Communists of. 'Homerland Security' is indeed a battle for hearts & minds...watch out for the Thought POlice!  :o

What? You didn't see this coming?  If you didn't you haven't
been paying attention.  ???  I'm not a fan of Howard Stern in
any way shape or form, but he does have it right about being taken off of the air because of his outspoken opposition to
georgie, and he is not the only one.  Now this attitude is
filtering down to the local level in order to quash dissent in
the place you should feel safe, your own home.  Welcome to the
new cold war, the House on Un-American Activities, the whole nine yards.

Might as well take me to jail then.

It's bad. The FBI investigates threatening and un-American posts on Usenet and blogs now.
I read of one case where a girl expressed her anger over Bush's re-election on her blog and then a few days later, she was in the FBI's custody. 

So, it begins....1984 is about to happen. F-you, big brother!

Tanya


Exactly what I thought, Tanya. They will be building screens in all of your homes soon. Imagine in a years time when Bush decides to elect a new special branch of 'thought police'.  ;)  ;D

Exactly what does Bush have to do with county police?

Exactly what does Bush have to do with county police?


No idea, you tell me.  ;D

I was continuing the analogy of Tanya's reference to the novel 1984 which involved thought police. It's just a joke.

Now the law is getting out of hand. >:(


Howard