Reply #5: It made the local newspaper

[goddess40]

now I can post it on LBN

Sign wordplay nets protester citation

By Jessica Bock
Wausau Daily Herald
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A Mosinee man who frequently protests near the Marathon County courthouse against U.S. policy in Iraq has been cited for violating the city's ordinance against obscene language.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/307951865844447.shtml


I just wanted to straighten out a few things about the Bushit sign incident.

There was one complaint, and it was an older man that said the sign upset his grand-daughter. There was no one in the car with him so I don’t know how it upset his grand-daughter. He had stopped to complain to Mike and Wayne before I got there, but there was not enough time for him to take his grand-daughter home and come back in the short time Mike and Wayne were there before my mother and I arrived. Both Mike and Wayne said they saw no one in his car with him.

The sign has been in use every Friday for at about two years; there was a partial picture of it the Herald on July 31, 2004.

Mike said that it wasn’t a real word; nothing was said about it not being in the dictionary.

In March of 2003 when they threatened to give Mike a ticket for disorderly conduct they were blowing smoke, one officer told Mike that he would not protect him in the future if he continued to display a flag upside down. The Chief of police set that officer straight – the officer was not to let his personal beliefs not interfere with his job duties. I was there and there was no way that a DC charge would have been upheld against Mike as he was passive, he didn’t even defend himself when Mr. Krasowski was kicking him.

I haven’t talked to Mike yet but the “test the boundaries” quote doesn’t sound like him.

If the paper can print it without repercussions then it can’t be too obscene of a word.

We have been protesting since the Bush administration started lying during the run up to the invasion. We will be there until the conclusion of this illegal, immoral war on Iraq ends.