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Something very disturbing was brought to my attention by a poster at the POE News site after an article about a protester at a pro-Bush speech.
As shouts of "Four More Years" subsided, Niederer, standing in the middle of a crowd of some 700, continued to shout about the killing of her son. Secret Service and local police escorted her out of the event, handcuffed her and placed her in the back of a police van.
At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the meeting with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into "Four legs good, two legs bad" at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches.
While Edwards was inside addressing the crowd, Bush supporters were outside chanting ''four more years,'' while four to five volunteers with the Kerry/Edwards campaign, who were standing across the street, countered with ''four more months.''
Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. But suddenly the dogs sitting around Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again. Then the sheep broke out into a tremendous bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad!" which went on for nearly a quarter of an hour and put an end to any chance of discussion.
Other dissenters dove into the action. Two protesters interrupted Bush twice. One shouted "You lied" and held a sign opposing the Iraq war. Both were shouted down with chants of "Four more years" and quickly removed by security.
The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs. Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.
Bush continued speaking through the interruptions until about the third or fourth heckler began shouting, at which point he stopped speaking until the individual was removed.
The hecklers themselves were shouted down by members of the audience, who then broke into a chant of "four more years!"
Frightened though they were, some of the animals might possibly have protested, but at this moment the sheep set up their usual bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad," which went on for several minutes and put an end to the discussion.
In other news, I listened to a bit of Nader's speech. I like the sound of him. If I thought he had any chance of booting Bush out of the White House, I would vote for him.
As shouts of "Four More Years" subsided, Niederer, standing in the middle of a crowd of some 700, continued to shout about the killing of her son. Secret Service and local police escorted her out of the event, handcuffed her and placed her in the back of a police van.
At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the meeting with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into "Four legs good, two legs bad" at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches.
While Edwards was inside addressing the crowd, Bush supporters were outside chanting ''four more years,'' while four to five volunteers with the Kerry/Edwards campaign, who were standing across the street, countered with ''four more months.''
Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. But suddenly the dogs sitting around Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again. Then the sheep broke out into a tremendous bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad!" which went on for nearly a quarter of an hour and put an end to any chance of discussion.
Other dissenters dove into the action. Two protesters interrupted Bush twice. One shouted "You lied" and held a sign opposing the Iraq war. Both were shouted down with chants of "Four more years" and quickly removed by security.
The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs. Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.
Bush continued speaking through the interruptions until about the third or fourth heckler began shouting, at which point he stopped speaking until the individual was removed.
The hecklers themselves were shouted down by members of the audience, who then broke into a chant of "four more years!"
Frightened though they were, some of the animals might possibly have protested, but at this moment the sheep set up their usual bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad," which went on for several minutes and put an end to the discussion.
In other news, I listened to a bit of Nader's speech. I like the sound of him. If I thought he had any chance of booting Bush out of the White House, I would vote for him.