Bizarre ‘Dance Party’ Protest at Jefferson Memorial Ends With Violent Arrests
- Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:50am by
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Here is the short version:
Adam Kokesh is the man that Michelle Malkin called “an anti-war smear merchant in GOP clothing.”
He now hosts a “libertarian” TV show for Russia Today called “Adam vs. the Man.”
Nothing like a high-profile stunt to boost viewership.
Adam and company have professed outrage over the 2008 police action after a group of Libertarians stae a flash-mob dance event at the Jefferson Memorial. A later court ruling upheld police action:
In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s opinion on the matter, Judge Thomas B. Griffith wrote that dancing in the memorial is “prohibited because it stands out as a type of performance, creating its own center of attention and distracting from the atmosphere of solemn commemoration that the Regulations are designed to preserve.”
“Outside the Jefferson Memorial, of course, Oberwetter and her friends have always been free to dance to their hearts’ content,” Griffith writes.
So Kokesh and crew decamped to the memorial on Saturday afternoon to stage a little civil “danceoberdience.”
It went about as you might expect.
The group that gathered at the monument Saturday was there in protest of the upheld ban.
Andrew Sharp, one of the protesters, says they were told they would not be given a warning and would be immediately arrested if they started dancing in the monument.
“I think some people thought it was a joke at first, and then they started putting handcuffs on people and were very, very serious about it,” says Sharp.
Sharp says there were about a dozen protesters, and five of them were arrested.
“It’s good that only five people got arrested, but there were many more than that there that were supportive and were there to protest the ruling,” adds Sharp.
The memorial was closed for a short time after the protesters were arrested, but was opened a short time later.
The DCist notes that, “A second protest has been set already for next Saturday, June 4 at noon, once again at the Jefferson Memorial. (Facebook invite).
Here’s the long version of the incident:
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Comments (525)
hayesstephen
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:24pmHey forrestnomad go back to the forrest. I think prehaps you wondered down the wrong path. Liberals are not very popular around here. You are capable of understanding nor would you want to understand, but those people received exactly what the they deserved.
Report Post »Stever_B
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:27pmOoooo, scary. “We don’t much like your kind around here but you sure got a pretty mouth.” You’re a ridiculous cartoon.
Report Post »JoeyBagaDonuts
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:05pmOkay yea you can’t dance sounds like a B.S. law to me also.
But if you want to be brave and get arrested because America is turning into a police state, why not go and pray in a public school, the commie cops will arrest you for that. Or try and prevent the unborn from being murdered by blocking the entrance of an abortion clinic. The new kind of commie cops we have today love cuffing old people and woman then slamming them on the ground for that one.
Just saying if you’re going to get busted you may as well do it for God and country, this way at least you’ll be rewarded in heaven for your crimes against the state.
Report Post »Muddywood
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:24pmHis show is on RUSSIA TODAY which is a communist propaganda channel.
Report Post »Enough said
TheBMT
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:40amlol… like our own tv channels aren’t “propaganda”.
Report Post »Libby Tarian
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:21pmYou may not dance, WTF? This is absolutely coming to your town and then you may wake up…
Report Post »Libby Tarian
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:26pmYou may not dance, but the tergiversator police force may SLAM your face on the pavement and put their knee in your back. mmm, mmm, m Barach Hussein Obama
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:56pmLOL hey you can dance but part of the dance is going to be face down on the floor.LOL Why didn’t this bunch get a permit and sign off for any damages done, because this place can’t be replaced. You don’t let fools destroy our national treasures.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 4:59amYOU MAY NOT DANCE INSIDE THE MEMORIAL……outside you may. These laws need to be enforced or we will be the victims of the destruction of our National monuments. Don‘t think ’dancing‘ think ’protection’. With flash mobs, thug mobs, radical riots, etc. we MUST protect our National monuments all across America.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 5:01am@Libby….how about Obey the Law……..National Monuments MUST be protected. A little dancing today, a little spray paint tomorrow ????
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:20pmwhite progressives cant dance…a least they were arrested right under jeffersons ass
Report Post »Muddywood
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:20pmDance outside the memorial all you want. But not inside. You don’t have the right to ruin the visit for everyone else.
Report Post »Have fun is jail you Marxist losers! :D
Rayblue
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:15pmThis is kind of like rap. You know, nursery rhyme jawboneing with a fake angry scowl.
Report Post »Now we have out of work Madonna dancers cavorting around according to the Glee pattern.
Put them together with grade school level ideology and you get “Comm Mobs”.
Still it’s better than the “Rob Mobs” in DC.
vennoye
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:14pmJust another bunch of people who want to send the message “we are above the rules” whatever rules you have for memorials don’t mean anything to us………..in fact, only technology means anything to us!! Remember, Van Jones told them that with technology they were “gods”……….so trash rules and regs……..doesn’t apply.
Report Post »Senior Conservative
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:10pmI am very pro-law enforcement, they are getting their hands tied every day, lay their life on the line and all they get is shot at by liberals
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:31pmAre you sure you were watching the video in question?
Report Post »I’m not anti-cop, but I am anti-bully. Your statement infers that happy feet translates to gunplay. Please, explain.
I don’t care what the dozen or so nimrods were celebrating, but they sure as hell weren’t hurting anybody. Here’s how I see this: It could just as easily be me or you getting hauled on for “re-education” for popping bubble gum, sneezing, farting or making frowny faces in a venue deemed shenanigan-free by Uncle Sam and Co. Hell, I break out into dance on occasion to A) celebrate and B) because I’m a goof. What else are you okay with govt. taking from you, ’cause the busy body list is quite long? Smoking, eating what you wish, drinking, the Internet… don’t give these goons an inch ’cause they will GLADLY take a mile.
Lee_in_PA
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:09pmMr. Jefferson said, The earth belongs… to the living. And I think he enjoyed a good laugh as much as anyone. First Amendment has not yet been repealed to my knowledge, and it was sort of a peaceful assembly. As for Libertarians being involved in a flash mob, I don’t think so either.
Report Post »Airgun
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:57amUmmm, no.
Report Post »In Jefferson’s day they would have spent a few days in the stocks, and if they were particularly offensive they would have been challenged to a duel and probably shot.
Read some history, dude.
jumbles
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:22amBeing subjected to the stocks was a punishment for criminal activity.Being challenged to a duel was the result of personally offending a mans honour,and then it was pistols at dawn,ten paces and one shot,That might be a better solution,at least it evens the playing field and gives the offendors a fair chance to defend their liberty.
Report Post »Senior Conservative
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:08pmIt seems if they can arrest people for this sort of nonsense, they could arrest that group who protests funerals, Aren’t they upsetting the sanctity of a grave site? I guess it depends on what liberal, socialist judget determines it. I wonder what the ruling would be if it were one of their own?
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:35pmApparently govt. property is sacrosanct… human life and funeral rites less so. Go figure.
Report Post »Joan of Snark
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:05amThe Westboro whacks work within the local rules (of distance, etc.) to make their pathetic point. These morons knew full well they were going to disrupt the reasons other people were at the monument but having as little respect for others as Westboro combined with even less intelligence (and saying Westboro has any intelligence at all is really stretching it) they deliberately set a trap for themselves so they could falsely cry foul.
There are far more valid places and ways to make the point of police overreach.
Report Post »jerrygar
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:08pmYou have to remember these cops are clones. They’re the same types who gathered the Jews in the ghettos of Poland. They’d kill their grandmothers if they were told.
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:57pmVery true they are tools of the state and their capacity for independent thought diminishes from birth
Report Post »Airgun
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:54amSeriously?????
Report Post »Your ignorance knows no bounds.
To equate the arrest of a handful of professional protesters to the holocaust illustrates an incredible disconnect with reality.
jumbles
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:10amJERRYGEAR was not equating the arrests to the holocaust,He was illustrating an allusion.You display an incredible disconnect with comprehension.
Report Post »biffo
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:08pmViolent? Try that in Russia. Really, get the eff out of the country and see how this disrespectful clown show works in, say, Iran. Creeps.
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:51pmSuch a predictable comment! Use your time more constructively.Give your pittbull a bath or thange the oil in your truck.
Report Post »Amy
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:08pmTourism is a big industry in D.C. Maybe like the revolutionaries in Egypt they‘ll ruin tourism at one of our nation’s greatest attractions. Sick and illogical.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:07pmThere is something missing called RESPECT! These bone heads have no respect for anything and seem to think it is funny—well, when they have to pay the fines and court costs, we will see how respectful they are! The “park police” are only doing their jobs and why hopefully they get hazard pay!
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:07pmYou have got to be kidding me. This is why we’re arresting folks? You can color this however you want; I’m seeing authoritarianism in overdrive. Folks, your handlers can’t keep asserting that any given action is illegal based on a whim. I ain’t down with “free speech” zones, hate speech and any other draconion play at silencing the little people Why are all of those zombies allowed to mill about with their little electronic eyes? It’s not a profound leap in logic to assert they are being just as disruptive and even obstructionist as the few clowns who gotta go down for cutting a jig. This ain‘t yellin’ “Fire!”, this ain’t putting other people in jeopardy, and, in fact, this ain’t even really damaging to the building in question.
Report Post »This is who we are? Edifices glorifying the state (regardless of the attached name) rank over people? I shudder to think how folks are going to defend this “thought/dance police” action. Free speech appears to be more and more a quaint notion we kick around… but when put into effect is too scary for our delicate sensibilities to handle.
Folks, we got bigger fish to fry…. Why is it that the consistent message from govt. is “Shut up and know your place.” Hmm….
jumbles
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:33pmVery well put.And on that articulate note this thread should end here.
Report Post »tierrah
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:51pm@Gooch: I have to agree with you but wonder at what point does this dancing around and “rapping” in a federal building become public nuisance.
“A person is guilty of a public nuisance (also known as common nuisance), who (a) does an act not warranted by law, or (b) omits to discharge a legal duty, if the effect of the act or omission is to endanger the life, health, property, morals, or comfort of the public, or to obstruct the public in the exercise or enjoyment of rights common to all …”
I would have to contend that at some point this demonstration would affect the “comfort of the public” and “obstruct the public in the exercise or enjoyment of common rights” – at least I’d be uncomfortable and would probably leave to return at a later time sans demonstrators. We’re witnessing an all out effort to either curb freedom of speech or let it all hang out! No one seems to display a sense of common decency or respect anymore and for me, it is lack of proper parenting and education.
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:13pmGooch, much love to you for laying it it out like it is. Unfortunately, that is the country we have become. I find it ironic that it happened at the Jefferson Memorial. Had he had been there, I think he would agree with your assessment.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 9:41pmit’s plain and simple authoritism.
“Have no fear for mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. have no fear for atomic energy, cause none of them can stop the time.”
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 9:42pmi agree, it’s plain and simple authoritism. do as i say…
“Have no fear for mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. have no fear for atomic energy, cause none of them can stop the time.”
Report Post »katy
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:05pmMedea Benjamin from Code Pink was behind this! Don’t be fooled. Whether she ‘should’ have been arrested is not the story here.
The story is she and her ANTI-WAR, ANTI-AMERICAN thugs are setting us up. She was using the Constitution to garner sympathy by creating chaos. she knows full well that people will turn on the police when they see this. It’s exactly what she wants. Anti police, anti government angst!
The commies are out in full force and they will use every trick in the book to cause confusion and chaos.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:20pmUm, any govt. that behaves like this sure as hell better be questioned. Think REAL hard about what you’re saying: It’s not the police (i.e., agents of the govt.) or the govt. itself that owns its actions… it’s those dirtbags who I disagree with that are to blame! So govt. did this to please a handful of misguided leftists? Wow. That is a logic argument of profound simplicity that negates any and all culpability of the state. Laughable. That’s what is known as a “red herring.”
Report Post »The taskmasters don‘t care about Code Pink and they sure as hell aren’t going to be manipulated into giving up the status. This, in my opinion, is a display of what govt. tends to devolve into: An authoritarian concern that first and foremosts directs its agents to protect and serve the state… the peons are NEVER to challenge the all-powerful govt. Even with dance… ’cause we, the govt., said so.
katy
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:38pmHey Gooch…The thinking part is something you need to look into! On any given day the police on the memorial grounds are few. All of sudden you have most of them in this place within minutes.
Report Post »Ask yourself what happened before their carefully crafted camera WERE rolling.. I’m asking you to look beyond the obvious and see what PLOT is being hatched here. The left (unless you are one of them) very carefully use our freedoms to exploit their over objective of crushing our liberties. All I’;m saying is look at the intent and the actors and war game what is really going on here before you REACT to what you think you see.
We are being played on a daily basis. Whether they should have been arrested is something we don’t know yet. Like i said…WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE CAMERAS WERE ROLLING will tell us that much, But this STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN!!!
The Gooch
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:51pmI can’t buy into your conspiracy theory. I get what you’re saying and I am FAR from a friend of the left. I calls ‘em likes I sees ’em. You wanna play the “we need MORE police” card and defend this action, that’s your business. I respect your right to an opinion, but I would caution that you’d better be careful what you wish for. As has been said, you may just get it. I respectfully disagree and hope that neither you nor I are ever subject to the thought/dance police because we dared have an opinion or engaged in an act someone else was too cowardly or lazy to tolerate.
Report Post »katy
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:07pmI can’t buy into your conspiracy theory. ……..
EXCUSE ME? I don’t theorize…..There’s a world of proof out there that these people are cunning and deceitful and will use any means necessary to destroy this country. Apparently you haven’t been paying as close attention as your words would claim….
Report Post »I understand your concern for the police state we’re heading towards but remember…the progressives USE the very thing we fear to instill fear. They specialize in projection and misdirecting emotions to create chaos!
The Gooch
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:03pmEh… I had a lengthy reply to your last post… that apparently flew off into the void. Long story short: This road goes both ways. I understand the glee in seeing polar opposites man handled, but if Americans collectively witnessed Cubans or Chinese fellows being rounded up for the same “offense”, many cheering this action against the goofs at the Jefferson Memorial would oddly enough wrap themselves in the flag and chirp, “See! See! That’s what happens in a totalitarian state! They haul you away for dancing in public!.”
Report Post »You wanna fight fear and oppression… by defending fear and oppression. Wow.
cous1933
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 1:19pmKaty and The Gooch,
Report Post »As a police officer I enjoyed the debate between the two of you. You both make excellent points! Katy you are correct about the way Ms. Benjamin and the Code Pink crowd operates, however your emphasis on “ANTI-WAR ANTI-AMERICAN” seems a bit contradictory. Americans should be anti-war as our Judeo-Christian principles imply. Too many of us buy into the neocon demagoguery that if you don’t support our aggressive foreign policy, you’re not a patriot.
Gooch, it’s hard to disagree with anything you said, you are well-versed and intelligent. I admit that the often inappropriate actions of police officers brings trouble for the rest of us, but it is true that certain activists know exactly how to play the cops and put them in a position that they usually end up handling poorly. Trust me when I tell you that most police officers are decent people who aren’t out to stick it to anyone.
I think you both argued your points well and seem to be two of the more logical posters on this story.
jim
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:04pmSaddest of all is that these… “neo-hippy” anti-establishment “demonstrators”… have absolutely no clue as to what they are rebelling against, if anything, other than they want their dramatic arrest video to appear on YouTube. This is not civil disobedience, it’s Jackass. If they actually had an inkling about what was going in this country, they would be demonstrating against this administration. Get a clue, you morons.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:04pmNo different from a demonstration or a parade. You a permit for those, you need a permit for a flash mob. Beck needed a permit for 8/28.
Just because you can organize them on a cellphone, faster, doesn’t make flash mobs any different from any other public gathering. They didn’t follow the law; they got busted, good.
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:22pmI think it is very different to a demonstration or a parade.When conducting these a lot of planning is necessary.There are many issues to consider,a route,policing that route,traffic diversions,crowd control etc.The granting of a permit is a practical necessity.A small group of people throwing a few shapes and occupying very little space is hardly a massive event.To me these flash mobs do little but invoke laughter within me because they look kind of ridiculous but I don’t get what the big deal is.Let them do it,I need a good laugh most days.
Report Post »InfiZell
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:03pmI’m sorry but these protestors are a bunch of clowns. I love free speech and expression but when people flaunt the laws and act like idiots they deserve the abuse they take.
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 4:30pmDo you draw lines in all your examples of hypocrisy?You abide by the Constitution until it doesn’t suit you and you then become an anti-American.I think you might want to re-evaluate your phlophosy.
Report Post »stevefim5
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:47amAnd how about the people from out of town that were there to see the memorial? They spent time and money to make plans and travel. Their OWN time and money, and now these fools took that from them by causing the memorial to be shut down. On its face, it sounds rediculous for authorities to clamp down on dancing, but there are plenty of other places to cut the rug if that was what they were really interested in. Of course, it wasn’t; they were just interested in stirring the pot – how very productive…
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:46amThe memorial was closed for less than one hour.Time for a tasty frozen treat or a cup of coffee and get some snaps of the arrests,then back in.They will have a story to tell on returning home and the kids get something to counter the boredom of walking around the memorial asking “who is Thomas Jefferson.”Another ridiculous abuse of authority.
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:02pmLooks like Adam has invented a new dance called “getten ruff with the cuffs” LOL He is trying to get the bottom to rise up against government but looks like a fool on the ground.
Report Post »Innvertigo
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:01pmWelcome to new America coming to a town near you. Even if they are weirdos dancing around they should have a right to do it.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:15pmHey dumb a$$, when your making a scene and making things uncomfortable for others visiting in a Honorable place as that, showing nothing but disrespect and contempt for your country, I would have liked to see a few teasers used. Lord help me I hate the libs
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:25pmMTNCLIMBERJIM……..You missed your calling in the Gestapo ,mate
Report Post »proliance
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:47pmMtnclimberjim, making other people uncomfortable isn’t a crime. Glenn Beck makes his living by saying things that make people uncomfortable. And its what you hope to accomplish by calling people names who happen to disagree with you.
Freedom will cease to exist unless people fight for it. Like it or not, that what these people were fighting for.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:26pmI really don’t know what to think about all this. It does seem to me that if there were no police there would have been no incident. No consequence. But really who cares?
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:56pmRules and laws pal. It even applies to you libs. Disrespect in a place like that deserves a beat down.
Report Post »ya bunch of punks! I don’t give a rip if that a$$ hat Adam is a vet. He’s still a lib punk along with all the rest of the punks. Lord please help me accept their mental disorder. To bad it’s the ignorant youth that will be the first to catch a bullet.
Innvertigo
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:50pmmtnclimberjim, you’re just as pathetic as those libs you hate. Read the constitution (i‘m sure you haven’t) you might learn something instead of being a brain-dead ideologue. Rights are for everyone, not just those that you agree with. you are pathetic.
Report Post »CaughtNTheCrosshairs
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:21am@mtnclimberjim I am just curious, where in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, does it guaranty you the right to not be offended by the actions or words of another? Since when does simply being offensive warrant being beaten, tasered (as you stated you wished would have happened), handcuffed and locked away for days? and if you truely believe that should be the penalty for being offensive, then when do we get to do it to you? When we find you offensive, should that be your punishment?
Report Post »Joan of Snark
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:57amSorry, but your rights end where mine begin. Rule of law, not rule of man; remember? The restriction of certain behaviors in certain public places is for the greater good (since reverence, which can also be seen as having manners, and therefore the underlying morality that creates it are apparently in as short supply in some libertarians as they are in progressive liberals).
But guess what? You are always FREE TO CHOOSE to go elsewhere if you don‘t like ’em.
Report Post »Innvertigo
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:27pmJoan of Snark, I’m curious, would that be your morality, my morality or liberal morality? I‘m guessing you’d favor morality police if they agreed with you. I mean after all we should all have the same morality standards, right? like good little lemmings. As for Libertarians the Republican nor the Democrats have proved that their morality is superior. If so please give me an example.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:00pmThis is what happens when you have a few generations of pampered punks born with no real struggle or meaning to their lives.
Report Post »Innvertigo
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:02pmso they can‘t dance in public because they didn’t struggle. Sounds pretty clos-minded to me.
Report Post »InfiZell
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:04pmAgreed.
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:05pmGET off my LAWN!!!
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:52pmI don’t know, maybe you’ve been living under a rock, but Adam Kokesh is a US Army veteran of the Iraq war. If that’s not struggle enough for you, I don’t know what fits under your definition. What have you done to fight for freedom that is greater than Adam Kokesh’s contribution?
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:35pm@American Soldier (Separated)
He may have fought in Iraq, and for this I applaud him, but he now finds protesting a “no-dance/performance rule/law” at the Jefferson Memorial a worthy cause? Sorry, but the law is very proper. Protecting monuments, memorials and other structures is fitting. Or maybe they should be allowed to interrupt the moment for other visitors by skateboarding or playing foosball or quoting from the Koran or gathering to sing the original Coca-Cola song. No, this is a jackass who decided to act like a jerk for a non-cause, ruining the visitation of innocent sightseers, all to create a disturbance and get himself on tape and promote himself as a fighter for freedom. Gee, what is next…chaning himself to a tree to save the spotted owl?
Adam, coming to a town near you to fight for your freedom…as long as the cameras are rolling and it‘s a cause that won’t cost anything.
I know, I understand there is a policy at one of the local highschools here in town which prohibits whistling in the hallways. What heartless Nazi’s they are. Maybe Adam and his gang can waltz in with a bible and an American flag whistling “Whistle while you work”…once again, as long as the cameras are recording and his gaggle of 20-something admirers are there chanting “He’s so brave! He’s fighting for your liberty and freedom!”
This kind of idiotic waste of time for such a childish cause makes me want to hurl.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:10am@Creestof – “This is what happens when you have a few generations of pampered punks born with no real struggle or meaning to their lives.”
They put their well-being on the line to commit a non-crime against no-one and expose the same government tyranny that Americans fought against to make this country. What have YOU done lately for the cause of Liberty … too busy in your pampered American life?
Report Post »BuckRussell
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:59amA) “Flash Mobs” are about the damned stupidest things I have ever seen. Nobody cares, It’s invasive and annoying, and for the “free-spirited artistic” types who do it, do they not realize that well-planned, choreographed events are not spontaneous?
B) Given that, I can’t imagine actual Libertarians being of flash-mob mentality.
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:06pmGeneralize much?
CLEARLY you didn‘t participate in any of the ’Fear the Velocirapture’ flash mobs last weekend. Pretty ******* hysterical.
Report Post »MrHoggLegg
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:08pmThese People Are Not Libertarians … They Are Cockroaches … I mean Liberals/Progressives!
Report Post »Opinionmonger
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:35pmIt merely demonstrates the hive-mentality of stupid lefties
Report Post »101
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:48pmEvidently you didn’t get the memo…titled “Oppression in America WILL NOT BE TOLERATED”
Adam Kokesh speech…
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbOp_9VfR6o
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Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:03am@BuckRussell – “A) “Flash Mobs” are about the damned stupidest things I have ever seen. …B) Given that, I can’t imagine actual Libertarians being of flash-mob mentality.”
Flash Mobs — (a mob of) thugs in blue t-shirts and bicycle helmets coming out (in a flash) to subdue Americans for … uh, what was their “crime” again?
Report Post »Browncoat359
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:58amI don’t why anyone would feel compelled to break into dance spontaneously while standing in what amounts to a mausoleum to begin with. Guess that‘s why they weren’t spontaneous. This guy Adam is a wanna be cult leader from the sound of things.
Report Post »Opinionmonger
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:45pmIt seems that dancing on graves have become popular these days..
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:38pmThe hippies from Code Pink think they can do anything they want. Get a life children!!! Its amazing how these hippies do not listen. Spank’em
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 4:33pmI’m glad that they were arrested .
Report Post »Stever_B
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:13pmWow, wrong on so many levels. There are no bodies in the Jefferson Memorial and Adam is a reporter for RT and an Iraq veteran, but that doesn’t quite fit your narrative, does it?
Report Post »cause420
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:22pmThe Adam guy is a Iraq War Veteran…. And yall assume its code pink because the chick is wearing a pink shirt? pathetic… That is placing yourself on the same level as the code pinkers, progressive liberals, and anti-American activists. These people are activists for Liberty and Constitutional rights! Isnt that what Glenn PREACHES?? HYPOCRITES!
Report Post »wlynnh
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:03pmAdam Kokesh is a patriot! Former marine that served 2 tours in Iraq. How many have you done? He is there fighting for YOUR civil rights and you are too lazy to research him. He also ran for congress in the last election in New Mexico.
Report Post »wlynnh
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:05pmHe is a patriot… 2 tours in Iraq… do a little research.
Report Post »TheCauSE
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:26pmI retract the pathetic statement… the Dude with the chick was wearing a code pink shirt… Im the pathetic idiot for not looking a little closer… Its a shame Adam K. would get involved with them…
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:43amthe jefferson memorial is not a grave. it is a monument to a great man that stood against tyranny of government. this is an example of a tyranny of laws. be careful or you to might be breaking some law in the near future. when everyone is a criminal the overlords then can choose who to punish if they say the wrong things. btw jefferson is buried in monticello.
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Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:56am@Browncoat359 – “I don’t why anyone would feel compelled to break into dance spontaneously while standing in what amounts to a mausoleum to begin with. Guess that‘s why they weren’t spontaneous. This guy Adam is a wanna be cult leader from the sound of things.”
Sounds like a lot of justification but no crime …
“But it does me no injury for my neighbor to … [fill in the blank]. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” -paraphrased of Thomas Jefferson (1782)
BTW, 359, you have forgotten what is freedom. Turn in your Brown Coat.
Report Post »chirodoc007
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:58amThat was VIOLENT? Come on people — these were a bunch of dopes trying to make a scene.
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:04pm“Nothing like a high-profile stunt to boost viewership.”
I assume this also a reference to Glenn Becks ‘Rally for Freedom’ stunts.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:14pmHitler started this way too.
Freedom….What part of it don’t you understand!
Everyday I’m getting closer and closer to hating what this country has become over the last 40 years.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:16pmBrown Shirts and Jackboots replaced by Blue Shirts and Bike Helmuts.
United “4th Reich” States of America
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:19pmAmerica über alles!
Heil!
America über alles!
Heil!
Ameica über alles!!!
Report Post »GEW
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:19pmAGREED THAT WAS Violent…give me a break. My hats off to the officers. What dip ..toes the protesters where. This was a waste of time and once again Blaze has given these idiots a hugh free stage for their un-cause. Stop this stuff.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:21pm^____^____^
Of course they were dopes and that what extremists do they antagonize the police to get arrested. They were well aware of the court decision and went there to go against “the man” to get busted on cam and say look we were just dancing and they beat us up. Pure example of a setup to paint police in a bad light.
I will say the one guy chanting “… this is a police state” is correct. his is an example of abuse against cops and we know there is the opposite as well, but this was just pathetic and deliberate to get that message through.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:22pmWonderful, I spend a lot of money to bring my children to this monument and these dolts, feeling they are above the law and have no respect for others rights, end up causing a disturbance and get the place closed down so my family can’t enjoy the sacred monument. Yea, that’s real free speech and expression which once again they are only the ones whose rights have been infringed upon. I’d say these boneheads need to get a job and become more productive citizens, but their liberal/ progressive friends have ruined that too.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:30pmWhat a bunch of morons. And if they’re serious about dancing I think they could use some lessons.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:33pmDam…did you see all those Video cam’s …the next time i go to a public place I’m gonna wear a mask
Not that I’ve done anything wrong, I just want my Privacy
that being said …did you here the Cop say to one of the guys filming.that it was against the law
Report Post »wft are we becoming
408 CheyTac
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:35pm“I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson would not have approved of the gestapo-state tactics.
With every one of these police-state-jackboot-overreactions more people realize the nation is becoming “us vs. them”-with the police as the enforcement arm of “them”.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:37pmNice take down @ 1:00
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:47pmThe Big Pickle: Anyone but Stalin and his Marxist Jewish thugs alright?? Let’s always be sure to make sure America understands that Hitler was an Angel in comparison to Lenin Stalin and Mao.. Not even in the same category. I was reading some of General Patton’s diary entries last night.. You’d be amazed to see what his opinions were of Germans, Jews, and Russians toward the end.. And the Administration in the White Hosue..
I don‘t understand why the Police coudn’t explain to the people the order which they were breaking or why the order is not posted around the Memorial..
Far to many occurances of Police over reacting lately.. going back to Waco and Ruby Ridge.. What are they teaching our Officers? We all heard about the former Iraq Vet marine getting shot up in AZ last week as his home was raided yet they found no drugs?? How is this even possible in America? I simple do not understand how in the 21 century you can secure a potentially wanted man without Killing him his wife/children and pets in the process? Give me a break.
Once again its you and I who are failing.. Especially if we are not participating in the City Councils or local gov’ts.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:50pmSometimes you have to stand up and take one for the team. It may not affect you yet, but if people like these protesters don’t show you the extreme side, you’ll let them gradually turn into a true police-state.i refuse to allow that to happen. I would have gladly been arrested along side them had I been there.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:00pm@ PICKLE Did you notice the colors on the hat of the old man doing all the shouting about his rights? Freedom isn’t free. This is Memorial weekend, a time to pause and think about all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:02pmstick that pickle in your mouth. freedom dosent mean getting to do anything you desire. your “free” to respect the monument if you wish.
Report Post »DinaC
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:03pmIMO, they weren’t arrested for dancing, they were arrested for demonstrating. You need a permit, you can’t do it inside the memorial, and they were given a warning. Brooke Oberwetter was arrested three years ago for the same exact thing and she lost: http://lawyersusaonline.com/wp-files/pdfs-3/oberwetter-v-hilliard.pdf
Report Post »“[...] holding that she was lawfully arrested for violating the reasonable regulations that govern the Jefferson Memorial, a nonpublic forum reserved for the tranquil commemoration of Mr. Jefferson’s legacy.”
Add that to resisting arrest, and you get the result in the video.
http://lawyersusaonline.com/benchmarks/2011/05/18/silent-dancer-fights-park-service-and-loses/
theonefromabove
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:06pmBunch of liberals.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:20pmI bet those stupid people would have followed Jim Jones to their death if he told them to. Don’t people have better things to do with their time than hitch themselves to some ridiculous cause. They broke the law, the courts upheld the law and issued a judgement – get over it. Too bad all of them were not arrested, but there is always next week.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:30pmOh come on! Get off your police state crap. These idiots were there specifically to make a scene and get arrested in as visible way as possible. Just watch them get backup and keep dancing. This was purely a manufactured incident.
When I got to the Jefferson, Lincoln or any other “Memorial”, it’s because it IS a “Memorial”. It is not a place to flash mob a dance and make out in an attempt to create a controversy. Too many of you ask “What’s this country coming to?” regarding the parrk Police actions. I want to know “What is this country coming to?” that any normal Amercian would put up with tjhis Adam POS’s crap. If you want examples of Tyranny, you don’t have to manuacture them, they are clearly out there in our draconian tax system, mandatory healthcare for all but those with the Union connections to get an exemption and many more. But … this was absolutely not one such example.
It’s bad enough when the Left embarrasses me to be an American with their pandering crap, but it’s almost as bad to have people who claim to be conservative embarrassing me to call myself a conservative American.
Now, let’s see how many call me a Troll or worse. My entire adult life has been in the defense of my country, and I refuse to defend these fools’ actions or those who support them.
Report Post »KUjayhawk
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:30pmThese people are NOT libertarians! These are idiots of the left doing what they always do. If you are protesting, then at least own up to your actions and quit crying, yelling, and pretending you weren’t doing what they were warning you not to do. Change the laws and regulations properly, don‘t whine and complain and ruin other people’s day at the memorial.
Report Post »mikiegro
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:34pmI think it was handled perfectly. The protestors were purposely breaking rules for that location. Personaly I think they should have tazed a few of them.
Report Post »101
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:51pmAdam Kokesh is a constitutionalist a US Veteran that stands for your freedoms. (NOT A LIBERAL)
Adam Kokesh speech…a must see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbOp_9VfR6o
Alex Jones, Adam Kokesh on the power of the Internet
http://www.infowars.com/alex-jones-adam-kokesh-on-the-power-of-the-internet/
Do your research before you comment on what this man is about!
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:07pmIf I want to wear headphones, listen to music and move ryhmatically at the Jefferson Monument than it should be my American right to do it!
Welcome the FASCIST STATES of AMERICA!
And for those of you that want to question the price of freedom, I did my part to protect freedom during my tour in the 7th Corp Artillery!
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:12pmThey should have done this in a place where no one speaks English. Here we can clearly tell that no one is being brutalized or having their civil rights violated
Report Post »Whirling Dervish
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:14pmThis is nothing.
This is just the beginning; Iran arrests you for walking hand to hand with your wife in public, I will give it 3 more years before we are there.
4Th Reich is here. They always come wrapped in a flag… always; RU ready?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_A2VraHAo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vxJD3az3nk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GghZq582hzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4IY0KZV3_Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtGr1JFCnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQRH7WXWfPk&feature=fvwrel
Dark Clouds are ahead of us.
Report Post »LastCallForEmpathy
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:19pmAttica…Attica…Attica…
Just kiddin…
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:26pmThese dolts were taking away the reverence of the memorial. They are not the attraction here. People travel for miles to see this and these idiots disrupt their visit. Same hippie dippy idiot, professional protesters you see all the time.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:28pmI see the Libra Trolls are out here in full force. None of them seems to mention that Code pink was behind this. That should tell you right off what it was all about….Rght Medea?
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:29pmBeat the crap out of them and hang’em high. Smelly hippies!!!!! Take a bath.
Report Post »angelatc
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:39pmGetting body slammed for freedom!
All you people supporting the big government thugs in this instance should have your Gadsen flags revoked.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 2:42pm@Obong Bin Lying:
Most of us are Constitutionalists…..NOT Liberal trolls….you dolt!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:02pmSheepdog911: What was your opinion on the women, children and dogs murdered at Ruby Ridge by the ATF agents over the entrapment charge of selling a shotgun in which the barrel was 1/2″ too short and the Marine shot 72 times in AZ last week for suspected drugs.. which they found none?
Do you not feel that we are able to apprehend potential criminals in the 21st century without slaughtering women children and pets in the process?
Report Post »red1
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:04pmYou can;t have freedom if you don’t respect the freedom of others. The other visitors to the memorial did not go there to view other people dancing in protest. The protestors had no respect for the freedom of anyone else. They are self-centered, selfish narcissists. If you want to dance, do so where it is appropriate.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:17pm@THE BIG PICKLE.
Report Post »Hitler started this way too. NO HE DID NOT.
America über alles!. Yes.
jamesraio
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:21pmHave people become such big babies that we can’t tolerate people dancing in public? The arrest was wrong because the motivation behind the arrest was even more stupid then the dancing. The police made the scene. If the people just danced and no one did anything, they would feel silly and just stop.
Thanks for wasting my tax dollars you big babies.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:28pm@Paperpushermj
Hitler did start this way with his brown shirts thugs and mini wars against other nations.
You poor poor poor sheep….just keep following the herd to the slaughter, you dolt!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:41pmMeyvn
Report Post »What a bunch of morons. And if they’re serious about dancing I think they could use some lessons.
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While I doubt Jefferson would have appreciated the dance ‘style’, I’m sure he would be appalled by what happened. I heard someone ask what law was being broken=NO RESPONSE. I heard an officer say that it was illegal to take videos at the memorial. According to Judge Napolitano (cousin Andrew), it is NOT illegal to video record law enforcement officers (cops) while they are performing their duties. I wonder why the ‘police’ were there in numbers (did some one inform them that a ‘demonstration’ would happen); is it, in fact, illegal to take pictures (video or still) at a National museum; what laws did a few random ‘dancers’ break? Is this 2011 or 1984?
Non-regulator
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 4:21pmYes, that was violent because it was “marked by…. sudden intense activity” (Merriam Webster). Those people may have been drumming up viewer ship, but the scene ultimately illustrated freedom includes only what the courts decide.
Report Post »cause420
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 4:35pmAll of you Hypocrites talking ish about these “protestors” should be ashamed of yourselves. Most of you, come onto this web-site and demonstrate your digust with various issues about “big gov.” You know, I like GB, but he has become a Wishy-washy and hypocritical on ALOT of things. He is soooo concerned about our country, yet he turns and flip-flops… He is really starting to look like a closet progressive liberal. Which scares the crap outta me. Who can we trust? I mean how does he “know everything?” Why does he act like he is ALWAYS correct? Why is he exploiting people of faith all of a sudden?
The police could have simply escorted those people off premises without further causing a scene. This is a perfect example of the Police State… and how officers can “unknowingly” control our country. You morons also call these people LIBERALS? That couldnt be any further from the truth. If you ever look into who these people are, youll find they are libertarians. They are against Liberalism and are actually conservatives. But you ignoranuses will probably talk more ish and call me a liberal because of the 420 in my name. Just let the mainstream media, including FOX, heard you, like the sheep you are. Smh… This country is DOOMED if we can’t change ATTITUDES and restore back to our true American Liberty… Even if that means furiating both political parties and duking it out…
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:22pmThat isn’t dancing. This is:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFz2WkVAk38
I’d be more impressed if they seriously broke it down.
JoeAmerica
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:36pmI agree with THE BIG PICKLE, this country is flat out scary and 4th Reich-ish. We hate each other worse then we hate our supposed enemies. If these guys staged this type of disruption everyday there I would feel differently. You can spew as much Hate as you like on these boards, but if you go dance somewhere, like on public property, then watch out. Seems we are nothing but a military state now, which like Germany is going to lead to our down fall. Good luck all and God bless.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:37pmShame they didn’t do this in the Phillipines. They could have gotten flash mob tips from these dudes when they got arrested:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsm_k8akyE&feature=related
Sinista MACE
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 5:56pmPolice should never stand between the people and their government unless they’re standing on the side of the people.
Now call me a cop hater.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 6:23pmLock them all up! And Slap the crap out of anyone with a code Pink shirt on,
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 6:47pmRussia TV? I am feeling ashamed right now! Not for myself but for you self proclaimed Libertarians! You are just as easy to fool as are the Democrats and Republicans. Oh yes. A man that has a show on a network funded by the Russians is right where I would put my trust and take advice from about the Constituiton and America! Being a Libertarian is more than just legalizing dope! Go burn another one and pretend to yourself that you are ready to stand for liberty!!! I ain”t buying it!
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 7:57pmIf they can arrest you for dancing at the lincoln memorial, that means they can arrest you for even more “offensive” dissent. The concept of having to require a permit to protest is absolutely mind blowing to me. That is ridiculous! The whole concept of protesting is to go against the establishment order, how are you to effectively do so if you have to ask that establishment order for permission first?
I say no! I will not as for your permission to demonstrate against you, big brother government! You do not get to tell me how, when or where I can express my opposition against you!
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 8:24pmthanks a lot you rectaupuke. You have tarnished libertarians even more . these are posers who are nothing but a bunch of pot head hippies they are not true libertarians.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 8:38pmI would give him a pass just because the attempt was just awful. How about you take a lesson or two before you decide to act like an idiot!
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 8:44pmWhy aren‘t these stellar citizens at the White House protesting Obama’s war for oil and the illegal and unconstitutional actions of this Foreign Dictator that are making the Congress and the Judiciary irrelevant. Why aren’t they protesting the Obama Secret Police interrogating that 13 year old for stating the obvious. Why aren’t they protesting at the White House about the Obama Security Force that patrols our airports and gropes little children. Prepare.
Report Post »cause420
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 8:48pm@TheBarbarian @Blacksmith —- You can say pot head this and pot head that… go burn another one hippie and so forth… That ish dont bother me… All you can do is make generalizations about people you DO NOT KNOW. Hell a POT HEAD might end up saving your life one day. Then again, this POT HEAD, might just sit back and burn another one. I dont stand for hypocrites, narrow minded, facist people who make assumptions about others without knowing their ‘content of character.’ Your not a true libertarian, LoL, if you were you would stand behind the liberty of personal opinion. No you just infringe, demoralize, and demonize. The exact same thing you fakes complain about. Hypocrites! Just because the girl was wearing a pink shirt, DOES NOT MAKE HER CODE PINK! smh@idiots… Adam was an Iraq Vet…
Report Post »cause420
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:15pmWAIT… That STUFF is strong maaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn….. I apologize, ONE dude WAS wearing a Code Pink shirt. I was in the wrong and i admit it, I’m the IDIOT… WOO-HOO! However, Adam K. is still a vet… now pass that around, mannnn…..
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:05pmBig Pickle–Do you want to be a nation of laws or men?? They were there to break the law. Plain and simple. They were arrested. End of story. Would you feel the same way if they had been a bunch of union thug socialists? There is grave work to do here. Pull yourself together man.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:15pmSinista Mace–I’m not going to call you anything, I‘m just asking that you look at what you’re saying–the police are sworn to protect and serve. When they uphold the LAW and make people accountable, as in arrest people if they BREAK THE LAW, they are protecting the public. What don’t you get about that?
Gawd people, I‘ve had to fight with people today who don’t share the conservative pro-America view, why am I having to do that in here too from people who routinely I agree with?? What the hell is up with that, too much sun…too many brewskies? You tell me!
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:18pmCause420–You did a lot of talking about pot–from the way you write I’d say you had your fair share just today. Isn’t it time to make a run for some munchies, man?
Report Post »cause420
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:35pmsure thing mannn, Vitamin Beer
Report Post »Rashomon
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:14pmThey came to dance, they danced. They just didn’t like the score they got from the judges
Report Post »BettyLiberty
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:20amHere is the back-story on Why they did this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ3zBbq6IGA&feature=related
I think Adam Kokesh is fantastic. Anyone doing Anything to advance awareness of the devolution of America into a police state is a hero in my book.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:40amPatriotsLikeMe
I made my comment before even watching the video.
AFTER watching the video, I think you sound pretty ridiculous. They’re protecting the public from what… random dancing?
You NEED to smoke some kush.
You shouldn‘t ever fight with people who don’t share your views. You should be tolerant to other’s opinions, and respectfully disagree or hold your peace.
Report Post »The Truth Burns
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:22amDear Fake Libertarians
Report Post »Seriously? 2 and a Half Wars (Libya), Entitlement Programs run amok, Slavish Debt, Open Borders, billions spent on possession of “Mary Jane”……. and you dance at the Jefferson Memorial? Ok, as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee said, “Should we or should we not listen to the advice of the galactically stupid!” This does not apply any more favorably than this instance.
1. Adam Kokesh is a 911 Truther and works for a Russian News Outlet (Raises eyebrows already) that has been proven to be Pro-Putin, Pro-Soviet, and supporting conspiracy theories as legitimate. Also co-mingled with Code Pink. Credibility = Zero.So we know this is a BS stunt by shady people.
2. According to these so called “Libertarians”,they should have the right to dance during Congressional business.Hell, why don’t they dance during Memorials to our vets on public ground?Oh that’s right, because it would further destroy their message of no holds bar “freedom” at the expense of other people’s “freedom”. You may pay for the White House, but you can’t live there. Ron Paul is for gun rights, but he can’t wave around a loaded Colt 45 during a 2nd Amendment speech on the floor of the House. There are rules and regulations at most local, state, and federal properties that limit your civil liberties. Why? Because a true libertarian knows that’s one of the few roles of limited government is public safety. Stop 5 people dancing before it turns to 50 and does become a public safety is
meamerican
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:47amTHye may be libtarded but why is it illegal to dance in the United Stated of America??? Thomas Jefferson would have kicked those cops in the buttock!! This is America and it is a sad day when you get arrested for expressing yourself. Down with Tyranny!!!
Report Post »Non-regulator
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 4:04am@Carl.
Report Post »Code pink will say it and we will be apalled, disagree, and laugh, but they can still say it.
No1YaKnow
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 4:07amSaving the Republic has it right—their “protest” was useless and a tool to paint officers in a bad light. So stupid. These hippy wannabes are worse than rebellious teens. At least teens have a clear motivation for their rebellion–these fraggle rockers are morons.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 8:00amWhat country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that its people preserve the spirit of resistance?— Thomas Jefferson
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.— Thomas Jefferson
Report Post »BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 8:15amNotice that CODE PINK shirt on the guy dancing with the girl? Says it all. Alinksy’s plan, stir it ALL up, all the time, stealthily set up the new Bolshi/muslim Caliphate. “It’s the little foxes that spoil the vine”. Here’s a song about it all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdufoUASMc
Report Post »bjc535
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:15amThis is why freedom can’t work with disrespectful people. They were trying to make a scene because they have the “freedom” to do so. To be free you have to be considerate of others around you. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:20amSinista Mace–Where I was being respectful to you, you did not have it in you to show me the same. As to your suggestion that I go get high, sort of typifies what seperates you and I. Your loathing for our LAW enforcement and suggestion that others should just break the law tells me all I really need to know about you. I pity you. Your name is appropriate–a singularly evil, spiked weapon. Is that sort of like the guys who drive those really powerful, sleek sports cars? Makes you feel like a real man, right? Potent, powerful…packin’. Go away little boy, your ruse is up.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:20amThe Truth Burns
Adam Kokesh can work for Rusia Today and NOt be considered a KGB operative, if that‘s what you’re tyring to imply.
You don’t like RT because they give Alex Jones a platform to get his information out to a greater public audience despite stonewalling and freezing out by the corrupt MSM.
You throw “9-11 Truther” out there like it’s a dirty word, but people who think 9-11 was an inside job take PRIDE in neocons and liberals making up such connotations, it proves we’re under your skin, you can’t do anything about it but call names, and you’re marginalizing yourself because increasingly less and less people believe ANYTHING coming out of this lying, corrupt government. You can call us “birthers”, “truthers”, “deathers”, whatever the hell you want. You’re boxing YOURSELF in, you aren’t marginalizing us.
You need to stop smoking crack. I don’t need NOR WANT my tax dollars to pay for Nazi Thugs to “protect me” from people that are randomly dancing.
They need to go find a real job, or struggle to find a real job like everyone else, those entitled UNION punks.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:30amPatriotsLikeMe
If you think my saying “You need to smoke some kush” is disrespectful, you don’t have thin skin, you have NO SKIN.
ZOMBIE!!!
I don’t “loath” law enforcement. They’re not my authority to be reluctant and unwilling towards.
They. Are. My. Servants.
I am the sovereign. I am the authority. I am a part of the government of We the People, and I haven’t authorized these Nazi Thugs to stand between the people and their government and waste my tax dollars “protecting” me from random dancing.
I don’t need, nor seek, your pity. I don’t need nor seek your comments at all. You can call me what you want and make fun of my name, that’s childish. Grow up. You aren’t getting anywhere with that.
Stop going off on your adolescent tangents and try to stay focused on the issue at hand. I know my pseudonymous name is turning you on, try to ignore the swaggering masculinity of my sex-dripping name. I’ll pound you with this Sinista Mace. All up in there. I have a habit of making married women lust.
Report Post »malcolmpats
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:45amWhat ever happened to common sense in this country. I believe in what I call Liberterian Common Sense. Wherever people are milling around looking at artwork, statues, etc, common sense dictates that you cannot dance, sing, or make a specticle of yourself. Most people, myself included believe there is a common decency to just view memorials, artwork, etc. without being disturbing. To many people, myself included are offended with people acting like idiots in the public. The cops warned them, and these buttheads are so narcissistic that they wouldn’t stop. I have no sympathy for them. This country has screwed itself by allowing everyone to think we are entitled to do whatever, and have whatever we want when we want it.
Report Post »I do agree that many of our freedoms are being eroded, but when did you ever go to a place like the Jefferson Memorial and people just started twitching and writhing with no music being played? A place like the JM is for reflection, and to really think about what is going on, both positively and negatively in this country, not for causing a scene.
Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:23ammalcolmpats
You and some other sheep in this country are conditioned that innocuous things such as random dancing require some big Police State Nazis to dive on people and brutalize them.
It doesn’t.
Stop licking your Police State Prison Guards’ boots and stand with your fellow countrymen.
Report Post »patriotgamer
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:25amYes, a bunch of dope trying to make a scene and give the cops a hard time. All well and good until the cop says, “you can’t film in here”, and, “If you continue to record you will be arrested.” Nope, sorry, it is not illegal to videotape on public property. Using your badge and position of authority to intimidate the public is wrong. Why are they afraid of being filmed? Are they feeling uncomfortable about what the consequences are if their actions are seen across the world?
If you are doing the right thing, have no fear. If you are doing something wrong, stop.
Have some courage, man!
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:57am***STASI ALERT!!!***
***STASI ALERT!!!***
***They’re DANCING!!!***
***I REPEAT, THEY’RE DANCING!!!***
***SEND REINFORCEMENTS!!!***
***HEIL HITLER!!!***
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:12amPatriotsLikeMe
You claim to be an arbiter of etiquette, but you’re intolerant of others opinions- as evidenced by your admission of fighting with those who don’t hold your views, and ruthlessly toss out unprovoked, ad hominem attacks.
You first went after Big Pickle, for whatever- I wasn’t really interested in that exchange, but then you turn your hostility on me and suggest that I must have had too much sun or too much beer. In other words, you‘re saying that I’m delirious or somehow detached from reality. Now of course, that could be construed as disrespectful, but whatever, I took no offense because I understand that you don’t comprehend.
But then from the simple suggestion that perhaps you ought to smoke some Kush, you pretty much unfurled those teeth and tried to dive face first into me.
You NEED to chill out and inhale deeply. Let the effervescence permeate your inner being.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:17amI knew it, thanks for the confirmation. It‘s the one decent thing you’ve done on this thread. The smile I wear is called vindication, Sinista. And just so you know, if you don’t like a particular law, then change it. If you break it, you will be arrested and jailed like all other criminals. Gotta pay to play, baby.
Just for the record, I’m divorced. Ooooh does THAT turn you on, baby?
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:18pmI bet everyone of those losers voted for Obama
Report Post »cause420
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:37pmAll this talk about Kush and gettin turned on sounds like a party! If your feeling funky, bust a move, oh wait DONT, you might get arrested…
Report Post »Whirling Dervish
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:10pmPastor Niemöller said about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets;
First they came for the communists,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Argument will hold as:
First they came for the smokers,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a smoker.
Then they came for the dancers,
and I didn’t speak out because I did not dance.
Then they came for the believers,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a churchgoer.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Germany started with 80 million before WWII there was 40 million left after the war was over.
Make no mistake history WILL repeat its-self, USA is NOT above Gods law.
Shame to those with the wicked soul and sick brain who thinks imposing their masters will on their fellow man is in the spirit of the natures God.
Report Post »Woe to SAVINGTHEREPUBLIC for you will be judged the way you judge you fellow man.
Woe to CEMOTO78 for without liberty you children have no future but as slaves.
Woe to MEYVN for you self proclaimed intellect is as shallow as the drones that surround you.
Woe to PROFESSIONAL INFIDEL for without the cornerston
getalong
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:24pmWhat can you expect from kids who were educated by a bunch of commies in the public school system. I apologize Mr. Jefferson.
Report Post »Whirling Dervish
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:29pmWoe to PROFESSIONAL INFIDEL for without the cornerstone of individual liberty monuments man erects are no more meaningful than a pile of rubble.
Woe to POVERTY.SUCKS you cheer injustice against you brother, poverty will be you only true companion as you walk on Gods earth.
Woe to JEDIUSETHEFORCE, for it will be done onto you as you wish on your fellow man.
Astonished by those who don’t get it and cheer on injustice on the side of the wicked, I wonder where have we gone wrong??
THE BIG PICKLE God loves you, and all those testify for the spirit of man, for you speak his truth..
Report Post »BidBerthaDotCom
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:00pmDancing is covered under the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of expression. The cops are in the wrong, but that isn’t as shocking as the good little Germans here who are applauding the actions of the cops, as usual. You should be ashamed of yourselves and once again remind me why I am a Libertarian and not a republican.
Report Post »BidBerthaDotCom
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:11pmMany of you here seem to be missing the point. I couldn‘t care less why they’re protesting, the fact is that they have the right to do it. You mindless sheep applauding the police are exactly what’s wrong with the republican party, and you cops who claim you’re “just following orders” in cases like this should remember that the excuse didn’t work in Nuremberg…
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:14pmQuite frankly if they had simply stood there pointing at him mocking his stupidity and laughing in his face….he would have shut his useless fat yap and danced into the dark corner from which he came….this will only fuel this cornbuckets need for MORE attention.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:30pmBidBertha–so you think that police should pick and choose which laws they uphold? That they should use discretion when they are called into action and just disregard, if they feel like it, the statute on file? If you don’t like a certain law there are plenty of ways you can go about getting it changed.
I’m not a Republican, just so you know. I would wager a good number of others in here aren’t either.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 5:22pm@PatriotsLikeMe
Report Post »i think the point here is that myself and a few others here look at this as a tyranny of laws. and yes, there are people who want laws for everything. they are called special interest groups. i dont care who was protesting or why they were. they were not hurting anyone by doing what they were doing. they were not blocking the entrance or intimidating anyone. sense when is it unlawful to be an idiot. we dont have the right to not be offended. some rules are put in place to control only for the sake of controlling them such as dont dance inside the jefferson memorial. really? the jefferson memorial. i can think of no better place to protest than where the man that wrote the declaration of independence is memorialized. btw, if any of you havent read it or havent in a while you should take a look at it, just a side note. i have read your posts on other threads so i know we agree on a lot, this we do not. i sai it before and ill say it again, be careful or you too will be breaking some law in the near future. when everyone is a criminal the overlords can then choose who to punish if they say the wrong things.
B4B
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 6:08pm@ Forestnomad
Report Post »Do you mean the “stunts” where Beck makes sure to apply for and obtain all required permits and the attendees not only comply with applicable laws and regulations but clean up after themselves when it‘s over so they don’t leave a mess for others to deal with at the taxpayers’ expense?
Are those the “stunts” you’re referring to?
I just want to be sure.
Sinista MACE
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:18pmPatriotsLikeMe
What did I do that makes you feel so vindicated? If you are referring to my sexual inuendo, I was just humouring you with your implications of my pseudonymous name. I didn’t mean any disrepsect by it, but I’m sure you meant every word of your assault on my manhood. Oh Well. It doesn’t really bother me. I’ve been attacked on the ebonical spelling, the evil connotation, all sorts of abstract garbage that has nothing to do with the topic of the thread.
Just so you know, I am a member of the Marijuana Policy Project, and I do work to change the law. I’m also voting for Ron Paul.
BTW, breaking the law is one thing, you only go to jail if you get caught. ;)
Lol @ I’m divorced- does that turn me on. Rotflmfao. You’re making me blush.
Um…I’m married.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:07pmI was going to say “she has my condolences” but then it hit me how wrong that would be. I hope you are both happy together. Later Sinista!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:50pm@PatriotslikeMe
What law was broken? Quit trying to impersonate an educated person and clearly articulate the law broken.
Everyone else:
Did any of you attend 8/28? Did any of you demonstrate/protest/dance? Please explain the difference why it was ok on 8/28 but not at this event….
This is an example of wasting tax payers dollars to Police how we Americans behave. If an American wants to dance at the Jefferson Memorial (idol) why shouldn’t they be allowed to? Can you dance at a national park? Did Americans dance and chant at the White House gate for UBL death? How many danced everywhere during Vietnam…..
I do not know the people involved in this event but I see no wrong with 12 people dancing like idiots at some memorial…Were they dancing in joy of Jefferson? To worship some God?
Until the memorial was taken over by dancers it should be allowed…
America has become Nanny America and had this been any of you arrested on 8/28 your story would be different…Treat others how you want to be treated….Even if you disagree with them…
Whether I agree or disagree with the views of this group, they did nothing wrong. This should show all of you how easily the Police can round you up for any reason at all and throw away the key if they so wish…America has become a beast and we the people are nothing but slaves to her….Wake up before these powers are used on you….
Report Post »Andrew
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:39amWow the Pickle guy is freaking whining liberal, my what a big collar you have around your neck, you wack job
Report Post »Force2bewreckin
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 1:30pmI lOve the spin blaze. That is the tyranny you try so hard to cover up with your spin. You make me sick the blaze.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 9:37pmwell that was pathetic..
basically, those rent-a-cops need fired. there is no law that can proceed someones right to dance.. are you even kidding me? i don‘t care what he ’told’ them, cops tell you lies all the time to get you to admit guilt. that is just a cold hard fact.
.. dancing for protest is illegal here you say? well… the couple was slow dancing, and they arrested them… it wasn‘t even a ’demonstration’ like the bluecoat claimed… truly sad, lincoln is rolling in his grave.
Report Post »newrepublic7
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 2:01amAll of the main ones arrested were “CODE PINK” commies…
Report Post »Watch it again, the dude has a code pink t-shirt on
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Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:46am@chirodoc007 – “That was VIOLENT? Come on people — these were a bunch of dopes trying to make a scene.”
First they came for the bunch of dopes,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a dope.
Then they came for the rest of us
and there was no one left to speak out.
-paraphrased with apologies to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) and his poem about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group
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