Chicago’s Assault On The Bill Of Rights (And Our Pocketbooks) Continues

Of course there still is the NATO summit, but that might as well be taking place at Camp David as well, as far as protesters are concerned. A labyrinth of rules and regulations, both local and federal, will make it nearly impossible for anti-war and anti-poverty protesters to be heard by the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The United States is responsible for over one fifth of NATO’s budget, yet regular people will not be given a chance to express their displeasure over this organization’s actions.

Chicago’s warped justice system recently jumped into the fray, helping Emperor Rahmulus by dismissing a lawsuit over denial of a permit for a protest march. According to Judge Prosser, this gross abridgment of our civil rights is all in the name of public safety. I congratulate His Honor on trotting out that timeless fallback tool for oppression, such a meaningless and arbitrary standard that it may be applied at any time and in any situation to do our democracy harm.

It wouldn’t be a party unless the Feds were in on the action too! The Secret Service is doing everything it can to make sure world leaders partying on our dime will not have to be bothered with pesky things like the public’s opinions. While they are still being vague about the perimeter boundaries, it is clear that protesters will be blocks away from McCormick Place.

If the protesters are sneaky, though, they can probably find out the exact boundries of the cordon early by enlisting some of the higher end talent trolling The Viagra Triangle to do a little in-room reconissiance. Luckily the new Secret Service regulations still allow for hookers entering hotel rooms, if they are American. The only problem here could be that these sex workers might be a bit out of an average Secret Service agent’s pay grade.