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Rahm Emmanuel, let's call him Rahm Mubarek, is asking for donors to contribute $60M for security measures at the G8/NATO Summit to be held in Chicago in May. So, how come he did not ask these same rich bastards to donate money for libraries, food pantries or schools?


Our little Hosni is set to push for his new legislation to crackdown on protests, picketing, marches, parades or any other activity that can be construed as legitimate exercise of freedom of speech.

I find this quite insulting for a number of reasons. First off, as a veteran, we were always told that we served to defend our freedoms, our rights, democracy and the constitution. This ordinance insults those who served and died in pursuit of that cause. Secondly, I am a public school teacher, we are instructed to build patriotism, to promote our democratic principles and encourage the young to participate in these processes. This ordinance makes a mockery of what we are expected to teach our children. Lastly, in an era of protests, which have changed the face of many societies in the Middle East, it seems rather hypocritical when we tell these governments to allow peaceful protesters to exercise a basic human right when we crack down on our own citizens.


I'm having a hard time telling who is not a autocrat with or without a score card - Saddam, Gaddafi, Mubarak, Rahm, Assad.........Come to Chicago enjoy a little Myanmar (Burma) near the Great Lakes.

 

 

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