[Vision2020] Is This Free Speech or . . . ?

[Glenn Schwaller]

Good heavens Sunil - the Rapture must be on it's way!  Yes, it is free
speech.  I think until a specific threat is made (e.g. a sign posted
"This will be you Obama") no legal action can be taken.

GS

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Sunil Ramalingam
<sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yes it is.
>
> Sunil
>
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> From: thansen at moscow.com
>> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:12:59 +0000
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Is This Free Speech or . . . ?
>>
>> >From KHQ at:
>>
>> http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9344204
>>
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>>
>> North Idaho landowner advertises "free public hanging" of President-elect
>> Barack Obama
>>
>> VAY, Idaho - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a sign erected by a
>> northern Idaho landowner that advertises a "free public hanging" of
>> President-elect Barack Obama and several other political figures.
>>
>> Bonner County Sheriff Elaine Savage says she and Secret Service agents on
>> Thursday will take a firsthand look at the sign put up by Ken Germana.
>> Germana says the sign is a political statement.
>>
>> The handmade cardboard sign includes a noose fashioned from a length of
>> rope.
>>
>> Obama's name is the most prominent on the sign.
>>
>> But it also includes the names of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., U.S. House of
>> Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and civil rights activist
>> and former presidential candidate Al Sharpton.
>>
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>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
>> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>>
>> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>>
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