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The very patriotic Jesus General is working diligently today. He brings us these two items of treasonous conduct by people who should be grateful they are merely being dragged off, fingerprinted into the criminal justice system records for the rest of their lives, and subjected to possible fines and imprisonment. Since what they really deserve, after all, is to be summarily shot.

KWWL/Quad Cities, Iowa

Barbara Hannon was shocked her two friends Alice McCabe and Kristine Nelson were arrested for standing peacefully near the park. "We were told because we have Kerry Edwards buttons we are not allowed to be anywhere."

McCabe and Nelson were taken into custody and the Democratic Party called the American Civil Liberties Union about the arrests.

Linn County Democratic Party Chair Joel Miller says the party posted bond for the two women. "So much of the area is private property there is no room for protesters to stand. They have to keep moving away from the rally."

Maggie Swanson says she has been to lots of protests and has seen lots of arrests. "People who've never been to one say oh as long as you are standing peacefully they will let you stand as close as you want as long as you are being peaceful, it's just not true."

Police say they told protesters about the strict no loitering rules.

Lancaster PA

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Six Lancaster city men are headed to court next month, accused of dropping their pants this summer in protest during President George W. Bush's visit to Smoketown Elementary School.

Each of the self-monikered "Smoketown Six" has been charged with one count of disorderly conduct for stripping down to thong underwear minutes before the president's bus rolled by on its way to the Conestoga Valley elementary school.

East Lampeter Township Police arrested the men as they were re-enacting the infamous human-pyramid photo of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq.

Citations given to each defendant on the day of his arrest word the violation the same way.

"A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if with the intent to cause public inconvenience or alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor," the citations read. "To wit: defendant did strip down to his underwear and build a human pyramid in protest of President Bush."

American Civil Liberties Union attorney Paula Knudsen said none of the men has violated any criminal laws..[and that] the defense team representing the "Smoketown Six" has invited the national media to cover the event because of its bearing on free speech.

"We believe this case deserves national attention because this kind of thing is probably happening in other communities," Knudsen said. "Clearly, this is more about politics than it is about the law. The very quick action in hauling off Tristan and the others says to me that someone didn't want protesters marring the scene when the president rode by."

If convicted, each of the defendants faces a maximum of 90 days in prison and a $300 fine.

Grateful, dammit! They should be grateful for such a mild rebuke to help them see the error of their ways. The Michelle Malkin Memorial Mind-Mending Module awaits those who persist in their wickedness.