If anyone was wondering if BushCo noticed those kids who protested with a sit-in to voice their concerns after the election. They did. The
secret service visited Boulder High School.
What better way to squelch dialogue and civic involvement than to hound the young patriots with your goons.
Denver's NBC affiliate, Channel 9 has the story.
BOULDER - Two secret service agents paid a visit to Boulder High School Thursday to investigate rumors that a high school band had been practicing a song that contained lyrics threatening President Bush.
The band, which had planned to call itself "Tali-Banned," was set to play a cover of Bob Dylan's Masters of War at the school's "Talent Expose" Friday. The final verse of the song includes the words "Your death will come soon." During the song, the students planned to use images of President Bush and war in the background. The band has since decided to call itself "Coalition of the Willing"
The school's principal says the band never threatened President Bush. He says the students in the band were merely expressing their political views.
"Students have an opportunity to express different opinions - political and otherwise - in the talent show, and have done so for years," said Ron Cabrera, Boulder High School principal.
Two Boulder High School teachers, who had planned on playing in the band, have decided not to do so. One of the teachers also helped a group of students last week who stage an overnight sit-in in the school's library.
If there is anyone out there who has any doubts about how at-risk our basic freedoms/bill of rights have become under this regime, time to pull your head out of the sand. This administration's penchant for secrecy and intimidation to wield its corrupt power has the makings of a real repressive regime.