Today's Mack Attack is aimed at the arrest of patriot Cindy Sheehan.

Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address.
Sheehan, who had been invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke. Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with the anti-war slogan: 2425; How many more?, a reference to the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.
Police handcuffed Sheehan and removed her from the gallery before Bush arrived. Sheehan was to be released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
"I'm proud that Cindy's my guest tonight," Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. "She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq."
Woolsey offered Sheehan a ticket to the speech (Gallery 5, seat 7, row A) earlier Tuesday while Sheehan was attending an "alternative state of the union" press conference by CODEPINK, a group pushing for an end to the Iraq war. One good thing, Shehan's arrest is most certainly going to get media attention and point out the increasing arrogant, almost fascist attitude of this administration much more so than if she had been allowed to sit quietly wearing her shirt. Perhaps that was the intention all along. In any case, on the occasion of Shehan's arrest, I thought perhaps a refresher on the First Amendment was in order:

1st Amendment, BIll of Rights
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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