It details how Bush now prevents protestors from being seen or heard wherever he decides to go. Evidently, members of the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies now require that protestors who are visible or within earshot of the President must remove themselves to what is euphemistically referred to as a "free speech zone." A "free speech zone" is a designated area, (usually a mile or so from the President), where those who hold signs in opposition to the President must stand. Those who support the administration are allowed to stand pretty much anywhere they please. Apparently, free speech in a public place is now only guaranteed to some Americans. For others, speech is not so free and not so public.

If we allow this policy to persist, we will have lost the First Amendment. Those who would destroy our heritage are hoping that if they take our freedoms away inch by inch rather than all at once, we will not protest… that we will not be so insulted that it will reach a threshold where we will not be willing to take it anymore. They believe we will never have the courage to stop what we are doing to take responsibility for this treason… and turn it around. I, for one, think this administration has gone too far.

We were taught, and we have been teaching our children, that certain rights and freedoms are guaranteed to us under the Constitution. We now find they are not guaranteed at all.

And who is and always was the guarantor of those freedoms? If you think it was a piece of paper called the Constitution, or the President of the United States, or Congress--I say, it never was. It is and always was just you… and me. It is your courage and your love of freedom that protects me, and it is my courage and my love of freedom that protects you. Our forefathers laid down their lives so that we would have these rights and freedoms. Now their sacrifice is being defiled.

What makes our Constitution so precious is that the rights and freedoms enumerated therein forwards the cause of justice. If you believe in justice then you will not treat others or allow your government to treat others in a manner that is inconsistent with the principles you believe in. You cannot deny justice to some and then expect that justice will be preserved for you.

So I say to you now… through our negligence, some of our rights and freedoms have now been lost… and we, and our children, will not have them again until we are willing to take them back. And I don’t believe we will get them back now without great commitment, intelligence, sensitivity, and real sacrifice. When we try to reverse this policy, they will resist. If we complain, they will say we are supporting terrorists and will try even harder to silence us. If we attempt to use force, they may even call us terrorists and try to take away even more of our rights. And if we do nothing, they will pass new legislation that will intrude on more of our freedoms and they will pass new economic measures that will effectively cut social services, public education, and other amenities that will further reduce our standard of living in favor of the already economic elite.

Our right to speak out and be heard is fundamental to protecting all of our other rights and freedoms. And the longer we wait to win back what we’ve lost, the harder the fight and the higher our sacrifice will be.

I say, stop what you are doing. Get this policy reversed. Or be prepared to lose something sacred and precious… maybe it will be your life or the life of someone you love, maybe it will be your joy, or maybe it will be your country.

Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their country.