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Jan

15

Ron Paul Supporters Have New Place To Yell

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It’s only been a few days since Ron Paul supporters tried to ruin a woman’s life, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t track future Paultardian threats to our way of life. Presidential candidate/King of the Internet Ron Paul, as you may know, is best known for his band of supporters who will literally rip out your intestines if you don’t vote for him. Now they have a new place to congregate!

The Friends of Independence Park have just installed the “People’s Plaza” at Independence Hall. The concrete slab is supposed to be a place for protesting, which is what this nation was founded on but is now looked down upon. The Friends, apparently, are for protesting, and so they raised funds to make a place where people could yell at the world while standing on the first amendment carved into the ground.

This Saturday’s anti-war protest will be the first event at the granite and marble slab, according to the radio. The protesters also had to get a permit for the event, which is just what the First Amendment requires. Ron Paul for king!

‘People’s Plaza’ Opens On Independence Mall [CBS 3]
 
dmac | 11:14 AM | 56 Comments
First Amendment, Independence Mall, Protesting, Ron Paul
 

Dec

13

One-Man Street Bands To Be Regulated?

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Earlier this week, a street musician settled with the city for $27,500. Felix Wilkins, 66, was arrested for playing his flute last March, and, whoops, music is legal. As the Associated Press puts it: “The agreement requires the city to inform police that playing, singing, and soliciting money in a public place are protected by the First Amendment.”

Yesterday, the Inquirer asked: Well, should we regulate street musicians? People tend to like street musicians in downtown areas, even if they suck, Lea Sitton Stanley reported, so the answer’s no, right?

The Center City District’s Paul Levy, who we last saw suing another state’s Restaurant Week, says the new mayor should regulate street musicians for quality. It happens in Paris and New York!

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dmac | 12:21 PM | 4 Comments
$27,500, Center City District, First Amendment, Paul Levy, Religious Tracts, Romulo Diaz, Street Musicians