free speech no longer in the cards

For fuck's sake! It was just a sign!

Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar
By STEPHANIE STROM
Published: November 14, 2007
In a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003, a team of women who represented the United States at the world bridge championships in Shanghai last month is facing sanctions for a spur-of-the-moment protest.

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