How Cambridge Is It?
Michelle has a wonderful photograph of a US soldier and an elementary school kid folding an American flag, along with the following quotes:
“As our country has honored us, we want to honor our country.”
“I worry about my dad every second of every day. But I’m proud to have a dad in the Army.”
“For my report, I asked my dad if he likes being a soldier. He said he likes it because he gets to help people. He’s very proud and that’s one of the main things he joined the Army for.”
John Edwards is right about one thing: use plenty of mousse, but make sure you brush it out. One other thing, too. There are two Americas: one whose children honor the troops, the other, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A troop of Boy Scouts is wondering why their donation boxes meant for troops in Iraq were thrown out of polling stations last week.
Election officials ordered the removal of donation boxes set up by a troop of Cambridge Boy Scouts of America during last Tuesday’s municipal election.
The boxes were set up inside the 33 polling stations around the city to collect donations for soldiers serving overseas in the war in Iraq.Marsha Weinerman, executive director of the city’s Election Commission, said the boxes were removed after a resident complained to commission workers about their implied “pro-war” message.
As radio host/columnist/blogger Michael Graham notes, that’s not exactly true:
The only speech banned on Election Day is speech advocating a specific candidate. In fact, at least one of the polling places from which the Boy Scouts were ejected had some 75 fliers for other causes and issues, including “Get Out Of Iraq” and the College Democrats.
It turns out that, in Cambridge, the ONLY banned speech is speech supporting our troops. As the Troop leader said on my radio show this morning, his Scouts have had many service activities in Cambridge and on public property. This is the only time the city has complained, and it’s the only time the Scouts were aiding our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To answer my question, it’s echt Cambridge. Free speech for me, but not for thee.