Dear Republicans Who Believe In Small Government Or That Government Should Get Off Our Backs Or That Government Shouldn’t Be A Nanny, etc.:
According to the AJC, last Friday night a woman named Denise Grier was pulled over in Dekalb County and given a $100 ticket because a police officer deemed her anti-Bush Administration bumper sticker to be in violation of the law.
In violation how? He apparently deemed the bumper sticker “lewd” because it contained the pun “Bushit.”
Because “Bushit” isn’t actually a word, and because even if it was a word, it’s still not obscene, I expect that all of you get-government-off-our-backs Republicans are simply furious at what seems to be a case of an American citizen being targeted by law enforcement for her political views.
And because you’re so angry at this petty abuse of govenment power, I’m sure you’re going to want to call Dekalb County Police Chief Louis Graham at 404-294-2606 and tell him that you’re not going to tolerate big government interfering with the free political expression of American citizens. You might even throw in a zinger about how the cops should be fighting violent crimes instead pulling over people for their bumper stickers.
When you defend Ms. Grier’s right to express her political views with bad puns, you’ll be telling your fellow citizens that your allegiance to the Constitution trumps your allegiance to your political party.
Yours in Patriotic Brotherhood,
Andisheh “Loves the First and Second Amendments Equally” Nouraee