Our local rag printed an article from the Knight Ridder News Service. The article authored by James Kuhnhenn is entitled: Police chief blames vague policies for women's ouster from Capital.

I watched the President's address but I didn't see them drag Cindy Sheehan from her seat in the gallery before the speech started or Beverly Young from her seat a few rows behind the first lady during the speech.

Cindy was at the President's speech as a guest of Representative Lynn Woolsey, a Democrat from California. Beverly young was there as a guest of her husband Representative C. W. Young a Republican from Florida.

Cindy's mistake was that she got hot. She removed her jacket. Under her jacket was a T-shirt. What it said on the T-shirt was what got her into trouble.

It said: 2245 Dead. How many more?

As you know, Cindy is mourning her son killed in Iraq. She blames the president for her son's death. Cindy was booked, fingerprinted, and held for four hours. She missed the whole speech.

Mrs. Young wore a T-shirt to the President's speech and she is a Republican. She visits wounded troops in the hospital. The message on her shirt was Support ***the***Troops.

She was not booked or fingerprinted, being a Republican and all.

C. W. "Bill” Young was not pleased with the hasty actions of the Capital Police. He said so on the floor of the House. The Chief of Police said that "vague policies” were the problem and that Young was booted out when a police officer decided it was T-shirts that were the problem and not what it said on them.

Anyway, be that as it may, here are some suggestions for those who attend the next Presidential Address to the Combined Congress in his State of the Union Address:

1.Don't dress like a bum when you go to an important State Function. Have some respect for our Government. In Lincoln's day these two ladies would not have gotten into the door. (Okay, so they didn't have T-shirts in Lincoln's day. See http://www.t-shirtcountdown.com/t-shirts/history.html.)

2.Don't sit in the audience and smirk like Hillar

y Clinton did while the President was speaking. Be nice even though you don't agree with what is being said. He is the President of the United States and deserves respectful listening. Didn't they teach you that in kindergarten, Hillary? (Personal note to Hillary: Nobody likes a smirking president, especially a smirking woman president. Better start looking presidential if you want to win in the next election. It's too bad you were sitting behind Condoleeza Rice and not able to see how to act. She was so sweet and she has lost some weight too. I think she is gearing up to beat off your petunias. I love you both to pieces. Well, maybe not you, Hillary.)

3.If you are a member of the opposition party, clap when member's of the President's party clap. Stand when they stand. Out-clap and out-stand them at every turn. Shout, "Bravo!” when the opposition is least expecting it. It will make them think they missed an important point in the speech that will cause them embarrassment later. You will be able to walk out of the Congress after the speech with your head high in the air. You will have beaten the opposition at their game. You will have shown respect to the Office of the President even if you don't like his policies.

4.If you can't behave, just stay home. If you are a woman say to your husband, "I can't possibly go out tonight, Dear. I have a headache.”

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