If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck..ITS A DUCK.

When journalists can be arrested for presenting the news, (the news that those in power prefer not be reported) it is a red flag that the democratic process is in jeopardy....WHERE IS THE FREE PRESS-- PEOPLE????? WHY ARE WE BEING DENIED???????????????
Go to for the whole story.... http://www.truthout.org/article/amy-goodman-and-two-democracy-now-producers-unlawfully-arrested-at-rnc

Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC

Monday 01 September 2008
by: Democracy Now!

Journalist Amy Goodman was arrested on Monday in St. Paul, after attempting to defend two detained colleagues.

"Editor's Note: Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was arrested Monday afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she was covering the Republican National Convention. Police seized Goodman as she attempted to defend two Democracy Now! producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, who had just been arrested on "probable cause for riot." Goodman and her colleagues are now being held at the Ramsey County Jail."

"Earlier this month, before the Democratic and Republican conventions began, Goodman wrote an op-ed warning of an impending police crackdown in Denver and St. Paul. "Dissent is essential to the functioning of a democratic society," Goodman wrote. "There is no more important time than now." -ms/TO"

"Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amenmdent rights of these journalists."

"Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's leading independent news outlet."