Report originally posted on AfterDowningStreet.org, 8/14/07:
cellphone photo by Carol Huhs
Report by Anne Pritchett and Carol Huhs
In case you haven’t heard, last night Kansas Representative Dennis
Moore and Kansas Senator Pat Roberts met for a little “kaffeeklatch” at
Johnson County Community College (JCCC) near Kansas City, Kansas. It
was an attempt at bipartisanship – – a blue dog Dem talking with a
Repub – – trying to make all the problems go away. They sat and talked
about nothing for about an hour and a half. They took questions from
the audience that were written on postcards and screened by the
evening’s moderator – – who made sure that all questions asked of the
gentlemen in public were totally inane. You all know the view of the
American public on the war – – an overwhelming majority want it OVER –
– and there was NOT ONE WORD mentioned about the w-a-r.
Well, about 9pm as they were wrapping up, there was a sudden
unveiling of the truth! The audience heard a “thud-thud-thud” and
turned around to find to the dismay of Moore and Roberts, no doubt, a
HUGE banner which you will see in the pictures.
Kaedden [last name unknown], an employee of JCCC, willingly “fell on
his sword,” as activist David Quinly put it. He knew he would be fired
from his job working for the theater at JCCC, but still climbed up on
the catwalk to push the banner out so everyone could see it. He was
taken to the Security office and questioned for about an hour. David
asked him later if he had been water-boarded or otherwise tortured.
Kaedden wasn’t sure if they would press charges of any type. He said
that the college threatened to “ban” him from the campus. We were ready
to post bail!
Hopefully, this may help to open some folks’ eyes.