Justice department tracking Greens?

• Author: Stuber, Doug
• Position: Thinking Politically

I was trying to make an important trip to gather artists for Henry James Art in Raleigh, NC, USA when I was told (ticket in hand) that I was not allowed to fly out that day.

Curious, I asked "why not?" and the answer at Raleigh Durham Airport (RDU) was that I had yelled, over three rows, "Bush is as dumb as a rock." This was part of a conversation with two African American men I had never met, and that included talk of how the CIA polluted downtown America with crack, and how Jerry Falwell used church coffers to buy planes for "Falell Aviation."

So I was denied a flight, but thought I'd come back the next mooring, really early, switch airlines and fly to Paris, to catch a train to Prague from there.

Naturally, I went back the next morning, and instead of paying $670 round trip was forced into a $2,600 same day fare. I was mad enough about the money, but what happened in the next 24 hours was mind-boggling.

It was 6 am and my first flight wasn't due out until 11:45 am, so I had plenty of time to kill. At exactly 10:52 am, just before boarding was to begin, I was approached by Officer Stanley (the same policeman I was ushered out of the airport by the day before) and he said he "wanted to talk to me."

I went with him, but reminded him that no one had said I could not fly, and that my flight was about to leave. (I also knew that I could make the Air France connection in Atlanta and still make it to Prague in time, as long as I could catch a Delta flight at 1:10 pm, so I wasn't too worried yet.)

The officer took me into a room and questioned me for one hour. By noon Stanley introduced me to two gentlemen I will refer to as Secret Service A and Secret Service B (SS-A and SS-B). Here is where the story proves the US is in a "totalitarian capitalist" state of fascism.

SS-A and SS-B took full eye-open pictures with a digital camera. They then asked me all the details about my family, where I lived, who I ever knew, what the Greens are up to, etc.

At one point I asked if they really believed the Greens were equal to al Qaeda. Here they made an error. They showed me a document from the Justice Department (Ashcroft and friends) that actually does show the Greens as likely terrorists. Just as likely as al Qaeda members. Man, I wish Iliad had a camera to be able to copy that document!

Sure enough we...