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Parade Protest

POSTED: Monday, July 6 at 8:45 p.m.

"I began to boo when I saw that it said, '911 was an inside job" because I found it so offensive," said Columbus resident Charlene Larson.

On the day we celebrate the founding of our nation, one man finds himself behind bars.

Every year the Columbus Fourth of July parade attracts about 10,000 people, and one of those people this year is now the talk of the town.

The first 90 minutes of the parade was just like any other year, until a protester who designed his own float somehow entered the procession.

He screamed the following through speakers on the roof. "It's time for you to literally break out of that cage. It's time for you to burst out like the incredible hulk. It's time for you to get wild! There's nothing that can stop you now! Yeah!"

The car managed to make it through the entire parade following the main road through the center of town. At the end of the route the crowd began to boo and he stopped the car. That is when it got ugly.

The man, who police say is 31-year-old Mark Spinler of Beaver Dam, further taunted the onlookers until a few men ran out from the crowd and began tearing the sings off his car. One said "911 = Inside Job". Another read, "America: You Are All Slaves". He held a camera the entire time recording it all.

Added Larson, "I believe you have freedom of speech. But I do believe that you don't have the freedom to come to a peaceful gathering and start something ugly. which is what I feel he was trying to do."

Police say Spinler hit two people with his car and nearly hit others who had to dive out of the way as he tried to escape. He was arrested a short time later and charged with 2nd Degree Reckless Endangerment and Disorder Conduct.


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  • by Anonymous on Jun 27, 2012 at 09:39 AM
    zeitgeist
  • by RSBL Location: Vermont on Jul 20, 2009 at 07:30 AM
    Besides, I will go everywhere the media tries to spin the truth and demonize real patriots and obscure the truth, your not doing it, so someone has to. You must be against freedom of speech, must have been one of those knee jerk mobsters that rushed the vehicle to silence someone for speaking truth? You must have voted for Obama, or Bush even, you hate the bill of rights dont you, as long as it is for "others" to be silenced, but you fail to realize, its a double edged sword, you silence others, you have silenced yourself. People speaking out on unpopular subjects, created this country, if you hate freedom so much, you should move somewhere more comfortable, like China, they are big on censorship so you dont have to think for yourself. Its coming to a head in this country, constitutionally, if you think things are getting better, according to MSM, you are wrong, its on purpose, they are ruining this place for a goal of one world governance, MSM is a tool for convincing you.
  • by RSBL Location: Vermont on Jul 20, 2009 at 07:20 AM
    LOL, so thats why you are ignorant, you dont have time to pay attention, you are too lazy to look at facts, that is why we as a people are in this mess, you let the corporate controlled media do your reading for you, and then filter everything so you can continue to have happy thoughts? I do have important things to do, and this is one of them, maybe your most important thing is watching american idol? I do this because people like you vote, and if you vote without knowing what your voting for, because you let the media decide what is relevant issues, then you are affecting me and my family. So get off your high horse of ignorance, start paying attention, turn off the prpaganda machine (MSM media) and start doing your own thinking and researching, other than that, you are just a useful idiot to them. There is a war going on, and it is against us, we the people, and you are enabling the usurpers, and it causes great harm to the rest of us who are paying attention and get affected.
  • by Anonymous Location: Madison, WISCOSNIN on Jul 17, 2009 at 02:25 PM
    RSBL, don't you have ANYTHING more inportant to do then site and blog on a Madison, WI news site from Vermont? Please, stick to your local news and quit writing paragraphs on ours. I havn't even read any of them because they are too darn long anyways. Please, get a life and watch some Vermont news and blog about that!
  • by RSBL Location: Vermont on Jul 17, 2009 at 01:04 PM
    "The pipeline length is approximately 3,300 km, starting at the Georgian/Turkish and/or Iranian/Turkish border respectively, leading to Baumgarten in Austria." From the NABUSSCO website and our state dept. website. Now, I wonder why we needed to go to war in the middle east, this project was in place before 9/11, and was also to go through afghanistan, but the Taliban refused. They were threatened to be bombed if they didnt cooperate with certain corporations. You all need to start connecting the dots, there is plenty of motive to go to war, but its all for greed, not democracy, not freedom, you think they have more or less freedom now that we are there? How about us here? Which freedom are we protecting while we lose them all. This guy in the parade was giving you a wake up call....WAKE UP!! To them you are sheep, the cash cow, the peasants who should shut up and just go shopping, there is no change, just a new face. If you love your freedom, better start paying attention!
  • by RSBL Location: Vermont on Jul 17, 2009 at 12:50 PM
    Here is a nice little quote from Hillery Klinton from the dept of state website, she is addressing the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): "Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future." Shouldnt they be getting their ideas and orders from WE the People?? Not some unelected thinktank special interest group where most of our pres candidates came from last election, who are bent on world domination? We have been usurped as the government and bypassed, by the gov; think you have choice? Think they wouldnt do anything to keep that power from you? They want a one world government, goodbye to the Constitution. Conspiracy? yep
  • by RSBL on Jul 17, 2009 at 12:40 PM
    http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126071.htm Still think you people have any say in what your money is doing, or what we are doing around the world? Aparently, our lovable government does not get their orders and ideas from we the people, they get their marching orders from unelected special interest groups, hell bent on world domination. Research the CFR and look at what they stand for and what they have done already. Oblama was a member, and so was guiliani, bush, you think there is a difference between repubs and dems? Haha, they all get their orders from special interests that donate to their campaigns and other interests. They have no loyalty to the US, they are all globalists. You really think these people wouldnt pull off 9/11, you know, to make an omellete ya got to break a few eggs right? In fact, take a look at most of the pres candidates last election, see if they were a member. You all need to wake up and smell the tyrany and see what is going on while yousleep
  • by History Lessons on Jul 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM
    One of my favorites: “Look, if you think any American official is going to tell you the truth, then you're stupid. Did you hear that? - Stupid.” - Arthur Sylvester, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 1965, at a Vietnam press meeting as reported by: Hammond, William M. Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War, 1998.
  • by RSBL Location: Vermont on Jul 15, 2009 at 02:28 PM
    John, there were no insults in my last post, it was a deduction based on what came out of your mouth and onto the screen. I know context of a conversation gets lost in translating through the keyboard. I am not being defensive either, however, having to explain simple observations is taxing in the patience dept. I wouldnt have to say anything had others done their homework, all I have seen from alot of people saying (almost word for word) the exact same thing the establishment spews as the official story, (which is impossible to happen) or some lame attempt to quote a debunked "debunker" which says to me, someone didnt do their research and are just parroting what they heard from a source they "think" is credible. If anyone was paying attention...credibility from "official" sources went out the window a long time ago. Assuming conspiracies dont happen, would be like believing in the tooth fairy, and is a major strategic error in critical thinking and basic observance.
  • by John Location: Deere on Jul 15, 2009 at 11:11 AM
    Again RSBL, not a big fan of your insults. I guess until you decide you can engage in a civil conversation without your defensive manner, I am finished with you.

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