Remember when Christmas was about “peace on earth and goodwill towards men”? This would be a perfect way to symbolize that sentiment.

Well it is unless you live in one of those corporate run communities that have a home owners association:

A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.

Some residents who have complained have children serving in Iraq, said Bob Kearns, president of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs. He said some residents have also believed it was a symbol of Satan. Three or four residents complained, he said.

“Somebody could put up signs that say drop bombs on Iraq. If you let one go up you have to let them all go up,” he said in a telephone interview Sunday.

So the home owner’s association is upset because they feel it speaks out against Iraq – you know that war where we are supposed to be spreading democracy? So how about this democratic approach to handling the situation:

Kearns ordered the committee to require Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was merely a seasonal symbol that didn’t say anything. Kearns fired all five committee members.

That sounds like George Bush styled democracy to me – if something isn’t decided upon the way you want then you fire them. I really hope this case ends up going to court so that these so-called “activist judges” can rule in favor of freedom of speech.

If anything people should learn a lesson from this. Don’t purchase a home in a condominium or community with a home owner’s association. It deprives you of your very basic right in this democracy of owning land. They also deprive you of your constitutional right of free speech and a shining example of why corporations absolutely hate what America stands for.