As a photographer stories like this really get my blood boiling: A few weeks ago, on his way to work, Matt Urick stopped to snap a few pictures of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s headquarters. He thought the building was ugly but might make for an interesting photo. The uniformed officer who […]
I guess the first amendment is null and void: A photographer taking pictures of a BP refinery in Texas was detained by a BP security official, local police and a man who said he was from the Department of Homeland Security, according to ProPublica, a non-profit news organization in the U.S. The photographer, Lance Rosenfield, […]
Meghan McCain didn’t get everything done her way at the correspondents’ dinner, so she ended up having a little temper tantrum: Sen. John McCain’s daughter — who writes online for The Daily Beast and will soon release a book about life as a Republican — lost it after getting stopped by security when she arrived […]
If it isn’t his involvement with hookers, then its something else: Vitter, according to the witness, remained defiant, yelling that the employee could call the police if he wanted to and their supervisors, who, presumably, might be more impressed with his Senator’s pin. But after talking a huffy big game, Vitter apparently thought better of […]
First they get victimized by the Government’s inactions during Katrina. Now they get their Constitutional rights shredded by FEMA: Residents of trailer parks set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house hurricane victims in Louisiana aren’t allowed to talk to the press without an official escort, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate reported. In one […]
Anyone living near this mall, or any malls operated by the parent company, should be urged to boycott them: A southwest Missouri mall defended its dress code after a security guard told a 10-year-old girl her bandanna decorated with peace signs, smiley faces and flowers violated the mall’s code of conduct. Lydia Smith, who was […]