Capitol Police arrest Lemonade Freedom Day protesters

[PoliticAverse]

Source: The Daily Caller

They set out to sell ice-cold lemonade, but now three Washington, D.C. protesters might need some legal aid.

Capitol police arrested three people Saturday afternoon for selling lemonade on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building. They were participating in “Lemonade Freedom Day” — a national demonstration against a spate of recent lemonade stand shutdowns by police and health inspectors.

According to the D.C. group’s Facebook event page, three lemonistas — Meg Mclain, K.n. Dill and Will Duffield — were taken into custody by Capitol Police. It is not known what the protesters were charged with. The Capitol Police did not return calls for information.

However, the protesters were selling lemonade on the Capitol lawn, rather than the sidewalk. The selling of any item on Capitol grounds is prohibited...



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/20/capitol-police-arrest-lemonade-freedom-day-protesters/

[SoapBox]

1. ...good grief.

This country is a mess.

[DissedByBush]

6. "So, what are you in for?"

"Murder. Bitch deserved it. Whaddabout you?"

"I sold lemonade."

"You are a bad ass criminal! Glad those cops are out there protecting me from the likes of you! Guard! Guard! I need a new cell!"

[SoapBox]

9. LOL

[nyy1998]

17. LMAO! Nicely done

[Arctic Dave]

2. How Gaddafi like of our government.

What tyranny we live in. Are we Libya yet?

[geckosfeet]

3. "selling of any item on Capitol grounds is prohibited". Except the government itself of course.

[jtuck004]

5. +1000 (in small numbers, manilla envelope) /nt

[No Elephants]

16. Ouch.

So true it hurt.

[struggle4progress]

4. I wonder why we don't just allow everybody to set up a booth on the Capitol lawn

and sell anything to anybody who comes along

Wouldn't it be great if you could go there and buy a pair of skull-and-crossbone shoes and a t-shirt that says "Fuck yall" and some powdered rhinohorn to make you big and strong like a rhino and a crackpipe shaped like your favorite congressperson and maybe a little bag of meth and a cheap handgun and a thousand rounds of ammo and such?

I really hope these oppressed lemonade dealers march up to Boston and dump their lemonade in the harbor there!

[Javaman]

7. Wouldn't it been nice if Obama came out and bought a glass?

I know, who am I kidding.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Besides, he's away in Martha's Vineyard. n/t

[Bette Noir]

15. Senator Ron Wyden of OR bought lemonade from a couple of kids

while he was touring the state this week. He's a hell of a guy; I just love him.

[Javaman]

18. I wish more of them were like him. nt

[OneAngryDemocrat]

10. The "Protesters" are Right-Wing Libertarian Activist's

My guess is that that were seeking to 'suggest' that their right to sell free-market lemonade was being infringed upon, even though they were actually simple trespassers...

...who are also funded by the Koch brothers and ardent supporters of the Tea Party.

This is a James O'Keefe-style smear job, folks.

http://cdevolution.org/meg-mclains-response-to-the-nation-magazines-attack-against-her/

[PoliticAverse]

11. The link in your own post contains a refutation of your claims...

that they are funded by the Koch brothers. Do you have any evidence that this 'lemonade protest'
was a Koch funded stunt ?

[OneAngryDemocrat]

12. Yes...

The sons of bitches "refuting" the claim were llibertarian right-wingers.

You gonna believe katrina Vanden Heuvel or the Tea Party?

[PoliticAverse]

13. Perhaps you missed Katrina Vanden Heuvel's apology/retraction...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/156700/apology-john-tyner

[OneAngryDemocrat]

14. Perhaps I did...

...but she's STILL a looney Libertarian.

"I believe all "social orders/governments" should be by voluntary participation only. I have no problem with anyone wanting a government, just don't require (aka use force, threats of force, etc...) anyone to join. I personally don't want to participate in one."

http://www.facebook.com/smegmclain