August 2004

Careful what you wear in the Land of the Free

Submitted by Rick Eyre on August 13 2004, 2:39 am

An amazing story from the USA, of a couple in Charleston, West Virginia who wore T-shirts with anti-GW Bush slogans when they attended the President's official Fourth of July appearance at the State Capitol.

Jeff and Nicole Rank were ejected from the rally, arrested, handcuffed, fingerprinted and remanded to appear in court at a later date. And Nicole then found herself sacked from her job in classical Kafkaesque fashion.

The Arnold Schwarzenegger Song

Submitted by Rick Eyre on August 11 2004, 10:08 am

(The following is a song that I sing to Adara sometimes. Please note that there is a special bonus feature at the end of this presentation.)

I am the Governor of Cauliflower,
I am the Governor of Cauliflower,
I am the Governor of Cauliflower,
Cauliflower Governor am I.

Yes your name doesn't infringe trademark after all

Submitted by Rick Eyre on August 8 2004, 4:21 am

We know how much Ashcroft and the neo-con thugs are trying to make the American Constitution's First Amendment irrelevant, but here's a case settled by the US Court of Appeals in favour of an individual whose surname happened to be the same as that of a big multinational.

Nissan Motors sued Mr Uzi Nissan for setting up a website registered as nissan.com. After winning their case, the decision was overturned in Mr Nissan's favour at appeal.