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Hey, at least Marble was polite. After all, he referred to Cheney as "Mr. Cheney."
by jacksonthor
Fri Sep 9th, 2005 at 12:34:13 PDT
By Jackson Thoreau
Marble also has an Internet site with photographs of some damage in his town at http://www.HurricaneKatrinaSucked.com . A photo of him is at http://www.theharbinger.org/xix/000919/smith.html and you can also email Marble at [email protected] .Dr. Ben Marble, a young emergency room physician who plays in alternative rock bands and does art on the side, needs our help. Since he was the one who told Cheney to "go yourself" on Thursday, that's the least we can do.
Marble is a complex guy, to say the least. Some of the lyrics he writes can be considered harsh by some - personally what I've heard is very much on target - but he has a softer side as an organizer of breast cancer fund-raisers, not to mention an ER doctor.
When he, like thousands of others, lost his home due to Hurricane Katrina last week, it was the single most traumatic week of his life. That led to his confrontation with the man who best represents the worst of the most callous, heartless, tiest administration in U.S. history on Thursday.
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As Marble explains, he was driving to his destroyed house Thursday in Gulfport, Ms., when military police refused to allow him to cross a barricade that was about 200 feet from his home. They forced him to drive an extra 20 minutes and spend even more on gasoline.
"Thanks to Dubya Gump and Mr. Cheney, gas is really expensive and extremely hard to get anywhere Katrina has destroyed," Marble wrote. "So needless to say, I was extremely aggravated that they wouldn't let me pass."
Suddenly a long line of dark cars pulled up, and they honked at Marble to back up to let them through the barricade that supposedly no one could drive through. That only made Marble madder so he did what most of us would do - or at least consider doing.
"I waved a middle finger at the caravan," Marble wrote.
After driving the extra 20 minutes and filming video of destruction along the way, he made it to his home. Marble overheard a neighbor say that Cheney was down the street talking to people. That's when he got the idea to go meet Dr. Evil himself.
"I am no fan of Mr. Cheney because of several reasons," Marble wrote. "For those who don't know, Mr. Cheney is infamous for telling Senator Leahy 'go fu** yourself' on the Senate floor. Also, I am not happy about the fact that thousands have died due to the slow action of FEMA, not to even mention the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time, i.e. Iraq."
So Marble asked a couple police officers if he and a friend could walk down to Cheney. They told him Cheney was "looking forward" to talking to "the locals."
"So we grabbed my Canon digital rebel and my Sony videocamera and started walking down the street," Marble wrote. "And then right in front of the destroyed tennis court I used to play on Cheney was giving a pep rally, talking to the press. The secret service guys patted us down and waved the wands over us, and then let us pass."
As he stood about 10 feet away from Cheney and his friend and some camera operators from CNN and other media filmed the scene, Marble suddenly yelled, "Go yourself, Mr. Cheney! Go yourself, you asshole!"
Hey, at least Marble was polite. After all, he referred to Cheney as "Mr. Cheney."
"I had no intention of harming anyone but merely wanted to echo Mr. Cheney's infamous words back at him," Marble wrote. "At that moment, I noticed the Secret Service guys with a panic-stricken look on their faces, like they were about to tackle me, so I calmly walked away back to my former house."
His friend videotaped a little bit longer and then came back to Marble's house. As they were salvaging a few things from Marble's home, two military police waving M-16's showed up and said they were looking for someone who fit Marble's description who had cursed at Cheney.
"I told them I was probably the person they were looking for, and so they put me in handcuffs and 'detained' me for about 20 minutes or so," Marble wrote. "My right thumb went numb because the cuffs were on so tight, but they were fairly courteous and eventually released me after getting all my contact info. They said I had NOT broken any laws so I was free to go."
So let's get this straight: A physician with a newborn baby loses most everything he owns in the hurricane, does what most of us WANT to do and "echoes" Cheney's words he spoke on the god-damned Senate floor last year, walks away harmlessly, mission accomplished, and then once the media cameras leave, he is treated like a foreign terrorist as Cheney's goons waving M-16s handcuff him in front of his destroyed home? Had it not been for the media cameras filming the initial scene, I doubt Cheney's goons would have just let Marble go after 20 minutes.
America, land of the free?
Marble and his family have been in the media spotlight before, including his wife, Lisa, and baby, Sofia Grace, who was born shortly after the storm, on CNN. Marble has also been interviewed in art magazines and the Biloxi Sun Herald about his concert fund-raisers and musical success -- one of his bands, dR. O, has had at least 20 No. 1 songs on the MP3.com charts.
"The truth is even with all our losses, we are still luckier than many people down here because at least we didn't die," Marble wrote. "But I thought I could try to raise some awareness to the bad policies of the Dubya Gump administration and also possibly raise some money to replace the many things we lost, and so I decided I would auction the videotape my friend shot of the event. I will also grant an interview
to the winner if so desired."
So go to eBay here and place a bid for this important video to help Marble raise some needed funds. I have done so and was at least at one time the high bidder.
The video on EBay is currently at $243.50. You can bid here
Hey, at least Marble was polite. After all, he referred to Cheney as "Mr. Cheney."
What a hero.
So that was some local doctor. I guess that proves me wrong. When I heard that unhinged voice screaming "go yourself cheney" I thought....NBADan?
He shouldn't have been handcuffed for it though.
"Broke no laws" but was handcuffed and interrogated by armed military police?
That's harassment and intimidation.
This poor mofo Marble's troubles are just beginning.
Expect IRS audits, and all kinds of other .
head, GO YOURSELF.
I am sure he didn't enough gas money for his tahoe ..
*sigh*
That's seriously ty that they wouldn't let him through, though. I'd have probably given them the bird, too. There aren't any functional Tigermarts around there for a long ways....
What a patriot!!!!!
It was pretty hilarious.
Yea I just saw that on Mexican TV news hahah.
I am sure they won't charge the guy just had to detain him for security reasons (make sure he's not a suicider or armed etc). I am sure he was released after Cheney left the area.
also, they had to check to see who he was. he is now, "on the list." and who gives a if he had to drive extra. that is what happens when a vip is in the area. you can't be too safe.
also, for a doctor, he is not too smart. and i don't agree with the writer when he says most would like to tell cheney to go himself.. that is bull ...
The author, Thoreau, is a contributing writer for Liberal Slant, so it's no surprise that he would spin it that way.
http://www.liberalslant.com/
No slant is even needed. Yeah, I'd tell Cheney to go himself too.
Bas was no where to be seen during Katrina.
most ers didn't even try to get out themselves... they are too used to government handouts.
You are an idiot and I pray that your ignorant ass never goes through a disaster like this.
tell me what i said is not true... many wanted to ride out the storm and IGNORED warnings..
Unfortunately too many dems have this same juvenile profane mindset.
And they wonder why the American people won't elect them into the White House.
They elected Bill to two terms!!!
And I've seen plenty of "juvenille mindset" from conservative republicans.
i voted for bill...
You mean the same one Cheney has?Unfortunately too many dems have this same juvenile profane mindset.
If you want to get juvenille -- he said it first!
They've gone farther left since Bill. Should have stayed closer to center.
The juvenile mindset comment was more specific to JP than a generalization.
Okay, said it too.
Heh-heh.
You said .[/juvenille Butt-Head reference]
That guys is dumb because now for the rest of his life the "agency" is going to be keeping taps on him 24x7..
They gonna know when he craps.. when he eats and where he eats. When and where he sleeps and he can forget about ever having a private phone call the rest of his life.
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