Physician who told off Cheney lost home in Katrina, detained, now on eBay

[jackson]

By Jackson Thoreau

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 Dick Cheney to "go fuck 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, shittiest administration in U.S. history on Thursday.

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.

For the rest of the column go to
http://opednews.com/articles/opedne_jackson__050909_physician_who_told_o.htm

[eleny]

1. Thanks!!!

[CottonBear]

2. Trent Lott said that everyone could go back to their homes in MS

and that no one was being kept out. I suppose he lied the other day.

[IChing]

3. orginal post already at 17 nominations so if you nominate go to link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4714080

[hiley]

4. Very good!

Thank you Jackson and welcome to du.
Hiley

[ms liberty]

5. kick

[IChing]

6. now at 37 nomination on orginal post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4714080

[hiley]

7. Jackson Thoreau?

Is this you?
:9

[jackson]

10. I wish.

But if it was me, I would leave out the 'Mr.' part....

[hiley]

13. well Jackson you are welcome here at du

thank you for posting this, I had not noticed the other post.
hiley

[NMDemDist2]

8. kicked and nominated n/t

[Clark2008]

9. I don't have any money to send him, but I'd LOVE to

bake hims some cookies!

What a cool-sounding dude!

Thanks for finding this!

[hiley]

11. I am listening to his music

now, very good too!
http://www.hurricanekatrinasucked.com/
http://www.myspace.com/yoon

[blue sky at night]

12. wait a second....

I wish you had really read the post, he was NOT arrested just detained. I was getting really mad until I read the whole post. Please get the story straight, we don't want to jump to conclusions do we? I admit he got a raw deal, but an arrest record relating to the V.P. would not look good on the resume. BTW, this guy should be nominated for some kind of Medal of Honor, what large testicles!

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."

thanks, by the time I posted you edited the original!!

[H3Dakota]

16. Hadn't broken laws, so not arrested

Then what was the point of spending the time looking for him & then detaining him then? Surely the MPs have better things to do these days... (can't imagine WHAT)...???

[moodforaday]

14. He was told he didn't break any law

and was released afetr 20 minutes. Good for him. I wish I could shake this gentleman's hand!

:toast:

[Julius Civitatus]

17. But they filed his data. I'm sure he can't board a plane anymore

Any bets he's been put in the "terror suspects" list?

[moodforaday]

19. That's almost a given n/t

[EVDebs]

22. School teachers, almanac readers, now doctors....

But Total Information Awareness has been offshored to the Bahamas with Ben Bell III's company anyway. Who watches the 'watchers' ?

[cliss]

15. Thanks, Jackson.

As usual, we here at the DU are the Bestest with the Mostest.

Thanks to diligent posters like you.

:smoke: Welcome to the DU!!:toast:

[ArkDem]

18. eBay can detain you?

[Kolesar]

21. Only if you are a jpeg of less than 140kB and pay the fee

[IntravenousDemilo]

20. You can show him your appreciation at

http://www.forumearth.com/viewforum.php?f=63

[ProudDad]

23. I WISH I'd said that!

If only I get the chance!!!

Maybe when Dianne F. shows up...

[Spinzonner]

24. Cursing Cheney should be made mandatory

[Kali]

25. Ebay took it down

The listing is gone. WTF?

[NVMojo]

26. KICK!