Socialist Script 
By Linus Leavens 

The Burlington Free Press has followed the script handed to them by Socialist activists. On December 1, 2007, an Anti-War club at Mount Mansfield Union High School conducted a protest at the Vermont National Guard recruitment office in Williston, VT. just a day after trying to oust military recruiters at their high school.

The headlines "War protesters cited" & "High-schoolers organized demonstration" appeared 12/1/07 along with photos of the event. BFP reporters & photographers had recorded the events as they unfolded, videotaping the protesters as they approached the recruitment office. Photos & video were posted on the BFP web site.

Interviewed was an adult, Matt Howard, "reached by cell phone while he was inside the guard offices". He's the president of Iraq Veterans Against the War Vt (Google "Matt Howard Socialist" & "Matt Howard Cindy Sheehan").

Despite representation that students organized the protest, the published photos & video on the web clearly show adults with a bullhorn leading & urging on the High School club members (Google "BurlingtonFreePress.com").

Clearly, the BFP staff on the scene were willing participants in this manufactured news event. How did they get Matt Howard's cell phone #? Why was an adult activist quoted in a story of a protest represented as being about 14-year-olds? Why wasn't the teacher sponsor of the MMU anti-war club identified & interviewed? Does this high school anti-war club even have a teacher supervisor?

Interestingly, the story was also posted anonymously at 3 am Dec 1st on an Indy-media web site (Google "Infoshop news Williston, Vt") run by Chuck Munson, whose mantra posted on the site is "Kill Capitalism before it kills you".

The outrageous behavior of the adults present has yet to be addressed. They have used children as Socialist puppets & encouraged them to be cited for criminal trespass. They have taught these children that it's okay to exceed the constitutional boundaries of free speech & to have complete disregard for private property rights. These people have contributed to the delinquency of minors using IVAW's 501(c)3 status.

The parents, many of whom undoubtedly approve of their children's actions, are not being held accountable. And on what basis did Chittenden Co. prosecutor T. J. Donovan decline to cite some of the minors at the scene who clearly violated the law?

Two protests get front-page headlines with photos, video, blogs, the works. But have the students learned anything at all about critical thinking? Have the subscribers & readers of the Burlington Free Press truly been informed of all the facts? Has the BFP been an unbiased reflection of the truth here? You already know the answer.

Linus Leavens
70 Patchen Rd.,
So. Burlington, VT 05403