We are no longer the land of the free

" ' "It's disappointing at a time like this that when all Americans need to come together and focus on relief efforts and recovery efforts in the Gulf, someone divisive was placed in a position of power," Bockelman said.' "
No, "[i]t's disappointing at a time like this that when all Americans need to come together and focus on relief efforts and recovery efforts in the Gulf, someone" was excluded from participating in devising a solution because his speech was seen as divisive.
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