RTFA: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/27/16343/2947

Roseland, Indiana is a small town in north central Indiana that has been usurped by two married town counsel members: Dorothy and David Snyder. Why this hasn’t hit the MSM I’ll never know, but it’s an amazing example of political power gone awry.
The two forced elections for town counsel president in July and ousted the current president in a 2-1 vote and the wife, Dorothy Snyder, took control of the town. Since then, residents have been arrested for protesting at the city hall and have been ticketed for signs that display messages demanding new elections to oust the Snyders. An unequivocal dictatorship has been established in Roseland. More below

The story of small-town Roseland, Indiana is truly remarkable. For years, it appears locals have seethed with anger at the very mention of the name “Snyder.” David Snyder appears to have earned the animosity expressed by the town.

Although we’ve posted excerpts of the September 14th attack to RTFA, the full and uncut video is available here. In it, you can distinctly hear the extent to which the townsfolk dislike the Snyders. Seriously - this video is an amazing window into the town of Roseland.

In the WNDU comment forum, if you can get your opinion past the moderators, you will be among dozens of local Roselanders who are perfectly happy with how things happened. Watching the extended video from WNDU, this is obvious. One woman taunts Mr. Snyder and takes pictures of his broken forehead. Another man asks if Mr. Snyder tripped and fell. The town is happy with its justice, but it seems there are people elsewhere on the planet who are adding their opinions.

All the while, WNDU’s copyright takedown notices have prevented this story from being discussed on YouTube, almost as if the small town wanted to keep its business private — as if the rest of the world should stay out of Roseland. Of course, it was WNDU itself that put several versions of the video online, for global consumption. It’s a compelling story that goes back at least to 2005, when Roseland first started publishing its woes of the Snyders, and their successful conquering of the town council.

For better or worse, this story will unfold in a very public manner, in such a way that its public nature has become part of the story itself.

RTFA: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UClIdjK6WB4

Roseland, Indiana, USA

On September 14, 2007, David Snyder was thrown out of the Roseland, Indiana town hall meeting for speaking while he didn’t hold the floor. As the police escorted David from the meeting, violence erupted. The video evidence speaks for itself.

This video has been online through WNDU-TV for more than a week. However, attempts to comment on the event using YouTube have been thwarted by repeated copyright takedown notices. Finally, fair use versions of the event are beginning to surface through YouTube and otherwise.

The story now has two elements: what will come of the Roseland Police, and will YouTube keep this video online?

RTFA: http://cbs5.com/breakingnewsalerts/local_story_269…

(AP) PORTLAND, Ore. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause.

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, “now permits the executive branch of government to conduct surveillance and searches of American citizens without satisfying the probable cause requirements of the Fourth Amendment.”

RTFA: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story…

A team of scientists says it has found a string of vast, rich forests in an unexpected setting: far below the coral reefs found in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The new forests are made out of kelp plants that harbor a huge range of plants and animals. Like tropical rainforests, they may be refuges from threats posed by global climate change.

RTFA: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHVeLP2rb1Sutyk…

Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly said Wednesday his critics took remarks he made about a famed Harlem restaurant out of context and “fabricated a racial controversy where none exists.

“He criticized the liberal group Media Matters for America as “smear merchants” for publicizing statements he made on his radio show last week.O’Reilly told his radio audience that he dined with civil rights activist Al Sharpton at Sylvia’s recently and “couldn’t get over the fact that there was no difference” between the black-run restaurant and others in New York City.

It was just like a suburban Italian restaurant, he said. “There wasn’t any kind of craziness at all,” he said.

Bill “Separate but Equal” O’Reilly.