Friday, August 26, 2011

"If Anyone Was Looking for the Free Speech Area It's Over There"


On August 26, 2011 in the San Diego area Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter held a job fair that began at 9:00 AM this morning on a community college campus.  The event was held on a Friday, the day of the week when few classes are held and few students are in school.  

A man wearing a suit and tie walking away from the event said disappointedly, "This was a big waste of time, there were a bunch of low-level entry jobs, nothing that I can use."  Another attendee said, "Many of the jobs are military jobs and that's not what I'm looking for." 

A group of people with MoveOn concerned with the country's current economic climate attended to ask Rep. Hunter some questions on cuts to the public sector and the strain it has put on money for jobs that either they or people they know have lost. 

The group was limited to a free speech area to the side of the event away from the host who they had the questions for and away from the media.  Someone propped up these signs designating for them this "free speech area."  The area in which individuals have free speech.