A man who recently approached Vice President Dick Cheney and told him simply “Your policies in Iraq are reprehensible.” was arrested ten minutes later by a Secret Service agent and charged with assault. America sure can suck these days. Anyways, he is now suing the Secret Service agent who arrested him.

“We will go to trial and let a Colorado jury decide what type of damages are appropriate,” says Howards. “This isn’t about anything I did. This about what I said. There is a frontal assault occurring on our constitutional right to free speech. We brought this suit because of our belief that this Administration’s attempt to suppress free speech is a greater threat to the long-term integrity of this nation than ten Osama bin Ladens.”

A-men, brother.