April 2, 2007
By Ken Krayeske • Hartford • 12:30 AM EST
Here's a bunch of links I've been sitting on about the never-ending InauguRellgate story.
Some people - like the blogger at John Burke's Society - think what happened to me signals more ominous times ahead for the elite power structure.
Others think I'm a car on the liberal express trying to derail America. Mr. X weighs in on dirty hippies like me and Mike Lawlor here. I wish that Mr. X was this Mr. X.
Manchester Journal-Inquirer managing editor Chris Powell opines about my situation here. Powell, a good libertarian who wants to see an end to the war on drugs, still thinks I stepped in front of the Governor in the parade. Not a chance. But the media writes what it chooses.
Click here to listen to Colin McEnroe interview me the day the charges were dropped, March 21. It's a worthwhile eight minutes. Colin also had something funny here from a long time ago, that I never put up.
Click here for the text of a presser held by Hartford mayoral candidate and state Rep. Art Feltman.
Look for more exciting news in the future. It is sure to come. Erik Campano, the afternoon anchor at WSTC/WNLK AM down on the Gold Coast, interviewed me last weekend, and should have a podcast out Tuesday. Here's the interview teaser he sent out via email:
Hi Friends,
This week's show is awesome. It's with Ken Krayeske -- you can find his website here -- and we recorded it just after he had his charges dropped against him -- and could finally tell his whole story. He's a political blogger, and avowed pacifist, who was arrested for Breach of Peace at Governor Rell's inauguration while taking her photo; it turns out he was on a "watch list" of potential threats, and was targeted by police. Fascinating stuff in the Land of the Free.
podcast available Tuesday
Talking about his time in jail...
Ken: There were three people in there, four people in there for drug charges. One kid punched a hole in the wall and his mother called the cops. There may have been five or six people there on drug charges, now that I think about it. One kid was in on a gun charge. And the... I don't... some of the kids didn't say it. And then they were like, "What are you in there for?" and I was like "I'm a political prisoner." And they were like looking at me like, I'm nuts. And I've actually often wondered if any of the guys I was in jail with have seen it. Because I was sittin' there in jail saying, "Dude this is wrong. What happened to me was so wrong, so wrong." And I was raging and they were like, "Just shut up."
Me: You actually used the term political prisoner? Because we know that perhaps from the Soviet Union.
Take care,
Erik



