September 9, 2005 at 14:20:46

Physician who told Cheney to go F*ck Himself Lost his Home in Katrina, Detained, Cuffed by Cheney's M-16-carrying Goons

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"I told them I was probably the person they were looking for, and so they put me in handcuffs and 'detained' me for about 20 minutes or so," Marble wrote. "My right thumb went numb because the cuffs were on so tight, but they were fairly courteous and eventually released me after getting all my contact info. They said I had NOT broken any laws so I was free to go."

So let's get this straight: A physician with a newborn baby loses most everything he owns in the hurricane, does what most of us WANT to do and "echoes" Cheney's words he spoke on the Senate floor last year, walks away harmlessly, mission accomplished, and then once the media cameras leave, he is treated like a foreign terrorist as Cheney's goons waving M-16s handcuff him in front of his destroyed home? Had it not been for the media cameras filming the initial scene, I doubt Cheney's goons would have just let Marble go after 20 minutes.

America, land of the free?

Marble and his family have been in the media spotlight before, including his wife, Lisa, and baby, Sofia Grace, who was born shortly after the storm, on CNN. Marble has also been interviewed in art magazines and the Biloxi Sun Herald about his concert fund-raisers and musical success - one of his bands, dR. O, has had at least 20 No. 1 songs on the MP3.com charts.

"The truth is even with all our losses, we are still luckier than many people down here because at least we didn't die," Marble wrote. "But I thought I could try to raise some awareness to the bad policies of the Dubya Gump administration and also possibly raise some money to replace the many things we lost, and so I decided I would auction the videotape my friend shot of the event. I will also grant an interview to the winner if so desired."

So go to eBay here and place a bid for this important video to help Marble raise some needed funds. I have done so and was at least at one time the high bidder.

Marble also has an Internet site with photographs of some damage in his town at www.HurricaneKatrinaSucked.com. A photo of him is here, and you can also email Marble at clone9@yahoo.com.

Dr. Ben Marble, you rock. May we all return the favor.

UPDATE: Late Friday, Sept. 9, and again on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, eBay, which is owned by strong Bush-Cheney supporters, took down Marble's site.

Marble said it was because he didn't bleep out the first "fu" of "fuck," which he said in an email to me was "pretty silly." I think it's a bunch of BS I did some searches on eBay of profanity they allow that is not even partially bleeped out and found more than 1,250 items on there with the word "bitch," more than 400 items on there with the word "bastard," more than 60 "go to hell" phrases and even two "goddamned son of a bitch" items. Yet, they say they won't even allow "f***." That's fu****. If you want to complain to an eBay bigwig, email meg@ebay.com.

Anyway Marble's forum is up for the fourth time on eBay
here. His second auction was over $1,900 at one time. He is also considering auctioning off some of his paintings.

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Jackson Thoreau:

Donate to help Ben Marble, the physician who lost his home in Katrina and told off Cheney Ebay has pulled the auction twice, so we'd like to do more to help the man a lot of our readers are calling a hero.

Another article about Ben Marble
Get to Know Ben Marble, an Interview with the Guy Who Told Dick Cheney to Go Fuc* Himself.

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