speaking truth to power

written:
excerpted here http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=26781
full article here http://www.fff.org/comment/com0909b.asp

verbal:
three years ago http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879#

living under occupation:
"This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog," yelled al-Zaidi in Arabic as he threw his first shoe towards the U.S. president. "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq," he shouted as he threw his second shoe. (from the wiki)