Posted on 09/13/2009 8:47:33 AM PDT by johnnyd0422
It doesn't matter how big the swimming pool, it only takes one turd to ruin the party. If you are at the "taxed enough already" protest waving a confederate flag.... you're the turd.
“The theme of this protest was “taxed enough already”.”
I don’t think that was the specific theme of this event; it was broader this time. From the FreedomWorks website: “...as well as the big government policies this group opposes. “
there were a very few. like one in 100,000. but thats all it takes. I saw two myself. I saw another on a link in another thread. But here we have fellow freepers defending the practice....
ok then, wave the stars and bars and give the mainstream the means to discredit the movement. can someone tell me one positive thing that such a symbol brings to our desire to get government off our backs that can’t be represented better by a less controversial symbol? I don’t have a personal problem with the flag. As a symbol of states rights, I approve personally. But politically i know that such a symbol will not win us friends and converts.
1 million? No way. I was there and it was impressive and have have seen some big crowd pictures, but when I came home that night and watched the Ohio state game, they had 106K people in stadium, and I honestly don’t think we made that. I looked up pictures of the Obama inagauration and that looked much much larger. I’ve been to 90K crowd football games, seemed about same.
The Hitler signs were all from LaDouche, but then again nobody seemed to object to Bush and Guilani Hitler mustaches.
Saw on birther, they are as stupid as “truthers”, make us look as dumb as Rosie O’donnel. Obama’s mother was American citizen, so it would not even matter if he were born out of the country.
you are right that wasn't the theme, but it damn sure wasn't "i wish i was in the land of cotton..."
are you scared to reply? where did you go? come one and defend yourself. I’m glad to keep you at the top of the bump list.
Ok, I just found one. An older white lady with a very small hand held Confederate flag.
My word, the way the New York Times reported it, you’d think the Mall was over run with Southerners demanding blood!!!!
I was there. It was a great day.
I did see one Confederate Flag but I
truly wonder if it wasn’t an acorn-type
trying to make us look like racists.
That is very possible. At this point I wouldn’t put anything past that organization.
Did I say, or imply, that having the Confederate flag there was cool? No. Lighten up, Francis.
I'd love to see a view from the air!
I remarked to SirKit, as we left the area of the pool in front of the Capitol, that the grounds were spotless!! There were some signs on the sidewalks around the trash bins, but that was only because there were not enough bins, and the ones that were there were full! But those signs were laid, carefully, next to the full bins, so they couldn't be kicked around and litter the area.
It would be interesting to see the comparison of the grounds after our March, and after the Inauguration, when I remember seeing pictures of just horrible litter everywhere!
I must say, a person in DUmmieland stated “they’re a clean bunch”. No trash anywhere, except as you stated!
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