Posted on 09/16/2007 10:37:08 AM PDT by Lafayette99
September 15, the day of International ANSWER’s antiwar protest/“die-in” in the capital, started out calmly enough. But it didn’t end that way.
It began with a pro-troops rally sponsored by the Gathering of Eagles. This was the group that organized thousands of people, mostly Vietnam Vets, to come to the ANSWER rally last March and heckle the bejeezus out of the surprised antiwar protestors marching to the Pentagon. This time, several hundred Eagles were gathered on the mall, waving American flags, singing patriotic songs, and cheering speeches that praised U.S. soldiers and ridiculed the protestors. It was not yet 10 a.m., and hardly any ANSWER activists were to be seen. A funny thing about these D.C. rallies and counter-rallies is that the pro-American side always turns out early, while the leftists can never seem to get anything organized before noon.
Eventually I wandered off to a pre-rally “women’s convergence” sponsored by the antiwar feminists of Code Pink. Around 50 people gathered in front of a little stage on Pennsylvania Avenue. The small crowd was comprised of pink-clad women of various ages along with a few shamefaced men. Having clearly been dragged there against their will by their activist wives, I noticed that the men generally avoided making eye contact with one another. An elderly woman on stage strummed an acoustic guitar and belted out something that sounded like a rightwing parody of a feminist folk song: “Women of birthing; Women of dying; Gather the women; Let the circle begin,” she cooed. I’ve heard some bad music at antiwar protests, but this was by far the worst. I quickly fled the scene.
Read more at: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22413
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So if you heckle does that mean they then have the right to throw eggs at you?
bttt
Jack Langer deserves a purple heart for wading into that pile of feces.
Even HE gives all the press to the lefties.
One of the commenters at the article site was a anti-war rally participant (so I take his remarks with a very large grain of salt). He said 100,000, not 8,000, participated.
Have any numbers having some degree of reliability estimating the size of the protest/march/celebration/happening been put up yet ?
This so perfectly catches the essence of the "anti-war protesters" that it must be chiseled into granite and displayed along major highways.
Thank you so much for posting it.
There was a similar protest here in town. I think a total of 30 people showed up. I went down there looking for a confrontation but it seemed that few if any were willing to do anything more than their stupid “kumbaya” mantras. What a pathetic, slimy lot they were.
That’s the thing that irks me so much about these POS. They want to enjoy all the freedoms we so take for granted every day but are totally unwilling to so much as lift a finger to protect them. Instead they are willing to hand the fox the keys to the henhouse in the vein of the “why can’t we all get along” mentality. They either fail or refuse to acknowledge the dire threat to our country that radical islam presents. I told more than one of them yesterday that the word “peace” does not exist in the word appeasement. It seemed to go right over their pointy little heads.
An interesting piece, but someone should tell Langer that the past tense of “lie” (as in “to lie down”) is “lay,” not “lied.”
Very funny stuff!
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“Then, when two young men danced a little too long for the crowd on top of the wall, the police hit them with pepper spray. Blinded and choking, they went over the wall anyway. A protestor taunted the cops, yelling “Ha-ha, they won.” I suppose if you define “winning” as getting gassed and arrested, then yes, the two men won.”
Only losers would consider that a win.
sounds a lot like someone we know :)
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ROFL!
The Dems have pulled the rug out from under the pacifists because they’ve figured out that it’s no longer in their political interest to have these demonstrations. First, Bush’s policy is making a comeback. Second, the lib anti-war bunch has repeatedly embarrassed the Democrats, and forced them to apologize and/or distance themselves from their own base. Third, they don’t want to be blamed for the disaster that would result from a pull out, so they won’t pass anything requiring a pull out, and thus, they don’t want to support groups that demand a pull out which they know very well they won’t pass.
It is a hoot, isn't it?
For the love of God, as long as we're all going to get old, is acquiring a modicum of wisdom about life along the way asking too much?Bangor Maine is full of these greying hippies, a half-dozen or so who show up in front of the Federal Building (mecca to a leftist) every Tuesday with their anachronistic shrieking signs.
Most people avert their eyes, similar to the way they'd react to a squeegee guy.
Have any numbers having some degree of reliability estimating the size of the protest/march/celebration/happening been put up yet ?
I watched it on C-Span this morning, and my best guess is that 8000 pinkos is a bit generous.....they panned the camera several times.
One thing I noticed during the Eagles part - they played it only after the Pinko Stars - for the Eagles part the C-Span camera and sound crews had an awful lot of troubles with f-stop and sound.....for the Eagles the many-times-repeated darkness and extremely low volume bouts cannot have been accidental!!!
lain, layed, laid, whuh-evuh....
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