Woo hoo!! Combination FReepathon, Tea Party, March on DC and FReeper Convention thread!!

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[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! We have a lot of business to cover!!

First, we still have about $12k left to go on our current FReepathon. We need to wrap this up so we can keep the FReeper lights on. If you haven't donated yet, but plan on doing so, please click here to git 'er done!

Second, time is running out on our booking contract with the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. Today (8/21) is the last day to book rooms at our discounted $116 per night rate. If you're planning on traveling to DC for our giant National Tea Party and March on Washington on 9/12, please click here to book your room today!

Third, if you are planning on attending our Free Republic National Convention while in DC on Sept 11 through 13, please click here to order your tickets!

Fourth, the tentative schedule of events in DC is as follows:

Thursday, 9-10 (FreedomWorks Sponsor) Click here for complete FreedomWorks schedule and to register for events)

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Liberty Summit at DC Armory

1:00 PM - Press Conference on Capitol Hill

1:30 PM to 5:30 PM - Grassroots lobbying visits on Capitol Hill.

5:30 PM - Doctors Rally Against Socialized Medicine at the Capitol.

Friday, 9-11 (Free Republic National Convention - All Patriots Welcome)

Freepers and other patriots arriving at the Sheraton during the morning and afternoon.

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Free Republic Sign In Table open at Sheraton for Freepers/Patriots to sign in, pick up Convention Ticket/Badges and meet and greet.

6:00 PM - Freepers/Patriots gather for trip to Walter Reed to honor our heroes. Snacks and beverages provided by FreeRepublic DC Chapter at minimal cost to attendees.

9:00 PM - Freepers/Patriots move back to the Sheraton Hotel.

10:00 PM - Freepers/Patriots gather at the Sheraton Roof Top Room for a candlelight vigil in memory of all 9/11 victims and to support of their families and friends. Finger foods and beverages provided.

10:00 PM - Somewhere between 10:00 PM and midnight, Freepers/Patriots greet the arrival of the Tea Party Express Caravan! (Hopefully JimRob and the caravan will arrive before the candlelight vigil.)

Saturday, 9-12

7:30 - 9:00 AM Freepers/Patriots meet for FR Convention buffet breakfast.

9:00 AM - Freepers/Patriots move to the Freedom Plaza by Metro to organize for March to the Capitol.

10:00 AM - March to the Capitol begins. Upon reaching the Capitol, the Rally begins on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. Freepers/Patriots attend various events at the Mall during the day.

6:00 PM - Freepers/Patriots gather at Sheraton for the Free Republic Banquet. Great guest speakers and a wonderful dinner with entertainment will be enjoyed by all!

Sunday, 9/13

Freepers/Patriots will be leaving for home at various times from morning - evening.

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Freepers/Patriots gather at various times for breakfast/brunch at the Sheraton at attendee's expense.

12:30PM - 4:00 PM - Freepers/Patriots gather in Sheraton Meeting Room for discussion workshops to share ideas/plans for political action during 2010 elections. Speakers and discussion will take place.

Fifth, we are traveling from Sacramento to DC with the TeaPartyExpress. Our FReepmobile van will be following behind the two big TeaPartyExpress buses. We'll be holding 35 tea parties in cities all across the nation on the way. Please check the TeaPartyExpress Tour Schedule and join us when we come to a city near you! Click here to contribute to the TeaPartyExpress fund!

And finally, we need help with our DC events and convention expenses. Whether or not you are attending our events in DC, if you would like to help someone else attend or help us meet our general event overhead expenses, please consider donating to our Convention Fund. We've already had three FReepers donate the price of a ticket ($175) so others can attend. Thank you FReepers!! Please mail your checks to Free Republic, LLC, PO Box 9771, Fresno, CA, 93794 and include a note or the words "Convention Fund" on the memo line. Or if you'd rather donate via credit card or PayPal, please use our secure server link and just include "Convention Fund" in the comments field so we can break your donation out and report it separately from our FReepathon totals.

Thank you all very much!!

See you in DC!!

Rebellion is brewing!!

DONT TREAD ON ME!!

[US Navy Vet]

Any estimates on head count for this event?

[CSM]

IB4Z?

;-)

[Jim Robinson]

Sorry, I haven’t heard any estimates yet.

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from Texas
$20 from Florida
$50 from California
$25 from Alabama
$50 from Florida
$10 from Florida
$5 from Delaware
$5 from South Carolina

Thank you all very much!!

[Brytani]

Not enough

[Brytani]

Just talked to reservations online is hosed up. To make room reservations people need to call the 1-800 number

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

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List of Monthly Donors
_____________________________ ~Kim4VRWC’s~ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm adm5 advertising guy afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo bcsco beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod blkmontecarlo BlueLancer Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Brad's Gramma brityank Brytani BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society chesty_puller Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concentric circles concretebob Conspiracy Guy crager crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome eastforker Eddie01 editor-surveyor EdReform ElkGroveDan EllenM Ellesu Empireoftheatom48 Eric Blair 2084 estrogen Exit 148 exit82 eyedigress F.J. Mitchell facedown Fair Paul FairWitness Fiddlstix	____________________________ Flashman_at_the_charge Former War Criminal FreedomPoster freekitty FreeperMania freespirited george76 gidget7 GitmoSailor glock rocks Goldfinch goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GrandmaPatriot GreyMountainReagan GunsareOK HairOfTheDog harpo11 hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly hoosiermama hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR John O Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kay Ludlow KeepingFaith Kitten1 Lady Jag LadyNavyVet LadyPilgrim LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia maica Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk mplsconservative Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses NonValueAdded NormsRevenge notaliberal nothingnew	___________________________ NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie omegatoo Owl_Eagle pandoraou812 pax_et_bonum paulycy Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc Poser primatreat Prince Caspian processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus RandallFlagg Randy Larsen RasterMaster redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 SnarlinCubBear sneakers sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam Tarpaulin Tax-chick Taxman TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff thefactor ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim toddlintown toldyou TomServo truthkeeper Tuscaloosa twin2 Two-Bits umgud upsdriver UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver vandy Verbosus vetvetdoug VirginiaMom w1andsodidwe wireplay WorkerbeeCitizen WVNan xcamel X-FID xzins
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~Kim4VRWC’s~ afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blkmontecarlo brityank Bush_Democrat CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks commonguymd concretebob Conspiracy Guy crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess editor-surveyor eastforker EdReform Ellesu Exit 148 F.J. Mitchell FairWitness Fiddlstix Flashman_at_the_charge FreeperMania freespirited george76 GitmoSailor glock rocks goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GunsareOK HairOfTheDog hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly ImpBill JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo JeanS Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kitten1	LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham McGavin999 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave Mo1 Moiraine mojitojoe mojo114 Mr. Smorch musicman NewLand NinoFan NKitten1Y Attitude notaliberal NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt Pharmboy politicalmerc processing please hold Publius Quilla RabidBartender Randy Larsen RasterMaster RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg SubMareener Tarpaulin TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TomServo Two-Bits umgud UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Verbosus vetvetdoug wireplay X-FID xzins
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~Kim4VRWC’s~ afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blkmontecarlo brityank Bush_Democrat CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks commonguymd concretebob Conspiracy Guy crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess editor-surveyor eastforker EdReform Ellesu Exit 148 F.J. Mitchell FairWitness Fiddlstix Flashman_at_the_charge FreeperMania freespirited george76 GitmoSailor glock rocks goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GunsareOK HairOfTheDog hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly ImpBill JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo JeanS Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kitten1	LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham McGavin999 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave Mo1 Moiraine mojitojoe mojo114 Mr. Smorch musicman NewLand NinoFan NKitten1Y Attitude notaliberal NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt Pharmboy politicalmerc processing please hold Publius Quilla RabidBartender Randy Larsen RasterMaster RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg SubMareener Tarpaulin TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TomServo Two-Bits umgud UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Verbosus vetvetdoug wireplay X-FID xzins
By contributing at least $30 a month or $360 a year to Free Republic, you can be a member of the Dollar-A-Day Club. You can contribute any combination of monthly and/or onetime contributions by Credit Card, Mail-In Check, Money Order or PayPal to reach this goal. Once a member, you may choose to have your name displayed by Freepmailing us or you may remain anonymous. Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

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[concretebob]

PING to the entire COUNTRY!!!!

Here is the latest news and some rules.

I'll have an update re: the March as soon as DCMetro gives FreedomWorks the permit.

Rally Point:
Freedom Plaza
14th and Pennsylvania Ave NW
Time: 0800

March Route:
TBA

ROE for signs:
NO metal poles.
NO pointed wooden poles.
NO nazi symbols will be allowed. Anyone carrying a sign with a Nazi symbol will be asked to surrender the sign or leave the area.
This includes images of Zero as Hitler. (Yes I know the left did it, but we are better than they are)
The socialist images, however, will be encouraged. You know the ones I'm talking about.

NO signs promoting violence or the like will be allowed.
Same rule as above will apply.
NO profanity on signs...same rule.
(You can use words like damn and hell, but that's as far as I'm willing to go; and absolutely NO G__Damn)

Behavior during the rally:
Obey all LEO's without question or hesitation.
Obey the directions of the security personnel and volunteers. They will be clearly identified.
(Security will be in orange, volunteers will be in lime green.)
Behave as if you were a guest in someone's home.

We will present a positive image to the media which hopefully will be presented to the folks across America who couldn't make it.
(Remember, my mother will be watching on TV unless I can convince her to come with us.)

Interaction with potential counter-protesters, moonbats and assorted asshats/anarchists. (if they show-up)

Maintain a safe zone.
DO NOT TOUCH any counter-protester or moonbat.
If you must argue with a moonbat, do so in a calm, reasoned and informed manner.
If you see a potential for trouble, find security or LEO and inform them.
If there is not time to get security or LEO's, be prepared to get arrested if you react to the disturbance and try to hande it on your own.

We do expect you to protect yourself and those around you, however.

Lastly, if you are not comfortable talking to media personnel, DON'T DO IT. Get someone who's good at it.

Thats it, FRiends.
It's time to take our message to the Democrats and RINOs in Congress that we will not sit idly by while they destroy this country.
Its time to show the world we care about the future.
Come to DC on September 12 and be a part of history. Be a part of the largest PRO-AMERICA RALLY ever held.

[concretebob]

Estimates right now are 50K.

[trooprally]

DC Chapter Master Ping List

Lots of info from ConcreteBob on the Saturday 9/12 March and Rally. See his Post 10

Be sure to check out the ROE for signs. Also, Thanks CB for all the hard work you and the others are putting in.

[rdax]

to whom it may concern:

Please get me off the DC Chapter Master Ping List

[trooprally]

Done. Jeez - all you had to do is ask.

If anyone would like to be put ON the DC Chapter Master Ping List, please contact BufordP. Thanks [Mr] T

[concretebob]

One tentative update: the step off time for the march has been changed (tentatively) to 1100.
I will confirm that as soon as I know for sure.

[trooprally]

11AM would be better for the FReepers at the FR convention. Gives them some more time to get there after their AM opening event.

Just let me know the definite time and I’ll ping the Chapter.

[Mr] T

[trisham]

Yippee!

[trisham]

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[Brad’s Gramma]

Buuuuuuuuump THAT!

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$5 from Arizona
$25 from Never Never Land
$20 monthly from Florida
$100 from Missouri
$20 from New York

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! Less than $13k to go!!