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After action report!! Richmond Freepers & Protest Warriors Take Back The Streets !!
7/3/04 | GeorgeW23225

Posted on 07/03/2004 5:20:54 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225

A combined effort between Freepers and Protest Warriors was a MAJOR success today in Richmond, Virginia!!

A.N.S.W.E.R. and local socialist sympathizers (IndyMedia) were taken by surprise by a joint operation called "Lightning Bolt". What was supposed to be a HUGE Anti- Bush, Anti-War, Anti-America, Anti-Everything rally, turned out to be nothing more than maybe 200 - 300 hundred of the "usual" suspects. In other words, the un-washed, and the un-employable !! There seemed to be more police than protestors, even though, as an inducement to swell the crowd of protestors, they advertised "Free Food". As the Freepers and Protest Warriors lined Belvidere and Franklin Streets with signs and flags, motorists started beeping their car horns and giving us the "thumbs-up". This did not please the socialists and anarchists. Nor did the fact that we received a large amount of media attention. Several Freepers and Protest Warriors were interviewed by 2 local television stations, and 2 local reporters for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Not "one" American flag was seen in the march, BUT......a large "United Nations" flag was proudly hoisted in the middle of the marchers. This will come as no surprise to Freepers, but it is nonetheless disheartening to see people who would rather carry a U.N. flag in place of an American flag.

We were all thrilled at the reception of the local residents who supported our efforts, but the entire day was justified when a young man, who was out riding his bicycle, stopped to thank us for supporting the troops. He was a former Marine, and he just wanted us to know how much our support meant to him.

It was a good day......a VERY good day !!


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aar; anarchists; answer; commonwealthofva; leftists; march; president; protest; richmond; richmondva; socialists; streets; support; supportourtroops; theolddominion; troops; va; virginia; warrior
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To: Flora McDonald
"Mud lined everybody up to sing "Where Have All the Hippies Gone...""

A perfect use for MUD's songs: anti-protest music. I love it.

61 posted on 07/04/2004 4:41:01 AM PDT by sultan88 (I plan to win one more for the Gipper.)
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To: Flora McDonald
Thanks for posting the pics!

They were great. I wonder why the anti-everything America protesters always look the way they do. They look like freaks.

Great job on the comeback lines.

You represented what is wonderful about this country. We need more of this IMO.
62 posted on 07/04/2004 6:02:17 AM PDT by MissyMa
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To: GeorgeW23225; Mudboy Slim

Great work by you fine folks standing up to the anti-American idiots. Stay strong!


63 posted on 07/04/2004 6:02:58 AM PDT by Coop (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Mudboy Slim

!!!!!!!!!!


64 posted on 07/04/2004 6:31:35 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: jmstein7

Ping!


65 posted on 07/04/2004 6:55:00 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (http://www.osurepublicans.com)
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To: Mudboy Slim

Good job Mud!

And to all the rest of you Freepers in attendance;
THANK YOU!!!


66 posted on 07/04/2004 8:59:48 AM PDT by FBD (...Liberalism- The Religion of Appeasement...)
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To: sultan88

I see that!
Thanks for the ping, Sultan.


67 posted on 07/04/2004 9:04:07 AM PDT by FBD (...Liberalism- The Religion of Appeasement...)
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To: Flora McDonald

Great job Richmond Freepers!!!


68 posted on 07/04/2004 9:06:40 AM PDT by conservaDave
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To: GeorgeW23225
"FREE FOOD" LOLOL
Happy 4th, FReepers & Protest Warriors!
69 posted on 07/04/2004 9:11:15 AM PDT by Libertina (Red White & Blue - May God bless her forever!)
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To: GeorgeW23225

So now the UN flag has 'officially' replaced the good ol' Soviet Hammer & Sickle for the pro-jihadist LEFT?


70 posted on 07/04/2004 9:43:52 AM PDT by auzerais (C*ANSWER: a fatally wasting brain disease afflicting the pro-jihadist Left!)
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To: All

Good to be there Freepers!

We got to get George a PW t-shirt.

I would have been marching with the Hippies, but George and I were the only two "official" PWers there. But it was cool to stand with everyone. I had a blast scraming at them.

At one point, as the parade was starting, a truck filled with official lead chanters stopped to figure out what they wanted to say. I then took the lead and started yelling at them..."Hey, aren't you suppose to be leaders? Dictators are supposed to be better than that!!! " As the march was going by the truck and the people in it were baffled by how loud I was yelling at them. As they passed, I screamed at the marchers to follow their dictators. They looked bewildered. Awesome, just awesome. They didn't know what to make of the Osama and Saddam love you screams coming from me. The looks were priceless.

After we all finished, I got in my van and passed by the Freepers. I told them I was gonna follow the parade down the capital. I had to keep finding ways to run into the parade. I managed to end up in front of them 3 times. It was just me but they seemed to get a little pissed that they kept seeing me. I was screaming from my car and a few other people began yelling at them from their cars. They found little support on their march.

My favorite protesters were the ones who had 2 and 3 year olds in their arms while cussing at me and giving me the "finger".

The chasing them down in my car part of the day was awesome. I was a PW in a car. Hehehe.


71 posted on 07/04/2004 10:21:46 AM PDT by hockeyfreak (Hampton Roads Protest Warriors! Virginia Beach Chapter Leader)
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To: Mudboy Slim; GottaLuvAkitas1; helmut113; GeorgeW23225; Flora McDonald; Mortimer Snavely

Great report on your freep on the anti-war crowd! Thanks for being there and raining on ANSWER's parade!

Love the photos, too! FReep On!


72 posted on 07/04/2004 10:24:42 AM PDT by Angelwood (FReepers are Everywhere! We Support Our Troops! (Hillary's Vast Rt Wg Conspiracy))
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To: auzerais
Yes.....apparently, the United Nations Flag is the flag of their allegiance. I screamed at the people waving it. I just couldn't help myself.
73 posted on 07/04/2004 10:55:55 AM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: hockeyfreak
Hey HockeyFreak: Great job!! While you chased them in your truck, we waited for them to return to the park. I had the honor(?) of speaking to one of the A.N.S.W.E.R. coordinators. I told him we were going to "hound them to hell"!!
I also told him gleefully, that WE got as much Media coverage as they did. He walked away quietly and dejected. hehehe

BTW, we actually had SEVERAL other Protest Warriors with us (Gottaluvakitas, Helmut, Flora McDonald, etc) We are ALSO Freepers. We just love joining all of these "Vast Right Wing" groups!! :-)

Again, thanks for your help!!
74 posted on 07/04/2004 11:07:56 AM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Flora McDonald
Perhaps we should also mention that the organizers were unable to get much support from Virginians, so they bussed in a large contingent who marched with a Washington, D.C., anti-everything banner. Even though they advertised "FREE FOOD", it was a FAILURE!! hehehe

I still can't get over the fact that the ONLY flag seen in their march, was a UNITED NATIONS flag. How sad....how VERY sad!!
75 posted on 07/04/2004 11:14:07 AM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Coop

Thanks Coop!!

I have ONLY just begun to fight!!

You ain't seen nothin' yet!!


76 posted on 07/04/2004 11:16:57 AM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: hockeyfreak

"My favorite protesters were the ones who had 2 and 3 year olds in their arms while cussing at me and giving me the "finger".

LOL They are such peacful people aren't they? I can't for the life of me figure out why they had police surrounding them all day. heehee


Great report! BTW I am also a PW. I was the female with the other really big sign with all the troop symbols on it.

I found a site that has over 200 pictures of yesterday. There are some of us too. I can't post them here since I don't have permission, but
if give me your email address I'll send them to you.


77 posted on 07/04/2004 11:22:20 AM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: Flora McDonald

Flora:

Thanks for the GREAT photos!! I sure wish the Freepers could have seen our television interviews. I thought we ALL did a great job!! Not only did we rain on their parade, we "pooped" on it!! hehehe

So........how does it feel NOT to be the "only" counter-protestor??? You'll never have to do it alone anymore. At least not while I have a breath left in my body!!

Stay the course and Stand the storm!!


78 posted on 07/04/2004 11:36:39 AM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Caipirabob

Protest Warriors ROCK!!! I'm proud to be the Chapter Leader here in Richmond!!

Protest Warrior is growing SO fast, they can hardly keep up with the new people registering to join. There are now so many chapters WORLDWIDE, and NATIONWIDE that the adminsration has decided to combine chapters into State "Districts". It is hard to believe that Protest Warrior has come so far, so fast. Little wonder the left wing nuts are running scared!!

Protest Warrior!! Fighting the left, doing it right !!

http://protestwarrior.com/


79 posted on 07/04/2004 11:45:13 AM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Flora McDonald

I wonder why leftists are so averse to using soap and water. They all look like they wouldn't know how to turn on a tap if their lives depended on it. The idea of the protest having a scent...no thank you.

Regards, Ivan

80 posted on 07/04/2004 11:48:04 AM PDT by MadIvan (Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can change the world.)
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