5/17/02 Support our Troops Rally in Fresno, California

5/17/02

[mtngrl@vrwc]

Well, tonight's "Support Our Troops" rally had some great moments and some awful ones too. First the bad news I guess. About halfway into tonight's rally, a new guy showed up that we hadn't seen before. He wasn't very talkative but we were happy to see him because he immediately picked up one of our signs, the one that says "Respect War Protesters?? NO WAY!!!" Sounds like a kindred spirit, doesn't it? Then he went over our new cardboard cut out of President Bush and untaped it from the pole that was helping him stand up. He held President Bush in one hand and the other sign in the other one.

I got out my camera (which I do every time someone new shows up because I know you guys probably get sick and tired of seeing pictures of the regulars week after week after week) and asked him if he would mind if I took his picture. He said something like he was in a position where he didn't want his face to show (red lights should have gone off right there) but let us take a picture of him holding the signs so that we couldn't see his face. (See picture below)

So I decided to take the rest of tonight's pictures as long as I had my camera out. When he decided we were too busy to notice what he was doing, he dropped the sign he was holding and ran off with the cardboard cut out of President Bush!!!!! We tried to follow and catch him but we were unable to.

Notpoliticallycorewrecked figured that it had to be someone from the other side of the street and got very upset. She crossed the street and warned the other side that if our cut out showed up on their side of the street, we would call the police. They said that they had nothing to do with it. I sincerely hope that they are telling the truth, because I wouldn't want to mess with NPC when she is angry if I were them!

Otherwise, there were nine FReepers and patriots on our side of the street and eleven peaceniks on the other corner tonight. It was hot out there standing in the sun tonight. Note to self, no more long black pants until the hot weather is over! It is still 87 degrees at 9:40 p.m. as I write this! HOT!!!

We played and enjoyed listening to patriotic tunes and got plenty of honks from drivers by tonight. FReepers attending tonight's rally were:

• Jim, Sheila, and Chris Robinson
  
• JustAmy
  
• Gracie1
  
• Notpoliticallycorewrecked
  
• Mtngrl@vrwc

To those who attended tonight, we appreciate you! To those who couldn't make tonight's rally, WE MISSED YOU!

[mtngrl@vrwc]

[JustAmy]

We should have known he had a reason for wanting his face hidden. What a sneaky @%@#%&.
JustAmy

[mtngrl@vrwc]

Notpoliticallycorewrecked:

Jim Robinson:

JustAmy:

Sheila:

Chris:

Mtngrl@vrwc, Sheila, and Chris:

JustAmy and Chris in the back row and Sheila and Gracie1 in the front row:

[JustAmy]

The pictures will look the same a year from now; she is just giving you a preview of what to expect. LOL

[mtngrl@vrwc]

5/17/03

Planning ahead?

Oops! Well, it appears that we will still be here next year, same people - same place, so maybe I will just post this same thread next year. LOL!

[CounterCounterCulture]

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive from treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears no traitor; he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their garments, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation; he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city; he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared"

~ CICERO (106-43 B.C.), Roman Statesman

[mtngrl@vrwc]

Thanks for sharing these words of wisdom, CCC. It's it strange how these words from the past are still very true today?

[blam]

(Much needed) rainy night bump.

[brat]

What a handsome group of Americans! (Except for that nasty looking one holding the standup of President Bush!) Thankyou faithful Freepers for upholding our side.

[American Preservative]

Great post, CCC!

[ladyinred]

Oh gosh! What a jerk!
You know, OJ got convicted in the civil trial because of a picture of his shoes! Maybe he can be traced by his shoes which are showing in the picture!
Okay private eye freepers, get to work on those feet!

[American Preservative]

(Cardboard) President Bush kidnapped?! Call out the F.C.B.I. (Free Cardboard Bush Immediately!)

Hope they find that !@#$%^&*().

Thanks for the report mtngrl@vrwc. Hope things go better next week.

Thanks for being out there FResno FReepers and FRiends.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Unfortunately we know way too many people like that just here alone in the Baghdad-by-the-Bay. Shame there's evidently plenty of like-minded kooks in FreeperCentral (FResno) too.

FReegards,
Alan

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Way to go, FResno FReepers!

Sorry to hear about the stolen cardboard cut-out. The guy was apparently into "collecting" them for whatever reason.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

BTW, I'm jealous of you all there hanging out at this FReep in shorts! :-) I'm writing this post from a suburb of Chicago where we expect to hit a record LOW temperature (in the mid 30-degree range) for this time of May tonight. While I was mowing our 1-acre yard this afternoon with the push-lawn-mower, my breath was coming out as steam!

[Diver Dave]

FResno FReepers Rule!

Way to go!

That Dem (I mean thief) doesn't know who he's dealing with. You are supported by an army of 80,000+.

[WillaJohns]

Great freep report. And you had some intrigue to boot. As my mother says, "You can't lose what's yours." Since my mother is always right, it will be interesting to see how your "President Bush" comes back to you.

Everyone looks so happy in the pictures. God bless you Fresno freepers!

[Mo1]

Thanks for the ping ..

God Bless you all and the work that you all do

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You!