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Yes, Hurricane Hannah is spelled correctly, according to our granddaughter, HANNAH. The daughter of our Marine son stationed in Camp Lejeune, NC was a little upset this week because the biased media didn’t spell the hurricane’s name correctly. The AAR thread title is pretty bland this week but I had a hard time thinking of one. Some thoughts were: FReepers take on Hannah, or Dumb FReepers take on Hannah, or Moonbat witches melt in wake of Hannah, our 8 year old granddaughter, or Our Troops have it Worst, or ???, you decide. The list of 8 Patriots getting wet to...

Nine pictures; see the flags the democrats threw away in Denver. Veterans rounded up the ones that were not covered in garbage and gave them to McCain's campaign. They were passed out at today's rally in Colorado Springs, CO. Made a big splash... lots of boos for the dems. They were really waving when Lee Greenwood's song "I'm proud to be an American" was sung. [my first post and first use of pictures...hope it works] http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2738.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2744.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2735.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2747.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2755.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2759.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2773.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2790.jpg http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp147/RCFlyer24/IMG_2786.jpg

At a packed Cedarburg street rally Friday, the GOP ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin used their first post-convention campaign stop to promise a war on special-interest influence and excessive partisanship in Washington. Along with McCain's wife Cindy, the two appeared in front of an ice cream shop on a well-preserved main street that the city says is virtually unchanged since 1900. Police said there were at least 12,500 who were admitted to the secure area and another 5,000 who did not fit. Much of what McCain and Palin had to say Friday was drawn from their convention speeches....

So crowed a couple thousand can't get in. They expected 8000. Standing next to Demcrat who will be voting McCain-Palin. Enthusiasm is high.

Here are the pictures from the McCain/Palin event here in MI. Thanks so much to FReeper TheRake for the tickets!!!!

At a packed street rally here this morning, Republican John McCain used his first post-convention stop to promise a war on special-interest influence and excessive partisanship in Washington, D.C. "We're going to start to work for the people of this country," McCain shouted. "It's over for the special interests. It's over!" The Arizona senator joined Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, his vice presidential pick, in front of an ice cream shop on a well-preserved main street the city says is virtually unchanged since 1900. Without mentioning specifics in a brief address downtown, McCain said the duo would visit small towns across...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiJZnvpkZYg# Tex chats briefly with Minnesotan Congresswoman Michele Bachmann who has been a House GOP leader on energy policy and who spoke on Tuesday night at the Convention.

Please see: http://texdozier.com/?p=65 GUESS WHAT...NO WORKING WIRELESS CONNECTION IS AVAILABLE AT THE GOP CONVENTION; SORRY FOR THE LATE UPLOAD. I GUESS TECHNOLOGY THERE IS REMINISCENT OF MCCAIN'S INTERNET SKILLS. 7:18 = Touchy feely but very nicely produced 7:20 = Former NFL player and now pastor Miles McPherson Going to speak on character but also apply to character of the nation Mayor Nagin, referring to anyone who didn’t evacuate in time said “You’re on your own”. Goes into leaning on God for help (this is starting to look like the Democratic Convention except not near as many faith caucuses) Nice prayer...

ONE is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do! You guessed it folks, at least those old enough to remember and boy, am I aging myself! That tune from 1969 by Three Dog Night (WOOF) popped into my mind right away as we opposed ONE moonbat. Since their own surge is failing, I suppose that’s why they won’t acknowledge that the most crucial surge is working. The rest of the moonbats hung their friend out to dry and showed up after we were gone. PatrioticMarineMom (PMM) notified me of their presence after their scheduled time. Trying to throw us off...

This Labor Day Weekend was different in Olney. It seemed that we got more waves and honks than other Saturdays. Maybe our supporters were buoyed by our troops’ successes in Iraq, maybe it was McCain’s announcement of Sarah (In 2012) Palin as his VP, maybe they were just glad to see us on the corner while so many were thinking only off a 3 day weekend. No matter, it was a very good day to be supporting our troops. The list of 11 patriots taking time out from the holidays to support our troops were once again, 3 WWII Legionnaires...

Families United had a Patriotic display at the Triangle park today in St. Paul MN. The great thing was having Jon Voight come down and talk to the Gold Star Families and the Blue Star Families and thank them for being so strong on supporting the Troops and Their Mission. Mr. Voight was very strong in his works of thanks and his talking of how he was thankful of learning as he got older how his veiws have changed for the better.

I just talked to my wife, who is a Rhode Island delegate at the convention. The news media has not fully reported the destructive activities of the lefty activists. They have: Attacked an elderly man and put him in a wheelchair Attacked some Iowa delegates, pushed them to the ground, doused them with ammonia, and then took their credentials (thank God that they did not light them on fire). Delegates are now being told not to display their credentials except when safely inside the convention center. Destroyed the windows of an entire downtown street

Below are a few notable pics from the hippie march I infiltrated yesterday; check out the rest at http://texdozier.com/?p=64. Video recap of Day One can be found here: http://texdozier.com/?p=63. Apologies on being crunched for time and needing to get a couple of hours sleep; wasn’t able to contextually frame the story or provide information for each photo. Might do so later in the week. Best, Tex

Welcome to my post for this week's FReep. For the last couple of months my computer has been down so I've been unable to post July and August FReeps. Rest assured though, I've been faithfully FReeping the moonbats of Citizens Action For Peace during those months. Attending this FReep was Kelly, fellow FReeper SHATNERFAN1706, and me. There were many honks and waves along with some great comments and a few hand shakes from pedestrians walking by. A teenage girl, with an uncle named Paco who's in the Army and a brother that's going into the Air Force, came over to...

I took some video before this saying how the storm won't be that bad, I was mistaken.

A very exciting rally today. Several Missouri politicians spoke. Then came Huckabee, Romney and then McCain. He spent alot talkng about the Hurricane, and then alot about his VP Pick. Sarah Palin spoke last and basically gave the same speech as Friday in Dayton. People were excited. They said the crowd was about 20,000 and it was hot, hot, hot. People were very excited about McCain but the biggest roars were for Palin. The media may not think she was a great pick but the people love her. There were also quite a few Hillary supporters that took a bus...

Just returned from the McCain/Palin rally in O'Fallon Mo a suburb of St louis. Key points: Crowd twice as large as expected. Very excited even though it was very hot and humid. Very mixed crowd, snap shot of middle America. Many young people there(don't bet on Obama locking up the youth vote). Sarah Palin got the biggest reception(crowd was really excited about her especially the women). People were still hanging around after the rally was over. Palin is not only exciting the base, she is bringing the people out. Very good rally.

(photo of anarchists) Unstoppable force... (photo of police skirmish line) But wait: how did we get to this point? Word had disseminated among the protest crowd that there was to be an "Anti-capitalist march" as well as a "Meet-up for Fundraiser Disruption" jointly announced by Recreate 68 and DNC Disruption 08, two radical groups dedicated to causing problems at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. A notice online said, "Interested parties will gather at 6pm at civic center park" where "top-secret information on a couple of the choicest fundraisers and parties in Denver" was to be handed out. Then,...

Word had disseminated among the protest crowd that there was to be an "Anti-capitalist march" as well as a "Meet-up for Fundraiser Disruption" jointly announced by Recreate 68 and DNC Disruption 08, two radical groups dedicated to causing problems at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. A notice online said, "Interested parties will gather at 6pm at civic center park" where "top-secret information on a couple of the choicest fundraisers and parties in Denver" was to be handed out. Then, "at the appointed time monday night, we'll emerge from the shadows to reconvene in downtown and get down and dirty."

I waded in today to the crowd of old hippies and punks that call themselves Re-create 68. Basically anarchy was the theme and they were quite a herd of cats......

Walter Reed – August 15, 2008, MOONBAT MESSIN’ on a HOT SUMMER NIGHT Usually mid-August in Washington is hot, humid and quiet as the final weeks of summer vacation wind down. Severe showers were predicted but only a few sprinkles appeared which didn’t dampen our high spirits. Tonight at Walter Reed, a motivated and enthusiastic group of FReepers, visitors, soldiers and a steady stream of honking cars focused on supporting our troops and their families. Last week, Tom the Redhunter, wrote about crazy man and his demoralizing posters in our area. We took down a couple of posters that had...

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Lots of groups were there. LA Answer, the peace group, was aggressive and loud. The Obama supporters were subdued. AARP was there, as was a large group of Ron Paul Supporters. There was a large anti abortion group. Every one of the Pro - McCain supporters agreed that the border needs to be secured. Law Enforcement was great, horse patrol was there. A Few of the LA Answer Peace advocates had to be detained for pushing and shoving. Mc Cain was much more on point than Obama, who seemed to be vague and rambling.

<p>Most all motorists either ignore or wave or honk to us.</p> <p>Most all passers by either ignore or make a polite comment to us.</p> <p>Occasionally we get the "bring them home!" shouted at us as a car drives by. Sometimes we hear this from someone walking by us as well.</p>

The passing motorist really showed their support this Saturday. With the weather in the low 80s and humidity down, no dog day of August this Saturday, the passing cars and trucks were just overwhelming us with supportive waves and honks. Even the trucks were blaring their air horns. A great day to be supporting our troops. Below are some of the pictures of our supporters. [Mrs] T got a lot of Double and Triple waves today. And lastly, a Patriot from Connecticut: And then there were the 9 Patriots who stood on the corner. We were: Legionnaires Glenn (WWII -...

Perfect weather for a FReep/Rally in Westminster! Lurker Bill came from Olney to join us. There were only 3 moonbats. One of them was holding the flag that we despise so much. The USA Flag desecrated with the peace symbol. A guy driving by conveyed his displeasure to them a couple times. He told them that they were defacing the USA Flag and should go home. The 2nd time, I heard the moonbat say that the guy had already driven by and said the same thing. OK, well he gave them a piece of his mind and spoke the truth...

Pictures, hopefully, of those countering Code Pink in Orange County California at the Orange Circle. The Patriot Riders are present every week now.

It was a great day to get in shape for our counter to the “Out of Iran” Protest in D.C. later this afternoon. BufrpdP, Cindy_True_Supporter, Eager, Fraxinus, [Mrs] T and myself had a quick lunch at the Olney Compound before heading into the lions den. It is a great Monday today to post this AAR, even if it is a week late. Our counter to the "Out of Iran" protest and its AAR has thrown of my schedule. This past Saturday's Support the Troop Freep in Olney will be on time. The roll call of our 10 Patriots included Legionnaires...

MAJOR McCOOL REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR TROOPS AT CAMP ARIFJAN, IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FReeper's and GOE just received an e-mail from Major Dennis McCool requesting items that our troops can use immediately. He recently led the Resolve to Win march from North Carolina / South Carolina to Washington, DC. He is now the Director of Installation Support at Camp Arifjan (Kuwait). Camp Arifjan is where troops deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. Major McCool is a 60 year old Army retiree, (10/65 – 11/85), a Vietnam Veteran, who was voluntarily recalled to active duty, and served in Iraq from December 06 to...

Chris, VictoryNY, Dan, CTS RonGKirby CTS, 3D-Joy Lurker Bill, 3D-Joy, Pasquale VictoryNY ATTACKS! PleaDeal, John Miska, Chris, CTS PleaDeal, CTS, Chris Before we got situated, Chris and Dan, both patients at Walter Reed paid, us a visit. You can see them pictured in the upper left photo. Mrs T and VictoryNY talked with them for a bit. Found out they both grew up at Schweinfurt Army Garrison as a couple of Army brats. They were friends growing up. Both enlisted and went their separate ways. They both ended up together again as patients here at Walter Reed. Weather was...

We were at the Nancy Pelosi protest today in Miami. There were only about 20 people. It was very disappointing. We hope that more people show up for the next stops on her book tour. Come on people, go out and make your voices heard or don't come on here and complain. I have pictures but don't know how to post them. If anyone lets me know how I will post them.

FIRST ANNUAL CHRIS PLANTE / WMAL / HAPPY FREEPER NIGHT WMAL Reception Recently, about 50 WMAL radio listeners were invited to a meet and greet reception with radio host, Chris Plante, at McCormick and Schmick's at Washington DC's new National Harbor. FReepers Gather Kburi, Ethel, Silvie, Ms Trooprally, Chris Plante, CeCe, BufordP, Mr Trooprally Included were FReepers SilvieWaldorfMd, Mr and Ms Trooprally, BufordP, Kburi and Lurkers Ethel and CeCe. The reception was held outside overlooking the Potomac below the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. It was a grand time with a lot of positive interaction with people on the “same page”. We...

A protest planned by MoveOn.org against the ongoing House GOP floor protest became a surreal scene Tuesday when right-wing activists showed up outside the Capitol to protest the protest protest. The conservative activists, numbering about 20 and affiliated with Free Republic, stood behind the MoveOn speakers waving signs along the lines of “Pump Rage? Thank MoveOn” and “It’s the Supply, Stupid.” The MoveOn crowd countered with their own pithy “Drill and Spill, or Surf and Swim?” and “Just Say No to False Solutions.” The FReepers chanted “Drill! Drill! Drill!” as MoveOn’s Ilyse Hogue tried to speak into a bull horn....

We gathered on the north side of Lafayette Square at 2:30 to scope out the terrain. The moonbats had permitted Lafayette Square and the sidewalk in front of the White House. Not that the less than 100 “Out of Iran” and pro-Palestinian groups needed that much space. All in all, their small group looked pitiful in light of their claim that a majority of Americans supported their anarchical views. Even when the moonbats persuaded some on lookers to march with them for a short time, they were pitiful. For you D.C. FReepers, the regulars were there, Squeegie, Princess (in leather...

Okay Freepers, I promised "a beatstreet report" from the Hill and here it is. First Brazo Zulu to all the House GOP Lawmakers who did not simply rail on a dark House Floor, but invited the American Public in to take a seat in the empty Democrat Chairs as each Congressional Member raised their voice in demanding that Democrat Leaders grant a simple up or down vote on drilling for oil. Passionate Speeches by several Congressmenmbers were meet with standing O's from visitors and several visitors shared their personal stories on how high gas prices are effecting their lifestyles. Several...

"The moonbats had a particularly dismal showing. Far from my initial estimate of a few thousand made a few days ago, they barely mustered perhaps four hundred. The poor weather undoubtedly drove some away, but their turnouts are so bad lately that it is hard to get our undercover operatives into their midst. The Adalah group whom I had been concerned about (because they announced they were going to meet at 44th St and march south to 42nd Street) were for the most part a no show. When I was still at the recruiter station I kept a sharp eye...

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone there!

Close To You Summers in Tucson, Arizona can be pretty hot, and so can political passions. But sometimes the level of political rhetoric can go beyond passionate, beyond vitriolic and even beyond reason. Yet it was with a cheerful heart that I pulled up to 2302 E. Speedway on a bright Wednesday morning on July 30, 2008 at about 7:00 am. The weekly mission? Support the troops, counter anti-recruitment protesters and stand up for America. The regular weekly troop supporters were mostly set up when I arrived at the Tucson Military Recruiting Center strip mall but I was able...

U.S. Army Lt. Gavin, Cindy_True_Supporter’s son, was out in Olney for the last two weeks. Surviving being seriously injured by a drunk driver, being at Walter Reed for a short time, and finally finishing ROTC and graduating a lieutenant, Lt. Gavin has spent time at both the Walter Reed and in Olney FReeps before leaving for his Pacific duty station. Gavin had a good time the last several Saturdays talking to all the Legionnaires that regularly come out to Olney. Even the Marines. And us non-service types. [Mrs] T and I are very Marine oriented so a Marine flag at...

July 25, 2008, Soldiers and Visitors Drop ByA mid-summer’s Friday evening, not too hot, but a little humid. Traffic seemed not as heavy as normal due to vacations. Our group was enthusiastic and the passers-by honked their support throughout the evening. The moonbats did whatever they always do, generally be obnoxious. (More about this later). We have identified one moonbat as a paid traveling loser. He travels with his suitcase and catches the Greyhound on Georgia Ave to the next paid protest. We were joined by Danny, her sister Mandie and Danny’s three children. They are from Alaska and moving...

Tough times and choices ahead for the next President, whoever it is. THE BOTTOM LINE: SIX ASSERTIONS.1 Afghanistan is in misery. 68% of the population has never known peace. Life expectancy is 44 years. It has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world: One of six pregnant Afghan women dies for each live birth. Terrorist incidents and main force insurgent violence is rising (34% increase this year in kinetic events.) Battle action and casualties are now much higher in Afghanistan for US forces than they are in Iraq. The Afghan government at provincial and district level is largely...

BELOW LEFT: Who's that Blue Star Mom?BELOW RIGHT: It's PatrioticMarineMom! We’re back again and look who was able to join us! PatrioticMarineMom (PMM) finally had a free Saturday from work, so that was a nice surprise. PMM’s presence along with [Mr] T, Lurker Bill, Anomoly99, My Hero (Chris) and me was enough to override the moonbats by just 1! There were 2 people at different times that held a sign and stood with the moonbats. Each was there for about 10 minutes, so that doesn’t count. Thank you [Mr] T, Tolerance Sucks Rocks and “Mr” of Mr.Mrs.RedWhiteBlue for opposing the...

Excerpt - MOSCOW (AFP)--British-Russian oil company TNK-BP chief executive, Robert Dudley, has been summoned to appear before Russian prosecutors on Monday to explain "violations" of labor laws by his company, Interfax news agency reported Saturday. Dudley "temporarily" left Russia this week, the company said Thursday, saying he would run the company from outside the country. ~ snip ~

Just wanted to point out the dueling rallies at High & Market streets, West Chester, PA. On one side of the street, patriots thanking the troops and supporting our president. On the other side, peaceniks (mostly wrinkled hippies), crying about the Iraq war. Motorist support seemed to be decidedly in favor of the pro-america rally, but not exclusively. Complicating matters were the kids running in and out of stop and go traffic to collect money for a basketball team while their idiot parents condoned the behavior.

LoRo, Greg, Matthew, TomTheRedHunter Lurker Bill, PleaDeal, Chris, and VAFlagWaver LoRo, a Freeper, has been very busy working as an intern for the Heritage Foundation. She was able to join us on a fairly regular basis last summer. A few weeks ago she did a little recon and saw that we were still out here keeping Code Pink pushed down the street away from the gate. So she sent out an email to all her associates and friends at Heritage and asked if anyone wanted to join her at Walter Reed on the 11th. We were fortunate that she...

The roll call of our 12 Patriots included Legionnaires Glenn (WWII - USMC), Dave (WWII - Army), Dennis (Korea - Army), Halsey (Korea - USMC), Frank (Korea - Army), Lurker Bill with daughter and grandson, Cindy_True_Supporter, Gavin, Sensei Ern, {Mrs} Trooprally, aka [Mrs] T, and myself, [Mr] T. Pics by [Mrs] T The nine moonbats that showed up this week once again received almost no honks as the stood and sat, holding their signs belittling our soldiers tremendous efforts. Research by Harvard shows a correlation between active anti-troop protest and attacks on our troops. ”We find that in periods immediately...

MoveOn.org tried to stage one of their pitiful made-for-the-evening-news events here in Rochester. Their goal? Blame Bush, McCain and the GOP for high gas prices. The Olmsted County GOP caught wind of it and within 48 hours staged one of the most fun coups ever. MoveOn activist Lyle (didn't catch the last name) was befuddled by the strong GOP counter-protest for drilling domestic oil. On the KTTC six o'clock news broadcast he could do no more than stutter when asked if he knew that there was going to be a counterpoint to his protest. He did manage to claim that...

WOW and DOUBLE WOW is the only way I can describe the Patriotic Americans that attended the Walter Reed and Olney FReeps. It’s Saturday afternoon as I started this combined AAR and my heart still pounds with pride over all those who came out, especially to Walter Reed on the evening of the Fourth. Since I’m honored this week to write the Walter Reed AAR and usually write the Olney AAR, I had to combine the two because of their similarities. Several weeks ago a question as to who will be at Walter Reed came up. About 4 or 5...

The weather was a little cooler for this day's two man FReep but the action was still hot. Kelly and I received many honks, waves, and thumbs up. The moonbats had to settle with far fewer honks for their side. Despite what the polls and the drive-by media say, it seems the support for our troops and their mission is pretty good based on the positive responses we get. And this is from a blue state run by socialists. Along with the honks and waves, we got a couple of nice comments from people walking by. A lady stopped and...

PRICELESS!!! It was a hot and humid day with a passing shower. After dealing with the dilapidated umbrella that I gave [Mr] Trooprally for our 1st Rain FReep , he gave us big umbrellas just in case! The shower was quick and luckily not enough to even break out the umbrellas. It was, however, enough to get a rain drop on [Mrs] Trooprally's camera lens at one point. So, when you see a little spot in the middle of a few pictures, you will know the reason! Great pics courtesy of [Mrs] T. What a day full of surprises...