NEW start time: DEFEND AMERICA! "Support Our Troops" rally in HOLLYWOOD on SATURDAY (3/20) at NOON

"SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" rally to counter the "anti-war" A.N.S.W.E.R. march (3/20/04) in HOLLYWOOD, CA ^ | March 13, 2004 | Los Angeles Chapter, Free Republic Network (approved by LAPD)

[RonDog]

Here is the NEW and IMPROVED flyer/e-mail - as of 3/13/04:

Please FORWARD THIS UPDATE to everyone who may want to "Support Our Troops!" in HOLLYWOOD on SATURDAY (3/20) - - -
The LAPD has approved starting our COUNTER-demonstration MUCH EARLIER
than we had originally planned - and MUCH CLOSER to the "anti-war" parade route...
Please HELP US show the men and women in our Armed Forces that the "cancer from A.N.S.W.E.R." does NOT represent America.

And, please bring a DIGITAL CAMERA - so that we can DOCUMENT our success with
rally images posted online - to share with our military friends, at home and overseas.

NEW start time: "High Noon!"
NEW start location: "Hollywood & Highland"
"Support Our Troops" RALLY...
"DEFEND AMERICA!"
SATURDAY, March 20
NOON to ???
HOLLYWOOD
Please bring your AMERICAN FLAGS
and show your support for our troops as we stage a
COUNTER-demonstration
to the "anti-war," "anti-military," and "anti-AMERICAN" rally
sponsored by A.N.S.W.E.R., Code Pink & "Not In Our Name."
(THEIR march will end in a rally near the Kodak Theater)

OUR rally will begin at the N.E. corner of
Hollywood & Highland

For MORE information, please contact:
RonSmith@quixnet.net - (310) 416-9155

RON SMITH/Free Republic Network - TED HAYES/Justiceville Movement
LAUREN SCHMITT/Citizens for Homeland Defense
www.ProtestWarrior.com

Note: For SECURITY REASONS, please do NOT bring FLAGPOLES
or LUMBER greater than 2 inch by 3/4 inch - which may be used as a weapon.
And, always demonstrate CIVILITY; DO NOT allow them to provoke physical confrontation,

Check out the discussion thread about the GOOD GUYS
now posted on the conservative news forum www.FreeRepublic.com at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091648/posts

And, you can also read all about the BAD GUYS at:
http://www.internationalanswer.org/, and at
http://www.answerla.org/upcoming/upcoming.htm

And, AFTER the rally - please join us
for our traditional "food & fellowship. . ."
so that we can plan for our NEXT event.
(Exact details to follow - soon.)

Will YOU be there?
Please RSVP to Ron Smith at:
RonSmith@quixnet.net - (310) 416-9155

[RonDog]

See also, from the BAD GUYS website, at www.answerla.org/upcoming/upcoming.htm

Upcoming

Los Angeles March and Rally
Saturday March 20, 12 noon
Hollywood & Vine

This will be part of worldwide protests that day
in dozens of countries and hundreds of cities.

Update: 3/12

This fully-permitted march will assemble at Hollywood & Vine at noon. There will be an opening rally as people are gathering. The march is 1 1/2 miles, and will start at 12:30, and goes to the final rally site. There will be speakers and bands at both sites. 

Speakers/bands
Speakers include Ron Kovic and Fernando Suarez.

Opening rally at Hollywood and Vine
11:15 Music by Will B, Tamaras, Star Baby 
12:00 Speakers

March 
12:35 Music on Sound truck: Hindi hip hop

Final Rally
1:50 Radical Teen Cheer
2:00 Speakers
2:35 Music by Believers
2:50 Speakers
3:20 Music by Kerry Getz
3:35 Speakers
3:45 Music by Cuahtemoc, Resistant Culture

Lineup may change.
March route
West on Hollywood to Highland
South on Highland to Sunset
West on Sunset to La Brea
North on La Brea to Hollywood
East on Hollywood to the main rally point and stage, which will be on Hollywood just east of Highland in the street in front of the Kodak Theatre.

There is ample parking on side streets as well as in parking lots, which have reduced rates on weekends. There are subway stops at both Hollywood and Vine and Hollywood and Highland. There are several restaurants and coffee shops near the main rally site, and Porta-potties will be at both locations. Map

Afterwards
Join Rock City News, Food Not Bombs, and ANSWER for a vegetarian dinner and concert at Qtopia, 6021 Hollywood Blvd (east of Gower, near the assembly point). Music by Resistant Culture, HTTH, Industrial Collapse. $2 donation. 

[tkathy]

Maybe Kerry's followers could have a "Defeat America" rally.

[RonDog]

Lauren Schmitt and I met with LAPD's Hollywood Division Commanding Officer, Captain Mike Downing, and confirmed that we will be able to exercise our First Amendment rights to peacefully assemble on the public sidewalks
near the NORTHEAST corner of Hollywood & Highland...

...just as we did LAST YEAR at the Academy Awards:

Sourced: 456 posted on 03/23/2003 7:20 PM PST by Lily4Jesus

[RonDog]

Maybe Kerry's followers could have a "Defeat America" rally.

That is their intention.

See also:

A.N.S.W.E.R. plans "Global Day of Action" on March 20, 2004
- in NY, LA, SF, DC, Boston, Chicago
www.internationalanswer.org ^ | International A.N.S.W.E.R.
Posted on 02/23/2004 8:51:06 PM PST by RonDog

MARCH 20, 2004
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION


BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
END COLONIAL OCCUPATION
from IRAQ to PALESTINE and EVERYWHERE!

PERMITS SECURED for MARCH 20 DEMONSTRATION in NYC

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NEW: DOWNLOADABLE FLYERS

New York City San Francisco Los Angeles Chicago Washington DC Boston

More downloads

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

See also:

A.N.S.W.E.R. plans "Global Day of Action" on March 20, 2004
- in NY, LA, SF, DC, Boston, Chicago
www.internationalanswer.org ^ | International A.N.S.W.E.R.
Posted on 02/23/2004 8:51:06 PM PST by RonDog

MARCH 20, 2004
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION


BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
END COLONIAL OCCUPATION
from IRAQ to PALESTINE and EVERYWHERE!

PERMITS SECURED for MARCH 20 DEMONSTRATION in NYC

[RonDog]

From Yahoo! MAPS:

"Ground Zero" for this event will be the intersection of Hollywood & Highland.

THEIR march will start on the far right side of this map - at Hollywood & Vine,
go "all the way around the barn" (as it were)
and end with a rally on the west side of that intersection.

And OUR rally will start on the east side of that intersection.

Note: With our NEW start time, we will now be in position BEFORE their "parade" gets started. :o)

[RonDog]

"...to the main rally point and stage, which will be on Hollywood just east of Highland in the street in front of the Kodak Theatre." - www.answerla.org

As I posted previously:

WRONG, dogbreath. :o)

The Kodak Theater is WEST of Highland...The GOOD GUYS (i.e.: OUR rally) will be EAST of Highland.

From Google:

THEIR "anti-war" rally will be at about the center of this image.

OUR "Defend America!" rally will be at the base of that tall white building - which is on the NORTHEAST corner of Hollywood & Highland - on the righthand edge of this image.

[RonDog]

RON SMITH/Free Republic Network - TED HAYES/Justiceville Movement
LAUREN SCHMITT/Citizens for Homeland Defense
www.ProtestWarrior.com

See also:

ProtestWarrior debuts on MTV "The Real World" - [Will we see "Belly Girl" ROCK THE VOTE?]
e-mail from www.protestwarrior.com founder "kfir" ^ | March 12, 2004 | kfir
Posted on 03/12/2004 5:47:33 PM PST by RonDog

Here is an e-mail that I just received from ProtestWarrior.com founder kfir:

The MTV News crew came down to Austin last week and interviewed Alan and I for one of their Rock the Vote segments.
So if you happen to be watching "The Real World" this weekend you might catch ProtestWarrior's national cable debut between commercial breaks.

Here are the scheduled air times:

Sat 3/13: 350am, 650am, 950am
Sun 3/14: 550am, 950am, 750pm
Mon 3/15: 350am, 750am, 1050am, 150pm

All are Eastern Standard Time

I have no idea how long the segment lasts, or how it looks, but Alan and I did our best to represent.

If you don't have cable or happen to miss the segment, MTV is sending us a digital version of it and we'll have it up on our main site (www.protestwarrior.com) for download soon.

-Kfir

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

[RonDog]

RON SMITH/Free Republic Network - TED HAYES/Justiceville Movement
LAUREN SCHMITT/Citizens for Homeland Defense
www.ProtestWarrior.com

Ted's new Uncle Sam outfit:

[RonDog]

NEW start time: "High Noon!"

See also, from ashleys.net:

High Noon

The 1952 movie starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly is a western classic.  Cooper plays a man "torn betwixt love and duty" - Love for his wife, a Quaker, and duty to the town he swore to protect.  It is not your typical western.  It's one of the rare films played in real time.  The whole story takes place in only 85 minutes as the clock ticks along toward the showdown at high noon.  The use of the song, Do not forsake me, Oh my darling, as a comment on the action was very unusual for the time.  The heartbeat quality of the song's bass accompaniment gave a haunting sense of urgency to the approaching confrontation.  The dynamic editing style and the serious adult subject matter made High Noon a completely different kind of western, considered by many to be the definitive western.  Even fifty years later, it is well worth seeing!

• 1953 Academy Awards:

• Best Actor (Cooper)
• Best Editing
• Best Music
• Best Song

[RonDog]

Orange County PING, please!

[RonDog]

Thank you!

And, I also like, from:

HOW do we show our Solidarity with SPAIN?
3/11-9/11, Spanish flags with black ribbons, Basta Ya!
www.wired.com, Yahoo! New2s PHOTOS, Linda Eddy images ^ | March 13, 2004 | RonDog
Posted on 03/14/2004 1:49:51 AM PST by RonDog

When AMERICA was attacked on 9/11, the WHOLE WORLD showed their solidarity with us.

MANY OF US now want to show similar solidarity with SPAIN - in her hour of need.

But HOW can we most effectively do so?

To follow are some of MY ideas.

What do YOU think?

See also, from Linda Eddy c/o www.iowapresidentialwatch.com:

"TERROR"

War on Terrorism political cartoon.

 

 Mar. 12, 2004...
Terrorists strike again. Strong indications are that al-Qaeda ignited the well coordinated bombs planted in the commuter trains in Madrid, Spain. Death toll thus far:  198 Spanish civilians murdered. America mourns  with Spain over their loss.

Copyright and Use Information

-- snip --

Madrid 3/11
PROVES
THAT OUR JOB IS
NOT YET OVER!

To counter THIS defeatist propaganda from A.N.S.W.E.R.:

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

[Joy Angela]

Support Our Troops *Bump*

[RonDog]

Looks like we will need some NEW signs, post-3/11:

UNLIKE SPAIN,
U.S.A.
WILL NEVER
SURRENDER!

[RonDog]

This just in!

Pastor Wiley Drake will be broadcasting LIVE from our rally, starting at 2 pm.

You can LISTEN ONLINE at www.crusaderadio.com

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Bookmarked and bumped

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Tuesday morning bump

[RonDog]

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[RonDog]

Here is the news report from LAST YEAR'S march and rally in Hollywood, from the Associated Press:

Posted on Mon, Sep. 29, 2003

Demonstrators gather in U.S. cities to demand pull-out from Iraq

PAUL CHAVEZ

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of demonstrators chanting "George Bush, Uncle Sam, Iraq will be your Vietnam," marched through Hollywood, holding signs as part of a worldwide protest against the U.S. occupation of the country.

The protest drew an estimated 3,000 people, including disabled Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, author of "Born on the Fourth of July." Kovic addressed the rally, saying, "the same government that paralyzed me and put me in this wheelchair" was killing Americans and Iraqis.

No injuries or arrests were reported.

Similar rallies were held in Boston and San Francisco, and followed international protests Saturday in London, Athens, Paris and other cities.

The peaceful march and rally Sunday on Sunset Boulevard drew a wide group from war veterans to parents with children. Some demonstrators carried signs saying, "Lying Son of a Bush," and "Iraq Equals Quagmire."

"We are supposed to be a democratic, free nation and I want to express my feelings against this criminal administration," said Pilar Happori, 58, of Garden Grove. "This is a dangerous administration for destroying not only the U.S., but the world."

In Boston, an estimated 150 protesters demonstrating the government's Iraq policy, the Palestinian cause and other issues waved rainbow flags and chanted as they marched behind a pickup truck from the city's Copley Square to the Park Plaza Hotel. No arrests were reported.

At a rally following the march in Los Angeles, Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said that U.S. troops should be pulled out of Iraq and replaced by international forces.

"We need to get the U.N. in and the U.S. out," Kucinich said. "There can be a way to extricate this nation from the quicksand of Iraq."

Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, who said his 20-year-old son died in March while fighting in Iraq, led the crowd in chants of "Bring them home now!"

"My son was a peace lover. He was a soldier for peace, not for oil," said Suarez, holding a picture of his son in his Marine uniform.

Code Pink, a women's pro-peace group, unveiled a 40-long "pink slip" during the rally that read, "Rumsfeld, you're dishonorably discharged."

The protest was the first major demonstration in Los Angeles since Saddam Hussein's regime was ousted. Several coffins were rolled through the streets by supporters of a free Palestine movement.