(03-20-2004) Atlanta Post-Freep Report

03/20/2004 | Marc Oburg

[Tatze]

"Hilaryrhymeswithrich", her two daughters, "U S Army EOD", and I ("Tatze") met up early Saturday morning around the corner from the scene of the mass stupidity, .. uh protest. We walked up around noon to a protest crowd of about 100. It was a pack of the usual suspects: A.N.S.W.E.R., World Workers Party (Socialists), Pro-Palestinians, young tattooed and pierced globalists, and aged hippies stuck in the 60's.

Wanting to irk them the most, we took up on the edge of their crowd, rather than across the street. We were quickly joined by fellow Freeper "Pop-aye" and his son.

It took a little while for the genious protestors to actually figure out we were not with them. A brave few ventured over to engage us in debate. It was mostly liberal talking points, and most quickly resorted to yelling and name-calling.

Shortly thereafter, an Iraqi American man, named Kaise Urfali, came up to us and asked if we were there supporting Bush. We said that we were, and he thanked us and waived his "Fight Terror" sign in the face of the protestors. Another "Iraqi" came up to debate Mr Urfali, and shortly sunk back into the crowd, at which point Mr Urfali outed the other "Iraqi" as a known Palestinian. I guess they must always lie.

In time, we were joined by more fellow travellers, including Ryan from ProtestWarrior.com and three other guys there independantly. All had great signs, such as:

"End the Arab Occupation of Jewish Land"
"Vietnam Veteran For Bush"
"I will vote for John Kerry before I vote against him"
"K E R R Y H O U S E" (like a Waffle House sign)
"Friends dont let friends vote Democrat"
"Say No To War (Unless a Democrat is President)"
But my favorite and easily the recipient of the most glares from the pro-palestinian crowd was:
"We don't strap bombs on our 10 year olds!"

They had various speakers talking about the evil occupations of Israel, Iraq, etc, Bush lied, blah blah. One even complained that Israelis knock down doors and give residents five minutes to get out before bulldozing their house. Five minutes seems more than fair to me, considering the Palestinian bombers dont give any such warning before they blow up a bus or market.

Unfortunately, none of my pictures came out, so I will have to wait until I receive emails from the others who were there. Here are two from "Hilaryrhymeswithrich".

U S Army EOD, Tatze, and Hilaryrhymeswithrich's daughters.

Hilaryrhymeswithrich's daughters

The Freeping ending when they started their march to Piedmont Park. We thought about driving over there and freeping them again, but decided that we had our fun and called it a day.

[MEG33]

Thank you for supporting our troops and our President!

[MEG33]

Your girls are terrific FReepers!

[Vigilantcitizen]

Thanks for the ping, Freedom Poster.

I salute you folks, great job.

[Trteamer]

Way to go!!

Thanks for standing tall and being there. FReeping is a great family activity!

[Tatze]

FYI, Local CBS ran the interview with hilaryrhymeswithrich and showed video of us Freepers. ABC and Fox showed the protestors, but didnt even mention we were there. I didnt see what NBC had.

[U S Army EOD]

Is it true I need to loose 40 pounds.

[NewRomeTacitus]

"I realized something important, the reason there wasn’t a big turnout of FReepers standing as a force against the hippies and activist wanna-be’s is because the bulk of the Free Republic was “out there,” living the American Dream that our troops overseas are busy supporting and defending!"

Worth repeating! There they were, taking their freedoms for granted and secure in the belief that nothing can threaten them.
Thank you all for a magnificent job!

[Tatze]

More pictures, from Ian. The other guy with the camera, and the K E R R Y H O U S E poster.

The whole group after the Freep, minus me (I took the picture) and Pop-aye & son (they left earlier).

hilaryrhymeswithrich and I traded the camera.

The guy on the right side with the "Fight Terror" sign is the Iraqi American who joined us.

Home of the King Waffler!

[FreedomPoster]

Consolidated 3/20/2004 Counter-Protest FReep Report Thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1102940/posts

You might ping your local participant ping list here.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Dear GA FReepers,

Can't wait to meet you guys (er, I mean y'all) when my husband and I finally move back to GA from Boston!! I was FReepin' in NYC with the Mass FReepers on Saturday, check out the pics on that link if you haven't yet.

You have some GREAT signs! I'm definitely going to use some of them (especially the K E R R Y H O U S E one, love that!) on Thursday when we give a warm FReepin' welcome to our Prez as he stops by for a fundraiser. Gotta counter the LEFTover losers who will be there spreading negative vibes as always.

I have to laugh, I bet you were FReepin some of my old friends and aquaintances from my darker days in Athens! (yeah Athens, say no more...) One guy in particular (German guy named Sven) always left a copy of the Revolutionary Worker newspaper wherever he went, like a slug's slime trail, LOL! Someday I'll literally have to face my past I guess. ; )

Keep up the good work, see you in the summer!!

[BillF]

It was a pack of the usual suspects: . . . . and aged hippies stuck in the 60's.

Jimmy Valentine's brother (JVB) , a fellow member of DC Chapter, upset the leftists when he boomed at them last spring:

"You're stuck in a sixties quagmire. You shouldn't have taken the brown acid at Woodstock."

I told him that some of the protestors were born after Woodstock (although there were a sizable contingent of aged hippies).

Without missing a beat, JVB thundered at them: "Your parents shouldn't have taken the brown acid at Woodstock."

[To Hell With Poverty]

Last week, on Thursday, President Bush came to Boston for a fundraiser. I "borrowed" your K E R R Y H O U S E sign and it was a huge hit. Passers-by and the police who were protecting us just cracked up when they saw it. Yes, if you haven't heard already, we needed police protection: Anyway, I realized I hadn't given credit where it was due for that sign so again, thanks for a great one!

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

A Freeper's motto is share the wisdom! I borrowed our best sign too!

Congrats on your hard work!