[Soaring Feather]

WOO HOO TN FReepers, you're great!!!!

[Trteamer]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

radu, I'll bet you had a lot of fun, I know I did.

The lefties in your neck of the woods were totally outclassed. I'll bet you all are still grinning!!

All the Best

[U S Army EOD]

Way to go guys, we did Atlanta.

[radu]

I honestly don't know what to add to the after FReep report. Y'all have done a fabulous job with it already!

I did notice that Channel 2 News didn't mention Free Republic in their report but FOX did! WOOOOHOOOO! Thank you FOX News!
I, too, hope the reporter from the Tennessean writes up a nice report. In talking to her, she seemed to have leanings more towards our side, not the "dark side". We'll see tomorrow, won't we?

My hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting fellow FReepers and standing with y'all in support of our troops. I was so excited about it all, I hardly slept last night. Whew! Do I ever feel it now! LOL!

I'm having a little trouble with my "closet" for some reason but managed to get two of the pics I took to show up. I didn't get many to begin with.....too busy holding up the sign for passers-by to see and kept forgetting about the camera! duuuuh! All the horn-honks and thumbs-up made my heart glad. Our troops have a lot of support in Nashville, that's apparent.

This is an early shot and not everyone had arrived. Here we have wolicy_ponk, my hubby (he's a "lurker" but we may get him to sign up yet. LOL), NewRomeTacitus, and the afore-mentioned John Smith. A very fine gentleman and it was a pleasure to have him with us. He's met several of the flights that have brought the troops with the 101st home from Iraq. He made a point of welcoming home the troops whose family members couldn't make it to Ft. Campbell to meet them.
And now for my comedy relief......

Look at the sense of panic of the useful idiots when they realized they were about to get soaked by the storm that was almost upon us by that time...."OHMIGOD!! We're gonna get a SHOWER!!" ROTFLOL!! Probably the first time the majority of them been wet in weeks! Sheeeeuuuuuu!

Again, it was great standing together this afternoon in support of our troops. A fantastic FReep!! Hopefully, when we do this again, more fellow FReepers will be able to join us.

[MagnoliaMS]

Great job, y'all! I just love the contrast in your appearance and that of the other side. What a bunch of freaks. Hopefully they will get a lot of TV coverage, as I'm sure most people will be totally turned off by them. I wonder if they think their "Queers" sign is really going to help them gain converts. LOL.

[GailA]

Reminds me of who was out there DEMANDING an income tax...same old hippie, college, druggie, homosexual, union crowd.

There were about 100 at the Memphis 'peace' rally.

[GailA]

Thank you all for this show of support.

In Memphis Many held signs. "Fund schools, not war." "Stop mad cowboy disease." "War is not the answer." One man wore his feelings on his T-shirt: "Stop Bush."

[bert]

I regret that as a good Tennessee FReeper I went east to Fayetteville rather than west to Nashville. I did carry my Tennessee flag tho and several Tennesseeans rallied to our flag.

Next time I'll come join you in Tennessee.

[zip]

You all are having too much fun.

THANK YOU FOR STANDING TALL FOR AMERICA, OUR TROOPS, AND OUR PRESIDENT.

FR Quality over leftist quantity EVERY TIME.

[Fledermaus]

WTG!

I live in Franklin...please keep me informed on any future activity!

[Blood of Tyrants]

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/03/48624680.shtml?Element_ID=48624680

About 450 march, mark one-year anniversary of Iraq war

By HOLLY EDWARDS
Staff Writer

Beating drums and carrying signs calling the Iraq war unjust and President Bush a liar, about 450 people held a rally yesterday marking the one-year anniversary of the war.

The event drew a mix of people — from teenagers wearing tie-dyed shirts and peace signs to older people in somber clothing as a sign of mourning for victims of the war, to middle-aged veterans wearing caps and pins from their old uniforms.

''I'm not a pacifist, but I believe that war is the last resort and it should be used for our defense, not in a unilateral attack to promote imperial America,'' said Inglewood's John Bohonis, who said he is a Vietnam veteran and member of the Veterans for Peace group. ''After 9/11, the world was with us to fight terrorism. But Bush has blown that, and now the world is against our policies.''

As they marched from Owen Bradley Park near Music Row to the Estes Kefauver Federal Building on Broadway, the anti-war protesters were met by a small group of counterprotesters holding American flags and signs saying ''Support Our Troops.''

Several counterprotesters said they were members of Free Republic, a network of conservative activists who plan activities through their Web site.

Some of them called the protesters ''useful idiots'' who were unwittingly supporting Communist organizations that they think organize anti-war rallies throughout the country. Several also said they considered the protest a demoralizing insult to the men and women serving in Iraq.

''These people are naive, they think you can negotiate with Islamic fundamentalists,'' said Nashville's Charles Byrd, holding a large American flag and standing with about a half-dozen other counterprotesters.

''But I think sometimes you have to take the war to the enemy.''

Matt Leber, director of the Nashville Peace and Justice Center and one of the organizers of the rally, dismissed suggestions that he was connected to a Communist organization.

''We have wives and husbands of people serving in Iraq right now and veterans who have fought in wars out here today,'' Leber said. ''We know how to distinguish between our brothers and sisters in the military and the decisions of the U.S. administration. And we accept all groups who want to work for peace and justice.''

While the rally was taking place, several self-described born-again Christians waved Bibles and shouted that the protesters were ''killers'' who were bound for hell.

Ignoring their comments, Doris Dumont of Nashville said she came to the rally as a show of mourning for those on both sides who were killed during the war. She said her son is a Marine who served in the war and was forced to come home early due to physical ailments no one has been able to diagnose.

Dumont, who came to this country from Germany, said she sees similarities between Hitler's withholding of information from the public and the secrecy of the Bush administration.

''The only way a regime can do something horrible is to declare somebody an enemy,'' she said.

''So many people have died so we could catch one man. But we treat the deaths of Iraqis like they don't even count. They are treated like rubble.''