Southland Freepers Provide Support for Bush and Our Troops in Hollywood, California (modem friendly)

Video - 6.2 mb "U - S - A"
Video - 4.5 mb "U - S - A"
Video - 3.7 mb "Four More Years"

Those chants were led by TED HAYES, who really knows how to get into the media. :o)

National News: Headlines
Last modified: Saturday, March 20, 2004 5:04 PM PST

Major Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary

By VERENA DOBNIK
NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of people around the world rallied against the U.S. presence in Iraq on the first anniversary of the war Saturday, in protests that retained the anger, if not the size, of demonstrations held before the invasion began.

Protesters filled more than a dozen police-lined blocks in Manhattan, calling on President Bush to bring home U.S. troops serving in Iraq. Mayor Michael Bloomberg estimated the crowd at about 30,000, but organizers said later that number had grown to more than 100,000.
"It is time to bring our children home and declare this war was unnecessary," said the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, a New York activist addressing a rally in Manhattan.
The roughly 250 anti-war protests scheduled around the country by United for Peace and Justice ranged from solemn to brash.

In Montpelier, Vt., hundreds of silent protesters placed a pair of shoes on the Statehouse steps for each of the more than 560 U.S. soldiers killed in the war. In Los Angeles, one of thousands of protesters held photographs of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with the words, "forget Janet Jackson's _ expose the real boobs."

Around the world, hundreds of thousands raised their voices in rallies from Spain to Egypt to the Philippines.

Organizers estimated up to 2 million people demonstrated in Rome, and 100,000 in London, but police in those cities gave estimates of 250,000 and 25,000, respectively.

Anti-war activists jammed the streets of central Rome, many of them decked out in rainbow-colored peace flags and chanting "assassins." Protesters demanded that the Italian government, a strong supporter of the war, withdraw its 2,600 troops from Iraq.

Paolo Quadrardi, 42, a mechanic, said the Madrid train bombings that killed 202 people March 11 showed that "war doesn't do anything but increase terrorism."

No crowd estimate was immediately available for Madrid's protest, although about 150,000 demonstrated in Barcelona. The numbers paled in comparison to the millions that packed streets all over Spain after the train bombings.

The rallies coincided with the anniversary of the first bombings in Baghdad last year. Although President Bush ordered the attacks on March 19, the time difference made it March 20 in Iraq.

While turnout was high in some nations, most protests were far smaller than the enormous demonstrations held around the world shortly before the war began.

A New York protest a year ago drew more than 125,000 by official estimates. Although that's similar to organizers' estimate Saturday, organizers last year estimated that crowd at more than 250,000.

Last year's rally produced several clashes between demonstrators and police, but police reported just four arrests on disorderly conduct charges Saturday.

New York police in riot gear walked calmly past barricades marking off the demonstration area on Madison Avenue as speakers mounted a stage to address the crowd on a sunny afternoon. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly stopped by the rally, but didn't speak to demonstrators or participate.

In President Bush's hometown of Crawford, about 800 peace activists from across Texas marched, chanting, "One, two, three, four, kick the liar out the door."

"He got support based on fear," said Shannon Sharrock of Temple, Texas, a former Army helicopter pilot whose husband serves in Iraq. "The war in Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism."

The march kept John Taylor, an Air Force veteran who lives in Crawford, waiting at an intersection. He propped his cowboy hat above the steering wheel of his Ford pickup to block his view of the protesters, some holding up effigies of Bush.

"If they'd leave, it would be nice," said Taylor, 28.

Thousands of protesters marched through Chicago's downtown shopping district. The Rev. Jesse Jackson urged the crowd to express their opposition to the war by voting against Bush.

"It's time to fight back," Jackson said. "Remember in November."

In Cincinnati, Claire Mugavin wore a biohazard suit to a protest that drew several hundred people. She pretended to look for weapons of mass destruction beneath benches and garbage cans.

"We figure they're not in Iraq," said the 24-year-old Cincinnati resident. "So we figured we'd come look for them in Fountain Square."

In San Francisco, thousands of taiko drummers, cyclists, activists and other protesters chanted "End the occupation" and "Impeach Bush." Richard Penrose, 77, and his wife boarded an early bus from Sacramento to join the rally.

"I don't know if Bush is going to hear the message, but we're hoping the people of the United States hear it. Because people should have their power back," Penrose said.

Thousands of people also turned out in Denver and Seattle, and demonstrations drew several hundred people in Atlanta, Albuquerque, N.M., and Augusta, Maine.

Many of the demonstrations were accompanied by smaller gatherings of Bush supporters. In Los Angeles, marchers passed by several dozen people who lined one Hollywood block, waving flags and chanting "Four more years."

"We believe in George Bush. We believe in what he's doing," said Gary Beck, 48, who was visiting from Tampa, Fla.

Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and other European countries also saw protests, while demonstrations took place earlier in Japan, Australia and India. About 500 protesters clashed with police outside the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines capital, Manila. No injuries were reported.

Demonstrators in Cairo _ vastly outnumbered by riot police _ burned an American flag. Hundreds of people gathered in other Middle Eastern capitals to denounce the war.

Reasonable / Obscene

Is this what you were talking about?

Several dozen... LMRO, even a couple of the leftists near me estimated our group to be 150 or more.

We passed out brass "Texas Ranger"-style sheriff badges that said "President Bush 2004" - courtesy of Deborah Courtney and Al Han - to the first ONE HUNDRED people (on OUR side) who arrived...

...and they were ALL GONE by shortly after noon.

check it out...

We made the Reuters wire - sort of...

You might want to save this image to your hard drive ASAP, as the link may be broken tomorrow.

Note also the incredible BIAS of: "pro-war" vs "peace" demonstrators.

From Yahoo! NEWS:

A member of 'Corpus Delicti,' a Butoh dance-theater group, performs for peace, as thousands of anti-war demonstrators protest in Hollywood on the first anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites) March 20, 2004. Butoh is a form of dance-theater which originated in Post WWII Japan in 1959 as an expression of protest. In the background Los Angeles police officers stand on guard between pro-war demonstrators and peace demonstrators. REUTERS/Jim Ruymen

Thank you,Thank you for representing our troops and our President!

Job well done Outraged!

u-roc;-)

Sorry I could not attend D.O., that pesky 9 to 5 thing again...

You guys did a great job, keep up the good work H.R.F.!!!

Thank you Mr. R.D.

Outstanding!

You sir are a BAD BOY!!! I bet you hurt those poor "peace" people's feelings - how insensitive!

If you were up here I think Ventura County would have a collective heart attack - nothing like the vision you painted has ever cross the county line.

I'll let you know when we have our anti-Kerry rally!

This just in:

Dear Ron:
As you know, many pro-America groups were out to protest the protesters and support the troops this Saturday. Although we were outnumbered, the mere fact that we were there and in their face freaked them out. Some of them were quite rabid. I am trying to get some of the video up too but that might take a while.
I was part of a group called Protest Warriors. We basically march with the lefties but with messages counter to theirs. The ANSWER goon squad was out in force of course.
Please view digital pics of the Protest Warriors online at yahoo. They turned out great!
http://photos.yahoo.com/trvlmn2002
Also check out www.protestwarrior.com.
Derrick

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.

-- snip --
RonDog to kfir:
EXCELLENT!
May I post this wonderful news on Free Republic?
kfir to RonDog:
Certainly.
You might want to mention that they also interviewed "belly-girl", but I'm not what they ended up putting in the segment...
-- snip --
Just saw the 9:50AM Sunday morning showing. Excellent. Probably had some liebral negativism towards it but my well trained ear just ignores it.
Congrats Kfir and Alan.
Belly-Girl is in the segment.
It's on again tonight at 7:30PM
See also, from www.protestwarrior.com/sound_clips.html:

ProtestWarrior on MTV News
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And, from www.jerseygop.com/RepublicanBabes67.html:
Jenny Hewitt

"Belly-Girl"
Jenny has become famous on the Web, known simply as "Belly-Girl" from her ProtestWarrior poster pose. Look for her appearance in the soon to be released "Babes of-the-GOP" wall calendar!

Buy the poster @ ProtestWarrior.com
Growing up in Texas and California gave Jenny, ProtestWarrior.com's Belly Girl, a unique experience. While in San Francisco she had a chance to speak her mind and counter some anti-war protesters. She told us, "Being born in America is my good fortune, but supporting my country and making it better is my responsibility..."

-- snip --

BESIDES having an attractive "poster girl," the Protest Warriors actually do some very good work.

From www.protestwarrior.com:

Encouraged by our successful crashing of the February 16th San Francisco anti-war protest, we decided it was time for the Left to put down their megaphones, peel off their bumper stickers, and listen to the people who believe in the core values of this country. It's time to start making a little noise...
Whether you use our slogans, tshirts, or bumper stickers, or come up with some slogans of your own, all that matters is that we make a stand for what is right (see our mission for an elaboration). To make sure you are kept up to date with our activities in the battle field, including Storming the Ivory Towers, our upcoming feature-length documentary chronicling the left's monolithic control over our nation's universities...

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

And, NO - Jenny Hewitt (aka "Belly Girl") was NOT in Los Angeles for our rally, but she's GREAT for recruiting new members. :o)

HERE is the bulk e-mail that I sent out last night:

Our after-action report/discussion thread (with PHOTOS) is now posted on the conservative Internet news forum www.FreeRepublic.com
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1102214/posts
Southland Freepers Provide Support for Bush and Our Troops in Hollywood, California
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THANK YOU to EVERYONE who helped to make this event so SUCCESSFUL, but in particular, special thanks to:
LAUREN SCHMITT - and all of the Citizens for Homeland Defense
TED HAYES - and the Justiceville Movement
FreeRepublic - including WONDERFUL photos from Doctor ZIn and DoughtyOne
the ProtestWarriors - who ventured inside the "belly of the beast"
KABC 790-AM's Al Rantel and Kevin James - for bringing out MANY listeners
Deborah Courtney & Al Han for the "President Bush 2004" sheriff badges
and the
LAPD - for "keeping the peace" around these not-so-peaceful "peace-niks."
Until the NEXT time,
Ron
PS - If you would like to add YOUR comments about the rally, you can register to post on FR (for free) at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/register

Great pics...

the ProtestWarriors - who ventured inside the "belly of the beast"
To appreciate the intensity of emotion experienced by these Protest Warriors - for many of whom this rally was their VERY FIRST public protest, see also "the beast," from Yahoo! PHOTOS:

Sat Mar 20, 8:05 PM ET

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators protest in the Hollywood section the Los Angeles, Saturday, March, 20, 2004, against the U.S. presence in Iraq (news - web sites) on the first anniversary of the U.S.-led war. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Attenion KEVIN JAMES of KABC: Where's Israel? Get it?

Here is a RE-post of that AP Photo, now stored on an independent server, in case they change the image link at some point in the future.

From Yahoo! PHOTOS:

A member of 'Corpus Delicti,' a Butoh dance-theater group, performs for peace, as thousands of anti-war demonstrators protest in Hollywood on the first anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites) March 20, 2004. Butoh is a form of dance-theater which originated in Post WWII Japan in 1959 as an expression of protest. In the background Los Angeles police officers stand on guard between pro-war demonstrators and peace demonstrators. REUTERS/Jim Ruymen

·	Worldwide protests mark first anniversary of US-led invasion of Iraq AFP - Sat Mar 20, 7:59 PM ET

What is that guy doing?

Thanks for the pics..you guys were great, and the ANSWER rodents were dispicable!