Congratulations to all FReepers involved!
Posted on 04/24/2005 10:39:48 AM PDT by BlueOneGolf
Thunder Over Louisville is the Kentucky Derby Festival's annual kickoff to the two week long celebration leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Each year KDF and it's sponsors-Chase Bank, Caesar's Indiana, Ford and UPS-put on an airshow and the largest fireworks display in the United States, dwarfing even New York's July 4th fireworks show.
As part of the airshow, military aircraft from all branches of the Armed Forces demonstrate their capabilities. This year these included the F-16, F-15, F-18 fighters, Blackhawk helicopters, and B-2 and B-52 bombers among others. It's typical of airshows across the nation to include military aircraft and each year 500,000 people come to the Louisville Waterfront to enjoy this event. But of course you can always rely on the Leftists of LPAC to protest anything so once again they gathered downtown; this time to protest the involvement of military aircraft in Thunder Over Louisville. Well it can't be an LPAC protest without a good FReeping, ably handled as usual by the Louisville Protest Warriors.
FReepers in attendance: SheWolf, skinkinthegrass and yours truly.
We showed up about 2:45PM at the corner of 4th and Kentucky Streets across from Memorial Park where LPAC would be gathering at 3:30 so we had the jump on them. Of course my weapon in the FReep arsenal is OLD GLORY herself of which I had a brand spanking new one just for this. Gorgeous! LPAC shows up with their new signs "Silence Over Thunder", "Warplanes Are Not Family Entertainment" and "No WMD's Over Louisville". Pathetic. In the pics you'll see our signs which included the old FReeping standby: "Pacifists Are Feedom's Parasites". My favorite and the one I held the whole time: "Terrorists Hate Our Fighter Jets Too". Ha! What a laugh!
We were having a good time, had talked with some media, were listening to our boombox with our patriotic music soundtrack and just watching LPAC's moment of silence across the street when the airshow 10 blocks away above the Ohio River commenced with an F-16 roaring by on full afterburners! We started cheering, WooHoo-ing, making Rebel yells and hollering at LPAC "That's the sound of FREEDOM, Baby!". Poetic justice if you ask me. a Veteran on a Harley even showed up and started revving his engine right in front of those clowns, giving them a little "Thunder" of his own which personally I thought was pretty funny, but they didn't look like they were enjoying his opinion of them.
After the media blitz by LPAC all this week to draw attention to their protest only 50 showed up. We had 6. The letters to the editor this week heavily criticized them for planning their protest and we got out and held a successful counter to their event that went outstanding. When they left they looked rather cold and dejected and we were just laughing and felt like we'd had a great time. Man, I love this country!
Well, that was fun.
Thanks
Congratulations to all FReepers involved!
Meant to also congratulate the Protest Warriors. Woohoo!
Check out:
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050424/NEWS01/504240436/1008/NEWS01
It actually was a pretty good write-up on us.
The actions of the veteran on the cycle were priceless. Bwahaha!
Outstanding!
Congrats on the "freep"!
If a person has not seen the thunder fireworks , they just haven't seen the best!
As a former Louisvillian, congrats and "good on you!"
Thanks for posting this. It was very enjoyable to read. I gotta say that I just love air shows! It gives me goosebumps when those jets roar overhead and the announcer yells, "That's the sound of Freedom!"........gee, goosebumpse just thinking about it. :)
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Protesters .... ya just gotta luv 'em
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In SheWolf's blog, she posted my Statement to the Press. It can be read at: http://swfwithattitude.blogspot.com/
the April 24th post. Enjoy!
I have to admit, the vet that backed his motorcycle up to the peaceniks and gave them a half an hour of loud exhaust, is priceless! ROTFLMAO!!
Way to go gang.
Harold Trainer, a peace activist, tried to convince motorcyclist Tom Amshoff of Jeffersontown to stop revving his engine yesterday in Memorial Park during a protest of military involvement in Thunder Over Louisville.
Tom Amshoff of Jeffersontown is now one of my heroes! hehehe He was the picture of stoicism sitting there revving his engine and ignoring the scene behind him. He made my day!!
Excellent point. I maintain that the liberal peaceniks who criticize the military would scream to high heaven for protection the second they realized their very own personal safety and security was threatened.
WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!And a big ole Rebel Yell, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic FReep and report. It's a good day when I can crank up the computer and just grin.
Now off to see the pix on the blog...
Incredible report! Sounds like a job well-done. Thanks!!
I'm very surprised and interested the see, how low-key/restrained the media coverage was...glad it (somewhat) warmer. :^)
Good for you! I was at Thunder last year and will never forget sitting on the bridge over the Ohio on the way to the Indiana side as a C-130 did a low fly-over! What a feeling - coming STRAIGHT AT US!!
You all done good! Kudos!!
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