Posted on 08/18/2005 12:10:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
More like unbalanced mother turned red-star-commie-pinko
How about that! An article in the WP that actually presents both sides. Be still my heart!
I have already warned my Mom if she ever even thought about something like that, I would come back and haunt her
That's it! Put your arms around her and give her a big old kiss. Then when she goes out in a blaze of glory, we can lay her right at YOUR feet, pal!
LOL.........see, they do believe if you say it enough it will become the truth........and they are admitting that the reporters are their helpers!
However, this is scary:
But is it possible this moment could make MoveOn.org what SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) was during Vietnam?
Doesn't anyone get that Hanoi Kerry is behind this,
along with Hanoi Jane?
Why, if in the 2004 election, "we won" with an overwhelming majority why are "we" outflanked by the wacko's?
Why is the majority silent like they were in the 60's and 70's and allowed Nixon to "give up" even though he was involved in Viet Nam since at least 1955?
I applaud all who do something, in person, or by mail, e-mail etc to support our troops.
But why did it take an attack on President Bush to light a fire on most conservatives.
Where was the same support for the troops in Gitmo a few months back when they were under attack?
Where is the support, by the right, to impeach Hanoi Kerry for his crimes in the 60's and 70's?
If I sound "bitter" I am.
But then again I'm just a lifelong Independent who has been cast aside once the 2004 elections were over by a few long term GOP members on Free Republic.
NEW FLASH : I just don't care what people think.
I know what I do each and every week in the real world
to support our military and I will continue to do so as long as I live and breathe.
I also am smart enough to know that many on FR also support the troops in person and in other ways.
AND I know the ones who just show up to support the President.
Well I voted in 2000 and 2004 for President Bush.
BUT my 1st allegiance is with our military.
I especially liked this part. I think this is the first time I have ever seen it in newsprint.
Kristinn Taylor does. An organizer for FreeRepublic.com, a MoveOn.org counterpart on the right...
I, too, am a patriot who served honorably. I have no comment about your statements other than the one about winning with an overwhelming majority. How can you call a 3% margin an overwhelming majority? I, for one, was rather underwhelmed by the whole experience.
bttt
We could probably help it along by sending them maps to the nearest unemployment office and a cookbook on 1,000 ways to prepare tuna fish.
...But is it possible this moment could make MoveOn.org what SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) was during Vietnam? "I'm only 30," Matzzie replied. "I don't really understand the reference that much."Kristinn Taylor does. An organizer for FreeRepublic.com, a MoveOn.org counterpart on the right, he recruited a small group of conservatives to hold a counterprotest last night; they stood beneath the statue of Andrew Jackson and held a banner, stitched from three bedsheets, proclaiming: "God Bless Our Soldiers Liberating the World of One Tyrant at a Time."
...they stood beneath the statue of Andrew Jackson and held a banner, stitched from three bedsheets, proclaiming: "God Bless Our Soldiers Liberating the World of One Tyrant at a Time."That would be THIS wonderful "monster" sign:
...from:
The PAJAMAHADEEN COOKBOOK:
Chapter One - Making a MOAB in your own backyard!
Posted by tgslTakoma
On News/Activism 10/04/2004 8:47:40 PM PDT · 62 replies · 2,564+ views
DC Chapter ^ | October 4, 2004 | anonymous PAJAMAHADEEN members
BTTT!
Still waiting for the oil prices to go down....
Waiting.
Waiting..
Waiting...
DC Chapter After Action Report
TURN ON YOUR NEWS!
Posted on 08/17/2005 7:04:56 PM PDT by StayAt HomeMother
Y’all might want to watch your local / national 10 and 11 pm news for tonight’s FReep in front of the White House.
(Mod – please allow this to stay in “Breaking News” for an hour or so.)
Kristinn just called as they were wrapping up. Here is his phoned-in report:
There were about 300 of “them” and 18 of “us.”
We started out in front of the Andrew Jackson statue facing H Street, but the Park Police sent us on our way because we did not have a permit.
We moved to in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Ave and set up the MOAB.
For a picture of this banner see:"4-Corner FReep of Code Pink's Quagmire at Walter Reed, Aug 12“They” left their location and followed us. “They” were “ticked off” by our presence and one of “them” asked, “How come you FReepers always have the big signs?”
(Heavy graphics, Join us Aug 19!)"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1465323/posts
Kristinn replied, “We’re good, man, we’re good.”-- snip --
To: StayAt HomeMother; Doctor Raoul; BillF; kristinn; tgslTakoma
I was able to catch the local ABC and CBS news reports in the DC area on these "vigils." The CBS covered the pro-Cindy Move-on types, and interviewed some pro-military veterans at the Marine Corps Iwo Jima memorial, but there was no images of the FReepers. ABC7, on the other hand, had some great video coverage of the FReep. Here are some captures I made:
The "MOAB" (Mother of All Banners) and some FReepers are looking great supporting our troops.
It's good to see some patriotic kids!
A FReeper and a Move-on type argue.
Kevin and the flag
The reason why Kevin isn't still over in Iraq
The MOAB and the FReepers from farther away
CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
Thanks RonDog!!
See also THIS thread:
Vigils Calling for End to Iraq War Begin (Free Republic Mentioned)
AP via The Guardian ^ | Thursday, August 18, 2005 | Angela K. Brown
Posted on 08/17/2005 9:52:02 PM PDT by kristinn
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of candlelight vigils calling for an end to the war in Iraq lit up the night Wednesday, part of a national effort spurred by one mother's anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch.
The vigils were urged by Cindy Sheehan, who has become the icon of the anti-war movement since she started a protest Aug. 6 in memory of her son Casey, who died in Iraq last year.
Sheehan says she will remain outside the president's ranch until he meets with her and other grieving families, or until his monthlong vacation there ends.
Bush has said he sympathizes with Sheehan but has made no indication he will meet with her. Two top Bush administration officials talked to Sheehan the day she started her camp, and she and other families had met with Bush shortly after her son's death.
More than 1,600 vigils were planned Wednesday from coast to coast by liberal advocacy groups MoveOn.org Political Action, TrueMajority and Democracy for America. A large vigil was also planned in Paris.
As the sun set in Crawford, about 200 protesters lit candles and gathered around a wooden, flag-draped coffin at Sheehan's growing camp, about a mile from the Bush ranch.
``For the more than 1,800 who have come home this way in flag-draped coffins, each one ... was a son or a daughter, not cannon fodder to be used so recklessly,'' Sheehan told the crowd.
After the names of some of the dead soldiers were read, the crowd sang ``Amazing Grace'' as people stepped forward to place flowers on the coffin.
Before the vigil, Gary Qualls, of Temple drove to Sheehan's camp site and removed a wooden cross bearing his son's name. He said he supports the war and disagrees with Sheehan.
``I don't believe in some of the things happening here,'' Qualls said. ``I find it disrespectful.''
Near Philadelphia's Independence Hall, a few hundred people strained to hear the parent of another soldier killed in Iraq. ``This war must stop,'' said Al Zappala, 65, whose 30-year-old son, Sgt. Sherwood Baker, died in an explosion in Baghdad in April 2004.
Karen Braz, 50, held a pink votive cup and a sign reading ``Moms for Peace'' as she stood shoulder-to-shoulder with about 150 other people outside the New Hampshire statehouse in Concord.
``My son is 26. It could've been him,'' she said
Some critics say Sheehan is exploiting her son's death to promote a left-wing agenda. They say scores of Americans, including relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq, support Bush and his plans to keep troops there.
FreeRepublic.com, which holds rallies to support troops and to counter anti-war demonstrations, held a pro-Bush rally Wednesday night with about 20 people at the same time and same Washington park as a candlelight vigil that drew about 300, said Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the group's Washington, D.C., chapter.
``For us the organizers of the vigil are phony-baloney, betraying the sacrifices that those men and women make in Iraq, by demanding that we pull our troops out now and leave Iraq to go to hell,'' Taylor said. ``This is a publicity stunt.''
CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
BTTT!!!!
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