Posted on 09/20/2005 6:03:11 PM PDT by tgslTakoma
Save the Walter Reed Vigil
Appeal to Our Vets and Active Duty Soldiers Inside Walter Reed
The Walter Reed Vigil is a very discreet, dignified project taking place for two hours each Friday evening between 7 and 9 pm. We want those who have paid a terrific price for their country to be kept close to our hearts and minds. We don't call for you to be honored with parades and flags; others will do that. We are calling on the country to honor its veterans, active duty, reserves, and National Guard, with full benefits, commitment to long-term health care, and an economy that will provide good jobs, hopefully union jobs.
We understand from talking to some of those inside Walter Reed and other soldiers, the importance of the bonds you have with the comrades still in the field. You worry about them; you pray for them. So do we-that is why we want them home again. Whether you agree with that solution for the situation we are in-or not-we hope you can come to trust our sincerity. We try to prove it with the consistency of our little vigil outside the main gate of Walter Reed. You proved your commitment to your brothers and sisters in arms and to your country. We stand by the main gate each Friday evening for just those two hours as a commitment to you, that we will not forget you, and we don't want the rest of the country forgetting you either.
NOW TODAY, there are some who are so unsure of their own position that they feel they cannot tolerate even our small, short, weekly vigil. These people wave the American flag but they have lost the essence of what it means. They say God Bless The Troops but they don't understand what it is that you and your comrades fought for, are fighting for. Their goal is to silence us, and what will they do then?
HOW DID it come to this? That a small, humble vigil of ten people or so, should turn into such a storm? What are we saying that gets them so angry? Support Our Troops. Full Benefits for Our Vets. Bring the Troops Home.
PLEASE HELP US. If you believe we have a right to our simple vigil, if you can trust us not to ever do any of our veterans harm, please join us some time between 7 and 9 pm any Friday evening. Show the world that you don't believe in the lies told about us, that you believe in our right to have our vigil for our soldiers. Some of us are mothers of soldiers. Some are veterans. Some of us are simply citizens who want to do a little thing for people who have done so much for them.
Thank you.
I would bet that CODE PINK and Not in Our Name have never heard of the National Book Festival.
This is the traditional weekend for black bandana'd anarchists to attempt to trash DC in protest of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. After 9/11/01 the nation was in no mood to give a pass to these thugs, so they combined their hate Globalism message with a hate Bush, hate US military effort message.
Every year their numbers decrease.
It would not surprise me that the Park Police, Secret Service, and all the other agencies involved with defending DC suggested filling the Mall with reasonable people this year.
Or it could be a coincidence - and nobody knows what others do on Saturdays in September in DC.
I'd love to learn the real answer.
Hey, Maica. Are you going to be able to spend part of the weekend with us?
Hope to see you.
I'll definitely be there on Sunday, not sure about Friday night. Looking forward to seeing you, too.
Let's roll! Rolling Thunder bump!
OH - That is what I suspected!!! That you have a spy is WAY COOL!
Cindy can't go anywhere without her entourage though so it wouldn't stay a surpirse for long.........
SNIP 1: ; you want to go BACK to Iraq to fight along side your buddies and finish the job you started.
SNIP 2: , because, though we "say" we're vigilizing on your behalf, we're "actually" not concerned with what you want,
SNIP 3: faux
I hope so! I have a surprise for her this Friday.
I would say that is probably a safe bet! :)
Either way, it is going to be an interesting weekend.
bumping the thread
Bounty Hunters go after Tax Cheats? EXCELLENT!
Two bikes, one chain could clean the street. Just kidding.
I am glad you said that!
I made the same remark to the family when we read the events planned for the month!
I think they might be surprised at the people who leave the event and tell them NO!!
Give her a little extra 'surprise' for me, would ya?
Wish I could be there...
Bump for the good old days
Code Pink paid $600,000.00 to Jihadists to kill her son, among others.
Got them on the ropes !!! OH YEAH !!!
bttt
Is THAT what those tents are there for? I saw them coming in yesterday. Wonder if the ANSWER gang's going to do a little "anarchist shopping?"
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