Posted on 09/21/2005 8:45:09 PM PDT by tgslTakoma
Note: To see photos of this Freep, please click on the captioned links throughout the thread.
For the twenty-second consecutive week, members of the DC Chapter of Free Republic, FR lurkers, out of state Freepers, Republican Operatives, mil-bloggers and many others gathered across the street from the main gate at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, on the northeast corner of Georgia Avenue and Elder Street, NW, to show our unconditional support for our troops, their mission and our great country.
Our group began assembling on our corner at 6:30pm, and we discovered that the womyn of Code Pink had already been busy little beavers, leafletting the neighborhood with flyers that suggested the neighbors call the police to complain about our patriotic display and demonstration of support for our troops.
Isn't it interesting - If Code PinkOs were ever stopped from hanging banners from US government property, attaching signs and banners on private citizens' property, trespassing in national political conventions, Capitol Hill hearings, and other events, they would stage strip-ins, lie-ins, die-ins, "pink-slip-drops" and issue press releases, to decry the "fascism and brown-shirt tactics" of those who would stop their law-breaking. But those same America-hating, terrorist-funding traitors are suggesting that the WRAMC neighbors try to stifle our right to assemble peacefully on a public streetcorner. Code PinkO wants only one voice heard, theirs. Code PinkOs are desperate to have us shut down, by any means necessary.
As manure piles up in a horse's stall, the Code PinkOs' numbers slowly grew, to near twenty. Their high for the night was twenty five or so. It's difficult to look at them for the extended length of time needed to count their numbers; you have to constantly fight the urge to gouge your eyes out.
Our Freeper Honor Roll for the evening: Tom the Redhunter, BOBTHENAILER (flew in from Michigan), Concrete Bob (drove up from Richmond, VA), Landry Fan, Jack Deth, BillF, BufordP, 3D-Joy, Bmwcyle, Justanobody (drove up from south of Richmond, VA), tgslTakoma, Kristinn, Fraxinus, Tanker Todd and Mrs. Tanker Todd, mil-blogger Andi, Plea Deal, Our Man in Washington, Annapolis Mom and her daughter, Bill from MD, lurker Kathy from VA, lurker Janine, lurker Joan of Olney. Forgive me, and yell out if I've forgotten you; everyone who stands up for our troops deserves recognition.
The Code PinkOs and their uninformed supporters included the regulars; Gael Murphy, Kevin "Maimed for a Lie" McCarron, Laura Costas, Squeegee Boy, Blue Shirt Ponytail Guy, Little Bicycle Guy, and an assortment of admirers of Gael Murphy.
After the fabulous CNS News report on the weekly Code Pink blood dance at WRAMC, and all the other media and bloggers who picked up on the story, Gael Murphy has had to work hard to try and clean up Code PinkOs tarnished image. The CP website invitation to the "vigil" now reads... "Join us in a peaceful, respect vigil for those inside, candles and signs provided."
So, again this week Code PinkOs' old favorite signs, "Enlist Here and Die For Halliburton" and "Maimed For a Lie," were still in Gael Murphy's DC basement, along with her cauldron, pickled newt eyes, and love letters from Slobo.
Instead, the master deceivers of Code PinkO handed out signs bearing seemingly supportive messages, including:
"Quiet Zone, Soldiers Healing",
"Fund the Wounded, Not the War",
"Protect * Families, Bring the Troops Home Now" (* onto which they wrote in - as an afterthought - military,
and, for their Sandinista Sisters, Squeegee Boy holding "llacaba con La Guerra".
Also present on the Code PinkO side of the street, were blood dancers and supporters of commie front group International ANSWER,
Move-On.org,
Veterans for Peace,
a couple of Mangy Misguided Minstrels standing alongside Plymouth Congregational Church's Leftist-supporting ANSWER Stooge, the Revvvvrunnnnnd Graylan Hagler (in gray ponytail),
Military Families Speak Out,
and Paranoids for Peace.
Our group was large enough that we were able to deploy both of our MOABs for the second week in a row. On the southeast corner, which we keep reserved for our anti-Code Pink messages, we deployed the "Code Pink Kills American Troops, Giving Money To Terrorists" MOAB, which we first used on March 19, 2005 in Fayetteville, NC - much to Gael Murphy and Medea Benjamin's dismay. Fraxinus, Tom the Redhunter, Tanker Todd and Mrs. Tanker Todd all spent time on the southeast corner, telling passers-by about Code Pink's funding the very terrorists who are helping to fill the beds at WRAMC with wounded soldiers. Code PinkOs seemed unhappy to see the pink MOAB these past two weeks. Cry me a river, PinkOs.
On the northeast corner this Freep, we had a very special young guest, who was celebrating her 7th birthday in a meaningful way. She was a delightful young lady whose mom is very proud of her, I am sure. Buford brought them both to giggle with glee when he shouted across the street to the PinkOs at the end of the Freep, "You're a bunch of poopy-pants." I just hope that she doesn't repeat his words at school, though she seemed to be much better behaved than our beloved BufordP.
Assorted photos of Moonbats:
These womyn coudn't get a date on a Friday night. Gee, I wonder why?
A little spat between Squeegee Boy and Little Bicycle Guy?
SQUEEGE: "I told you! Gael says no more signs that say how we really feel about the $#!#*& soldiers."
LBG: "Oh yeah?! Well, she said I'm cuter than you. AND she also said that I make the best tin-foil hats of anyone she's ever known."
SQUEEGE: "So what! I gave her a photo of me in my Speedo, and she said, 'Wow!' and said she needed to introduce me to Midge."
And so the drama continues...
Squeegee Boy - "I come here to meet womyn."
Lefties fight over their US flag...
LOSER 1: "I'm not gonna TOUCH that flag! You hold it; I had to hold it last week, and I still have the rash to prove it."
LOSER 2: "I'm not gonna hold it either. It smells like urine."
LOSER 3: "Hey, let's get Squeegee to hold it."
LOSER 2: "He won't hold it. There's only one thing Squeegee holds, and it ain't a flag, if you know what I mean."
Some fun shots of the Moonbats, as they hurriedly pack up their Freakshow...
Code PinkO's support is literally evaporating before their eyes.
Squeegee Boy lost his head tonight.
Look at the hispanic woman in the background... is she laughing?
Photos of the Good Guy side of the street:
BOBTHENAILER manning the northeast corner MOAB
Freep line on the northeast corner.
Tanker Todd and Mrs. Tanker Todd
Somebody (Justanobody) shorter than me!!
She may be short in stature, but she's no pushover. Richmond Freepers can vouch for that!
Concrete Bob staked out the American Sector with his gigantic flagpole. Landry Fan and Justanobody in front of truck, and Bill From MD (?) and Joan the lurker at the back of the truck.
As you can see by this photo, Freepers again this week rushed out into the street and swarmed around the bus full of wounded heroes and their families, making it impossible for the bus to enter Walter Reed. In reality (an unfamiliar state of mind for most Code PinkO supporters), we stand on the sidewalk and along the curb as we cheer loudly and wave our signs and flags in support of these heroes.
We are about to get some radio coverage on WPHT in Philadelphia. Host Joe Watkins is promising to cover both sides (antiwar rally vs. counterprotest, Cindy Sheehan vs. other Gold Star Moms in favor of the war) shortly.
That's 1210 AM for those able to pick up Philly stations.
1. The host mentioned that Sheehan already HAD met with the president, good.
2. Mentioning that a lot of military parents disagree with Sheehan, gave the time of the pro-troop rally tomorrow.
Now a commercial break.
Diane Ibbotson: "They do a disservice to my son and others. There are still things worth fighting for."
"Let them finish the job they're there to do."
Taking a call from a veteran disgusted with Cindy Sheehan. "We don't need this in a time of war."
Commercial. Radio has lots and lots of commercials.
Ah! He's going to be a speaker at the Support the Troops rally tomorrow, that's great.
Well, he's back on the Catholic Church scandal now, so I'm going to go watch the cockroaches on C-Span.
Dutchgirl - Thank you for that post from Sgt. Leach. My wife and I were honored to be a part of the Freeper group that confronted Code Pink on Friday evening.
And we salute all the Freepers in the DC area!
We met many of you, and thanks for making us feel at home. You carry on the yeoman's task each Friday night not for the sake of publicity, but for the honor, morale and dignity of our wounded warriors. Our only regret is that living in N.J., we cannot be with you regularly.
We were appalled at what we saw; the Code Pink loon fringe, complete with their anti-American signs and sick slogans standing within spitting distance of Walter Read's guard gate, waiting for the wounded to arrive by bus. They stand there ready, willing and able to deliver just one message to the convalescing soldiers - you're a sucker!
Any caring human being cannot understand this behavior. Protesting in front of a military hospital goes way beyond decency; and their lack of respect and decency only proves what Code Pink will not admit, that they are anti-military(not just anti-war); and anti-military means pro-terrorist.
We respect anyone's right to an opinion and to protest, but we have no respect for those attempting to demoralize our fighting men & women.
Anytime we’re in D.C., we'll be with the Freepers on Friday night.
I am a mom in Jacksonville and it is not within my means to travel to D.C. the way I would like to. The pinkos sicken me, the content on their web sites sickens me. All I can do is support the D.C. Freepers who stand in the breach each Friday night and pray to God for the safety of our troops and for their morale and healing.
Here in Jax I support converting Cecil back into a Navy installation for jet training. We are not Vieques.
There are a few faithful freepers who are out there representing me every Friday night. the least I can do is learn their names and give them a bump and a salute.
Folks like sauropod, hellinahandcart, dr. raoul,billf, kristinn, jack deth, tgsltakoma (great lungs!) and just a nobody (great tag line!) et al.
This newbie thanks you for your greeting, but caveat emptor.. although my nic is military, I am 100% civilian. The nic comes from a charachter in one of my favorite films "They Were Expendable" by John Ford.
BUMP
Nice job this weekend!! You folks make me proud to be an American!
Much obliged for the gov't lesson. Now when you can spare a few minutes from your routine job of being a genius go back and read what I posted, which regarded a member of the DC chapter, not a resident of DC. And even if every member lived in the dist. it wouldn't be that hard to relocate to VA, MD, PA or even NJ if one desired to.
Sorry I missed meeting you Friday night or yesterday at the rally. We could have cleared up the misunderstanding of each other's posts. Are you saying that standing up against Code Pink, Brian Becker, Gael Murphy, Ramsay Clark, etc is a waste of time?
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