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Bush Says U.S. Must Honor War Dead (FreeRepublic.com mentioned)
Chicago Tribune ^ | May 29, 2006 | NEDRA PICKLER

Posted on 05/29/2006 4:54:55 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

ARLINGTON, Va. -- President Bush, delivering a Memorial Day message surrounded by the graves of thousands of military dead, said Monday that the United States must continue fighting the war on terror in the name of those have already given their life in the cause.

"The best way to pay respect is to value why a sacrifice was made," Bush said, quoting from a letter that Lt. Mark Dooley wrote to his parents before being killed last September in the Iraqi city of Ramadi.

Monday's observance at Arlington National Cemetery was not a funeral, so demonstrators were free to speak their minds at the site. Bush's motorcade passed several on the way in, including a small group that held signs saying, "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."

Approximately 10 people from the Washington, D.C., chapter of FreeRepublic.com, a self-styled grass roots conservative group, stood across the road with signs supporting U.S. troops. A large sign held by several people said, "God bless our troops, defenders of freedom, American heroes."

The FreeRepublic.com group was trying to counter demonstrations by the Kansas-based group, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps. He previously had organized protests against those who died of AIDS and gay murder victim Matthew Shepard.

In an interview when the House passed the bill that Bush signed Monday, Phelps accused Congress of "blatantly violating" his First Amendment rights. He said that if it became law, he would continue to demonstrate but would abide by the law's restrictions.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dcchapter; fr; fredphelps; freeps; frremembers; memorialday; memorialday2006; thanksvets; ultimatesacrifice
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To: Just A Nobody

You folks done good!!!!!!!!

I was ready to shove my speakers down Phelps throat when I was listening to him on a Delaware radio station a few days before his bozos showed up there to protest at a funeral, on a Sunday no less. He was trying to paint him and his "followers" as the victims of hate crimes and having their 1st Amendment rights violated.

They did NOT show up for the planned, and permitted protest on that Wednesday.

Folks in these parts don't take kindly to those types. Obviously Phelps' phools figured that out.


21 posted on 05/29/2006 6:41:25 PM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Way to go again DC Freepers!
same article appears at:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060529/D8HTO4000.html
22 posted on 05/29/2006 7:18:30 PM PDT by Dan Walsh
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To: Gabz
Thanks Gabz!

Folks in DC don't take kindly to these freaks either. I don't think anyone does. Some people tried to yell at them and many came over and talked to us about their complete and utter disgust with the freaks.

23 posted on 05/29/2006 7:23:50 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! I *LOVE* my attitude problem. Beware the Enemedia!)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Video here:
http://video.ap.org/v/en-ap/v.htm?g=75ff469e-1a5e-4272-be40-82b2806319f1&f=kpua&fg=email

Look for us, in red, coming out of the Metro as the Marine frightens the daylights out of the moonbat.


24 posted on 05/29/2006 7:32:36 PM PDT by UncleHambone ("Laughter is America's most important export." - Walt Disney)
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To: Just A Nobody

I'm torn about what happened up in Seaford last Sunday.

One part of me is cheering, but the other part of me is really disappointed that the good guys stooped to their (phelps' phools) level with the vandalism of their vehicle and the physical attack, and then the attack of the VFD vehicle.


25 posted on 05/29/2006 7:45:06 PM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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To: Gabz

I had not heard about the Seaford incident. I'll have to find that.


26 posted on 05/29/2006 7:57:54 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! I *LOVE* my attitude problem. Beware the Enemedia!)
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To: UncleHambone

I SAW YOU!! That is NOT a bad video or report. I'm shocked...coming from the AP.


27 posted on 05/29/2006 8:04:51 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! I *LOVE* my attitude problem. Beware the Enemedia!)
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To: UncleHambone; kristinn; W04Man

Must see this video/report Uncle found of today's FReep!!!


28 posted on 05/29/2006 8:06:56 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! I *LOVE* my attitude problem. Beware the Enemedia!)
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To: LucyT; Canadian Outrage

THANK YOU, DC FREEPERS!


29 posted on 05/29/2006 8:18:21 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Bump for the D.C. FReepers!!!


30 posted on 05/29/2006 8:46:45 PM PDT by Enterprise (The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
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To: Jim Robinson; NotJustAnotherPrettyFace; kristinn; Just A Nobody
Jim, I hope this report makes your heart swell with much-deserved pride -- in how much your creation is doing to lift the spirits of true Americans!

Thank you for FR!!!


And thank you, DC FReepeers -- for putting your "boots on the ground"!

31 posted on 05/29/2006 9:30:57 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Repeat San Jacinto!!! AND START IN AUSTIN!!!)
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To: Just A Nobody
Here are links to the 2 articles posted here........

Funeral Protest (Angry Seaford, DE Residents Confront Phelps' Cult)

You're not in Kansas Anymore, Toto (Video of Westboro Protest in Seaford DE)

32 posted on 05/30/2006 4:20:48 AM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
The Rev. Phelps is sick. He seems to think any one who's done military service is a born faggot. Too bad he inspired a law to get him to shut up.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

33 posted on 05/30/2006 4:25:15 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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34 posted on 05/30/2006 4:31:03 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
This paragrpah, too, was a very nice mention of FR, IMO:

The FreeRepublic.com group was trying to counter demonstrations by the Kansas-based group, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps. He previously had organized protests against those who died of AIDS and gay murder victim Matthew Shepard.

It seems to me FR is not actually the lunatic/ wacko/ nut job-right wing fringe that some on the left would like people to believe.
35 posted on 05/30/2006 6:18:14 AM PDT by summer
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
This paragrahh, too, was a very nice mention of FR, IMO:

The FreeRepublic.com group was trying to counter demonstrations by the Kansas-based group, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps. He previously had organized protests against those who died of AIDS and gay murder victim Matthew Shepard.

It seems to me FR is not actually the lunatic/ wacko/ nut job-right wing fringe that some on the left would like people to believe.
36 posted on 05/30/2006 6:18:44 AM PDT by summer
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
BTW, sorry for the triple post, here!

This paragraph, too, was a very nice mention of FR, IMO:

The FreeRepublic.com group was trying to counter demonstrations by the Kansas-based group, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps. He previously had organized protests against those who died of AIDS and gay murder victim Matthew Shepard.

It seems to me FR is not actually the lunatic/ wacko/ nut job-right wing fringe that some on the left would like people to believe.
37 posted on 05/30/2006 6:19:18 AM PDT by summer
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To: ExSES
OK, I will try once again to take my break, but first, I had to post these great photos, from the article posted on this thread --


President Bush, left, lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns Monday, May 29, 2006 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, left, salutes as President Bush, center, arrives on stage as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, right, applauds during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 29, 2006 outside Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


President Bush, right, waves after speaking at Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day commemoration, Monday, May 29, 2006 in Arlington, Va. Behind Bush are Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, left, and Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
38 posted on 05/30/2006 6:24:31 AM PDT by summer
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To: Gabz

Thanks Gabz! One day..............


39 posted on 05/30/2006 6:28:01 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! I *LOVE* my attitude problem. Beware the Enemedia!)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace; AGreatPer
BUMP...
40 posted on 05/30/2006 6:30:06 AM PDT by tubebender (Tagline...I don't need no stinking tagline...)
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