Week 59: FR Still Getting It Done at Walter Reed

06/08/06 | PleaDeal

[PleaDeal]

Something special happens every Friday at the front gates of Walter Reed. It is sometimes really exciting, like throwing CodePink off its corners or watching "Squeegee" wet himself with fright at an approaching Rolling Thunder member. But more often than not it's simply being honored by a visit from one of the wounded warriors from inside the hospital. When one of these truely special people comes out to thank us for being there... it's just a humbling, happy experience. June 2nd was one of those quiet, satisfying FReeps.

The big surprise was the most welcome return of Landry Fan!

Landry's been going stir crazy and needed to get back to what she does so well: Supporting the Troops! From her blog entry of the evening: "There were lots of honks of support and thumbs up from cars driving by. Some grateful soldiers stopped by to thank us for being there. One injured soldier, the father of two, said he would return to Iraq in a heartbeat." Welcome back, FRiend! We've missed you.

We had more than twice as many patriotic supporters than the traitorous Pinkos managed to gather (23 to 10). The honor roll of attendance (lurkers marked with *):

AppyPappy (w/Mrs. and two kids), BillF, BufordP, Cindy-True-Supporter, Fraxinus, Gavin*, Jack Deth, Jimmy Valentine's Brother, Just A Nobody, Kristinn, Landry Fan, Lauren (PW), Mary*, PleaDeal, StayTrue, tgslTakoma, Son & Daughter-of-tgslTakoma, and Trooprally [Mr. and Mrs.].

Unless iMacMan or bmwcyle come back, Mrs. Trooprally has taken over the top spot for "Top Shot". Her new camera is so good (go ahead, say it - "How good is it?") it can gross you out with fine images of hippy hair on Pinko wymyn's manly legs. All of the pics here are Mrs T's with the exception of the few blue-bordered ones that were taken by my soon to be dumped camera. You can see all the photos here.

Since lurker Bill from MD couldn't make it, BillF held his sign so he'd be with us in spirit.

Fraxinus contemplates Old Glory.

Fraxinus, BillF, Lauren, Mrs. Trooprally and Staytrue on SE Corner.

BufordP making a point?

The Pinkos managed a paltry turnout.

Bruce's watch must be fast 'cause he showed up a full 10 minutes early. Maybe he knew the, er, "manly one" was going to be replaced by something not quite so hirsute?

At least they're staying on message!

Well, I really blew it. I didn't copy the pics from Trooprally's photobucket page, and now I appear to have exceeded the limit for views. I managed to catch a few of them, but not nearly enough.

Since I don't have BillF's or Albion Wilde's gift for prose, I'll just include this little rant aimed at those who have been maligning the USMC.

Come out this Friday and join us in celebrating our Troops.

 

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

HEY CODE PINK
NOW THAT AL-ZARQAWI IS DEAD
WHO'S GOING TO CASH YOUR CHECKS?

OR

JUNE 6, 2006
GREAT DAY TO BE AN AMERICAN!
BAD DAY TO BE A TERRORIST

[trooprally]

Well shucks thanks so much.
[Mrs T]

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[MEG33]

Thank all of you for supporting our troops, our wounded warriors and their families like this ..I am so grateful.

God Bless Our Troops!

[MEG33]

Thank you!

[Albion Wilde]

Thank you for doing a great job with the report this week, Plea Deal. I especially like the last photo you chose.

Dittos!

[cvq3842]

Thanks to those who do this. We can't all be there, but we're there in spirit.

[Darksheare]

I like the first one.
Gotta love the moonbats freaking about it as well.

[Albion Wilde]

Way to go, Landry Fan! Great to open the thread and see you sitting there! Keep up the great work!

[Landry Fan]

I feel the same way. Well put. Pinkos are ghouls.

[Coop]

Great report, PD! And welcome back, LandryFan!

Be gentle with the rabid moonbats tomorrow night. They're no doubt in mourning today after their hero caught a couple of 500-lb. bombs.

[Albion Wilde]

All DC Chapter vs Code Pink Walter Reed Freeps

A wonderful resource -- excellently well done, BufordP!

[trooprally]

Thanks for the great Report, nicely done, short, sweet and to the point, just like the last pic. You have 66+ posts already so you must have done something right.

I appear to have exceeded the limit for views

I think I've found a short cut to the time consuming back & forth from the pic file to the thread file. Once I've reviewed the pics, mark down the last number ID info, and jot down a short comment about the pic, I copy only one link.

Then I paste that in where I'm preparing the thread. After that, I copy that one pic link to where I want a pic, and just change the last 2 or 3 ID numbers.

If any one has an easier way to copy multiple pics into a thread, can you please share your method.

[Mr] T

[Landry Fan]

Thank you, AW. I'm still sick and in pain, but I wanted to be at Walter Reed again to support the troops and their families.

Talking to the WR heroes and their families is inspiring. I'm proud of them.

[Fraxinus]

Zarqawi is dead, any way of incorporating that to needle Code Pink?
Considering the popularity of "osama on a stick"
I would suggest finding out if any of the local costume shops have Zarqawi masks. Several trash bags or other stuffing materials and about 6ft of PVC pipe and we have "Zarqawi on a stick"

[Darksheare]

Excellent.

[hsalaw]

Thanks for the ping, and many thanks to all the FReepers who show our support for our troops! Please give them a big California THANK YOU! from me.

[Dinah Lord]

Great report, Plea Deal. Thanks for the Mega-ping, Albion. I eagerly await your Walter Reed FReep after action reports and I can't wait to see this week's.

You folks are going to have some fun with those America haters this week! They will be positively ferklempt(sp?)over the death of their hero Zarqawi.

DC Freepers, you guys are the best!

Thanks for staring down those PseudoPatriots week in and week out ...

Smile pretty for next weeks pics!

Dinah

[MAinMUC]

Am I just a doofus? I didn't know you were a FReeper!!!! I've put you on my ping list, if that's OK...

LOL. No, you're not a doofus. I'm not a real FReeper, I'm just a lurker. A sometimes lurker at that. But by all means ping me! I'm addicted to the weekly WRAMC FReep AARs so couldn't wait to see this. Great report.

And so good to see LandryFan back out there. WOOHOO!!!

[\/\/ayne]

Zarqawi is dead, any way of incorporating that to needle Code Pink?

Eman Ahmed Khamas of Code Pink claimed Al-Zarqawi was "just a myth." Now it's true!

Great work and report, DC Chapter!