Posted on 01/06/2007 9:52:02 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama
Let me prefix this with the following new information - another Virginia gun dealer is going out of business thanks to Bloomberg: Franklin Rod & Tackle in Rocky Mount. Bloomberg's spokesman said quite piously a few months ago that Bloomberg didn't want to put gun dealers out of business.
We know better.
THE PROTEST IS ON!!
Maniacal New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors' Coalition Against Illegal Guns will be meeting for a one day "National Summit" at the DC Capitol Hilton (corner of 16th and K at 1001 16th Street NW) on Tuesday, January 23rd - see http://tinyurl.com/yxyvjg
Bloomy's summit runs from 9:30 AM until 2:30 PM followed by an evening reception at 5 PM at the Capitol Hilton.
VCDL's headquarters will be at the nearby Crowne Plaza Hotel at 14th and K, where at 2:00 PM we will rally members and hand out picket signs, and march on to the Capitol Hilton 2 blocks away to begin protesting.
Bloomberg is a threat to Virginia and all gun owners - we need VCDL members to show up in numbers on the 23rd in DC! Spouses, friends and kids welcome! Make a day of it and see some sights in the morning!
Here is the schedule of events:
1:30 PM: **Possible** Press Conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (14th & K) - we are investigating this right now
2:00 PM: Board Members Jim Snyder & Dennis O'Connor rally troops in front of the Crown Plaza and hand out picket signs.
2:15 PM: I will lead the march over to the Capitol Hilton, just as Bloomy and his anti-gun cronies are finishing their summit
2:30 - 5:30 PM: "Prosecute Bloomberg" rally outside the Capitol Hilton - we hope to have an especially large turnout at 5 PM when Bloomberg and his buddies are sipping white wine at their anti-gun reception inside the Capitol Hilton!
5:30 - ? PM: Post rally fellowship at a nearby restaurant or hotel (optional, pay as you go)
We anticipate lot's of press coverage and will be taking our own pictures and documentary films - we will have handouts for you to give the press, or interested passersby, to explain what we are doing. Try to point me out to the press if they come your way.
Logistics: Everyone needs to mapquest & plan their routes into downtown DC ahead of time to get there on time. If driving, arrive by 1 PM to find a place to park. If traveling by Metro, the McPherson Metro Station is closest to the Crown Plaza at 1400 I St. NW, Washington, DC (Blue * orange lines). **Bring water, warm clothing, and Guns Save Lives Buttons if you have them** - making your own sign is a plus but not required! If the Capitol Hilton staff blocks our access to the hotel for humanitarian bathroom use, we will **report them to the UN** ;-) . . . but , push-come-to-shove, we should all be able to use lobby bathrooms at the nearby Crowne Plaza. For overnight stays there are lots of hotels in DC, but hotels outside the beltway are probably cheaper.
RSVP: Send me an email if you can pledge to come - I would like to get a head-count. Officer Radzilowski of the DC police told me that VCDL does NOT need an assembly permit so long as the assembly does NOT block pedestrian or vehicular traffic on the sidewalks, cross walks, street, or entrance to the hotel.
Can you come after 2 PM? Of course, you are welcome at any time! But VCDL needs you at 2 PM through 5:30 PM if possible.
And if you live in Alexandria, Norfolk, or Petersburg, you REALLY need to come and try to button hole YOUR MAYOR who is part of Bloomberg's Mayors' Coalition Against Guns - and ask him why he is collaborating with someone who has conspired to break federal and Virginia laws.
We also need to have some (relatively clean) chants made up for each of these three mayors (like "Shame, shame on Mayor Fraim").
Special thanks to EM Mike Stollenwerk for heading up this effort!
OK, VCDL, ON TO DC!
Although a friend of mine has said she could not vote for him then either, because to change one's positions shows one to be a hypocrite. I guess his goose is cooked, with her anyway.
I am of the same mind as your friend, hence my tagline.
"I really don't understand Rudy - when he was younger he wanted to be a priest and he USED TO BE PRO LIFE. Shame on him for abandoning his principals."
Wow, I didn't know he wanted to be a priest and WAS pro-life. I wonder what happened to him along the way.
And it's nice to "see" you again, juliej.
the "crime problem" is not cleaned up - the murder rate is up in NYC. And of course, he does not want the non-criminals to own guns so that they can protect themselves.
Hi, Sun! I'll tell you what happened: he thought that to be "palatable" in NYC he had to support the barbarism known as partial birth abortion and maybe that says more about New Yorkers than it does about him! I also suspect that his former wife, Donna Hanover, is a big lib and had something to do with that.
Anyway, I am not a Rudy supporter at the moment; I don't really have a candidate yet.
Thanks for your insight, Juliej!
Ping for more people to see! We really need as many as possible to attend this protest! These mayors are up to NO good, and they need to be stopped!
We have several SASTERS planning to come!
You are very welcome. I hope Rudy wakes up.
Bloomy doesn't care what you do or say. He's a billionaire and therefore smarter than you (he thinks).
And for those of you who are working stiffs, maybe you can adjust your lunch-hour or sneak out of the office for a time?
In any event, the gun grabbers are back in power on the Hill and even the gun grabbing mayors are feeling "empowered."
Stand up and be heard!
bttt
BTTT (I won't be able to attend. . .)
I will be there to record everything on video. I also recorded the VCDL "Lobby Day" in Richmond last week. This should be interesting too!
bttt
Wish I could be there...unfortunately I can't. SAS will, however, be represented!
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