[Bob J]

I reread your comments and want to address them specifically, aside from what else I've posted on this thread.

"But now that the President is standing alone, the anti-American groups are emboldened. Now more than before, FR and others need to really show their colors and support our troops."

You're mixing up support for the war and support for the troops and that is why using a "support our troops" theme won't work. I would say a majority if not most of Americans support the troops but are losing their confidence in our ability to win the war. Equating non support for the war with non support of the troops is another guilt trip and you lose them. Better yet to use a "Support a Free and Democratic Iraq" theme. People will understand that to achieve this means supporting the troops mission.

"A Virginia senator claims that this particular march shows that the Vietnam era protests and probable results because of them are going to repeat themselves. Now that is scary."

Very scary and they are on their way to achieving it. However, holding one small rally on a snowy day in DC with a backdrop of 10k screaming lefties isn't going to turn the tide. The spot on Fox was nice though.

"I disagree with your comment, that FR has "committed people and the vehicle to organize rallies all over the country and you and your friends helped kill it"."

Well, I am speaking old news. The FRN has been disbanded and shut down. It was a great idea (we envisioned ourselves a conservative effort to what Dailykos did) and would have made a tremendous impact but fell for many reasons, one of them being the infighting and backstabbing on FR.

"From the comments on this thread, Kristinn seems to have lit a fire under a lot of FReepers. If they can't make it to D.C., they will heed calls in their areas."

And I wish them all luck. I can tell you this, a lot people who are guilted into making a commitment today will have second thoughts when it's time to pull the trigger.

[Bryan]

I have a better idea. If I do say so myself, I think it is a much, much better idea.

How do the left-wing fanatics get so many people to DC? It happens to be in an Ultraviolet District (DC) that makes every Blue State look red by comparison.

Right up the road, just a few hours' drive away, are Baltimore and Philadelphia. Just a little farther and there's New York City, Boston and Cleveland. All five of these cities are somewhere between indigo and midnight blue.

DC is so close to about a million left-wing fanatics and 60 million garden variety liberals that they don't even have to get motel rooms, people. They can drive down, screech their hatred, become the lead story on every network news broadcast, and drive home -- all in 16 hours flat.

What is the Freeper equivalent?

Oklahoma City.

[Humidston]

Since people seem to be venting, I have my own “issue.” While viewing a video of the moonbats last weekend, one scene struck me…. It was a young fellow who stopped, and stared transfixed at our FReepers. He looked to be college age, fairly well groomed, and he just paused and watched for a minute or two with a confused expression. I found myself wishing someone could have spotted him, and extended a hand across that fence. Who knows? Maybe he was willing to learn.

I’d love to see one facet of FR embark on a massive, country wide effort to teach our youngsters the fundamentals of constitutional government, civics, etc, BEFORE they end up in the streets with the hippies.

Most kids today are bombarded with leftist lies from the day they step foot into public school. They’re brainwashed by the NEA, and then they receive their advanced degrees in socialism from college, and we’re not doing anything to correct it. There is a tremendous void that needs to be filled, IMO.

It seems to me that FR is so busy running around putting out brush fires (read: protests/rallies) that we never have time to get a real foothold on the playing field. We’re trying to convince young adults to join “our side” and they don’t have a clue as to what we stand for.

Why can’t we start community networking workshops for kids… Places where they can learn to apply the correct information. Clubs or study groups in our homes. Or just mentor one kid. Give them the tools to stand up to all the lies they hear. Teach them to love this country like we do. Teach them to be proud of their heritage for a change! (And of course do this in tandem with our other activities.)

I’d like to see FR take the lead. Start planting seeds that will germinate and grow kids into good citizens who can carry on the battle. Maybe FR could dedicate an area for teens to come and ask the questions their teachers can't or won’t answer. Teens love to rock the boat so why don’t we give them some ammunition to do so?

Why can't we be Proactive sometime instead of always having to be Reactive??
And yes, I'm already doing it.