Power to the People (Inside Report From Anti-War Protest)

Human Events Online ^ | March 19, 2007 | Jack Langer

[R. Scott]

To bad we don’t have an infiltrator at the New York Times - I’d love to see that article appear there!
Anarchists want to be rid of government - including the police, but depend on the police to protect them!
“Stop bombing Lebanon!”, ????
“...DJ who, we were informed over the loudspeakers, was from Puerto Rico – ‘the first country invaded by the U.S.’” - Someone doesn’t know much about US history!

I have been checking media news coverage of the event. Two things stand out - the video of the pro-Jihadists were mostly tight shots, giving the appearance of a massive crowd packed shoulder to shoulder. The views of the pro-American group were mainly wide shots, giving the appearance of fewer numbers. It must have been as embarrassing for the news media types as it was for the pro-Jihadists demonstrators.

[dinasour]

Some hippie moonbats discussing the issues of the day with a few patriots.

 

Some people got the surprise of their life that day. 

[metesky]

What a great report!

[tgslTakoma]

Very good article - thanks for the ping.

The group [black bloc/anarchists] sat down in front of the police to decide what to do. Some people passed out food, at which point most of the anarchists removed their masks and bandanas to eat, then put them back on when they had finished. My respect for this bunch was rapidly declining.

LOL!!!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Tremendous article, report - thanks for posting it. It is, in fact, beautifully done.

[concretebob]

Apparently, A.N.S.W.E.R.’s position is that the Jews should be driven into the sea, while UPJ, being slightly more moderate, seeks to convince the Jews through peaceful dialogue to throw themselves in.

That struck me as incredibly funny, too.
Well written piece. Good observations.
Thanks PI...
Thanks for the PING NM.
It was good seeing you again.

[Nick Danger]

did anyone see any elected DC politician at the rally standing in support of our veterans and our troops?

"No politicians" was one of the guiding principles of the GOE. Some wanted to come and speak, but were told, "no thanks."

[AirBorn]

Thanks for the Pics!! N.P.! ( Where's the "Link" you were talking about that we can go to to see the rest?)

Funny thing too ( actually-NOTHING really "funny" about libbies; more like something "Sad, Pathetic" etc.--but anyhow) something funny but to BE EXPECTED:

Ever notice that they have TWO KINDS of signs?

a) The " Mass-produced-OneThemed-Un Creativeand Un Original" types that they Get Given WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THEM!! ( like the " End the Draft "!!- when you tell them the DRAFT ENDED YEARS AGO- they look LOST!!-and then you ask them, " Don't YOU even read ANYTHING you are given to carry!!??-or are you all that GULLIBLE! and easily lead like a bunch of lemmens jumping off a cliff!!)

and then ..

2) Their "Home Made" signs!

Normally made from paper posters Torn-Down form the halls of the Homeless Shelter they have been staying at! and wriiten with whatever Pen/marker they can "Borrow" from News Stands as they are walking to get to their rally!

They have these "Rythming" ones-or "Cutsie-Ones" like that 17 year old you showed here!-that Really make NO SENSE at all--but I guess THEY think they do because it sounds
" Cool" to them!

Great Post!

Darth AirBorne

[MinuteGal]

The success of the Gathering made my day, my week, my month, my year!

Thanks for the ping to this most excellent (and humorous) article.

I think I'll run a Sunbeam Mixmaster through my hair and clamp a shower ring to my nose and infiltrate the next anti-war demonstration.

Leni

[Interesting Times]

I think I'll run a Sunbeam Mixmaster through my hair and clamp a shower ring to my nose and infiltrate the next anti-war demonstration.

Skip a week's worth of showers, and you're good to go.

[New Perspective]

Yes, they did get a surprise. Many would just shout communist slogans. I got a few pics of them with our heroes.

[Stultis]

Wow! That's the most flattering picture of Henry Waxman I've ever seen. (But how come he's bigger if standing in the background?)

[AliVeritas]

Check this out:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1803495/posts?page=1

[AliVeritas]

Check it out:
http://conprotantor.blogspot.com/2007/03/vietnam-vets-face-down-moonbats.html

[windchime]

"The police announced through a bullhorn that they’d use teargas if the protestors didn’t return to the parking lot. In response, a female-looking anarchist in dreadlocks yelled out to me and some other reporters nearby, asking if we’d help get the word out that the police, without cause, had gassed peaceful protestors. “No!” I instinctively yelled back, eliciting some shocked stares from the anarchists. Another anarchist approached us and asked if we’d stand between them and the police to prevent the cops from “attacking” them. He pointed to one elderly female reporter: “You ma’am, if you get in the middle, there’s no way the police will knock you over.” The request caught me off guard -- I was unaware that old women are used as human shields anywhere outside of the Middle East."

Good post!  It certainly illustrates the expectation of cooperation from the media.

 

[Stultis]

After parading through this gauntlet of counter-protestors, the rest of the march was pretty subdued. I walked back toward a portable loudspeaker surrounded by Palestinian flags. A speaker was leading a chant of “Stop bombing Lebanon!”, which I found strange, since no one is bombing Lebanon.

Not strictly true. No Jews or other non-Muslims have been bombing Lebanon, which is all that counts to the lefties. But Syrians and their proxies have. And just this February an al-Qaeda, and Palestinian, affiliated group, Fateh al-Islam, bombed two buses in Lebanon.

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks for alerting me to this article...Freedom's Worth It!!

I am enjoying the thread comments, too, some of the best ever on FR.

Those "ugly bikers" are a beautiful sight to me!!

[La Enchiladita]

ugly VET bikers!!

[just me]

Thank you for the post....

If the moonbats want to protest the war they should go to the middle east and protest the terrorist that declared war on us... Heck they might even feel more at home living in a cave seeing how they hate free enterprise so much..

[AliVeritas]

Recounts Washington and educates completely on the different factions of the anti-war left. Pass it on

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