CHICAGO SENDS WINTER HAWK AS WELL AS ZEROBAMA WRAMC AAR WEEK 188

self | 25 November 2008 | Jimmy Valentine's brother Photos by Trooprally (Mr T)

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

21 November 2008, Elder Street and Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC

Honor Roll: Fraxnius, Cindy_True_Suppporter, VictoryNY, USN Retired, BufordP, ½ Trooprally, Kburi, Lurker Bill, Ron G Kirby,

On special assignment: PleaDeal

Temperate weather left town as snow flurries arrived

and temperatures plunged like the stock market. After almost two years of the most ethical congress, the economy is in the toilet. But not to worry, Charlie Rangel has surrendered one of his rent controlled apartments in Harlem but claimed a homesteading tax break in DC. Everything is going to be OTAY when ZEROBAMA’S Three Stooges economic team takes over and reinvents the We Piddle Along to run the deficit into the next century.

Not only had temperature dropped but the Hawk as they call the wind in “The City with shoulders” was flying across Georgia Avenue.

Here’s a few pics courtesy of Mr. T showing the DC Chapter stalwarts getting some fresh air:

Kburi and Lurker Bill

BufordP

Ron G Kirby:

USN Retired:

You think only men go into the night? Wrong DC Chapter women stand watch too! Two of my favorite babes VictoryNY and Cindy_True_Supporter. Guess which one is a “Wahine” and which is the “Apple Knocker.”

In prior AARs it had been reported that an AZZHAT had left messages pasted for the troops so when this was spotted :

we were suspect. Here’s the message:

”May the people of
Shepherd Park
And the people from
Walter Reed Hospital,
Their families
And loved ones
Have a safe and Happy
Thanksgiving.
And never forget
That no matter where you are
Or
Where ever you go
That
Somebody out there Loves you”

Carlton Smith

We had been informed that the Friday night dinner bus would be running late. Your intrepid but frigid scribbler
packed it in after the moonbats down the street called it a night.

Trooprally provides the following narrative

9:30PM: Cold, breezy, dark and all alone, at least on the northwest corner. On the northeast corner stood Cindy_True_Supporter, on the southeast corner was Lurker Bill, and holding down the southwest corner was RongKirby. The dinner bus went to a restaurant in Arlington, VA tonight. Word from inside Walter Reed is that the bus will be late tonight, 10:30. If the bus was to come any earlier the Walter Reed FReepers would have stayed. But there is a time, especially on such a cold night, that one has to make a decision, to stay or leave. So soon after the moonbats left, some FReepers had to leave. Fraxinus and BufordP were the last to leave by 9:30. BufordP wasn’t feeling well this morning and had planned to leave early, well before 9PM. I guess JVB convinced him otherwise with a real good cigar.

So we were all alone after 9:30PM. Traffic was light and we were able to talk across the intersection without a problem. When cars, buses and trucks did come by, we received a lot of honks. And waves if we could see them in the darkness. There were several chants going on. The typical chant started during GoE 1 in March of 2007:
What do we want? Global Warming!
When do we want it? NOW!!

Then there was the special chant for Walter Reed:
What do we want? The bus!
When do we want it? NOW!!

Another bus, from the Blair Mansion Dinner Theatre came by after 10PM. There was a lot of waving back and forth. The Blair Mansion bus was a treat for us. Usually we leave after the Friday night dinner bus comes through the gate. The Blair Mansion bus is once a month event and comes long after the regular Friday night bus. Blair Mansion is owned by a Legionnaire from Cindy_True_Supporter and [Mrs] Trooprally’s American Legion Post.

10:35: The bus was officially late.
10:40: Still no bus, so to save time getting into our warm cars after the bus came by, Lurker Bill and Cindy_True_Supporter started to take down the banners and put away the FR canteen. 10:45: SURPRISE!! The bus came down Georgia Avenue from the north. Lurker Bill and Cindy_True_Supporter barely had enough time to get back to the corner to wave the bus in. When the bus comes from the north, due to the street trees and a bend in the road, we only have a half block notice vs the 2 blocks if it came from the south. I did not have time to take the camera out of my jacket so no bus pics tonight. At least Kburi was able to take some pics last week. For those who don’t know, it very cold weather batteries go dead real quick and the digital camera gets slow. Not knowing exactly when the bus would show up I was trying to keep it warm by putting it in my jacket.

I told that PleaDeal was on special assignment. Here’s her brief report::

I took a busload of wounded warriors and family members to Blair Mansion Inn last Friday, which is why I wasn’t out freezing with you guys. I had a nice meal and a show with some terrific people while you guys were warming the hearts of folks driving by in nice toasty cars!

We left the base at about 6:40pm and there wasn’t anyone yet on the corners. We came back close to 10pm and lo-and-behold! there were still a few FRozen FReepers waving and smiling to the returning troops! The folks on the short bus all said how much they appreciated seeing the FReepers. It let them know they were not forgotten and that some people appreciated THEM!

Thanks guys, you made me very proud to be a FReeper!

The wounded warriors inside the hospital are heartened by the sight of ordinary citizens cheering for them and displaying our thanks for the service and sacrifice they've made on our behalf.

Directions to our Walter Reed freep location from the Takoma metro station,.

Thanks to BufordP for Keeping the BIG LIST: All DC Chapter Walter Reed FReeps

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Looks like Zerobama is not the only change coming to town so when you join us, be sure to dress appropriately.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Happy Thanksgiving!

[HollyB]

You guys are amazing! God bless you all and I pray you have healthy and happy Thanksgiving.

[Veeram]

A BIG THANKS to everyone in the DC Chapter, for your dedication and hard work in support of OUR Troops !!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!

V

[BufordP]

10:45?! Arggh!

[gimme1ibertee]

Right back at cha!

[gimme1ibertee]

Thanks so much for the pics,and you guys are great!
God bless you for what you do!

[PleaDeal]

“Arggh!” is right! Above and beyond the call of duty!

[R. Scott]

Looks a bit cold! Good work!

[basil]

Thank all of you for being there for all or us around the country who can't be there.

Have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgivig.

[trooprally]

Hey WVNan - JVB posted the “guy” pics so you can have a “Best Square Jaw” Contest. So, who is it?

[Mr] T

[trooprally]

JVB - Nice AAR - And timely to boot.

Good thing that the snow was only a clipper coming through.

Also, Plea Deal gave this report:

"I took a busload of wounded warriors and family members to Blair Mansion Inn last Friday, which is why I wasn’t out freezing with you guys. I had a nice meal and a show with some terrific people while you guys were warming the hearts of folks driving by in nice toasty cars!

We left the base at about 6:40pm and there wasn’t anyone yet on the corners. We came back close to 10pm and lo-and-behold! there were still a few FRozen FReepers waving and smiling to the returning troops! The folks on the short bus all said how much they appreciated seeing the FReepers. It let them know they were not forgotten and that some people appreciated THEM!

Thanks guys, you made me very proud to be a FReeper!

PleaDeal"

[Mr] T

[trooprally]

Yep, the better half of Trooprally stayed home recuperating.

[Mr] T

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[WVNan]

Well, Buford looks kinda “scruffy”. If it hadn’t been for the beard he might have won this week, but I have to say JVB still has the title of best “square jaw”, even with all the wrappings around it.

[WVNan]

Thank you PleaDeal, for what you did, and for reporting about it. I love these AARs. I wait for them every week, and wish I could be there. I love yose guys.

[\/\/ayne]

I predict that around January 20th suddenly the troops will be a-ok in moonbat books. The protesters and false accusers will crawl back under their rocks for a long hibernation, until another Republican is elected President. Then they can squirm their way into the media spotlight again, dust off their hoaxes and accusations and try again.

This generation's John Kerrys and Jane Fondas totally failed in their mission of troop demoralization. Thanks to DC Chapter, Protest Warriors and MoveAmericaForward.org Medea Benjamin and her cronies are but pink dust in the propaganda wind. (I hope they spend all their time now publicly supporting President Obama while still wearing their silly costumes!) Of course, there is still some clean up and troop support left to be done, but the main battle is won.

I'm thankful for the troops keeping our freedom and winning the War on Terror but also for DC Chapter keeping the home front safe and being an inspiration for troop supporters across the nation. God bless you all and happy Thanksgiving!

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

On of my concerns is that our heroes will never get the victory parade that they deserve.

[GVnana]

God bless you folks for all you do.