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Gulf Coast Freepers Rally 'Round the Flag at Patriot1's House (with Photos)
Newslady and Patriot1 | October 1, 2001 | Newslady

Posted on 10/01/2001 3:20:55 AM PDT by newslady

American flags were everywhere, and red, white, and blue were the colors of the day at Patriot1’s house in Metairie, LA (a suburb of the Big Easy) for the Gulf Coast Freeper get together.

Approximately 40 patriots sang patriotic songs, reminisced and watched videos about past Freeper activities, and enjoyed the top-notch entertainment provided by JR and the Freepettes, while feasting on a large variety of delicious food.

Patriot1 adorned her fence with 16 posters filled with photos from past Freeper and patriotic activities, as well as printouts of articles from FreeRepublic.com concerning these activities. She also displayed Freeper memorabilia from the March for Justice (October 31, 1998), the Judgment Day Rally (December 5, 1998), the House Managers Dinner (May 5, 1999), and the Free Republic Count the White House Silverware Inaugural Ball (January 20, 2000). There were also lots of photos from the Gulf Coast Chapter Freep of Bill Clinton at the Oracle AppsWorld Convention in New Orleans on February 19, 2001.

Photos were also on display from two patriotic rallies organized by Patriot1 and newslady. The first rally was held on December 4th, 2000, before the presidential election and been decided, and was intended to show support for George W. Bush; the second rally was a victory rally held on December 16, 2000, after Dubya had been declared the winner of the election. In addition to the “wall” of posters, Patriot1 also had scrapbooks with lots of photos. Patriot1and I had a ball reminiscing about the patriotic activities chronicled in the posters and pointing out the photos of particular interest.

Before the entertainment started, we all sang the Star Spangled Banner, after which newslady said a few words about the act of terrorism that occurred on Sepember 11th and the patriotism being shown by Freepers who organize pro-American rallies whenever the pro-terrorists plan their protests. All of the patriots in attendance were united in support of the actions which are being taken by the Bush administration in the war on terror.

Since the defeat of Mary Landrieu in the 2002 Senatorial election is one of the highest priories of the GCC, the entertainment included a rendition by JR and the Freepettes of a song to the tune of “Proud Mary,” but which we called “Not So Proud Mary.” The words were borrowed from the Defeat Proud Mary Landrieu web site. Everyone joined in the chorus, “Stolen, stolen, stolen the election.” JR also performed an original Bill Clinton parody entitled, “Trolling in the White House,” also to the tune of Proud Mary, which was hilarious. The next item on the program was an original musical parody about Janet Reno to the tune of LaBamba, with the Freepettes again performing the background to JR. He ended with another original musical parody about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky to the tune of “He Cheated, He Lied.,” which JR said was very easy to adapt. Ha! The guests showed their appreciation to JR with a thunderous ovation. By the way, JR is actually the brother of Patriot1 and newslady, and the Freepettes were none other than Patriot1 and newslady.

Blam won the award for the Freeper who traveled the farthest, since he drove in all the way from Mobile.

Other Freepers came from far and wide—SAS-MS drove in from Missisisipi with her kiddie Freepers, as did Gulfcoast6 with his daughter and darling granddaughter. We need to apologize to Gulfcoast6 for forgetting to serve the pies which he brought. They were dynamite and were devoured by Patriot1 and newslady’s families after everyone left. No, we didn’t forget to serve them on purpose. Ha! SAS-MS appropriately brought an American flag cake, which made a big hit. Many thanks to her for the disc of photos of our Freeper social which she gave to Patriot1. AmericanMom1 came with her two patriotic kiddie Freepers, who led the singing of various patriotic songs.

Romulus also made a big hit with his delicious cajun jambalaya, BayouLinda and BayouLeo came with one of their kiddie Freepers, who was a star of one of the videos which was shown of an anti-Clinton protest in November, 1998. BayouLeo was kept busy taking photos with Patriot1’s digital camera, and we want to give him a big thank you for helping. The outspoken MawMawQueen and hubby were great, as usual. We had a great time reliving with them our Freep of Bill Clinton earlier in the year. It was great to Slee and hubby again. They both had great signs at our pro-Bush rally in the beginning of December of last year. Patriot1 and I had a great time reminiscing with Slee about the Judgment Day Rally, which we all attended. It was also great to meet Jamaly and hubby. We loved the story of her screen name, which is derived from “Jesus and Mama Always Love You.” TerryO, hubby, and her two kiddie Freepers were also a welcome addition to the crowd. We were glad to have Omegatoo join us—she was a delight and is a real patriot. After listening to “God Bless America” by Kate Smith, GramdaM and FeFe were overcome by patriotism, since they had not heard Kate Smith in a long time. A number of lurkers and wannabe Freepers also attended, including Bea, Jean, Bev, and Ken. A big thank you also to Hiker1 for helping us with our flags and coming up with the great idea of our “wall” of posters.

Here are few a group photos. Other photos can be observed by clicking on the link.

We had so much food that the leftovers will be enough to feed Patriot1 and my families for a week. Forgive me for not crediting everyone for their food contributions, because I didn’t keep track. But we had brisket, ham, baked beans, potato salad, potatoes au gratin, several salads, lots of hors d'oeuvres, lots of deserts, etc., etc., etc.

For those who are interested, here are links to other photos of the event.

MawMawQueen
Kiddie Freepers
Kiddie Freeper
GulfCoast6 Daughter
FeFe and GC6 Daughter
Hiker1
Family
Patriot1 and FeFe
Elephant Collection
Group
Group
GC6 Granddaughter
Newslady and Mandy
Kiddie Freepers
Group
JR and Hiker1
Group
Group
Group
BayouLeo
BayouLinda
Lurkers
GandmaM

It was a wonderful afternoon, filled with good food, good company, good entertainment, and fervent patriotism, and everyone appreciated this escape from the horrendous events of two weeks ago.


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To: Budge
Migosh, you make it sound so long ago! =o)
Just (kinda) hope I was "there" on the Wall Of Pictures. That means I was there...in spirit!

Yes, Budge, you were included in our Wall of Pictures. I too can't believe that the March for Justice was less than 3 years ago. It seems like an eternity, and was the beginning of Patriot1's and my careers as FReepers.

41 posted on 10/01/2001 9:35:41 AM PDT by newslady
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To: Reagan's_Mom
How wonderful! Looks like everyone had a great time...I'm so sorry I couldn't be there.
Looking forward to helping kick ole' brown roots out of office!

Wish you could have been at our social also. Reagan must really be growing up. We had the photo of you and Reagan on our wall of pictures, since this is one of our favorite pics from the "Freep the Creep" protest in February.

We're gearing up to defeat brown roots, but we need a viable candidate. Help!

42 posted on 10/01/2001 9:40:53 AM PDT by newslady
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To: Gulfcoast6
Well look at you and your beautiful grand daughter! you're right! She is so pretty! You're looking good my friend!
43 posted on 10/01/2001 9:45:14 AM PDT by Teacup
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To: newslady/Patriot1
Bravo! This was a wonderful party, well worth the trip. Great food, great friends and great entertainment. It really warmed my heart to see all my FReeper friends again and to meet others that I had not met before. I am so glad that gulfcoast6(Toby) was able to make it. I have been looking forward to meeting him since I became a FReeper. BTW, tell whoever said that you can't drive from NO to Mobile in 2.5 hours that they are wrong, hee, hee. SAS-MS & I created a two vehicle convoy all the way back to her exit in Mississippi. (Don't know what the folks in the white Corvette were doing) The weather was the best day of the year, beautiful.
44 posted on 10/01/2001 10:08:11 AM PDT by blam
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To: jamaly/omegatoo
Jamaly and omegatoo it was my pleasure to meet you both for the first time. Jamaly, I finally figured out who I had you (screen name) mixed up with. It was Chapita, don't ask me how that happened, Chapita is an old 'f@rt' like me and you are a lovely young lady, sorry. (I still haven't met Chapita in person yet.)
45 posted on 10/01/2001 10:20:42 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
SAS-MS & I created a two vehicle convoy all the way back to her exit in Mississippi.

Blam, I'm happy to know that you made it home safely. Patriot1 wanted you to stay over in her spare bedroom so you wouldn't be driving home at night, but we can understand that you wanted to get home. I'm glad you were convoying with SAS-MS. I regret that I don't have any photos of her, since she came late. I guess BayouLeo had stopped taking photos at that time.

By the way, Blam, I wanted to make sure that we identified you in the photos, since we didn't have any good photos of you from our "Freep the Creep" in February. So to be sure that we let everyone know what a handsome guy you are, I made it a point to include your pic in the main post.

46 posted on 10/01/2001 10:25:03 AM PDT by newslady
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To: Timeout;4conservativejustices;Lanman
You folks sure missed a good party, sorry you all could not be there. 4CJ, I was unable to eat any food for you, I ate to much for me, hee, hee. (Lanman, how's that new FReeper baby doing?)
47 posted on 10/01/2001 10:26:04 AM PDT by blam
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To: newslady
What a terrific party! Thanks for the great photos and terrific rundown. Way to go, Gulf Coast FReepers!
48 posted on 10/01/2001 10:33:19 AM PDT by Republic
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To: all
I forgot to mention with respect to the "Trollin at the White House" parody, that JR sang it using his best Clinton-imitation voice. It was hilarious.
49 posted on 10/01/2001 10:33:21 AM PDT by newslady
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To: Republic
Way to go, Gulf Coast FReepers!

Thanks for the words of support, Republic. Gulf Coast FReepers are the best!

50 posted on 10/01/2001 10:37:34 AM PDT by newslady
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To: gulfcoast6
Your daughter's pies were yummy.
51 posted on 10/01/2001 10:41:15 AM PDT by Patriot1
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To: Reagan's_Mom
We had a wall of activist patriotic and FReeper memorabilia, with photos, etc. attached to poster board. Among the photos, of course, were several of you and Reagan from our FReep at the Oracle Appsworld Convention in New Orleans on February 19th. Many people commented on one in particular of you and Reagan. Sorry you couldn't make the party. It was wonderful!
52 posted on 10/01/2001 10:47:43 AM PDT by Patriot1
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To: sarcasm
FYI, FReeper party, 'Big Easy' style.
53 posted on 10/01/2001 11:02:49 AM PDT by blam
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To: gulfcoast6; all
Gulfcoast6, since I failed to identify you in the photos, I want to point out to everyone that the handsome guy to the left of Blam in the fourth photo about is none other than you. In addition, in the first group photo above (the fifth photo in this post), GulfCoast6 and his beautiful daughter are on the far left. By the way, to the right of GC6's daughter is SLee, who I also failed to identify in the photos. Hope this makes up for my not identifying you, GC6. I stayed up all night to get all of the photos uploaded and identified in this post, and by the time I posted it, I was so sleepy I didn't know what I was doing. I'm thankful that I didn't make more errors than I did.
54 posted on 10/01/2001 11:06:26 AM PDT by newslady
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To: newslady
The Freepers who didn't come at the last minute really missed out.

Hey ... don't rub it in. I'm bummed I couldn't be there.

(Sunday turned out to be a big day at St. Patrick's for me due to the Archbishop's first visit. My day just didn't go as planned.)

The party looks to have been a HUGE SUCCESS. (As I knew it would be ... you two are quite a team.) Thanks for the excellent report and slew of photos!

55 posted on 10/01/2001 11:11:48 AM PDT by Askel5
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To: Askel5
I'm bummed I couldn't be there.

Wish you could have been at the party, also. We were looking forward to seeing you and maybe your Canine Corps Freeper, Mr. B. The photos of you and Mr. B from our "Freep the Creep" protest in February were displayed prominently on our Wall of Photos and were a big hit.

56 posted on 10/01/2001 11:23:20 AM PDT by newslady
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To: newslady, DrewsDad, basil, Gracey, TheSarce, The Bat Lady
Thanks for an excellent post! Sounds like you guys had a great time. I think the HOT Chapter in Austin needs to have a road trip to Partriot1's house one of these days! Party! Party! Party!
57 posted on 10/01/2001 11:25:35 AM PDT by TXBubba
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To: TXBubba
I think the HOT Chapter in Austin needs to have a road trip to Partriot1's house one of these days! Party! Party! Party!

First I wanted to say how proud we are of the HOT Chapter for your counter-protest to the pro-terroist group. Thank you guys for being there. Now as far as the partying, we were hoping to have some Texas FReepers (from Houston) at our party. However, the travel plans of many folks were canceled after the terrorist attack, and the Houston FReepers didn't come. Heck, the next time we have a party, ya'll come. We'll provide accommodations for you in Patriot1's and my house.

58 posted on 10/01/2001 11:40:12 AM PDT by newslady
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To: all
Now that I'm more awake, I want to include a cute photo of AmericanMom1 and her patriotic kiddie FReepers (Mandy and Trippie). Isn't this a great photo! Oh, I forgot to say that AmericanMom1 is my daughter and the kiddie FReepers are my grandkids.


59 posted on 10/01/2001 11:54:50 AM PDT by newslady
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To: newslady
What a beautiful bunch of patriots. Glad to be associated with you. Bless you all.
60 posted on 10/01/2001 12:06:50 PM PDT by In mourning for six years
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