The FreeRepublic Eagle AwardsNominations
Posted on 03/25/2002 11:04:59 AM PST by diotima
The FreeRepublic Eagle Awards
The Eagle Awards commitee of the FreeRepublic Network Leadership Council has announced the following nominations for the Eagle Awards. The Leadership Council is the collective body of Chapter Leaders and Executives.
Public Servant - The annual Free Republic Network "Public Servant" Eagle Award is given to the individual in public service who through their work and efforts during the awards year have demonstrated perseverance and courage in adhering to constitutional ideals in the operation of government. Past recipients of this award include the Honorable Bob Barr and Kathleen Harris.
Nominees are:
Donald Rumsfield- For his leadership of the war effort and keeping the media in line.
George W. Bush - For delivering on his tax-cut campaign promise
Rudy Guiliani- For keeping NYC together in the worst crisis in it's history
Gov. Mike Huckabee (AR) -the Tax Me More fund in Arkansas
Rep. Tom Tancredo (CO) for his fight on immigration issues
Rep. Ron Paul (TX) for his consistent public support for the constitution in the face of unconstitutional
legislation and legislators.
Private Citizen - The annual Free Republic Network "Private Citizen" Eagle Award is given to the individual or organization who through their private work and efforts during the awards year have demonstrated perseverance and courage in adhering to constitutional principles in advancing conservative ideals in American society. Past recipients of this award include Larry Klayman and David Schippers
Nominees are:
Franklin Graham for having the courage to tell the truth about Islam
Bernard Goldberg for his book exposing the media bias we all knew was there
David Horowitz for his work to stop PC on college campuses
Ward Connerly for his ongoing work to end affirmative action in government
Mark Levin for fighting for full disclosure of illegal politcal activities in labor unions and non-profit organizations
Gary Aldrich for supporting and fighting on behalf of the rights of govenment whistle blowers
Jesse Lee Peterson for "REPUDIATE Jesse Jackson Day" and his work on real civil rights issues
Media - The annual Free Republic Network "Media" Eagle Award is given to the media individual or organization who during the awards year has demonstrated a high level of consistency, truth and balance in presenting the news to the American public. Past recipients of this award include Matt Drudge and Brit Hume.
Nominees are:
Sean Hannity
Rush Limbaugh
Jim Quinn
Peggy Noonan
Bill O'Reilly
Best Chapter - The annual Free Republic Network "Best Chapter" Eagle Award is given to the Chapter whose high standard of activism during the awards year has significantly advanced the cause of conservativism and elevated public awareness of constitutional issues.
Nominees are: (all submissions were reprinted exactly as they were submitted by the chapters)
Tri-State(NY/NJ/CT)-
The Tri-State Chapter had two big freeps after the 9/11 attack: The first, at Union Square, to protest a peace rally, was on October 7 and was organized by firebrand. We had a huge turnout and a lot of support from passersby, and this notice in the New York Times:
<<About 50 counter-demonstrators followed the marchers, holding up placards that read "Traitors: Welcome to New York" and other slogans. A number of cars honked and held up traffic, responding to signs reading "Honk if you love America." One man held up a sign reading "Smile! You're starring in the next Taliban propaganda film.">>
The second was on October 27, near Times Square, and was organized by NYC GOP Chick.
The Tri-State chapter also helped organize and populate the big UN rally on July 14, to protest the proposed UN gun regulations that would supersede our Constitution. Freepers came from as far away as Washington State.
The February 2 rally to protest the WEF protestors was organized by Oschisms and drew more than 30 people on a bitterly cold day.
Two solo freeps by firebrand---one at Fox News, to counteract a rally purporting bias by Fox News, and one at the Christmas Tree at Rock Center, to protest yet another peace demonstrations---also took place, the second covered by NipponTV.
Members of Tri-State went across the river to NJ before the November election to help get out the vote for Schundler, and joined the stalwart NJ Schundler supporters there.
These are the high points of our year. As our friendships grow in number and strength, we hope to have bigger and better rallies in the future. We have a core of faithful activists and more joining the fun all along. We intend to have as positive effect as possible on the 2002 elections.
Washington, D.C.-
Here is a summary of the actions taken by the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com for the year 2001:
Completed our 28th month of consecutive Saturday White House protests against the Clinton administration. Hosted special White House protests the last two nights of the Clintons' reign: Bill Clinton's legacy speech on the 18th and the 'Count the Silverware' freep on the 19th.
Presented FR plaques of thanks to the Norwegian and Vatican embassies for putting up with us during the "Get Out of Cheney's House" protests.
Helped organize the FreeRepublic Inaugural Ball and Count the Silverware Party featuring Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and his band, Capital Offense.
Conducted a month-long daily vigil in front of the Chinese embassy when the ChiComs held an American aircrew hostage.
On behalf of FreeRepublic, D.C. Chapter members presented FOX News' Brit Hume with a FR media award at his office.
Freeped Hillary Clinton's first fundraiser at her new D.C. mansion for Sen. Maria Cantwell in April. The protest was reported by major newspapers in D.C., NYC, and Washington state, causing Hillary to keep advance publicity of her fundraisers there out of the press.
Freeped Bill Clinton up close and personal at a JFK School of Government conference in D.C., causing him to sneek out the back of the Hotel Washington after he was humiliated by us when he entered it in our presence.
Freeped Dan Rather at a booksigning appearance in D.C. Rather was positioned in front of a large picture window where his audience faced us and our signs out on the sidewalk.
Hosted the Third Annual White Pimp Corps Dinner FReep where we razzed the liberal media and politicians and met with FRiends such as Barbara and Ted Olson and Matt Drudge.
Helped FR with Clinton's a liar and Diotima get Rush Limbaugh to see that FReepers were not the nut jobs who were spamming his e-mail with hate messages by meeting and speaking with him at a book party in D.C. for his brother David.
From July to early September, we were part of FR's coast-to-coast Gary Condit freeps over the disappearance of Chandra Levy, which included freeps at his Adams-Morgan lovenest and on Capitol Hill. Those protests rated coverage in The Washington Post, The Washington City Paper, CNS.com, local TV news and FOX News Channel.
In August, we demonstrated at the White House to call attention to the plight of the Klamath Basin farmers and the firefighters who died that summer as a result of the Endangered Species Act. We collected hundreds of signatures for the farmers got our fellow citizens to think about the abuses happening under the ESA.
Also in August, we organized a White House victory tour for one hundred FReepers through the office of Rep. Bob Barr.
In September, we founded Operation Infinite FReep to support America, our troops, President Bush and the victims of 9-11. Actions included the September 29 counter demonstration against anti-WTO commie-peaceniks who marched on D.C. This was the first time anywhere in the world that anyone organized resistance to the riotous thugs who terrorized cities around the globe with their actions.
We successfully defended the flag at the Navy memorial from the commies and demoralized the anti-war movement for many months by peacefully standing up to them. This was their first big action after 9-11 and we met them with a flag-waving patriotic resolve that blew their minds (literally).
Because we were peaceful, press coverage was minimal, but the AP ran a photo that was picked up by some newspapers across the country, along with coverage in the local D.C. and Baltimore papers and local TV. Reuters TV took lots of video, but we have no idea what was broadcast around the world. We did dozens of interviews that day, and used the opportunity to educate the left-leaning media about the nature of the anti-war protesters and how this war was differnet from the Vietnam era. Later, we apologized to the press for not giving them the violence they wanted (hehe.)
As a result of our demeanor that day, we were considered for an appearance on ABC News' Nightline, but we were passed over for a known quantity: The Heritage Foundation.
In October, we hosted "Family Flag Day" at the White House where we encouraged families to come out and fly the flag. Unfortunately, President Bush issued a terror alert the day before, so the turnout totalled about forty FReepers. However, the AP ran a photo of Dave Dilegge's son holding an American flag that was picked up by dozens of Sunday papers across the country with combined circulation of well over a million copies.
The weekend before Halloween we held a counter-demonstration by the White House against a small anti-war protest. By agreement with law enforcement, we did not organize a direct confrontation with them this time, but a few FReepers went to their march and peacefully confronted them.
In November, we had back-to-back freeps of Bill and Hillary Clinton at D.C. fundraisers. Bill was once again humiliated up close and personal, this time at Smith Bagley's in Georgetown. This featured the first time (I think) that Bill actually spoke to FReepers protesting him.
The following night, we freeped a fundraiser at Hillary's for her Hillpac. We learned and reported that the hired help was complaining about the low turnout at her fundraisers there.
Also in November, as part of Op. Infinite FReep, we commenced a weekly vigil at the Pentagon, which we are still maintaining to this day, for those murdered in the 9-11 terrorist attacks by creating a memorial to the two FReepers who died in the attacks: Barbara Olson and John Moran. The memorial (and FR) was recently reported in The Washington Times.
Fresno/Central Valley Chapter-
"(1) Our Chapter organized and coordinated the "Post Inaugural Victory Brunch" in Clovis which was televised by C-Span - Jim Robinson was honored, FreeRepublic.com was touted, and the victory of President Bush was celebrated.
(2) Our Chapter organized and coordinated the "Gray Davis - Prince of Darkness - Flashlight Vigil" demonstration at the State Capitol to protest the governor's MIShandling of the energy crisis; this event got pretty good media coverage.
(3) Our Chapter participated in the Klamath Falls "Convoy of Tears" demonstration when the convoy came through Fresno; Jim Robinson attended and was introduced to the crowd.
(4) Our Chapter members have been faithfully participating in the "Infinite Freep" demonstrations every Friday evening at the corner of Shaw & Blackstone in Fresno to support the troops.
(5) Our Chapter organized and coordinated the freep of actor Danny Glover when he came to Modesto. (6) AND last, but certainly not least, our Chapter organized and coordinated the "Resign Condit" protests which have been ongoing for almost eight months now - every Saturday in Modesto near Condidit's district office; the first anti Condit protest was a mammoth media event back in July when Jim Robinson and Saundra Duffy presented a demand for Condit's resignation.
Thank you for your consideration of our Chapter for the Chapter of the Year honor." - Saundra Duffy
Arizona-
SUMMARY - Early in the year the Arizona Chapter decided upon the goal of
stirring up a little negative publicity for Senator John McCain. Chapter
members believed McCain was becoming less and less a representative of
Arizona and more and more a shill for the Democrat Party. Arizona Freepers
started out holding anti-McCain protests and ended up heading a campaign to
recall the senior senator from Arizona. They also had the opportunity to
show their support for President Bush when he visited Arizona on Memorial
Day. In September, Arizona Freepers had lunch with the winner of the NFRA's
Ronald Regan Freedom Award, Free Republic's own Jim Robinson!
EVENTS -
May 19 - March Against McCain and Support Katherine Harris
We planned the McCain protest for that day, but were contacted by Rep.
Hayworth's office about providing support for Katherine Harris because the
Dems were going to protest Harris' appearance. Several FReepers pulled
double-duty that day.
FREEPER REPORT
Anti-McCain forcesrally - Arizona Republic
May 28 - Memorial Day Rally for Bush
We staged a counter-protest outside the venue where Bush was speaking that
day. We wanted to thank the president for the recently signed tax cut and
show support for the president when we knew the DEMS would be out in force
to ridicule him.
FREEPER REPORT
June 2 - Protest of Daschle visit to McCain's home near Cottonwood, AZ
On less than 24 hours notice, we rounded up some FReepers to protest a
highly publicized meeting between Tom Daschle and John McCain. The meeting
came just one week after McCain's vote AGAINST the Bush Tax Cut and his
absence at Bush's appearance at an event in Arizona honoring veterans on
Memorial Day. We knew the press would be out in force and we managed to get
noticed by The New York Times, USA Today, The Arizona Republic and some
local TV news programs.
FREEPER REPORT
New York Times article
JUNE-SEPTEMBER - RECALL MCCAIN DRIVE
Arizona FReepers were quick to sign on to applications to initiate a Recall
of Senator McCain. Several applications were made, and Chapter Leader,
Marcia Regan stepped in to consolidate the various recall applications into
one unified recall drive. Arizona FReepers from across the state played an
important role in gathering signatures for the recall. When the September
11th attacks occured, we announced an end to the recall drive on
Constitution Day in an effort to show unity with all the country's leaders.
Dittomom on Hannity &Colmes
LINK to Article
Link to another article
Arizona Republic article, 7/1/01
SEPT 1 - Jim Robinson Visit to Arizona
Dittomom, Cyber Liberty and Slip18 have lunch with Jim Robinson and family
as they return back to California from their visit to the NFRA to receive
the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award.
OCTOBER - Network Cruise
Dittomom, Cyber Liberty and Slip18 attend the Network Cruise
Best New Chapter - The Annual Free Republic Network "Best New Chapter" Eagle Award is given to the Chapter, first established in the eighteen months prior to the end of the awards year, whose high standard of activism has significantly advanced the cause of conservativism and elevated public awareness of constitutional issues.
Nominees are:
Chicagoland-
CCRM- (Media Bias Chapter)
FReeper of the Year - The annual Free Republic Network "FReeper of the Year" Eagle Award is given to the individual or group, affiliated with any Free Republic organization, whose dedication and service during the awards year have significantly advanced the ideals and goals of the principles upon which the FreeRepublic was established.
Nominees are:
Lurker No More!- For her work for putting together the booth at CPAC and the incredibly successful NetworkCruise.
diogenesis- For all of his wonderful pics and work on Afghanistan.
Jeff Head - For the petitions on Klamath Falls and the NYC Firefighter statue.
Dittomom - The Recall McCain drive.
Dave Dilegge - For his work on Operation Infinite Freep.
countrydummy -For continuing to stand tall against the bullying of the National Park Service who is trying to boot her off her own land. The NPS has a pet name for her and Ann Roach - "Bitches of the River."
AuntB - For her work on land grabs and at Klamath Falls.
Lifetime Achievement Award - The annual Free Republic Network "Lifetime Achievement" Eagle Award is given to the individual or group, affiliated with any Free Republic organization, who through their dedication and efforts over the years have significantly advanced the ideals and goals of the principles upon which the Free Republic was established.
Nominees are:
John Robinson- For all his great work designing and programming the website
Bob J- For his work with RadioFR and the FR Network
Badjoe- For putting togther the fundraising teams that conduct the Freepathons and keeping FreeRepublic on-line
RJayneJ- For Free Republic Highlights, a lot of work and not nearly enough credit.
Memorial Eagles - This honor is conferred upon individuals who have passed from us during the awards year, but whose dedication, commitment and contributions to the conservative cause will always be cherished and their memory honored.
BCM-Battlion Chief Moran
BKO- Barbara Olson
Chief Negotiator
Rick Riscorla
LTC Jerry Dickerson, US Army
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Nice work on the voting setup.
We will know better after a few days of testing it out.
Voted and bumpity-bumped.
Leni
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