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Patriots Rally For America San Francisco version 4/20/02
21 April 2002 | CounterCounterCulture / Photographer: Syncro

Posted on 04/21/2002 9:36:20 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

Patriots Rally For America – San Francisco version – 4/20/02

Today the main Freepers rally to counter the Palestinian/Anarchists/”Peaceniks” /whatever was in Washington D.C. There was a west coast version in the Baghdad-by-the-Bay (San Francisco).

The total attendance on our side was about 14-15. Freepers included…


And others not associated with FR that was disgusted with the leftist hate-mongers such as Mary, Darren, Carol, Ron, Joseph, a veteran, and my friend Pat. There were a few others whose names I didn’t write down.

Deeel-me-in (David), Pat, and myself commuted up from San Jose to voice our disgust with the opposition. Perhaps it was an omen, but we barely escaped getting sideswiped by a pickup truck that spun out of control on the I-280 freeway and ended up facing the other direction without rolling over by the time he or she stopped.

We arrived the civic center parking lot at about noon, our rally start point. Drango and mac_truck were all ready for us and somehow our patriotic garb gave us away. :-)

By about 12:20, we had our signage and bullhorn all set for Freeping in front of City Hall. The other side was doing a 2-mile march from Dolores Park to the Civic Center Plaza, across the street from City Hall. But there was already a large contingent of Palestinians and supporters across from us who weren’t doing the march. We could see many Palestinian flags as well as the various left-wing booths, soundstage, and of course buses.

Soon we caught them off guard with our pro-America/pro-Israel group that was about ten strong at this point. Once American Preservative and Syncro (a.k.a., Dr. Zoo) arrived, we gave them a good showing.

Our signs were decidedly pro-American, pro-Israel, and anti-terrorist/Arafat. The other side had the typical offensive signs equating or superimposing the swastika over the Star of David.

The media, KPIX-5 and Spanish language station KDTV-14, along with the San Jose Mercury News, covered and interviewed our unexpected group. Other stations had coverage too but probably followed the parade of fools and were too late by the time all hell broke loose at City Hall.

Early in our rally, the police captain came over to strategize with our group, fearing for our safety with our small numbers compared to their thousands in what the news coverage had described as the “largest march in twenty years,” which is saying something in lefty demonstration friendly San Francisco. The captain was friendly to us and we were equally concerned about our safety. He said if the other side was to get out of hand, which of course was probable, then our group would retreat inside City Hall until things calmed down.

By 1:45pm, the Paleswinians were about halfway across the street chanting inane and hateful slogans toward us and then the parade of fools veered left and headed for City Hall instead of the park. At that point the police officer gave us the sign to move back and then inside City Hall for our own protection. So the leftists trumped our First Amendment rights, not too unusual.

While we were huddled inside near the doors, there was a wedding inside the central part of the building, so we had to keep the noise down in the echoing building. The members were, I think, Japanese, so the police were able to use a little racial profiling to know which ones to let in the building in which ones to keep out.

We looked around and noticed Syncro was missing from our group but were relieved to see him outside playing the part of photographer, documenting the insanity close up.

After a while, the head of security inside City Hall was uncomfortable with our presence at the front and gave us options of either hanging out in the cafeteria downstairs or leaving out the back. About half of us split and the other confabbed downstairs. The catch was that we had to leave our signs off to the side at the front of the building, not being allowed to carry them inside.

So in the cafeteria, a.k.a., The Bunker, myself, Joseph, Pat, deeel-me-in, American Preservative, and eventually Syncro. Also in the bunker were other cops on break before they headed out to join the insanity outside. We could hear over their radios that an Israeli flag was being burned, which Syncro was able to catch on film.

After a while when it seemed too risky to go back out to finish our protest, we gathered back our signs and headed out the side door and stored them in Syncro’s Dr. of Phenomenology vehicle and, except for Joseph, went out for lunch at a Japanese restaurant and shot the breeze. By the time we got done, about 5pm, the leftist swine were taking down their soundstage and stuff, with the park looking like a mess, as usual. And so we live to fight another day against the hateful left in our closest call thus far.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arafat; firstamendment; hate; hitler; israel; law; mob; nazis; palestine; peaceniks; sanfrancisco; terrorism; war
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To: Bob J
Will try.
BTW, Syncro bumped an older thread so what you are seeing are efforts from almost two years ago when our troops were in Afghanistan.

Today I was involved with a rally/car wash fundraiser/care package drive for the troops in San Jose which got some media attention from our local TV station and print media.

121 posted on 03/20/2004 9:37:24 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture (They're "Appeaseniks"... not "peaceniks")
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To: CounterCounterCulture
BTTT
122 posted on 03/20/2004 9:38:08 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Space Available for Rent or Lease by the Day, Week, or Month. Reasonable Rates. Inquire within.)
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To: Syncro
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks for the memoriiiieeeeeeees.

< /bad singing >

:-)

But series-lee. Thanks a lot!

123 posted on 03/20/2004 9:38:44 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture (They're "Appeaseniks"... not "peaceniks")
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Geeeze, I was wondering if you were really a Raiders fan or not...
124 posted on 03/20/2004 10:09:36 PM PST by Syncro
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To: Bob J; Dr. Zoo
Heh...don't read the whole thread.

Sept 11th, huh? There is just something about that Date

The first anniversary here in No. Calif was a very patriotic event.

If there is going to be anything planned in this area for the Sept. 11, 2004 thingie let me know. Email or FR mail me.

Thanks

126 posted on 03/21/2004 12:29:42 PM PST by Syncro (Post 125 edited for mispelling...)
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