Posted on 09/28/2002 10:38:10 AM PDT by metesky
What a great time. Madame Dufarge and I were on our way to do a punch list on an apartment building we manage, which led us by the Bangor Post Office. There, much to our surprise, an organized anti-war/anti-Bush rally was in full swing.
Microphones, cameras, drums, for god's sake!
About 130/150 (quick count) lunatics and hypocrites with signs were being whipped into a zombie like trance by some of the most marginal speakers in the area.
I immediately yelled, "Viva Geoge Bush!" Dufarge suggested free entertainment was at hand, so we found a parking spot and walked back to the scene.
Not wanting to be mistaken for the enemy we stood on the opposite side of the street from them.
Good god a'mighty, the speakers were mind numbing in their inanity, spewing the discredited touchy-feely bilge that hasn't changed one iota in thirty-five years. When one speaker started reading from a Molly Ivins column, no longer able to control ourselves, Madame Dufarge and I burst into loud, derisive laughter. Molly freakin' Ivins?
The hoots got the attention of the local TV swarm and Dufarge and I were interviewed by local channels 2 and 5 and the campus reporterette from the University of Maine.
I do hope we upheld Free Republic standards, but I have the feeling we'll end up on the cutting room floor.
When we started mocking and cutting up all the speakers, the the protestors all started yelling for us to come over (to the dark side?) and join them. Dufarge yelled that she'd picked her side already.
About 12:15 an end was called and a final beating of the drums sent them off to their SUVs and Jeeps.
Dufarge got off one final yell of, "Give war a chance!" as we drove away.
Damn, that was fun.
The Bangor Peace and Justice Center, which sponsored this anti-American gibberish is trying to gin up a larger rally in Augusta on October 26th.
Any Freepers want to hook up for a major mockery session?
Channel 5 did show us pointing and laughing uproariously at the enemy.
Unfortunately, as mentioned, we were enroute to an afternoon of painting and had on our painting clothes, looking like we had just crawled out of a dumpster.
What the heck, it was spontaneous - and a lot of fun!
Hey ozone1, how about their Augusta thing on October 26? FreepMail us if you can make it, OK?
That qualifies as a victory. The Left is never wounded until you laugh at it.....
The main post office is in the Federal Building; the city is dotted with branches located in places like the local grocery store right around the corner from me - you can buy stamps, send mail, ship packages, etc.
And buy fried chicken and sandwiches at the same time.
And thanks for your reply.
I think we all recognize the enemy, regardless.
It's our greatest weapon. They'll be blindsided by it every time. Irony escapes them.
A mix of peace activists, anarchists, veterans, children, and students, the protestors performed a puppet skit (featuring a three headed monster representing Osama Bin Laden, George Bush, and Saddam Hussein) before the group took to the streets in chanting, drumming, music-making, dancing, and singing.
Really, does it get any funnier than this?
Osama bin Laden, George Bush and Saddam Hussein (leaving aside the drumming and stuff).
These people are so confused that in the not so recent past, they would have brought to the emergency room for experiencing a bad acid trip.
What is it with them that they don't understand the simple concept of THEY WANT TO KILL US?
The old farts preach "peace" while pushing the young ones out in front to take the punches.
Saw that in Bangor today, they had a young girl just out of the Barbie Doll stage yelling into the microphone about how she was representing everyone her age.
It's a childish outlook on life they have and even they, though they won't admit it, know they have to use innocents to advance their cause. They can't recruit other adults, who've left them in the dust.
"drums, for god's sake!"
Aren't these characters a load of fun?Now it's just finding when they ooze together and meeting them everywhere they go.
"Hey kids, here's what your Mom and Dad Looked like in the '60's!"
Since coastal Maine is already a theme park, how about getting some of these dollars toward the middle of the state?
Can I steal use that?
We were dressed sloppy, with old paint spattered work clothes on. Next time proper planning calls for maybe a sweater and tie and signs of our own, and handouts or something.
Hell, I'd even shave if'n I wasn't afraid my dentures would stick out a mile.
An inspiration for us all.
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