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Chicagoland Chapter - After Action Report, 2/15 Anti-anti-war Protest
Personal Experience
| 2/15/2003
| RedWing9
Posted on 02/15/2003 1:34:58 PM PST by RedWing9
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Pictures/video forthcoming....
God Bless Our Troops and Our President.
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posted on
02/15/2003 1:34:59 PM PST
by
RedWing9
To: 1rudeboy; A.J.Armitage; aruanan; Barnacle; BillyBoy; Bulldog; celeste_aida; cfrels; chicagolady; ...
Chicagoland bump!
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posted on
02/15/2003 1:35:40 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: Angelwood; diotima
Other chapter bump!
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posted on
02/15/2003 1:36:35 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: RedWing9
At at the end we had an old man, veteran of Korea, establish himself as a member of A.N.S.W.E.R. Did he say which side he was on?
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posted on
02/15/2003 1:38:23 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(We've got, you know, armadillos in our trousers. I mean, it's really quite frightening.)
To: RedWing9
I would like to point out that as he was walking away and said "A small town in Texas is missing their town joker" I said, "Oh, I didn't know you were from Texas"... lol
LOL indeed
To: Chad Fairbanks
Did he say which side he was on? He said he was a communist...
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posted on
02/15/2003 1:42:44 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: RedWing9
Congrats on being out there. Freeping in public is not easy, you take a hit from the popular culture. The lamestream press loves the peaceniks, they share the same values, and so your very presence upsets them.
Good job. I urge a try at public Freeping to any lurkers out there, it is EXHILIRATING. Keep a cool head, stay witty but right, don't stoop to their level, assume the press will vilify conservatives, and you'll have a good time.
To: RedWing9
We want more inspectors, 400,000 of them
Just hang on.
President Bush is about to send 200,000 real inspectors.
Step aside Hans Blix.
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posted on
02/15/2003 1:51:35 PM PST
by
CHICAGOFARMER
(Citizen Carry)
To: RedWing9
I have to admit, after working a month on the graveyard shift, I have not had this much fun in weeks! My favorite sign was Billy Boy's "WELCOME......SADDAM fan club! There was very visable communist supporters and flags, Most of the simple folk do not know that they have tied thems selves to the Pro-Communist movement! Ignorance they will cry as their excuse. This movement is sort of like a bowel movement...it feels so good when they evacuate! As I displayed an "Anti-War Communist Propaganda" banner several folks came up to me and asked me..What's wrong with Communism? To which I replied " why do you live in America? Go live in a Communist Country! Then they replied, "thats not the point! WELL......It is my Point!
A word of thanks to all you who have served in the military Thank you! I know my Freedom of speech exists because much blood was shed. God Bless you all!
To: Barnacle; BillyBoy; cfrels; chicagolady; Cletus.D.Yokel; Cynderbean; facedown; Dengar01; ...
Well, one thing is certain:
A MARCH OF THOUSANDS CAN'T HOLD US BACK!
... although I'm still trying to get rid of the chill and get my voice back.
Two people we talked to really got to me:
- First, we were confronted by a little old guy who said he was a Korean War vet (not the same guy that RedWing refers to.) Even after Chicagolady thanked him for his service, he got tremendously hostile and got all over my case with all kinds of insults when I told him I was never in the military. Trying explain to him that war wouldn't be necessary if Saddam would go into exile or be removed didn't help as he asked to see my "yellow back". I finally told him that he did a great job for us (meaning all Americans) with his service and why was he blowing it now? He called me a few more names but then left abruptly.
- And, at the very end of their procession, a kid, probably college-age, came up to us with an anti-war sign, but instead of confronting us, thanked us (!) for exercising our First Amendment right of freedom of speech!!
It bothers me that the kid had it figured out but the old vet didn't.
I have to admit that I enjoyed some of the street theatre of these folks including some percussionists in costume (Thai or Vietnamese, I believe) and a marching band, with Kiss-type make-up and skeleton costumes, who laid down like dead flies in the Devon-Western intersection. But some of the other people there ... for "peace" marchers, their faces were a little too contorted in hate.
To: RedWing9
I like when the guy told you that he didn't believe in the UN and its resolutions - go figure.
To: Chi-townChief
A Chicagoland Bump, Bump early and often!
To: RedWing9
BUMP for CHICAGO FReepers !!
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posted on
02/15/2003 2:12:02 PM PST
by
tgslTakoma
(Patriots Rally IV, March 1, 2003 - Sylvan Theater, Washington, DC - Start saving $ for gas money now)
To: RedWing9
Funniest pictures of anti-war protests(let's make an archive thread)
To: RedWing9
To: RedWing9
Speaking with peaceniks boggles the mind. If you ever want to know what a boggled mind feels like, try talking to those folks. I don't know if mind boggle damage is permanant, but it does hurt for a while. It takes a bit of head-shaking to clear your head again.
Good job, and thanks!
To: RedWing9; chicagolady; GRRRRR; Chi-townChief; BillyBoy; justshutupandtakeit
WAY TO GO GUYS!!!
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posted on
02/15/2003 2:18:05 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Chi-townChief; RedWing9
Thanks for great after-action reports. I want to see the picture of you (RedWing9) standing on the bench. Kudos CHICAGOLAND CHAPTER FREEPERS! Good job.
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posted on
02/15/2003 2:45:30 PM PST
by
Angelwood
(FReepers are Everywhere!)
To: RedWing9; chicagolady; GRRRRR; justshutupandtakeit; Chi-townChief; BillyBoy
Pictures/Video...
Done...
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posted on
02/15/2003 2:55:06 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: Angelwood; facedown
Ping to pics/vids...
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posted on
02/15/2003 2:55:42 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
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