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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
The Chicagoland Chapter had a successful Anti-antiwar protest in the Lincolnwood area of North Chicago. Attendees were Chicagolady, GRRRRR, Chi-Town Chief, BillyBoy, RedWing9, justshutupandtakeit and son.
BillyBoy, Chicagolady and myself arrived at the corner of Western and Devon around 12:15. GRRRRR and Chi-Town Chief had already laid claim to the corner flying the American Flag and egging-on the 'Saddam Fan Club' of 'Useful Idiots.' justhshutupandtakeit and his son came soon after that, yelling comments from across the street like 'We love Saddam'.
We were located about 4 blocks west of the protest gathering but right along their planned march. Their rally was to start at noon, but there were plenty of stragglers coming down Devon until the march began. That only allowed us to stir them up with chants like:
- We want more inspectors, 400,000 of them
- We love Saddam {using sarcasm}
- Give war a chance
- Bomb Bomb Bomb Iraq...
I'll leave it up to the others to add their own reminisces. I do remember calling out to the bandana-covered-face radicals to show their face. They tried to yell something which was undiscernable, so I again asked them to drop the bandana so we could understand them. They continued on their way, flustered by their inability to make a point, I think.
The marchers began their journey west at around 1:15p and they past by us, all ~4000-5000 of them. I stood on a bus bench the entire time with my 400,000 inspectors sign, chanting, pointing out their faltering logic, and just generally laughing at them.
Several of them tried to corner me into the 'you've never served in the military' argument, it was most assuredly easy to ignore them.
We kept reminding them that A.N.S.W.E.R. and N.I.O.N. were fronted by communist organizations. At at the end we had an old man, veteran of Korea, establish himself as a member of A.N.S.W.E.R. We had a discussion with him that was more laden with the typical 'you didn't serve, you can't talk' rhetoric, along with other things that justshutupandtakeit and GRRRRR will have to comment on. 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
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: answer; chicagoland; indymedia; peaceniks; protest; supportourtroops; supportrally
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To: Angelwood
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posted on
02/15/2003 3:00:37 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(God Bless America)
To: GRRRRR
A HAPPY, REAL American!!
And one more seat available at the Saddam Fan Club Rally
22
posted on
02/15/2003 3:06:35 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(God Bless America)
To: chicagolady
Hey ChicagoLady---are your ears still buzzing from that little cutie leftist babe? I swear she was on a mission to "save" just one and convert you to the "Dark Side"...It was a pleasure to meet you finally! HERE she is, in all her Anti-American, Anti-Capitalist mode, while wearing a "NORTHFACE" parka, containing some polyester, nylon and other petroleum based MAN MADE materials...
Happy Day! GRRRRRRRRRRRRollin'
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posted on
02/15/2003 3:18:35 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(God Bless America)
To: GRRRRR
I told that guy in the picture to meet me here while pointing to www.freerepublic.com. I hope he does, because all I could debate him on was whether I was in or had been in the service. That's all he had, which is sad.
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posted on
02/15/2003 3:22:08 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: GRRRRR
To paraphrase the line from "The Blob":
"I think we pissed them off!"
To: GRRRRR
For some odd reason, her last words to us were that we were against free speech.
To: GRRRRR
Oh, and the guy who was standing on the bus bench with me telling me I had no idea unless I was in the service.
Last thing he said to me "I'm a leftist because the girls are easy", to which I quickly replied "yea, they get down on their knees pretty quick, eh?".
I then turned to catch a group walking up to us and I shouted "That guy just said that he's a leftist because all leftist women are easy" over and over. Their faces were sour. So, how easy was that girl??? You think she'd take one for the cause???
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posted on
02/15/2003 3:25:08 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: Chi-townChief
her last words to us were that we were against free speech Yea, she was writing a paper about censorship. I wonder if she'll get an 'A'.
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posted on
02/15/2003 3:26:14 PM PST
by
RedWing9
(We will vie for Lord Stanley... again!)
To: GRRRRR
Re the anti-war chick with the petroleum-based outerwear... it's always fun to halt their tirades with a comment that reminds them of the hypocracy of their "no war for oil" stance. They get a dumb(er) look as they try and process the info.
29
posted on
02/15/2003 3:27:38 PM PST
by
tgslTakoma
(Patriots Rally IV, March 1, 2003 - Sylvan Theater, Washington, DC - Start saving $ for gas money now)
To: GRRRRR
GRRRRReat Photos!!!!! Thanks for pinging me to this treat. You're right about the hate-filled marchers at these events. The media never show the sea of single digits pointed at anyone who objects to their message or let people across America hear the profanity and unAmerican sentiments that are spewed forth from these communist-backed events.
Thanks for getting out today and braving the hate-filled crowd as well as the cold.
30
posted on
02/15/2003 3:27:53 PM PST
by
Angelwood
(FReepers are Everywhere!)
To: RedWing9
Thanks! You guys look pretty cold out there!
31
posted on
02/15/2003 3:32:41 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: RedWing9
Any time you get one of those "Have you been in uniform? I have"...
rtemind them Benedict Arnold served in uniform too.
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posted on
02/15/2003 3:33:03 PM PST
by
finnman69
(!)
To: RedWing9
You are sooooo bad!
Thank you all for your brave demonstration, you are the best!
33
posted on
02/15/2003 4:03:36 PM PST
by
cfrels
To: RedWing9
Great job Chicago FReepers...check out our
NC Rally thread from today.
Wasn't it a blast? I can't wait to do it again.
MKM
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posted on
02/15/2003 4:12:05 PM PST
by
mykdsmom
To: cfrels
I apologize, yet again, for having such a poor photo-hosting website...I'm going to have to figure out how to FTP them to my own ATTBI website some time...once I exceed my 100meg in downloads per day, then the pics won't show...sorry about that...You should be able to go
HERE and view them directly... GRRRRR
35
posted on
02/15/2003 4:14:01 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(God Bless America)
To: RedWing9
Excellent report and great job!
36
posted on
02/15/2003 4:28:07 PM PST
by
Skeet
To: Skeet
Excellent report about a great FReep. EAGLES UP!
37
posted on
02/15/2003 4:43:59 PM PST
by
GailA
(stop PAROLING killers Throw Away the Keys http://keasl5227.tripod.com/)
To: RedWing9
Great job!
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posted on
02/15/2003 6:22:43 PM PST
by
sistergoldenhair
(Don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.)
To: mykdsmom
Beautiful day 22 degrees patriot companions. What could be better?
To: justshutupandtakeit
A bump to you and your son. Is he a FReeper too? Maybe justshutupandtookit?
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posted on
02/15/2003 7:18:48 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
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