USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Support our Troops Nationwide Rallies ~ February 21 2003

February 21 2003 | snippy about it

[snippy_about_it]

Today we want to highlight the many upcoming Support our Troops and Patriot Rallies going on in our nation.

We hope you are able to participate in a rally near you or can make the trip to Washington D.C.

We want to show our troops, especially those forward deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom, that in fact America does stand behind her military. We also welcome support for our President, the Commander in Chief.

Folks, check out the links and find a rally near you, plan to attend and show your colors.

If anyone knows of a rally that isn't listed here, please feel free to post a link to it on today's Canteen thread.

From Angelwood: The Patriots Rally for America IV is a go for March 1, 2003 -- if you can get here to stand up for the troops, our Commander-in-Chief and our country, please do so. If you can't travel to DC, please try to make it to another Pro-America, Pro-Troops rally nearer to your home.

Our sources tell us that A.N.S.W.E.R. is still coming to DC on March 1 (as well as their "Convergence" on March 15). They are scaling back their numbers considerably, but they still plan to have staging areas and march to the Capitol with the main rally at 3rd and Constitution.

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Operation Infinite FReep: Fresno Support Our Troops Rally, Tonight (2/21)!

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NEW ENGLAND FREEPERS: RALLY TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS IN MANCHESTER CT

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San Antonio Rally

Dear Mr President:

Even as you keep your brave demeanor and tough approach to the current World situation, we surmise that in private moments you surely agonize over the weighty decisions that soon you will be called upon to make.

Our prayers are with you, and our support as well. We know that you will do the right thing, as you see it in your heart. You are a good man.

War is ugliness incarnate, and it is always to be avoided when possible. The day it becomes an attractive option, we fear, then we are all doomed.

But, to every season we must turn. Action now may be the only way to avoid a worse scenario down the road. That decision falls to you and the Congress. It is part of the job description. You must have known that when you signed on.

We don't envy you your task, but we will support you and our fine men and women in the military, as the future unfolds. Support in every way.

Of course, you will take a lot of criticism, no matter what you do. Stand strong. Your strength is our strength. As a nation, that is the way it must be.

God and history will judge us all, eventually.

Best regards,
RG Griffing,
Editor/Publisher San Antonio Lightning Newspaper

PS: Our heroes have always been cowboys.

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YCT To Hold Pro-Bush/Support Our Troops Rally At West Texas A&M University

Posted on 02/19/2003 11:45 AM EST by Dixicrat

Tuesday, February 25, from 12:20 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the Young Conservatives of Texas at West Texas will be holding a Pro-Bush/Support Our Troops Rally. We need everyone who can converge on our campus to do so.

We have already recieved notice the two other campus groups - young liberal texans and the leftist club - are coming to our rally to play the spoiler.

Be in Canyon, TX on February 25 to show our troops how grateful you are for their courage and sacrifice!

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Rally for America - Houston, March 1

Posted on 02/19/2003 6:31 PM EST by Xenalyte

Chris Baker just announced a Houston-area Rally for America - Saturday, March 1, at (I think) Jones Hall. More details to follow!

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Indianapolis SUPPORT THE TROOPS Rally Information Here

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ORLANDO's Rally For America....Saturday Feb 22 at 2P...Lake Eola, Downtown Orlando

Posted on 02/19/2003 6:43 PM EST by UCFRoadWarrior

On Saturday, Feb 22, 2003, at 2P, there will be a Rally For America being held at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. It is being sponosred by WFLA 540AM.

If any of you are in the Orlando area...come on down

Pro America Rally in Orlando on Saturday Feb. 22nd, 2:00 to 4:00.
Location: Lake Eola Park.

Shannon Burke of 540WFLA Talk Radio is organizing this Rally For America and has 1,000 seats reserved at the Lake Eola Bandshell. Please come with your family and friends!

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Rally for America - Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Mar. 2, 2003

Glenn Beck's Rally For America

Locations to date:

March 1st, 11:00 AM
San Antonio, TX
Rivercenter Mall Amphitheater

Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Glenn Beck and San Antonio radio station WOAI 1200 AM will host a Rally for America at the Rivercenter Mall Amphitheater.

Located on the gorgeous San Antonio Riverwalk near the historic Alamo, the amphitheater will host a celebration of American spirit and pride.

This event was conceived as a pro American freedom rally, to show the average Joe that he is not surrounded by the seemingly crazy people that much of our media focuses on. No, the crazies are surrounded by you, the ones in the majority in this great land, the decent God fearing hard working Americans that don't sue every time they spill hot coffee in their own laps!

The Rally for America is a group of people that are normal Americans; not media favored celebrities and money grubbing opportunist. The Rally for America is for the people that are the backbone of this country; people who despise war but understand that there are times when we have to fight a war. Both against our enemies abroad, and those within America who look upon the regular average American citizen as something less than decent and caring.

This event will feature local San Antonio KJ97’s Randy Carroll, Mix96.1’s Woody and Singer Beverly Houston + other Special Guests.

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March 2nd, Noon

Cleveland, OH

UPDATE, clic on Rosie pic for Cleveland update.

Rally for America Update: Trouble in Cleveland? Update, press picture below

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Join Operation Infinite FReep! As the inevitable war with Iraq approaches, more and more of the America-hating leftist weasels are crawling out of the woodwork. So-called "anti-war" protests are popping up in cities all across the nation. We will not allow these communist organized and led demonstrations go unanswered. FReepers are countering these terrorist supporting leftists wherever and whenever they pop up. Form a group, grab your signs, unfurl the flag and prepare to support your country!

• Operation Infinite FReep

• Support our Troops Rallies

• Search for more Rallies and Protests

• Patriots Rally for America!

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  Pictures of past rallies

  This is weldgophardline returning from the other side.
  

  Here is Beaversmom attending her first FReep. The little Beave is hanging on to fivetoes' sign.
  

  Here is RandallFlagg and weldgophardline's new sign.
  

  A shot of Trteamer and CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
  

  

  Push HERE to see tgslTakoma's DC Chapter Photos in support of freeper devildog0341-USMC

  From the WSJ - Best of the Web Today - February 20, 2003 By JAMES TARANTO

  'Antiwar' Is Pro-Saddam

  Writing in the Jerusalem Post, Amir Taheri reports on his experience with the pro-Saddam mob this weekend:

  I spent part of last Saturday with the so-called "antiwar" marchers in London in the company of some Iraqi friends. Our aim had been to persuade the organizers to let at least one Iraqi voice to be heard. Soon, however, it became clear that the organizers were as anxious to stifle the voice of the Iraqis in exile as was Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

  The Iraqis had come with placards reading "Freedom for Iraq" and "American rule, a hundred thousand times better than Takriti tyranny!"

  But the tough guys who supervised the march would have none of that. Only official placards, manufactured in thousands and distributed among the "spontaneous" marchers, were allowed. These read "Bush and Blair, baby-killers," "Not in my name," "Freedom for Palestine" and "Indict Bush and Sharon."

  Not one placard demanded that Saddam should disarm to avoid war.

  The goons also confiscated photographs showing the tragedy of Halabja, the Kurdish town where Saddam's forces gassed 5,000 people to death in 1988.

  A 78-year-old Iraqi grandmother managed to reach featured speaker Jesse Jackson and asked if she could "have the microphone for one minute to tell the people about my life." Jackson's response: "Today is not about Saddam Hussein. Today is about Bush and Blair and the massacre they plan in Iraq."

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  Links to protest stories

  Protests ignore Iraq's fascism - NY Daily News

  Immorality of the Anti-War Marchers

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

This is a wonderful thread, snippy. Thank you! Brings back memories of election 2000. The far left is still trying to steal the election.

I love fighting with Freepers on the homefront. (^:

For those who can't make it to the rallies, send a message to our President, our troops, our press, our enemies.

Give Martin Sheen a taste of his own medicine.

mike@artistsunitedwww.org - Mike Farrell
robert@artistsunitedwww.org - Robert Greenwald
kate@artistsunitedwww.org - Kate McArdle
info@winwithoutwarUS.org
TheWestWing@nbc.com

ANSWER Contact list: THE Vast Commie. Conspiracy: Peacenik contacts, events.

Dear American Soldier, Michelle Malkin's excellent thank you letter to the troops...pass it on.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Final mush? John Schandelmeier and his dog team cruise across a windblown lake along the Steese Highway near Central, Alaska. Schandelmeier, a 12-year veteran of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, says this year's may be his last.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Way to go, Ragtime. Good sleuth work. Sending emails to those slugs will be a pleasure, as will sending support to our troops and our President.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks for the links Cowgirl!

[PhilDragoo]

Sean Hannity gave Mike Farrell a forum in which to embarrass himself yesterday, and Farrell did not disappoint.

MASH always seemed perverse--Korea was not funny, so how did it rate a sitcom?

Now we have CBS warning Grammy celebs against displays--which is gasoline on their fire.

In the run-up to go we have lemmings rushing for the precipice.

The useful idiots are somewhere between Heaven's Gate and Jonestown, out of gas, no GPS, no clue.

Meantime, there's history to be made defending America and changing the tenor of the Middle East.

A time for giants and we're blessed with them aplenty.

Led by adults with patriotism, wisdom and courage, our men and women in uniform are bringing skill and dedication to the mission.

Godspeed Swift Victory and Safe Return to the Finest Fighting Force on Earth

God Bless Our Troops, Our Veterans, and their Families

SADDAM-FREE in '03

Hollywoodpeckers approved force against Iraq in 1998--it was to distract from the impeachment of a traitor--that's why.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Canteener fatima is in need of prayers. Her Uncle Jim passed away yesterday."

Offering my prayers

[Dubya]

We are praying for you and your family. God bless you and comfort you.

[Dubya]

Israel Today - February 21, 2003 - 19 Adar I, 5763

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says that in any future peace talks with the Palestinians, some real estate is not negotiable. "I don`t think there is any right to anyone to make any compromise when it comes to Jerusalem," Sharon told American Jewish leaders here in Jerusalem. "We are guardians of Jerusalem for future generations." Palestinians say that`s a non-starter, though they rejected former Prime Minister Ehud Barak`s offer of half of Jerusalem at the Camp David Summit in the summer of 2000. Considering that Sharon won the recent election by a landslide, that offer may not come around again.

Sharon also categorically rejected the "right of return" of Palestinian refugees who want to return to their former homes in Israel. "Israel will never accept that danger to occur. Never," he said. The right of return "means the destruction of Israel as [an] independent, democratic Jewish state." Even the most dovish Israelis oppose the right of return, but Palestinians say there can never be an agreement if this issue is not resolved.

Israeli troops killed two Palestinians terrorists today as they carried out separate attacks in the Gaza Strip. At the Erez border crossing, a Palestinian throwing hand grenades stormed an army post, but was shot dead by troops before inflicting any casualties. Nearby, a terrorist tried to infiltrate the Jewish settlement of Dugit, when he was spotted by soldiers and killed in a hail of gunfire. The Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for both attacks. The incidents follow yesterday`s arrest of eight suspected Islamic Jihad members in the US for alleged involvement in Palestinian terrorism.

Israeli officials say they`re moving closer to a deal with the US for additional aid and loan guarantees, to help offset the cost of more than two years of fighting with the Palestinians. Israeli and US officials discussed the matter yesterday in Washington. "We are in the process now of the end negotiation,” said Dov Weissglass, the chief of staff at the Prime Minister`s Office. Israel is already the biggest recipient of US aid, getting $3 billion a year. It wants an additional $4 billion in direct aid, and $8 billion in loan guarantees. "We recognize the impact on Israel of the ongoing war on the terrorism and of regional instability,” said White House National Security Council spokesman Sean McCormack. “We have great confidence in the Israeli economy and we are continuing to examine how the US can contribute to helping to ensure its bright future."

[Radix]

Now we have CBS warning Grammy celebs against displays--which is gasoline on their fire

Gee, Ya think?

An objective and responsible Media Corporation such as CBS would never use veiled language in order to stir up disgruntled overpaid self indulgent "stars" to wreak havoc on the morale of our Military and those who support it's Volunteers!

They would never covertly encourage Celebrtities to excercise their protected (by our Miltary) Constitutional right to dissent. CBS has proven over the years just how objective they really are. Don't you remember just how "fair" they were to the former only elected president ever to be impeached?

I do not know where you are coming from. There is no way that CBS would ever actually encourage the exact opposite of what they requested. Clearly you are confused.

[Radix]

1855 - The Washington Monument was officially dedicated in Washington, DC. The monument, however, was not completed for another 33 years.

[snippy_about_it]

FReepers: Now's the time. Stand up and be counted. The C-in-C needs our help…

See this thread and send a short note supporting the Commander in Chief.

[Radix]

1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims.

[Radix]

Sam Peckinpah 1925

Here is a list of some of his Films !

[Dubya]

Good post thanks

[Radix]

Erma Bombeck 1927

Here are some Quotes from Erma Bombeck!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Radix]

1970 - The Jackson 5 made their TV debut on "American Bandstand."

[Radix]

1916 - During World War I, the Battle of Verdun began in France.

There once was a man from Verdun who's Limericks stopped at line one!