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SUPPORT OUR TROOPS RALLY - MEDFORD, OR.
self | 3/05/03 | AuntB

Posted on 03/05/2003 7:18:28 PM PST by AuntB

HEADS UP!!!!!

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS RALLY - EVERY THURSDAY!!!

Medford, Oregon

Corner of Main St. and Central Ave. - Vogel Plaza

Noon to 2pm. Bring your flags!!!

Every Wednesday a bunch of worn out ol' hippy women in dressed in black parade around with their anti-American gear and signs in the same place. Last week we had 400 people and have decided to do it every Thursday. Bring your lunch or dine in downtown Medford!!!! The sun is shining and it's going to be a warm, wonderful day..and only an hour from California, so come on up and join us!


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Breaking News; US: California; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: infinitefreep; iraq; march6rally; medford; peaceniks; rally; usmilitary

1 posted on 03/05/2003 7:18:28 PM PST by AuntB
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To: AuntB; Angelwood; kristinn
Go get 'em, AuntB!
2 posted on 03/05/2003 7:25:19 PM PST by tgslTakoma (Patriots Rallies for America - take it to the streets in your hometown!)
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To: pram; Sir_Ed; milagro; AndreaZingg; sasquatch
I have to get a list together of local freepers...any of you have that??? I consider No. Calif. as local...m'kay???
3 posted on 03/05/2003 7:26:31 PM PST by AuntB (THE UN HAS BREACHED IT'S OWN RESOLUTION!!)
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To: AuntB
Howdy AuntB!! Way To Go!! I look foreward to your weekly reports and hopefully pictures. FReep those leftists! Support Our Troops!!
All the Best,
4 posted on 03/05/2003 7:27:30 PM PST by Trteamer (Saddam is a mini-me Hitler.)
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To: AuntB
God Bless You!
I'd love to join you
BUT
you know I do my every Thur "on the job" FReep
at the Coast Guard Base in Coos Bay.
*HUG*
5 posted on 03/05/2003 7:29:51 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: tgslTakoma
I must admit I didn't even make it last week! Too long and boring story to relate...but I'll be there tomorrow!!! We've got some pretty fine folks around here, but then we have Ashland 10 miles down the road...uggghhh. For those of you out of state, just think San Francisco.:<)
6 posted on 03/05/2003 7:30:12 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Hey, Tonk! I'm so proud of you! My bad luck that it's Thursday you are on duty.
7 posted on 03/05/2003 7:32:09 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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To: AuntB
Bump

Way to go AuntB!

You may have heard that the anti war rally in Portland fizzled out and was cancelled because nobody showed up!

Good luck for a great turn-out.

8 posted on 03/05/2003 7:35:13 PM PST by B-Cause
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To: AuntB; *Infinite FReep
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9 posted on 03/05/2003 7:37:31 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: LibertyInOR; Archie Bunker on steroids; eyeguy2020; gundog; Mike The Bear
All of you are within an hour of two from Medford...join us???? 'cept you Archie..I know you're busy!
10 posted on 03/05/2003 7:42:01 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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To: Trteamer
Pictures?? You don't want my pictures, darlin'. FR told me after the first ones...no pictures. I took some of Pres. Bush last year...I SWEAR that's who that blurr was!
11 posted on 03/05/2003 7:44:21 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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To: Trteamer; B-Cause; All
Here's the local rags version of last weeks rally...go to the website for a picture!!

http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2003/0228/local/stories/01local.htm

February 28, 2003 BUSH SUPPORTERS FILL VOGEL PLAZA

By MEG LANDERS Mail Tribune

More than 400 people turned out mid-day in Medford’s Vogel Plaza to show support for President Bush and American troops.

Waving flags and carrying signs reading "United we stand", "Liberate Iraq" and "I support our president our troops our Erlene," the group gathered for several hours on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue. The gathering included KCMX-AM radio talk show hosts Rosemary and Garth Harrington.

It all began Feb. 19, when more than 100 women wore black and stood shoulder to shoulder in silence on Vogel Plaza in an appeal for peace rather than a war with Iraq. The gathering was part of a weekly vigil happening worldwide.

The following day, Erlene Thomson, 64, of Trail, bravely stood solo on the plaza, wearing a white smock, and holding a sign reading "I support our president and my grandson in the Middle East."

She thought the Women in Black vigil would be going on that day, and didn’t expect to be alone on the plaza. But she caught the attention of passersby, who honked and asked her if she was planning to be there next week because they wanted to join her. As the media got wind of her solo protest, support grew, she said.

"I don’t want war probably more than anyone," said Thomson, adding that she worries about the safety of her grandson, Jeffrey Allen, who is in the Navy. "(But) if we have to do this and we don’t have a choice, we better stand behind our president."

Thomson said she was pleased by Thursday’s turnout, and plans to show up every Thursday at the plaza as long as the Women in Black show up every Wednesday.

"We have to rally support for our troops and our president," she said.

John W. Blaney, 69, of Medford, said he supports a war.

"I wish Bush would start bombing today," said Blaney, holding a homemade sign that read "Appeasement, Immoral Cowards Crawl Before Terrorism, Shameful." He said he wants Bush to "take out Saddam".

"This is a tyrant that needs to be uprooted," he said.

Ellie Crenshaw, 17, of Medford, who was walking by the gathering, said she’s torn on the issue.

"It kind of breaks my heart because my step-brother’s in the Army," she said. "I want it all to kind of end, but I don’t want people to get hurt." Still, she said it was nice to see people gathered together. "It shows that everybody’s supporting the president," she said.

Donna Patella, spokesperson for the local group of Women in Black, said in a telephone interview that she also supports the nation’s troops. "We’re not opposed to people in the armed forces," she said. "We just don’t want anything to happen to them."

She said the Women in Black have a simple mission. "We support peace," she said. "We don’t believe that peace has been given a chance."

About 300 Women in Black turned out for this week’s rally, she said. She’s concerned about criticism the group has heard from people accusing them of not supporting American troops. They misunderstand, she said.

"We’re not opposed to our friends and family that are in the military," she said, adding that they plan to meet again on the plaza Wednesday at noon.

Reach reporter Meg Landers at 776-4481 or e-mail mlanders@mailtribune.com

12 posted on 03/05/2003 7:52:13 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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To: B-Cause; AuntB
That's great news that the anti-war rally in Portland fizzled out and was cancelled. Thanks for the report.

AuntB -- keep on FReeping on! Good job.
13 posted on 03/05/2003 8:16:07 PM PST by Angelwood (FReepers are Everywhere! We Support Our Troops!)
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To: AuntB
Way to go Aunt B. You can rally the troops all day long with half of Jackson County & the local news will still show the Ashland idiots protesting the war. All 20 of them!!! I'm sickened.
14 posted on 03/05/2003 8:34:43 PM PST by Archie Bunker on steroids
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To: Archie Bunker on steroids; redrock
Give me time. I'm just about back on my feet, soon we'll make some kind of noise that will get their attention. I've been tellin' redrock for years that all we need to do is put him in a cage, pierce his nipples and put him in a breech cloth and we'll get SOME ATTENTION!

Stay safe, dear Archie.

15 posted on 03/05/2003 9:17:39 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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To: AuntB
Thanks for the ping, AuntB - can't make it tomorrow - but please keep me informed becuase I need to counteract my OWN SISTER who is one of those ridiculous "Women in Black"!!! (Not here - on the East Coast, if she was in OR I'd go personally beat her up!) I just found out my own sister does that phony weird pro-Saddam geturing!! Now I really have to stand up for America!
16 posted on 03/05/2003 9:50:49 PM PST by First Amendment
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To: AuntB
BUMP!
17 posted on 03/06/2003 6:35:18 AM PST by FreeTheHostages
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To: pram; All
Wow, pram, I've got relatives like that...except mine wouldn't even bother to show up for that!

We had about 300 there today...was so good to see some of those same folks that always are there when needed from my hometown. This rally will be held every Thursday, noon to 2:00 pm..it rained today or I'm sure we would have had more..it was 64 degrees for the bb's...that's broads in black!! LOL!

18 posted on 03/06/2003 5:04:57 PM PST by AuntB (Saddam IS a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!)
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