Los Angeles Chapter FRN (HRF) - Rallys for America at the Oscars

FrnLa | 03/23/2003 | DoughtyOne

[DoughtyOne]

The Hollywood Resistance Force was out in strength today Sunday, March 23, 2003.

Along with around three to five hundred other conservatives, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network made sure Michael Moore (or less) had to pass by fourteen hundred United States flags on the way in to receive his Oscar.  Every leftist who sputtered nonsense from the podium, had to pass us by.  We waved our flags and shouted Liberate Iraq, Free the Iraqis, L - A - P - D (a supportive chant for the Los Angeles Police Department officers on site) and other phrases sure to make leftists melt like a vampire in the presence of garlic.

Our local Vice-President and Public Relations Officer RonDog (Ron Smith) arranged this event, and did us proud.  Ron teamed us up with Fit Aim Act, the Liberty Belles, and representatives from other organizations for which I'll be kicking myself in the morning for not remembering now.  Ron will be by to supplement this report anyway.  He'll be sure to credit everyone who participated.

Ted Hayes did an excellent job of fielding interviews from a conservative point of view.  Ted is with Fit Aim Act, and knows his way around the public relations maze.  His burden is homeless advocacy, but Ted is well grounded on many conservative issues and it's a pleasure to listen to him present his views.  When you do, you'll find yourself saying "all right" or "Yes!" over and over again.  You just can't help it.

Folks, this event was a public relations gold mine for our chapter.  Every local media outlet seemed to be on site.  BobJ arrived earlier than I did, so he can tell you the orgs he ran into.  I say the Los Angeles Times people, several, and several radio stations.  I turned on the Oscar coverage on E early this afternoon and there was BobJ standing next to Ted Hayes on the E-Channel.  Bob, wearing his free republic hat, was a walking billboard for our cause.  You can't buy coverage like that.

I am told that wire service photos already exist on the forum, showing our group at the Oscars.  Excellent.  After all, we were there to liberate Oscar!

We were one half block from the entrance to the Oscars.  All limos passed our location.  I saw at least one vehicle with nothing but thumbs up, headed towards the Oscars.  Love it!

We made a number of new friends through this event.  Other groups we networked with were great.  Other individuals who were simply sick and tired of the leftists that seek to speak for us, and showed up on their own, were glad to find us there.

We had one special guest show up.  I know you'll find it hard to believe, so did we.  Look closely, you'll see who it is.

Click for a larger version.

Yep, like I said, we were shocked too.  He waved a flag, joined us in chants and was particularly good on one that said, "We support the President!" and took time to give us his private eMail, so he could join us on our next FReep.

Folks, we had an excellent time.  Like other FReeps, we had dinner afterwards.  There we discussed this event, and our plans for future activities.  RonDog made a presentation on future plans.  For the folks we'd met today, that knew nothing about FRee Republic before this, I gave a two or three minute overview of FRee Republic and Free Republic Network.  When I mentioned there was a sight out there where between 750 and 1250 articles from around the world were posted every day, and explained that they would find other conservatives they could discuss issues with, they said, "Wow!"  Yep, that about sums it up.

What a day.  Thanks RonDog.  Thanks Ted Hayes.  Thanks Free Republic Network.  You each did us proud.

More photos will follow.  Some video clips will too.

Drop back in.  It'll seem like you were there.

Those who attended today, Please add in your comments.  I'd love to read them.  FRee Republic and FRee Republic Network rock!

[Tamzee]

Congrats everyone!!! It looks beautiful :-)

[DoughtyOne]

Its an FRNLA thing...

[Auntie Mame]

Yippee!

[diotima]

We had some technical difficulties here...but the pictures are coming....

[John Lenin]

Hurry up, (tapping fingers on the desk.)

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks to David28 for bringing the cardboard cutout of BobJ. For humor's sake, I left that little detail out of the main post.

[Freedom2specul8]

Bookmarked to read tomorrow...

Thanks D-1!!!

[Joy Angela]

KFI had a great report just before the Oscar coverage, saying that over 500 people from each side were on opposing corners shouting at each other.

John and Ken of KFI were totally Pro-USA and were thrilled when one woman interviewed expressed her support of America.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the KFI information. That's great.

[RonDog]

See also:

75th Annual Oscar Thread-'Black Sunday' Protest Coverage and Comments Please
ABC ^ | March 23, 2003
Posted on 03/23/2003 4:04 PM PST by ewing
-- snip --

FR made the wires..

11 posted on 03/23/2003 4:13 PM PST by ewing

CLICK HERE for the rest of the thread

[diotima]

We were interviewd by the ABC and CBS affiliates, ABC radio (KABC), an Austrialian publication, BBC, CNN, Reuters, AP, E!, a Japansese television station and others I saw but didn't get close enough to catch the names.

I spoke to the E! reporter, since they were there to ask me "WHO AM I WEARING????"

We also applaudeed the SWAT team as they filed into the building where we stood in front. When we left the SWAT team was on the other side of the event as well and we thanked them for being there. Then I said to one of the officer pointing to his rifle "I have one of those...of course its registered..."

Just a few observations:
1. If you think going to an event with the "peacenik/anti-war" crowd with kids or with your family, think again. These are violent people who pushed and shoved us and tried to provoke us. Bring your family to a nice conservative rally, but don't counter protest with the kids. It is dangerous even if the police are there.

2. The LAPD got more applause today than they have cumulatively received since their inception.

3. I watched some of the Hollywierds as they pulled up. We were on their route to front door. The look of PAIN and AGONY on their faces was impossible to describe. AND we handed out about 1000+ flags so they had to get through ALL THOSE AMERICAN FLAGS to get to the event.

4. The antiwar people are not satisfied to let us demonstrate with our opinions. THEY WANT TO SHUT US UP. We were on totally different sides of the Kodak Theatre but they started to come over to cause trouble. The police said the number of people on each side was equivalent.

5. The police were on our side. As we went to pick up the flags we were to hand out, a group of policemen passed us and said "Great! we are on the good side of the street."

This was a great event!! I estimate around 400 people there at any given time.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Thank God you're all safe :)

The sparse coverage I saw just now on Fox11 news showed you all, but no one has mentioned Ted Hayes at all?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Way to go!

[A CA Guy]

To answer your tag lin, Saddam is way up Satan's bunn hole!

[fatima]

Thanks for the report.

[Allegra]

You L.A. FReepers ROCK! What fun it must have been to put sour expressions on the faces of the Hollyweird so-called elite! Well done! {applause, applause}

[CarmelValleyite]

Saw the action on TV later -- it was stated that the pro-US group and the anti-war nitwits were about equal in size, but that the anti-war group attempted to infiltrate our group and some people had shouting matches. Sounds like you got the peaceniks (yeah, some peaceful people, eh?) all riled up. GOOD!!!

Can't wait for the photos.

[bellevuesbest]

Great job HRF! I love it.

Great rally in Bellevue, Washington yesterday. We're on the other side of lake from the Peoples Republic of Seattle. You know, the SUBurbanites.

[sakka]

THAT IS GREAT!! :) Sorry, I just love hearing stories about the rallies. Fantastic job!