Posted on 04/27/2003 7:48:54 AM PDT by RonDog
One of the results of our "Activism 101" seminar (sponsored by the newly reinvigorated Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network, and taught by instructors from the well-respected Leadership Institute) was our decison to adopt as a "class project" a Memorial Day rally - to immediately implement the activism skills which have have just learned.(To follow is a ROUGH DRAFT of the proposed rally.)We need YOUR help to define and sharpen our message, starting with the NAME of this event, which Ted has suggested should incorporate "M.O.A.B." = the "Mother Of All Bombs."While I greatly respect Ted's political instincts, and I truly believe that we can use this upcoming holiday to expand our message beyond "Support Our Troops" to some sort of "Welcome Home and THANK YOU!" - the "M.O.A.B." concept needs some work, IMHO.I understand the reference to the bunker-busting "Mother Of All Bombs" which was a major part of the VERY successful "shock and awe" tactics which helped us win the war with minimal civilian and Coalition casualties, and I appreciate Ted's blending THAT image with the definition of a successful CELEBRATION as being "the bomb" - but I am not certain that the average American to which we are addressing our message will make that connection, at least initially.What say YOU, FReepers from across the USA?"Mother Of All BARBEQUES" has a nice "family picnic in the park" sound to it, but it perhaps does not carry sufficient gravtitas.And "Mother Of All 'Welcome Home Troops' Rallies" is a little wordy...Please post YOUR ideas here.THANK YOU!
Do most people know the term "Mother-of-all----(whatever)?From ABC News:
Bomb AwayI am NOT sure how widespread the public awareness of this term may be, which is one of the reasons that I posted this thread. :o)
Air Force Tests 'Mother of all Bombs'The Associated PressW A S H I N G T O N, March 11 — In a flashy debut for its biggest non-nuclear bomb, the Air Force today dropped a 21,000-pound behemoth onto a test range in Florida, hoping the test would rattle nerves in Iraq as well.
The bomb test was declared a success. Neither Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, nor Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would say whether the 21,000-pound Air Force bomb that was tested for the first time would be used in a war against Iraq.
It is officially designated the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or MOAB, although it has come to be called unofficially the Mother of All Bombs, a rough allusion to Saddam Hussein's claim before the 1991 Gulf War that that conflict would be the "mother of all battles..."
Ted seems to think that explaining our "M.O.A.B. connection" would draw attention to our rally...The Leadership Institute cautions, however, that folks like US (who are news hounds and political junkies, etc.) are not "normal" - and that we should tailor our message so that the "average American" understands what we are attempting to communicate, not just our fellow FReepers.
| Entry: | occlude |
| Function: | verb |
| Definition: | block |
| Synonyms: | choke, clog, close, close out, congest, curb, fill, hinder, impede, leave out, lock out, obstruct, plug, prevent, seal, shut, stop up, stopper, throttle |
| Concept: | prevention/restriction |
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