Posted on 11/09/2003 8:19:10 PM PST by BillF
The speaker at D.A. R. Constitution Hall on November 9, 2003 was Algore, former vice perpetrator (or should that be "vice perp-a-traitor" in view of the Chinese Communist government money accepted by the Clinton-Gore campaign in 1996?).
The sponsors were two quite misnamed groups. Move On, the left wing anti-impeachment promoting a simple censure of Clinton and a "move on" after Clinton was caught lying under oath to fix the outcome of a civil rights case against him, was never able to "move on." The American Constitution Society, whose allegiance to America and its Constitution is highly questionable, is an organization of liberal lawyers formed as the counterpart to the conservative attorneys of the Federalist Society.
Naturally, your DC Chapter viewed this as a great opportunity to protest Mr. "no controlling legal authority," inventor of the hanging chad, disenfranchisor of our brave men and women in uniform, and noted friend of the Buddhist Monks living at the "We Clean Your Green" Chinese money laundromat.
The honor roll of attendance for this gathering of eagles: pageonetoo, Doctor Raoul, tgslTakoma, staytrue, Jimmy Valentine's brother, taxman and BillF.
I arrived at just before 1 pm and notice a gentleman eyeing me suspiciously as I walked carrying my rolled-up sign across from the Constitution Hall. He identified himself as pageonetwo. We talked for a minute or two and then Doctor Raoul joined us.
We unfurled our signs and Doctor Raoul suited up as Saddam Hussein and set up his sound system. Joining us as soon as they found parking spaces were tgslTakoma, staytrue, Jimmy Valentine's brother, and taxman.
Our FReep was conducted right across the street from the main entrance to Constitution Hall. The leftists, waiting in long lines extending up an outside stairway at the entrance served as a captive audience for our FReep.
Occasionally the leftists would shout at us, but they were usually subdued.
Doctor Raoul worked his sound system to great advantage. One line that Raoul boomed through his speaker was: "There's a two drink minimum here today, everyone must buy two drinks for Ted Kennedy." That drew laughter even from some leftists.
The Doctor of FReep later dressed as a soldier stabbed in the back by Algore's disenfranchisement of military votes.
Two uniformed Secret Service officers stopped and chatted for a few minutes. Later a guard or officer with the Federal Protective Service guarding the nearby building come up to us and demanded that we leave private property. We said, "What private property? This sidewalk is a public easement." He said that the fence that pageonetwo and I had placed our hands against was "DOI property" (Department of Interior). We took our hands away from the fence, but he said that we had to leave. We were on the sidewalk at a closed DOI driveway (the fence closed it off).
tgslTakoma respectfully told him that the Secret Service didn't have a problem with us being there and we didn't believe that we should have to move. He said that he would check with them and come back. The FReep was over about 10 minutes later and he never came back. If he had been more insistent, we could have just moved 20 feet down the sidewalk. (I don't know what the apparently pro-Gore guard was claiming. Maybe he thought that we didn't have the right to protest on a public sidewalk in front of his building?)
Six of our band of seven fierce FReepers retired to an undisclosed location for nourishment and for plotting further activities suitable for the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
CAPTION TO SIDE OF PHOTOS. CLICK ON PHOTO TO BRING UP FULL SIZE VERSION OF IT (except last photo).
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D.A. R. Constitution Hall with leftists as our captive audience.
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Doctor Raoul as Saddam Hussein ("save me vote Democrat" says his sign) and pageonetwo |
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tgslTakoma with great signs as usual |
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pageonetwo and tgslTakoma |
| Doctor Raoul as a soldier (not shown, but he has a knive in his back holding an anti-Gore sign) |
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Jimmy Valentine's brother |
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BillF |
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Doctor Raoul and taxman |
staytrue, Doctor Raoul (further back wearing helmet), pageonetwo, Jimmy Valentine's brother, and tgslTakoma
I think he was just a big ol' teddy bear.
;-)
We were on the sidewalk, and I pointed that out to him. He told me that it was private property, property of DOI, and we had to move along. I repeated that it was a public sidewalk, and that's when he turned to BillF and pageonetoo and told them that the chain link construction fence that they were touching was property of DOI and that our bags were touching the fence, too.
So Bill and pageonetoo stopped touching the fence(sounds like a dispute with a 6 year-old, "Mom! He's touching my crayons!"). I moved the bags and noticed that the arm patch on his uniform didn't say DC Police, or US Secret Service, or US Park Police, or any other government LEO entity, and I made note of that with him. He told me he worked for DOI and we couldn't be there. I responded that the police had just been talking to us and they had no problem with us at all. Then he said, "I'm going to call Secret Service." We said, "OK, please do." We wanted it straightened out as well. He went off to the side and called somebody on his radio and left.
Nobody ever came back to remove us. So I guess the guy learned that sidewalks really are public property and that he couldn't hustle us off.
Probably a disgruntled Gore voter.
”Now that’s some funky freepin’!”
We try to be courteous protesters. No teargas necessary. No heavy lifting. No tie-wrap handcuffs needed. In this case though, the guy was misinformed as to the ownership of the public thoroughfare. It worked out fine, and now he knows for future reference.
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I'll have to look at those old pix again...
Basic announcement today was, "Welcome to the Washington DC Telethon for Al's kids......where they are raising money today for the morally blind. Please have your ID ready at the door. Proper ID for today is Democrat party registration card, Baath Party membership card or CASH. For your safety, please be advised that immediately upon entering, you will go down two steps.....socially and morally. Today's event has no cover but there is a two drink minimum. Everybody has to go to the bar and buy Ted Kennedy two drinks."
I forgot to use a few pieces I worked on coming down. One was, "Only in America counld the priveldged son of a powerful Senator grow up to be a slumlord in Carthage Tennessee."
Some clueless blond who kept going on about AWOL had her paradigm shifted when I said, "Look at your internet sites that claim AWOL and look at the top of the discharge paper, it says 'honorable' and check the days of service and there are none missing. So there's no proof he's AWOL." She had a vapor lock and it took a while but she sputtered, "Cover up". I replied, "Must have been a damn good one, because the record is clean and the dicharge honorable." She turned on her Gucci heel and stalked off.
Did a lot of education as to the Mark Herron memo and how Gore's lawyers went to all 67 Florida counties with that cheat sheet and disenfranchised the military we now ask to protect us. How Al Gore would stare at dimples for hours as it it was his navel and try to figure out that voter's 'intent' yet they challenged absentee ballots that arrived on time and only were missing a post mark. That intent was clear, but Gore didn't fight for those who fight for us. The story of the first naval officer to leave the USS Tarawa to go help the USS Cole and how his vote was stolen by Gore generated NO middle fingers. You could tell the waiting people we uneasy hearing about that. I challenged them to challenge Gore for an answer.
Three young guys, freshman/sophmore age I'd guess came over and asked dome questions about my "costume" and sign. I explained the Herron memo and the rest. Told them to not take my word, but to look on the web for the phrase "To: FDP Lawyer" along with "Mark Herron" and read the memo, and the aritcles on what happened. Then make up their own minds.
SOme puke in a suit really had his liberal panties in a bunch that we called Democrats racists, so I schooled him and everyone else within earshot. I said, "What's bigot? A bigot is a person that believes in a stereotype and applies that stereotype to every member of that group. The liberals bellieve is a stereotype that every minority should be a liberal. They would deny a minority their right to be a conservative if they so choose. In fact, they'll attack and take away a minority's rights if that minority is a conservative. So when they treat all minorites according to their stereotype, they are bigot. That it falls across racial lines also makes them racists."
Repeating that a second time for all to hear, they guy hangs his head, won't face us, goes silent and spend most of his time studying his shoes. He couldn't rebut the arguement.
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