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After action report!! Richmond Freepers & Protest Warriors Take Back The Streets !!
7/3/04 | GeorgeW23225

Posted on 07/03/2004 5:20:54 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225

A combined effort between Freepers and Protest Warriors was a MAJOR success today in Richmond, Virginia!!

A.N.S.W.E.R. and local socialist sympathizers (IndyMedia) were taken by surprise by a joint operation called "Lightning Bolt". What was supposed to be a HUGE Anti- Bush, Anti-War, Anti-America, Anti-Everything rally, turned out to be nothing more than maybe 200 - 300 hundred of the "usual" suspects. In other words, the un-washed, and the un-employable !! There seemed to be more police than protestors, even though, as an inducement to swell the crowd of protestors, they advertised "Free Food". As the Freepers and Protest Warriors lined Belvidere and Franklin Streets with signs and flags, motorists started beeping their car horns and giving us the "thumbs-up". This did not please the socialists and anarchists. Nor did the fact that we received a large amount of media attention. Several Freepers and Protest Warriors were interviewed by 2 local television stations, and 2 local reporters for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Not "one" American flag was seen in the march, BUT......a large "United Nations" flag was proudly hoisted in the middle of the marchers. This will come as no surprise to Freepers, but it is nonetheless disheartening to see people who would rather carry a U.N. flag in place of an American flag.

We were all thrilled at the reception of the local residents who supported our efforts, but the entire day was justified when a young man, who was out riding his bicycle, stopped to thank us for supporting the troops. He was a former Marine, and he just wanted us to know how much our support meant to him.

It was a good day......a VERY good day !!


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aar; anarchists; answer; commonwealthofva; leftists; march; president; protest; richmond; richmondva; socialists; streets; support; supportourtroops; theolddominion; troops; va; virginia; warrior
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To: hardhead
What the hay! These commies have the same vacant look that their parents did in the 60s. Is it genetic?
Their parents ate the brown acid.

-Eric

121 posted on 07/05/2004 10:49:48 AM PDT by E Rocc (Facts are to the left what garlic is to vampires.)
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To: BillF; Flora McDonald

Where did ya get that Reagan shirt?


122 posted on 07/05/2004 11:03:46 AM PDT by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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To: Flora McDonald
LAST OF THE PIX FROM THE DARKSIDE


Richmond's very own White Bread Black Bloc


"If I can just run fast enough, maybe this thing will fall off my head and the voices will stop!"

Luvya, Richmond!
123 posted on 07/05/2004 11:05:43 AM PDT by Flora McDonald (Stand the Storm!)
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To: Coleus; BillF
Viva Reagan!
I wore it grocery shopping the other day and got some positive comments.

What a great man RR was. I know he his praying for his country and this world.
124 posted on 07/05/2004 11:13:41 AM PDT by Flora McDonald (Stand the Storm!)
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To: Mudboy Slim; GottaLuvAkitas1; helmut113; GeorgeW23225; Flora McDonald; Mortimer Snavely; ...

Go, Richmond! You guys are terrific!


125 posted on 07/05/2004 11:26:01 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: TexasCowboy; Flora McDonald
"I've found the police are usually very supportive of our efforts to support the troops."

Flora McD put together a nice CD of foot-stompin' patriotic songs and was blasting it most of the day. Well, when the CD had ended fer a spell, and it got awful quiet, when this lady cop next to me says, "Hey, what happened to our music?!"

LOL...needless to say, we happily obliged by restarting the CD, and the party continued...MUD

126 posted on 07/05/2004 11:32:38 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH the EX-Rapist-in-Chief!!)
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To: firebrand
Thanks, my FRiend...it was the first time I've FReeped with a majority of these folks, but we all pledged to stay in touch and are looking forward to our next opportunity to take a stand.

Richmond's still got a rebel streak in her...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

127 posted on 07/05/2004 11:34:32 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH the EX-Rapist-in-Chief!!)
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To: Flora McDonald; GottaLuvAkitas1
"NO CONTEST!"

No contest, indeed...conservative chicks are always more attractive...MUD

128 posted on 07/05/2004 11:37:54 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH the EX-Rapist-in-Chief!!)
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To: Mudboy Slim; TexasCowboy

When I crossed the street to take pictures of the protest rally, I was suprised to hear our music halfway into the park. It was great!

Afterwards, on one of the lefty websites they were discussing their sound problems and someone suggested that they needed bagpipes. Wonder where they got that idea...

BTW...Was that the lady police officer that all the guys on our corner were buzzin' about?


129 posted on 07/05/2004 12:07:58 PM PDT by Flora McDonald (Stand the Storm!)
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To: happygrl

The times, they are a changin'....

You bet they are, and the left wing nuts are not happy campers about it!!

P.S.

where have all the hippies gone......


130 posted on 07/05/2004 12:17:30 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Mudboy Slim; GottaLuvAkitas1; helmut113; GeorgeW23225; Flora McDonald; Mortimer Snavely; ...
I messed up the link on one photo (refer to post #92), but the corrected link is below.

Homemade counter-protester signs. [Click for leftist photo of counter-protesters including one with sign: THE PRESIDENT, THE TROOPS, THE MISSION, WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THEM ALL.]

131 posted on 07/05/2004 12:21:30 PM PDT by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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To: firebrand

Thanks Firebrand!!

The left ain't seen nothin' yet!!

Do I hear a "Rebel Yell"??? HELL YES !!


YYYYEEEEAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH !!!


132 posted on 07/05/2004 12:22:24 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Flora McDonald

I agree!! Gottaluvakitas did a great job on TV, I'm sure!! She was the inspiration for the Protest Warrior "Belly Girl" :-)

Now a story about the 2 fat babes in your photo. The one with the bleached blonde hair was screaming at us as she walked down Belvidere Street back towards Monroe Park. She wasn't watching where she was going, and she crashed into a tree. I laughed so hard, I nearly peed in my pants. When she regained her composure, I told her to try the Atkins Diet, and maybe , next time, she coud make it down the street, without crashing into a tree.

Even our female police officer started to laugh when I said that...... hehehehe


133 posted on 07/05/2004 12:34:13 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Mudboy Slim

Hey Mud:

It wouldn't be considered support if we "BURNED" the damn U.N. Flag!! Next time, I'm gonna do it!!


134 posted on 07/05/2004 12:36:11 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: Flora McDonald

Who is that in the photo?? Bad Bobby Scott?? or Gwenn Hedgepeth ??


135 posted on 07/05/2004 12:41:30 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: .cnI redruM

Good Grief!! Let's hope no one dropped the soap!! hehehe


136 posted on 07/05/2004 12:43:42 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren*t bad people. It*s just that they know so much that simply ISN*T true!!)
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To: GeorgeW23225

Maybe a good visual would be someone waving the U.S. flag, while someone else alternately raises a U.N. flag, and then drops it and drags it around on the ground.


137 posted on 07/05/2004 2:05:14 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: GeorgeW23225
I found a page where one can order a U.N. Flag.

http://www.ultimateflags.com/int/United_Nations.html

138 posted on 07/05/2004 2:14:01 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Flora McDonald
'"You're right! It's much easier to play with one stick!"'

LOL!

Good caption!

139 posted on 07/05/2004 2:29:06 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: GeorgeW23225; Mudboy Slim

Good job!!


140 posted on 07/05/2004 2:35:30 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (It's not Bush's fault... it's the media's fault!)
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