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 !!
A perfect use for MUD's songs: anti-protest music. I love it.
Great work by you fine folks standing up to the anti-American idiots. Stay strong!
!!!!!!!!!!
Ping!
Good job Mud!
And to all the rest of you Freepers in attendance;
THANK YOU!!!
I see that!
Thanks for the ping, Sultan.
Great job Richmond Freepers!!!
So now the UN flag has 'officially' replaced the good ol' Soviet Hammer & Sickle for the pro-jihadist LEFT?
Good to be there Freepers!
We got to get George a PW t-shirt.
I would have been marching with the Hippies, but George and I were the only two "official" PWers there. But it was cool to stand with everyone. I had a blast scraming at them.
At one point, as the parade was starting, a truck filled with official lead chanters stopped to figure out what they wanted to say. I then took the lead and started yelling at them..."Hey, aren't you suppose to be leaders? Dictators are supposed to be better than that!!! " As the march was going by the truck and the people in it were baffled by how loud I was yelling at them. As they passed, I screamed at the marchers to follow their dictators. They looked bewildered. Awesome, just awesome. They didn't know what to make of the Osama and Saddam love you screams coming from me. The looks were priceless.
After we all finished, I got in my van and passed by the Freepers. I told them I was gonna follow the parade down the capital. I had to keep finding ways to run into the parade. I managed to end up in front of them 3 times. It was just me but they seemed to get a little pissed that they kept seeing me. I was screaming from my car and a few other people began yelling at them from their cars. They found little support on their march.
My favorite protesters were the ones who had 2 and 3 year olds in their arms while cussing at me and giving me the "finger".
The chasing them down in my car part of the day was awesome. I was a PW in a car. Hehehe.
Great report on your freep on the anti-war crowd! Thanks for being there and raining on ANSWER's parade!
Love the photos, too! FReep On!
Thanks Coop!!
I have ONLY just begun to fight!!
You ain't seen nothin' yet!!
"My favorite protesters were the ones who had 2 and 3 year olds in their arms while cussing at me and giving me the "finger".
LOL They are such peacful people aren't they? I can't for the life of me figure out why they had police surrounding them all day. heehee
Great report! BTW I am also a PW. I was the female with the other really big sign with all the troop symbols on it.
I found a site that has over 200 pictures of yesterday. There are some of us too. I can't post them here since I don't have permission, but
if give me your email address I'll send them to you.
Flora:
Thanks for the GREAT photos!! I sure wish the Freepers could have seen our television interviews. I thought we ALL did a great job!! Not only did we rain on their parade, we "pooped" on it!! hehehe
So........how does it feel NOT to be the "only" counter-protestor??? You'll never have to do it alone anymore. At least not while I have a breath left in my body!!
Stay the course and Stand the storm!!
Protest Warriors ROCK!!! I'm proud to be the Chapter Leader here in Richmond!!
Protest Warrior is growing SO fast, they can hardly keep up with the new people registering to join. There are now so many chapters WORLDWIDE, and NATIONWIDE that the adminsration has decided to combine chapters into State "Districts". It is hard to believe that Protest Warrior has come so far, so fast. Little wonder the left wing nuts are running scared!!
Protest Warrior!! Fighting the left, doing it right !!
http://protestwarrior.com/
I wonder why leftists are so averse to using soap and water. They all look like they wouldn't know how to turn on a tap if their lives depended on it. The idea of the protest having a scent...no thank you.
Regards, Ivan
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