Posted on 09/16/2005 9:22:13 PM PDT by Zunt Toad
A just got off the phone with a good friend from the Old North State (NC) Chapter of FRee Republic who joined a small group in FReeping a "Peace" Fundraiser organized by the usual characters. As the NC FReepers are driving to their homes, they asked if I could start the thread for them. ------------------ Here is some background information from another thread (link above)
Benjamin speaker for fundraiser [Code Pink's Medea Benjamin] North Carolina, Sept 16 herald-sun.com ^ | Sept. 1, 2005
Posted on 09/03/2005 10:20:07 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
CARRBORO -- Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will be the featured speaker at a fundraising event for the NC Peace & Justice Coalition at the ArtsCenter Sept. 16.
The event, titled, "Send the Youth to DC, Not Iraq," begins at 8 p.m. It's designed to raise money to help send 2000 North Carolinians to an anti-war march in Washington.
The performance lineup of musicians, dancers and poets includes MC Pandemonium, Boxcar Bertha and The Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble
Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for students, and are on sale mow at www.artscenterlive.org.
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OK, so here is what went down. First of all, there were about 75 libs at this thing (including the bands, the dancers, and the organizers.) There is NO WAY that this event could possibly have paid for itself (do the math) let alone raised money. (Could this be a lib money laundering scheme?)
The NC FReepers checked out the event site, looked at art on exhibit, and got a sense of the event. They also left some pink flyers in the flyer rack. The flyers provided some factual information on Code Pink and related organizations, and included a special greeting for Mrs. Benjamin. Then they went outside to a nearby table to wait for the "moonbats" to finish. The bats were serving alchohol and dancing around. There were about a dozen guys - the majority of the attendees were of the female orientation.
After a while the bats discovered the flyers and figured out that the group at the table outside might not actually be fellow libs, so the bats began assigning shifts of moonbats to listen to the FReepers' conversation.
It became clear to the FReepers that the Bats wanted to stage a parade through Franklin St, the main street of Chapel Hill, where the University of NC is located. However, the bats only had white bandanas and one crudely made banner, while the FReepers had a large American Flag and several well made signs.
Now the rally was held in a facility near (below) a "Y" junction in the road. A perpendicular road (Franklin St) crossed the top of the "Y". The FReepers, familiar with the area positioned themselves right at the crotch of the Y, knowing that the bats would have to walk past that point to get to Franklin St, where there was a potential audience for their antics. (The other direction, toward the bottom of the Y was simply quiet residential housing with no possibility of crowds or media (or MEDEA) presence.
The FReepers had a white board with which they attempted communication with the bats. Since the bats appeared to not have a flag, the FReepers using their white board, inquired whether the bats flag had already been burned? The other FReepers held up signs that said simply "Support the Troops..." and "...And Their Mission".
Now the bats quickly figured out that if they tried to march (or dance, or whatever they do) up to Franklin St, that the FReepers would simply walk ahead of them, holding the "Support the Troops" "and Their Mission" signs. The Bats were stuck...
(to be continued...)
I hope he did! If he'd answer his phone, I could ask : )
I think many people understand how much the servicemen and women appreciate the Freeps, and I've said thanks before, but I don't know if ya'll REALLY know how much it's appreciated. These demonstrations really didn't take on a life of their own until Kerry didn't grab the White House, did they?
His sweetheart was a frosh last year at CH when our Marine was at Parris Island, and walking across campus one early evening, two men appeared, walking toward her and she got the willies. (Yes, she got a stern lecture for walking alone.) She didn't know what to do when something caught attention out of the corner of her eye. She looked off to the side, and there appeared out of nowhere, a Marine in uniform. She looked back at the two men, couldn't believe what she'd seen, looked back at the Marine to see if she was dreaming. He walked straight toward her, the other two veered away, locked eyes with her and smiled.
Cool........
Nice job particularly functioning behind enemy lines in CH.
Good job!
BRAVO!!!!
Suggested Cindy Sheehan Freeper sign:
"Cindy: First Rid Your Head of Occupying Extraterrestrials."
Outstanding report. Thanks so much to all activist FReepers.
Bump!
Excellent! Only wish my doc had picked a different week to send me to the dugout. Great work and great ideas! Thanks for your enthusiastic FReepin'!
You got us started. You deserve some of the credit.
FReeped next to cf_river_rat tonight at Walter Reed! It was awesome! He yelled across the street at Medea Benjamin about being the same guy who bugged her last week handing out pink anti-CodePink flyers in Carrboro, NC!
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