Report: Week 43 Supporting Our Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed, 2/10/06 - Please join us on Feb 17!

February 16, 2006

[tgslTakoma]

Last Friday was the fourth week that Freepers, Protest Warriors, friends, lurkers and other supporters of our troops had all four corners of the main entrance at Walter Reed, on which we were able to display our signs, flags and banners of support for the Wounded Warriors healing inside the hospital.

BillF's computers have all suffered major malfunctions in the past two weeks, and he is unable to post his usual fabulous report again this week.

Albion Wilde is working on a TOP SECRET project for this Friday, so she is also unable to post her usual fabulous report.

So, you got me as the official After Action Reporter this week.

I have no list of names for the Honor Roll - it's locked up in BillF's computer. Bill told me this morning that he had a head count of 39 Freepers manning the four corners. The Code PinkOs had a bad turnout; no Code Pink leaders were present on their mid-block location at any point during the evening. At their peak, they had only nine people, and that was for only twenty minutes. Most of the evening they had their core group of radicals; Guitar Man, Weasel, Bruce and his wife Candace, a woman and her very elderly and wheelchair-bound mother (grandmother, in-law??) and one other guy.

Now that we own all four corners, there is no doubt in the minds of passers-by as to what side we are on - and the horn honks and shouts of support for our troops, and thank yous to us for being there, are overwhelming!

And when the cars drive by the new mid-block location for Code Pink? Nary a toot is sent their way.

Word is getting around inside the hospital that the lefties are no longer out front with their demoralizing signs and anti-America attitudes; and the wounded troops are venturing outside the gate nowadays. This week saw even more Walter Reed patients coming out to talk to us and thank us for being there. While standing alongside us out on the sidewalk, they see and hear for themselves what the media won't report - that the majority of Americans do support them and their mission.

It's a lot nicer now to stand on our four corners - we can focus our message solely on support of the troops. It's a little bit more difficult when the pizza arrives though; I have to "deliver" to twice as many locations now. Maybe I need roller skates?

You can view my photos from February 10th HERE. I have video, but haven't had time to do anything with it. Unfortunately I don't have any stills of the Fran O'Brien's bus arriving - I was doing double still/video duty, and only have video of the bus.

The Fran O'Brien's bus arrived very late last Friday night, but the large crowd who had stood on the four corners since 6:30pm weren't about to leave without welcoming them through the gates. And at around 10pm when the bus was spotted coming up Georgia Avenue, the four corners erupted in cheers, applause and a mass of supportive signs and flags a-waving!

Traffic was light, so the bus driver stopped at the intersection and after a few seconds he turned on the interior light before turning into WRAMC, and his passengers waved and smiled at the sight of a four-cornered welcome party, for them!

Again this week, we had several Freepers from out of state join us:

Dinasour (from CT) skipped the Friday night CPAC banquet to stand with Freepers supporting our troops.

Tax Relief, Huber and one of their young tax deductions (up here for CPAC) joined us from NC.

Sisku Hanne and her husband drove down from PA.

Doctor Raoul made a "Hoagies for Heroes" run, and I hear that it was a big hit in all the right places.

[JLO]

Your home page -
http://www.freerepublic.com/~coop/

See a difference in viewpoints yet?

Here's my homepage here at FR.

http://www.freerepublic.com/~jlo

We are on the the same side. Yet we fight like like cats and dogs. We must know each other from years gone-by, when when we butted heads.

I am just a partner to a soldier. A very proud 173rd Airborne Ranger Vet soldier.

I KNOW that some of you know me and mine. If not, no problem to me.

Weird---I rec'd private (FR) mail and responded to all folks I know and trust.

No one by that name - is the answer.

***
Zacs Mom was initially who I sent my prayers to. And. I don't know who all this went to. I set up my new email account - no new messages for 22 days? I called my new ISO - they were nowhere.

I don't know one whit about what hackers do, but it ticks me off - when they can invade FReerepublic, and then latch into my FReemail account. And then...take out Zacs Moms photos.

I am done for now.



Prayers to Zacs Mom




http://www.freerepublic.com/~jlo/

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

In the ACTUAL truth in taglines "debate"
mine is 100% accurate and verifiable online.

http://www.auxinfo.uscg.gov/

I actually shown up each and every week since Oct 2001,
without missing one single week for any reason at all.

[JLO]

Hia, Tonk! and all!

Smootch et al,

Sorry - that pic did not work.

Maaaaaaaaybe I'll figure out how to post picture without a highjack attempt.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/JLO101/Goofies/train20wreck.jpg[/IMG]!

PS - I am photo stupid. How I can post a pic at FR --- wonders never quit.

And yet the photo link doesn't work at the state MN board?

[JLO]

Hey Pal 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. I am the very last one to figure stuff out.

Very nice to hear from you!

Zacs Mom is very ill.

Send a prayer!

Your FRiend, JLO. I would pass along prayer requests for Zacs Mom - but that already got deleted.

Please spread a prayer request for Zacs Mom.

Thanks, Tonk. JLO.

[JLO]

I don't know so much, Tonk.

http://www.auxinfo.uscg.gov/

I trust you do.

God love our Vets!

[JLO]

Wow, just WOW!

I am so proud to be even be just a liitle bit connected!!