Posted on 04/20/2002 7:56:53 AM PDT by Mustang
Received two cell calls from Dave. The stage is set. The flags are waving. The weather is great. They're ready to Roll! Around 0945 the crowd was 50+ including Kristinn, sauropod, Leadpenny, Angelwood, Exit 148, GoreWarVet, Dutchy, Congressman Billy Bob, Black Agnes, TaxMan, TGSL DeComa, WhoKnowsWhatEvil, FireBrand, Country Dummy, Stan Waite, Pro2aMom, 0351Dog. (please pardon any mispelled "names" or omissions. The cell connections were poor).
Around 1015 the crowd was continuing to grow, with some spill over from the Peacenik/anarchist nitwits. Dave reports that it was the port-o-potties that attracted them. But our fearless Freepers labelled the doors "Patriots" and Patriot Women". It seems to be turning them away.
More to follow. Mustang sends from Florida.
As one other poster pointed out above, conservatives do not really have personalities equipped for protest. We are polite, and we have families and jobs that are our top priority. As some of the stories above demonstrate, confrontation makes us tired- I know I was wiped out. But America is behind us- policemen thanked us as we walked down the street with our American flags. People on the metro from Springfield congratulated me for standing up to some of the leftists who were in the same car, and one soldier who was listening in joined in on the debate. We are well supported, my leftist friend.
LOL! That sure would keep the little nazis out.
Leftover slime from the sixties, no doubt; THEIR PARENTS!
As I pointed out in my opening rant today for AMERICA - The Right Way, they are afraid.
How else can you explain their concern of, at most, 200 folks when their number was in the tens of thousands? How else can you explain their belief that their word will not be noticed if contrasted against that of the right? Even when they control the "mainstream" media?
There is no other explanation. They realize their position is a minority view.
They were so afraid of a gathering of 200 patriots they felt the need to try and shut us down.
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Which is what makes them better funded than the right. They're busy donating to the temple of their chosen pseudo religion, while the right is busy donating to their church, providing for their families and attending community functions.
"On the other hand, individualists don't work well together. Organizing people on the right is like herding cats. Only when a fundamental liberty like the right to keep and bear arms is threatened will they react, and only enough so that the present threat is dealt with."
I know. Do you have any idea how hard it was to get the "Real" seal milk campaign going? Those meetings of the Northeastern Dairy Coop were more like exercizes in tinfoil hat paranoia than the "war rooms" they should have been.
Thank Heaven that SOMETIMES we can all gather together as a unified front and fight for a cause.
< snip > In a counterdemonstration, about 100 people gathered on the mall to show their support of U.S. policies. Some carried signs that said ``Peace through superior fire power.'' < snip > AP report at WMAL
Actually, I heard on the radio at some point that things were looking nasty between the New Black Panthers (shouting "Death to Israel!") and some peaceniks (who shouted back "Stop the Hate!"). There were lots of words exchanged and they almost went at each other.
Now THAT'S funny...
I was in the face - literally - of some parasite yesterday. He was contributing nothing beyond his presence. He was there on mommy and daddy's nickel.
Now why is it the anti-war anti-violence crowd is more than willing to resort to violence to make its point?
Interesting.
What is so hard to understand is how any right thinking individual has so soon forgotten 9/11 and the assault on our country. Here we have a large group of a particular race whose sole goal is to anihilate us and we have to listen to garbage about racism? Give peace a chance ? Where's our sense of self preservation? We also have a section of the world that hates us and who supports our demise, yet we rely on them for our energy rather than drill on our own land? What is wrong with people? Can so many have their heads in the sand?
I hope that in the future we can plan and execute a LARGE rally of patriots to show that this thinking is suicidal. We need large numbers and I for one am willing to sacrifice in order to make this happen. I live in Ohio but will make the trek and take the time off work to acheive our goals.
Any ideas on how to organize and plan in order to get BIG numbers at these things?
And your reply was:Don't forget just 5 days ago - there were over 100,000 marchers in DC to show support for Israel.
And all I can say is this: Five days ago 100,000 people showed up to support Israel. Where were the people yesterday to show support for America??
To all those who were within a day driving distance, I have to ask the question that MrConfettiMan asked so long ago about another outrage in the US, we were there - where were you?
I know many folks had good reasons that kept them away, but what about the others?
I am so happy to have seen so many good folks who did give up their day off (some their whole weekend - and some drove great distances, too) to come to the rally and stand as a counterpoint to the racist, bigoted, vicious mobs of hate-filled excuses for human beings. The folks on our side showed great restraint when small cells of inciters broke through our lines and tried to start brawls with their signs and foul mouths. For the number of folks we had there, we did a damn fine job - and every one of the folks who stood their ground at the Rally for America deserves huge thanks from the rest of us.
She may have said that because her leader, Mr. Becker, made that EXACT SAME STATEMENT on C-Span earlier that morning; that the Republican Party was financing the Patriot Rally. Kristinn called him on his "bald-faced lie" immediately. Several of the protesters themselves stated that they had been bussed in by People for the America Way; among others. Perhaps it depended on the group you were protesting with; there were so many. As for us; my rental car, hotel room, dinner, gas, and other incidentals for my wife and I were paid for out of our own pocket. Sorry to disillusion your daughter and grand-daughter, but NONE of us were "bought and paid for by the Republican Party". Have a good day!
They don't seem to get that if they get their way, they will be some of the first to be treated here as they are in the Arab and Muslim countries.
I was in SF yesterday and saw first hand the ignorance and hate coming from these people.
Check later for a report and pictures from CounterCounterCulture.
Thanks for your willingness to travel to help Patriots reclaim America on it's founding principles!
Any ideas on how to organize and plan in order to get BIG numbers at these things?
Estrogen, we did that - yesterday. We had speakers, stage, sound system, and potties for thousands of people. We contacted close to a hundred media outlets in DC and nationally.
We built it - all that folks had to do was come. This should have been the big rally. Unfortunately the media for the most part chose not to report it beforehand, and so folks who were not on FR had no knowledge of the Rally. I pinged several thousand FReepers in states within a days drive of DC, and some dedicated FReepers answered the call.
As to doing this again, and making it bigger - well my savings are wiped out, as I'm sure is the case for the other FReepers who donated $$ to make yesterday's rally happen.
We did a good thing, and even though our numbers were less than we had hoped for - we held the line! And so the battle continues...
I'm not angry or bitter that not more Americans showed up yesterday. I am buoyed by the strength shown by the hardy FReepers and other Americans who stood together for America yesterday. And in a sad way I am also appreciative of CSPAN for showing the pro-Palestinian terrorist rally to the rest of America. I listened to their spew last night while I was driving home from our post-rally dinner, and I was angered beyond words at what I heard coming from these people. And I realized that this is one reason why the cells of line-breakers were so bold in their actions against our rally. Hopefully now, Americans will realize the danger we are in, from within our own borders.
You missed a great rally, Estrogen. All the speakers were fantastic. And Bob Dornan really kicked some commie butt!!
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