Conversations With The Mob: An After-FReep Report

[AnnaZ]

 

 

 

We had to drive past the protest site twice. We thought it was going to be a rally site. We were mistaken. It was around seven-thirty a.m.

 

On the second lap we frenziedly scanned the signs and faces for something or someone familiar, or friendly, for Old Glory, anything. "There! I saw a freerepublic sign!" exclaimed HangFire. And ties. Ours was the only group with ties. We were seriously outnumbered.

 

We parked the car and walked to the intersection, a little nervously, yet HangFire still boldly unfurling his American flag. Ahead of us a man trod upon his.

 

We met up with the rest of Free Republic's LA Chapter: The Hollywood Resistance Force. RonDog and Tony in Hawaii* (*but not really, I guess) looked great in their ties, and they were flanked by diotima, Bob J, DoughtyOne, Floratina and daviddennis (and a couple of people whose names I didn't catch). feinswinesuksass showed up shortly thereafter. We were lucky. doug from upland, although also present, never found us.

 

Around three hundred protesters dwarfed and engulfed our small but valiant team. The mob filled the three open corners and sidewalks at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards, site of The Regency Club where President George W. Bush was to be headlining a campaign fundraiser for California's next Governor, Bill Simon.

 

 

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                Diotima: I fear for my country.

 

To our left (no pun intended) lots of young, attractive, mostly white people, voluntarily burqha'd it seemed with sweatshirt hoods over their heads and bandanas obscuring their faces from the eyes down, carried signs proclaiming various forms of communist rhetoric and condemning harshly all things Bush -- truth need not always apply. Our other flank was the unions-and-their-lackeys stronghold. Same signs.

 

                Diotima: They hate my sign.

 

One side of it read: HONK 4 SIMON. But it was the other side of it that she was referring to, the side she was holding aloft as she was walking up and down the sidewalk, holding it above the heads of the protesters: OSAMA FAN CLUB.

 

A Young, Handsome Tho' Misguided Protester (YMP) approaches.

 

                YMP: Hey, you know your sign's not fair. You shouldn't have that sign.

 

                A FReeper: She's using her sharp and biting wit.

 

                YMP: But she's misrepresenting us.

 

                Diotima: No, I'm not. That's what you are.

 

                A FReeper: What do you care, you outnumber us 30 to 1.

 

                YMP: But she's misrepresenting our message. That's not what we're saying.

 

                Diotima: But that's what I'm saying.

 

He shuffles off.

 

 

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Another Young, Handsome Tho' Misguided Protester (YMP2) approaches.

 

                YMP2: You shouldn't have that sign.

 

                Diotima: Yeah, well I still have my freedom of speech, buddy, you haven't taken that away. Yet.

 

 

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                Young, Pretty Tho' Misguided Protester: I don't know... I just don't think I like Bush but I think it's like really cool

                    that we all like have our freedom of speech.

 

She smiles.

 

 

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Another Young, Handsome Tho' Misguided Protester (YMP3) approaches, handing out flyers.

 

                YMP3: Come see my show.

 

                A FReeper: What is it advocating?

 

                YMP3: A new State.

 

                A FReeper: What kind of state?

 

                YMP3: A better State.

 

                A FReeper: Based on what... because if you can come up with something better than the US Constitution you win a

                    really big prize.

 

                YMP3: The Communist Manifesto?

 

                A FReeper: Bzzzzt. Wrong answer. Tried, failed, and the millions of corpses'll prove it to you.

 

He shuffles off.

 

 

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The President's motorcade arrives. Chants begin. Bob J and DoughtyOne use bullhorns to mess with their intonements. Where were these people when we were bombing Yugoslavia?

 

About ten minutes or so later we decide to go for breakfast together and begin to walk past the crowd to Denny's.

 

 

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                AngryUnattractiveSpittlingVietnamProtestHoldover: Bee-atches for Bush!

 

 

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Later, two men are in an idling station wagon in the parking lot as we are on our way out. They were seen earlier in the viewfinder of daviddennis' XL-1 at breakfast as we watched the replay of them repeatedly giving the camera the finger.

 

                BlondeMale: Oh, it's "Luvya Dubya" girl.

 

                OtherMale: Are you a native of California?

 

                A FReeper: No, I'm a political refugee of the socialist democracy of Canada. I'm trying to save California from a

                    similar fate.

 

                HangFire: I'm half Native American... I go back I don't know how many generations. And leftist liberal loser policies

                    are destroying this State.

 

                OtherMale: You're a traitor to your own people. They used to worship the oil when it was in the ground, they

                    were thankful for it.

 

                A FReeper: What the heck are you talking about?

 

                BlondeMale: Yeah, and now you and Bush are pumping all that oil and spraying it in the air and causing all these

                    earthquakes.

 

                A FReeper: What?!

 

                HangFire: Uh huh. Well you just keep telling yourself that as you drive home in your car, okay?

 

They drive off, the BlondeMale repeatedly spitting through the passenger side window as they exit stage left.

 

 

 

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We should never be that outnumbered. Where were the GOP people? The Simon people? An eighty-year old lady had joined us only because she had heard doug from upland on one of his many announcements on local AM radio yesterday.

 

FReepers do things that heretofore were solely the domain of the Left. Our side needs to learn. It's time for all of us to Network.

 

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Pictures forthcoming.

 

 

[MileHi]

Wow! Thanks for braving demons den.

[Fraulein]

They say that like it's a bad thing.

LOL!

[meyer]

"TAX EVADER"

They say that like it's a bad thing. ;-)

Sadly, most of the leftists paid no tax at all. Talk about "evasion".

[gc4nra]

"Many of us conservatives used to be liberals in out youth....I am guilty of being a member of P.E.T.A. and helping to found
"Virginians Against Cruelty to Animals". We did wonderful things like picket restaurants that served veal and protest furriers. I
never broke into research labs or threw paint on anyone, but I was a "screaming vegetarian liberal".


Remind me to cook you a venison steak at the next BBQ!

[Feiny]

Hi Sweetie....that exchange was even funnier than you wrote. It went like this:

YMP3: Come see my show. (Handing AnnaZ a flier)

AnnaZ: Smash the State?

YMP3: Yeah. Smash the State

AnnaZ: And replace it with what?

YMP3: (no response for 6-8 seconds, just a confused look upon his face) ......uh a better state?

AnnaZ: Based on what... because if you can come up with something better than the US Constitution you win a really big prize.

YMP3: The Communist Manifesto?

AnnaZ: Bzzzzt. Wrong answer. Tried, failed, and the millions of corpses'll prove it to you.

YMP3: How about The Green Party?

AnnaZ: I don't think so. The Green Party wants 100% taxation on anyone who makes over $400,000. I actually WANT to make money and spend it. And I give to charity.

YMP3: Well, Come to my show....it is really funny.

AnnaZ: Are you sure you want me there? Do you really think I'd like it?

YMP3: Yes, it is really funny.

Then he leaves....

The entire exchange was done with a sense of humor and a smile. AnnaZ Rocks!

[AuntB]

Thanks for your great report and effort AnnaZ. Freepers are generally outnumbered but we make up for it by being more informed. I saw about the same bunch in Medford when the President spoke, got caught for 2 hours getting out of the parking lot so I managed to talk to a bunch of them. Misguided, yes indeed.

[Feiny]

Great post! I walked through one corner on my way to locate "friendlys" and heard one young woman explaining to an older man that, "Capitalism always leads to Fascism...and that is why Communism is the answer." She then went on with some more nonsense about "The Red Army having stopped Hitler" which somehow meant that Communism was just grand.

I looked at her and said, "You are an idiot." I know I should have stayed there to debate on a more intellectual level, but I was in a hurry to find you guys.

I stoppeed to speak to a few police officers (and there were 2 men in suits standing there also). We spoke for a while and I found out they were there because of the presence of labor union people at the protest. The 2 men I spoke to were police officers from the "Labor Division" and they had to be there to watch and be sure that nothing bad happened. I wanted to ask more questions because I could not figure out if he was there to protect the union guys or to report on them....maybe both....but I was on a mission to find my FR buddies.

[Feiny]

I have been eating meat since Jan. 2000 so I will take you up on that venison offer!

[AnnaZ]

Oh, yeah... Smash The State... ROTF!.. how could I forget?!

[sauropod]

re: post #151 But, that is the nature of the Illbay. To castigate others when he himself does not know whether the sun is in fact, up, or the moon, or recognize true Patriots when they put their behinds on the line.

I have nothing but contempt for the Illbays of the world that hide behind the crt's. 'Pod

[AnnaZ]

Don't get me wrong: If this floats your boat, to believe that you're making a difference by holding up a sign on a street-corner in response to the signs-on-street-corners that others are holding up, then GO FOR IT!

 

You must be out of your FReepin' mind to think that getting out of the house before 7, and for some of us 6, on a Saturday morning, to stand on a street corner floats our collective boat.

 

We did it for Bill Simon and President Bush, to show our support. We did for the people of L.A. who think that they're alone in their support of them, too.

 

Your same attitude kept Stateside butts on the sofa during the Vietnam protests. What did the Lefties gain from that? Gee, only the controls of all mainstream media and academia.  Your attitude will give them the White House.

[LurkerNoMore!]

Your signs and all were great, but what I want to know is how you all mananged to have breakfast at Denny's with Dick Cheney?

Seriously, great job, folks!

[Slip18]

Thank you, Anna!

Off to read DougFromUpland's report.

You are marvelous!

[wardaddy]

Damn ....I'm so busted.

'tis a far better thing I do today than I have ever done before and is to a far better place I go then i have ever known before".....or something like that.

I've seen you around dear.....wonderful username!!!

[diotima]

Thanks for your kind words.

I think safety always has to be a concern at these types of events. Basically, we are dealing with mind numbed barbaric drones who spew such complex talking points as "Bush is worse than Hitler."

Check out this guy:

Back to safety, one of these nice leftists tried to push me into the traffic. (Not that there aren't people here who would like to do that too, hehehe).

Now I am not the biggest Bush supporter on this website, I really do not like the Patriot Act for one thing. Nevertheless, when I see these people screaming that Bush wants to take the wheelchairs away from the paralyzed, it just sickens me. I heard "Bush is a murderer in Afganistan" so I asked, "You hit the streets when Clinton was bombing Aspirin Factories, right?" I got no answer. I weep for the future.

[RobFromGa]

bump to read in the AM......

[Leisler]

Not everyone is convinced that getting in a Lefty's face makes one iota of difference in the scheme of things.

Ah, ya it does, because often I can put the fear of god into their faces, if not my fist. Having piles of free floating anger, leftist make great aggression release objects.

They were saying something, and you were saying something else. Whoop-ti-doo.

Last one I went to, I got Jessy Jackson to shut up and leave in his bodyguarded limo.

Don't get me wrong: If this floats your boat, to believe that you're making a difference by holding up a sign on a street-corner in response to the signs-on-street-corners that others are holding up, then GO FOR IT!

The left are cowards. Defeat them at every venue. Just cause you’re too wimpy or lazy is no excuse.

[HangFire]

Your signs and all were great, but what I want to know is how you all mananged to have breakfast at Denny's with Dick Cheney?

Bwhahaha! Next time I'll have to do my '68 Comeback Special hairdo;-)

[sauropod]

You KNOW that I will always watch your six! 'Pod

[CARepubGal]

San Diego Kudos! Please ping me for So Cal FReeps!