Operation Infinite Freep: Colorado Style August 24, 2002

Colorado Chapter of FreeRepublic ^ | 08/25/02 | Tom Buchanan

[fivetoes]

It was another great day on the North East and South West corners of Mulberry and College in Ft. Collins. Here is the cast of this week's main event.

Freepers in attendance this week were:
RMRattlesnake and family
Trteamer
Softengine her two boys and two of their friends
CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC and one child
fivetoes and family
There were several members of the VFW Post 1781, Joe, Jim, Harry and several others.
Paul, the bagpiper of the Fife and Drum Corps along with the young drummer.
We were joined by a couple of other folks and encouraged by passersby in great numbers. It is always welcome to hear hoots and hoorays and seeing the waving as people pass.

The antis numbers were about the same as last week.

My bullhorn was in full swing this week and I was a little more passionate than in weeks past. Besides using the quotes from last week I read a detailed list of all of the terrorist attacks since the mid 1970's along with the body count, number of injuries and responsible parties of each attack. I then went into an attack mode of my own charging 'them' with supporting Islamic terrorism. I even qoted from their web site.

I am convinced that many of their supporters do not know who they are standing on the corner with and they have a urgent need and desire to be educated.

Trteamer held the lone vigil on the South West corner and did a great job.

Here is the photo essay for the week.

Freeper, CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC is holding what he said was his first sign, made many moons ago. It seems as though this same group unaffectionately described as 'them' has been prostesting U.S. miltary action for a couple of decades. Their determination to protect us from war it seems depends upon who is Commander in Chief

RMRattlesnake and his wife face them.

Freeper Softengine has joined in the fun activity of making her own sign. It is a two sided sign. The other side encourages drivers to honk if they love liberty and freedom. I would encourage freepers to take the time to make their own signs. It extends your freeping attitude.

A shot of the good guys

Here is a shot of fivetoes' wife and four of the ten kids. I think they were a wee bit shell shocked at the passion I was exposing from the bullhorn. They should know better from the good ole million mommy days.

Softengine brought her boys a couple of their friends along. They wasted no time getting into the spirit.

Here is Trteamer. If he continues to stand on this corner we'll have to start calling him the Good Time Guy.

Here is what we had to look at.

Softengine faces off against them with enthusiasm.

Anyway, I had a good time as did the rest of the folks on the 'sunny side of the street'.

Previous reports are here
6/08/02    6/22/02    6/29/02    7/6/02    7/13/02    7/20/02    7/27/02    8/3/02    8/10/02    8/17/02

[RMrattlesnake]

I know what you mean.
Flag drager wasn't there to that day.
I call then that tarts but chubbs work too.
Expept I am over wait as well and I am not a liberal just a good cook married to an other good cook.

[Trteamer]

Thanks for bringing all the patriotic young men to rally softengine. It warms my heart to see the youth getting involved.

Here is what I did to the dancing chubb girls: I had a sign (copied from the Fresno folks,Thanks!) that read "TRACK OF THE AMERICAN CHICKEN" with a peace sign underneath. It was on the back of my giant "GIVE OUR TROOPS A HONK" sign. When I caught one of the chubb girls looking my way I would flip the sign around and point at the peace sign. When she would go to grab one of her idiot friends to show them the sign, I would flip it back around before she had a chance. Did it to her a couple of times just to stir the pot.

As for freeping, it's fun, you get to make good like minded friends to share future battles with, and our country really needs it. Sure sounds like a good use of an hour to me.
All the Best and be careful on that horse next weekend.

[JustAmy]

A Patriotic Bump for the Good Guys!!

[MeekOneGOP]

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Rummy, you tell the Brits to keep sifting the dirt for Osama. Next up? SADdam !
Let's get him!

[fivetoes]

Nice pictures. I thought I saw you over there with a camera. Keep up the good work. Maybe I will join you one of these weeks. It might be fun surrounding them.

[fivetoes]

Here is a list of that I read in case anyone else feels like telling them the truth.

Terrorist Attacks

* 5 Sep 1972 - Israeli wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and Joseph Romano were killed by 8 PLO terrorists. Later that day helicopters holding the Israeli hostages was blown up by a terrorist grenade. Remaining hostages in the second helicopter were shot to death by one of the surviving terrorists. In all, 11 Israeli athletes and 1 German policeman were killed. 5 terrorists were killed, 3 were taken hostage.

* 29 Oct 1972 - a Lufthansa jet was hijacked by terrorists demanding that the Munich killers be released. They were released, but an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team killed 8 of the 11, 1 died later of natural causes, and the last two were assassinated by unknown forces.

* 27 Jun 1976 - four Arab terrorists hijacked an Air France Airbus to land in Uganda's Entebbe Airport. The non-jewish passengers were released. On 4 Jul 1976 Israeli forces stormed the plane killing the terrorists, (2 hostages killed, 103 freed).

* 4 Nov 1979 - US embassy in Tehran, Iran captured by Iranian students. 52 Americans held for 444 days.

* Jul 1982 - American University of Beirut President David Dodge kidnapped. He was released 19 Jul 1983, recaptured, tortured and killed - his murder was called the most gruesome abduction, torture, and killing of a United States citizen. Between 1982-1992 30 Westerners were kidnapped, among them Terry Anderson, Peter Kilburn (American University of Beirut librarian), Benjamin Weir (a Presbyterian minister), David Jacobson (administrator of the American University of Beirut's medical school), and Martin Jenco (a Catholic priest). Anderson spent 2,454 days as a hostage, Weir 495. Others including Buckley, died in captivity or were killed by their kidnappers. Hezzbollah suspected.

* 18 Apr 1983 - US embassy in Beirut bombed (63 dead). Shi'ite Muslims responsible.

* 23 Oct 1983 - US military barracks at Beirut airport bombed (241 Marines killed). Shi'ite Muslims responsible.

* 23 Oct 1983 - French barracks in Beirut destroyed (58 paratroopers killed). Shi'ite Muslims responsible.

* 3 Dec 1984 - Kuwait Airways Flight 221 was hijacked and diverted to Tehran. Two American officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development were killed. Hezzbollah responsible.

* 12 Apr 1985 - a bomb explodes in a Madrid restaurant popular with American servicemen (18 killed, 82 injured). Several groups calim responsibility, but Spanish authorities find the "Islamic Jihad" responsbile.

* 14 Jun 1985 - TWA Flight 847 hijacked (after landiing US. Navy diver Robert Stethem was executed and his body tossed from the plane onto the runway). Hezbollah/Shiite Muslims responsible.

* 7 Oct 1985 - Achille Lauro hijacked by the Palestine Liberation Front. 1 Jewish passenger from the United States, Leon Klinghoffer, was killed.

* 17 Dec 1985 - airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed (20 killed). Libya was linked to the attacks.

* 5 Apr 1986 - a bomb exploded at La Belle, a discotheque in West Berlin known to be popular with off-duty US servicemen (an American soldier and Turkish woman was killed, nearly 200 were wounded). Libya was linked as being responsible for the attack.

* 7 Apr 1986 - three American University of Beirut employees (American Peter Kilburn, and Britons John Douglas and Philip Padfield), were killed by "The Arab Revolutionary Cells", a pro-Libyan group of Palestinians.

* 24 Jul 1987 - a Lebanese terrorist was overpowered by the flight crew during an Air France hijacking (1 passenger killed).

* 21 Dec 1988 - Pan Am flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland (259 aboard plane and 11 on ground killed). Two Libyians tried, 1 found guilty.

* 26 Feb 1993 - World Trade Center bombing in New York (6 dead, 1,040 wounded). 6 palestinians found guilty.

* Jan 1995 - bomb explodes prematurely, uncovering a plot by Osama bin Laden to blow up 12 planes as they flew into the US from Southeast Asia, crash another aircraft into CIA headquarters, and also attempt to kill the pope.

* 13 Nov 1995 - US military advisors bombed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (7 dead, 42 injured).

* 25 June 1996 - Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (19 12
American servicemen dead, hundreds wounded). Thirteen Saudis and one Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, are indicted.

* 7 Aug 1998 - American embassies in Kenya (213 dead) and Tanzania (11 dead, combined 224 dead, over 5,000 wounded). 4 men (2 trained by al-Qaeda) convicted, 22 others indicted (including Osama bin Laden).

* Dec 1999 - authorities arrest an Algerian attempting to enter the US from Canada, foiling a plot to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport. Three Algerians tied to Osama bin Laden were convicted in New York in 2001.

* 25 Feb 2000 - The ship "MV Our Lady of Mediatrix" bombed (36 dead, 28 injured, 11 missing). The Moro Islamic Liberation Front suspected.

* 12 Oct 2000 - USS Cole (17 dead, 39 wounded). Suspected of the attack was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

* 11 Sep 2001 - hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 slams into the north tower of the World Trade Center (all 92 on board killed*).

11 Sept 2001 - hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 slams into the south tower of the World Trade Center (all 65 on board killed*).

11 Sep 2001 - hijacked American Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon (all 64 on board killed*).

11 Sep 2001 - hijacked United Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, PA (all 45 on board killed*).
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* - In all there were 2823 deaths, thousands wounded. al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden responsible.

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, Guys! Sam, my mind kept thinking about what you said about your using MSpaint. I have been wanting to take that picture in #24 and take out Bush 41 and kringtoon 42. So after I posted that picture I took your suggestion and played around with that pic, converted it to a .bmp file and using Google Search I found a Bush 43 pic and erased them and put in the Bush 43 pic. What do ya'll think of my first project like this? Not too shabby for a beginner?

[softengine]

Re - Post #26

Thanks for that list. I was going to ask you for a copy.

[fivetoes]

You are welcome. Have a good time next weekend. I am looking forward to your new signs.

[ladyinred]

You Colorado freepers are the greatest!
I love your signs, your enthusiasm, and your reports each week! You are my inspiration each week! Thanks so much for all you guys up there do!

[ladyinred]

I still don't know if protesting the anti american anti war protesters is the most effective use of my time. Perhaps I will never know, but one thing I do know is that I and a handful of others are 'doing something' besides sitting around wondering what we can do.

That says it all for me too!

[chadsworth]

You guys are the best! You seem to have plenty of support for your efforts - that is great. Good ole Colorado.

I am a misplaced Western Sloper - lived in Gunnison and Montrose for about 5 yrs - so Colorado has a special place in my heart.

And now you guys - doing such a wonderful job , make me just a little envious.

GO COLORADO FREEPERS - YOU ALL ARE A HUGE INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO FOLLOW YOUR REPORTS

[ladyinred]

Hi, just wanted to ask if you Colorado freepers have anything planned for sept 11th. We in Fresno are talking about doing something, maybe in the afternnoon or eve since the time it happened is really early west coast time. You guys really are the best, and if I had my way, you would have won the chapter of the year award! Connie, ladyinred

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

OK, folks. How come I'm just now finding out about this?!?!

Sorry! My fault! I should have publicized this earlier, since I'm apparently the first N. Colorado Freeper to have found out about this excellent chance to Stand Up For What We Believe In.

I've spent my life sitting on the sidelines grumbling about all those halfwitted liberal protestors on street corners, but I never considered engaging in a counter protest. The final straw that got me out of the house for the first time ever was in November of 2000 when it looked like Gore was going to get away with the felony crime of Grand Theft Election. I just could NOT sit by any more. I *HAD* to do something!

Inspired by reports of DC Freeper protests outside of "Cheney's House," I emailed a couple of Ft. Collins Freepers to see if they knew of any plans for local street protests, but nothing came of that. I did find one in Louisville (40+ mi S. of here) that was sponsored by an individual who advertised it on LoudCitizen.Com.

What a wonderful time! Being out there every Saturday (until Gore finally threw in the crying towel) taking a stand for justice alongside a dozen or so other patriots was quite an exhilirating time - in spite of some very chilly weather. (I download FR's now famous "Sore Loserman" poster and printed a very large version!)

But there weren't any other Freepers there other than my sister from Longmont. So ever since then, I've been making the assumption - the MISTAKEN assumption, I realize now - that there just wasn't a large enough mass of Freepers in this area to have any kind of organized street protest.

Of course, the only reason we're all here on this street corner now is not because we had the idea, but because the local VFW post started it off last fall in response to The Clueless Ones across the street. And eventually one Freeper showed up (me), and then another (FiveToes), and now it's up to 5 Freepers - plus a lot of family members - this past weekend. Yeah! And thanks for the great photojournals every week, fivetoes!

I guess this could be a lesson to Freepers in other towns who might be making the same mistaken assumption I did. If there is any kind of organized "Peace At Any Price" crowd in your area, you really need to counter it! The longer that we let Clueless People monopolize the conversation by letting them repeat the same Stupid Things over and over with no one challenging them, the closer draws the day when the majority of all people - even normally intelligent people - will believe those Stupid Things as the truth. There's something about repetition and the human brain that lets any Lie eventually be seen as Truth.

So find and make contact with other nearby Freepers! Go to the VFW or American Legion posts, and other local groups that are possible allies. Then get out there and get in their faces!

PS to N. Colo Freepers - Will be in E. Colo next weekend visiting family. I'll miss you all! Back the weekend after.

[Trteamer]

What a pleasure it was to meet you at last. Your poster's are a legend.

Sorry you can't make the next one, we will try our best to FReep them real good. You can cover for me when I go to Tin Cup in a couple of weeks to harvest an elk. After all, vegetables are what food eats, and I need some meat.

Have a safe and fun weekend.

[fivetoes]

Nice commentary CCMVRWC.

It has been a pleasure getting to know you. We'll have to try some of those whale recipes.