Posted on 03/02/2003 6:19:03 PM PST by diotima
The Free Republic Chapter of Los Angeles (also known as The Hollywood Resistance Force) along with a coalition of other conservative organizations held a "Support Our Troops" rally in Los Angeles this afternoon.
The LA Chapter of FR with the Liberty Belles, FitAimAct, College Republicans and BOND met early this morning downtown for our rally, listened to great speeches from the likes of Ted Hayes, of FITAIMACT and Dome Village, Jesse Lee Peterson of BOND, Joe Lauria of the Liberty Belles and FR's own RON DOG.
After the speeches were given we began our march around downtown. A large group of people carring giant American Flags, Bush/Cheney signs, Support Our Troops signs, and the compulsory "France Should Be Ashamed" signs, desended upon the LA MARATHON. As we marched we chanted "Liberate Iraq!" and other marching slogans.
****WE ACTUALLY MARCHED IN THE MARATHON ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE**** We heard cries of support, thumbs up and many thanks from the LA Police force! (One of them leaned over and said to the person marching next to me 'I am so gald to see you guys here!') When we finished our march, we had interviews with KABC, channel 7 (we have already been on TV) and several other media outlets, I couldn't keep them all straight. If anyone else knows please post them.
When we were finished, marched back along the streets to horns honking and thumbs and returned to our original location.
I'll let eveyone else who was there come in and post their comments. Today's rally was a great success and ai think the key was joining up with other organizations in the area to combine forces and make an impact.
Thanks to the hard work by everyone involved!! Thanks Everyone!
LOL!! California FReepers ROCK!!!
FReegards...MUD
Wanna bet?!
MUD
Yeah ya can...thank YOU fer doing yer part in making it an INEVITABLE Reality!!
FReegards...MUD
The LA Chapter of FR with the Liberty Belles, FitAimAct, College Republicans and BOND met early this morning downtown for our rally, listened to great speeches from the likes of Ted Hayes, of FITAIMACT and Dome Village, Jesse Lee Peterson of BOND, Joe Lauria of the Liberty Belles and FR's own RON DOG.Here is a PARTIAL "Honor Roll" of FReepers and FRiends who participated:
RonDogPlease help me with the OTHER names...
FIT-AIM-ACT-1
ALOHA RONNIE
Joy Angela
daviddennis
Bob J
diotima
HangFire
Lady Jenn
New DestinyTed Hayes and the folks from the "Dome Village"
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and the folks from B.O.N.D.
Paul Nissan and his friend, and Mike Trudell - all from FIT-AIM-ACTMark Iverson from the Orange County Young Republicans
Rebecca T - also from Orange County, with another group
Michael, the webmaster of www.OsamaKissMyButt.comat least TWO different guys who heard Ted promote this rally on the Larry Elder show
the Joy Angela delegation - young mother and father and SEVERAL children...
Please help me with the OTHER names...Oh, yeah - and THESE guys were there, too!
From Yahoo! News:
Sun Mar 2, 4:17 PM ET
A sea of runners in downtown Los Angeles
begin the 18th Los Angeles Marathon Sunday, March 2, 2003.
Over 25,000 runners participated in the event.
(AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Thanks for the ping.
Stretching three hours of work into 8 IS hard work, LOL
Judging from the responses we received, most were clearly in our corner!
(Hope to see you at the next rally.)
Sounds like you just volunterred to lead a Tidewater Freep. Pick a date; time and location. Put up an an announcement and ping the Virginia men and women. File an after action report. Mr. Confetti Man started that way in DC, I was there, Where were you? The rest is history.
(Threw my remote away after finding the FOX news channel.)
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