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***50,000 PRESENT AT LOS ANGELES "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" RALLY***
LA CHAPTER
| 3/2/03
| Diotima
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!
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; US: California
KEYWORDS: antiantiwarrally; frn; march2report; supportourtroops; supportthetroops
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posted on
03/02/2003 6:19:03 PM PST
by
diotima
To: All
Pictures coming.....
2
posted on
03/02/2003 6:19:24 PM PST
by
diotima
(GO ON THE FREEPER CRUISE!)
To: diotima
Kudos
BTT!!!!
3
posted on
03/02/2003 6:20:30 PM PST
by
Neets
To: diotima
MAJOR Congrats LA FReepers! Well done!
Prairie
4
posted on
03/02/2003 6:20:49 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(One, two, three, dip, two, three. No Blixie, we've decided we don't want to dance with you anymore!)
To: diotima
Are you serious about that 50K number, dio?
In any case, good show!
5
posted on
03/02/2003 6:21:11 PM PST
by
Seeking the truth
(I'm going on the FRN Cruise - How about you? - Details at www.Freerepublic.net)
To: diotima
That's excellent Diotima. Kudos to RonDog who worked his posterior off on this. I'm looking forward to the pictures and further reports.
6
posted on
03/02/2003 6:21:36 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Freeper Caribbean Cruise May 31-June 7, Staterooms As Low As $510 Per Person For Entire Week!)
To: diotima
Wonderful!!!
Thank goodness the fine citizens of this land are showing support for the President, our nation, and most importantly, our troops!
To: diotima
Great going. Good for the good guys.
8
posted on
03/02/2003 6:22:07 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: diotima
Congratulations!!!!
9
posted on
03/02/2003 6:22:39 PM PST
by
livius
To: diotima
Bravo! BTTT
10
posted on
03/02/2003 6:22:42 PM PST
by
Roscoe
To: diotima
That's strange. I didn't see anything about it on the national news. There must have been 5 stoned liberals protesting against the war that they had to cover instead.
To: Seeking the truth
I think the 50,000 number includes the runners in the marathon.
12
posted on
03/02/2003 6:24:24 PM PST
by
halfdome
To: diotima
Congratulations, we had 10K in Cleveland with a wind chill of -10
Congrats again.
13
posted on
03/02/2003 6:24:38 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Rally for America, March 2, Nautica in the Flats, Cleveland Ohio -- huge success)
To: Bob J; HangFire; Lady Jenn; RonDog; DoughtyOne; daviddennis; NewDestiny; AnnaZ; incindiary; ...
Ping!
14
posted on
03/02/2003 6:25:11 PM PST
by
diotima
(GO ON THE FREEPER CRUISE!)
To: Roscoe
It's growing. The movement.
15
posted on
03/02/2003 6:25:13 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Easy to UNDERRATE N.Korea: Idiotic leader, starving people. BUT DON'T! They could attack in a flash.)
To: Seeking the truth
Wait til you see the photos.
16
posted on
03/02/2003 6:25:49 PM PST
by
diotima
(GO ON THE FREEPER CRUISE!)
To: Bubba_Leroy
If they, the press, treat those West Coast Freepers anything like they treated the nearly 100,000 to 300,000 that turned out Saturday in Seoul for Uncle Sam, there will be only a trickle of news coverag on this rally. Begrudging and slanted at that.
17
posted on
03/02/2003 6:26:50 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Easy to UNDERRATE N.Korea: Idiotic leader, starving people. BUT DON'T! They could attack in a flash.)
To: Neets
Thanks. The best part was marching IN the MARATHON.
I almost forgot I was in LA, there was so much applause for all the flags and signs.
18
posted on
03/02/2003 6:27:04 PM PST
by
diotima
(GO ON THE FREEPER CRUISE!)
To: diotima
Freepers rock !
19
posted on
03/02/2003 6:27:09 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(Going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordian)
To: diotima; dix; humblegunner; antivenom; bobbyd; eastforker; Flyer; Humidston; iamright; olliemb; ...
50,000!!!!!!
WOW!!!!
Great job to all!!!!
Eaker
20
posted on
03/02/2003 6:27:33 PM PST
by
Eaker
(64,999,987 firearm owners killed no one yesterday. Somehow, it didn't make the news.)
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