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The Code Pink gals, NOW gang, their male hangers-on, and other assorted leftist flotsam and jetsam were assembling in support of appeasement for a regime that systematically uses rape as a weapon of torture.

After freezing at January and March 1 FReeps supporting the defense of America by its finest, it seemed like my duty on a warm, sunny March 8 to peaceably assemble with other FReepers in opposition to the Code Pinkos:

”And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
. . .
They [i.e., Code Pinkos] were practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by their blood-stained hands"

I’m not up to recounting the rest of the story by expanding on the above paraphrase of Jagger/Richards lyrics so your humble correspondent will switch back to prose.

(The great Mudboy Slim or legendary Doug from Upland are talented enough to describe the whole event by creating new lyrics to a popular song, but I am not.)

Assembling with fellow FReepers in the North center of Lafayette Park, we had a fence like barrier in front of us.

A male peacenik asked Kristinn where the peace march was assembling. I didn’t know where the Code Pinkos were assembling, but was thinking that there must be some peaceniks in the toughest DC neighborhood. Before I could give directions on how to get to Anacostia, Kristinn had politely given the leftist apparently accurate instructions.

Obviously, Kristinn’s not as mischievous as I (and I do NOT fault him for that virtue). Still I later imagined the peacenik explaining to a street mugger that the mugging was in violation of the UN Charter on Human Rights and telling the mugger “please, please, please don’t kill me if I give you all my possessions, hug you and tell people how nice you are.” No wonder Saddam likes these peaceniks.

Engaging some assorted Saddam appeasers in spirited debate, we held our signs and waited for the large group march of the “silly led by the sinister” in Christopher Hitchens memorable phrase.

During a brief discussion with a woman there to appease Saddam, she said that “Saddam had nothing to do with the terrorist threat” and moments later “if we attack him, the terrorists will attack us.” And, as Dave Barry is fond of writing, "I'm not making this up."

As someone else has said on this thread, these people cannot be parodied, they are walking self-parodies.

Dr. Raoul and I supported his multi-person sign saying “Human shields against naked Raelians.”

At one point, all of us held up the “Human Shields” letter signs (i.e., one letter per sign, each person holding one or more signs) as sort of a rehearsal before the big march.

We put down the signs. When we picked them up a few minutes later, I had gotten my letters (“H” and “I”) mixed up. For a brief moment, we were now “HUMAN SIHELDS” defending the White House against the Pinkos (or should I say “Pinoks”?).

Spelling never was my strong point and I was almost fired as a “HUMAN SHIELD” for that mistake. I sincerely apologized, but must make light of it now by wondering if my pension is still safe.

A short time later, we were moved repeatedly and ended up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania. This location would, at the risk of offending the politically correct, be akin to going into Indian territory without the cavalry.

I’ll describe the events (rated “V” for violence) at that location in a separate post tomorrow.

Continuing to recount my experiences with other DC FReepers countering the Code Pinkos on March 8, I’ll include thumbnail versions of photos taken by our superb photographers tsglTakoma and Exit 148 and previously linked to this thread . The thumbnail photos are linked to the more detailed versions, which versions were also already linked to this thread.

As mentioned in my previous post, I expected to “get my fair share of abuse.” Still, I had no desire to become a “Street Fighting Man.”

Ending up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania, the eight of us were on the sidewalk as the leftist rabble passed by in the closed street. The fence behind us separated us from a stairway leading to a basement entrance. The peaceniks could not sneak up on us from behind, but we could not back away from a full frontal assault.

Also, and unlike many of our assemblies in opposition to the peace protestors, we had no barrier separating us from the often violent peaceniks.

(Indeed, a relative of mine is a U.S. Park Police officer in another city. Having tangled with the peace activists, the relative noted that “they sure are violent for being peace protestors.”)

Fortunately, most of the peace protestors were peaceful, although hate, rage, and anger were rampant. There were several hit and run assaults on us, but there was no full scale mob attack. That type of attack can be anticipated from the ANSWER crowd and the pro-Palestinian people likely to be out in force next weekend.

The leftists in the street marched past us as we chanted and waved U.S. flags and our signs. Among the peacenik signs that caught my attention:

“DYKES FOR PEACE” (don’t laugh or they will kick the **** out of you) and

“THE ONLY BUSH I TRUST IS MY OWN” (males who got lucky with her better take their penicillin).

The exhilarating experience of standing with fellow FReepers with a huge number of hostile leftists around is like being in a circled wagon train with Indians riding at your periphery. Therefore, confusion abounds and each person only gets a part of the picture.

Above thumbnail from Exit148 shows the hostile crowd out in the street and a woman (foreground, left) wearing a Faux News t-shirt (a play on the Fox News logo). This anti-fox as I shall call her left the street walked up to us and invaded Dr. Raoul’s personal space.

The anti-fox was shouting at Dr. Raoul with her face about a foot away from Dr. R’s face as he continued chanting into a megaphone “War freed the slaves, war saved the Jews.” At one stage I think Dr. R. summoned the lone police officer between us and the large mass of peaceniks in the street. I think this was after the anti-fox jostled Dr. R or his sign. The police officer walked over & talked the anti-fox into backing up.

A violent peace activist woman ran along our line and hit tgsl and Dr. R. The woman fled. Dr. R. ran along behind her and told the officer. The officer talked to the woman and told Dr. R. that the woman said she was sorry.

I told another woman protestor what had happened and that our people were being assaulted. She justified the other protestor hitting two FReepers by saying that the protestor was “pissed.”

Above Bully for Peace (he’ll hit you if you don’t agree) as photographed by tgsl apparently grabbed Kristinn’s sign and moments later hit tgsl. I was told what had happened as I saw tgsl (very brave person) running after the Bully as he retreated into the peacenik crowd. I believe that she was trying to stay near him so that he could be identified to the police. Kristinn was trying to get the attention of the police, I think.

I went into the crowd about 6 to 10 feet behind tgsl and saw her bag or purse getting jostled. I said through all the shouting “you’re assaulting her.” As members of the crowd were around me, I felt someone touching my forearm. I turned and pushed the guy touching my arm away as he yelled that I had assaulted him.

Not wanting to let the situation escalate, I withdrew back to our FReeper line.

Later Nofel Al-Jazairi of the Iraqi-American Council, who arrived with his kids well after the beginning, used one of the megaphones to tell the peaceniks that he was a victim of Saddam’s torture and that 99 percent of Iraqis want Saddam gone.

The Code Pinkos were now holding up, at waist level, a pink string that apparently extended around the White House (I’m not making this up). I ran along their lines yelling “listen to this guy [Al-Jazairi] who’s lived in Iraq. Learn about the tyrant that you want to appease.”

Numerous military men out of uniform, tourists & others gave us thumbs up signs or otherwise thanked us for our activities.

Above tgsl photo shows Dagnabit in his Saddam outfit. He joined us in mid-FReep and was great in his Saddam costume. Although not visible in the photo, he had a small heart shaped sign or decal on his beret that said “J'aime la France.”. Dagnabit kept saying “thank you” to the peaceniks in a pretty good sounding foreign accent. I kept telling the peaceniks, “Saddam thanks you for your support.”

Dr. R also had a Saddam costume which he wore to great effect in the early stage of the FReep at Lafayette Park.)

As the leftists continued their pink string project, a young guy, apparently a patriotic college student said “ I wish I had a pair of scissors.” I told him that my Swiss Army knife had a pair of scissors, but neither of us wanted to cut the cord that tied these loony leftists together. (If only we could have used the pink string to lasso the peaceniks and deliver them to the tender mercies of Saddam Hussein.)

Kristinn ended up having an extended discussion with the anti-capitalist guy in above tgsl photo. I tried to stay out of it. After hearing this guy applaud Fidel Castro and repeatedly ooze hatred of the U.S. from every pore and in the most strident, outrageous and leftist conspiracy theory terms, it was too much for me to ignore.

I asked anti-capitalist wearing his Che Guvera (sp?) patch and carrying an extremely expensive camera system. “You hate this country. Why don’t you get the hell out? Go to Cuba. Free healthcare and free education. Go & don’t come back!”

Anti-capiltalist responded by saying “I don’t have enough money.” I walked away to allow Kristinn to continue his attempt to talk some sense into this guy. Dr. R. remarked to me (out of earshot of the leftist) that the guy could sell his camera and equipment and get enough bucks for bus fare to Key West and an inner tube for the swim to Cuba.

At one point, all of us held up the “Human Shields” letter signs (i.e., one letter per sign, each person holding one or more signs) as sort of a rehearsal before the big march.

Last Saturday night, our local CBS affiliate in Hartford, CT - Channel 3, WFSB - showed some coverage of the Code Pink rally in Washington DC at the beginning of the 11PM newscast. As they ended their coverage of everything PINK and hateful, on my television screen I see all of YOU - the DC Chapter FReepers - holding up your 'HUMAN SHIELDS' signs! And it was exactly at the point where you were scrambling to fix the H and the I!

This was the voiceover during that part of the video: "About 25 protesters were arrested for crossing a police line near the White House." Apparently Channel 3 thought you all were part of the Code Pink peacenik rally! The coverage gave the impression that you - the protesters holding the HUMAN SHIELDS signs - were the ones who were arrested! LOL

It took me awhile, but I finally read every post and looked at every photo on this thread. DC FReepers: You continually amaze me... you all really outdid yourselves on this one! BRAVO to all of you - including CAL, tgslTakoma's daughter, Nofel and his sons. It took a heck of a lot of courage for so few of you to stand up to such a tidal wave of hate (not to mention violence!). Stay safe out there for the next rally...