[BillF]

Watch this space. More later.

[xJones]

Onward and upward!

[sauropod]

Very nice. I was unable to go to this. Really hated sitting this one out. 'Pod

[Humidston]

Good report and BRAVO! We love you guys!

[BillF]

Bumping this to our SF area cousins in case they wanted to add their after-action report here from the West Coast Theatre of Operations.

If one or more of you has a more complete ping list for SF area, please ping to that list.

Salute from DC FReepers!

[Mr. Silverback]

“Now that’s some funky freepin’!”

[BillF]

Bumping to you guys & requesting a ping to the DC Chapter list.

[sticker]

How cruel, accusing the Code Pink "women?" of loving a man

[BillF]

YOU’RE STRUCK IN A 60s QUAGMIRE

JVB did NOT have my typo when he chanted his slogan. It was:

YOU'RE STUCK IN A 60s QUAGMIRE.

[since1868]

I did not know of this I had the day off would of loved to be there. I live in leesburg

[techcor]

Fox should put out examples of the bias of the other networks daily. A few of Rush's video clips should do the job.

[ko_kyi]

Is the freep still on? I will walk over

What street?

[Angelwood]

DC Chapter Ping List per your request.

Hi Ho, Hi Ho...................LOL

[Alissa]

Maybe we should take the protests to THEIR doors:

National Office:
39 W. 14 St., #206, NY, NY 10011 · (212) 633-6646
info@internationalanswer.org · www.internationalanswer.org

Washington DC Office:
1247 E St. SE, Washington, DC 20003 · (202) 202-544-3389

[lormand]

Today, I did a one man Freep of the "Women in Black" in front of the Texas State Capital.

My objective: Do not let them finish their day without at least someone giving them hell.

There were about 10 of them and I gave them a punishing brow-beating. It is my therapy.

For those who don't know, the "Women in Black" are a pro-Palestinian group.

[Yankee]

It'll Blowback on 'em.

It's a Ratings Booster.

[GSWarrior]

[BillF]

Among the leftists' signs:

SUPPORT THE TROOPS BRING THEM HOME NOW

RABID FOX INFECTS THE MEDIA

GEORGE W. BUSH THE BUTCHER OF BAGHDAD

The guy who brought the Rabid Fox sign was walking the last couple blocks next to me as I approached the protest about 10 minutes before the start.

I had the text of my signs covered as I walked. The Rabid Fox Hater saw that I had posters and said "Are you going to Fox?"

"Is that up here?" I said.

"Yeah, I think Fox is up here," was his reply.

"They're great!" I said.

"I guess you're not going. Never mind", he said.

He walked up to about 15 other protestors and about 25 police officers. Rabid guy stood near a police officer who told him to stand an a different side of a planter.

I didn't hear Rabid guy's reply, but it displeased the officer greatly. the officer went into an obscenity filled tirade about standing in the heat (it was sunny with a high in the lower 80s) and threatened to arrest Rabid if he didn't move immediately.

I watched and anticipated an arrest, but Rabid moved.

I crossed the street. Angelwood arrived shortly & we checked in with officer near us & set up across from the leftists.

Free the Hostages was across the street wearing her box-sign and crossed to our side. Kristinn and JVB arrived separately a few minutes later.

Another sign that I saw near the end of the event was SWEAR IN PRESIDENT GORE. My camera battery wasn't working & I couldn't get a photo.

I wish I had gone across the street, taken a photo of the President Gore sign, and laughed at the guy up close.

I should have told him, "I hope that you keep that sign and use it for the next 20 years." These guys are really living in the past.

Near the end, some of Code Pinkos started chanting GEORGE W. HITLER. Hope that all the media use that for their report.

If they're going to chant like that about an extremely popular President, they will drive people away in droves. The only thing worse for their PR would be to block traffic. Oh, wait, they do that to.

[BillF]

Below is the UPI story quoting both Kristinn and your humble writer, but it doesn't really say that FR/DC was out protesting the leftists.

Kristinn, did you think that Code Pink had 75 in their rally?

You can click here to see their story directly:

Anti-war activists picket Fox News
By Omar Melhem UPI Correspondent
From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk
Published 4/3/2003 6:59 PM

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Anti-war activists gathered in front of the Fox News Channel offices in Washington on Thursday to protest the network's coverage of the war in Iraq.

Organized by Code Pink, Global Exchange, and Media Alliance, the event drew about 75 protesters.

In a letter to the bureau, Code Pink told Fox News it not reporting the events in Iraq objectively.

"We are writing to remind the Fox News Channel that according to your own promotions, you are supposed to be 'fair and balanced,'" the letter said. "You seem to have forgotten this motto in your coverage of the war in Iraq. You also seem to have forgotten some of the basic precepts of journalism -- such as the one that journalists are supposed to report the truth."

A Fox spokesman declined to comment.

Yu-Lan Tu, an organizer with Code Pink, said Fox is glorifying what is in her view an illegitimate war and acting as a cheerleader for the war effort.

"They're the most pro-war channel in the U.S. -- they forgot that journalism is about objectivity," she said. "They don't cover casualties, they don't report about deaths and damaged infrastructure."

Gael Murphy, a documentary filmmaker who has been to numerous anti-war protests, said she decided to attend the rally to tell Fox News they were not living up to their motto of "fair and balanced reporting."

"The American people have been fed biased information from the media. There is no link between Iraq and al-Qaida -- intelligence agencies have not made links between Iraq and al-Qaida," she said.

But Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the Washington Chapter of Free Republic, told UPI he believes the Fox News Channel is being fair and balanced.

Bill Floyd, a member of the Washington chapter, said journalists at Fox News have been objective in their reporting.

"I think when they do straight news, it's straight news. They tell it like it is," he said.

[byteback]

Just an FYI that the SFPD is expecting demonstrations on Monday April 7. Nothing at indymedia but our building management sent out a notice yesterday.

[Doctor Raoul]

YOU TOOK THE BROWN ACID AT WOODSTOCK

ROFLMAO. That's definitely a sign or chant for use at the next counter-rally.