[fivetoes]

FYI

[RandallFlagg]

Thanks for the ping. I can't be there for some time because of both work and the arrival of my 2nd Son, Liam.

[AbsolutePower]

Hope to see everyone in Fort COllins, Loveland tommorow . If anyone needs a ride in the Fort Collins area let me know.

Semper Fi,

AbsolutePower

[fivetoes]

Support Our Troops Rally in Greeley and Loveland
May 3, 2003

Greeley

It was beautiful day, even in downtown Greeley the wind gave us a break. It started out as docile kind of a FReep. I expected hundreds of leftists gathered in the park, but my best guess is that maybe 50 showed up.

It was kind of quiet until in the middle of their small pack of communist, I say that with perfect clarity, there appeared a 4 foot sign with nothing more than a red hammer and sickle on it. The park has excellent acoustics. There is nothing quite like yelling out Commies Go Home and other derogatory anti communist remarks and having it echo back through the park. They were filming the event for their propaganda and I truly hope they got some background noise on their film.

AbsolutePower getting ready for FReep Phun in Greeley

For all of the hype and publicity they spread, their turnout had to be a disapointment, especially when the media was paying more attention to us.

No hype, No publicity, just a band of patriotic Americans ready to face off, anywhere, anytime.

Loveland

The North side of the street, looking West.

Looking East.

And on the SE corner, in their usual spot, sporting the red, white and blue were weldgophardline and his wife Debbie.

And on the SE corner, sporting the red, white and blue were weldgophardline and his wife Deb.

This is a Mother and daughter team. They have a daughter/sister in Iraq womaning a Patriot battery.

Fivetoes, rallying the the traffic to honk away and show that Loveland, Colorado supports their sons and daughters.

Since we moved to the new location a month ago, we have been watched over by Twinkie the Kid.

I have heard that the FReeper turnout in Longmont was dismal, but we were represented by one FReeper against a few dozen leftists. In my book that is even odds.

[BlueOneGolf]

Great job once again Colorado FReepers! Great report from the Commie rally in the Greeley Park. Man you guys STILL have your hands full of these knuckleheads. Our gang of Lefty Losers conducted their LAST "Progressive Peace March" in Louisville yesterday. Since it was Kentucky Derby day, the end of their march consisted of a "hobby horse race" (WHAT??? LOL!) I was determined not to let them ruin my day so I didn't FReep 'em. Besides I have a feeling they'll be back out again soon. The governor's race in KY is heating up with the primaries on May 20th. U.S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY 4th District) has a big lead for the GOP nomination. I assure you President Bush will be campaigning for him sometime this summer and we're planning to FReep the Lefties as they protest outside the venue.

[AbsolutePower]

Hey all,,

Sorry I diden't get to make it to the Loveland Ralley.. After Greeley and Fort Collins and a Beer at the VFW I think I got a little under the sun. I'll make them next weekend.

Semper Fi

AbsolutePower

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

PATHETIC! Absolutely pathetic!! The Leftists call that a major rally?? I've seen more people in a phone booth, for pity's sake.

They lied to us! They led us all to believe this was a huge gathering of leftists. They had collected all these co-sponsors - not just locally, but from Boulder and Denver and wherever else. They even called in the Greens for help. And though it wasn't announced in the paper, they must have invited the remaining dregs of the Communist Party in Colorado - as evidenced by that hammer and sickle poster close to the stage. They must have left no slimy stone unturned in Colorado in their desperate search for like-minded fodder to swell their ranks. But look at all the turnout they got out of it! The Greeley Trib said there were fifty of them, but I think that's being generous.

This "rally" was hardly worth Freeping! I mean hey, folks. We are highly trained, leading-edge, top-quality professionals, with advanced degrees in Freepology from an accredited institution, with collectively many years of experience under our belts. We worked long and hard to get this far, and it's demeaning to waste our talents on such a sorry excuse for a Leftist rally as that one was. They lied to us, folks! They promised us a big rally to be counter-Freeped and they failed to deliver. Heck, they didn't even plan it so that there was a single through-street close to them, meaning that nobody in Greeley was aware of their presence (or ours). They could at least have done something like start a rumor that Hillary would be there signing free copies of her new book, or something else that would increase the Leftist turnout to respectable numbers! I think we have grounds for a lawsuit against them, don't we? For False Advertising? Or maybe Breach of Promise? They should at least be made to pay for our time and gas mileage. We should contact our FR Chapter lawyer. (We do have a lawyer, don't we?)

You know, it's just starting to dawn on me ..... I wonder if maybe this was a setup? Have we been HAD? Was this just a decoy rally to draw us away, while the REAL rally was held somewhere else? Yes, I know we heard the shrill rantings of local loonies like Norberto and the evil bald-headed one over the PA system, but those could have been taped in advance, you know. From that distance away, could we really be 100% sure that those weren't the back sides of MANNEQUINS we were looking at? Let's all think back and try to remember - did any of us actually see anybody MOVE? Think hard now - did any of those "people" we saw from behind appear to you like they were leaning quite steeply towards the downwind side? If so, that would definitely be evidence supporting the mannequin theory!

Of course, we did have that one Leftist come back to "dialogue" with us, but how do we know she wasn't just a caretaker they sent to keep the mannequins propped up - to adjust their guy wires and such? Or maybe her job was to distract us? Maybe while she was arguing with us and we were giving her our attention, a co-conspirator of hers was scurrying around back there picking up all the downed mannequins? The possibilities are endless........

Doug and Dale - since you live closest to Greeley, maybe you can start going to City Council meetings and urge them to develop a better Leftist organization in the area, to come up with something that is far more Freepworthy than is there now. (Or maybe that's the job of the Chamber of Commerce? I dunno). I'll work on the same for Fort Fungus.

OK, enough complaining. Here are a couple of photos ...

The good guys! Yay! Note there were 7 or 8 total of us ---

Communists? Or mannequins? You be the judge. (A remote infrared heat sensor would of course be useless here, given the particular class of invertebrates they belong to).

One thing I got a kick out of ..... there was no car traffic to speak of back in that area, but I heard honking from a lone car that happened to be leaving the parking lot, and later realized that at the time, it was passing by a "Honk For Our Troops" sign that I had temporarily placed near my car and forgotten! So here was my sign sitting out there with no people anywhere near it, and someone was giving out troops a honk, anyway! Yeah!

[AbsolutePower]

See the FreepERs tommorow . Rain or whatever.

Semper Fi,

AbsolutePower