After Action Report From Freeping At The Hyatt Regency In Greenwich, CT

January 29, 2004 | LaserLock

[LongsforReagan]

Hey Rodney, how are you doing? How is Lewis these days?

[Rodney King]

Pretty good, I'm out in Oklahoma now.

[LongsforReagan]

At least its a red state!

[nutmeg]

Great job, LaserLock! I'm impressed you traveled so far north to do this FReep. Thanks so much for being there - out in the cold - supporting Dubya.

I saw the brief coverage of the "many Bush protestors" and "a few Bush supporters" last night on the 11pm WFSB (Channel 3) news.

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[nutmeg]

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[CatoRenasci]

Glad you were there! We were a few blocks away, watching on TV while my younger daughter went. see this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1068339/posts?page=59

As to the protesters, I'm not sure how many were college students, and how many were from Greenwich High School.

There is a very interesting, but not widely reported fact about one of the young men from Greenwich High School who organized the protest: he is a second generation (at least) Red Diaper Baby.

His Mother, whom I know and is actually a decent enough sort politics aside, grew up as a Red Diaper Baby in New York City (Greenwich Village) in the '50s (communist youth groups, communist summer camps, the whole bit) and was heavily involved in the New Left in the US (though apparently without much of a public profile). She also spent several years in Germany in the late '60s - early '70s involved with a significant member of the Red Army Faction. Now, of course, she's a left-Democrat.

When you look into the background of those who are leaders of the left and the 'Democrats', so many of them turn out to have significant Communist or socialist ties.

[Paulie]

"It is disturbing to me how a group of middle eastern looking group of people are joining these...so-called protesters and learning how to use our freedoms against us."

Indeed. Sometimes more than others I realize it is the Grace of God alone that keeps us from ruin. No need to elaborate, lest I give the enemy some ideas, but even with extensive security measures since 9/11 we're still fairly vulnerable.

[firebrand]

Fabulous job, LL.

[Bigg Red]

Way to go, LaserLock. Yes, the good Doctor Raoul is an inspiraton to us all.

nutmeg, thanks for the ping.

[Bigg Red]

Yes, the good Doctor Raoul is an inspiraton to us all.
(See the reference in the article, Doc.)

[#1CTYankee]

BBTT

[bootless]

Wow - I didn't know that Westchester County Airport could accommodate AF1! Or at least the 747 - did they designate a smaller jet to be AF1?

[bootless]

I agree with you. Greenwich is also my hometown (born there, lived in Stamford for a 10 year stint as a kid, and moved back in time for two years at GHS), and it really is more economically diverse than people realize.

I still miss it, but do mourn the "old" Greenwich Avenue - seems like there are a lot more national chain stores there. Me, I remember Boswell's Drugstore, the indy shoestore, and all the other cool stuff that used to be there.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Secret Service prolly disguised AF1 as Hillary's broom. ;-)

[bmwcyle]

Great job from the DC Chapter!

[bootless]

ROFL!

[LisaFab]

Great job LL! Freep on!

[Burn24]

I don't think it can support AF1. You can hardly fly anywhere out of Westchester without changing planes.

Maybe there are 2 AF1?