Op.Infinite Freep: Fresno Support our Troops/President Rally for 04/09/04

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[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Spring was in the air as we gathered to support the troops and President Bush on the corner of Shaw & Blackstone.

Present for the rally were:

Jim, Sheila, and Chris Robinson,

Chadsworth, Ladyinred, Enterprise, JustAmy, and Notpoliticallycorewrecked.

The traffic was very light due to it being Good Friday, but the honks in support of the troops were numerous.

We had one gentleman that stopped by to support our troops and visited with Jim and Enterprise for a short time. I did not catch his name, but he was much nicer that the other visitors that came by.

A group of teenagers on their way to catching the bus decided to engage us in some lively debate about the war in Iraq. The discussion went hot and heavy for about 30 minutes. They finally decided that they were going to miss their bus if they stayed any longer and left.

After that experience it was quiet except for the honking of the horns in support of the troops and Sheila's music to keep us motivated.

Chadworth worked the crowd with his famous layered message board. He also provided our rally with a HUGE pair of flip-flops to let the Kerry crowd know what to expect from their candidate in the future.

It was a great Freep with good friends and great weather.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

JustAmy and Chadsworth both took pictures during the rally. Chadsworth promised that he would be posting pictures once I got the thread up.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Jim can you ping the regulars, I don't have the Fresno area ping list. Thank you.

[Jim Robinson]

Thanks for the thread. Enjoyed the FReep and the dinner aftewards very much!

Great meeting you, Enterprise!

[Mama_Bear]

We intended to be there but something came up at the last minute that foiled our plans. We'll try for next time.

Ping me to the photos. :-)

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Okay Chads, get out of those goooey brownies and get over here to post the pictures like you promised.

[Brad's Gramma]

WHOO HOOOOO!!!! Pictures! Pictures! We need PICTURES!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

You are pinging the WRONG Freeper. Chads is the man with the flip-flops, I mean camera.

[Brad's Gramma]

Whoops.

[Brad's Gramma]

Dear Chadsworth, It has been reported that you have your face in the pan of brownies, the infamous brownies.

It is now time to come up for a breath of air and post the pictures.

Thank you.

Yers Trooley,
An Anxious Freeper

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I am going over to the Freepathon threads to check on what you were talking about at dinner.

[ladyinred]

What you didn't say about our lively little teenybopper peaceniks, is that the young girl kept jabbing her finger in your face! Now luckily, I stayed away from the fray, because as I told you, I would have been inclined to bite it! LOL

Lovely evening, and lots of great support from the light traffic in spite of the media's attempt to turn the citizens against our war on terror!

Enterprise, it was wonderful having you with us tonight and we hope you will make a habit of it! We do have fun while at the same time showing how we support our troops and the USA!!!!

[ladyinred]

Who me? Gossip? I beg your pardon! (hee hee!) Have fun dear, I think you will!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I'm baacckkk. You are correct. And you will have freepmail in just a minute.

[ladyinred]

We did miss you guys, and we had a good freep with lots of support. Sorry you weren't there, but you are forgiven. I am sure you didn't want to come and face Chad's and his brownie whining! :-)

[ladyinred]

You are correct.

Would I lie to you? :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Chad's and his brownie whining! :-)

LOL!....how do you put up with him??? ;-)

[chadsworth]

My message for John F'n Kerry

We want to welcome to our corner Mr. Enterprise. On his left is a friend of Jim's that stopped by.

The Mid-East Camel Spider. AS if our troops didn't have enough to worry about, they have to be concerned with these things. I did not realize there were spiders this large anywhere. Notpoliticallycorewrecked has some details about this thing since one of her friends was briefed prior to going to the Middle East.

(boy, what a string of letters just to have a screen name - I wonder what her password is like-Just kidding NPC)

[chadsworth]

ping for check out

[Brad's Gramma]

With the exception of those SPIDERS!!!!........WHOO HOOOO!!!

EXCELLENT JOB, all of you!!!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

One of the funnier moments was when I told them how old they were. When I nailed every single one of their individual ages, they looked at me like I had been reading their mail.

[chadsworth]

We intended to be there but

What happened, did you run out of brownie mix- LOL-

Missed you guys.

[Mama_Bear]

What happened, did you run out of brownie mix- LOL-

Would you believe I couldn't come because I was SO sleepy....from getting absolutely NO sleep last night because I was being tormented relentlessly by brownie visions? (Well, it could have happened. LOL)

We missed being there too, we always do. We'll do our best to make it to the next one, for sure.

[JustAmy]

Here is a start:


Jim Again.


Sheila and Chris


Jim and notpoliticallycorewrecked.


Chadsworth ..... Love that tshirt!!


Enterprise


Flip Flop Kerry Sign.

[chadsworth]

how do you put up with him

After a very long whine session about not having any brownies, she gives in. Sometimes she even bakes me homemade bread and chocolate cake to shut me up.

If I get too bad, its off to the doghouse. ( Dog biscuit brownies aren't as good as the real ones)

[chadsworth]

It is now time to come up for a breath of air and post the pictures.

I had to clean the pictures first - got gooey fudge on some of them.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Yes Chads, my friend who happens to be my husband was given a briefing on camel spiders prior to his unit being deployed to the ME. Apparently the spider injects its victim with an anesthetic then proceeds to eat the victim. It is not safe to sleep on the ground over there.

[JustAmy]

Here are the lively little teenybopper peaceniks ....

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for the picture ping. Looking good, you guys!

I love that Kerry Flip-Flop sign!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

If I dream about brownie eating camel spiders tonight I will be calling you about 3 AM.

[Brad's Gramma]

Wonderful pictures...absolutely wonderful!!!

[Brad's Gramma]

AAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhh.......I see!

[Brad's Gramma]

Friendly...no, that's not the word I'd use. Let's see.....

[chadsworth]

Ron Dog posted some really funny and clever ideas about FReeping Kerry using Flip Flops at his rally's. That is so appropriate for him. I think we should get started in the same manner for our corner FReeps - get the message across about what kind of person he is. If I can, I am going to make a large print sign of his Anti-American / Anti- National Security voting record that JK sent out.

Need to come up with some good flip-flop slogans

anybody - anybody

[chadsworth]

Good pics there Justamy - where is justfrank tonight. I checked my doghouse and he's not there.

Hope you are feeling OK after the corner session tonight.

[chadsworth]

Those young folks just do not realize what the world is about and what is likely to happen if we allow the terrorists in Iraq and other places, including here at home, to continue unimpeded. They did have cranial constipation about the war and its goal. They are in for a shock one of the days - probably in the near future.

[Mama_Bear]

How did they do in their "debate" with you?

You know, when I was a young "skull full of mush" kid, I would never have attempted to debate adults on serious adult issues. Maybe these particular kids are more educated about current events than I was at their age, but it would be interesting to know if they knew who the Speaker of the House is, or their Congressman, or their Senators. Many of the kids I know are preoccupied with video games, MTV and the opposite sex....they are basically doing what kids do. Their positions on current events issues are usually nothing more than a parroting of what they are hearing from their parents around the dinner table....which is scary in itself.

[chadsworth]

FREEPER STUFF - Tshirts and More

All good FReepers need a personalized Tshirt.

Hello Mr. FR founder - (without a FReeper Tshirt) shame on you! LOL

http://0cents.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=0CP&Category_Code=FR

[Jim Robinson]

Oh, yeah. I've got to get me one of those. LOL

[Jim Robinson]

One of the teeny peaceniks wanted to know where we get OUR news. She suspected it was all from the FOX News Channel.

Not me. I get all mine from CNN and MTV. LOL

[Jim Robinson]

They also talked a big deal about how the soldiers in Vietnam and returning veterans were all demoralized, depressed and using drugs, etc. I asked them if they knew how they got demoralized and had they ever heard of Jane Fonda or Walter Cronkite. They just couldn't figure out that they (todays peaceniks) are engaged in the exact same kind of traitorous demoralizing activities as Hanoi Jane, Cronkite & Co.

[chadsworth]

These kids have no earthly idea of what may be coming if we do not get control of these terrorists, in Iraq, Iran,Afghaniswhatever or any where else in the world where they are planning world domination at any cost.

These young folks have only their parents, the phoney news media and their peers to get information from. They do no research to find the truth unless it is given to them from a video game or tatoo parlor.

During our debate, they displayed a bad case of cranial constipation.

Pray for them they need it bad.

[Brad's Gramma]

BTW....I teach sewing and have some high schoolers. While they're conservative in their NO drugs, NO abortions, things like that....the teachers ARE messing with them as to the politics.

They've got the typical 60's mentality going on. One instance was a MATH teacher. THAT ticked me off, big time.

One of my girls said, "Oh, I guess you're FOR war?". I said yes, if it's to make YOUR life safer, you bet I am. It kinda stopped her dead in her tracks.

Good night all.

[Jim Robinson]

Say goodnight Grammie.

[Mama_Bear]

I get all mine from CNN and MTV. LOL

Don't we all? LOL.

I was watching the news a few weeks ago when the subject of lowering the voting age came up and a reporter asked a high school girl how she felt about people her age (16, I think) being able to vote. The girl said she thought it was a bad idea because no one her age that she knew knew enough to make an educated decision about who to vote for. One of the smartest things I've heard come out of a kid's mouth in a long time. It gives me hope.

Too bad so many adults don't know enough to make an educated decision either. I guess it is too much to expect that voters should be required to have a basic understanding of our government and how it operates.

[Mama_Bear]

During our debate, they displayed a bad case of cranial constipation.

Just as I thought.

You know, IMO there is nothing wrong with kids being kids, that is as it should be. But there definitely is something wrong with kids who are pretentious enough to believe that they have the knowledge and experience to debate adults over matters that they know nothing about. It's not their fault, they simply haven't lived long enough to have acquired the foundation required for independent thought and analysis. When I was a kid, I knew that I knew nothing. I'm still pretty sure that I don't know very much. LOL

[Mama_Bear]

All good FReepers need a personalized Tshirt.

Oh, I have got to have one! That is too cool! I didn't know they were available. (I have an FR personalized mug, but JK's was broken in the mail.) :-(

I have a drawer full of FR t-shirts but I don't wear them. I just know that someday they will become collector's items. LOL

It's 1:30.....long past my bedtime! Good night all.

[RonDog]

Ron Dog posted some really funny and clever ideas about FReeping Kerry using Flip Flops...

That would be:

Sandal whappers serenade Kerry
[Should we FReep Kerry with REAL "flip flops" - across the USA?]
Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | April 7, 2004 | Gregory Korte and Cindi Andrews
Posted on 04/07/2004 10:25:07 PM PDT by RonDog

Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Sandal whappers serenade Kerry

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Reporter's Notebook

By Gregory Korte and Cindi Andrews
The Cincinnati Enquirer

John Kerry had seen the tactic before - it emerged on the campaign trail last week - but few others seemed to understand what was going on.

Young Republicans wearing cheap sandals got in the front row and started clapping them together almost as soon as the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Sawyer Point on Tuesday.

Their message: that Kerry has flip-flopped on the issues...

-- snip --

See also, from www.rushlimbaugh.com:

Pathetic Kerry Condemns "Rude" GOP Protestors

April 7, 2004

-- snip --

Kerry's playbook is so old and he is so dishonest, it can be infuriating. But there's a simple way to listen to liberals without tearing your hair out, and that is this: everything liberals accuse Bush of, is what they do themselves. So when Kerry talks about the politics of lying, he's telling us what Democrats do. He's identifying his own tactics. As an example, consider Kerry's freak-out at a group of protestors waving flip-flop sandals at Kerry's Cincinnati speech.

As you can hear in the audio link below, this man who protested the Vietnam War and whose party has defined patriotism as requiring dissent, grumbled, "Obviously some young Republicans proving that they are very rude and they have no manners." Oh, the power, my friends! I am paralyzed here with how impressed I am by his retort. Why, what a way to shut them down! Not only calling them "rude" but "very rude!" This is so pathetic!

-- snip --

Listen to Rush...

(...JIP Kerry, and dismiss his angry ripping of dissenters at a speech in Cincinnati)

Read the Article...

(Cincinnati Enquirer: Sandal whappers serenade Kerry)

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

[RonDog]

Chadworth worked the crowd with his famous layered message board.

He also provided our rally with a HUGE pair of flip-flops to let the Kerry crowd know what to expect from their candidate in the future...

That would be THESE wonderful images:

-- snip --


Flip Flop Kerry Sign.

[SkyPilot]

Some union workers quickly surrounded the dozen Republicans with Kerry signs. Some elbows were thrown...

Ah yes---Democrats. Feel the love.

[RonDog]

If I can, I am going to make a large print sign of his Anti-American / Anti- National Security voting record that JK sent out.

Need to come up with some good flip-flop slogans...

I should have a giant version os THIS sign back from the printer soon:

Image created by JulieRNR21
www.FreeRepublic.com

I agree that we DO need to bring along some sort of sign to summarize our message...

...to help explain the meaning of our "flip flops" - to maroons out there like THIS guy:

...The Hamilton County Republican Party disavowed any knowledge of the tactic, and Rep. Rob Portman - forced to field a question about the tactic in the official Republican response - seemed befuddled by it.

"I'm not sure hitting yourself in the head with a flip-flop makes a particularly compelling case," he said...