Posted on 02/18/2005 9:51:12 AM PST by Impeach98
This week Move America Forward conducted a "Support the Troops" candlelight vigil across from the home of Steve & Virginia Pearcy.
The Pearcy's you will recall hanged a U.S. soldier in effigy - from a noose with an American flag balled up in the soldier's helmet - above the Iraqi flag of Saddam Hussein as part of their anti-war protest. In the adjacent window they hanged the Palestinian flag.
Despite pouring rain for most of the three hour vigil, several hundred people from northern California turned out to show that Free Speech works both ways - the Pearcy's do not own a monopoly on it, and free speech includes the right to oppose offensive displays that undermine the brave men and women of our Armed Forces.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Mark Williams of KFBK 1530 - Sacramento and Deborah Johns of Northern California Marine Moms for helping Move America Forward make this event a success.
I hope you enjoy the pictures from the "Support The Troops Candlelight Vigil" - Tuesday, February 15, 2005 from 7:00 - 10:00 PM Pacific.
Those three girls were at the vigil too! We got them on the Mark William's show as one of the "reports from the vigil." They were very sweet, very pretty and very disgusted with the Pearcy's!
Their disgust is shared by many. I wonder if there's something in the water in Sacramento...First there was Michael Newdow, and now this Pearcy couple. The whole lot of them are detestible.
Thanks for the pic's.
Hope they get a freeping every night of the week :)
BTTT
Saddam's flag and the Palestinian flag still hang in the front windows, but there is no U.S. soldier hanged in effigy from their house any more!
I heard most of Melanie's live updates to Brian Sussman on his show, and in the background you could hear the rants of the opposition demonstrators trying to drown out Mel's peaceful group.
Thanks Impeach98 for the pictures and the ping.
You rock!!!
You can only see the back of my head in this picture
Was it just coincidence that the 'Pearcys' didn't show themselves to the major media until the day of the Capitol Vigil? first I had seen of them was on the local late evening news.
Bless you folks for being there and Thanks from all of us!
Also want to wish a Great Time in Hawaii to Melanie Morgan Hill from KSFO,, a Lead Instigator and Long-Time RabbleRouser for the Right. Just Tan, Baby, Tan.
At first around 5:30 or so a few of us arrived. The media was already there, and there were already a few anti-war protestors in the neighborhood. There were quite a few police cars there as well.
We spoke to the family across from the Pearcy's about using their sidewalk and adjacent area - they let us use more (we had spoken to them the day prior and they were very supportive).
We stood in the pouring rain with our "Support the Troops" banner and soon the crowd grew - including Freeper Clamper and his American flag.
I know at 6:00 PM we had 2 dozen or so people because we were the big news story on the local stations and one of the crews was covering us and we were singing "God Bless America" :)
The reporter made a point that 2 dozen people in the pouring rain an hour before the vigil even began.
More people came - and more anti war people. From there you heard Melanie's reports. After she left things continued on - taunts from the anti-war folks with occassional replies of "You Should Be Ashamed" and "USA USA USA" the singing of the national anthem, the Marine Corps Hymn etc...
By the final hour it was much more tame. Neighbors down the street had complained about the noise and the police asked everyone to be more quiet. We complied, the lefties still were trying to provoke an incident. One of their guys was arrested for public drunkeness!!!
Let me know if another event is going to happen.
I will be proud to stand with you.
Cheers,
knews hound
The Pearcy's absolutely have the right to be jack-brained neosocialist traitors aligned with Muslim terrorists.
And we have the right to let the world know that about them.
you forgot "pillow biters" :o)
I'm of the opinion that these creeps have lost the right to be protected by our military.
They should be put on an unprotected island.
And whatever happens to them, happens.
Pillow-biting tumblebunnies. :o)
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