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The local news is reporting the story A LOT and it is generally positive. They said 450 people are registered as of today and up to 2000 are expected.

Morning. There are TONS of media here. Hundreds of reporters. This morning. Jim Gilcrest had a press conference. He has a body guard. They don't call him that, JIm calls him his "identical twin brother" but it is clear what he is therefore. Sad when a veteren needs a body guard to secure his first amendment rights. Jim answered all the questions very well He is just the nicest man. A woman in the front said "why do you hate the Mexican people?" and he took her hand and looked her in the eyes and said "I don't hate the Mexican people."

The Protestors:

The protestors showed at about 1:00PM. The speeches and meetings started at the same time. I could not get into the speeches as I did not pre register and security was very tight. I was told there was room for 200 people each speech and that Tom Tancredo was great.Hopefully,someone will be able to report on it.

There were about 40 protestors. They were loud, the brought pots and pans and whistles and there were drums and they were doing American Indian dances. The media went crazy. Most of the MMP people were at the meetings or at the Tombstone Tumbleweed getting registered. So I took my "osama loves open borders" sign and stood right behind the protestors and then the media went berserk.

It was funny really, people sometimes thought the protestors were PRO Bin Laden and I was with them. Since there was just me and SO many of them, I gave tons on interviews. I don't like to speak, I am very shy but there was no one else there, so I had to do it.

The funny thing was the press acted so impressed that I would stand up alone with so many "hostiles." I told them I felt very safe, as there were three AZ officers behind. I said that there were a lot of people who support my point of view,but even if no one told me I was right, it was OK, because I know I am right.

I told one reporter a mother with a sign brought down a government in Argentina,and it turned out the reporter was from Argentina! LOL Never underestimate the power of a mother with a sign.

The reporters were nice but I am sure I will be misquoted and made to look stupid, but what are you going to do?

Later, they walked through the town in a parade and I brought up the rear! The MMP people busted out laughing and were clapping. It was just great

Most of the protestors were college age. I talked to several of them. Their general point was that immigration was really due to US companies economic polices and I told them we did not disagree with that. Still, pretty silly not blame the Mexican goverment.

One guy asked me if I knew Bush helped gett Osama's family out of the US after 9-1 and I said that was pretty old news. He asked me that I thought of that and I told him it sucks.I also told him most MMP are not Bush supporters. End of the one

A lady said she was from Germany, I think she was a tourist not a protester. She said signs like mine were the reason so many Germans hated the US. I resisted the urge to say that since my great uncle spent four years in Buchanwald I did not care what the Germans thought of me and asked her why. She said because the US backed Osama. My response was, "ah so? you think we should just TAKE terrorist attacks? you think 3000 Americans should die and we should take another hit over that. Nothing more from her.

The general arument was that that illegal aliens come here because US ecomic policies, the CIA and The Carlyle Group (?)

A girl smiled at me and asked if a knew Jesus was a migrant. Silly girl. I pointed out he never broke a law. She said he was convicted and pointed out he was innocent. Then she left.

I swear someone told them we were a bunch of red neck uneducated Bush kool aide drinkers and we would be astonished by these shocking relations!

LOL