moving NE.
If we get rain it will be as JVb says... "A heavy mist. It never rains on the DC Chapter."
;-)
Posted on 06/02/2005 11:26:50 AM PDT by kristinn
Members of the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic played a twi-night doubleheader last Friday against anti-American leftists from Code Pink and DAWN on the Georgia Avenue corridor near the D.C.-Maryland line.
The first game was at 5 p.m. outside the Silver Spring, Md. Armed Forces recruitment center. Six FReepers took a stand to defend the honor of our military on Memorial Day weekend against fifty or so angry leftists. Montgomery County police were on hand in sufficient numbers to keep the peace, but just barely.
FReepers in attendance were BillF, BufordP, Doctor Raoul, tgslTakoma, kristinn and a lurker. Around 4:30, the first of us to arrive set up on a small corner at the north driveway entrance to the small strip shopping center where the recruitment center is located. We held some American flags and signs supporting our troops. The police checked in with us and then they went over to the leftists who were setting up directly in front of the recruitment center.
Apparently, the police told the leftists that they could not line up their phony flag draped coffins and photo display on the private property of the shopping center. The leftists moved to the south driveway entrance to the shopping center after much discussion with the officers.
The recruitment center closed early for the day in response to the anti-American demonstration. My guess is they're trying to avoid confrontations and the media splash the left wants from such actions.
While the FReepers stayed on our little corner doing our patriotic thing, the leftists kept trying to take over our spot. Code Pink's Gael Murphy came over to 'dialogue' with us. Others kept slinking over with their signs until the police told them to back off. It seemed that the horn honks in support of our troops were too much to bear for the leftists.
The leftists stood in the median, jaywalked all over and generally did what they wanted. The police took a hands off approach and only intervened a few times. I guess they didn't want to give the leftists a media splash either.
A local radio reporter interviewed both sides. Her report, which mentioned FR, aired throughout the night and next day on WMAL-AM 630.
Throughout the two hours we were there, the leftists just couldn't leave us alone, even though we left them alone. They marched up the sidewalk toward us, looping back to their spot in an elliptical path that drew ever closer to where we standing. If the police weren't there, they would have done what they usually do when the cops aren't around.
After that experience in democracy leftist-style, we headed a mile down Georgia Avenue to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for our weekly counter-demonstration against Code Pink's ghoulish 'antiwar' protest there.
The numbers on both sides were a bit more even. We totaled seven with the addition of Albion Wilde, while the leftists only had fifteen. We took our usual corners at the main entrance to the hospital.
The Code Pinkos had their usual array of signs and candles. We had the twenty by five foot God Bless Our Soldiers MOAB.
As is becoming more routine, recuperating soldiers walking out of the grounds come over to thank us for being there. Some of them still stop to talk to the leftists and if they cross the street to talk to us we educate them about Code Pink and their activities giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
We stayed until 10 p.m. when the leftists ended their morale-sapping effort.
We'll be at Walter Reed tomorrow night to carry on. Please join us if you can at the northeast corner of Georgia Avenue and Elder Street, NW, from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The troops and their families need the support.
Observatiion: Just look at them (Pinko's). They are butt ugly people. There message is no war and peace but their actions are close to violence. Their bottom line is a vengence against GW Bush. What sickos they are protesting against wounded soldiers coming back from a war.
Again, thank you, thank you, thank you all that can attend and shove it down their sick throats.
Thanks, BillF! Great Job!
"Nice name (Albion), how did you come up with it?"
It's more art than science -- sort of like picking a lottery number.
All the photos and the sound files are great work!
The D.C. Chapter are my heros. I'm so thankful for everything they do and am jealous every time I read about their exploits. Glad to see some new faces out there too. I'd like to see the numbers grow so that Freepers completely overpower the nuts. You guys have all the fun.
Our hand-held sound equipment worked way better than CodePinko/DAWN's PA system.
LOL!
Don't you just love it when the leftists come over to "dialog". LOL!
Thanks once again for a job well done.
Verbing wierds english.
I think it's an offshoot of self censorship like being politically correct.
morning bump
They didn't slink. They stepped right in front, held their signs in front of ours essentially preventing anyone from seeing our signs. You had to step into the street to get in front of them to reclaim your position. The police didn't tell them to back off on their own volition. I had to ask them to do something about it before they took any action.
Dontcha know...
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Great job on the photo and sound posts!
"The D.C. Chapter are my heros. I'm so thankful for everything they do and am jealous every time I read about their exploits....You guys have all the fun."
Come on down!
BufordP and I plan to be there tonight, despite the likely rain.
WMAL/ABC radio played clips from this and used some of Kristinn's "sound bites"....good job! Didn't get quotes from the Pinkos at all!
I think the rain is supposed to end soon, too.
see you there!
moving NE.
If we get rain it will be as JVb says... "A heavy mist. It never rains on the DC Chapter."
;-)
Something about the term "pink doubleheader" sounds awfully...unsanitary.
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