Allison Yorra - Code Pink
Posted on 01/27/2006 9:46:07 PM PST by tgslTakoma
There I was, across the street, a six lane street. Just me. And my little camera.
I stood quietly on the empty sidewalk taking pictures of the Code Pink protest at Walter Reed. The one that used to be at the main entrance to the hospital, until they forgot to renew their permit for that location.
Now, they've taken to infesting a location down the street, in front of a small sidewalk park, but still in front of the hospital.
I had gone down alone, with my camera and tripod to document their little public protest.
I had less than a minute's peace to take photos before Allison Yorra and Ann Wilcox of Code Pink came across and told me that I would have to leave the empty sidewalk, across the street from their protest, because they had a permit for where I was standing.
I told them I wasn't disrupting their protest across the street, and that I was holding no signs but simply taking photos. They told me that I was not allowed to be there, and that the police would remove me. I encouraged them to call the police, because I wasn't demonstrating in their protest area, just taking photos, in their protest area where they weren't protesting. They initially declined to call the police, preferring to "handle it themselves."
By now, "Princess", Weasel and some guy with a black beret had joined Allison and Ann around me. They began to block my camera, which was focused on their public protest across the street. No matter which way I turned, there was Allison and her bully-boys.
So I stepped off the sidewalk and into the curb lane of the street, where MPDC does not issue permits unless the road is closed. Allison and the bullies quickly followed. I'd move. They'd move in front of me. I'd move again. They'd again block my view.
Here are a few photos I took:
Allison Yorra - Code Pink
Allison and "Princess" who both love to call our president a fascist, as they freely protest at a military hospital and try to bully a lone photographer.
Weasel scurries across the street to join in the leftist fun and games.
Allison's good side
I got lots of photos like this. Y'know, for a woman whose organization loves to sneak into places like the Dem and Republican conventions, the John Bolton hearings, various Rumsfeld hearings and events to unfurl banners and disrupt the events for the fawning MSM cameras - she sure does seem to dislike this camera operator.
Allison has help from Black Beret Guy to stop me from taking photos of their public protest.
Black Beret Guy and Ann Wilcox of Code Pink.
Allison and "Princess" - Her profile is definitely NOT her good side.
Allison got really bent out of shape when the other camera folk came down to film their gang assault on me. In a fit of anger, Allison Yorra yelled at us, calling us a bunch of nobodies and that nobody reads our blogs.
My kids bring books with them when we go anywhere, because they know Mom stops all the time and takes photos of the darnedest things.
Now, if I was lobbing water balloons across the street and yelling, "Neener, neener, neener!" ... I'd allow you to say I was acting like a four year old.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
I have one ping list that covers all topics.
I'll remove you from my overall ping list.
Great, more drama from them. Did they learn this from the Paris Hiilton School of Attention Whores?
One question for you: Do you ever wonder how many IEDs can be bought and built (in Iraq) with $650,000 (US)?
Probably not a puny or insignificant amount. I have met guys at WRAMC who were recipients of Code Pink's "insignificant" contribution to the Iraqi insurgency.
Last night several carloads of WRAMC folk stopped to talk with us and they were absolutely thrilled to see and hear up-close the response from cars passing by. It's got to do their hears good to know that so many people agree with our pro-troops signs.
See you next week!
Please?
Can't say that I heard about Code Pink donating $650,000 to the Iraqi insurgency. Got a link to a story I can read?
No need to feel bad. I went down there to take a few photos and I figured I'd be less of a burr under their saddles if I went alone. It's not like there was a lot to take photos of. I think they only had 10 people there last night. I would have been done and gone in two minutes, had Allison just pretended I was a nobody Washington Post photog. and let me do my thing.
You will let us know when you're back in the area for any visits, right?
Thanks for the kind words, but I didn't go down there and take photos from across the street thinking that it was going to be dangerous or confrontational; and it shouldn't be. There were six lanes of traffic between us. I guess I need to get that new Halliburton satellite cam that can count nose hairs...
From New Orleans.
Heard anything about any festivities in Fayetteville this March???
Please remove me too from the overall pings You are in charge of. I can now find my way around well enough to read and comment on things of my choosing. And the automatic pings bring in a few items I don't wish to be part of my list of reads. Code Pink mostly is one I don't want to keep track of. Thank you.
Next time take reinforcements with you! I don't have to carry a sign, and you shouldn't have that much fun all alone! Please share.
And Jodie Evans (also of Code Pink) blogged from the leftist World Tribunal on Iraq last summer, where the gathered leftists voted to endorse the resistance in Iraq. You can read more on that here, with a link to the mentioned blog page.
They crossed the line when they gave aid to the enemy. IMO
If all they have done is move down the street, maybe we need to FReep that area.
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