Freeper Video Report: Code Pink Cheers 2500 Deaths In Iraq With Coffin March To White House 6/14/06

I have uploaded the video I made of this event on Google Video, and you can view it HERE. It's twenty minutes long. For the twelve Freepers and lurkers still using dial-up, here's a recap of the events...

I got word (from an anonymous source) a week ago that Code Pink was going to have another Moonbat parade in DC on Flag Day (June 14th for those of you in Rio Linda), to celebrate the 2500th US military death in Iraq. It didn't matter to Gael Murphy when she announced the parade that the death toll might not be at 2500; she must have been really bummed by Zarqawi's untimely demise on June 7th (HOOAH! and AirPower!) and needed to do something to lift her out of the funk she was in. And a blood dance was just the ticket, apparently.

I contacted a few DC Chapter members off-forum to let them know I was probably going to be there with my cameras to capture the essence of the Moonbat Movement. Freepers who couldn't be there warned me not to go alone because of Gael Murphy, Allison Yorra and Medea Benjamin's past history of physically assaulting me. I did consider the risks, but figured I'd probably be OK because the area in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is swarming with LEOs from multiple agencies; and the Three Code PinkO Stooges are already in enough hot water with those agencies to risk another arrest with any of them.

As luck would have it, my Freeper Friends didn't have to worry about me, as BillF went with me as my bodyguard. Thank you, BillF.

Code Pink's plan was for their marchers to meet up at the Washington Hilton at 2:30pm; there they hoped to catch unsuspecting (gullible) DemoRats leaving the "Take Back America" conference's final speech given by Barack Obama ('Rat-IL), and convince them to join in their downhill march to the White House.

Washington, DC has a population of nearly six hundred thousand people, with probably ninety percent or greater identifying with the 'Rat party. And the "Take Back America" conference probably had a few hundred of the hardest-core lefties in the country in attendance.

But as it turned out, all Code PinkO could muster for their blood march was 80 people (I took a head count as I played back my video from the day), give or take a half-dozen. But I'm jumping ahead...

BillF and I arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at a little before 4pm, and we strategerized for a few minutes before checking in with a couple of local LEOs. At around 4pm, we heard the distant sound of drywall mud buckets being pounded on, and we knew Code PinkOs were near...

BillF and I spent our time walking amongst the Code Pink revelers, taking in the ambience, listening to their muttering and photographing the attendees and speakers.

Code Pink had managed to get 16 cardboard coffins (draped with American flags), a couple of leftover Vietnam era vets/protesters and Ray McGovern as their keynote speaker. This was going to be a tough 75 minutes for us in our role as independent media .

I shot video and BillF took still shots. It really was a pretty trashy spectacle, with Ray McGovern talking about how four years and some-odd-months-ago we (the USA) went to war because we wanted oil. No, I didn't mis-type the number. McGovern apparently believes we went to war in Afghanistan for oil and not because Osama bin Laden's Islamist followers attacked America on September 11, 2001. McGovern tried his hand at philosophy, quoting Kipling and fake-praying for the Gitmo suicides, the Iraqis who have been killed (how many by Code PinkO funded insurgents?), and our soldiers (again, how many by Code PinkO funded insurgents?). The only people who listened to him were those participating in the demonstration. Tourists and people walking past on their way home from work didn't pay them much attention at all.

After McGovern gave up the microphone, Local PinkO Ann Wilcox made a few hypocritical comments and then introduced a member of Veterans for Peace, Mike Harrington. Mike mentioned that he was a Vietnam era veteran who wasn't a combat vet; but he neglected to tell the audience that he was a co-founder of SDS and Democratic Socialists of America (info credit: www.wintersoldier.com). Go figure.

The next speaker up was a guy named Bruce, who never gave us his last name. Bruce was trying to get folks to join him in a road trip to Buffalo, NY where he planned to cross the "Peace Bridge" into Canada, and offer aid and solidarity to the "war resisters" who have fled the USA to avoid military service. I am not joking!

Apparently the US government has instituted a secret draft and are rounding up young men to force them into the military, I guess to fight this mythical "War For Oil." In their socialism-addled minds, anyway.

After Bruce finished rapping with the dwindling crowd, it was time for Code PinkO spokesbabes to take the mike. Gael Murphy was off somewhere (probably hiding in the shrubbery, embarrassed by the small turnout) and Allison Yorra was off schmoozing the still photogs from Getty Images, Reuters and other dinosaur media, so Ann Wilcox had to give the mike to Sammie Joi. Sammie is a sad sight, actually. She looks to be a former flower child who never quite grew up to find a contributory place in modern society. Then Allison Yorra made her pitch for the very "dangerous" and risky action that Code Pink is pushing this month. They are going to have a "fast" for peace, and are kicking off this media stunt on July 3rd, in Lafayette Park.

After the speechifying was over, folks milled about for a while, and then they staged a die-in of sorts. Sixteen people lay down alongside the cardboard coffins they had lined up along Pennsylvania Avenue, much to the delight of the MSM photogs whose cameras whirred away. Allison Yorra lay on the street, with her left hand clawing the cardboard coffin beside her. Weird.

In addition to the die-in, a man stood on a step stool wearing a skull mask and holding an upside-down paper flag and a small sign. He didn't really explain his street theater, so I was left to imagine that he was depicting the last earthly remains of his hero Zarqawi, as Zarqawi wondered how many Iraqi children he killed today.

Maybe a hundred feet away stood three people wearing ill-fitting orange jumpsuits. The suits weren't too big, they were very snug. One gal wearing a jumpsuit couldn't even button the thing. Maybe she ought to try the Gitmo diet plan. The Gitmo folks were kind of sad looking. At first they were kneeling, but the pavement apparently hurt their knees, so they stood up. One of the guys left early because his knees hurt from kneeling. Interesting.

All the while that this was going on, individual tourists and large tourist groups walked past them on their way to the White House fence, where they took photos, had photos taken and made small talk. Most people didn't even look in the direction of the demonstration.

An angry "preacher" spoke for ten or so minutes, not saying anything much different or more inspiring than the other speakers that preceded him; but he said it loudly and with an angry edge. One tourist yelled at him to shut up. The "preacher" told a crowd of school kids who were watching the spectacle, that they were witnessing a courageous act... What a jerk. Courage is our young men and women standing in harm's way in foreign countries, protecting his right to be a jerk in front of the White House.

After the folks had been laying on the street for about twenty minutes, their choreographer (a post-menopausal white male) walked down the line of sixteen die-inners, and instructed them to put their "Right hand up. Peace sign. Right hand up, peace sign..." On cue, the three MSM photogs rushed to one end of the coffin line to take their photos. Amazing to watch. Almost as well choreographed as the Ice Capades.

When the choreographer called it a wrap, he asked the demonstrators to help take apart the cardboard props, being sure not to let the flags touch the ground. They have become more media savvy than they were during Vietnam.

As Allison Yorra let go of the coffin prop and stood up, the three MSM photogs crowded around her. "Chip" from Getty images asked her a few questions. I had to stifle a laugh when he asked her if she had a kid in the military. She looked that old to him.

As the cardboard coffin props were dismantled, the flags were haphazardly folded and dropped into a pile on a flattened coffin laying on the ground. Allison Yorra walked up to the pile of flags and began stirring through them. I don't know what she was doing, but when she was done, the flags looked like a pile of rags. Great work, Allison.

Gael Murphy passed by me as she was folding up a banner, and she asked me if I had gotten into any more trouble. The only trouble I ever seem to have is when she and Medea and Allison physically assault me as I film their protests and tell them that they're flops. Code Pink has made a name for themselves by disrupting conferences, speeches, conventions, hearings and meetings; but when one woman with a home video camera yells at them and calls them failures, they resort to hitting, shoving, and encouraging their less stable followers to stalk me. Women for peace, my arse!

As the dozen Code Pink bitter-enders gathered their props to leave, there was a small commotion on the sidewalk in front of the White House. A guy whose tinfoil underwear was apparently chafing him marched along the sidewalk ranting about there being no such thing as nuclear weapons, our soldiers were dying for something that didn't exist, and he ended it with a full-throated roar of, "Revolution NOW!"

God Bless our brave men and women in the military who preserve these idiots' right to be idiots.

It was an honor to be wingman for the fearless tgslTakoma, covering her six during this event.

If you haven't seen her video per the link in the first post, you really should watch it. tgslTakoma is becoming a regular Cecil B. DeMille. High production values, drama, mystery, comedy, and conflict. It's all there, even big-breasted women, or at least one.

It was hard for me not to peaceably shout out at the Pinkos and assorted leftists, especially when some of the tourists yelled their disapproval at the leftists. However, considering that we were moving in and among the leftists, I kept my dissenting opinions to myself most of the time, staying close to tgslTakoma during most of the event. I strayed further from her when things seemed under control and calm near the end, especially with police officers around.

Gail Murphy failed yet again, drawing only about 60 to 80 total to her demonstration. Her goal was cross-marketing, trying to get attendees at the Take Back America ("TBA") conference to join her in a march to the White House for a demonstration there. Maybe she got 30 to 50 of the about two-thousand TBA attendees to join her 20 to 30 regulars, i.e., Code Pinkos and members of similar groups.

The evil Murph totally phoned her efforts in, literally. When she was called to speak, she was on her cell phone, as she was during much of the protest. The call was too important to hang up when several dozen people are expecting her to speak? She probably didn't want to take credit for the unfolding fiasco of low attendance, tourist indifference, occasionally flaring to shouts of contempt by passing tourists, lackluster speakers, and a dispirited audience.

Were the leftists so dispirited because they were "celebrating" the 2500th U.S. troop death in Iraq and the Code Pinko friends, the "Iraqi resistance" endorsed by Code Pink (click here and here), had yet to kill the 2500th U.S. troop or was it simply because that they realize that they are losing politically? (When I say "celebrating," it's because the left view every setback to the U.S. military and our country as a source of hope. They hope for bad things to happen to our military because they think that will help them defeat President Bush and the GOP politically.)

(BTW, even single death or injury of one of our troops in Iraq is a terrible tragedy, but where is the perspective? Should 2500 deaths in 3 years and 3 months control our policy? We lost almost 7000 dead on one small island (Iwo Jima) in a couple months in World War II, but there was a war to be won because all Americans knew that evil must be opposed. In 2003 and 2004 together, over 84,000 died in U.S. traffic accidents. Should we close the highways?)

My photos follow. The ones with borders are hyperlinked, click on one and it will open in a new window. Sound files (WAV format) are also included below.

Except for a few conversations discussed below, I didn't interact with any of the leftists. I did however wear my Free Republic hat and a U.S. flag in my backpack.

Leftists march in with cardboard "coffins."

As "coffins" are lined up, Luke (who goes to many of these events) with his bike is in center background, evil Murph (pink backpack)
to right, and guy in yellow shirt holding a flag.

As I tried to take another photo of Luke with the "coffins," this
leftist TBA attendee walked right in front of my camera and she
did take a much better photo than any of Luke.

The close-up of Luke.

tgslTakoma does her video magic.

At right is the evil Murph, who assaulted tgslTakoma a few weeks
back at Rumsfeld's house. She is on her cell phone in this photo and
for much of the protest.

It was flag day, but this guy was the only leftist with a regular (i.e.,
not defaced) U.S. flag.

At left, this leftist hands out American flags defaced with peace
symbols.

Allison Yorra after
announcing hunger strike.
Is that a female codpiece
that she's wearing?

Yorra, a local Code Pinko, announced that a Pinko hunger strike tbeginning July 3. She personally claims to have committed to two weeks of not eating, which she says "is going to be a lot, because there is not a lot of me to lose here." See her photo above and you can decide. If she were really committed, she would go on a water only diet (no fruit juice, no protein shakes) until the last U.S. troop leaves Iraq. That would be dedication. Better yet, would all the Pinkos simply hold their breath until we surrender and withdraw from Iraq?

(Of course, Yorra's friends in the so-called Iraqi resistance help even skinny people, including innocent civilians like Nicholas Berg, lose weight real fast. No food is involved, just a real sharp knife.)

What would a leftist ghoulish occasion ("2500 dead troops") be without a ghoul?

The assembled leftists, with some media, intermingled.

About 8 leftists at left of this photo, those who did not fit in the photo just above.

Code Pinkos probably paid off ( :) this homeless guy to attend in
order to increase their numbers and to make the Pinkos appear
sane by comparison.

Two remaining "GITMO" prisoners after a third one was injured (you
can't make this stuff up). Sound files from my discussions with them
are below.

Hohensee, the homeless guy, running for President by Amendment as shown in photo above, gave me a photocopy of a hand-written note indicating where his platform could be found on the web.

He said, "I'm not going to spend $700 million to lose in the general election like John Kerry, trying to brainwash people into voting for me. I just need 38 state legislatures to pass an amendment making me President." I said, "Won't it cost you more than $700 million to buy enough state legislators for this to work?" He said, "No, I don't think so." I replied, "Well, as long as you've got a realistic plan."

I had a long, pleasant, and funny conversation with the two "surviving" GITMO prisoners above right and have several sound files for your amusement (all are WAV format with time and file size listed). Clicking on a link should play the sound file. Left click on a sound file link and select "save as" if you want to save the file to listening later.

The gist of the conversation is that these are nice young people, fed lies by our liberal educational system and our mainstream media, making them say some incredibly silly things.

INTRO SOUND FILE (2.12 Mb, 3 min 20 sec): We joked as I asked them where their third detainee went. (He was injured kneeling.) They joked about the hungry strikers taking protein shakes. Unfortunately, a loud leftist speaker is ranting in the background.

PRES SOUND FILE (668 K, 62 s): I asked if they supported Hohensee (pictured above) for Pres. Leftist guy said, "I wonder if Feingold knows that he's [i.e., Hohensee] his running mate?"

HABEAS SOUND FILE (2.45 M, 3 m, 45 s): A passing patriot yelled at the leftist speaker to shut up, but the recorder didn't pick that up. One of the GITMO people then said that as they marched to the White House someone yelled out the window at them (in liberal bastion DC!), "you're doing Al Quada's work." I finally engaged the leftists in debate. They try to argue for habeas corpus and Geneva convention, but the guy finally, and lamely, concedes that those are inapplicable to GITMO.

IRAQ SOUND FILE (2.33 M, 3 m, 41 s): We argue about Iraq with the guy throwing out the idea that we weren't multi-lateral and me easily refuting it.

CODE PINK SOUND FILE (1.76 M, 2 m, 47s): The woman denies that Code Pink wants the "Iraqi resistance" to win, but she won't give me an email so that I can give her the documentation.

NEXT PRES SOUND FILE (1.3 M, 2 m, 4s): As leftists prepare to go, I talked to the guy about who he wanted for President the next time around. He's bothered by Hillary's hawkish stand (false stand, IMHO), likes Gore, and doesn't want Kerry. He likes Feingold.

It doesn't get better than this. Fun talking with pleasant, but silly, leftists followed by an uplifting surprise at the end. Touring students from Russia came along (photo right). Instead of going across the street to see if they could hold a leftist sign in front of the White House, they politely asked if they could borrow an American flag to hold in the photo at right. They treated the flag, which I gladly loaned them, with more respect than the leftists treat our flag. RIP, Ronald Reagan. The world is still a better place because he peacefully ended the "evil empire."

Russian students borrow our flag for photo op in front of the
White House. They were posing for their teacher's photo, not
mine, hence the angle of the shot.

Since I've been promoted as the bodyguard, ready to throw myself in the path of a pink umbrella to protect tgslTakoma (and happy to do so), I'll shamelessly include two photos from my recent trip. The cover story was that it was a vacation, but the truth can now be revealed. I was training for the rigors of bodyguard duty per photos below.

Bodyguards need endurance. My car is a tiny speck at the far left, 1000 feet
below on the valley floor. The hike down was a lot faster than the hike
up the mountain.

Another day, another hike. My dog in pointer position
(see dog's elbow pointing), apparently having scented a
liberal critter (Weasel?) somewhere on top of that mountain.

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