Defending the Wall

email from author ^ | March 18, 2007 | Del Vecchio

[lilyred]

All you Freepers and Eagles and other supporters have my utmost gratitude and admiration. Hope you are all warm and safe tonight in your beds....have a peaceful slumber...you've earned it! Hugs.........

[MEG33]

Applause! Yes!!!

[MEG33]

Great report! Thank you so much for posting it and

THANK YOU EAGLES

[tgslTakoma]

It's not me taking credit for the sign, IT. It's a statement of fact about hard work and good team strategery paying off.

[MEG33]

I love it! Thank you!

[Interesting Times]

It's not me taking credit for the sign, IT. It's a statement of fact about hard work and good team strategery paying off.

Ah, yes. My mistake...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[La Enchiladita]

Hurrah, hurrah. I hope Del Vecchio is viewing this forum also. He gives a very fine account.

This infuriates me no end:

Hmm, I decided to try something, so I ran after them found them and said to the lady interviewer "Sind Sie Deutsch?" She, surprised, said yes. So I said "Moechten Sie mit einander altem Soldat sprechen?" (Would you like to speak with another old soldier?) I figured, how could she say no, how often would she ever get a chance to interview an American vet who would speak German to her? They’d love that in Germany.

But she said that they ‘d just talked to one of us, and I said, yeah, but I am from a different point of view. She then quickly said "Oh, we have all the interviews we need, I must hurry now", and she turned and walked away fast.

So freakin' typical.

[La Enchiladita]

So glad you could be there. Thanks for reporting.

[La Enchiladita]

Amen, Angelwood. Thank you for being there. I read some of your real-time reports via XR7 on the main GOE live thread here.

[R. Scott]

...the antiwar people were clearly taken back to find themselves for once not in command of the situation, not able to dominate the whole event, and with a strong and unyielding presence of people who disagree with them while not trying to prevent them from exercising their rights. This was not a win for them, though they will certainly try to claim it as one.

That is the impression I had from the news coverage video - but our “esteemed” news media still gave the pro-Jihadists top billing and barely mentioned the patriots.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Dustbunny]

Uplifting, brings tears to my eyes.

[bert]

Outstanding report...

[bert]

They ran the gauntlett to the saafety of the bridge, only to be subjected to further harassment on the other side.

You all had a great place to be.

[Drango]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8976792

NPR covers GOE (Not bad, not bad at all)

[Interesting Times]

Hurrah, hurrah. I hope Del Vecchio is viewing this forum also. He gives a very fine account.

I sent the thread link to Del.

[longtermmemmory]

To hear the media, including fox in their "passing through" update stories, it was only the weather that decreased turnout. The impression with "met with counter protesters" was not couched with "an equal ammount of protests"

NOR did they compare the post protest behavior. I bet the proamerica crowd was much cleaner.

[JoyjoyfromNJ]

Yep, it was TEAMWORK and STRATEGIC PLANNING by all segments of the GOE groups that made this gathering so successful, as Delveccio (sp?) so very eloquently described. I don't think he got a chance to see the "end" of the bridge or the AP photos or I'm sure he'd have enjoyed mentioning them in his email as well.

At the celebration dinner that night, Larry Bailey stated that his veterans' group had previously spent $10,000 to hire an event coordinator to deal with permits and to contact the press at another activity but that Kristinn Taylor had done a far more superb job. Everyone used their expertise to achieve the goal of the rally.

[Interesting Times]

Thanks for adding your DC Chapter plug and bumping the thread.