"WAR HAPPENS. DEAL WITH IT !" —Walter Reed FReep #118, 7/20/07

DC Chapter | July 26, 2007 | Albion Wilde, with photos by [Mrs] Trooprally

[Albion Wilde]

WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2007— In a week in which half of the US Congress continues to believe that a suicidally determined enemy will no longer pose a threat if Congress abandons the Iraqi people and the War on Terror, FReepers and military family members continue to uphold the majority of the American people — who support the mission as well as "the troops", who want to stay safe, and who are disgusted with a Congress that, depending which poll you ask, has generated its lowest approval ratings yet as it continues to dither over whether to surrender outright, or surrender the US military through politically-motivated sabotage.

FReeper armymarinemom's shirt tells Congress and the whining lefty elites what grownups know.

We were honored this week by a visit from Blue Star mother and FReeper armymarinemom. Earlier in the day, she had met President Bush at the White House, with a group of War on Terror veterans and military family members representing a variety of pro-victory organizations. armymarinemom and her husband, armymarinedad, are founders of Military Families Voice of Victory, a non-partisan group, according to its home page, to "support the missions of our loved ones."

Cindy-True-Supporter and armymarinemom see eye-to-eye.

Jimmy Valentine's Brother posted himself as close as possible to the Pinko station to display his signs, giving his opinion of the Demolition party's Congressional all-nighter to protest the war in Iraq. Even a RINO like Arlen Specter thought Harry Reid's latest antics were another pointless waste of taxpayer dollars.

One of our FReepers arrived in a stars'n'stripes ride. It's a "chase car" from the US Flag Balloon, pictured below:

Last week, a female reporter came and chatted up several FReepers. This week she was back again, trailing a photographer; but this week she went down to the Code Pinkos and was greeted effusively by DC CodePink underbanana, Allison Yorra. As we have learned, the DC Chapter can have forty FReepers, six or eight huge banners, dozens of signs, hundreds of flags, and (I'm not making this up) twin children doing a dance routine for the troops, but reporters will attach themselves like Velcro to the seven pathetic anti-war protestors with crayon-scribbled "bring them home" signs.

Girl reporter worships at the altar of union wife Candy Wolf. Even though it's lib-religious, the anti-war "vigil" just keeps dwindling.

Multi-generational intellectual poverty: Pinko Allison Yorra and her children prepare to hang a Code Pink banner on the fence of Walter Reed.

Girl reporter returns to the FReep at the gates of Walter Reed, where her face shows her true colors. Her photographer points to mecca, left rear. Right rear, lurker Sheree from Alexandria.

La la la la laaah la, we don't care what snotty J-school reporter dweebs think. We're here for the troops. Left to right, tgslTakoma, Doctor Raoul, [Mr] Trooprally.

All our MOABs and banners are often photographed by passing cars and pedestrians. Tonight, a young African-American man stood across the street to photograph our newest banner with his cellphone.

FReepers Fraxinus and Doctor Raoul.

We were visited by Evan and Sheree from Alexandria. Evan is studying criminal justice and photography at a Pittsburgh university; he is doing a free speech project. They had learned that anti-war protesters were "vigiling" at Walter Reed through Protest.net, a site that rounds up Hate-America activism around the nation, sorted by region. Surprised and apparently pleased to see our FReep, Sheree said, "This one is a lot more fun than the one down the street!"

Left to right, VAFlagWaver, Dave from WR, VictoryNY, unknown woman, R.T.Delta.

The busdriver turned the interior lights on so his passengers, recovering troops and families, would be more visible to us as we cheered their return to the WRAMC base.

The Honor Roll of attendees at tonight's rally included FReepers ArmyMarineMom, BufordP, Cindy-True-Supporter, Doctor Raoul, Fraxinus, Jimmy Valentine's Brother, Kristinn, PrezUSA222, R.T. Delta, Sensei Ern, tgslTakoma, Tom the Redhunter, Trooprally [Mr & Mrs], VAflagwaver, VictoryNY and myself, Albion Wilde. Lurkers included Bill from MD, Evan & Sheree and several troops from Walter Reed who stopped by.

Dozens of times every Friday at Walter Reed,
lurker Bill from MD shouts out a "thank you"
to all the drivers who beep for the troops.

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Additional links:

To view all of [Mrs] Trooprally's photos from this FReep, click here.

To read BillF's back story about how the Walter Reed FReep got started and other general information, click here.

To view a complete archive of Walter Reed FReeps, maintained by BufordP, click here.

If you can't join us in DC but would like to know how to do something to help the wounded at Walter Reed, FReepmail Cindy-True-Supporter, PleaDeal, Albion Wilde or VAFlagwaver.

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[Albion Wilde]

Join us tonight
as we Cheer the Troops
and their families

at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Georgia Avenue at Elder Street
6:30 - 9:30 pm

Parking available on Elder Street or the church parking lot on the east side.
We have water and we order pizza.

Our troops sacrifice so much!
Come and honor them, and have a great time doing it!

[Albion Wilde]

DC Chapter ping!

[Albion Wilde]

National readership ping!

To be added to or removed from this once-weekly ping list, FReepmail me.

[potlatch]

Thanks Albion, great writeup and pictures as always. I really like the daylight ones, lol.

[zoomie81]

Great report and photos. I hope to get there real soon. God Bless DC Chapter ;-)

[Albion Wilde]

Thank you, potlatch! Mrs T takes a fabu photo, no doubt about it.

[Albion Wilde]

Hi, honey. Hope you caught the sly reference to the dancing.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Thank you for the ping.

Great pictures and caption.

WTG DC Chapter.

I hope to be in DC for the GOE II and maybe able to attend one of the Walter Reed FReep.

Hoping that all my planning will work out.:)

God Bless our troops and you all.

[Albion Wilde]

I hope to be in DC for the GOE II and maybe able to attend one of the Walter Reed FReep.

Wow, you'd be coming a long way, Mrs.Nooseman, and we really hope you can make it! Let one of us know when your plans start to gel.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I sure will.

I missed the last GOE,but this time I have more planning time and Vacation time left to boot.:)

I should know for sure by the middle of next week.

[WVNan]

9 out of 10 people agree: The Freeper patriots are WAY more fun than the traitors down the street. Thanx youse guys.

[shield]

Thanks for the ping...great photos...Freepers are the best...

[higgmeister]

Great Report Mate!     QRK fivers!

[raygun]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/sc_nm/space_shuttle_dc_7

[Alamo-Girl]

Buuuump!

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for your posts and loyal readership, folks! We love hearing from FReepers around the country, and wish all of you who post could be here with us. We’re grateful for your good thoughts on Friday evenings!

[Albion Wilde]

Interesting article about space program sabotage. If Democrats can deny reality, they will do it. If the Justice Department can ignore treason, they also will do it. I agree with Bernard Goldberg, whose latest book is titled, Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve.

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for the bump, Alamo-Girl!

[higgmeister]

Ya’ll are the Forward Edge of Battle on the domestic front! The D.C. Chapter gets face-time!

[DollyCali]

WEll done thread Albion Wilde! and thank you for the humor along the way re: the reporter.. how wonderful it would be to on occasion find one of the .006% if the reporters who MIGHT lean towards the right.

Thanks for the pix & write up that makes me feel like I am there with you all..

[Theresawithanh]

Thank you for doing this! Great job! Sure wish I could participate, but like DollyCali says, these posts make me feel like I was there!

YOU ALL ROCK!!!!!!

[endthematrix]

God Bless the DC Chapter, our Troops and our Country!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[freema]

BUMP

[trooprally]

Great job Albion!

Always good reading the thread to find out what else is going on with the other corners.

[Mr] T

[beachn4fun]

Great work, people. Love seeing newbies stopping by. Hopefully Evan will put out something with a positive spin.

you know what I think? Well, I’m gonna tell ya anyway.

I think DC Chapter, and/or parents of the wounded, should contact the reporter who did the story on “how back the WR conditions are for our wounded.” Or, someone who really has sympathy for our military. Ask them to interview the wounded and their family about how they feel having those pinkos hanging outside their windows while they are trying to recoup. Hopefully, this would generate as much sympathy as the “how back the WR conditions are for our wounded” report did, which might go a long way in losing sympathy the pinkos.

That’s my 2 cents and I’m sticking to it. LOL

[Dustbunny]

Bump

[Albion Wilde]

how wonderful it would be to on occasion find one of the .006% if the reporters who MIGHT lean towards the right.

You can say that again. Thanks for your post, Dolly!

[Albion Wilde]

Sure wish I could participate, but like DollyCali says, these posts make me feel like I was there! YOU ALL ROCK!!!!!!

Sure is a long way from the "other" Washington! We won't give up hope — you never know what might bring you this way...

Thank you for your kind thoughts!

[MEG33]

Terrific report, Albion!

[M Kehoe]

Excellent work.

Hey Doc, are you losing weight, or working out?

5.56mm

[OCCASparky]

self bump for later

[maxter]

Thanks for the ping, report and pics. You guys are the real deal, working week in and week out. God bless all of you.
WE ARE FREE REPUBLIC AND WE LOVE OUR DC CHAPTER - DEAL WITH IT! LOL!!!!

[Albion Wilde]

I think...contact the reporter who did the story on “how [bad] the WR conditions are for our wounded.” Or, someone who really has sympathy for our military. Ask ... the wounded... how they feel having those pinkos hanging outside their windows...which might go a long way in losing sympathy the pinkos.

Unfortunately, those articles were politically-motivated "hit pieces" to embarrass the Bush administration and make the soldiers seem disloyal and/or victims. The elite press corps is more interested in scandal and pleasing one another by vying for Pulitzers than in presenting what reasonable people would consider the "truth."

Finding anyone sympathetic to the military among the DC press corps... well, we've been out here for two and a half years and reporters have come from as far away as Japan, but no matter how many of us are here, we are ignored by the mainstream media. Only blogs and patriotic newsgroups keep our story out there.

One conservative online news source did a story in 2005 expressing disgust that the anti-war protesters were at WR. It was picked up by Limbaugh, Hannity and others in August, 2005. Later that year, there was one article in the Washington Post, but the Post's story made moral equivalence between our group and the protesters, who were defaming the wounded (pressure from Sean Hannity and from us has since made them change their signs to phony "we support the troops" sentiments).

During the uproar this past winter over conditions at WR, we once saw a CBS cameraman carefully angling to shoot the Walter Reed signpost in such a way that our entire FReep, MOABs, signs, flags, people and banners, one of which was attached directly to the side of the WR signpost, were not visible. A group of soldiers held a press conference to refute the bad publicity, but not a word made it into the newspapers.

That's your DC press corps for you.

[armymarinemom]

It’s always a pleasure and honor to freep with the DC Chapter. You guys ROCK!

[Albion Wilde]

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Thanks for your comments and bumps, FRiends!

[MEG33]

I am so grateful to all of you for what you do to support our troops.

[beachn4fun]

Believe me, I believe you.

I’ve lived long enough to notice those things.

But, one can hope.

[Albion Wilde]

It’s always a pleasure and honor to freep with the DC Chapter. You guys ROCK!

No, YOU ROCK, armymarinemom, and so do all your grown kids in the service of our country! Thank you so much for all that you do for the troops, as well as for the many ways that you support the DC Chapter!

[Albion Wilde]

But, one can hope.

Yes, the hippie generation is going to start retiring and dying out. Maybe some of the next journalists in line will get tired of hating America.

[Vineyard]

Wonderful photos.

My daughter is out to D.C. - she is doing her “nursing preceptor” training for Army ROTC Nursing training for 4 weeks. I told her to look for 2 groups - 1 filled straggly people who look like they took too many tokes, and displaying hate-filled signs, while the other group would have patriotic signs. Told her to go up and say hi to the patriotic group and give them Freeper greetings from the left-coast Washington.

(Are you guys out just on Fridays?? And what time frame?)

Thanks for supporting the troops.

Mike

[beachn4fun]

Maybe some of the next journalists in line will get tired of hating America.

Not as long as we have communist and their sympathizers living in this country.

[Sensei Ern]

Hey all! I doubt I will be there tonight. If I am it will be near 8:30, 9:00.

[stand watie]

HI, Mrs N!

looking forward to seeing you at GOE2!!!! (i predict this next one will be BIGGER & BETTER than GOE1.)

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

GM, dear!

free dixie SMOOCH,sw

[4integrity]

Thank you for this post. God bless each and every one of you who stands up for our troops, their families and our country!! I only wish I could join you on Friday evenings.

I LOVE the pic of Dingy Harry, TRAITOR. IMHO, he is truly a nasty, small minded man. Perhaps the Dims who imply the war on terror doesn’t really exist and ‘talking’ to our enemies would help, should invite Al-Quaeda to live at their homes for a while. Not sure, though, if their wives would enjoy wearing burkas....

Thanks, again, to all of you for all you do in support of our troops and our country.

[beachn4fun]

GM, sugar

SMOOCHES back atcha

[stand watie]

GOE II is 09/15/07. mark your calender, dear!

your presence is EXPECTED!

free dixie SMOOCH,sw

[Albion Wilde]

Wonderful photos.

[Mrs] Trooprally is the bomb with a camera, as are several of our other excellent DC Chapter photographers.

My daughter is out to D.C. - she is doing her “nursing preceptor” training for Army ROTC Nursing training for 4 weeks....Told her to go up and say hi to the patriotic group and give them Freeper greetings from the left-coast Washington.

Outstanding! You must be very proud. There are some other ROTC young people who come out, and two Army nurse veterans who are always here. By all means, we would love to have her come by and stand with us.

(Are you guys out just on Fridays?? And what time frame?)

Yes, the Walter Reed FReep is held every Friday. We set up starting around 6:30, and we are all ready to roll from 7:00 pm until the troop bus returns around 9:30. By all means FReepmail one of us when she decides to visit so we can advise her about safe transportation.

Thanks for supporting the troops.

It is our privilege. You would think, after 2 - 1/2 years, that it would get old, but it never does, because of the troops. We love seeing them and having them come out to talk with us. I've been a volunteer for many decades; but it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done.

[Albion Wilde]

Come if you can, and be safe on the road, Sensei Ern!