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Posted on 03/12/2008 6:49:47 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
I’ve received a warning from a couple of different sources, some military and some retail. (actual warning to follow)
It warns people (particularly those with stickers on their car that allow them access to military bases) to avoid the Tacoma Mall on Saturday March 15th from 12:00 to 5:30 PM due to protests.
It’s not a worry to me, because I loathe the mall and what it represents, and avoid it like the plague.
I believe in lawful protest, and I have myself protested this illegal and amoral occupation of Iraq, the lives being lost, the money being wasted and the permanent damage it’s done to our foreign relations.
But THIS protest pisses me off (for lack of a more articulate term)
You see, they not only want to target the recruiting station (one was recently bombed in Times Square, which is taking things way too far) but they want to “shut down business” (people who have nothing to do with this need to feed their families) and harass anyone entering the mall who may have “ties to the military”. (they’ll be looking for base stickers on cars)
So some poor mother, alone with her small children because her husband is deployed (just doing his job) is at risk of being harassed, her car vandalized and possibly injured by whack jobs.
Okay, I screwed up. Sorry for not finding out what it was that you were getting at. I’ll try to be a little more careful next time. Thanks for your service and your vigilance.
My apologies. Looked like the initial comments were coming from you yourself.
This is practice for the Summer of ‘08.
Let us hope that the protesters are as inept at reproducing the atmosphere of the 1960s protests as the American Idol singers were of reprising the Beatles anthology last night.
Sometimes I wish I were not in flyover country — about all I can do is bump this thread and ping my friends. What a bunch of jerkwads. And that’s about the mildest terminology I can come up with for them.
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While I applaud you for your not supporting the upcoming event in Tacoma, I find it difficult to understand the above. Illegal and Amoral occupation of Iraq? You'll have to do better than just posting rhetoric regarding your opinion on this issue. The Congress of the United States voted to give the POTUS the ability to use military force in Iraq. Thus, the "occupation" is not illegal. Amoral? So, you think allowing Saddam to continue his reign of terror against his own people, providing support to terrorist in the Middle East, allowing his country to be a safe haven for terrorist, and his desire to reconstitute his chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs is more morally justified than removing him from power? Sorry, not buying that argument. That was a cancer which should have been removed in 1991.
Okay, GUILTY. I should know better than not read more into the comments before I post. My apologies to you. My comments should be directed at the idiot who actually wrote the article.
I’ll try and remember to review comments in the future.
BTTT
By the way when I was in the Military I worked at that Tacoma recruiting center for a short time. I call on any one who is able to, to show up and support the troops and send these anti-military creeps back to Seattle, Olympia, and Portland wondering what hit them.
Brass Hat says launch the alert birds.
Slap military bumper stickers on their cars.
"Ohhh dude!! Stop! That was my car!"
I agree, it needs to be re-iterated that “NavyCanDo” was only posting the information and the story...
These opinions in that story are NOT his...
I only wish I could be there to FReep this one...There are times that anarchy and thugs like this need to be severely beaten...If our government doesn’t desire to (once again) take care of the seditious and treasonous behavior, then I do not see any reason why a modern day solution to this is out of order...
Y’all been having to omany problems like this up there in recent months...
How’d all of that “port” blocking mess end up and those city counselmen and mayor (what was that town up there that blocked the transport of war materials to and from the big RO-RO ship???) and blessed the protester’s actions???
Please know it is not your fault for our mistake in interpretation of the article. We should pay closer attention to where the source is coming from first. That’s on those of us who made this mistake.
Unfortunately I’m in California, and cannot take time off to come up for any FREEP of these moonbats. I will be there in spirit.
http://www.operation-support-our-troops.org/
If your not familiar with this group take a look at their web site. Heroes ALL.
did you say rainbow push was manning buses?
did you say rainbow push was manning buses?
Wherever you live...get the popcorn! This is a national protest by nasty Lefties. This weekend is ANSWER’s event. Check their site for cities. There are other organizations arranging actions like this around ANSWER’s actions.
There is a radical Marxist/Anarchist organization in Pittsburgh, PA that plans to take over a recruiting station and cage the recruiters next Wednesday. I can’t stop laughing!
Why don’t they just turn the table and close ALL the doors for that day?
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