Posted on 03/22/2008 8:00:42 PM PDT by Syncro
| Rolling Into Town on the Back of Fred's Hog | |
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| Written by Melanie Morgan | |
| Saturday, 22 March 2008 | |
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I admit it. I lied. A big, fat whopper. And I am NOT the least bit sorry abut it. I said in the media and in e-mail last Wednesday that our pro-troop side decided to stand down against the moonbats on the street during the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq, and at Shattuck Square in Berkeley, Calif. where our Marine Recruiters are doing excellent work in spite of the near constant harassment. I told a fib. I didn't want to tip our hand until it was too late for the crazies to get up out of bed, put away their crack pipes and stumble over for a counter-protest against EaglesUp, Patriot Guard Riders, the Lafayette Flag Brigade, Blue Star Mothers and motorcyle clubs from all across the western United States. Move America Forward and the pro-troops groups wanted to deliver a positive message of strength and love for our military without significant interference from the anti-American, anti-troop crowd. (Babs and Jim Alexander of Lafayette, Calif., ride into Berkeley) Chronicle photo by Michael Macor  Our strategy worked. Only a few rabid pink weasel stoners showed up, and we owned the street with our pride and patriotism, waving flags, singing patriotic songs, cheering for the Marines as well as all military men and women, their families and our country.
Doug Lyvere of EaglesUp mustered over 350 bikers on Harley's, Ducatis, and every bike in between. Guys and gals drove in from Modesto, Turlock, Arizona, Wyoming, San Mateo, San Jose, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and supporters flew in from San Diego and L.A. In all, there were close to 600 people there, and it surprised the hell out of the media. Move America Forward sent out press releases just two days before the event, and the ink-stained wretches, TV types, as well as radio reporters showed up.
We started the morning in Emeryville, California (five miles from Berkeley) where Doug and Tom of EaglesUp organized a staging area (very efficiently) and hundreds of these cool machines and sexy guys in leather gathered. Retired San Francisco police detective Fred Ponomarenko offered me a helmet and a ride on the back of his machine. The rumbling of the pipes was deafening, but it was music to my ears. As we rocked out to Lynnard Skynnard, Fred hollered at me that "half the bikers were cops, and the other half were crooks. But they all come together under the Red, White and Blue." Fred was exaggerating, but only slightly. Retired and active duty cops, firefighters, security workers, Vietnam Vets and others rolled in.
The most fun I had on the ride over to Shattuck Square was going through the residential neighborhoods of Berkeley. The bike pipes set off car alarms, burglar alarms, and alerted the crackheads, ho's, smelly hippies, and peaceniks that our seriously determined pro-troops Americans were in town to tell them to leave our Marines the hell alone. I jumped up on Sweaty Beatty, a beautifully restored 1940's pick-up truck, alongwith Catherine Moy from Move America Forward, Diana Nagy, our fabulously talented singer, Scott Conover and Mike Anderson (Gold Star Fathers) and Diane Layfield (Gold Star Mom) shouted out our support. |
You might want to invest in an anatomy book sometime. You seem just a bit confused.
Mark
Fortunately, after the Bridal Shop owner interview, the reporter stated "there were no Police in riot gear" and that "the protest was peaceful."
Biased reporting, indeed.
Go Mel!
Better to petition the sponsors.
Hey, this thread broker my browser!
For some odd reason, no matter what I do, it keeps scrolling back to post # 5. :)
Great idea!! I can easily go onto KSFO’s homepage, get a list of their main sponsors and start writing to them. Melanie still has ongoing commercials playing. Go figure!! If enough people get together, something may happen.
Mine just keep going back and forth from 5 to 14 kinda like a happy loop
: > )
LOL at broker my browser
Amazing what a hot babe can do to a guy’s mind...
Liberals aren't as interested in making money as they are pushing their agenda
Morgan IMO was just too actively involved in the conservative cause nationwide for them to want to let her have a platform
Even though the radio station is quite conservative, it is owned by liberals.
Like the movie industry, they have to use conservative values to make money now and again to stay afloat.
Me, you...and I would guess...thousands of others don't listen in the morning anymore, they are being hurt.
Dang, Hot chick; Hot car!
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