Posted on 11/02/2002 11:12:07 AM PST by finnman69
I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in NYC. For those who are not familiar this is ground zero for leftists and hard core socialist style Rats.
Today I went up to the Fairway Market on Broadway and 74th Street to do some shopping. The store is very popular due to its fresh food, great selection, and gourmet items. The store spans 2/3 of the block so it has significant sidewalk traffic and draws great crowds like it did today. The sidewalks in front of the store often have tables set up out front usually soliciting money for animal shelters. This time of year however you see political displays, and they are not conservative or Republican.
Witholding my pride I walked past a prominent Carl McCall(Rat candidate for governor) table with posters , literature and three people manning it. All the staffers were white men and in their 50-s to 60's. To be complete in description, I am 6'1 blonde/scandinavian looking in my early 30's. Next to the McCall Rats was another Democrat with a big poster that said "No War in Iraq" and "protect rent control" on it. Rent control is big with these leftists as they pay $300 a month rents on apartments that would rent for $3000 a month at market rates.
The Wellstone FuneRally fired me up the other night so upon entering the store I immediately starting thinking about the comments I would use to disparage and demoralize these nitwits. The first idea to come to mind was asking how they could support the NY State Democratic party (Hillary & Chuckie voted yes on war)when they had a big No war on Iraq sign.
Shopping was hectic and by the time I left the store I was not in the mood to Freep them. In addition my son was asleep in his stroller, so I figured why bother him. Passing the McCall table I saw more of these bearded 50ish white men with glasses(they all look the same don't they), I was blocked by the busy street traffic from getting right up to them so I decided to walk on, a little down that I let the opportunity go unchallenged.
But then the Freep happened.
At the corner was another 50ish white man with a beard and glasses wearing a Green party button chanting "No War" loudly over and over.
I had had it.
I went right next to the Green and chanted "NUKE IRAQ!" several times. The look of suprise in the face of the greenie was priceless. Judging by his speaking style and demeanor I would say he has engaged in a lot of heavy drug use. First he yelled back "oh yeah nuke Iraq, nuke Iraq". Then he called me a "typical chickenhawk". By then I would say at least 10-15 people had stopped their shopping to stare and watch.
Then something amazing happened.
Another man, intelligent looking, white in his late 50's, looked a little Waspy wearing a baseball hat and barn jacket came right up to the Green and starting tearing into him. "Yes we should nuke Iraq! My son was killed on 9/11, it's because of assh*les like you that he is dead". Now there were more people watching, maybe 20-30, several smiling at the Green get belittled. The Green said to the man " m very sorry about your son", but the man who lost his son continued to call him an assh*le and say "I am so sick of people like you". At that point I added "because of people like you 3000 people died on 9/11".
At this point we both started to walk away down the street together but just before I left, there was a McCall supporter wearing a McCall button watching. As I left I turned to him and said "And McCall is going down by 20 pts!" The McCall white male 50ish supporter was stunned and said nothing.
The man who lost his son laughed when I made the Mccall dig. I wish I could have found a way to tell him about Freerepublic at the time that was appropriate. As we walked away the man continued to tell me how sick of antiwar leftists he was. I told him I agreed and that I felt sorry for the loss of his son.
This all happened an hour ago.
BTW I also don't want to nuke Iraq but doesn't the Art of War advise the warrior to choose the time and place of the conflict if war is inevitable? I've got to go with Rummy on this one. Good to know you're out there fighting the good fight. There are more of us out here than I was aware of before 9/11.
I did notice a Golisano sign in a garbage pail right outside the 72nd street subway station.
I am truly amused by the rumor that he will get out of the race after spending millions of dollars and urge his "supporters" to vote for McCall. Since Golisano is such a cipher it is doubtful whether he has any "supporters" of his own to throw McCall's way. He was simply a "none of the above" candidate and his withdrawal will cause the disaffected to not vote, not to vote for McCall. If they were inclined to vote for McCall, they would not have supported Golisano to begin with.
My heart was racing after and I was beaming ear to ear. A few blocks away I was smiling and talking to my 14 month old son telling him how much fun that Freep was. Im normally a very polite and diplomatic person. Not this time!I may have to make a habit of not putting up with kind of garbage. As I educate myself more on FR the angrier these leftists make me and the more inspired I am to fight for what I believe in.
Nice work.
...yet you retain your Scandi nom-de-guerre!
I was born in Brooklyn, but've been living in "the city" for a couple of decades.
Sunday's challenge: Getting around despite the marathoners shutting down the major arteries!
LOL, she was an institution on the Upper West Side. She used to scream about pornography and had that blown up Hustler cober of the woman being turned into hamburger in a meat grinder. Not touching the nasty Hustler cover, she was pretty nasty herself. I categorize her as unappealing along with the Black Israelites who scream about the Jews in Times Square.
The cat ladies are ok until they start guilt tripping you into giving them a dollar. I always thought its mean to keep a cat in a 24" square cage all day long in the sun to raise money for their shelter.
I know exactly what you mean about those "liberal bearded white men with glasses in their 50s"... I was confronted (and shouted at) many times by these guys in NYC in 2000 when I was volunteering for the Lazio campaign, or FReeping in Times Square for Dubya. You're right - they all seem to look the same. They apparently can't believe the 60s are over, and that every person in the city (in the country, for that matter) isn't as "progressive" as they like to think they are.
Don't want to turn this into a s#%@ sandwich but I am totally opposed to your comment on nuking Iraq!
Extended high-altitude bombing, followed by long range artillery fire, then a division of Abrahms tanks followed by ground troop clean up is what I prefer.
But, had I seen you on the street, I would have joined you in the "Nuke Iraq" chant! LOL!
BTTT
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