OPERATION INFINITE FREEP, COLORADO STYLE - 3/01/03

Colorado Chapter of FreeRepublic.com ^ | 02/28/03 | Tom Buchanan

[fivetoes]

OPERATION INFINITE FREEP, COLORADO STYLE

WHO: All Freepers, the VFW, any other interested parties
WHAT: Support Our Troops Rally (Operation Infinite Freep)
WHY: To show our troops that we are behind them and to counter the anti war protesters across the street.
How You Can Help:Show up and bring a sign that indicates Support for our Troops. If you don't have a sign, we have plenty to go around. Bring an American flag to wave proudly.

These Freeps take place Every Saturday. Try to make at least one of them!

Ft. Collins
WHERE: North East corner of Mulberry and College WHEN:Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Loveland
WHERE: South East corner of Taft and Eisenhower (US-34) WHEN:1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Longmont
WHERE: South East corner of 6th and Main WHEN:2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Greeley
WHERE:Corner of US-34 amd 35th Ave WHEN:11:00 a.m. to Noon

Let's be nice and not get into any trouble. Protesting Guidelines

Please post your after FReep Reports here!

[fivetoes]

BONUS RALLIES

Two Area Rallies to Show Support for Troops (Ft. Collins and Loveland)

Radio station K99 Salutes the Troops rallies will be held in Fort Collins and Loveland on Saturday March 1, 2003.

The Loveland rally will be held 9-10 a.m. at Dwayne Webster Veterans Park. The park is on US-34 just South of Lake Loveland

The Fort Collins rally will be 11 a.m. -noon at Eldora Park, 1420 E. Stuart St.

Attendees will receive American flag bumper stickers, hear patriotic music and may sign a banner that will be sent to our troops.

[fivetoes]

FYI

[weldgophardline]

I will be in Greeley at 10:45AM to get the corner,hope to see all the FReepers out and warm tomorrow beating the lefists!!
We will beat them here then on to Longmont!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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USO CANTEEN FREEPER STYLE MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
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[Trteamer]

Greeley is my target for FReeping tommorrow! My first FReep in my home town, I'm stoked!!! Lots of friends are expected to join us. I'll post a report and send you pictures tomorrow! All the Best at the other FReeps, Greeley is in good hands.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Unfortunately I'll have to miss the Longmont Freep for the first time due to another engagement. But I will try to get to at least part of the Loveland K-99 rally, then to Greeley, then leave Greeley a bit early to go to Ft. Collins. Wow! Tons of N. Colorado Freeps tomorrow! Let me summarize them all -

• 9-10AM - Loveland park - sponsored by K-99
• 11AM-Noon - Greeley Freep #2
• 11AM-Noon - Ft. Collins Edora park - K-99 again.
• Noon-1PM - Ft. Collins Freep #500-something. Vets + Freepers at College & Mulberry
• 1:30-2:30 - Loveland Freep #200-something
• 3-4PM - Longmont Freep #5.

Dat's a lotta lotta lotta Freeps!!

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

• Noon-1PM - Ft. Collins Freep #500-something. Vets + Freepers at College & Mulberry
• 1:30-2:30 - Loveland Freep #200-something

OOPS! Sorry. It's late and I'm exhausted. I was counting up the approximate number of days since these started. Need to divide by 7 to get the number of rallies. So make that instead -

• Noon-1PM - Ft. Collins Freep #70-something....
• 1:30-2:30 - Loveland Freep #25-30 something

[fivetoes]

I am planning on getting to the park in Loveland an hour early and FReep the street before the rally.

[BlueOneGolf]

Today I'm joining you guys in a virtual FReep from Louisville. Here's my sign:

"I support Pres. Bush and our Troops. Liberate Iraq!"

I'll be with you guys in spirit today as you stand in defense of our Republic, our FReedom and our Troops. God Blesss the United States Armed Forces!!!

[fivetoes]

Loveland Report

It was a yoyo day for me, Loveland to Greeley and back to Loveland. A local country radio station, K99 was having two support for our troops rallies. The first one was in Loveland from 9-10 a.m. and the second in Ft. Collins at 11:00 a.m.. I arrived at the Loveland rally an hour early and took up a position next to the cannon with my trusty sign and flag. It is on a hill overlooking US-34. As people arrived they joined me and the fun began. Shortly after, FReeper BulletBobCo showed up and the FReep was on. Weldgophardline and his family showed up followed by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC and MollynMe.

I got to use my bullhorn and gave the crowd the ole Blessed are the Peace Makers! The United States Army, The United States Air Force, The United States Navy, The United States Coast Guard aaannnndd the The United States Marine Corps! The crowd went into a cheer. I then informed them of the four FReeps and told them they were more than welcome to join us.

I passed out some of dware's flyers to the crowd.

FReeping leftists is fun, but there sure is something special about rallying friendly folks.

After the rally we headed over to Greeley which is about a half hour drive to the East. We were welcomed by Trteamer and RandallFlag who were stationed on the NE corner of US-34 and 35th Avenue. I joined them. The Weldgophardline family were occupying the SW corner. This is the corner the lefties have been claiming in the past. We were early, they were late. Ya snooze, ya lose! MollynMe and CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC joined them.

The parking on that corner is about two hundred yards away across a field. After a while we could see the lefties walking toward the FReepers on the SW corner. They must have thought they had comrades on their corner. They were surprized to find that they were in an occupied zone. The moved to the opposite corners.

The wind was paralizing. Everyone was securing their signs to keep them from blowing away. My sign was stapled to my frame and a gust of wind came by and ripped my sign away from the frame and sent it flying down the road. Luckily I had my 'Give Our Troops a Honk' sign under it. A short time later one of Trteamer's signs blew across the street and they retrieved it and were puzzled by its message.

There were a lot of them pesky lefties, but we definately had the honks coming our way.

Oh, the yoyo thing. I went back to Loveland to replace my sign. It was like a sign shop pit stop. I threw together a sign in a rush and headed out to the Loveland FReep. I wanted to get there a little early since I invited the people to join me in the morning. I was there for a while and a couple joined me from the earlier rally. They brought along a couple of small flags and had a delightful time waving their flags at all of the honking cars. They plan on returning.

Another person from the morning came to help FReep, but he wound up on the other side trying to reason with them. It would not have been so bad, but he had an American flag attached to a long pole. It was one of the few times that a flag had graced their corner. He finally came over to the right side. We were also joined by RandallFlagg and Freedomfighter1.

The wind was not as bad as Greeley (nothing new), but the temerature dropped steadily and it started to snow. Then an event happened upon us and warmed us so that we could have gone a few more hours. A young woman stopped by with a two year old. She was crying tears of joy that we were there supporting our troops. She was an EMT in Greeley and I think she lives in Loveland. We told her that were there every week and she said that she would join us next week. It was goosebumpily to watch as her tears nearly froze as theyt ran down her cheeks.

Here are some photos.

Here is a picture of our newest FReeper. Please welcome BulletBobCO

Some of the folks at he morning rally.

This is a behind the scenes shot of us showing our support to passers-by

Here are a couple of shots of what the traffic saw as they approached.

This is a picture of 'them' in Greeley.

This Treamer facing off with a couple of 'them' in Greeley.

I managed to get this picture of the SW corner as I was leaving.

This is what we faced in Loveland.

Here is a shot of the good guys. That is Jack in te front and Freedomfighter1 behind him. RandallFlagg is hanging on to my sign which is a little different than it was this morning. Behind RF is the man from the eariler rally that joined us. Shortly after this picture was taken it began to snow.

Here is a shot of the loud traffic we face in Loveland.

This is a shot of tFreedomfighter1.

Just in case you're interested in how cold it was, this is a some chain covered in ice. Stay warm out there.

[dware]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[weldgophardline]

We started out in Loveland with the support the troops rally at the park, it was so nice to have people to share in our feeling of support for the troops. The people at k99 I would like to thank them for doing this, it was great when they released the doves for the troops and they flew over the flag it was beautiful.
We then headed to Greeley to do our seconded FReep in two weeks here. I think it was a great Freep this time because the people seemed to take notice this time of what we were doing out there this time . The horns were blaring as we came over the hill because Trteamer was already set up on the other corner, When mollynme got down to the corner it was so cold and windy that we decided to only use one sign at a time instead of our usual two or three signs. The wind had nothing on the wyoming kind 30 to 40 miles per hr.
The greatest one was when a Loomis armored car came by and really let go with his horn and siren it was so warming to all of us. The horns for our side had to be 20 to 1 if not more. The uesful idiots had on President Bush masks and were dancing like fools most of the FReep. They really did'nt like Randall Flag reading the E-mails from the troops he had been getting, to much truth for them I guess.When we were getting ready to leave one of the idiots came over to our corner and had a sign blaming the U.S. for every conflict from the last hundred years and how we should be ashamed of what we are doing out here supporting the troops. I polity called him a IDIOT and explained how he was the one wrong and how it was a degrading to see their display of hatred to the troops and America.
We then went to Longmont and had a time I would'nt have wanted to miss. We had four people come up after they had drove by to come and thank us for what we are doing . The first one was a mother that had a daughter in Afghanistan right now , it brought a tear to one's eyes to hear her thank us.The seconded one was a Naval Reservist that came and thanked us. The third one was a young man that had just enlisted in the army and was due to join up in two weeks. the fourth one was a young man name Nathan that was due to join up in the Marine corp in two weeks he came and joined the Freeper line and had a heated discussion with two young idiots that had came over to argue with us. If it is any doubt of this young man he showed great resolve in beating back their lies and enjoyed it alot. Our country is proud of these young men and women in the service of our great country, and we pray for a swift and safe victory for the TROOPS and quick return home for all of them.

[fivetoes]

Here are some pics by Trteamer

Here is a shot of them trying to hold down their sheet sign in the high winds in Greeley.

This is looking from the NE corner to the SW corner where the Weldgophardline family, MollynMe and CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC were holding down the fort literally.

Fivetoes trying his best to hold down the sign, or was he trying to hang onto the sign to keep himself from blowing away.

[Trteamer]

GREELEY REPORT:

A special thanks to our troops from GReeley Colorado!! Today FReepers fivetoes,Randall Flagg,Molynme,CardCarryingMemberVastRightWC,the entire family of weldgophardline, and I held our own in a horrid cold wind. I froze, but the response from the citizens to our efforts still warms my heart.

The leftists of GReeley consist of brainwashed college students and a few old leftist grandpa types dragging along their small grandchildren (I feel sorry for the little kids). They are not as organized or as experienced at this sort of thing as us FReepers and it shows. The wind was blowing hard and cold and our signs took a beating but held up. Old Glory really likes a stiff wind and looked spectacular! Yes, we gave the peace-niks a hard time. They asked for it.

Randall Flagg brought along his trusty bullhhorn and we took turns making comments to the leftists. I just love to get on the bullhorn and yell "Good Morning Leftists! I support George Bush!" and "Good Morning Leftists! God Bless Our Troops!". The funniest moment today was when Randall Flagg did a little bullhorn poll of the citizens stopped at the light. When he asked how many people voted for George Bush there was honking and cheering. When he asked how many people voted for Al Gore there was total silence except for a guy in a car yelling "Well I guess that answers that!!" LOL!!

I did a head count and it was about 10 FReepers to 23 leftists. Boy did we outnumber them and outclass them. You all know one FReeper is worth a hundred leftists! Our little band of battle hardened FReepers is a real handfull. They didn't stand a chance.

As fivetoes hinted in his report I did indeed get into a verbal exchange with two female leftists. Here is the story:

The wind grabbed one of my signs off the ground and sent it directly across the street to the leftists. This was one they had never seen and really upset them. It read "Leftists!! The BLOOD of Saddam's victims is on YOUR hands! (complete with bloody hand prints). The leftists all looked at it and were pissed. Just about that time fivetoes and Randall Flagg had to leave for Loveland and I held my corner by myself. Well here came two college girl leftists across the street bringing my sign back to me ( they shouldn't have done that, I will use that sign again on them). They came over to argue.

As they say , it's hard to have a battle of wits with an unarmed leftist. As we got into it, I looked over to see fivetoes stopped at the light with camera in hand and I started laughing. They didn't think it was too funny. These two girls were totally brainwashed by their leftist professors and it showed. They spouted all the B.S. they have been taught and I handed it right back to them in non politically correct terms. When I told them they must have flunked history class they informed me they were both majoring in history at the university. I pounced on that. I asked them "Who was Neville Chamberlin? and what did he do in WWII?", total silence. When they started talking about the glory of the United Nations I asked "Who is the head of the U.N. human rights commission?", total silence. When I asked them exactly what they would do about Iraq they told me they would have our special forces go in and capture Saddam instead of bombing the children. You cannot reason with brainwashed idiots.

When they informed me they were members of the Green Party, I pounced on that one too. I said to them "How about this one: Let's Drill A.N.W.R.!!" (I might as well have kicked their puppy)LOL!! That really got them going. I informed them there was 9 to 16 Billion barrels of oil in A.N.W.R., enough for 30 years of oil independence so our country can research alternative fuels. In addition I informed them that the infrastructure is already in place in Prudoe Bay and our oil companies are experts at minimizing environmental damage. THEY LEFT.

I stayed on the corner until all the leftists were gone. The people of GReeley Colorado send their THANKS to all our troops out there. Your have support!! The honking proved that. All the Best,

[Trteamer]

A Big PING!!, The Colorado FReep reports and pictures are rolling in.

Please FReepmail me if you wish to be removed from my ping list.

[SAMWolf]

Bump. Great job and pictures!

[Trteamer]

Welcome to our little band of patriots!! Nice to see you waving Old Glory in Loveland. I hope to meet you in person soon at one of our FReeps. Thank you for coming out to Support Our Troops. By the way Thanks again for the picture of the Wyoming Wind Sock, What a hoot!
All the Best,

[Soaring Feather]

Fantastic FReep, great photos!

Thanks for the ping!

[fivetoes]

I hope your day was as fun as ours. Scroll Up to get the full reports.

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Here are some pics by Deb, weldgophardline's wife.

The radio station released a covey of white doves for our troops.

Weldgophardline's family's FReeper dog.

Fivetoes was only reaching for his camera. Honest!

This is looking from the SW corner to the NE corner where RandallFlagg, Trteamer and fivetoes were holding down their corner.

An island of idiots.

CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC trying to stay warm and hold onto his sign.

An action shot of MollynMe trying to hold down her signs and FReep.

Them in Longmont.

The good folks in Longmont.

A circle of them in Longmont to end the festivities for the day.

[beaversmom]

Hey we (husband and sons) actually made it up all the way north to Ft. Collins this weekend. We talked with RandallFlagg and Card Carrying Member. A guy from the VFW (WWII) introduced himself to us as "Frank". At first he said, "What are you bums doing over here?" I think he thought we were on the wrong side of the road for some reason. He was very nice to us though--I think he figured out we were part of his group. He kept calling my oldest one "Ernest". At one point he went over to the dark side and I think he harrassed a few people over there.

Randall Flagg went to one of the dark corners and read letters and came back later stating it was getting too heated and stinky over there. We could hear some of what he was saying between the numbers the band was playing. It was cold but not as cold and windy as what I heard Greeley was today. Card Carrying said one of his signs was blown to pieces.

After the rally, we went by a restaurant for a bite and before I knew it, it was 2:20. So when we drove by the rally in Longmont, it was just wrapping up at 3:00. We honked and waived to the Longmont Freepers but we were on the other side of the road so I don't know if you guys saw or heard us. Oh, and before we made it to the Ft. Collins rally, we stopped by the radio station deal at Edora Park. We signed the banner and grabbed a few stickers and then left. There were a few people there but it didn't look like too much was going on at the point we arrived. All and all it was a fun time and worth the trip from Aurora to Ft. Collins. I'll try to make the Longmont one next weekend.