“Now that’s some funky freepin’!”
This man thought he and his comment were so clever that he drove back into the square in order to shout the same thing to us again. This time I flashed him a cheesey grin and said ... "OK" He never returned.
Some of the same dedicated FReepers from last week were there: guinnessboy, Cheesel, and me, NH Liberty. A couple of new FReepers showed up. Two of them I can't remember their exact screen names (sorry!) but were something like "A NavyMom" and "DonaldRumsfeldthePoet". (I hope you two will FReepmail me with your exact screen names.) A_Conservative_in_Cambridge was another who showed up for the first time and we chatted for a while. He said he had driven by the previous week and saw our rally and the two people dressed in the sequinned Uncle Sam and Arab suits, and said that seeing that made him determined to show up the next week; and so he did! He was very enthusiastic and showed me how he had very cleverly copied the style of one of the signs from the "anti"s (He'll tell you more about this below.) and turned it into a "pro" sign which, because it was so similar to the "anti" sign, helped him to get him lots of TV air time at a previous demonstration, and probably also ticked-off lots of Lefties when they discovered it.
Somebody got guinnessboy to dress in a bright yellow, very furry chicken suit (PETA where *are* you???)...in which he strutted around the square while carrying his newly made color-coded Lefty signs (I'm sure he'll be happy to explain their significance below in the "comments" section.) One of them was exposing the Communist "anti"s and how they get paid to protest the war.
Most of us think that the reason there were no Commies there this past Saturday was because they were all at the BIG rally down on Boston Common. In some ways it was nice that they weren't there but, in another way, I had no one to appreciate my new "Dictators Love (red heart) Appease-niks" sign. Siiiigh...
Once again the response was fantastic! Cars were honking, people were giving us the thumbs-up signal, and shouting things like "keep it up!" "thanks", etc.
If you can think of anything else about the day, please add it...
“Now that’s some funky freepin’!”
This morning I drove through Medford Square. There was a bunch of people gathered there with signs and flags in a support the troops rally. I honked my horn and gave them the thumbs up.It felt good. I pulled over and decided to go over and check it out. I stood with them for about an hour, and talked to a few of these guys. they weren't crazy radicals, they didn't block the roads or the sidewalks, many of them had family members over there.
One guy was wearing a Grateful Dead T-shirt. I said something to him about it. He said "Thirty years ago I protested against the war in Viet Nam." I said, yeah, me too." I said "Who woulda thought we'd be standing here supporting the troops today."
He said, "I was right then. I'm right now."
While I stood there, hundreds of cars passed by honking their horns, waving, giving the thumbs up sign, yelling and cheering out their windows. Most people were honking in agreement. No doubt the majority of cars going by were showing support for the troops.
One car with some young kids in in slowed down and yelled "Fuck war man!"
One.
Cops drove by. Every one of them gave us the thumbs up and smiled. One cop rolled down his window and said "I'm with you guys. The other guys I gutta arrest them for smokin pot!"
A firetruck drove by and honked the big horn and flashed the lights and the firemen waved. A big cheer went up.
One old guy slowed down and yelled,"I have a son in Iraq. God bless you guys for supporting him."
It was quite a sight to see. It was a strange feeling just to be there. About noontime I went home, the numbers were growing. When I left there were about fifty people there. I saw no TV cameras. I'm sure they were all in Boston at the anti-war rally, but I can tell you without a doubt that most of the people driving through Medford were patriotic, and it felt good.
I may go back next week.
I know you probably think I'm nuts, but It felt damn good. I'll never forget it.
Regards,
Lev