Patriots Rally for America V: Liberty Weekend in Washington DC Sunday March 23

March 16, 2003 | DC Chapter

[nicollo]

Sorry I missed you today. I had a free morning for a change, so I went looking here for today's Freep plans. Finding nothing, I headed downtown anyway, just to see what I might find. When I saw the commotion along PA Ave, I figured there must be sumthin' up... I was thrilled to see the Saint Patrick's parade!

I headed out of town at 1:30 so as to listen to the President on my way out.

I ended up yesterday evening in Columbia, MD after work to help a friend move. I had an hour to kill before he arrived, so I wandered about. I came across two young hippie-wannabe's carrying a sign. "Where's the protest, dude?" I asked. "Dude, they're a bunch of professors from the college up the street." [Howard County Community College]. When I found them, around 5:30, they were breaking up. I decided to join them, anyway, to see what fun I could have. By the time I parked and got over, they were all gone. So I held a one-man Freep. I wrote out "Go USA! Go Bush" on the back of a cardboard shirt box.

No sooner than my little sign was up and I got the middle finger from some girl, about college age. That was the only one for my 45-minute freep. The rest of the time was all honks and thumbs up.

A skateboard carrying 15-year old kid showed up and started to chat. He was of the indoctrinated, but he was very bright and attentive. Poor kid, he got a thirty-minute Nicollo lecture on American history and geo-politics. I brought him round from the reason the condos across the street are ugly and McDonald's are everywhere, to why we're going to war (answer: because the American people will it). Getting there we visited the American Founding, Alexis de Tocqueville, the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, the Cold War, and the distrous whatz-hiz-name President from the mid-1990s. At the end, the kid said, "Thanks for a different perspective." I hope he takes it to heart, if just a little bit.

Sorry I missed you guys at the Lincoln. What a place to be on this beautiful day!

[The Mayor]

To be Honest I don't know who did it. I was floating around the internet after 9-11 and saw it and saved it.

You are not the first one to admire it. I wish I could remember where I got it, it just kinda fell in my lap.

I call it Born Free

[FreeTheHostages]

:) You're entitled to your opinion. I personally think he's a great American hero. But even if you don't like him, he was a great orator. And those words ring true in our time.

[FreeTheHostages]

Wow, sounds like a great FReep of one!

Nope, you didn't miss us at the Lincoln Memorial. We'll be having that Freep next Sunday at 1 p.m. (It's my personal hope that we'll at least see the beginning of some cherry blossoms, but they may come out later this year, they say.)

So come join us next weekend and keep up the good work! We speak for the majority of our citizens.

[FreeTheHostages]

Don't want to drag the thread down with too much graphics, but here's a little humor for you.

[Angelwood]

I hope you can join us next Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial. You can check out FR to see if we have any upcoming freeps, and then you can check www.dcchapter.com and look at our calendar to see what we have cooking. It sure was a beautiful weekend, wasn't it?

[FreeTheHostages]

LOL, oh my goodness, please don't tell me there's more cooking on the stove! (I personally am *not* looking at the calendar. One day at a time!)

Hey, Angelwood, I'm getting some Freepmails about parking, and I'm telling out-of-towners its best to park in one of the commercial parking garages in city central north of the mall and then walk or cab to the Lincoln Memorial. Especially since this is Cherry Blossom weekend. Do you guys think this is good advice? Is there anything more specific we want to say on parking?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I hit the abuse button on my own remark, due to its impolite wording. Don't want to offend, just remark. :-)

[FreeTheHostages]

LOL, OK then. :) I report myself in for that stuff too. Thanks for the consideration and see you Sunday!

[Bigg Red]

The husband and I will be there, girlfriend. Thanks for the flag.

[Chong]

"By the time I parked and got over, they were all gone. So I held a one-man Freep. I wrote out "Go USA! Go Bush" on the back of a cardboard shirt box."

Good for you, Nicollo! That's the spirit, the American Spirit. (((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))))

[FreeTheHostages]

from the www.georgewbushstore.com

[FreeTheHostages]

Some great quotes from Lincoln, apropos of nothing:

No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

[FreeTheHostages]

What a quotable guy Lincoln was:

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

[kristinn]

Good morning!

Looks like this is the week. Godspeed to our men and women in uniform.

[FreeTheHostages]

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Bump

[FreeTheHostages]

Seriously, do you have some woman's work of the administrative variety that you want to pass on to me? I'm back in the game and well, we women have to do the work, y'know. :)

"I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war. I will close by saying, God bless the women of America!"

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, "Remarks at Closing of Sanitary Fair, Washington D.C." (March 18, 1864), p. 254.

[FreeTheHostages]

I see in the news that President Bush may give Saddam a 72-hour ultimatem or thereabouts. I imagine the Mall might have special security during wartime. People shouldn't be bringing large, unwrapped packages to the rally and such, and they should be willing and prepared for any extra security checks LEO want to do if they go up to visit the Lincoln Memorial itself.