[sauropod]

All in all a good day. 'Pod

[sauropod]

Le Ping for more!

[EternalVigilance]

Congratulations on another great FReep!

Thanks for being there in our nation's Capital on our behalf.

EV

[A Navy Vet]

Well done, once again. More photos, please.

[spookycc]

Way to support Our President and Our Troops! Thanks!

[jimtorr]

Thanks for the report bump.

I had intended to be there, but it looks like 12-hour night shifts for me, for the next 3 - 6 weeks.

[Victoria_R]

By the way, this rally was mentioned on the CBS radio news hourly update (3:00PM MST). Identified Free Republic by name.

[utvolsfan13]

Today was great! My friends and I parked in the north parking of the Pentagon. It's a great place to park for future reference. On weekends, you don't need a military sticker. It's about a 1 and a half mile walk to the Lincoln Memorial from there. We had ours signs which read...

I LOVE BUSH
SUPPORT OUR COMMANDER AND CHIEF
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
3ID HOOAH
101ST HOOAH
BLESSED ARE THE PATRIOTS

and the girl with the sign that said "I love you Brian and Kevin" was with us.

We must've gotten at least 100 beeps from the "not so silent anymore majority" on our way from the Pentagon to the Lincoln Memorial and back as we proudly displayed our signs while walking. My favorite part was the Iraqi who ran up to the American flag and started kissing it and then ran around with it. It was lots of fun and I can't wait for the next one!

[dagnabbit]

I only took a few photos of this great event. Despite my couple of pics of trolls and disrupters - there was really very little of that today. Patriotic Americans supporting their troops and President held the day.

23 March 02 Patriots

Praying for our troops

Leadpenny and Stand Watie attempt to educate infiltrators

Former Congressman Bob Livingston

Winners of the "Guess how long Bob Dornan will Speak" contest

Anglewood stands down disrupter

Disrupter escorted out by Park Police

[utvolsfan13]

From WUSA channel 9 TV's webpage

"In Washington, about 300 activists turned out for a pro-military rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, waving signs saying "God bless our troops" and "Freedom is not free." Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa said all Americans -- even the ones opposing the war -- need to stand behind the troops now that the war is underway, and that some protesters have been displaying "un-American values."

For the whole article...
http://www.wusatv9.com/news/news_article.asp?storyid=16156

[hellinahandcart]

Nice work. Wish I had been either there or in New York, but, whatever---I am STILL just flyin' from looking at all the rally threads today. Wheee...

[pgkdan]

I had to intervene and separate her from another woman.

Why? Was she bigger than the other gal?

[Xthe17th]

NUKE THE FRENCH BUMP!!

Related news: Your sister chapter, the newly formed Harpers Ferry Panhandle Chapter, was well represented at the Martinsburg WV rally (2 hrs west of DC) - click here for photos of Martinsburg, WV rally.

[CAbornAmerasianinDC]

Great day to show the love for our president and our troops. Although I've never met any of the DC FREEPERS I felt right at home.

Great job guys, look forward to representing the silent majority more often!!!

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for the great reprort and for the ping, my friend.

I was very glad that you and some others stepped in to talk to the "F- Bush" woman. I had to walk away because I was truly tempted to strike her or to let loose with some vulgar words, something I am usually too ladylike to do.

Before 'Pod's dialogue with her, I had told her, as she was screaming "F- Bush", that she should leave because this was our rally and that we had a permit. I told her that if she did not shut up I would notify the police. She said, "Bring it on, b-ch!" whereupon I asked GunsareOK to send over the police. By the time the gendarmes showed up, she was arguing in a normal voice with those around her, so the police did not get to witness her yelling. Sauropod tried to engage in some rational conversation, but she was just incapable of reason, apparently. Of course, the infuriating thing was that the TV cameras immediately moved over to her making her the important story -- one foul-mouthed chick among the hundreds of us. I guess we are just too well-behaved to make a good story for them. Next time, we strip for war, okay?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

As we were gathering the gear, cleaning up and reviewing the events of the day, we decided the next rally will be in Baghdad to celebrate a Free Iraq.

Believe Aziz Al-Taee agreed to cover transportation costs.

The usual DC Chapter suspects (kristinn, Angelwood, Freethe Hostages, a friend from out of town, TGSLTakoma, daughterofTGSL) worked overtime to pull this off. This was the fourth weekend in a row that the DC Chapter has been in the streets either holding "Rallies for the Troops" or returning fire on Code Pinkos and ANSWER.

Next weekend God willing we celebrate the Liberation of Iraq!

[nicollo]

Thanks to you and the great DC Chapter for a great, meaningful event! I'm so glad I was able to make it today, and the reward was itself. I did my best to herd people into the event. I think I snagged a few.

Our Iraqi (now American) friend did a stupendous job. I had to get back to work, so I'll look forward to seeing a tape of the entire jig. During his speech, I approached the WMAL reporter, Joan Donniger (sp?). I told her that his attempts to lead chants wouldn't work because the people there weren't used to protesting. I explained to her that these people hold day jobs, that they didn't major in protesting in college, and that they didn't know how to chant and rhyme. It only embarrassed them. She thought this was great and turned on her tape recorder and asked me to repeat it. I did. Only I blew it.

If you've ever been interviewed, you'll know what I mean -- when the interviewer hears what he/she wants to hear, the ears perk up, the microphone moves closer to you. I did great, and she was laughing with me as I described the normal Americans there who were driven to protest for the first time in their lives for most of them there. Then I lost it when I said that it was my second protest, the first being at the VP's house during the 2000 election. She said, "Oh, that was so awful, all those people chanting 'Get Out of Cheney's house.'"

Oops. Oh well, at least I know what WMAL thinks of the 2000 election...

BufordP, it was a joy to speak with you. Congrats on your retirement, and God love you for your service.

JVP, you're the best!

[countrydummy]

Wonderful as always! Great rally news from all over the country! 100,000 at Bristol Speedway today!

[BillF]

Great to see you at the rally yesterday. Thanks to all who did the hard work to put the rally together!

Could somebody please ping this to the full DC Chapter. I don't think it has been yet. (At least it hasn't been pinged to me.)

This was my dog's first FReep & she started getting hungry & tired. I left about 2:45 when B1 Bob was speaking. Nothing against him, but I heard him at Patriots Rally IV and had to get the dog to her food.

What did Livingston say?

Here are video files of various local broadcast outlets from yesterday's Patriots Rally in DC.  I've deleted the beginnings and ends of some reports to hold the sizes down.  I have included all portions dealing with the FR activities.

Local channel 5 WTTG didn't seem to have anything about the rally.  I forgot to check and tape WTOP and WMAL radio for any reports.

If anyone has video tape of Fox, MSNBC, CNN, or other sources or audio tape of other radio reports that mention the FR activity and is willing to loan the tape to me, I can digitize the reports and post them to the web.

Angelwood gives a great interview in the channel 7 report.

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These files are for non-commercial, educational, and political uses only and are reproduced under the fair use provisions of the copyright laws.

More information about the news outlets that originated these files are at their respective web sites, listed and linked below.

Various formats are used for the reports as noted.  File sizes are listed..  If you have a slow or dial up connection, you probably should use the smallest files, even though the quality is generally lower. 

You should be able to click on a file to play it.  If that doesn't work, right click on the file, select "save target as", and open the file with your appropriate media player (e.g., Windows Media Player or RealPlayer).

You will probably have smoother sound if you download the file and then play it from your computer.

Patriots' Rally V of Free Republic DC Chapter March 23, 2003

WRC 4 TV Mar 23, 2003 527 K ASF format	same WRC 4 TV Mar 23, 2003 3.2 M Real Player RAM format	same WRC 4 TV Mar 23, 2003 17.6 M MPEG format
WTTG 7 TV Mar 23, 2003 614 K ASF format	same WTTG 7 TV Mar 23, 2003 3.8 M Real Player RAM format	same WTTG 7 TV Mar 23, 2003 20.7 M MPEG format
WJLA 9 TV Mar 23, 2003 164 K ASF format	same WJLA 9 TV Mar 23, 2003 1 M Real Player RAM format	same WJLA 9 TV Mar 23, 2003 5.5 M MPEG format

Washington, DC area stations (links to web pages of sources of above reports)

WRC  TV 4

WJLA TV 7

WUSA TV 9

[Taxman]

Taxman here.

I am responsible for leaving the words "Under God" out of the pledge of Allegiance.

I did it on purpose. For the shock factor.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because it includes the words "Under God," and is therefore a prayer, violating the bogus "Separation of Church and State" prohibition.

I got heckled because I left the words out. I intended to shock my fellow conservatives at the Rally.

I then read the last paragraph, as follows:

"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that it would be eliminated from schools too? God Bless America."

Following the cheers "USA! USA! USA! and FREE IRAQ! FREE IRAQ! FREE IRAQ!", I left the podium.

For the record, I strongly disagree with the Ninth Circuit, and hope and pray that their opinion will be overruled by the Supreme Court.