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September 10, 2005
Support the Troops Weekend
Mark your calendars:
September 23, 24, and 26 is Support the Troops weekend.
Rallies are being held in Washington DC area throughout that weekend, so if you live here or can get here please attend one or more.
From the Support the Troops website:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. - SUPPORT THE TROOPS RALLY OUTSIDE WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, 7200 GEORGIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. ACROSS FROM THE MAIN GATE, ELDER ST. AND GEORGIA AVE. Every Friday night for the past five months, members of FreeRepublic.com have held a patriotic gathering in support of our men and women recuperating at Walter Reed. While they believe that ordinarily, demonstrations are out of place at a hospital, they have done so because an antiwar group named Code Pink has been holding antiwar demonstrations at the main gate to Walter Reed on Friday evenings. We believe Code Pink is trying to hurt the morale of our soldiers and their families, so we will be joining the members of FreeRepublic.com in their show of support for our troops and their loved ones.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND THEIR MISSION RALLY BY DEFENDTHEWHITEHOUSE.ORG, RIGHTMARCH AND PROTEST WARRIOR, IN RESPONSE TO ANTIWAR RALLY ON THE ELLIPSE (LOCATION TBA).
This rally will place participants in close proximity to the antiwar protesters so that the antiwar rallies will not go unanswered by patriotic Americans. Plans for this day are still being formed. You may sign up for a mailing list for information updates on Saturday's events.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. - PATRIOTIC COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION BY DEFENDTHEWHITEHOUSE.ORG, FREEREPUBLIC.COM AND PROTEST WARRIOR ALONG ANTIWAR PARADE ROUTE THROUGH FEDERAL TRIANGLE (EXACT LOCATION TBA.)
After the dueling rallies, we will be lining sections of the antiwar march route to show support for America, our troops and their mission fighting the war on terrorism. There will be police lines separating the two groups to ensure the peace.SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - Noon to 3 p.m. - OUR MAIN EVENT: RALLY TO HONOR MILITARY FAMILIES ON THE MALL AT 4TH STREET NW (NEAR THE AIR & SPACE MUSEUM) SPONSORED BY MOVE AMERICA FORWARD, RIGHTMARCH.COM, FREEREPUBLIC.COM, PROTEST WARRIOR AND MILITARY FAMILIES VOICE OF VICTORY
This rally is being held to honor military families, their loved ones serving in our armed forces and their mission fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world. Military family members and those who support them are encouraged to attend to show the nation and the world that they stand firm in their resolve to win the war on terrorism. Speakers will include Gold Star parents, family members of service men and women, veterans and Iraqi citizens as well an appearance by the musical duo The Right Brothers. Current and former Members of Congress are also being invited to speak. The program for the rally will be regularly updated.
I'll be at the Friday night and Saturday events. If you will be able to make it let me know at redhunter43-at-yahoo-dot-com.
Last night I was at Walter Reed with the other freepers. Once again, we outnumbered the Pinkos by maybe two to one, and had much larger and better signs. I don't have a post up about last night, and I don't think Free Republic has theirs up either, but you can read about previous nights outside Walter reed on their website here and here, and on my other blog here (warning; each of these links is pretty graphics intensive, so you'll need a broadband connection).
What the Left is Up To
These patriotic 'counter-protests' are being held because a coalition of far-left groups is descending on Washington DC that weekend. Protesting the War in Iraq is their central gripe, but as usual they are all upset over a variety of things.
They will also being protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, who are holding meetings that weekend.
International A.N.S.W.E.R says that one of their demands is that the U.S. "Stop the Threats Against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran & North Korea". They also list "U.S. out of the Philippines" and "U.S. out of Puerto Rico" as demands. They're completely nuts.
I wouldn't doubt it if the "Free Mumia" people even showed up.
The new Queen of the left, Cindy Sheehan, will conclude her "non-political" 25 state bus tour at the protests that weekend.
It is very important that the left not get all the media coverage. The only way for us to be heard is to show up. Obviously, if you do not live in the Washington DC area I don't expect you to fly in, but if you do have friends or relatives here please let them know about this.
The Other Side
If you want to read what the other side is up to, and can stomach their websites, here are their various "action alerts" and information sites for the Sept 23-24 weekend:
Posted by Tom at September 10, 2005 8:00 PM
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