[antimedia] antimedia: More Gathering of Eagles

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More Gathering of Eagles
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   I said it was cold. It was. But we were warm. We dressed in layers and
   we brought plenty of food and water. I suspected it would be that way
   for many vets. It was. The weather didn't keep the vets from showing
   up, but it apparently [1]drove the moonbats away.

     Police no longer give official estimates but said privately that
     perhaps 10,000 to 20,000 anti-war demonstrators marched, with a
     smaller but still sizable number of counterprotesters also out in
     force. An hour into the three-hour Pentagon rally, with the
     temperature near freezing, protesters had peeled away to a point
     where fewer than 1,000 were left.

   Wimps. If the protesters had 10,000 to 20,000, I'd like to know where
   they hid them. From what I saw, it was a few thousand at best.
   Everywhere that I looked, I saw vets. :-)
   We did run into some protesters on the Metro when we were going home.
   They looked to be about 10 or 12 years old. They had armbands with
   Impeach Bush on them and a number of protest signs. Poor deluded
   children.
   One woman who spoke at the Gathering of Eagles was the mother of a
   soldier who was killed in Iraq while helping to recover Casey's body.
   She didn't have any kind words for Casey's mother.
   Another speaker said that he wanted to remind us that there were
   porta-potties along the sidewalk behind the stage, just in case we
   need to "take a Sheehan or a Fonda". :-)
   We got up at 0530 this morning and saddled up just a little while
   later. When we got to the Metro station, we ran into Debbie and Ron
   Stevenson. Debbie and Ron are recently retired Air Force - Debbie just
   back from a tour in Iraq and 20 years served, Ron with 27 years. My
   kind of people. We spent the day together, took a lot of pictures
   (which I'll post on my blog as soon as I get back home and get the
   film developed) and generally enjoyed the day immensely.
   The vets clearly owned the day. The news reporting seems to delight in
   finding the one vet in a hundred who thinks the war is wrong and
   ignoring the 99 others who think we should complete the mission and
   bring the boys home victorious. So much for "fair and balanced". The
   FoxNews satellite truck was parked over at the moonbat express and
   never bothered to come see our little affair. Once again, the media
   ignores all the good in this country and focuses on the handful of
   bad.
   The protesters have a right to protest. We gave it to them and ensured
   they would have it unimpeded by a fascist government. Now we will
   ensure that they don't steal it from our children through appeasement
   and cowardice. They can jabber all they want, but we will be jabbering
   back now, demanding our day in the media, insisting Congress consider
   our views and demanding that our government uphold the Constitution
   that some of us fought and died for.

References

   1. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_PROTEST?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT