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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:55 AM
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Freepers permit for counter demonstration in Fayetteville
has been revoked!! Although I enjoy watching those brain dead idiots make fools of themselves it will be nice not to have to listen to their ignorant, hateful ranting and raving.



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597235/posts

Anti-war rally staged for Saturday in Fayetteville (FR permit revoked, park given to leftists)
News 14 ^ | 3/15/2006 8:17 PM | Ilin Chen & Web Staff

Posted on 03/15/2006 9:24:54 PM PST by tgslTakoma

FAYETTEVILLE) - Fayetteville is known as a town that supports the military, but there are some there who support bringing the troops home now.

The city has had an anti-war rally at Rowan Park every year since the war began, but that almost didn't happen this year.

The park might have been quiet Wednesday afternoon, but by Saturday, crowds will fill be filling up the park. Just like in previous years, protestors will stage an anti-war rally, marking the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion into Iraq.

This year’s event would have looked a lot different if members of a pro-war group had been able to keep their reservation for the park.

"We had the park and we wanted to do something positive to support the troops families, but that wasn't as important as an anti-war protest which hurts the troops' families," said Lynn Huber, a member of the North Carolina chapter of the Free Republic.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:01 AM
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1. Will not go to FR if I can get the news someplace else so I did
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 08:03 AM by wakeme2008
missing from the above is this

"They said a member of Free Republic made the application for a 200-person picnic, but that person did so as a private citizen, so city officials didn't know the organization was involved."

So they planned to pull a fast one on the city, and the city found out... OK everybody :cry: for the poor FReeprs. :rofl:
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:07 AM
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4. Typical freeper tactic. Mislead and distort. n/t
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:11 AM
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5. The city got tipped off when there was an order for 12 Honey Buckets.


They just make it so easy. There claim to fame is armed guards at outhouses, after all.

I try to restrain myself from mocking them, I really try...

...but not very hard.

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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:04 AM
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2. They've missed the message
"We had the park and we wanted to do something positive to support the troops families, but that wasn't as important as an anti-war protest which hurts the troops' families," said Lynn Huber, a member of the North Carolina chapter of the Free Republic.


What has hurt the troops families is the lies that got us into war in the first place, the lack of body armour, the lack of armoured vehicles to safely transport them, and the fact that we had no business sending troops over there in the first place.

I think anti-war protests are the best way to send a message that people DO care about the troops, by encouraging an end to this needless war and bringing them home to safety.

I still think we could do more to protect America here by beefing up our borders, enforcing visitor Visas, inspecting shipments before they reach our ports, and providing more eyes and ears on American streets. It would lower the risk of terrorist attacks, would snuff out crime in America, and might add a few jobs here in America instead of India.

I'm glad the Free Republic's permit was denied. Good for Fayetteville! :thumbsup:
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Steepler0t Donating Member (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:06 AM
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3. Pure comedy
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 08:07 AM by Steepler0t
Love the picture they posted, poor poor scared freepers awww



Looks like no party for them.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:16 AM
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6. The thing that cracks me up are the posters about the "bomb sniffing dogs"
This coming from the followers of the "king of Drug addiction" himself. :rofl: HEY FREEPS! Never smoked a joint in my life. I'm probably your next door neighbor or the woman you spoke with at the market. This is why stereotypes..even here...crack me up.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:16 AM
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7. Well I say let 'em come
all 5 of them....after they get a jump-start on the ol' El Camino...always entertaining and good for some new pics.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:23 AM
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8. that's what got me was the 200
When Cows fly. :rofl:
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:28 AM
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9. not sure I understand...
so the Freepers idea was to tie up the park without staging a counter rally?

Can anyone explain this --I don't understand the town's reaction.
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