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January 28, 2006
Code Pink Kept Away from Walter Reed
Once again patriotic Americans occupied all four corners outside the main entrance to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC. Code Pink was kept away for another week, left to lick their wounds asome distance away down the street.
Our brave men and women in uniform no longer have to look at a bunch of left-wing extremists every Friday evening as they enter and exit the hospital.
For months Code Pink held anti-war protests, disguised as vigils, on the two corners right beside the main entrance to the hospital every Friday evening. Once discovered, organizers at Free Republic and Protest Warriors countered them by holding a pro-troops/anti-Code Pink rally on the opposite two corners. This has been going on for about 10 months. I got involved last August when all of this became a national news story after Marc Morano of CNSNews published a story about it. My previous posts on the subject are here, here, here, here, and here.
As I related last Saturday, the Pinkos forgot to renew their permits, and ConcreteBob of the Washington DC chapter of the Protest Warriors seized the initiative and got permits for "their" corners.
Perhaps it was the news of this victory, which was picked up by Michelle Malkin and Little Green Footballs, or maybe it was just word of mouth among the local chapters of the Protest Warriors and Free Republic, but we had great attendance last night, easily presenting a formidable presence on all four corners.
That said, now is not the time to let up! I urge anyone who is within driving distance of Washington DC to please consider attending next Friday evening. We are there from approximately 6:30 to 9:30, though of course please do as your schedule allows. If you need directions or anything else please do not hestitate to contact me, please use the email address at the upper right of this blog.
I believe that if we can keep up the pressure for a few more weeks we might be able to drive a stake through Code Pink once and for all. Our entire objective in this campaign is simply to make them take their anti-war protests someplace else. A military hospital is not the appropriate place for such activities. There are plenty of locations in Washington DC outside the White House and Capitol Building where protests are allowed.
This first photo shows us at the corner opposite the entrance to the hospital. I took it early in the evening, before all of our members had arrived.
Here's the corner by the main entrance, where Code Pink used to set up shop.
And here were are at another of our corners
Where was Code Pink?
What Pinkos showed up were a few hundred feet down the street, where nobody could really see them.
BOOO HOOOO!
Update I
Once again, please check out GunnNutt for her excellent post on last night. As always, she's got great pics and commentary.
Update II
One of our number, tgslTakoma, went down the street to take some pictures of the Pinkos as the sad bunch congregated.
Apparently, however, this was too much for the Pinkos to take, so they threw a temper tantrum. Here's tgslTakoma's account posted at FreeRepublic
There I was, across the street, a six lane street. Just me. And my little camera.I stood quietly on the empty sidewalk taking pictures of the Code Pink protest at Walter Reed. The one that used to be at the main entrance to the hospital, until they forgot to renew their permit for that location.
Now, they've taken to infesting a location down the street, in front of a small sidewalk park, but still in front of the hospital.
I had gone down alone, with my camera and tripod to document their little public protest.
I had less than a minute's peace to take photos before Allison Yorra and Ann Wilcox of Code Pink came across and told me that I would have to leave the empty sidewalk, across the street from their protest, because they had a permit for where I was standing.
I told them I wasn't disrupting their protest across the street, and that I was holding no signs but simply taking photos. They told me that I was not allowed to be there, and that the police would remove me. I encouraged them to call the police, because I wasn't demonstrating in their protest area, just taking photos, in their protest area where they weren't protesting. They initially declined to call the police, preferring to "handle it themselves."
By now, "Princess", Weasel and some guy with a black beret had joined Allison and Ann around me. They began to block my camera, which was focused on their public protest across the street. No matter which way I turned, there was Allison and her bully-boys.
So I stepped off the sidewalk and into the curb lane of the street, where MPDC does not issue permits unless the road is closed. Allison and the bullies quickly followed. I'd move. They'd move in front of me. I'd move again. They'd again block my view.
What a bunch of losers. Next time I'll make sure tgslTakoma has company when she goes down to photograph them.
tgslTakoma also has great photos, so be sure and follow the link.
Update III
Also covering last night's events are Doll at Freedom Watch and Landry Fan at Landry's Life. It was "Doll"s first Friday, and we look forward to seeing her again! Both Doll and Landry have photos and, of course, their own story to tell. Don't miss either one.
Posted by Tom at January 28, 2006 11:34 AM
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You have a great blog here. I will be enjoying reading through. Last night was great and will see you all in two weeks as I have a family planned event next week!
Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by: Doll at January 28, 2006 10:44 PM
Hi Tom!
I tried several times to trackback to this post but I received the same error each time that it was not received because of questionable content.
LOL! I only was trying to track it back to my post on Friday night at Walter Reed. Oh well, just wanted you to know incase there is a problem with your trackback.
Posted by: Doll at January 29, 2006 12:02 AM
Thanks for the update on the pings! Whew! I was begining to think it was my software. Btw, I love computers and work on them and various softwares. You are welcome to send me a shout if I can be of assistance.
Posted by: Doll at January 29, 2006 11:07 PM
We're counting on you all to keep the corners Pinko free! Would love to be there if I could!
Posted by: Anna at January 30, 2006 12:40 AM
