On thursday morning a group of seven Patriots gathered in front of the Boulder High School to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. (Dale Lanham of Colorado Gathering of Eagles took this picture)
A few days before, a small group of students had stormed out of class to recite an alternative Pledge that had Marxist overtones. This thread at Free Republic contains all of the links that I could find on the web describing the controversy, and stories were published all over the media about the students new pledge.
This video covers the whole rally. I took video of our group saying the Pledge and then interviewed everyone who attended to learn why they carved out a few minutes from their day to attend the rally. At the end of the video is a clip from the Denver Fox Television stations interview of Gerald Mangus who organized the rally.
Finally a nice testimony about the Pledge of Allegiance from
Red Skelton: The Pledge of Allegiance Jenny Hatch
After Action Report Thread at Free Republic: Go here
Original Post at Free Republic announcing this rally: Go here
When C-Span taped the Gathering of Eagles III Pro Troop Rally they left out Melanie Morgans Speech: Here is a portion of it:
To grab the embed code for this movie to post on your own blog go here.
Chris Hill was one of the first speakers at GOE III But his speech was not a part of my DVR recording of the rally because C-span announced that it would run at 10:30AM on sunday September 16th, 2007 and they actually started it a few minutes before by tacking some of our speakers on to the end of the Anti War Rally.
Here is Chris’s amazing and powerful speech. I felt goosebumps down my back when I listened to him.
To get the embed for this movie, go here to You Tube to grab the link.
The rest of the Rally is found in these next two videos. I had to chop it in two because One True Media only allows for sixty minute vids.
GOE Pro Troop Rally #1
“>The You Tube version of this movie! UPDATE: September 19th, 2007 (My sister Lisa’s Birthday! Hi Lis!) NZ at Victory Caucus has one of the best (and most organized) blog round ups of the rally, with great pictures and first hand commentary. Take a sec to sign the petition: Family Security Matters:
Exclusive: Pro-Troop Rally Draws Patriots from Around the Nation News Busters: Major Media Sanitize Extreme Views From Antiwar Protest Coverage Chickenhawk Express Americas Funniest Home Videos Version of Moonbattery
I’ve had some hygenically challenged individuals coming to read this blog for the first time. Hey, smelly hippies, if you have the courage….read Totten…..if you didn’t know….HELL IS OVER!!! um….no thanks to you and your smelly, obnoxious, disgusting ilk in our society…
I just took a bath, had to go into the underground to get the Al Jazeera American Wing of the Terrorist networks propaganda photos of the week. Please say a prayer of protection and safety before you click on this link. DU Photos of the Die In and Rally.
Melanie Morgans Speech at the Rally in DC! Go MEL Go!
“Abu Hamed, leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades in the northern Gaza Strip, urged Americans to listen to Sheehan.
“I hope that all the Americans will understand what this great mother understood. We hope you do not consider this mother as a humanitarian case who speaks from her own pain, because she is saying the truth. I hope you will take her as a good example.”
Barf, gag, choke, cough……bleech…. Jane Fonda has never been able to own her crimes, and I doubt Cindy will live long enough to come to terms with the reality of what she has done. Casey also has a father, he is mourning too.
Cindys “quiet” moment of private grief:
NRO: Mark Hemingway: Take One and Take Two
Melanie Morgan: The Clouds Cleared
Canadian Free Press: Judy McLeod Moonbat Die-in suffers instant death UPDATE: September 17th, 2007
You Tube Clip of Gathering of Eagles III Chris Hill
Some great pictures (Most taken by Dale Lanham)
Code Pink:
ANSWER: (New interpretation)
Dale Lanham with Michelle Malkin This Blogger went to the Anti War side of the protest and has issues with being called a “smelly Hippie”. What she failed to see is that those of us calling her side the “Anti War Stinkys” believe that ANYONE who gives aid and comfort to the enemy during a time of war is the smelliest, stinkyest, biggest loser in our society: And that would include politicians delusional about what is at stake, the MSM, Anti War activists like herself who are comfortable playing the role of “useful idiot” to the communist puppet master pulling her strings, and especially the Anti War groups themselves.
I only have one question….”Where was Jane Fonda???” I thought she said in March that “Silence was no longer an option”. As the most useful idiot of them all, it was strange to see a major rally without her blathering on about American Imperialism. NYTimes: Anti War Protest ends with Dozens of Arrests WAPO Video: War of Words This video will prob only be up for a month. The Hill: About 200 arrested during Anti War Protest
Karissa Marcum, writer of this piece quoted ANSWER as saying that five million anti war activists showed up on the streets of Washington DC on saturday…..Oh, wait, I got that number wrong…She said quote:
“Protesters marched from the White House to the Capitol in an effort coordinated by the ANSWER coalition, which estimated the crowd to be 100,000 strong.”
“Anyway, I don’t know how much rent a mob stuff will be a part of the March 17th anti war activity, but to just dismiss it as impossible is naive at best and dangerously manipulative at worst as the media seeks to inflate numbers and paint the movement as so’me grass roots spontaneous snowballing of how Americans really think. “
The Media has consistently been reporting that GOE Rally Supporters numbered about a thousand. I think we can safely say that seven to ten thousand pro troop people showed op on saturday based on what the MSM have all agreed was the lowest possible number. Move America Forward claimed 7,000 patriots.
But whatever the numbers actually were is neither here nor there. The fact is that Patriots are organizing, and no Anti American Moonbat will be able to organize and stomp around the streets without being challenged by someone, somewhere. And that is a beautiful thing. Mel was kind enough to write this on her blog: Hey everybody, I’m home!
I hugged and kissed my husband, my son, and Riley the wonder dog —and now I just have a quick minute to post a round-up of the media reports from our WILDLY successful Fight for Victory Tour and the DEEPLY moving GOE III in Washington, D.C. I had to the privilege to co-emcee with Kristinn Taylor of FreeRepublic.com
My new friend Jenny Hatch collected all of the reports (or most, I think) and sent it to me!
NRO: Protest Not Enough
The antiwar movement is losing the plot.
Mark Hemingway Free Republic After Action Report of The Boulder Pro Troop Rally UPDATE: September 11th, 2007
Dale Lanham joined the March for Victory Tour in Kansas on Sunday and has been taking some amazing photos of the Various Move America Forward Rallies along the way.
Here is a link to his Flickr Page, where he is daily uploading all current photos: Go Here
All of Dales Pictures from our Boulder Rally: Go Here And here is a link to Kit Langes Radio Program, Her Guest was the super fabuloso Melanie Morgan.
Eagles UP! Jenny Hatch UPDATE: Sept 10th, 2007
Fun things to do with Answer Literature:
I made this movie today. We had fun playing with the ANSWER Coalition Literature….thanks guys! You’re the best!
Jenny Hatch You Tube Link Original Post: September 7, 2007
My friend Dale and I have been organizing a Pro Troop Rally this sunday in downtown Boulder.
This morning Ben and I were busy making get well cards for our troops at Walter Reed hospital. I took a couple of pictures and then decided to make a short video to share here on my blog as an advertisement for the rally.
If you live here in Colorado, please come on down for an hour or so and join us! Jenny Hatch
Gathering of Eagles Press Conference before the March 17th event in 2007. Includes an excellent expose of so called peace groups.
The Gathering of Eagles Patriotic Gauntlet (Smelly Hippys, every time you take to the streets, we will be there to heckle your sorry smelly hineys)
