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MAF Blogger Danny
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Since it was the 5th anniversary of the invasion of course anti-war groups were out in force and Berkeley was no exception.

But seeing as how the purpose of these protests is to disrupt the work of military recruiters and generally make life miserable for commuters and for passersby, Move America Forward decided NOT to organize any rallies or counter-protests in an effort to MINIMIZE the negative effect these protests have on recruiters and hapless motorists

I love the guy at the end…

“we would have liked to have seen about 10,000 people out here”

“that would have...made sense”

ha ha ha ha ...note to moonbats… dont do tv interviews when you’re obviously high as a kite!!

www.CureConnieAndPatrick.com

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Catherine Moy
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These soulless beasts wore the names of dead troops around their necks with no care whether their stunts hurt the families of these troops.

Anti-war agitators attacked pro-troop patriots with bottles filled with paint and glass; spilled garbage in front of the Berkeley Recruiting Center; tried to shut down banks and other institutions; struggled with police officers – who were far too passive.

If this is what peace looks like, who the hell wants it?

The most sickening behavior was that of our politicians, specifically Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. They did not comment on the “peace” protesters’ monstrous behavior. Instead, they promised to end the war.

“I will end this war,” Obama, D-Ill., said of one of his first acts if elected president. “It is the right thing to do.”

Meanwhile, Clinton, D-N.Y., said the country “needs a commander in chief who will end the war in Iraq and bring (the troops) home.”

Any difference in their twisted thinking? Will they be proud to preside over the bloodbath that will wash the streets of Iraq when they “bring the troops home” now?

Will they smile their fake smiles as little girls are forced back into rape rooms and other innocents are tortured? Sounds like GREAT policy. Can’t wait.

But think about the bright side. We can all get government healthcare, government school lunches, government nursing homes that starve us to death, and we all can wear pink bunny suits:

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Catherine Moy
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Cherie Quartarolo is the patriotic and proud Godmother of Casey Sheehan. She sent to me and Melanie Morgan a beautiful story of Marines in Iraq that I want to share with you.

But first, let me say that Cherie is an honest, God-fearing woman whose brother, Pat, was married to Cindy Sheehan before Cindy decided to leave her marriage. Cherie took a lot of heat from nuts on the left, those who felt Cindy should not be questioned about her questionable rise to notoriety and her destructive behavior toward her family.
Under all of the questions about her veracity, Cherie stood strong for her family and country. She is a beautiful person.

This is what Cherie sent to us:

For those who are unaware, at a military theater, the National
Anthem is played before every movie.

From a Chaplain in Iraq :

I recently attended a showing of
“Superman 3,” here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we
use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large
gatherings. As is the custom back in the States, we stood and
snapped to attention when the National Anthem began before the main
feature. All was going as planned until about three-quarters of the
way through The National Anthem the music stopped.

Now, what would happen if this occurred with 1,000 18-22 year-olds
back in the States? I imagine there would be hoots, catcalls,
laughter, a few rude comments; and everyone would sit down and call
for a movie. Of course, that is, if they had stood for the National
Anthem in the first place. Here, the 1,000 Soldiers continued to
stand at attention, eyes fixed forward. The music started again.
The Soldiers continued to quietly stand at attention. And again, at
the same point, the music stopped. What would you expect to happen?

Even here I would imagine laughter, as everyone finally sat down
and expected the movie to start. But here, you could have heard a
pin drop. Every Soldier continued to stand at attention. Suddenly
there was a lone voice, then a dozen, and quickly the room was
filled with the voices of a thousand soldiers, finishing where the
recording left off:” And the rockets red glare, The bombs bursting
in air, Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of
the free and the home of the brave”

It was the most inspiring moment I have had here in Iraq. I wanted
you to know what kind of Soldiers are serving you here. Remember
them as they fight for you! Pass this along as a reminder to others
to be ever in prayer for all our soldiers serving us here at home
and abroad. For many have already paid the ultimate price.

Written by Chaplain Jim Higgins

LSA Anaconda is at the Balad Airport in Iraq , north of Baghdad.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the very day that our troops decided to lay their lives on the line for our country and each of us, we should honor them by always standing for National Anthem, always removing our hats, and always praying for our human saviors.

God Bless Them All.

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MAF Blogger Danny
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Just hours ago, I, along with Melanie Morgan, Cat Moy, Mary Pearson and the rest of the Move America Forward team, attended the Eagles Up!/GOE “Eagles Muster” rally. Move America Forward was honored to assist Eagles Up and Free Republic in organizing today’s events.

Walking through the lawn up to the Washington Monument, at the bottom of which everyone was assembled, I felt way more comfortable surrounded by Veterans and military families than I did yesterday when we had those insurgents at our press conference. At the press conference I was literally shaking because I did not know what to expect from the large group of Code Pink activists, and I guess we saw what their intentions were. Well it was clear there would be none of that today!

Our MC for the day, Lawrence Hoffa or “GUNNY” as we call him, introduced Col. Harry Riley who spoke very eloquently about why we are here and what we are doing with this rally here today.

“Eagles Muster” he explained, is the anniversary rally to last years March 17th Rally where it was estimated that several thousand patriots braved sleet, wind and ice to rally on the capitol mall and send a message to the ‘moon bat’ fringe-left: “We’re Coming For You!”

A year later we return to reflect back upon the year’s worth of events and what has happened since March of 2007. Back then, General David Petraeus had only recently fully taken the reigns in prosecuting the Iraq war; the Troop Surge was in its early stages and still had many critics and skeptics on both sides of the fence. Anti war groups were vehemently opposed to this new strategy, saying that more troops in Iraq would only escalate into more violence, and their efforts to rally, march, and protest all over the country to stop The Surge from happening were in full force.

We have seen the situation on the ground change dramatically. In Iraq we have seen incredible success come from the surge. Violence is down drastically all over Baghdad thanks to our troops restoring order and working with Iraqi security forces and Iraqi Army to maintain it. Shiite militias like the Madhi Army have called a truce and pledged to work with Coalition Forces (and many have owned up to that promise) and Sunni terrorist groups, mainly Al Qaeda, have been kicked out of their stronghold neighborhoods of Baghdad, retreating to the far flung outskirts of Iraq where they stand broken, on the brink of utter destruction, hanging on by a finger nail while United States, Coalition, and Iraqi forces are breathing down their necks.

Then we heard from Melanie Morgan who talked about The Sedition Report that we just finished compiling and how it ties in with the Eagles Up! Rally.

Similar to Al Qaeda, the anti-war groups have also been knocked down and bloodied (but they are not down for the count yet!). Their efforts to get Washington to listen to their rantings about “peace, love and ganja” have failed. In the battle for the hearts and minds of Americans, they have also failed, with support for the War actually increasing in recent months. As evidence of these facts, one only needs to look at their change of tactics, these groups have gone local and are now attacking recruiting centers often violently, displaying the wide-eyed ferocity of a group that knows they have lost and are desperately lashing out and frantically trying to hurt or bring down anyone they can.

This desperation is why we see Al Qaeda now resorting to using the mentally challenged and physically disabled as suicide bombers to carry out their attacks. It is also why groups like A.N.S.W.E.R, World Can’t Wait, SDS, Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice and others have resorted to attacks and harassment of Military Recruiting Centers.

Melanie said that we cannot afford to let up the pressure on these anti-war groups, that we must continue to hold our rallies and spread our message, continue to counter them at whatever they do, keep the pressure on, chase THEM to the far reaches of the battlefield and smoke them out of their caves!

Melanie brought Debbie Lee up to the podium to talk about her experiences. Most of us have heard her story, and her son Marc’s story before, which is a testament to the commitment of Debbie Lee to carry her son’s story on and use her voice to send his message of hope and sacrifice all over the country.

Marc, a US Navy SEAL, stood up in the line of fire 3 times in the same day during fighting in Fallujah. He did it to save his buddy Ryan’s life. Ryan had been hit by shrapnel and the seal team was pinned on a rooftop by snipers on another building. Marc stood up 3 times and put himself in the line of fire to provide the cover fire necessary to get the SEALS off the roof. Because of that Ryan is still alive today.

Later that day Marc and his buddies volunteered to go out and fight again to root out those insurgents, and it was then that Marc was shot by a sniper and gave his life for his nation. Debbie has told this story a thousand times to thousands of people and every time I watch her and watch the crowd as she is talking, I am still gripped at the emotion I see in peoples faces, and the emotions it continues to stir in my own heart.

Mel then introduced a good friend of hers Ron Winter who talked about what was going on yesterday with the IVAW Winters Soldier testimony. It’s interesting to note how the Winter Soldiers get their name.

According to the American Thinker blog in thier post about IVAW and Winters Soldier it seems most likely that they are trying to frame themselves as the bravest, and those doing the right thing.

They say a summer soldier is someone who only supports the troops and makes sacrifices when the odds are in our favor. A winter soldier is someone willing to fight when the chips are down. Thus it is with incredible self importance and arrogance that the 1971 group, and the IVAW group are calling themselves winter soldiers.

In my opinion, and this is also what Ron Winters spoke to at the rally, these IVAW guys are really the summer soldiers, they are making these allegations and atrocities so that they can benefit either personally, or their ideology will benefit politically (ie. Democrats win) by their actions and at the expense and defaming of their fellow soldiers. Disgraceful!

We heard from several others, veterans of the war who simply wanted to thank the crowd for assembling and showing their support. One marine said “you are why we fight.”
An airman told us that it’s great when the troops come home and see patriots like us there to greet them instead of the pinkos.

Gunny Hoffa wrapped up the rally with the Star Spangled Banner which the whole crowd sang a capela and then we started the march!

We started out on Constitution Ave and 13th, marching up Constitution to 3rd right to the Capitol. I was basically the last person to start marching and I had to run to catch up, they had police cars ahead of the march stopping traffic and then two squad cars following the march with orange-vested organizers flanking either side to make sure no one wandered into traffic.

After I caught up, I spent most of my time up at the very front of the procession with Ryan Gill who is Operations Director for MAF. We marched down the street shouting “USA, USA, USA” and “Support our Troops, Let Tem Win!” When we got down to 3rd we made a hard right and doubled back up through the capitol mall where the march ended and the group congregated.

I was struck, as we walked down the streets being eyed my many curious bystanders or tourists, at how there was absolutely no presence from Code Pink or any other leftist group. I was almost sure, I was anticipating, I was ready to turn the corner somewhere and be stunned by a mass of old ladies in Pink and punk kids in black and orange, but it never materialized. I don’t even remember being yelled at or confronted by anyone the whole day. It was pretty amazing.

Occasionally I saw a guy give me a hard look, or a woman whispers to her friend something while staring at us, but that was the only thing I saw all day that indicated to any effect that someone didn’t support the troops or their missions. Most of the people I saw were supporting our march, waving or smiling as we passed, clapping along with us and snapping a photo or two. Many cars honked to support us too! It was pretty awesome really. This must be what it’s like for an anti-war group to march through the most liberal parts of San Francisco. But this isn’t a conservative town like in Orange County, San Jose, Texas or Florida, its Washington DC!

Surprised as I was, it could do nothing but encourage me when I saw all those people out there supporting what we were doing! A few joined us, but most just offered their support and went about their business.

Overall I have to say it was a lot of fun just to come out in support of our troops, without having to deal with Code Pink. I can only assume they were scared off! And it was wonderful to recognize all the great successes that our troops have made and that our movement has made. All have made great strides in our respective efforts to protect what makes America the strongest and greatest nation on earth.

Video of the March