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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Arrived on the Mall, about half a klick from the Capitol is the epicenter. I could see it being -maybe- 1000 clustered. Lots of Gadsens , and one huge US flag. You got City of Washington DC?
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Holy poo poo, whole platoon of cops just marched over! This was the best day to check the Freep thread. Keep posting, please, so that I may live my Liberal Fascist Crackdown Fantasy* through you. *Inspired by a former teacher of mine calling me a Nazi for being liberal.
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Chatting w/ Capitol police; mixed between being slightly annoyed, or bemused and happy to get overtime. At any point, there are about 10 people up on the Capitol balcony watching. All the actual congressmen have offices elsewhere, so it's not like they're under Boehner's window.
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May 16, 2014 20:03
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They sang the national once, and just finished Lee Greenwood "proud to be an american". Even just marching from the Mall up to the Capitol, they lost easily half their crowd. I guesstimate well below 500 now.
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May 16, 2014 20:05
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:They sang the national once, and just finished Lee Greenwood "proud to be an american". There's a lot of decent food trucks around there.
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May 16, 2014 20:06
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:All the actual congressmen have offices elsewhere, so it's not like they're under Boehner's window. They're in the Rayburn and the Longworth buildings. ColdSnickersBar fucked around with this message at 20:09 on May 16, 2014 |
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Radish posted:There's a lot of decent food trucks around there. I got photos of some big 'uns at the Mall concession stand.
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May 16, 2014 20:09
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:I got photos of some big 'uns at the Mall concession stand. Swollen with pride at all of the patriotic splendor of the protest.
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May 16, 2014 20:11
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:I got photos of some big 'uns at the Mall concession stand. You're doing the lord's work, TTFA.
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May 16, 2014 20:14
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At least part of the column appears to be marching/diddy-bopping/trundling down the hill, but a few are staying . Not sure what's the plan, or if they were ordered to disperse, or what. kinda anti-climactic, haven't even seen riot gear deployed.
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May 16, 2014 20:15
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:At least part of the column appears to be marching/diddy-bopping/trundling down the hill, but a few are staying . Not sure what's the plan, or if they were ordered to disperse, or what. kinda anti-climactic, haven't even seen riot gear deployed. This is very important: How many Rascal scooters do you see?
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May 16, 2014 20:16
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:They sang the national once, and just finished Lee Greenwood "proud to be an american". I could never understand why "Proud To Be an American" has a special place in some peoples' hearts. I always thought it sounded like the "Like a Rock" Chevy commercials from the 90's. It's so cheesy and unexplainable. They even played it at my EGA award ceremony in the Corps. All I could think of was some aging contemporary soft rock singer and Chevy trucks. It's weird. It's like on the same level as patriotic battle marches and historic folk songs to some people, and seemingly to a department of the Navy (or maybe just my crazy senior DI).
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May 16, 2014 20:17
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Has there ever been a public right wing demonstration in the US that got so much as a whiff of pepper spray? Seriously...ever. All the way back to George Lincoln Rockwell. Is the only way to get your head split by the cops in this country to be a peace or labor protester?
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May 16, 2014 20:18
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Why are all these Americans so fat? I don't get how you can champion personal responsibility, and then go and abuse it on something so fundamental as personal health.
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May 16, 2014 20:25
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Slo-Tek posted:Has there ever been a public right wing demonstration in the US that got so much as a whiff of pepper spray? In my experience as an attorney who does legal support for a lot of left wing protests here in DC, "Ha Ha Ha."
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Ocrassus posted:Why are all these Americans so fat? No no no you see they EARNED enough to eat all that fattening food and it's their right to do whatever they want no matter how much that commie Michelle tries to makes kids not have diabetes. Totally different from those fat minorities living high off the welfare hog. Captain_Maclaine fucked around with this message at 20:30 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 20:27
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Freedom. Freedom to stuff your face full of fatty, lovely food. Well that and Southern-type food isn't exactly healthy.
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May 16, 2014 20:30
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I!'ve seen maybe a dozen rascals, but only 2-3 actually went up to the Captol. Others stayed at base camp on the mall. I conducted an actual hand count of the withdrawing procession: about 415.
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May 16, 2014 20:30
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Ocrassus posted:Why are all these Americans so fat? You must be new to this thread. Hi!
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May 16, 2014 20:31
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They're doing the whole ARE TROOPS thing, so every single cop is getting "thanks for your service" hundreds of times each. That and the real crazies hollering "you're an american, come join us" or "please, you must arrest Obama".
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May 16, 2014 20:34
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Ocrassus posted:Why are all these Americans so fat? EFB: FREEDOM 
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May 16, 2014 20:36
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Not sure where the column is marching as I tag in the flanks. I hope/dread it's the White House; the odds of crazy foaming over would be highest there.
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May 16, 2014 20:37
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Ocrassus posted:Why are all these Americans so fat? The food is sweet, salty, delicious, cheap and plentiful, and there is little or no infrastructure or incentive to walk anywhere, and all the manual labor jobs are done by illegals. Also the work hours are long. Being healthy is for the wealthy. If you are a blue collar schlub, you don't have time or inclination or company to make it to the gym during the work week, and your knees are probably shot from being fat anyway. The amount of sugar in prepared food is past insane and into hilarious. Had an Azeri exchange student the other year who about flipped her poo poo after a week when she encountered honey mustard. "Your bread is cake, your meat is candied, and even the mustard!"
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May 16, 2014 20:39
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The Mall has some famously arcane parking rules, notoriously easy place to get towed. I do not envy Parking Enforcement today, getting screamed at about Benghazi after ticketing an F350.
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May 16, 2014 20:48
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:The Mall has some famously arcane parking rules, notoriously easy place to get towed. I do not envy Parking Enforcement today, getting screamed at about Benghazi after ticketing an F350.  )
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May 16, 2014 20:49
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This is such a perfect example of "conservatism can't fail; it can only be failed.": because this demonstration failed, it MUST be a "false flag" because if it were real conservatives, it wouldn't fail. Not only can they not fathom that there just isn't very many people who agree with them, but they can't even fathom that almost no one is even aware of the event. They really think that a false flag like this would mean anything, as though the whole nation was watching to see if they got their numbers out today. This couldn't be a "false flag" because it doesn't even embarrass anyone. No one is watching. We're only aware of this whole thing because we're the only people at this zoo watching these people. ColdSnickersBar fucked around with this message at 20:56 on May 16, 2014 |
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quote:To: rightwingintelligentsia So does this guy think that the conservatives should emulate Tahrir square and stay for a long time, dare I say, occupy the Mall?
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May 16, 2014 20:52
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So are these people planning on camping out until Obama resigns or what? What're the camping rules in DC?
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Slo-Tek posted:Has there ever been a public right wing demonstration in the US that got so much as a whiff of pepper spray? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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May 16, 2014 20:55
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Cripes, the column is indeed rolling up on 1600 Pennsylvania...
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Cripes, the column is indeed rolling up on 1600 Pennsylvania... It's okay. Nothing will happen. This wont even make it on the news.
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May 16, 2014 20:57
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Cripes, the column is indeed rolling up on 1600 Pennsylvania... This is a citizen's arrest! Come out with your Quran up!
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May 16, 2014 20:57
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ColdSnickersBar posted:It's okay. Nothing will happen. This wont even make it on the news. Just takes one crazy, and out come the 37mm foam batons and gas cannisters. I was really thirsty so stopped to stand in line to buy a lemonade. I was worried since they all passed me by, but I managed to catch up with about 5 minutes of brisk walking while sipping lemonade.
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Iunno, some brave soul may get riled up enough to throw garbage over the fence. Woe be unto that poor, dumb, fat, white rear end in a top hat.
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A lot of foreign tourists around this look very confused. A German couple with minimal English asked me what was going on. They didn't understand the word "rightist", but nodded knowingly when I just said "fascists".
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ColdSnickersBar posted:I could never understand why "Proud To Be an American" has a special place in some peoples' hearts. I always thought it sounded like the "Like a Rock" Chevy commercials from the 90's. It's so cheesy and unexplainable. They even played it at my EGA award ceremony in the Corps. All I could think of was some aging contemporary soft rock singer and Chevy trucks. People loving love that "stand up" part. Edit: also we are definitely not the only ones looking, this has been trending on twitter all afternoon. Elim Garak fucked around with this message at 21:18 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 21:12
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They're trying to chant Benghazi, but the crowd can't decide which syllable to stress, so it sounds really spastic.
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Well, been fun, but gotta get to Embassy Row for actual non-fictional politics; gotta turn in signatures to get cannabis legalization on the ballot.
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:A lot of foreign tourists around this look very confused.
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