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Category: Antiwar crowd

  • ANSWER protests everything

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    There was a lot going on in DC yesterday, so I had to park the truck (illegally) and dismount to the Blogger Urban Reconnaissance vehicle to cover all of the evnts. The first place I went was to the Vietnam Wall where I ran into a small group of Gathering of Eagles folks. I rode up to two guys standing there with flags and asked “Where are the hippies”. Turns out that one of those guys was Toothless Dog Dawg (who , by the way, is a complete phony – he has all of his teeth. I made him show me.)

    Then I shot over to Lafayette Park. It was just before noon, and I only saw a few hundred people. This is from my wide angle lensof the whole crowd;
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    Someone on the loud speaker claimed there were thousands “on their way”, but since it was supposed to start at noon, their numbers were pretty anemic. The Washington Post reports this morning that there were “thousands” – I didn’t see it.

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    If you’re wondering what those signs say, I blew up the photo for you;

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    I think these are the “Peace Grannies” preparing to regale the crowd with some of their unique octogenarian rap song stylings.

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    If you look closely at the pictures, you’ll see that many of the people in the picture are tourists spilling over from the White House;

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    The only thing I saw worth bandwidth was this hoola-hoop chic;

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  • No, just no.

    Ok this is just beyond stupid. The group Rethink Afghanistan trying to get people to send a pre-made message to the White House’s website that acts as a watchdog for Fraud Waste and Abuse.

    That’s why we’re asking you to report the Afghanistan War as an example of waste, fraud and abuse on the White House’s official economic recovery website, Recovery.gov, today. Simply scroll down to the field marked “What” and paste this message into the text box:

    “I’d like to report the waste of billions of dollars of our national wealth in Afghanistan on a war that doesn’t make us safer. It’s fraud to portray this as a war that increases our security, and it’s abusive of U.S. troops and local civilians to drag out this war any longer. End the war so we can have real economic recovery.”

    Really? I mean you really want people to take you seriously trying to pull stunts like this? What about the people that have real issues that need to be looked at. What your doing is encouraging the abuse of government resources wasting time looking at your political spam.

    Also some crazy to go out on.

    Americans only care about healthcare. They have ignored this abuse of power. If we didn’t spend so much on the wars, we’d have enough to pay for our OWN healthcare! We are taxed to death. Paying for these unconstitutional wars and other unconstitutional spending. People are just so stupid! Plus, the cost of caring for all … See Morethe vets with mental and physical repercussions from these illegal wars helps to bankrupt America. People just don’t get it! I’m so mad and frustrated with them!

    No, just…no.

  • Saturday Two-fer

    I see actor Jon Voight is calling for a protest against ObamaCare on Saturday. So I guess you can come to DC for the hippies and stay for the Democrats.

    I’ll do my best to cover as much of the three events as possible. Looks like I’ll need my bicycle.

  • Crazy VFP truther guy on the street

    Did you know that our troops were in place to invade Afghanistan in August 2001? You didn’t? Did you know that BushCo needed Afghanistan for a pipeline transit route? One that they needed so badly that no one has started building it yet? You didn’t? Well that’s two factoids from the eight minutes of batshit insanity from this goober, Phil Restino, a representative of the Geezers for Sitting on Our Hands Post 136;

    And, if you don’t believe him, Phil has a CD and a fact sheet printed on authentic paper-like material to prove it. Still not convinced? What about the signs? You can’t deny the signs!

    I can hardly wait for this weekend.

  • Kokesh won’t quit (Updated)

    As I predicted, Adam Kokesh, IVAW diva, announced that, although he could only attract 16% of the delegates in new Mexico’s 3rd District GOP pre-primary race, he won’t quit;

    “Our campaign is energized, and we’re committed to winning the primary election,” Kokesh said in a news release. “We are a grassroots campaign, and over the next two and half months we will be calling on our many supporters to help us win this important election, and do our part to unseat the Luján-Pelosi-Reid Congress and stop the Obama agenda.”

    Typical Ron Paul tactic – ignore that fact that he’s unelectable and keep charging ahead with a useless campaign until the party is so fractured that the Democrat wins. Then he’ll claim that its the Party’s and the media’s fault because no would would crown him the candidate despite the wish of voters. Someone explain to me how Kokesh, who now has the support of one in seven voters, is going to turn that around in 10 weeks – he’s already been campaigning for a year, but a couple more weeks is all he needs.

    I wish someone would start a nationwide remedial math class for Paulians.

    Thanks to COB6 for the link.

    UPDATED: Below the jump is Kokesh’s latest campaign letter forwarded to us by a former IVAW member;

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  • ANSWER’s March 20th Rally

    I know Gathering of Eagles and some other groups are planning counter-actions to the annual ANSWER rally on March 20th in DC. How many of our readers are planning on being there? I’ll be driving down from my mountain retreat early in morning, so if anyone wants to meet up before hand, let me know.

    Yahoo says it’ll be 64 degrees and partly cloudy, so I guess the weather will be better than our first one in 2007, won’t it?

    From what I’ve read, the Code Pink hags will be there as well as Geoff “Stolen Valor” Millard and his DC IVAW crowd. ANd we can always count on the “Bert and Ernie” of the VFP crowd, Bill Perry and Ward Reilly as well as ANSWER’s new March Forward veterans group with our buddy Mike Prysner.

    A good time will be had by all.

  • Kokesh’s final delegate count?

    Someone just emailed me that the final count of delegates in the Kokesh vs. Mullins GOP primary battle is 16% to 84%. Candidates need 20% to get on the ballot. I haven’t found any confirmation of these numbers yet – so it’s all we’ve got. But the tipster is the same source that beat the Santa Fe news Saturday.

    As Sparky pointed out the other day, Kokesh can still get on the ballot for the primary by collecting 2,000 signatures. But really, what would be the point? Obviously New Mexico Republicans won’t vote for him – overwhelminly. Even if he’d made the 20% mark, it’s still and indicator of how little chance he had in the primaries – like Ron Paul claiming he had massive support, raising astounding amounts of cash and still not polling above 15 in actual elections.

    Now, if Kokesh is a real Republican like he’s been telling us, I expect he’ll come out and endorse Mullins – obviously the Republican choice for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd District. If Ben Ray Lujan, the Democrat incumbant, is as bad as Kokesh has telling us, he should want to unseat Lujan more than indulge his ego, right?

    So, here I am, holding my breath waiting for Kokesh to do the right thing for the party he embraced.

  • Interview with Kokesh’s opponent Tom Mullins

    We at This Ain’t Hell have been following Adam Kokesh for almost three years now and anticipated his run at Congress. Now other bloggers have picked up on our ground work. Cassy Fiano interviewed Kokesh’s opponent Tom Mullins in the New Mexico 3rd District Republican primary. Here are some excerpts from Fiano’s questioning;

    Cassy Fiano: What are your thoughts on Adam Kokesh’s anti-military activities?

    Tom Mullins: I disagree with Adam’s positions regarding our military. I support Guantanamo Bay being open. We are not occupiers. Adam’s activities offend the many veterans, including my father, that I have met. We are not the world’s policeman. We have a volunteer military. Our military men and women deserve support from our elected officials and all members of the American public. I don’t understand how Adam’s actions are “Constitutional”. Adam is nothing more than an Internet Celebrity and a War Protester. I don’t believe New Mexicans agree with his views or his methods to share or voice them.

    CF: What made you decide to run for office?

    TM: I have never run for nor held public office. I have watched silently as our country is being destroyed. I became more active in the past few years… but became frustrated. When asked what I could do, I decided the most important thing I could do would be to take away the job of the person making these decisions and responsible for holding the executive branch accountable. This is personal. My children’s future and our nation’s future is at stake. I’ve already served as a Tea Party organizer, and now is the time for me to serve our country and New Mexico as its next Congressman.

    I’ve been battling along side Bev Perlson, Concretebob and Suzanne, among others on The 9-12 Project website over Kokesh’s candidacy for the last two days. It’s clear to me that Kokesh’s supporters are nothing but a bunch of Ron Paul retreads with screen names like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson with mud-puddle-deep intellect. They use the Constitution as a shield to protect them from serious discussion. They’re fond of saying brilliant things like “Kokesh is the Real Deal” without any idea of what might actually be a real deal.

    This fellow Tom Mullins appears to be a genuine Republican whose heart is in the right place. I rhink he deserves our support. You can become a fan of Mullins on Facebook and donate to his campaign at his website.

    Thanks to Ben for the link to the interview.

    ADDED: An update from the NM GOP state preprimary convention;

    3rd Congressional District

    • Tom Mullins – 80.5 percent

    • Adam Kokesh – 19.5 percent

    It’s not clear at this point if Kokesh has earned his way on the ballot. There’s some sort of recount going on and there’s also a question about whether numbers should be rounded up. Stay tuned.

    Apparently, a candidate needs to garnish 20% to appear on the ballot. Thanks to my mole in NM.