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Published On: Sep 03, 2007 12:43 PM
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Published On: Sep 03, 2007 12:43 PM
Take back the Corner...
Saturday morning five patriots gathered on a
corner to show their support for the men and women in uniform. We did it
because we really appreciate what they are doing for us.
We setup on the corner that leads to the main gate to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
This was a first for me and it was not anything like I thought it would be. In fact, I did not know what to expect. I feared the worst, yelling, finger gestures and more. What happened was really, really cool.
We had a three signs: "I Support our Troops and Their Mission." "God Bless our Troops." "America Loves our Troops." We also had three American Flags.
Right after we started, people driving by started honking their horns. At first I thought, Ut-Oh, this is not good, but soon realized that these honks were positive. With the honks came 'thumbs-up' signs, waves and even some yelling out of windows. Stuff like, "woohoo" and "Thank You." Then there were the salutes directed at us. I thought at the time, and even said to Doug, that technically we could not salute back, even though I wanted to.
There were the, I don't know what to call them, 'anti-us' folks (Us like in us, not the U.S. Well, that is what I think anyway, but I could be wrong). One kid leaned out of a truck and yelled the F-word and something else, I couldn't really understand him. Another guy came by on a bike and asked, "when do we get our guys out of Iraq, guys?" He implied a very negative attitude about the war. The response from us was, "when the mission is done."
Mostly it was honks of approval. I also noticed many 'double-takes.' We think this was because most of the time, on this corner, there are anti-war protesters and the people driving by thought we were just another bunch of them. We were even told this by more than one person.
The first was a delivery man (I think) who was going on the base. He walked up and said, "I bet there are no lefties here." We said he was right and he said he could tell because we were wearing shoes. Heh. He said that all the anti-protestors never wear shoes, only Birkenstocks. He said he has talked to them many weekdays and they are mostly "professional protesters" and must not have jobs because "they are always here during the week."
The next person that talked to us seemed a bit emotional. She walked up and said, "my husband has been in the military 16 years and I haven't seen anything like this before." She asked if she could take our picture. She did.
The next guy was the guy on the bike below. He came up and shook my hand and said, "this is really great, what you are doing." I thanked him and he offered to go get us anything we wanted. I declined and then he asked, "you guys aren't Protest Warriors, are you?" I told him we were. He said he was also, but always had problems with the website (hello PWHQ, you need to fix that). He said he thought maybe PW thought he was a spy or something. We laughed about that and he said he would keep trying and would join us next Saturday if we were going to be there. We are and you should be also. More on that in a minute.
One of the most interesting things that happened was when a white van turned to go on the base. The guy inside yelled F-you and other vile stuff. We commented that that was really nice, a guy like that going onto a Air Force base. About five minutes later he came back off the base, did a U-turn in the intersection and yelled apologies, many apologies, and that he thought were the 'anti' folks.
I think many people were shocked to see us there. There was a small convoy of military vehicles that came onto the base. At first they seemed to not want to look, but when they did, we got many thank you's (how the heck do you spell that?) and very loud horns. We thanked them. They are the ones doing the real work after all.
Like I said, most people did double-takes. It was very interesting to see, but it made me think about how much they need to see that we do care and support them. They certainly don't see that in the MSM. And not just with empty words, but really love and support what they are doing for us and that is where you come in.
If you live in the Tucson area (Billy Budd, Macker, Coyote Blog, Desert Tusk, Cowboy Blob, Flight Pundit, Publius Pundit) and think like we do, meet us next Saturday at Craycroft and Golf Links. Park at the park located on Craycroft, just north of Golf Links, on the west side of Craycroft. You can join the Protest Warriors (Southeastern Arizona chapter) and make it official or just show up. The more the better. We are not out to do anything other than show our support for the men and women of our military. Trust me, you have not experienced anything like how much they appreciate it.
I know I am forgetting some of the things we heard and saw. Doug, Don, Tom and Dennis, please feel free to add to the story in the comments.
See you next Saturday (9/17). Oh, bring some sunscreen. Dang, my neck is fried.
We setup on the corner that leads to the main gate to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
This was a first for me and it was not anything like I thought it would be. In fact, I did not know what to expect. I feared the worst, yelling, finger gestures and more. What happened was really, really cool.
We had a three signs: "I Support our Troops and Their Mission." "God Bless our Troops." "America Loves our Troops." We also had three American Flags.
Right after we started, people driving by started honking their horns. At first I thought, Ut-Oh, this is not good, but soon realized that these honks were positive. With the honks came 'thumbs-up' signs, waves and even some yelling out of windows. Stuff like, "woohoo" and "Thank You." Then there were the salutes directed at us. I thought at the time, and even said to Doug, that technically we could not salute back, even though I wanted to.
There were the, I don't know what to call them, 'anti-us' folks (Us like in us, not the U.S. Well, that is what I think anyway, but I could be wrong). One kid leaned out of a truck and yelled the F-word and something else, I couldn't really understand him. Another guy came by on a bike and asked, "when do we get our guys out of Iraq, guys?" He implied a very negative attitude about the war. The response from us was, "when the mission is done."
Mostly it was honks of approval. I also noticed many 'double-takes.' We think this was because most of the time, on this corner, there are anti-war protesters and the people driving by thought we were just another bunch of them. We were even told this by more than one person.
The first was a delivery man (I think) who was going on the base. He walked up and said, "I bet there are no lefties here." We said he was right and he said he could tell because we were wearing shoes. Heh. He said that all the anti-protestors never wear shoes, only Birkenstocks. He said he has talked to them many weekdays and they are mostly "professional protesters" and must not have jobs because "they are always here during the week."
The next person that talked to us seemed a bit emotional. She walked up and said, "my husband has been in the military 16 years and I haven't seen anything like this before." She asked if she could take our picture. She did.
The next guy was the guy on the bike below. He came up and shook my hand and said, "this is really great, what you are doing." I thanked him and he offered to go get us anything we wanted. I declined and then he asked, "you guys aren't Protest Warriors, are you?" I told him we were. He said he was also, but always had problems with the website (hello PWHQ, you need to fix that). He said he thought maybe PW thought he was a spy or something. We laughed about that and he said he would keep trying and would join us next Saturday if we were going to be there. We are and you should be also. More on that in a minute.
One of the most interesting things that happened was when a white van turned to go on the base. The guy inside yelled F-you and other vile stuff. We commented that that was really nice, a guy like that going onto a Air Force base. About five minutes later he came back off the base, did a U-turn in the intersection and yelled apologies, many apologies, and that he thought were the 'anti' folks.
I think many people were shocked to see us there. There was a small convoy of military vehicles that came onto the base. At first they seemed to not want to look, but when they did, we got many thank you's (how the heck do you spell that?) and very loud horns. We thanked them. They are the ones doing the real work after all.
Like I said, most people did double-takes. It was very interesting to see, but it made me think about how much they need to see that we do care and support them. They certainly don't see that in the MSM. And not just with empty words, but really love and support what they are doing for us and that is where you come in.
If you live in the Tucson area (Billy Budd, Macker, Coyote Blog, Desert Tusk, Cowboy Blob, Flight Pundit, Publius Pundit) and think like we do, meet us next Saturday at Craycroft and Golf Links. Park at the park located on Craycroft, just north of Golf Links, on the west side of Craycroft. You can join the Protest Warriors (Southeastern Arizona chapter) and make it official or just show up. The more the better. We are not out to do anything other than show our support for the men and women of our military. Trust me, you have not experienced anything like how much they appreciate it.
I know I am forgetting some of the things we heard and saw. Doug, Don, Tom and Dennis, please feel free to add to the story in the comments.
See you next Saturday (9/17). Oh, bring some sunscreen. Dang, my neck is fried.
Posted: Monday - September 12, 2005 at 19:02