FYI: I'm deleting some posts in the comments section, only because they are duplicates. Someone keeps posting the same newspaper article over and over.

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Sorry for the sideways picture posted below, just one more complaint to add to my list for Verizon/Audiovox/Microsoft PDA/Cam combo. Anyway, here are a couple pics to make up for my error.

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American Solider

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Final photo-blog postings from Saturday's Defend the Whitehouse rally: It took me a few hours extra to get these last pics posted - they are not from today (Sunday) they are still from Saturday's counter protest. I have many more pics that I'll upload to my flickr account and link from here when I get back to Chicago. The hotel wireless just isn't able to handle so many 3500 x 2400 pics. The pictures I handpicked for the blog here are meant to tell the story in general - but there are a lot of people who will be interested in the full set just because they know people in the pics, etc. So check back here next weekend for the full, hi-res set at flickr. -Ed

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United for Peace and Justice, which was a main contingent and organizer of the anti-war march, was/is also opposed to our war in Afghanistan - and the marchers main claim that day, echoed without question by the MSM, is that they are now "mainstream." Really?

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I wish the MSM spent enough time with us to take a picture of these heroes.

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How could the anti-military protesters yell at these guys? They did.

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What a crazy day - a woman, who is advocating pulling the troops out "now," and leaving the Iraqis completely vulnerable to the terrorists, screams at a soldier to "go back there," once he produces his military ID to show the anti-war protesters, he has already "signed up."

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Part of our line

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No radicals, no nutjobs, just people who appreciate the exceptionalism of the United States; the last best hope for freedom in the world.

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Faux-hawks were very popular this year among the faux-anarchists. All the better to comb out for return to their suburban high-schools on Monday.

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Is loving your country and suppporting our mission to help Iraqis live free that hard to understand?

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This anti-war protester actually seemed to respond when one of our contingent mentioned that she wouldn't be very welcome in most Islamic societies. She lowered her sign, her head and walked away quietly.

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With so much socialist signage it is amazing the MSM failed to mention their sponsership of the anti-military, anti-American event

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The mainstream media didn't ignore us completely... just kidding.

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Did somebody just put this Socialism and Liberation sign in the hands of this WWII vet, or is he just another example of how totally fringe the members of this march are? Never heard of SaL? Check out the Wikpedia entry

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we get the message. You hate Bush, you think he's Hilter. We've heard it before.

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Varied reactions from the Bush-haters to our pro-American signs

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I wonder what she might be shouting at us

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Angry peacenik

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They were very mad at our show of support for the military and their mission.

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More reactions to the pro-American rally.

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Pro-american chants and "America is an evil empire" chants mix in the air on Pennsylvania Avenue

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Police stand between us and them

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View from the front lines of the pro-war rally as the socialist/pro-insurgency/anti-war marchers pass

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Vet's sacrifice was mocked by Sheehan's marching commrades.

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Responding to the popular Leftist chant, "Go Sign Up!" a veteren shows his sacrifice, the pro-insurgency marchers just ignored him.

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As the anti-war crowd chants, "GO SIGN UP!" members of the military show their military ID cards.

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SEIU side-by-side with pro-insurgency UFPJ, get's an earful from Defend the White House attendees.

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UFPJ, pro-Cuban, Pro-insurgency organization, stops to shout at pro-American group

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Pro-American rally attendee watches an A.N.S.W.E.R. marcher burn a U.S. flag

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ProtestWarrior babe.

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The U.S. MSM won't cover us, but international media is showing the world that we support the war.

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Typical anti-war protestor, note the socialist sign in the background; not much mention of these in MSM

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Waiting for the anti-war march to pass by.

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Enthusiasm

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Justin Fleming, Defend the White House organizer, speaks to the crowd

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Kristinn Taylor of FreeRepublic.com speaks to the crowd.

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Counter-counter protestors across the street from our rally. I guess they sacrificed listening to Jihad mom Cindy, Al Sharpton and Jessica Lange in order to keep an eye on us.

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Worth another mention: Please visit http://godblessfortbenning.com They really want a huge turnout for their upcoming November event.

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The number of participants steadily increased.

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Dr. William Green, founder of RightMarch.com, addresses the crowd.

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"Defend the White House" participants listen to speakers on stage

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Successful day

We (Defend the White House) are packing up and heading to My Brother's Place for an after-rally meal. All agree: great day; rain threatened but never showed, just nice cool shady day.

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Japanese media

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In response to anti-war chants...

"Go sign up!"

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Cmdr. Ramsey

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Countering the anti-war march

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Defend the White House

Update: Sorry it is sideways, PDA/Cam not up to the task of realtime upload of landscape shots.

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Defend the White House rally

Real-time lo-res photos... hi-res uploaded when I get back to the hotel.

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Defending Ft. Benning

For more info on their rally this November, go to http://www.godblessfortbenning.com

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Over one hundred people showed up outside Walter Reed in response to the on-going anti-war protests that have been held there. I spoke to people who had traveled there from Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey, Wisconsin and of course, Chicago.

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Former Army M.P. Susan, a D.C. area local, came by to show support. She said she'd show up for the rally tomorrow at the Navy Memorial as well

UPDATE: Susan went to city hall and snagged the permit out from under Code Pink on the day it came up for renewal. The next day when Code Pink showed up at their corner outside the hospital to setup, they found out they lost their spot! So awesome, that is the best Protest Warrior work I've seen yet!

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Another Georgia family member

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The bus just pulled in

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This family has seen their pro-troop rally at Fort Benning, GA. grow from 80 to hundreds (maybe thousands) in a few years. They are hoping for 30,000 this November.

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I'm sure the troops were happier to see these girls from Georgia waiting to greet them than the anti-war protesters of Code Pink

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Once Code Pink and the other commies cleared out, we were able to stretch out a bit onto all four corners, just in time to greet a bus full of troops pulling into the facility.

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More of us.

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The small contingent of anti-war protestors as seen from our vantage point. There were more than this at one point, but they didn't stay very long. I think they were surprised at the size of our counter rally.

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Our numbers continued to increase as the night went on, while the war protesters dwindled

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Much love was expressed

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Many passing motorists gave us positive thumbs up, none were rude.

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A "Jihad Mom" inspired sign

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Melanie Morgan founder of Move America Foward

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Local press coverage.

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Handmade signs show grassroots authenticity.

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Many who showed up to counter the anti-war protestors had family members serving in Iraq.

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Last night in front of the White House I met a young medic, Kate, who returned from Iraq three months ago and is now working as a nurse at Walter Reed medical center. She told me that anti-war protestors have egged her car and screamed "murderer" as she pulled out of the parking lot of Reed.

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The Washington Monument

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United States Capitol Building looking down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. I think I'll print and frame this one when I get home.

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Crews setup the barricades for this weekend's protests at the White House.

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Very large White House cockroach

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The White House

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FBI

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Navy memorial

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National Archives

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Pennsylvania wind farm

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Trying hard not to squint with the sun in my face. Somewhere in PA near the Maryland border.

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A typical view out the window in Ohio on the way to D.C.

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Getting out of the rented Ford Taurus at our first rest stop.

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Not Ready for Prime Time? Palestinians looks to be building their new state on the foundation of looting. [hat tip to Dad] MSNBC reports:

Palestinians looted dozens of greenhouses on Tuesday, walking off with irrigation hoses, water pumps and plastic sheeting in a blow to fledgling efforts to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.

American Jewish donors had bought more than 3,000 greenhouses from Israeli settlers in Gaza for $14 million last month and transferred them to the Palestinian Authority. Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, who brokered the deal, put up $500,000 of his own cash.

In their first test taking over the recently abandonded Israeli settlements in Gaza, the Palestinian looters have destroyed much of the primary core of the future business/jobs infrastructure.

The greenhouses are a centerpiece of Palestinian plans for rebuilding Gaza after 38 years of Israeli occupation. The Palestinian Authority hopes the high-tech greenhouses left by the Israelis will provide jobs and export income for Gaza’s shattered economy.

During a tour of Neve Dekalim, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia implored Palestinians to leave the structures intact. “These greenhouses are for the Palestinian people,” he said. “We don’t want anyone to touch or harm anything that can be useful for our people.”

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Looters are looters, finders are finders: In case you've come across the supposedly racist captions that describe white's as finders and blacks as looters, see snopes.com, where we find that the captioned descriptions were totally accurate.

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Junk Yard Blog is Must Read: I haven't been blogging much lately, just too busy and rarely at home. However, if I were to be blogging, all I would be doing would be linking to Junk Yard Blog, where they are by far leading the blogosphere and the MSM in detailing the facts surrounding Katrina.

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