Freedom Rally Update

What a wonderful, refreshing day it was! I was lucky enough that I got to help Granny, Joel and Art and had access to the drinks and the sandwiches which many people were taking anyway. :0)~ But I made mine extra huge, I had made sure they had seem me lift some heavy stuff earlier in the morning :0)~

I will sound like a sap and tell you that the sky was a beautiful blue and not a cloud in sight, the temperature was a perfect 70 or so all day, the breeze was gentle but constant and the people were amazing. What a wonderful bunch of supporters, so positive, so happy.... I think these was due to it being scheduled on a Tuesday and on tax day, I guess the most active and independent freedom supporters took the trip to Washington. Really, nary a negative word all day. I guess the cream of the crop was there, the ones willing to take a couple days off, spend a little money and who knew who the speakers were.

We the People foundation set six tables against the north side of the lawn and they gave out their information. Russell Means, elder of the Lakotah nation was available to all who wanted to speak with him as was Tom Cryer the lawyer who beat the IRS. Ooooh, Collin Jackson the husband of the IRS agent who appeared in Freedom to Fascism and is now in jail awaiting trial was there. Also, most of the freedom candidates including Murray Sabrin, John Wallace ect. and even some freedom candidates we had not heard about. They just came in and started working the crowd. It was great to see the candidates from across the country exchanging information and talking to each other all day.

The Grannies set a table on the east end against the Capitol and passed out hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of campaign materials, buttons, t-shirts ect. Joel Lemieux walked back and forth making all the introductions of all the VIP's and scheduling their talking times. Art looked fabulous in his patriot regalia and made sure that everything was going according to plan.

Rich, one of the coordinators for the Free State Project came over to pass out information about the Porc Fest in the live free or die state. If you haven't heard about them make sure you look them up.

Empty Slate and Pocker Face rocked the crowd with genuinely good music. Bob from Will to Power didn't show up, but we found out later that he had been on a slight motorcycle accident the night before. He did go to the hospital with a concussion, but we hear he is doing well now. Anyone wishing to send him a message to wish him well can contact him at www.myspace.com/willtopowermusic .

So all in all I am very happy to have been able to attend and help. I feel refreshed in the revolution and I feel that if there are a thousand couple people willing to drive on a weekday all the way from Dakota, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and so many other states, we are doing well as a movement ..... Oooh.. two buses came from PA filled with supporters. They were wonderful people who helped to set up and carry heavy items. People came from all over the country.

Thank you Grannies, Joel and all the other people who made this happen! It was a wonderful day I won't forget in a lifetime.

Boris in Miami
www.myspace.com/ronpaullegacy

I try not to be mean most of the time but when people come on like you GIN and say we are profiting from this, you have to be joking.

We collected $5345.00, it cost us just for the staging alone, $2,226.00, porta potties @ $65.00 each, generator $460.00,food $649.00, drinks $450.00, ( this was supposed to be for the speakers and workers but it turned out that others used the buffet as well which was no problem) then airline tickets for some of the guests, gas money for others, plus our own gas and we wound up $1,019 in the hole. Oh I forgot the Camp ground fees for some of the guests that came in with RV's. And how about all the DVD's, wrist bands and buttons which were given away. Do you think they are free? The Slim Jims and printed material has to be paid for also. It has always been this way and I am not complaining as we make most of the expenses on donations but don't you ever even imply we are profiting from this. You are certainly in no position to say one way or the other.

The permit is absolutely FREE as is the POLICE PROTECTION.

As for the Ron Paul March, I commend who ever that is that is doing that but it would be nice to know who you are dealing with. Why keep the organizers names secret? I would hesitate to send in money to any cause I could not verify who was getting it. That seems like a common sense thing to me. I would think they would get lots more help if they would simply say who they are and how to contact them. I also have offered to be of any help I can to that group, we have tried to work with them from the start which would have been a lot nicer than each doing their own thing seperately. But we did and succeeded to do what we set out to do even with all the snide and rude remarks that were made along with insinuations of us lying about Ron being there..

The Congress had people out on the balcony all day long watching, as did some of the senators. And I guarantee you Ron Paul was not embarassed by a poor showing. Not a single one of the other congressmen could have had that many people on the lawn for them on a tuesday. Many of them were clapping for the speakers and some even bounced up and down to the music. We accomplished what we set out to do but we did not profit from it other than having a raging headache, tired bones and worn out mind. I am still recouperating from the experience.

Granny Warrior
www.grannywarriors.com

Thanks, Granny. But next time a former detractor eats humble pie and apologizes, you might consider accepting the apology instead of (strangely) interpreting an obviously kind note as some kind of attack. That just turns everyone off.

OK everyone, here is the scoop. The rally went beautifully. Will to Power was not there as they had a accident and could not get there in time. Yes they will be at the next rally. Poker Face will also be there. Yes we will have speakers from all different areas. Yes there will be some speakers on 911. Yes we will have the DVD's from many groups to hand out. Yes we will be selling T shirts and Buttons. No we won't be giving tours in the Granny Wagon although it is a thought since so many of you have said you wanted to ride in it. Yes Buddy will be in SD. No he will not be one of the speakers. LOL....

I really do appreciate all the emails I have received but to be truthful I cannot answer them all personally. My mail box has been shut down twice due to overloading so many get deleted in the process. I am so happy you are all behind us it is gratifying to know we have made a good start on this revolution. Now we have to really strive to continue it and make a huge huge public base that the Government will see as a real army for Liberty.

Thank you again for your support. I really do appreciate it. go to the new website now and get involved in this next event. We need to get billboards up as soon as possible. www.revolution4freedom.com

Granny Warrior
www.grannywarriors.com

For all of you detractors and naysayers posting here -

I admit that I was one of the people that had negative feelings about the planning of this event, and I made no secret about it here. BUT, I actually went to the rally - 3 hours after Dr. Paul spoke - and I was still incredibly inspired by the whole thing. I looked for the official "Grannies" to make a face to face apology for doubting what they were doing, but they (Linda really) were too busy to interrupt. Anyway, I talked to lots of people, listened to the band, picked up an American flag that was on the ground and planted it upright, and copped two sweet official Ron Paul signs for my house. The best part of this rally was that it was RIGHT ON THE CAPITOL LAWN!!!! It was really an amazing sight to behold, and I commend the Grannies on this effort! There were probably 300 people or so when I got there at 2pm or so, but a family that I ran into while walking there told me that there were "a couple thousand" folks in attendance around noon.

See everyone again on June 21st!!!

This warm up rally is getting the ball rolling for the june 21st march that Ron Paul suggested. And June 21st will lead us right up to St.Paul where we should have the largest turnout yet.
I ,for one am thankful for the time, money and efforts that was given towards this event. No matter if the turn out was 100 or 100,000 or more the fact that the message still is being spread far and wide is what's important. And to hear Ron Paul on his last couple of radio interviews make it clear that he is still running and campaigning is just enough fuel to get the fire going for those sceptics. The capitol, D.C.hasn't seen anything yet.
Keep up the fight. There still is much to be done. I am helping my son in the delegate process in Indiana. I have been busy. From Ron Pauling Billary in Anderson, Indiana to continueing spreading the message and educating others on the process that has become part of my daily regiment.
You've heard of the pregame warmups. That's what this rally in D.C.was. It was a good showing in my opinion. I wasn't able to make arrangements to leave my business during that time. However I had already made arrangements for June 21st and September after listening to Dr. Paul on his video suggesting June 21st. Let us all continue the trench work towards St. Paul and the message.