Ahem. Rummy's 9/11 "Freedom Walk" has sponsors.

[displacedtexan]

From the link on the DOD website
(http://www.asyfreedomwalk.com/about.html):

Q: Who is supporting the Freedom Walk?

R: The America Supports You Freedom Walk enjoys the support of Stars and Stripes newspaper, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Subway, Lockheed Martin, The Washington Post, WTOP Radio Network, and ABC WJLA-TV Channel 7 & NewsChannel 8, among others.

AND...

You have to register, go through screening, and wear an official "America Supports You" lapel pin.

What a crock! I was planning to go and hand out enlistment forms, but I'm sure they won't let me in.

[fooj]

1. A "Freedom Walk" and you have to go through screening----

and wear an "official" lapel pin? Some freedom..............

Peace.

[Coexist]

9. you read my mind - what hypocrites

why am I not surprised.

[geek tragedy]

2. Oh God it gets even worse! Read this:

<snip>
The goal for the 5th anniversary in 2006 is for each state to host a Freedom Walk in order to provide an opportunity for as many citizens as possible to reflect on the importance of freedom.
<snip>

BARF!!!!!!!!

[BlueEyedSon]

4. ... or the importance of walking.....

:rofl:

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Boycott Subway!

[tridim]

7. That'll be easy

Subway serves horrible food.

[dbonds]

8. Is Subway a red company?

This sure turns my appetite away from them.

[HughBeaumont]

13. Yeah, I'm all of a sudden a Quiznos fan.

Subway is the kind of sandwich I eat every so often, then I lose my taste for it.

Just the fact that they're sponsoring something like this makes me cringe.

[Supersedeas]

14. Subway and the Washington Post?

[joanski0]

5. This is just so incredibly dumb.

I hope no one shows up. I wonder what PR firm thought this up.

[electron_blue]

6. I hear they'll be handing out uniforms for you to wear

and a special salute to use (j/k!)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. A special salute like this one?

[thiscrowlives]

15. A pet peeve of mine ....

.... I'm not one to personally confront people regarding their personal opinions. But I really have to wonder if Hitler and Nazi comparisons are appropriate.

First of all, they're really offensive to a lot of people.

Second, they've become somewhat of a cliche.

Third, I think it becomes easier to paint progressive thinkers and enterprises as "kook left fringe" ..... or some other such label ...... when people can come and see these sorts of things thrown around casually.

Just my two cents ..... I'll put on my asbestos underwear now ....

[Vickers]

16. Yeah, it's only cool if the OTHER side makes the Nazi comparisons

:eyes:

Oh, and welcome to DU yadda yadda yadda...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Just sayin'...

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Or they study it, =in order to repeat it=

Lots of good lessons on establishing dominion in history...

[MadHound]

18. Then I suggest that you go back and read your history friend

Hitler didn't spring full blown, with death camps and the attendant violence, from the man's head. Hitler built the movement gradually, slowly but sure bringing the bubbling pot of fascism and dictatorship to a boil in such a way that the ordinary German wasn't aware or alarmed until it was too late.

This is what is happening now, in this country. The slow, but sure convergence of government and corporations, the gradual reduction in civil liberties, the increasing use of propaganda, etc. etc. All the pieces are in place, and they are all now in play.

I know several old Germans who went through Nazi Germany, and without exception they all are expressing alarm at what is going on in this country, and yes, they are, without exception, making comparisons to the early years of Hitler's Germany.

So go back and do some research for yourself. Compare where we are, what is happening in this country with the events and actions in 1934-35 Germany. See for yourself just how America has gone down that dark, evil road.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Exactly.

Duing the 20s Hitler was just a fringe character nobody took seriously, but he gradually built up enough support (exploiting Germany's economic problems and the humilation of losing WWI) to get himself democratically elected to the position of Chancellor. And it was all dowhill from there. But these days, if you mention Hitler's name when discussing the Bush administration, people throw hissy fits about how "He's not as bad as Hitler! How can you say that, you just look silly and hysterical!" Well, guess what: Even Hitler wasn't "as bad as Hitler" when he first got started. He built his evil regime over many years, gradually eroding Germany's liberty, suppressing free speech and brainwashing the people into believing they were the Master Race, justifying the scapegoating of the Jews and eventual genocide. No, Bush isn't as bad as Hitler. Yet. But there are plenty of very alarming developments suggesting that if left unchecked, Bush and his stooges would happily lead this country down the road to some form of fascism. If we mention those parallels maybe we can reverse the trend. The Germans -- an educated, "first world" people much like us -- got suckered. We need to pay attention to history and not let it happen to us.

[wli]

22. Reichstag fire, Reichstagbrandverordnung, several Reichsmordwochen

All the parallels to the early Third Reich are there.

We might as well call this the Fourth Reich.

[sunnystarr]

24. Germans didn't get suckered

They were just average people, like in the US, who were afraid to speak out and be sent to a concentration camp. However the vast majority of Germans thought of concentration camps as holding camps. They didn't have the connotation then as they do now. Even the US had concentration camps here where Germans and German Jews were held. I know there was on in Oswego, NY and as a child my husband used to go to the fence and run errands for them.

Once you lose your freedom of speech you shut up and mind your own business. You do it to protect your family. There were many who worked underground against the Nazi movement. My father was in an underground movement, even as a German soldier.

[Fire Walk With Me]

31. Hence the Patriot Act. Makes it easier for them to find opposition.

[HughBeaumont]

20. While Lancelot Link hasn't yet committed genocide . . .

. . . the comparisons of how both PNAC and the Reich came to power and abused it in the quest for unbridled empire aren't too far off.

[Vinnie From Indy]

25. A Far Better Term is 'Early Nazis" or something similar.

No philosophy ever just popped into existence. The enduring ones were sparked, grew and finally bloomed after reaching a tipping point. The Nazis didn't start wholesale, mechanized killing until the latter part of their reign of worldwide terror. So far, I have seen many similarities between BushCo. and The Nazi regime and to deny these similarities is foolish. BushCo., at THIS point in time of their ascendancy, is not racking up the same death count, but they are most definitely headed down the totalitarian highway (sometimes called "Cult of Personality Parkway"). BushCo seems to be headed into the abyss and taking us all with them.

[electron_blue]

19. Yeah, that's what I was driving at

But also the marches that we used to see televised from the Soviet Union way back when.

[Rainscents]

11. One must sign up with Panagon web site for this march???

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

This is FUCKING scam!!!! Once one register on the web site, they have your age, phone number, address, age!!! This is the way, if you are under 42, they can call you to enlist!!! I hope FREEPERS will buy into this shit and they will all register on this web site!!!

[lockdown]

33. That would be sickly funny

I must admit, the Freedom Walk turning into a freeper march to the recruiting office.

[HughBeaumont]

12. Right, because at least that's not fucked in the HEAD or anything!

Yeah, let's commemorate the WORST moment in American history by having one of it's arguable (based on his scary, senile Freudian Slip statements) conspirators stage a uber-jingoistic event polluted by Reich-droolers that actually couldn't care less about the people they're supposedly supporting.

BEAM me up, Swamp Rat!

[ChiciB1]

23. THANKS... Washington Post

Plop, there goes ANOTHER ONE!!

Idiots!! And Copy Cats!!!

[Doo_Revolution]

26. I think its absolutely clear about what happened on 9/11.....

You sat by and watched it happen, with much intense heartiness.

You knew the oil wars would now all be yours Rumsfeld, and so 9/11 went off without a hitch didn't it?

:shrug:

http://www.reopen911.org
http://newamericancentury.org

I won't be attending a fake rally, for an event I know was pre-planned and at the very least expected by the one putting on the rally.

[Fire Walk With Me]

27. Here is a documentary of similar walkers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418819/

[Not_Giving_Up]

28. OK...This is getting insane

The first 1000 people there get the pins, so get there early!

Remember now, this is an event about FREEDOM, so prepare to be screened and searched. :wtf: Is shrub going to make an appearance or something?

When you go to the signup page, they of course want your name, address, phone number, and e-mail. They don't ask for a specific date of birth, but break it down into three choices: 1. Adult, 2. Teen, 11-17 (WAIT - My eleven year old is a teen???), 3. 10 or Younger Does think sound like they're breaking it down into potential recruiting groups? Oh, and they want your shirt size - XL, L, M. If you need a small, tough shit.

I hope all Bush's supporters show up and give their information.

[The_Casual_Observer]

29. they will get 150 outcasts looking for a free subway & drink

Or, they will probably cancel it due to bad publicity.

[cliss]

32. LOL. Can you see RumsFailed

out walking around, handing $20 bills to make sure people come.

And for that matter, can you even for a moment visualize this Old Goat, out leading a march? Not on your life.

He won't be there. He'll push out his lackey weasel General Miller to do his bidding. RumsFool can't motivate people. All he can do it - kill them.:smoke: