Attention Jan 27 marchers!

[proud2BlibKansan]

Remember our friend David who came with us from KC for the march?



First he made the NY Times yesterday. Then today a local reporter from our suburban newspaper called and interviewed him and me for an article that will appear on Wed. She asked if we had pictures and I sent her a bunch of pictures from DUers. (Thanks to all the photographers!)

LOL She said they probably wouldn't print the bush in a noose picture but she did think it was funny.

But here is the most exciting news - evlbstrd just told me that Randi Rhodes was talking about David on her show today!!!

Oh and it also looks like we are kicking some ass at the NY Times over this supposed spitting incident.

I promise to keep you posted.

The excitement just never ends here in red state hell. LOL

[evlbstrd]

1. He's a national sensation!

David couldn't keep up with us because people kept stopping him for pictures and interviews. Randi picked up on the "carpenter from Prairie Village, KS" theme in the Times and hammered at it. Freakin' Kansas!

[FogerRox]

8. IT was great to meet the Kansas City comtingent on saturday

What a bunch of evil basturds....

[evlbstrd]

10. Thanks, same to you!

BTW, too many vowels.

[FogerRox]

13. Whats wrong with my bowels....... huh?

[evlbstrd]

14. Nothing that I could smell.

[redwitch]

2. How could we forget David?

I was afraid you were going to say he was sent to Gitmo! :-)

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. LOL You don't know David!

He would never go down without a fight.

[lonestarnot]

4. Woodamnwhoo! And right on!

[Jeanette in FL]

5. Excellent

Who would have thought that your state would be so interested in a protest march. That is too cool.

I missed Randi talking about David, (I did have to pretend to work a bit), what did she say?

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. I didn't hear her

evl told me. David was pretty damn excited. We went over to evl's last night and he emailed his daughter the pictures. She is in Ireland this semester going to school. She's a neat kid. I'm sure she will be glad to hear about her famous dad.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. You should have seen us the day dubya was here in September

and the day he was in Topeka in November. We showed up in droves to welcome him. :evilgrin:

[livvy]

6. K&R People loved this. Well done, and funny as hell!

Do you have a link for the Times article?
This is excellent!
Woot for David!

[evlbstrd]

12. Found it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/washington/28protest.html?ex=157680000&en=09032b0675bec231&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

snip
“I grew up during the Vietnam War, but I never protested it and never had my lottery number called to go fight,” said David Quinly, a 54-year-old carpenter from Prairie Village, Kan., who arrived here Friday night with about 50 others after a 23-hour bus ride.

“In my view, this one is a war of choice and a war for profit against a culture and people we don’t understand,” Mr. Quinly said. “I knew I had to speak up this time.”

edit to change link to permalink.

[Jeanette in FL]

20. That was my favorite quote

The second sentence:

“In my view, this one is a war of choice and a war for profit against a culture and people we don’t understand,” Mr. Quinly said. “I knew I had to speak up this time.”


I know that I speak out locally, but it is time to go National. We do not have the luxery any longer to keep quiet, we haven't had the luxery for a long time. Please tell him that I thought it was excellent that people couldn't walk past him without commenting. Very cool.

[evlbstrd]

22. He and proud were here tonight.

He doesn't have or know how to use a computer. Yet.
We were showing him the pictures and articles and links. He was amazed at the attention he got. It's convinced him that he has to get a computer. He and I were brewing a street theatre concept, too. Let's just say it involves spitting.
Dave is an amazing guy.

[livvy]

23. Great statement! Well said, David. Thanks evlbstrd! n/t

[babylonsister]

7. Very exciting! I hope NY Times retracts their tripe.

And David rocks for coming up with that idea!

[Sydnie]

9. A little late to the party here ...

but, is the spitting incident the one I read about on FR? Where someone was supposed to have spit on a "wounded vet"?

[evlbstrd]

15. It may be the same ALLEGED incident.

I haven't bothered to check freeperville. It's all too predictable. From what we know, the rumor started with a NY Times reporter and hasn't been substantiated. It isn't mentioned in the article linked upthread.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Yes that's it

a NY Times reporter told David and me that she had SEEN the spitting incident.

[Sydnie]

28. Here's the FR link to their pictures about the whole day and their

description of the incident.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775291/posts

[marmar]

11. I remember that guy....

He made the rounds through the crowd waiting to march. He shows up on the many of the playbacks of the march on my camera.

[Mabus]

16. Way to go David

That's two people I know from Kansas who made the NYT over protests. Thanks to all who represented Kansas and Missouri.

[mzmolly]

17. I am personally grateful to each and every one of you who marched.

You all represented so many who could not attend. Bravo to David for "standing out in the crowd." ;)

[shadowknows69]

18. Brave man

Actually I can't believe they didn't haul him away.

[walldude]

19. Are they really trying to pull that "spitting on soldiers"

thing? Again? Give it a rest freeps if anyone here isn't supporting the troops it's you and your leaders who keep taking away VA benefits...

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. Amen!

[EFerrari]

21. Lol!

I hope the poor man knows what he's in for. :evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. David has been a fighter for quite some time

He put signs in his yard against the war and his city fined him for violating their sign ordinance. So he got an ACLU attorney and fought it all the way to the Kansas supreme court. And he won! He managed to make Prairie Village, KS change an ordinance that had been on the books for 50 years.

Now he has 3 signs in his yard. hee hee

He also is looking into a security system that will help out when the local freepers decide to "help" with his signs. He caught one and prosecuted the guy.