EAGLES UP!!!!! GOE Call to Action

A quick Gathering of Eagles update with a thank you to them for the emails letting us know what is happening and what events are planned.

GOE rally at West Point Academy

The ANSWER coalition has begun its 2007 spring offensive called “TURN UP THE HEAT” by targeting the roots of our military, the academies, with protests on their graduation days. They will begin this on May 23rd at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT., and then move to the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 26th. Their intent is to “IGNITE A FIRESTORM” of opposition to the war and our troops.

Together these two events are our next big opportunities to rock them back on their heels and demonstrate that we are here to stay!

The Gathering of Eagles is the fire suppression team. We will rain on their parades wherever they gather. We will defend our troops, our memorials and our country from the disruption, distortion and lies they plan to spread. We will teach them not to play with matches. Bring your flags, friends, family and neighbors to stand fast for freedom! Let’s Roll!

For Information on the Coast Guard Academy Action visit the Connecticut forum where Jim Bancroft is ably handling the action.

West Point

The West Point action will take place entirely within the community of Highland Falls, New York, which borders the southern edge of West Point and the Thayer Gate to the academy. Highland Falls is also “Hometown, USA” so named by the media when the Iranian hostages passed through after their captivity in Teheran. The media would love to use that label again as if Hometown, USA, representing all of mainstream America, supported the anti-American message of these protesters.

We will be gathering at two primary locations at 8:00am.

The first location, Veterans Park, is at the southern juncture of Main St. and West Point Highway. Parking at that location is accessed via a street named Town Hall Row, just north of the park.

The moonbats will be assembling there also between 8:30 and 9:30 am. Our mission at this location is to protect the memorials in the park. When the opposition begins their march to the Thayer Gate up West Point Hwy, a major portion of those Eagles will walk up Main St. which parallels the Hwy. and join those already assembled at the gate and on the median between the two roads.

The second location for parking is the median between Main St. and West Point Hwy. This will be a prime location for commenting on the parade of lefties as they march by, similar to the moonbat parade past the Lincoln Memorial at GOE I. As the opposition passes by on their way to the gate prepare to shift to the other side of the median because they will return down Main St. to return to the Park.

The distance between Veterans Park and the Thayer Gate is about 1/2 mile.

The opposition usually musters about 500-600 protesters for this type of event. Even with GOE II going on in DC we should still be able to muster a respectable number of Eagles and members of supporting organizations.

Arrangements are being made for live blogging of this event for those who cannot be there in person, and to create a historical record for the GOE.

Follow the directions of GOE Marshals who will guide you to parking areas and will be able to direct you to the best locations to make our presence felt.

After the action many of the participants will be heading down to Washington. Anyone interested can join in a convoy down.

Contact me via email if you require more information, can volunteer to marshal the event, have detailed knowledge of the location, or have special requirements that need to be addressed.

Eagles Up!

West Point, Highland Falls, NY – May 26, 2007

Rules of Engagement

1. Wear Patriotic Clothing, Eagles arm bands, and bring your American Flags and banners. The American Flag is the most important symbol to bring to define who we are and what we believe in.

2. Keep a smile on your face and be friendly and pleasant to those around you, remember this is “Hometown USA” and the citizens are on our side. Do not block streets or sidewalks. Let the normal business of the town take place around you.

3. Be aware that some or even many of the people who are demonstrating have been paid to be there and have absolutely no investment in the anti-war cause. This is especially true for demonstrations that are organized by various communist groups.

4. Listen to and obey any police instructions about where you can stand, how you can interact with the anti-war demonstrators, and what the local terms of engagement are. The police have been trained to keep everyone safe and they just want to do their job.

5. Listen to and obey any instructions from Gathering of Eagles Marshals. They will have communications links with local police.

6. Feel free to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, chant USA and sing God Bless America, the Star Spangled Banner or Yankee Doodle as the moonbats parade by.

7. Although many will be leaving immediately after the rally to head to Washington, DC for GOE II, many others may choose to remain in town until traffic dies down a bit. Feel free to patronize the local restaurants and shops. Remember to wave your flags and cheer for the parents and graduates as they leave the academy after the graduation ceremony.

Time for the Eagles to soar again folks, to let our military and those graduating that Americans, decent Americans, are willing to stand up to the anti-military left in their name.

Fly High Eagles and once again, thank you for all you are doing.


Cross Posted from Wake up America

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Gathering of Eagles update...

Cross Posted from Wake up America

I said some time back that a great number of us who are veterans of our nations armed forces are fed up and disgusted with the cut and run, defeat and retreat mindset that has infected our media and is bleeding over into our nation.

We've had enough.

I know I don't speak for all veterans, as one frequent commentor on our site likes to point out, but I dare say that I do speak for the majority, and, with a tip of the hat to Victory Caucus, here is the proof; the Eagles are Gathering...:

Statement From the New Chairman of GOE, Captain Larry Bailey, USN (Ret.)
March 29th, 2007 | Category: Briefings
Thank you, Harry Riley, for the magnificent job you have done in getting “Gathering of Eagles” off to such an astounding start. Without you, the job wouldn’t have been done so well. You were just perfect for the job at hand, and America is in your debt. Thanks again.

Eagles, this has been one amazing trip, and it ain’t over. Just thinking about how swiftly thousands of patriotic Americans came together and assembled at The Wall in Washington blows my mind.

Harry Riley and I spoke by telephone in late January or early February and agreed that Jane Fonda’s and Cindy Sheehan’s March on the Pentagon was not going to be given a free pass as Fonda’s was in 1967. Less than two months later, thousands of us demonstrated that the leftists were not going to dominate US policy like they did in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

This time, America was going to register its disapproval, and, by goodness, WE DID! The tens of thousands of us who gathered near The Wall to protect that sacred memorial sent a resounding message to Fonda, Sheehan, and Code Pink that we will NOT stand idly by while the honor of our defenders of freedom is besmirched.

We honestly planned to be a “One-Note Charlie” and go home after registering our disagreement with the America-hating crowd that sullied the ground of our nation’s capital. However, the impact of the victory we experienced made us thirsty for more of the same.

It is therefore with great pleasure that I confirm to all of you that we are here to stay. We don’t know exactly what we will do or when and how we will do it, but you can be sure that America-loving patriots are going to be proud to be a part of our effort!

We intend to go on the offensive or defensive whenever our “kitchen cabinet” of Eagles from across the nation decides collectively that a time for specific action has come. We are currently looking at a major “Support the Troops” gathering back in DC over the Memorial Day weekend in conjunction with “Ride to the Wall,” “Free Republic,” “Rolling Thunder” and other like-minded organizations.

Having tasted victory on St. Patrick’s Day 2007, we intend to make a diet of it. Stick with us, and we will work miracles.

Can I get a WHOOOWAHHH?

I also want to include a posting from Gunny Krueger stating his IN COUNTRY observations on the situation in Iraq:

A Message From GySgt Krueger
March 30th, 2007 | Category: Guest Authors
A word from [Gunnery]Sergeant Krueger, USMC, to Speaker Pelosi:

How can you even think of pushing forward legislation to set a withdrawal date for US forces from Iraq? Do you know how much you embolden the insurgency here in Iraq? YOU ARE JEOPARDIZING THE LIVES OF US SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WITH YOUR ACTIONS. You and your fellow Democrats are causing the Al Qaeda supported insurgency to use more catastrophic attacks against us and Iraqi forces. You will see more SVBIED’s with chlorine gas, more VBIED’s against civilians and security forces every time you and other Democrats open your mouths. You will have to live with yourself and try to sleep at night knowing all the defeatist propaganda you have spewed forth is nothing more than ammunition for Islamic extremist groups around the world and more US deaths. The ! unsuspecting people who support you know nothing of what goes on over here; you fill their heads with nonsense and talk of pullout to appease them. The only thing that will happen is the establishment of an extremist Islamic state where sharia law is the law of the land and no one is safe.

Read the rest of Gunny Krueger's posting here, it's very moving and very on target.

Our veterans during the Vietnam era were confused and didn't know how to react, respond, or what to think when they saw the protests going on in our country, the degrading and vile treatment of their younger brothers returning home to be greeted with hatred. We live in a different time, a different generation. We will NOT sit idly by and be called "baby-killers" by the SAME people who are all FOR abortion. We will NOT sit idly by and allow our troops to become political tools.

We have a voice, and it's a rather large, firm voice. We expect to be listened to. Not to put too fine of an edge on it, but if it wasn't for us, Mrs. Pelosi, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Reid, and all you others out there trying to use those of us who still wear the uniform as chess pieces, you wouldn't have a leg to stand on, politically, or the platform and structure that put you people INTO your offices...

Shape up.

Or we'll make sure you're fired next time around.

We are your veterans. We are the ones who offered to put ourselves on the line, in harms way, to protect the freedoms of this great nation. We expect to be listened to, and to be respected. We've never asked for it before, but that time is over. We will be heard.

Once and always, an American Fighting Man

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Leftist MSM Hides News of Gathering of Eagles

If 30,000 Eagles landed in Washington and nobody heard about it, did it really happen?

This morning’s Google news search shows a whopping 148 articles that mention the Gathering of Eagles counter-protest in Washington yesterday. On the other hand, there are 1,807 news stories about the anti-war protesters. Additionally, most of the stories about the Gathering of Eagles were from less known news sources and bloggers.

It’s time to take on the lying leftist main stream media!

This is from Michelle Malkin’s latest update today:

***Update: Kit at Gathering of Eagles reports on the National Park Service estimate of the GoE turnout: 30,000 strong. The silent majority no more.***
***Update March 18, 2007 1:30am: The NYTimes lies...***

The NYT claims that the GoE was “an unusually large contingent of several hundred counter demonstrators . . .”

Pure bullcrap. Yup, the journalistic standard-bearers of the NYTimes relied on "several veterans of the antiwar movement" to give them crowd estimates of the Gathering of Eagles. It's the domestic equivalent of MSMers relying on dubious Iraqi stringers to provide them with war coverage while they sit in their comfy Green Zone offices in D.C. and Manhattan.

See how the WaPo bends the truth . . .

Veterans, Others Denounce Marchers
Counter-Demonstrators Number in Thousands

As war protesters marched toward Arlington Memorial Bridge en route to the Pentagon yesterday, they were flanked by long lines of military veterans and others who stood in solidarity with U.S. troops and the Bush administration's cause in Iraq. Many booed loudly as the protesters passed, turned their backs to them or yelled, "If you don't like America, get out!"

Several thousand vets, some of whom came by bus from New Jersey, car caravans from California or flights from Seattle or Michigan, lined the route from the bridge and down 23rd Street, waving signs such as "War There Or War Here." Their lines snaked around the corner and down several blocks of Constitution Avenue in what organizers called the largest gathering of pro-administration counter-demonstrators since the war began four years ago.

The vets turned both sides of Constitution into a bitter, charged gantlet for the war protesters. "Jihadists!" some vets screamed. "You're brain-dead!" Others chanted, "Workers World traitors must hang!" -- a reference to the Communist newspaper. Some broke into "The Star-Spangled Banner" as war protesters sought to hand out pamphlets.

"Bunch of hooligans in motorcycle jackets!" one war protester shot back.

The large turnout surprised even some counter-demonstrators. Polls show public opinion turning against the war in Iraq, and the November election was widely seen as a repudiation of the administration's policy. . . .

Yes we all know how trustworthy those media polls are! The MSM has been virtually silent about the actual number of leftist anti-war protesters that were arrested.

Hot Air has a pretty good round-up of the news coverage with links to pictures and videos.

Be sure to read all the many comments. Here’s ashort selection of comments regarding the lack of MSM coverage:

Soros-funded astroturfed moonbats in their parade of scum and villainy across Washington. Notice all the pre-printed signs they were carrying? Grass roots my eye! All the real signs were on the GOE/FR side of the street…TheBigOldDog on March 17, 2007 at 11:35 PM

Hey folks, I’ve been analyzing some of the MSM online coverage, and it’s more disappointing than ever…RightWinged on March 17, 2007 at 11:48 PM

billy: I saw several media people, and from my vantage point I had a good view until my feet got so cold that I had to go walk for a while to get the feeling back. (I hated to give up my spot, but cold concrete just sucks the warmth right out.)

I couldn’t really tell who the media people were with; they have these laminate tags and the little logos on their microphones were generally hard to make out from more than 10 feet away. I’m pretty sure I saw fox (or a local fox affiliate) but other than that I have no idea who they were. They did seem to be looking at us as though were were a particularly interesting species of primitive chordates, so I suspect that most of them were MSM. . nauticalbear on March 17, 2007 at 11:49 PM

Our own contributor, Spree of Wake up America did a fantastic job of posting daily updates yesterday.

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