Joe Brower
New member
Howdy, folks,
Sorry that I didn't get this out sooner, but here is my take on
yesterday's counter-rally against the Many Misled Moms here in sunny
San Diego. Bottom line: We sure threw a fat, wet blanket over their
little love-fest, and did succeed in disrupting their gathering in a
big way. Of course, the local liberal media worked overtime to
render us invisible on San Diego "news" channels 7, 8 and 10, and
also made a point of blatantly lying about both our numbers ("a
handful") and theirs ("a thousand"), when the actuals were probably
250 vs. 350-400. Around 30 of us were sporting TRT-Shirts, and
hardly any camo in sight.
These "news" people either can't count, or more likely, they're paid
liars. Seems to be that way all over, isn't it? That's the only thing
that dampened this whole event for me -- the media mis-treatment.
It's scary, and we need to figure out what the hell to do about it.
It's a problem. You talk straight to them, answer every question, go
in front of the camera speaking with your beautiful kid in your arms,
they act all nice and civil, and then nada. The media, once the
watchdogs of government, are now all too often the boot-licking
lapdogs.
Let me say right off that it was a great pleasure to work with the
many good people who were there, as well as meet so many folks I knew
only up that point via email. And we made a difference! The MMM
people had _no_ idea that the opposition (us) would be there in such
numbers. Our people showed up, had their own signs, bought every CA
TRT-Shirt and ballcap we had (http://www.trt-ca.org/tshirt.html),
brought chairs that we used for a while to commandeer the street in
front of where we were set up (some MMMers tried blocking us off with
their cars, no dice) -- all sorts of good examples of thinking on
your feet. It was great! We just have to figure out a way to make
money at this...
A request: If anyone reading this was there and took pictures of the
event, I'd really appreciate it if you could scan them or send (or
loan) me copies -- I'd like to get them on the CA TRT website. My
brother took almost ten minutes of footage with my Hi8 camcorder
which I already have, but getting that on the website I don't know
about. Onward...
The main group organizers, myself included, arrived at the parking
lot adjacent to the Education Center where the MMM was setting up
around 11 AM, with the main event scheduled for 1-2 PM. We had the
2nd Amendment RV there, lots of extra signs courtesy of stalwart Bob
Tracy, flyers, buttons, shirts, etc., etc. Right off the bat, as
we're setting up our flags out front (a US and a Gadsden), some young
dweeb bopped over and starting telling us "you can't park here -- we
have a permit to the whole grounds and parking". We read the permit
which said "grass areas only" right on it, and it was "Nope, sorry,
buddy -- we have every right to park here", whereupon he stated "OK,
well I'm gonna call the police". Well, I said "Go right ahead. I'm
in immediate contact with the Sargeant running the detail for this
show. You want his number?" Bugger! He was beat, knew it, and
walked off, and I flashed him the peace sign. Kinda got the day off
to a good start -- nyuk, nyuk nyuk. Truly, these folks don't care
about fair one whit.
A bit later an SDPD car came up and I spoke to both officers, who
where very cool. In fact, I'd have to say that the police were
firmly on our side, and were more worried that the MMMers could do
something silly, since they're the ones all whipped up emotionally.
There were a group of about a half-dozen younger folks (I think they
were PD) in orange "see me" vests working the street directly in
front of the MMM area later, who were a lot quieter and grimmer,
though. Trainees?
Being much better funded, the MMM had a "party mobile" setup, and a
podium set up right in the center front entrance of the Ed Center.
This location worked greatly to our advantage in that it focused them
all in one spot, all facing the building, which allowed us to "wall
them in" from behind, plus we had the sidewalk lined with people for
100 yards, so anyone driving by on the 6-lane street out front saw
only us. The MMMers also had to walk right past us and through us to
get to their location, which was lotsa fun. They simply did not
expect our presence. D'oh!
I wanted our approach to mostly be pointing out that they were being
misled by HCI, et al, and that they were being used for their good
intentions. Not ever having helped organize anything like this
before in my life, I should have told people that! So, of course,
there were more than a few confrontations, but everything was verbal.
Well, I did get the finger at least a dozen times, all from people
driving by... <G!> We could have designated some folks to hand out
the pro-RKBA materials we had brought along, too, but I didn't think
of that until later, either.
We managed to constantly disrupt them throughout the event. One
tactic that worked really well for us was having people along the
roadside waving signs saying "HONK IF YOU LOVE FREEDOM!" and 'HONK IF
YOU OWN A GUN!", which had car horns going on and off for the whole
time. Many times cars would slow to see what was going on and make
people behind them honk! Nyuk again!
Someone handed me the bullhorn (which wasn't a very loud one,
unfortunately), which came in real handy to tell folks the old
protest-rules 101: "Keep moving, don't bunch up -- let your signs be
seen, let's move closer to the Many Misled Moms". Then I ambled down
to where the MMM'ers were and stood with our group behind the MMMers,
and after listening to their "12 kids a day" BS, etc., I started
yelling retorts on the bullhorn like "YOU ARE BEING MISLED! SHE IS
LYING TO YOU! 12 KIDS A DAY IS A LIE! DO YOU CONSIDER A NINETEEN
YEAR-OLD GANGBANGER A 'CHILD'? SHE DOES! YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS ARE
BEING USED! DON'T SACRIFICE YOUR CHILDREN'S FREEDOM FOR FALSE
PROMISES OF SAFETY! You get the idea. That got people visibly, er,
shall we say, annoyed... Add to that the fact that every time one of
their speakers said something that had the MMMers cheering, our crowd
was immediately booing loudly. It was great!
After their speakers pooped out just after 2 PM, the MMMers
immediately dispersed; in fact, most of them appeared to just show up
for the choir-preaching, and then left pronto, again, having to walk
right past us all the way. It's interesting that most folks have
noted the dearth of American Flags in the MMM group, and how common
they were on our side; we saw that, too. And their crowd, like ours,
was mostly male. And Travis McGee is right -- those "honorary mom"
stickers on the guys were lame-ola.
So there you have it. Next time it will be harder to surprise them, I
imagine, but if we can get 400-500 people out there next time, that's
OK. We need to pick our next target and move on it, even becoming
pro-active about where next to meet. As I told all our people, this
is only the beginning. And as I told all the "news" reporters,
"you'll be seeing us again".
Yours in Liberty,
- Joe Brower
PEOPLE, IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
JOIN THE CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE TYRANNY RESPONSE TEAM --
EMAIL joebrower@earthlink.net or CALL 760.591.4475 TODAY!
CA TRT Website: http://www.trt-ca.org
TRT NATIONAL Website: http://www.trteam.com
Sorry that I didn't get this out sooner, but here is my take on
yesterday's counter-rally against the Many Misled Moms here in sunny
San Diego. Bottom line: We sure threw a fat, wet blanket over their
little love-fest, and did succeed in disrupting their gathering in a
big way. Of course, the local liberal media worked overtime to
render us invisible on San Diego "news" channels 7, 8 and 10, and
also made a point of blatantly lying about both our numbers ("a
handful") and theirs ("a thousand"), when the actuals were probably
250 vs. 350-400. Around 30 of us were sporting TRT-Shirts, and
hardly any camo in sight.
These "news" people either can't count, or more likely, they're paid
liars. Seems to be that way all over, isn't it? That's the only thing
that dampened this whole event for me -- the media mis-treatment.
It's scary, and we need to figure out what the hell to do about it.
It's a problem. You talk straight to them, answer every question, go
in front of the camera speaking with your beautiful kid in your arms,
they act all nice and civil, and then nada. The media, once the
watchdogs of government, are now all too often the boot-licking
lapdogs.
Let me say right off that it was a great pleasure to work with the
many good people who were there, as well as meet so many folks I knew
only up that point via email. And we made a difference! The MMM
people had _no_ idea that the opposition (us) would be there in such
numbers. Our people showed up, had their own signs, bought every CA
TRT-Shirt and ballcap we had (http://www.trt-ca.org/tshirt.html),
brought chairs that we used for a while to commandeer the street in
front of where we were set up (some MMMers tried blocking us off with
their cars, no dice) -- all sorts of good examples of thinking on
your feet. It was great! We just have to figure out a way to make
money at this...
A request: If anyone reading this was there and took pictures of the
event, I'd really appreciate it if you could scan them or send (or
loan) me copies -- I'd like to get them on the CA TRT website. My
brother took almost ten minutes of footage with my Hi8 camcorder
which I already have, but getting that on the website I don't know
about. Onward...
The main group organizers, myself included, arrived at the parking
lot adjacent to the Education Center where the MMM was setting up
around 11 AM, with the main event scheduled for 1-2 PM. We had the
2nd Amendment RV there, lots of extra signs courtesy of stalwart Bob
Tracy, flyers, buttons, shirts, etc., etc. Right off the bat, as
we're setting up our flags out front (a US and a Gadsden), some young
dweeb bopped over and starting telling us "you can't park here -- we
have a permit to the whole grounds and parking". We read the permit
which said "grass areas only" right on it, and it was "Nope, sorry,
buddy -- we have every right to park here", whereupon he stated "OK,
well I'm gonna call the police". Well, I said "Go right ahead. I'm
in immediate contact with the Sargeant running the detail for this
show. You want his number?" Bugger! He was beat, knew it, and
walked off, and I flashed him the peace sign. Kinda got the day off
to a good start -- nyuk, nyuk nyuk. Truly, these folks don't care
about fair one whit.
A bit later an SDPD car came up and I spoke to both officers, who
where very cool. In fact, I'd have to say that the police were
firmly on our side, and were more worried that the MMMers could do
something silly, since they're the ones all whipped up emotionally.
There were a group of about a half-dozen younger folks (I think they
were PD) in orange "see me" vests working the street directly in
front of the MMM area later, who were a lot quieter and grimmer,
though. Trainees?
Being much better funded, the MMM had a "party mobile" setup, and a
podium set up right in the center front entrance of the Ed Center.
This location worked greatly to our advantage in that it focused them
all in one spot, all facing the building, which allowed us to "wall
them in" from behind, plus we had the sidewalk lined with people for
100 yards, so anyone driving by on the 6-lane street out front saw
only us. The MMMers also had to walk right past us and through us to
get to their location, which was lotsa fun. They simply did not
expect our presence. D'oh!
I wanted our approach to mostly be pointing out that they were being
misled by HCI, et al, and that they were being used for their good
intentions. Not ever having helped organize anything like this
before in my life, I should have told people that! So, of course,
there were more than a few confrontations, but everything was verbal.
Well, I did get the finger at least a dozen times, all from people
driving by... <G!> We could have designated some folks to hand out
the pro-RKBA materials we had brought along, too, but I didn't think
of that until later, either.
We managed to constantly disrupt them throughout the event. One
tactic that worked really well for us was having people along the
roadside waving signs saying "HONK IF YOU LOVE FREEDOM!" and 'HONK IF
YOU OWN A GUN!", which had car horns going on and off for the whole
time. Many times cars would slow to see what was going on and make
people behind them honk! Nyuk again!
Someone handed me the bullhorn (which wasn't a very loud one,
unfortunately), which came in real handy to tell folks the old
protest-rules 101: "Keep moving, don't bunch up -- let your signs be
seen, let's move closer to the Many Misled Moms". Then I ambled down
to where the MMM'ers were and stood with our group behind the MMMers,
and after listening to their "12 kids a day" BS, etc., I started
yelling retorts on the bullhorn like "YOU ARE BEING MISLED! SHE IS
LYING TO YOU! 12 KIDS A DAY IS A LIE! DO YOU CONSIDER A NINETEEN
YEAR-OLD GANGBANGER A 'CHILD'? SHE DOES! YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS ARE
BEING USED! DON'T SACRIFICE YOUR CHILDREN'S FREEDOM FOR FALSE
PROMISES OF SAFETY! You get the idea. That got people visibly, er,
shall we say, annoyed... Add to that the fact that every time one of
their speakers said something that had the MMMers cheering, our crowd
was immediately booing loudly. It was great!
After their speakers pooped out just after 2 PM, the MMMers
immediately dispersed; in fact, most of them appeared to just show up
for the choir-preaching, and then left pronto, again, having to walk
right past us all the way. It's interesting that most folks have
noted the dearth of American Flags in the MMM group, and how common
they were on our side; we saw that, too. And their crowd, like ours,
was mostly male. And Travis McGee is right -- those "honorary mom"
stickers on the guys were lame-ola.
So there you have it. Next time it will be harder to surprise them, I
imagine, but if we can get 400-500 people out there next time, that's
OK. We need to pick our next target and move on it, even becoming
pro-active about where next to meet. As I told all our people, this
is only the beginning. And as I told all the "news" reporters,
"you'll be seeing us again".
Yours in Liberty,
- Joe Brower
PEOPLE, IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
JOIN THE CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE TYRANNY RESPONSE TEAM --
EMAIL joebrower@earthlink.net or CALL 760.591.4475 TODAY!
CA TRT Website: http://www.trt-ca.org
TRT NATIONAL Website: http://www.trteam.com
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against The (udder rediculous) Morons. The Ferret (urban assault vehicle) didn't show but we did have a troop carrier emblazoned with TRTeam.com with a whippet antena/American flag & TRT banner. It drove around the event for its entirety. Had low to middle 400 in attendance to show them we cared.