Friday ( Begin With Chapter 1 ) I was among about 50 Patriotic Americans of all shapes, and sizes, and different ethnic, and racial, backrounds, young, and old, who gathered for a part of their day, to give the ACLU a piece of their mind.
I only live about 2 miles away, and so walked along the Santa Ana River Bike Trail to Chapman Ave. and then after breakfast at the nearby Burger King, headed off to find the Gathering.
When I arrived at a parking lot next to the offices of a Union Local ( Hee, hee! ), to the east of the building that houses the Office of the Orange County ACLU, there were a few people co-ordinating arrivals, and preparation, including the guy with the sign adorned truck that would be driven back, and forth along Chapman during the time of the protest.
I introduced myself, and chatted with a few people, discussing why we were there, and what message we hoped to send the ACLU, and any passers-by.
As more people arrived we mosied on over to the sidewalk in front of the office of the ACLU, which was located on the 2nd floor of the building, with its curtains closed.
With a podium, and a microphone, for the speechifiers, the OC Register, and KFI AM 640, on hand to report on the event, and the Cops to make sure all sides made nice, we all sort of hoped the ACLU would come out of hiding to chat, and discuss the issues, all friendly-like ( Or at least step out on the balcony, smile, wave, and brandish a sign or 2 giving us serious "What For" ).
As of the time I left all the brave, and outspoken, ACLU could bring itself to do, was peek out the window, chat with the OC Register, tell us not to park in "their" parking lot, and try to cause a stink about where people parked in the near-by staging area.
The reaction to our presence, from the general public, walking, and driving by, was much more enthusiastic. ;-D
Lots of horn honking, and calling out of support, made us smile, wave our signs, and yell our slogans, all the louder, and enthusiastically.
The occasional hateful catcalls, and middle finger waving, didn't faze us in the least, and just made us laugh, and shake our heads, at their blindness, and ignorance, about the issues at stake.
I have been reading a number of books, and visiting a lot of websites over the past year and a half, on the issue of Illegal Immigration ( See Right Sidebar for Immigration related sites. ), and am currently reading MINUTEMEN: The Battle To Secure America's Borders by Jim Gilchrist and Jerome R. Corsi.
Imagine my surprise when I turn around, and find myself face to face with the outspoken patriot himself! ;-D
There he was, all decked out in his Sunday Best, and I stuck out my hand, introduced myself, told him of my Blog, and how I occasionally write about the issue of Illegal Immigration, have links to efforts such as his, and was busily reading his book.
When I took it out to prove it, he smiled and offered to sign it for me.
To The Mad Macedonian,
Keep up your great work!
Thanks for supporting The Minuteman Project.
United We Stand!
Jim Gilchrist :-D
How cool is THAT! ;-D
I will not finish reading the book in the presence of food, and drink, so as not to risk damaging something that will be a treasured member of my Book Collection. ;-D
When people say that we can't control our borders, can't severly curtail Illegal Immigration, and thus have to keep giving Amnesty, and other privileges, to people who break our laws to get here, and break our laws to stay here, I say BULLTACO!!
It CAN be done! We can change things, and control things.
If we, the people, have to continue to speak out until our leaders listen, then we must do so.
Proceed to Chapter 4 of 6: One Event, Many Voices.
Congrats on a cool addition to your book collection!
Posted by: jaspar | 06/17/2007 at 02:37 PM