Ron Paul Revolution March on D.C.

[Mia]

It was a hot and sunny day in Washington DC today where estimates from 1500 (on the low end) and 8000 (on the high end) participated in the Ron Paul Revolution March and Rally (http://revolutionmarch.com/). Several speakers and musical guests enthralled the freedom eager crowd.

Some of the guest speakers fell directly into the stereotypical mold of what critics view as “the Ron Paul (http://ronpaul2008.com/) supporter”. I guess the generalizations do come from somewhere, but like any group of freedom loving souls you will find all types.


For the most part the speeches were directly in line with the Ron Paul (http://ronpaul2008.com/) platform. Though for my money the best speech given today was the one by Michael Scheuer, former head of CIA’s Bin Laden unit. In an eloquent prepared speech he hit on several topics near and dear to a Ron Paul supporter’s heart drawing cheers from the crowd several times. To give you an idea of the content of his speech I uploaded a video of the last five minutes of it and it is embedded below. Unfortunately, I was unable to record the entire speech. Perhaps it will be made available by someone else soon.


Following Scheuer, Adam Kokesh from Iraq Veterans Against The War (http://ivaw.org/) spoke with great passion firing up the crowd. Chuck Baldwin (http://baldwin2008.com/) then gave a shortened speech because the schedule was running late and Ron Paul was next. Ron Paul peppered his now standard rally speech with a few new comments here and a few new jokes there. It would have been nice to hear a new speech from Dr. Paul (http://ronpaul2008.com/), but it’s hard to complain when the man just goes up there and delivers his liberty message every single time.
Now a word about the crowd. I attended the “Freedom Rally” in the same exact location back on April 15th and the crowd today looked to be 3 or 4 times that size. I would estimate the turnout to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 people. However I’m no expert and there were many people coming and going and just about everyone camped out on the outskirts of the area under the trees making it extremely difficult to deduce the numbers. Even if 8000 showed up throughout the day it was a far cry from the 15,000+ that pledged to be there. That aspect made the day a bit disappointing.


That being said, the day was a wonderful experience. I stood amongst the true believing patriots and cheered for the voices and sounds of liberty. It is truly a blessing to live in a country where speaking out against those in power is not met with immediate overt violence. It is even more impressive that those anti-establishment words bounced directly off the structures where that power conducts its business. We still live in a mostly free country. We shout to others in the name of vigilance to keep it that way.


http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/07/13/the-ron-paul-revolution-march-experience-scheuer-shined/1274/


more to come.......

[Wndrtch]

It was a hot and sunny day in Washington DC today where estimates from 1500 (on the low end) and 8000 (on the high end) participated in the Ron Paul Revolution March and Rally (http://revolutionmarch.com/). Several speakers and musical guests enthralled the freedom eager crowd.

Some of the guest speakers fell directly into the stereotypical mold of what critics view as “the Ron Paul (http://ronpaul2008.com/) supporter”. I guess the generalizations do come from somewhere, but like any group of freedom loving souls you will find all types.


For the most part the speeches were directly in line with the Ron Paul (http://ronpaul2008.com/) platform. Though for my money the best speech given today was the one by Michael Scheuer, former head of CIA’s Bin Laden unit. In an eloquent prepared speech he hit on several topics near and dear to a Ron Paul supporter’s heart drawing cheers from the crowd several times. To give you an idea of the content of his speech I uploaded a video of the last five minutes of it and it is embedded below. Unfortunately, I was unable to record the entire speech. Perhaps it will be made available by someone else soon.


Following Scheuer, Adam Kokesh from Iraq Veterans Against The War (http://ivaw.org/) spoke with great passion firing up the crowd. Chuck Baldwin (http://baldwin2008.com/) then gave a shortened speech because the schedule was running late and Ron Paul was next. Ron Paul peppered his now standard rally speech with a few new comments here and a few new jokes there. It would have been nice to hear a new speech from Dr. Paul (http://ronpaul2008.com/), but it’s hard to complain when the man just goes up there and delivers his liberty message every single time.
Now a word about the crowd. I attended the “Freedom Rally” in the same exact location back on April 15th and the crowd today looked to be 3 or 4 times that size. I would estimate the turnout to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 people. However I’m no expert and there were many people coming and going and just about everyone camped out on the outskirts of the area under the trees making it extremely difficult to deduce the numbers. Even if 8000 showed up throughout the day it was a far cry from the 15,000+ that pledged to be there. That aspect made the day a bit disappointing.


That being said, the day was a wonderful experience. I stood amongst the true believing patriots and cheered for the voices and sounds of liberty. It is truly a blessing to live in a country where speaking out against those in power is not met with immediate overt violence. It is even more impressive that those anti-establishment words bounced directly off the structures where that power conducts its business. We still live in a mostly free country. We shout to others in the name of vigilance to keep it that way.


http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/07/13/the-ron-paul-revolution-march-experience-scheuer-shined/1274/


more to come.......

Great! Now the price of tinfoil is going up!

Where does it end!

Actually, we had "Freedom Rallies" in Boston to.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/037odKt8MO5rI/610x.jpg

[Mia]

No tinfoil to be seen.

It was AWESOME!

[micfranklin]

Was Aerosmith playing?

[Mia]

It was amazing to be able to be a part of. Sorry you missed out on real action, and can only type words on the computer. :p

[G.B.]

Fifteen years ago Ross Perot had quite an enthusiastic following too. He ran as an independent and probably as a result changed the outcome of the 1992 election. Unless Ron Paul does the same I am not sure much will come of it.

[Mia]

I guess you don't know about the gear-shifting we are doing?

Check it out, we're changing out the Congress members now - that's hardly 'nothing'.

The link to what is happening is in my sig ;-)

[Elrathin]

Sorry you missed out on real action, and can only type words on the computer. :p

And what "action" was done lol.

[December]

It was AWESOME!

How many people showed up?

[December]

And what did they do during the rally ... sorry I mean the REVOLUTION....?

I guess nothing since the government buidings were not stormed.

[NortheastCynic]

I never understood the purpose of these marches. So much more than an organized walk can be done with 10,000 people. Hand-out literature, start a petition, a ballot initiative...something other than walking while chanting bumper-sticker slogans.

-NC

[Mia]

And what did they do during the rally ... sorry I mean the REVOLUTION....?

I guess nothing since the government buidings were not stormed.


It's a peaceful revolution. It's about changing the government the legal way, not through some type of armed coup.

There were a few 'Ron Paul Candidates' for Congress there giving interviews and such.

One at a time, we will make changes.

Can't wait for the National Convention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mia]

How many people showed up?

7,000.

There will be more at the NC. Many made a judgement that was more important if they couldn't do both.

That's a lot for a movement that just got off the ground.:thumbsup:

When I can post the speech from the Iraq Veterans Against the War, it will give many chills and cheers!

[Mia]

I never understood the purpose of these marches. So much more than an organized walk can be done with 10,000 people. Hand-out literature, start a petition, a ballot initiative...something other than walking while chanting bumper-sticker slogans.

-NC

We did all of that too. We spent 2 hours before and 8 after doing lots of other things.

As for the purpose of the march - I guess you don't understand the purpose of any demonstration.

Maybe they are all worthless and we should never do them for any cause.

[Mia]

Do y'all not realize there was a rally afterwards? It went on all day. Dr. Paul spoke, as did several others. It was much more than a little one mile walk.

We were educated on some things, we were encouraged on a lot of things - it was 10 times more productive and worthwhile than I thought it would be.

I'm not sure why everyone who wasn't there is making so many negative assumptions on something they have no clue about.

[NortheastCynic]

We did all of that too. We spent 2 hours before and 8 after doing lots of other things.

As for the purpose of the march - I guess you don't understand the purpose of any demonstration.

Maybe they are all worthless and we should never do them for any cause.Yes, I will go out on a limb and say that march's, as a whole, do nothing unless the marchers are attacked or killed [see Civil Rights era]. A march by itself is useless, you say that other things were done after the march, that's good to hear. What else was done, just out of curiosity?

-NC

[Mia]

Yes, I will go out on a limb and say that march's, as a whole, do nothing unless the marchers are attacked or killed [see Civil Rights era]. A march by itself is useless, you say that other things were done after the march, that's good to hear. What else was done, just out of curiosity?

-NC

OK, well I guess it depends on what your standards are for worthwhile.

I know that I had a little dip in enthusiasm after RP dropped out (strange, when I knew he was going to all along) and I got fired up 10 X more than I ever was before this event.

If that is multiplied by 7-10,000 people, and they go out and affect all the people they know, start getting involved in a more serious level......to me that's very worthwhile.

I know having just me on the team will make a huge impact ;-), so I *know* it was productive :p

I guess some people are short-term thinkers. If we can't affect this year's Presidential Race or change Congress overnight, what's the point?

Some of us are longer-range thinkers. We know that something like this will take a long time, and many of us got committed or strengthened our commitment to keep it growing and moving.

If you look at how this movement has grown so fast and so large on its own, with NO press coverage, that should astound you and make you see how much stronger and larger it can and will get.

There were hours of speeches, including one from Ron Paul, literature handed, CDs, DVDs, lots of education and links to more - how to get involved, so much I can't even remember all of it to articulate it to you.

The Iraq Veterans Against the War speech was especially meaningful to me.

I will post it and other good ones when I find them. And hell, it was just plain fun. :peace:

[NortheastCynic]

OK, well I guess it depends on what your standards are for worthwhile.

I know that I had a little dip in enthusiasm after RP dropped out (strange, when I knew he was going to all along) and I got fired up 10 X more than I ever was before this event.

If that is multiplied by 7-10,000 people, and they go out and affect all the people they know, start getting involved in a more serious level......to me that's very worthwhile.

I know having just me on the team will make a huge impact ;-), so I *know* it was productive

I guess some people are short-term thinkers. If we can't affect this year's Presidential Race or change Congress overnight, what's the point?

Some of us are longer-range thinkers. We know that something like this will take a long time, and many of us got committed or strengthened our commitment to keep it growing and moving.Mia, you've got me all wrong. I'm a member and supporter [financially] of the Campaign For Liberty. I've been hoping that Dr. Paul would re-invigorate the libertarian elements within the Republican Party for years now. My comments were directed entirely at this solitary march. I am very much interested in a long-term plan whereby libertarians would gain more electoral success. In fact, one of my criticisms of the LP [and why I've cancelled my membership with them] is that they don't think long-term. So as I said, you've got me all wrong, my comments were directed at this march, and this march only.

There were hours of speeches, including one from Ron Paul, literature handed, CDs, DVDs, lots of education and links to more - how to get involved, so much I can't even remember all of it to articulate it to you.

The Iraq Veterans Against the War speech was especially meaningful to me.

I will post it and other good ones when I find them. And hell, it was just plain fun. That sounds great and very productive, I stand corrected. Hopefully similar activism will catch on here in Boston.

-NC

[Mia]

Hopefully similar activism will catch on here in Boston.

-NC

I second that and add that I intend to be a part of getting it to catch on everywhere :thumbsup:

We're all responsible for spreading the message, even if it's one person at a time.

We got thousands strong that way, and we'll get millions strong as we continue. :peace:

[Osborn F. Enready]

Sounds great Mia, wish I could have made it.... ;)

[Mia]

You were there in spirit - I raised my fist for the FBI photos in your stead ;-)

[Osborn F. Enready]

Thanks Mia! ;)

[Mia]

Here's MIA!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lxJdkeUnf4

(at .08, you can see me at the bottom left of the huge replica of the constitution discussing with a 'code pink' member where to move it).

We carried it down the steps of the Capital Building and onto the Hill where we were having the Ron Paul Revolution Rally! :-)

[Mia]

You can't really see me, but at 4:15 and 4:44, I'm in the middle of two other girls bringing the march onto the Hill for our rally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QfcbzaPnE&NR=1

[Mia]

More footage of the march/rally used for a video - this is sooooooo cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1B_hF06Ff0&NR=1

[Osborn F. Enready]

Thanks for sharing Mia....
;)

[Mia]

Speech from a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq4wcVy1Lrg

[lily]

Woooo hooo.....you go girl!

[Mia]

Morons at the rally. Thank God they were a TINY minority. The police did nothing wrong. No free speech was oppressed.

Idiots with bullhorns harassed the police who were there to make sure everything was peaceful, and they did a fine job.

I thanked as many as I could and apologized for these nimrods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knmVLC3Hqbw&feature=related