Central Park on a Sunday afternoon …

A quiet stroll through Central Park on July 5, 2009

You might think people were just hanging out at the big fountain…
(Nope)

There were buskers doing gymnastics to the rhythm of hip-hop.
(They’re surrounded by the crowd)

But, others were enjoying the fountain…

Bethesda Fountain/Civil War Monument

And many were enjoying the lake.

Some in gondolas…

And others, brought out their toy-boats…

(okay…. it’s radio-controlled, so maybe it deserves an upgrade from ‘toy’)

And of course, all were sharing the lake with the ubiquitous rowboats.

Then… on to the solitude of “The Rambles.” Created with that in mind… solitude as you walk the meandering paths that never go where you think they will. A good place to get lost (for real) and very, VERY quiet. And we STOPPED taking pictures! Til we saw the Oak Bridge:

And as the city looms ahead … hovering over the lake…

We know we’re finally  “out-of-the woods”! Cause there’s the top of the Natural History Museum as it peeks over the trees …

We’re back! To the hustle, the bustle…. the noise of the city…

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Gathering of Eagles at West Point-Fourth of July Parade (2009) Part 2 (video and pictures)

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Eagles heading to the parade line-up

Hurry up and wait…

Let the Parade Begin!

Video of the parade is in 2 parts:

Part 1

Part 2

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Gathering of Eagles at West Point- Fourth of July Parade 2009 (Part 1)Pictures and video

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The Eagles enter Thayer Gate at West Point

Up the hill to the pre-parade gathering

Rolling Thunder

View of the Hudson from West Point

One of our Wounded Warrior Vets…and others…

101st Airbourne and our Purple Hearts Veterans

Mayor of Highland Falls, Joe D’Nofrio and Col. Dan Bruno,Garrison Commander West Point and Grand Marshall of 2009 Independence Day Parade

The Eagles with Col. Bruno

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Part 2 is pictures of everyone lining up for the parade:

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Video of Pre-Parade gathering in 2 parts

Part 1

Part 2

July 4th Tea Party, Rockland County (New City, NY)pictures and short video

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New City, Rockland County, New York! Many Patriots came out July 4th to show support for our Country and to DEMAND accountability from our elected Representatives.

Gathering of Eagles ( NY) was there

Petitions were signed

MUCHO good spirits abounded

It was a BEAUTIFUL Day

May God continue to Bless America and Keep her STRONG.

We shall overcome President Hussein and Company and his threats of “change”only if we continue to come together in praise of America and to DEMAND transparency and accountability.

America! She’s here 233 years. We have survived. Don’t let it end with the BHO-Soros- Pelosi/Reid insurgency.

We must do more than just come out for the next Tea Party. ACTION!! NOW!

As those in New City demonstrated on July 4, 2009.

America! TAKE HER BACK! One day at a time, but…. Take Her Back!

(for the children)

(a short video)

As the petitions were signed some of our younger Patriots stood proudly and let their voices ring out: Come to the Tea Party!

God Bless America. 233 years and going strong if we FIGHT for what is Right!

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Tea Party in New York City – Times Square (video and pictures)

There was a Tea Party in New York City, July 1, 2009, in Times Square!

What a glorious evening it was. Threats of a thunderstorm may have kept some at home. NYC’s  had the WETTEST June since 1903 (hear that Big Al?) and lately when it storms it’s torrential. But, not a drop fell. Fabulous! (scroll to bottom for video and  links to more pictures)

Tee shirt, yeah baby

Obama, suffer the little children

Stephen Baldwin

Pictures are posted in three folders (click thumbnails):

The People and their signs

The Speakers

Some of the speakers the joined Stephen Baldwin were Dr. Herb London, KT McFarland, Margaret Hoover, Deroy Murdock, Kevin McCullough and Andrew Wilkow as well as people from the crowd.

Part 1

Part 2

Pictures of the band and some extras of the crowd:

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Much thanks to Atlas Shrugs for posting Red Squirrel’s pictures post haste while busy going through all the  pictures and video.

Take Cynthia McKinney: PLEASE! (video)

The clowns from the International Action Center ( Ramsey Clark) were out on the streets Wednesday, July 1 , carrying on about a ‘kidnapping’ . Across from the Israeli Consulate (that they oh so coyly call the Israeli “Mission” )But…. since their Prez (Hussein) refuses to recognize Constitutional governments…why should they (good little Commies ALL)

So… here’s a video the TSM captured of the festivities .

Billed by the IAC as: EMERGENCY: Take Action Now – Demand the Release of Cynthia McKinney

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FYI- Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. –Albert Einstein

Former Congresswoman, and professional nut job Cynthia McKinney fits Einstein’s definition perfectly. (Yid With Lid)

For more   “McKinney earns certificate of insanity!”

To paraphrase a popular polka: “I don’t want her . You can have her… She’s too WEIRD for me!”

Remembering Gilad Shalit inTimes Square (and the death of a deeply troubled Rock Star)

Thursday, June 25, 2009- Times Square. 11 AM

From Shalit’s Father: My Son Has only One Wish- His Freedom

Some 2,000 Israelis gathered in front of the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday to mark three years to the day in which Israel Defense Forces Gilad Shalit fell into captivity in a cross-border raid by Gaza-based Palestinian gunmen.

The gathering’s keynote address was delivered by Shalit’s father, Noam. “We stand here today, in front of the prime minister’s office, the Defense Ministry, and the IDF General Staff, in front of those who three years ago, 1,095 days ago, sent Gilad on a mission from which he has not come back until this very day,” Noam Shalit said.

“We are standing here today to serve as a mouthpiece for Gilad, to scream his scream,” Shalit said. “He of course cannot scream from the pit in which he has been held for the last three years. It is doubtful whether he can see any sunlight, smile his sheepish and hesitant smile that was permanently etched on his face.”

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“We came here this evening to express Gilad’s muted yearning, his only wish,” Noam Shalit said. “He asks just one thing from you, the inhabitants across the street – the decision-makers – his freedom.”

The father of Gilad Shalit urged fellow Israelis on Thursday to think of his son’s plight in Hamas captivity, three years after the soldier was snatched from an Israel Defense Forces post by Gaza militants.

“My request today, June 25, 2009, is for every person in the country, man and woman, young and old, to close their eyes for three minutes. Three minutes only, and to wait until these minutes are over, and in this time for everyone to try to think of what my son Gilad is going through,” Noam Shalit told Army Radio.  (snip)

Supporters of the abducted soldier planned to hold a mass demonstration outside Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s office in Tel Aviv on Thursday. Shalit’s parents will declare at the rally the founding of an “army of Gilad Shalit’s friends,” which will lead all efforts aimed at pressing the government over the soldier’s case, Army Radio reported.

Shalit’s brother, for his part, made a new plea to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mark the day.

“Mr. prime minister, I ask of you: Save my brother. Don’t abandon him to an unknown fate. Don’t wait until tomorrow, help Gilad today,” Yoel Shalit said on Army Radio.

“Every day in captivity is life-threatening. Gilad is still alive and it is your responsibility and duty to bring him home.”

Full article here>

All day the Times Square screen scrolled dull headlines…

People were  hanging out in Bloomberg’s Lawnchair Follies:

(Making Times Square a mess)

And the volunteers were great… All day they gathered signed postcards for Gilad’s Father (will post  a card shortly) This event was going til 8 PM

Then, around 5:30 PM (EST) Michael Jackson died…

Times Square became  Easter Island

His death affected everything around the volunteers. Making  an easy approach to passersby (asking them to sign a card for Gilad’s father) no longer so easy ….

People were glued to the headlines and video overhead that scrolled the same thing over and over and OVER….

REMEMBER GALID SHALIT!

HIS BRUTAL KIDNAPPING AND TORTURE .

THREE YEARS —  25,704 HOURS IS TOO LONG!

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“Bernard Madoff, De-Funder of the Left”

So, Bernie gets the maximum: 150 years. Seems right. His wife, his sons, his family….did they really noy have a CLUE regarding their illegal gains?

Difficult to believe, but…okay, we guess the investigation is still open on those questions. Now, pondering this bit of news from NewsReal.Blog, that many Leftards lost mucho-bucks because of Bernie: Can’t help but smile over this bit of news.! And deeply saddened that so many others had to suffer at the same time.

Bernard Madoff, De-Funder of the Left

by matthew vadum

Embezzler Bernard Madoff, who swindled clients out of at least $50 billion, was sentenced to 150 years imprisonment Monday.

Very few media reports have focused on the damage that Madoff did to left-leaning foundations and political causes. I wrote about this topic in the American Spectator in January.

The record-breaking fraud is forcing the closing of the JEHT and Picower foundations, longtime supporters of leftist groups.

Left-wing groups funded by those charities include ACORN (known for its massive voter-fraud campaigns), the Center for Constitutional Rights (a pro-Castro member of the open borders lobby), and Alliance for Justice (which supports habeas corpus protections for terror suspects).

The Picower Foundation had the bad luck to choose Madoff to manage its more than $1 billion in assets. It has funded abortion groups, including NARAL ($3.2 million), Center for Reproductive Rights ($2.5 million), Planned Parenthood ($2.4 million), and Center for Reproductive Law and Policy ($625,000)–all of which advocate taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand. It also gave $2.9 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which smears conservatives who question racial preference programs, and  $200,000 to Project Vote, which part of the corrupt ACORN network.

The JEHT Foundation, which stands for Justice, Equality, Human dignity and Tolerance, has given away more than $72 million in grants since heiress and Democratic donor Jeanne Levy-Church founded it in 2000.

JEHT gave $1.7 million to the ACLU and its foundation, along with $839,500 to the ultra-leftist public interest law firm, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which helped to convince the Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush (2008) to confer habeas corpus rights for the first time in history on alien enemies detained abroad by the U.S. military in wartime. The decision gives terrorists a green light to manipulate our justice system and flout the well-established laws of civilized warfare.

JEHT gave $250,000 to the American Institute for Social Justice, an ACORN affiliate. The Saul Alinsky-inspired Institute trains community organizers and in recent years has served as a shadowy financial clearinghouse, directing $9 million to ACORN and two of its other affiliates.

JEHT gave $55,000 to Nan Aron’s Alliance for Justice, a group that systematically distorts conservative judges’ records in an effort to block their elevation to higher courts. You may remember the Alliance helped to torpedo the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork in 1987 and nearly succeeded in “borking” Clarence Thomas in 1991. More recently, the group fought President Bush’s nominations of Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen to federal courts.

JEHT also gave more than $4.2 million to the Tides Foundation and its affiliates. Tides funds abortion rights advocacy, environmental extremism, anti-war activism, gun control, and opposes free trade.

(Still smiling? This was a bright light in the midst of these dark times,  knowing such vile “organizatioons”  lost some “moneh”!)

Obama’s ‘Outreach to Muslims’ Prompts Mass Koran Distribution

From Israel National News:

“The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose officials in the past have been convicted for being associated with Muslim terrorist groups, said it will announce at a news conference Tuesday that it is launching an “education campaign” and will distribute 100,000 copies of the Koran to local, state and national leaders. The books will provide an English translation and commentary.

CAIR said the distribution is prompted by U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent speech in Cairo, in which he said he wants to reach out to Muslims throughout the world.”

So, what do YOU plan on doing with your ‘free’ Koran…compliments of CAIR:

“Through this ground-breaking outreach initiative, we hope not only to educate policy-makers and opinion leaders about Islam, but also to provide an opportunity for American Muslims to reach out to their fellow citizens of other faiths,” said CAIR board chairman, North Carolina State Senator Larry Shaw.

However, the New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has charged that CAIR is a product of the Islamic Association for Palestine, and other media have accused it of promoting militant Muslim views.

CAIR previously has been funded in part by the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, some of whose former officials recently were convicted for funneling money to terrorist groups.”

(and remember our soldiers were told they’re not permitted to have a personal Bible in their possession…that might FORCE someone to become a Christian…in say, Saudi Arabia or…wherever….)

Why don’t we all plan to thank CAIR with a mass day of FLUSHING!! (ya…that’s the ticket)

Hat tip Free Republic

Looking For Freedom in Battery Park

June 27, 2009….Went to Battery Park looking for a rally that was in Support of the brave Iranian people and not hosted by the Communist Party USA.. Never found them, but found people from all of the world celebrating Lady Liberty and the land of the Free! This is part 1 of what will be two short videos. (It was a beautiful day in Manhattan)

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