October 26, 2009

Brunswick County, North Carolina

Seems like Cindy Sheehan is no longer the darling of Code Pink and must now charge a speaking fee to continue to babble in public to feed her very large ego.

During her recent five-stop tour of North Carolina, Cindy spoke at Brunswick County Community College, which is in the home county of Uncle George & Jamie Samek.

As Gathering of Eagles had bested Cindy in Greensboro and again in Charlotte, I had no intention of letting her slip away without a word from a few Eagles and others!

To my surprise, a local group had formed to counter Cindy, and we stood together to show Cindy this is the wrong place to babble and that Brunswick County, NC, is not Berkeley, California.

We were met by eight police officers who had never seen a protest before and who were ready to maintain law and order. I told them that they would be bored by our protest and would only observe flags, pledges, songs, signs, and, last but not least, a prayer in a public place (with no regard for those who might be offended!).

The police were very professional, and nothing required them to take any action, as this was a peaceful gathering to protest a threat to our troops, whom Cindy claims to support.

Not on our watch! Not here…period !

This newly organized group of 30 military vets and family members held a well-planned protest. I joined them, and the GOE flag flew proudly with the Red, White, and Blue!

The video of Cindy's speaking engagement showed her spending a huge amount of time and effort explaining our presence at the school and why we were not true troop supporters like her.

I am sure that she did not want her small group of 50 supporters to ask her why we were not sitting inside with them.

The local news media published a very fair and balanced report of both sides of this event. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB32DvNaxjg&feature=player_embedded

After the protest, I spoke about GOE and our current Laptops for Wounded Warriors project. We made new friends that night, and Gathering of Eagles made another strike on pure evil within the state of North Carolina.