Local News Coverage TechnicianOnline Picture of a protest Daily Tar Heel 1360 WCHL More Report Links (NC) Bubba's Report Tony's Report Chuck's Report                 Additional reports, comments and photos of this mission will be added as they are submitted and approved. Submit your reports and comments to webmaster @ gatheringofeaglesnc.org November 15, 2007 Chapel Hill, NC Report by Tony, Orange County Coordinator I arrived at 2, and hour before I advertised people to show up… only to find I’d been beaten by half a dozen patriots! The plan was simple- set up along the road to make our presence known, and fall back to the recruiting center when the moonbats got close. I was pleasantly surprised with the number of honks, waves, and salutes, given that we were in Chapel Hill! It restored a bit of faith in the world. By the time things got going we had 27 by my count, they were at about 50. About 45 minutes later I was introduced via the police to a very nice woman (whose name escapes me!) who was the owner of the shopping center in which the recruiting center was located. Her official position was to remain neutral between sides, but we all had a very nice chat, and she told us most of her family are vets! The good and the bad news: no one was allowed to protest on the property, them or us. The police drew lines on the sidewalk (not literally) for "them" and "us" and told us to stay put. We asked what would happen should SDS turn down Estes and try to enter through the back of the center- the police told us not to worry, and we’d cross that if it happened. Sure enough, that’s what they did, defying police orders and entering the back of the shopping center into the parking lot, where they were surrounded by squad cars. Our side showed hurculean reserve in staying put while we negotiated for a spot closer to the communists. But permission was eventually granted, and we went around the corder behind the moonbats, who did a quick 180 while we engaged in dialogue. They still looked pretty cocky. Then one of the officers explained the lines again. "You can come up to this line of cars" he said with a HUGE grin! And we certainly did, rushing forward like a tidal wave. The tone of their protest changed drastically- they looked simply terrified. It didn’t take long for them to tell the police they wanted out, as they were now trapped between us and a police blockade. The police moved us over to the side, and they had to run a nice gauntlet to get out. At this point I stopped to talk to some press. One woman came by and asked if they were from the papers, and they said yes. "They treated me very badly" she said "calling me all kinds of names. They called me a communist!" I said "But SDS is a communist organization." "I know" she said "but it was the tone!" I realzed she was hopeless, and we back around the corner where our guys had chased them down the street. "Where’d they go?" I asked the cops. There wasn’t a single moonbat left, after only just a few minutes with the reporters. "They got a free ride out of here!" he said. Appearantly they were "escorted" out by police and jumped the first transit bus back to campus! We celebrated, and talked to some of Chapel Hill’s finest for quite a while. After a bite at El Rodeo next door, a bunch of us went over to the recruiting office. It had been closed during the protest, but was now manned again, so we thanked the recruiters for their service (and they thanked us for watching their back!) So in summary, as Bubba said… "They had a miserable time, and we had a ball!" No harm came to the recruiting center, because the didn’t even get to the door! And we got our message out to quite a lot of people, and picked up several new recruits (including one of the officers). A success 110%! Thanks again to everyone who turned out, it was amazing! Eagles up!