Hog Heaven: A Million Bikers Roar in DC on 911 vs Five Muslim March “We’re here for 9-11,” said national ride coordinator Belinda Bee. “We are going to have a peaceful ride. … But there are people who are sick and tired of their rights and liberties being taken away.” Bikers I am sure you, too, loved the symbolism of 2 million hogs descending on DC to counter the Million Muslim March on 9/11. While we were gathering at Ground Zero in NYC, close to a million bikers roared into DC to show their love of country on 911. The Million Muslim March. Not so march. I heard only five Muslim supremacists showed up. But that is not surprising. They have no popular support. They work the politicians and the media. The people mean little, the power means everything. What is appalling is that the five Muslim march got all the media but the bikers got little to none. The enemedia strikes again on 911. “We’re here for 9-11,” said national ride coordinator Belinda Bee. “We are going to have a peaceful ride. … But there are people who are sick and tired of their rights and liberties being taken away.” The National Park Service has denied any political motivation for refusing the permit, which ride organizers sought last month. The Park Service earlier this year granted a permit to a Muslim group planning a rally Wednesday to call attention to social justice issues. The American Muslim Political Action Committee has scheduled a rally to draw attention to what they call unfair fear of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Ms. Bee said the ride was originally set up to counter the rally and show respect for the victims of that day. Dan O’Brien, 54, of Mansfield, Ohio, said he had been “looking for a ride like this” to honor the Sept. 11 victims, but the rally also spurred him to join. “This is very disgraceful,” he said. “They picked a day precious to the United States and its citizens.” (more here ) Screen Shot 2013-09-12 at 3.53.51 PM Atlas reader Denise Lee was there. Here are her observations. "..... the place was absolutely packed and at least a mile long. I interviewed several of the bikers later in the day and one guy told me that as of 10:00am that morning there were 56,000 bikers riding. Another one said that there were 200,000 present at the Harley Davidson staging area. Park police confirmed the number at 880,000 bikers riding through the city yesterday. Information during the day was sketchy because the police created a state of confusion, no doubt at the command of some higher power. Many of the bikers I talked to expressed their frustration at not being able to get into the city to ride all together. One biker told me that the police would not let them leave the Harley shop unless they went on the Beltway. For those not familiar with our I-495 Beltway, picture Washington, D.C. as a diamond in the middle of a big somewhat irregular circle. To the right of the diamond is Maryland; to the left is Virginia. To send someone who is not from here towards the Beltway when they are trying to get downtown is just plain cruel. Washington, D.C. is one of the craziest cities you’ll ever drive in. It has parallel and perpendicular streets but with diagonal ones coming at you from strange angles. And to add to the fun many of them are one way. One guy told me that the police had sent several groups of bikers to various locations that ended nowhere. The bitterness in this man’s story was telling. I could feel the frustration of a patriot who came from very far away and came to support the cause but was sent on a wild goose chase. And to top it off the heat index yesterday was 98 degrees. My friends brought their camcorders to video the ride and the march and to record interviews with different people that attended. We had plans to interview and record Muslims who were marching and ask them what their grievances were but we never got the chance. We searched for the millions of Muslims but in the end, I never saw any. One of my friends who came from Florida said he had seen a total of five Muslims (count them, FIVE!) down near the Washington Monument around noon. He did get this on video. One of them was MD Rabbi Allam, the organizer of the Million Muslim March, later changed to the Million American March Against Fear because the first title sounded so ominous. He was with Cornel West, who later joined a couple dozen hippy, dippy 9/11 Truthers. In fact at one point I heard that the total count for the Muslims was around twenty five but in observing the march that did take place it was a Truther march, not a Muslim one. My friends and I split up and went in search of the Muslim March. We were up near the Capitol Building off of 3rd Street. We watched for a couple of hours for the Muslims to come marching up from further down the mall but they never showed. At one point, probably a little after 3:00pm, we heard sirens and saw a lot of police activity and flashing lights and thought this was finally them, going north on 3rd Street. But what we saw behind all the hoopla was the 9/11 Truthers with a bunch of hippies carrying a yellow banner. And the police were all over the place. There were dozens and dozens of them, in fact, there were more cops than there were marchers. I saw police on horseback, police in cars, police in emergency vehicles and policemen surrounding the Truthers as they spoke under a couple of large trees. I was wondering what the police thought was going to happen. It was overkill to say the least. The bikers I talked to were all polite, well-mannered and well behaved. Their worst offence was being cranky at what they rightfully felt was a lack of communication brought on by D.C. refusing to grant their permit for a non-stop ride-thru and the bikers not trusting them so they didn’t update their Facebook page to let everybody know what would happen during the day. One biker told me that in the end there was some sort of permit issued at the last minute and they did have a police escort into the city in the morning. But that memo did not get to everybody and so some of the bikers felt that the ride through town was not as impressive as it could have been. But I was impressed. I talked to bikers who came from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. One group came from near Austin, Texas and another all the way from Toronto. There were bikers from Michigan and Ohio, and those were just the ones I talked to. And the one thing that they all had in common is they came to stand up for freedom and denounce the Muslim takeover of the remembrance day that is 9/11. Over and over again I heard the bikers say that if the Muslims wanted to march that was fine, just NOT ON THIS DAY. They talked about preserving our freedom and had no use for our current administration. And President Obama might want to sit up and take note because these people were able to put together a grassroots effort within about a month and get almost a million bikers here on very short notice. That was the measure of their resolve. The Muslims were only able to muster five, and I don’t know about you but that really makes me angry. How much money was spent on security and extra police for their march and who has to pay for that when they don’t show up? (Yeah, I know…you and me.) Since the beginning of this year we’ve heard this hype that there would be a million Muslims marching on the mall on 9/11. Did they just say they would get all those people downtown with no intention of doing it? Is the news media so in their back pocket that they can snap their fingers and they will spread whatever misinformation the Muslims want them to? Or in their arrogance do they believe that they can just lie and that everyone will believe them? (I believe they call that assuming the sale.) Unfortunately for them, yesterday was an epic fail for the Muslim narrative because in the end the bikers successfully took back the day. What I saw yesterday was determination, resolve and lots of talk of taking our country back. And the bikers proved they meant business just by showing up. How many of them had to take time off from work and drive for many multiple hours to get here? One gentleman told me that his thumbs weren’t working anymore because he had been riding for twenty-one hours and holding the handlebars for that long made them useless. And yet he came and stood with us anyway. I think yesterday proved we need to take what Muslims say with a grain of salt and not let them fool us into thinking they are more powerful than they really are. I understand that they are relentless in their quest to establish a world-wide Caliphate and make Islam the only religion on the planet, subjecting all people to their will, and that we need to be vigilant and make sure that the Constitution remains the supreme law of the land. But it also proved something I have been suspecting for a long time, that there are many, many Americans that love this country and will stand and fight to protect the freedoms we’ve enjoyed for so long when the time is right. I saw a glimpse of that American Spirit yesterday and I am heartened that many of the bikers said they will be back next year on 9/11 and keep that day a day of remembrance for a war that started twelve years ago. If I had to put some money on it, I’m betting that the organizers of the 2 Million Biker Ride are downtown today, getting their permit for next year’s ride on September 11, 2014. Only this time, they will have a whole year to plan for it."

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Hog Heaven: A Million Bikers Roar in DC on 911 vs Five Muslim March

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“We’re here for 9-11,” said national ride coordinator Belinda Bee. “We are going to have a peaceful ride. … But there are people who are sick and tired of their rights and liberties being taken away.”

I am sure you, too, loved the symbolism of 2 million hogs descending on DC to counter the Million Muslim March on 9/11. 

While we were gathering at Ground Zero in NYC, close to a million bikers roared into DC to show their love of country on 911.

The Million Muslim March. Not so march. I heard only five Muslim supremacists showed up. But that is not surprising. They have no popular support. They work the politicians and the media. The people mean little, the power means everything. 

What is appalling is that the five Muslim march got all the media but the bikers got little to none. The enemedia strikes again on 911.

“We’re here for 9-11,” said national ride coordinator Belinda Bee. “We are going to have a peaceful ride. … But there are people who are sick and tired of their rights and liberties being taken away.”

The National Park Service has denied any political motivation for refusing the permit, which ride organizers sought last month. The Park Service earlier this year granted a permit to a Muslim group planning a rally Wednesday to call attention to social justice issues.

The American Muslim Political Action Committee has scheduled a rally to draw attention to what they call unfair fear of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Ms. Bee said the ride was originally set up to counter the rally and show respect for the victims of that day.

Dan O’Brien, 54, of Mansfield, Ohio, said he had been “looking for a ride like this” to honor the Sept. 11 victims, but the rally also spurred him to join.

“This is very disgraceful,” he said. “They picked a day precious to the United States and its citizens.” (more  here )

Atlas reader Denise Lee was there. Here are her observations.  

"..... the place was absolutely packed and at least a mile long. I interviewed several of the bikers later in the day and one guy told me that as of 10:00am that morning there were 56,000 bikers riding. Another one said that there were 200,000 present at the Harley Davidson staging area. Park police confirmed the number at 880,000 bikers riding through the city yesterday. Information during the day was sketchy because the police created a state of confusion, no doubt at the command of some higher power. Many of the bikers I talked to expressed their frustration at not being able to get into the city to ride all together. One biker told me that the police would not let them leave the Harley shop unless they went on the Beltway. For those not familiar with our I-495 Beltway, picture Washington, D.C. as a diamond in the middle of a big somewhat irregular circle. To the right of the diamond is Maryland; to the left is Virginia. To send someone who is not from here towards the Beltway when they are trying to get downtown is just plain cruel. Washington, D.C. is one of the craziest cities you’ll ever drive in. It has parallel and perpendicular streets but with diagonal ones coming at you from strange angles. And to add to the fun many of them are one way. One guy told me that the police had sent several groups of bikers to various locations that ended nowhere. The bitterness in this man’s story was telling. I could feel the frustration of a patriot who came from very far away and came to support the cause but was sent on a wild goose chase. And to top it off the heat index yesterday was 98 degrees.

My friends brought their camcorders to video the ride and the march and to record interviews with different people that attended. We had plans to interview and record Muslims who were marching and ask them what their grievances were but we never got the chance. We searched for the millions of Muslims but in the end, I never saw any. One of my friends who came from Florida said he had seen a total of five Muslims (count them, FIVE!) down near the Washington Monument around noon. He did get this on video. One of them was MD Rabbi Allam, the organizer of the Million Muslim March, later changed to the Million American March Against Fear because the first title sounded so ominous. He was with Cornel West, who later joined a couple dozen hippy, dippy 9/11 Truthers. In fact at one point I heard that the total count for the Muslims was around twenty five but in observing the march that did take place it was a Truther march, not a Muslim one. 

My friends and I split up and went in search of the Muslim March. We were up near the Capitol Building off of 3^rd Street. We watched for a couple of hours for the Muslims to come marching up from further down the mall but they never showed. At one point, probably a little after 3:00pm, we heard sirens and saw a lot of police activity and flashing lights and thought this was finally them, going north on 3^rd Street. But what we saw behind all the hoopla was the 9/11 Truthers with a bunch of hippies carrying a yellow banner. And the police were all over the place. There were dozens and dozens of them, in fact, there were more cops than there were marchers. I saw police on horseback, police in cars, police in emergency vehicles and policemen surrounding the Truthers as they spoke under a couple of large trees. I was wondering what the police thought was going to happen. It was overkill to say the least. 

The bikers I talked to were all polite, well-mannered and well behaved. Their worst offence was being cranky at what they rightfully felt was a lack of communication brought on by D.C. refusing to grant their permit for a non-stop ride-thru and the bikers not trusting them so they didn’t update their Facebook page to let everybody know what would happen during the day. One biker told me that in the end there was some sort of permit issued at the last minute and they did have a police escort into the city in the morning. But that memo did not get to everybody and so some of the bikers felt that the ride through town was not as impressive as it could have been.

But I was impressed. I talked to bikers who came from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. One group came from near Austin, Texas and another all the way from Toronto. There were bikers from Michigan and Ohio, and those were just the ones I talked to.  And the one thing that they all had in common is they came to stand up for freedom and denounce the Muslim takeover of the remembrance day that is 9/11. Over and over again I heard the bikers say that if the Muslims wanted to march that was fine, just NOT ON THIS DAY. They talked about preserving our freedom and had no use for our current administration. And President Obama might want to sit up and take note because these people were able to put together a grassroots effort within about a month and get almost a million bikers here on very short notice. That was the measure of their resolve. 

The Muslims were only able to muster five, and I don’t know about you but that really makes me angry. How much money was spent on security and extra police for their march and who has to pay for that when they don’t show up? (Yeah, I know…you and me.) Since the beginning of this year we’ve heard this hype that there would be a million Muslims marching on the mall on 9/11. Did they just say they would get all those people downtown with no intention of doing it? Is the news media so in their back pocket that they can snap their fingers and they will spread whatever misinformation the Muslims want them to? Or in their arrogance do they believe that they can just lie and that everyone will believe them? (I believe they call that assuming the sale.)

 Unfortunately for them, yesterday was an epic fail for the Muslim narrative because in the end the bikers successfully took back the day. 

What I saw yesterday was determination, resolve and lots of talk of taking our country back. And the bikers proved they meant business just by showing up. How many of them had to take time off from work and drive for many multiple hours to get here? One gentleman told me that his thumbs weren’t working anymore because he had been riding for twenty-one hours and holding the handlebars for that long made them useless. And yet he came and stood with us anyway. 

I think yesterday proved we need to take what Muslims say with a grain of salt and not let them fool us into thinking they are more powerful than they really are. I understand that they are relentless in their quest to establish a world-wide Caliphate and make Islam the only religion on the planet, subjecting all people to their will, and that we need to be vigilant and make sure that the Constitution remains the supreme law of the land. But it also proved something I have been suspecting for a long time, that there are many, many Americans that love this country and will stand and fight to protect the freedoms we’ve enjoyed for so long when the time is right. I saw a glimpse of that American Spirit yesterday and I am heartened that many of the bikers said they will be back next year on 9/11 and keep that day a day of remembrance for a war that started twelve years ago. If I had to put some money on it, I’m betting that the organizers of the 2 Million Biker Ride are downtown today, getting their permit for next year’s ride on September 11, 2014. Only this time, they will have a whole year to plan for it."