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Labor
Day Parade 2012 “I
WANT A JOB!” September
3, 2012 Written by
Angela Michael
This parade is about honoring our men and
women in the workforce, but amidst the fact that over 23 million men and
women in our nation are unemployed, it is was more like a funeral... That seemed to be the distinguishing feature at
this year’s annual Labor Day parade in
An out-of -work machinist was grabbing the attention
as we stood in a police-protected area with our pro-life banners and
signs along the parade route. At first, the arriving officers drove up
to us like a bunch of wild-eyed cowboys as we were setting up. The lead
officer shouted at us to not obscure the sidewalk. “Excuse
me, it’s a banner, officer.” I
told Daniel to start video taping. Their mood changed; the officer
seemed to have calmed down and told us to let him know if anyone
harassed or said anything to us as during the parade.
With a loud cannon “BOOM!” the union-laced parade
began. A few parade goers
sitting along the parade route yelled at us and cursed us for being
there. Some spectators came over and wanted their pictures taken with
us, asking how to get on our mailing list. We
handed them campaign literature. Not
only did we have our graphic signs, but also our “Stop
Abortion in
One woman stepped from her group and thanked us. She told
us that when the abortion mill came to this town, she fought almost
single handedly to stop its efforts. “You see now what it is,” she
said. “Keep fighting for us!” and she ran to catch up with the
parade. The other notable thing was that there were only two, small OBAMA
signs. The groups of union members were down also: same entries at
that and smaller numbers as well as the same foul language in front of
kids. Now, they were upset with our signs, but it was okay to call us
“M****r
F*****s” in front of
those same kids.
At different intervals, some of the mothers who had children
in the parade decided to educate their child on our graphic signs. They
pointed out that they were babies and what happened to them. This was
great. These parents told them the truth. Praise God!
A
We noticed the parade was not as full as in years past, but
especially the lack of support for President Obama as only two OBAMA
signs were noted and held by children.
Wow! Even the unions are distancing themselves from Mr. Obama. At
different times, several of the entrants screamed at us, “You should be ashamed of
yourselves.” However,
overall we received more positive comments, “This
needed to be said,” and thank you’s for being there. An out-of-work machinist
stole the show as he kept yelling at his former union buddies, “I need a job!” That
seemed to be the undercurrent in this parade as the current
administration keeps insisting that they’ve created so many thousands
of jobs. Well, maybe if you are with the auto industry or the highway
construction workers (all union of course) or if you are entitled to be
a government worker, you have a job; Mr. Obama made sure that he took
care of those unions that put him in office. However, stimulus package
can run for only so long. You can’t keep printing money in
The parade barely lasted an hour. Afterwards, we gathered our
signs and banners as Helen picked candy off the street. We then bowed
our heads in prayer to our Lord Jesus and thanked him for this
opportunity to touch some hearts and to remove the scales from their
eyes to see the truth of the abomination that is housed in their fine
city. “Thank
You for Your protection and for the many comments of praise for our
mission this day as we serve You, Lord. In Jesus’ name we pray.”
“It
does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless
minority keen to set brushfires in people’s minds.”
~Samuel Adams
Well, today we were the minority as always. Let us pray that we
set a few sparks in those minds and into action.
“Innocent
blood has a voice, and that voice cries out for justice.”
~Angela |
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