Posted on 10/28/2001 6:42:00 PM PST by DrewsDad
We had a pretty good turnout of Heart of Texas FReepers to counter the Austin, Texas false-peacenik crowd. There were probably up to 20 or so FReepers and associates standing at the corner of 9th and San Jacinto providing a barrage of chants as the several hundred weak(well, a few of them smelled kind of strong) peaceniks passed by to their chosen spot in front of the Federal building.
The camera crews and reporters took notice of us and took lots of footage and interviews. I remember seeing KXAN TV 36 and there were some others as well. We played patriotic music and had numerous chants. We had lots of signs supporting our country, troops, President, and the effort to diminsh the terrorist threat. We had lots of American flags and a couple others(Don't tread on me). We even had a pamphlet to handout to the press and some others.
There were very few law enforcement officers on hand so there were a few verbal confrontations. Some of the socialists decided to park themselves right in the middle of our group to try to disrupt us. The was even a young punk on his bicycle profanely insulting our country between our chants or U.S.A U.S.A. We received numerous honks of support from the passing traffic and had a good time standing up for our great country.
My son Drew(of course) had a great time chanting and waving the flag. He was well overdue for a nap, so we had to leave before the traitor's pow-wow ended. We heard them renouncing the Pledge of Allegiance's inclusion of "Under God" as we passed by on the way to the car. I'll let some of the others fill in some details.
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