AFTER ACTION REPORT:Texas Chicken Run FReep

[DrewsDad]

The Heart of Texas Chapter of FreeRepublic.com and many other dedicated Texas FReepers had a great time FReeping the Texas Chicken Run Rally today at the Texas State Capitol. There were probably about 1,000 democrats brought in on luxury buses from all over the state. We had 10-20 FReepers and others there to take them on. Honor Roll includes basil, Gracey, The Bat Lady, hocndoc, CindyDawg and husband, jobshopper and wife, JimNtexas, DeadCorpse, and of course PetroniDE(proudly representing the HAT Chapter). There were several others who joined us including Verona, the "Get us out of U.N." guy, and a few others as well.

There was a high level of confrontation since the rats were upset that we showed up to crash their party and challenge their delusions of keeping in place their "shrewdest gerrymander of the 1990s". One raggedy old man started coming at us pointing his finger and cussing up a storm. Someone said something to the effect of God helping him change, to which he replied, "What god?" Part of the Chicken Run Rally actually included singing "God Bless America", so we were joking that they probably drove off half their audience with that.

The State Capitol Officers didn't make much of an effort of keeping us apart but stepped in a few times when things got really heated. I think Gracey was accused of assaulting some lady that kept pushing her way in to get behind one of our folks being interviewed. I'll let her tell you about it herself.

Several of the democrats decided they had to stand right next to us and try to drown out our chants, but only helped disrupt their official program even more. Some of our chants were, "Just show up for work", "They ran away", a "Where is Thumbkin" rendition naming the Senators who "ran away, ran to Albuquereque", and a few others.

I was probably engaged in a "friendly discussion", but someone mentioned that a small airplane flew over with the banner, "TEXAS HEROES DON'T RUN AWAY". We talked to several reporters(in spite of the disruptors best efforts) and irritated the Albuturkey supporters to no end. News 8 Austin gave us good coverage with DeadCorpse in a "Just show up for work" shouting match with one of the dems, my "Remember the Alamo! Remember Ardmore and Albuquerque? REAL TEXANS Don't Flee the State" sign , a "Please Don't Feed the Chickens", and a "Chicken Dems - Gridlock,Obstruction,Cowardice - Real Texans Don't Run-must be French" sign.

Afterwards, we headed to El Arroyo to feast on chicken and other foods. All Freepers survived and had a good time. It was more confrontational than I would have preferred, but we got our message out. GREAT JOB ALL!!!

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Group Shot

The Bat Lady exposes Moveon.org

Cindydawg, JimNtexas, and hocndoc

Gracey and Verona

basil and DeadCorpse

PetroniDE and jobshopper with the flags

[DrewsDad]

Feel free to add your observations.

[DrewsDad]

Chime in with stories and pics.

[DrewsDad]

Texas checking in.

[MistrX]

Well Done!

[shetlan]

An appreciative, "Thank Y'all!" from Florida.

[hocndoc]

Good job, Drews Dad.
My pictures are at http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/hocndoc

We made noise!!!! Surprisingly, we got a lot of help, as DD said, from the Dems, who inadvertantly added their voices to our efforts to let 'em know we were there.

Please help post my pictures on here, if you know how. And, let me know if I mislabeled any of the pics.

Our message to the runaway 11 was: JUST SHOW UP! And we said it loud and clear.

[humblegunner]

of course PetroniDE(proudly representing the HAT Chapter).

Hooray for our intrepid PetroniDE!

[hocndoc]

The Bat Lady has a thread at
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/961188/posts?page=4

[humblegunner]

Hoo yah!

[The_Victor]

Greatful bump!

Thanks Y'all!

[hocndoc]

Can we post this on Breaking News or Activism?

[Angelwood]

Looks like a great bunch of patriots gathered to greet those who would obstruct and run away from their responsibilities! Great pictures, too!

Gracey, I love the poem on your sign! Hey, basil, you're looking pretty good -- glad I could see you in a current picture at least.

FReep On, H.O.T. Chapter! It's really a treat to see good friends again (bless the Internet).

[The Bat Lady]

Thanks HocNDoc for letting me know there were 2 threads.
I will quit posting there but this is what I had so far

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/961188/posts?page=3

[hocndoc]

Thank you!!
I have no idea who that guy in the chicken D t-shirt is. He was fairly well behaved, but hung around us and got in all the pictures.

Some of the Dems spoke a lot of "demospeak" including those 7 words that used to be illegal. One man even called me a "Whore." I (forgetting who I was talking to) told him, "Well, God bless you for showing up." He demanded to know "What God." and "Which God." I told him "My God." (I mean really, don't they teach these guys anything?)

The next song sang by the Dems was "God Bless America."

That God.

[hocndoc]

I'm so proud of Verona, who says she's a lurker.
She said that she gets tired of the assumptions of the Democrat racists. But she did laugh that no one tried to confront *her* for being there.

Go Freeepers!!!

[Doctor Raoul]

Excellent, excellent. Thanks for FReeping those Chicken Sheets....

[The Bat Lady]

the one sign I did take (moved from other thread)
SIDE ONE
"Why does MoveOn.org have a link to the Communist party site?"

SIDE TWO
"Who do you March with" and then I printed the homepage of CPUSA and it had the link to MoveOn.org right above the ACTION section.

So I said that MoveOn.org is the Action wing of the Communist party of America.

GET THIS!!!! The most common comment was.... So what is wrong with the Communist party.

I said everyone has free speech and so does the Communist party, all I'm saying is that if MoveOn.org has organized the rally and paid for the buses and the music and you are marching with them, I just want you to know.

If you want communism for your children and grandchildren then get out there and fight for it, but be honest about it. Don't let them use your body here for a counting for their purposes, if that is not what you wish.

One girl did take the time to talk calmly and said is the link there as a Communist part or just (I don't know )advertising (can't exactly remember how she put it, and I said well I'm not sure but she said that she will check into it. That is all I ask that you look into WHO you are marching with.

[hocndoc]

BTW, my car thermometer said the temp was 95 in Austin, but it was 104 when I reached the town of Kyle.

That red plane with the "Real Texas Heroes don't run away" sign was fantastic. Who was that?

[The Bat Lady]

The best comment I had from my MoveOn.org sign was this guy who yelled at me the whole time he said this and wouldn't let me speak but GET THIS:

I must be a Communist because I have the word written on my sign and just because MoveOn.org has a link there I'm assuming they are related so I must be one too.

A little twisted logic there but once I realized he didn't want to let me talk, I said OK and just walked away (back to the front of that crowd who wanted to hide us)

[JimNtexas]

This is the first rally I've been to since November 2000. When I came up on the west side of the building, I kind of paused, because there were a lot of Dems around. Just then Drews Dad came up and showed me where the Freepers were. Thanks, DD.

I wish I could have gone to lunch, but I had some work stuff I had to do. It was a lot of fun, and I'll be at any future freeps if I possibly can.

What was up with the altercation that broke out? I saw a DPS trooper run off a demo who was hysterical.

Here is a note I sent to a friend about my impressions of the event:

I just got back from a Freeper counter-protest that was held at the Texas Capitol building during a Democrat party rally to support the Chicken Ds. The Dems bused in about 2000 people, there were about 20 of us Freepers. I had one of the best signs there, I thought.

It was a lot fun, although very, very hot work. My wife told me to wear a hat, but I hate hats so I didn't. I should have.

I have several polite conversations with some Demos, but several members of the Chicken party followed us around screaming four letter words at the top of their lungs. Godwins Law was operating in overdrive.

One guy got right in my face screaming "YOU FAT F**K" over and over. It was just funny, I started laughing and pointed out that while that may be true, it was kind of irrelevant. He kept at, standing literally nose-to-nose with me. I stayed very calm and smiled a lot. I told him that this wasn't the sixth grade playground, and suggested an anger management class.

He finally stormed off, and came back on a bicycle and tried to run over me.

One old lady came up and bopped me with her umbrella.

One Democrat was dragged away by the DPS when he attacked a small female Freeper who was being interviewed.

I was interviewed for the local Time-Warner cable news, but I don't have cable so I won't get to see it.

I bet 200 people took our picture, it was kind of like we were rock stars.

One guy came up and said "Republicans are the War Party!!". "You mean like Korea and Viet Nam?" I asked him. "Yeah" he replied. "I didn't know that Truman, JFK, and Johnson were Republicans" I answered, and he just looked confused.