After Action Freep A.N.S.W.E.R. AUSTIN TX 3/20/04

3/20/04 | the Bat Lady

[The Bat Lady]

I kept hearing about the A.N.S.W.E.R .having rallies in 200 cities around the world. Austin, TX was one of the ones listed on their website. No details were posted but I planned to go for weeks.

Gracey had the details and instead of being at the State Capitol, they were meeting at a park and marching 2 miles to end up right across the street from the police station.

I heard most of the other H.O.T. Chapter were going to Crawford after the leftists finished in Austin and bus-pooled to Crawford. I couldn't make that trip so just decided to do the Austin leg.

[exit82]

Way to go,Bat Lady!

Thanks for standing for truth and honor and for America today.

Loved your commenabout bing 2 vs. 200 and wanting to shout--"We have you surrounded"

Priceless!

[The Bat Lady]

I'm back from a GREAT dinner and here is more of the story.

Before the biggest crowd of them showed up, when I was still the only one.... several people came by to look at the sign and one guy (mid-east looking) had several flags.

I asked him what they were and he said Iraqi and Palestine. I couldn't believe it but he went across the street and unfurled them for thier side.

He stated empatically stated he was against all war.
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo and the 1st Gulf War.

I said well at least you are consistant.

Gotta admire that, but I wonder now if he ever took to the streets when Clinton went into Bosnia and Kosovo?

[The Bat Lady]

I forgot my bat!

[GeronL]

we North Texans are just too lazy to go out and FReep apparently =o)

[Fiddlstix]

He stated empatically stated he was against all war.
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo and the 1st Gulf War.

[The Bat Lady]

Had a leftist reporter wearing a PNN (Pentagon News Network) shirt on and don't think he liked it that I didn't laugh right away. He asked if he could talk to me and I said well Im an oppressed woman with no schooling so what would I know ... but sure.

He said that it wasn't true that Iraq was better off. His "facts" the electric and water aren't as good as I think.

I said I didn't accept his "facts" because I'm reading
soldiers blogs and they say different. Are they lying?

Well they just are telling the whole story.

I asked if it was not true that schools and clinics were being opened in the hundreds and thousands. Well he has been to Iraq qand he brought back a school teacher and her son who was shot with scrapnel from a US missle? or bomb? not clear but then he didn't finish the story.

Bush actually killed more people than Saddam. I asked how and he said the sanctions. Oh but if Saddam had followed the rules, then the sanctions would have been lifted.

I asked if Saddams palaces could have bought the people more comforts and he said he had seen them and it just wouldn't have been enough to really help the people out if he had spent that money on the people instead.

Then he started in about how good the UN was, and I said the UN was a pretty good debate team of dictators and he said not that part, the UNICEF program, the food program helped out more..... I said the OIL for food that Kofi was being paid off with and he said it was nice talking to me and moved on across the street.

Good Riddence!

[The Bat Lady]

Then after WOSG was there, we were just chatting and a girl walked by wearing a Kuchinch shirt. I recognised her. I had people holding candidate signs outside my polls for the primary and she was holding a kuchinch sign and was running against the Dem. precinct chair in my precinct. She would be my counterpart in the precinct. She is really nice gal but hasn't studied enough to know to know about economics, history etc. but she is enthusiatic. She of course went to the other side.

[The Bat Lady]

Then there was the kid who took lots of digital and then talked for a while and then we parted I'm sure he didn't believe a word but he was nice about it. I told him, he was a gentleman during his interview. I didn't keep notes about that one, but he had "facts" that totally didn't sound right to me, and couldn't back up where they came from, then changed the subject.

[The Bat Lady]

So did you name yourself after the Congress Street Bridge bats?

LOL Sort of, I have been a rehabber of the bats in Austin for about 16 years. So when I signed up on FR and they asked what I was known as, I put in the Bat lady. That is what everyone called me when I went to pick up the bat they had found.

[Bob J]

Good work Bat Lady! Keep your powder dry and let's gear up for the "National Day of Vigilance Against Terrorism" on Sept 11!

[bluesagewoman]

Sounds like you had a busy day! Thank you for facing off with the peaceniks.

[WVNan]

Thank you for your service for the "right."

[ladyinred]

Bush actually killed more people than Saddam. I asked how and he said the sanctions. Oh but if Saddam had followed the rules, then the sanctions would have been lifted.

Is this "reporter" really this stupid? I would have laughed in his face for this comment. Sheesh, we need to encourage a mass exodus for these anarchists. They would be much happier living in Iran or Syria or someplace like that I am sure! (Or Cuba!)

[exit82]

And this is a "reporter"?

My head would have exploded!

Good thing you were more gracious.

[DrewsDad]

Great Work Bat Lady and others. Thank you for correcting the appeaseniks.

I took my parents to the Houston aquarium yesterday and saw a few protestors(less than 50) from over a block away. There was a lot of construction in the area, so it was hard enough getting to the aquarium, much less talking my folks into driving by so I could yell at them. About all I could do was give a few stragglers a thumbsdown. I think most of the HAT chapter was in S.A. shooting and didn't see any counterprotests organized.

Did anyone move on to Crawford?

[SandRat]

I wonder now if he ever took to the streets when Clinton went into Bosnia and Kosovo?

Count on it not happening. This scum never protests a "Fellow Traveler."

[WOSG]

The camera guy was from "IndieMedia". Guy named Eric. I was able to give a 5 minute defense on the war.

My report. I showed up to join Bat Lady at 10:40am,
with many signs, some nicely laminated:
Visualize World Freedom
World Freedom: Now Iraq, Next N Korea, Cuba, Iran, ...
We Support our Troops, our Cops, PResident Bush
God Bless our Troops, our COps, PResident Bush
Want Peace? Defeat Terrorism.

A great collection - I just needed folks to carry them!

As Bat Lady said, I'd estimate the leftist crowd at about 200. the main leftist rally went from 11am to 12 noon, I was there about 10:40am to 12:20. They were partly protesting the 'police brutality' of incidents in recent years, and reused a sign they'd used in previous protests on it. Most of the leftists were real dregs of society types, young unwashed. We were on the other side of the street from the leftists protesting and behind the stage, so we didnt get to hear what they had to say - good for my blood pressure.

We had a few 'guests' show up on our corner. One woman though she was being smart by having a "war=terrorism" sign. to complement my "WANT PEACE? DEFEAT TERRORISM" Sign.
Gave me an opportunity to ask stuff like "So, D-Day and attacking Hitler, that was an act of terrorism, eh?" and "So if war is terrorism, then terrorism is war. So that means 9/11 was an act of war. huh." She didnt reply ... but we had a few others come by and try to engage. I had a few 'conversations'.


At one point one of the police officers interjected to 'break up' our conversation that was becoming a bit heated. An anti-capitalist leftist was trying to lecture about all the problems in east autin and we dont have real democracy blah blah blah.

And BatLady, what the heck was that guy dressed like a cat with the shopping cart supposed to be? Some


an airhead from "American Friends Service Committee" with another anti-US slogan (or was it 'stop police brutality' - I asked if they supported stopping the police brutality of Saddam Hussein) engaged in lengthy discussion.

She spewed the usual are we going to drop bombs on every dictator. I said, "Name a dictator in power today worse than Saddam Hussein?" She was clueless and was asking her friends
"Help me, name one ofhtose African dictators" ... "Idi Amin" "He's dead" I said. It was laughable.
"okay, how would you liberate North Korea from their communist dictator?"
"Well I am riding my bike and not using oil."
"Which does absolutely nothing to help the people of North Korea"
She said, well I dont know much about north korea so let's talk about the middle east.
she thought I was "closed-minded" because I could readily refute everything she spewed, she insisted I give her time to make her case, and when I said "Okay, you have one minute and started looking at my watch, she whined "you are not listening to me." Goodness, I feel sorry for any dude who ends up in a relationship with her, 10 minutes with her,
and she was already a nag.

The leftists have a pretty hermetically seal world-view, they actually dont understand the concept of differences of opinion and think if only we would unlearn the stuff we know we'd come to their way of thinking.

I used a question to another leftie "Name a country you would rather live in than the United States?"
They came up emtpy-handed.

It was okay to have 4 of us, with 4 of us and 200 of them, we were pretty well matched. But it would be nice to have a bigger crowd. 10 or so would have really made a difference!

Neither we nor the leftists made the papers much. The AAS had an inside metro/state article on Crawford Texas, they mentioned in several paragaphs some locals who were upset with them, but no mention of freepers.

[WOSG]

No, they dont protest the UN imperialism or any leftist brutality, but when I asked a leftist "what about Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo?" I did get a leftist to concede that "Clinton was an imperialist too".

[WOSG]

They only admit stuff when backed into a rhetorical corner.

Watch how they act. Overall, the international left had NO PROBLEM with military adventures that ADVANCED UN POWER OR GLOBAL SOCIALISM. None. There were zero protests over Kosovo.

But the point at least may help some of the dupes to wake up.

[Trteamer]

I put on the Burka and grabbed my sign.... BUY MY OIL AND FREE MY PEOPLE, WHAT A DEAL! and the flip side VISULIZE LOSING THE WAR

Way to go! FReeping the lefties is so much fun! Keep it up.