Austin Rally 3/30/03 after action report

3/30/03 | The Bat Lady

[The Bat Lady]

Finally the south steps of the Capitol in Austin TX. were covered with American flags and support the troops signs. Lots of support for President Bush. It was thrilling after so long of just a few of us meeting to support the troops to see the place covered with flags, cheering people and many saying we won't be silent any more.

[austinTparty]

Wow, you looked great! Way to go Austin FReepers!

[The UnVeiled Lady]

thanks for that info, I called his recorder AND AGAIN TO the station manager. Said that I expect to have accurate news from foxnews. count them accurately and then count us accurately. This is America that is what we expect is fair and balanced but if I can't get it from Fox I will go somewhere else to find it.

[jrawk]

It also matters what time the reporter asked officials, or the state police. If it was at 2:50 it might have been 1,000. If it was at 4:00 it was more like 3,000. If was total visits all day, it could be more like 5,000.

-- lares

[Houmatt]

And here are my pics, specially selected by yours truly:

Welcome to Austin!

The crowd begins to form.

A sea of flags.

See the woman in the front with the backpack? She was covering the event for the BBC!

The guy wearing the white polo shirt with the "God bless our troops" sign is the Mike I mentioned in an earlier post.

Which brings me to this, in case anybody asks why we are fighting....

(My apologies to the girl holding this picture, as I forgot her name.)

[Gracey]

Great job with the rally....

Thanks. It was a good rally, GREAT crowd... per petroniDE at least 3000, and a noisy crowd to boot. Hope we have more in the future. :-)

[Gracey]

Thanks dear FRiend. I miss you. Wish you could have been there.

[Gracey]

Thanks for your "colorful" summation.

We surely appreciate the HAT's for coming our way. Hopefully we can reciprocate, sometime. Love your sign. Did you check out the video post #31?

[Gracey]

Great Pic TD, Didn't know there were two of you TBLady.

[Gracey]

About 1,000 (5000) people dressed in red, white and blue rallied... I bet your estimation is closer to being correct. Thanks again Petro for all you did. You're a real Texas Trooper.

[Gracey]

ping.... for calling Fox later

[Gracey]

BTW, this was NOT FoxNews. It's our local fox channel. There is a difference.

[Gracey]

GREAT pics. Thanks for posting. That young girl's sign is awesome. She's right. We better not forget.

[LurkerNoMore!]

Anyway, you should have taken the weekend off to go to the rally.

Another reason to take a weekend off!

[SerpentDove]

Just for you!

:-)

[LurkerNoMore!]

*LOL*

[bekka]

Unfortunately, I had my eye on the reporter for Fox News 7 while he was broadcasting during the rally (as I was hoping they would get my sign). He was standing to the right of the speakers for the pa system up close to the Capitol building on the walkway. He definitely was doing his report during the prime time speeches when the crowd was large. At that time, when the people in the very rear of the crowd yelled they were so far back it actually echoed! The guy had to know there were thousands there -- not hundreds. Do I smell a rat!!

[Libertina]

Nice post Bat Lady and I appreciate the ping! It looks as if you all had a wonderful rally.
LIBERTY IS FOR EVERYONE

[Gracey]

Miss your beautiful presence around these parts :-)

[Gracey]

Now I have your handle, your "real" name and your face all together. Thanks for all you do, dear gal. Pleasure to meet you yesterday.