WHAT THIS PIC FROM THE STAR TELEGRAM DOESN'T SHOW IS THIS WENT ON FOR BLOCKS
NEVER HAVE I BEEN SO PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF ANY ORGANIZATION AS I AM WITH THIS 912 AND TEA PARTY MOVEMENTS.
I WAS ASKED EARLIER IN THE WEEK BY TRAVIS TESELLE IF I WOULD BRING MY MOTOR HOME FOR A COMMAND CENTER AND A PLACE FOR JUDGE NAPOLITANO AND PASTOR BRODEN TO STAY UNTIL THEY WENT ON STAGE, OF COURSE YOU GUYS KNOW ME I'M NEVER GOING TO MISS A CHANCE TO PUT MY TWO CENTS WORTH IN AND I PROMPTLY VOLUNTEERED OUR MOTOR HOME FOR THE JOB. BESIDES TRAVIS HAS BECOME A GOOD FRIEND SINCE THE MOVEMENT STARTED, THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO SAY NO?
ON FRIDAY I WAS GOING EVERY WHICH DIRECTION
#1 ON THE LIST WAS GETTING THE MOTOR HOME A CLEAN AS ITS 10 YEARS WOULD ALLOW, AS A LOT OF YOU KNOW THIS RV JUST WENT THROUGH A MAJOR RENOVATION THIS YEAR, FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND IT HAD FROM LAST NOVEMBERS NASCAR RACES WHEN A 50 CALIBER BULLET CAME THROUGH THE ROOF AND HIT MY WIFE IN THE UPR RIGHT ARM, , WHILE STANDING IN THE KITCHEN, ALMOST A YEAR AND TWO SURGERIES LATER SHE IS DOING GOOD AND THE RV ENDED UP WITH A NEW ROOF, NEW CARPET THROUGH OUT, A NEW FLAT SCREEN TV AND A SATELLITE TRACKER WHICH WE LOVE.
#2 WAS GETTING ALL THE STUFF TOGETHER SINCE THE ARLINGTON / GADSDEN GROUP GROUP WAS GOING TO HAVE A BOOTH AT THE EVENT, I HAD BEEN WAITING ALL WEEK FOR YARD SIGNS TO COME IN FROM APEX SIGNS AND FRIDAY WAS THE PROMISED DAY (NOTE THE FORT WORTH 912 IS HAVING GREAT SUCCESS GETTING NEW MEMBERS WITH YARD SIGNS) , NOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER MET STUART WHO OWNS APPEX, HE IS A CHARACTER, HE IS A TRUE CONSERVATIVE, HIS BUSINESS IS ALSO A ONE MAN SHOW, SO IF SOMEBODY STOPS BY AND TALKS POLITICS WITH HIM WORK STOPS, SO I LEFT HIM ALONE.
ALSO DUE THAT DAY WAS T SHIRTS FOR THE ARLINGTON GROUP SUPPOSEDLY READY AT 7:30PM, THEN THERE WAS THE FLAGS, WE HAD ADDED SOME NEW INVENTORY, I STAGED ALL THE BOXES IN THE GARAGE, THEN STARTED CARRYING ALL THE BOXES OUT TO THE MOTOR HOME AND STORED THEM IN THE BEDROOM, TRIP AFTER TRIP UP AND DOWN THOSE STEPS, NEXT WAS THE STORAGE RACK ON THE BACK OF THE RV, YOU KNOW IT PLUGS INTO THE HITCH ASSEMBLY , NOW THAT THINGS NOT LIGHT, I LUG IT FROM MY STORAGE ROOM IN THE BACK YARD, THEN LAY ON MY BACK, LIFT IT, INSERT AND BANG THE SAFETY PIN IN, WHAT'S IT GOING TO CARRY? 10X10 THE POP UP AWNING, SAME TRIP FROM THE STORAGE BUILDING, DRAGGING IT ACROSS THE GRASS WHERE THE WHEELS HAVE NO EFFECT, IT'S HEAVY DUTY SO IT'S NOT LIGHT EITHER. NEXT WAS BOTTLED WATER, COFFEE FOR THE COFFEE MAKER AND DRINKS IN THE FRIDGE, AFTER I GOT ALL THAT DONE IT WAS 11:30AM, NOT BAD FOR A 61 YEAR OLD WHO'S HAD A HEART ATTACK AND ONE OF THE DEADLIEST CANCERS IN THE WORLD, TYPE II DIABETES AND DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE, YOU CAN BET I WILL PAY A PRICE FOR THIS LATER.
NOW THAT I HAD SOME DOWN TIME, WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL TELLING ME STUFF WAS READY, I WENT TO THE COMPUTER READ A FEW EMAILS AND RESPONDED TO A COUPLE, I THEN GOT TO THINKING, THE ARLINGTON GROUP IS GOING TO CARAVAN FROM ARLINGTON TO FORT WORTH, HOW DO I GET THE MOTOR HOME TO DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AND THEN GET BACK OUT TO ARLINGTON TO LEAD THE CARAVAN? DO I TOW MY CAR? HECK, I'M THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA. ABOUT THAT TIME I HEAR FROM OUR OPERATIONS OFFICER MIKE BEUSCHEL, I MENTIONED MY DILEMMA AND HE VOLUNTEERED TO STEP IN AND LEAD THE CARAVAN, I FELT BAD SINCE IT WAS MY IDEA AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE ARLINGTON GROUP FOR NOT BEING THERE. MIKE SAID LATER, WE HAD OVER 30 CARS AND IT WAS TUFF STAYING TOGETHER, HE DROVE 50 AND STILL COULDN'T KEEP THEM TOGETHER, I CAN SEE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CARAVAN SCHOOL TOO.
THE RAINS CAME
IT WAS RAINING WHEN WE WOKE UP FRIDAY MORNING AND IT LET UP FOR MOST OF THE DAY, BUT MAN WAS IT HUMID. PERIODICALLY I CHECKED THE WEATHER, HOPING THIS WOULD SOMEHOW CLEAR OUT AND AWAY, I SENT EMAILS OUT ENCOURAGING OUR MEMBERS TO STAND FAST DON'T LET WEATHER KEEP THEM FROM ATTENDING THE EVENT, I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT MY MILITARY DAYS WHEN WE STOOD WATCHES IN WIND RAIN, MONSOON TYPE RAIN, OPERATIONS AND FIRE FIGHTS THAT WENT ON FOR DAYS ON END AND OUR YOUNG TROOPS OF TODAY WHO ENDURE THE SAME HARDSHIPS REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER, BUT I KNOW TOO, WE WERE YOUNG THEN, THIS IS DIFFERENT, BUT I KNEW AT THE SAME TIME WHEN VETS READ THAT THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THEY WOULD SHOW REGARDLESS.
3:30PM I PICKED UP THE YARD SIGNS, RAIN THREATENING AGAIN BIG TIME, THAT EVENING IT WAS FLOODING IN ARLINGTON, GOT INTO MY CAR DROVE TO THE T SHIRT SHOP, I WAS THERE 7:30 ON THE DOT, BAD NEWS THEY HAD A PROBLEM T SHIRTS NOT READY YET, WILL BE READY 8:AM SATURDAY MORNING, I ASKED IF THAT CANCELED MY $81.00 RUSH FEE SINCE THEY DIDN'T GET IT ON THE PROMISE DATE, THE LADY SAID THE GUYS WOULD FINISH THE T SHIRTS TONIGHT AND I SAID HAVE HIM CALL ME WHEN HE'S DONE AND I'LL PICK THEM UP, I DROVE HOME AND IT WAS CONTINUING TO FLOOD, I GOT HOME AND WENT AROUND THE RV ONE MORE TIME, 11:50PM THAT GUY CALLS SAYS Ts ARE READY, I SAID, I'LL BE THERE IN 10, IT WAS STILL RAINING. I WENT TO SLEEP 12:40 AM.
TIME TO SHOW UP
SATURDAY MORNING MY EYES POPPED OPEN AT 5AM, I GOT UP LOOKED OUTSIDE AND "RAIN", I LOOKED ON THE WEATHER RADAR ONLINE AND "MORE RAIN", I WENT AND LOGGED ONTO THE ARLINGTON SITE, THE GADSDEN GROUP AND ANNOUNCED IT'S BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, "LETS ROLL" OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, WENT TO THE KITCHEN MADE A QUICK BREAKFAST, WENT OUT TO THE RV FIRED OFF THE GENERATOR, TURNED ON THE A/C, THE TV, THE SATELLITE TRACKER AND DID ANOTHER WALK AROUND, I LOCKED THE HOUSE, GOT INTO THE RV AND DROVE TO TOP IT OFF WITH FUEL $70.00 WORTH, I GOT BACK IN THE RV AND SAT FOR A SECOND SINCE I HAD TO KILL THE GENERATOR TO FILL UP AND THEN RESTART EVERYTHING, I WAS WATCHING THE RAIN COME DOWN THE WINDSHIELD AND I THOUGHT WATER. "WATER" I DIDN'T CHECK THE WATER, I JUMPED OUT AND OPENED TO SEE THE WATER TANK HAD ABOUT MAYBE TWO GALLONS IN IT, SO BACK TO THE HOUSE, NOW IT TAKES A WHILE TO PUT 50 GALLONS OF WATER BACK INTO THE TANK, SO I WAS RUNNIN IN THE RAIN AND I WAS GETTING SOAKED, THIS ATE UP ANOTHER 20 MINUTES AND I WAS TEED AT MYSELF, I GOT INTO THE RV AND CHANGED SHIRTS AGAIN AND STARTED DRIVING.
DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH 8:AM EXACTLY THE TIME I TOLD BILL I WOULD BE THERE AND YES IT WAS STILL RAINING BUT NOT AS BAD, I HAD TO WAIT FOR AN ICE TRUCK TO GET THERE BEFORE WE COULD SET UP, WHEN IT ARRIVED I COULD BACK UP IN FRONT OF IT, PUT THE JACKS DOWN TO LEVEL UP AND SET UP SHOP IN FRONT OF MY RV, MEANWHILE THEY BROUGHT IN ALL THIS RADIO GEAR, GOOD GRIEF IT WAS EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE FLOOR, NOW MODERN MOTOR HOMES ARE DESIGNED FOR RETIRED COUPLES, NOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. NOW I HAD TO STEP OVER RADIOS TO GET TO ALL OUR STUFF IN THE BEDROOM, RADIOS EVERYWHERE AND TALKIN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WERE ALL ON OR IT SEEMED THAT WAY!
ABOUT 9AM THEY GET THE ICE TRUCK IN PLACE AND MOVED THE RV IN PLACE I PUT THE JACKS DOWN, SET THE STEPS, PULLED OUT THE RV AWNING, SETUP THE POPUP AWNING IN FRONT OF THE RV AND STARTED TO UNLOAD IN REVERSE ORDER STEPPING OVER TALKIN RADIOS, ANSWERING PHONE CALLS, SETTIN UP TABLES, HANGING BANNERS, HANGING FLAGS FOR DISPLAY, UNLOADING BOXES OF T SHIRTS AND KEEPING EVERYTHING DRY, FINALLY A FAMILIAR FACE, RICK ROSE, WHO HAD JUST HAD SURGERY ON HIS EYES, MATTER OF FACT HE WAS WEARING AN EYE PATCH, HE STARTED HELPING ME HANG FLAGS AND WE WERE GETTIN SOAKED AGAIN, BUT AT LEAST WE HAD A ROOF TO DUCK UNDER, THEN MY SON IN-LAW AND GRANDSON SHOWED UP TO LEND A HAND AND OPERATE THE BOOTH, SOON AFTER MY WIFE AND SOON AFTER THAT I SAW SOME OF THE ARLINGTON MEMBERS, THE LAST THING I DID TO FINISH THE SET UP WAS TO GET OUT MY GADSDEN FLAG AND MY TELESCOPING 30' POLE AND SET IT IN THE HOLDER ON THE BACK OF THE RV, IT WAS ALL COMPLETE 11AM.
WHAT MADE ME SO PROUD
FORGET THE JUDGE AND ALL THE SPEAKERS, DON'T GET ME WRONG THEY WERE GREAT, BUT I REMEMBER STANDING IN FRONT OF OUR BOOTH, SOAKING WET, TALKING, GREETING AND LAUGHING ABOUT THE WEATHER, I WAS WATCHING THE CROWDS BEGIN TO SWELL AND WALK PAST.
LIKE A SLOW MOTION SOUNDLESS FILM I TOOK A GOOD LOOK AND I SAW THE PEOPLE, SENIORS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES, PORTABLE OXYGEN MACHINES, CANES, VETERANS, FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN, ALL WALKING IN THE RAIN AND CARRYING SIGNS AND FLAGS, EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTHCARE, OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING, A GOVERNMENT THAT NO LONGER LISTENS TO THEM, A LOWER STANDARD OF LIVING AND THE LOSS OF LIBERTIES ON THE HORIZON, THESE ARE NOT LIARS OR TRUTH DISTORTERS AS THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS, THESE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS THAT UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT OUR NATION SHOULD BE, THIS IS NOT MANUFACTURED BY ANY POLITICAL PARTY, THEY ARE MAD AT BOTH SIDES WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICIANS, THE POLITICIANS SEEK ACCESS AND THEY ARE LOCKED OUT. WE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM, THEY HAD BETTER HEAR US THE GROUND SWELL IS JUST BEGINNING AND THEY HAVEN'T SEE ANYTHING YET.
THESE PEOPLE MAKE ME PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS MOVEMENT, THEY ARE PATRIOTS, I WILL MARCH WITH THEM ANYWHERE AND ON ANY FRONT. LIKE THE MILITARY, YOU HAVE BECOME MY NEW BROTHERS AND SISTERS , NOW LETS MARCH TOGETHER AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK.... GET A YARD SIGN...IF YOUR GROUP DOESN'T HAVE ONE MAKE ON.
WE ARE STANDING UP
WE ARE STANDING UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE
WE ARE STANDING UP FOR OUR COUNTRY
WE ARE STANDING UP FOR THE PERSON NEXT TO US
NOTE: AT THIS RELEASE TIME THE MEDIA IS UNDER REPORTING CROWD SIZES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
STAR TELEGRAM SAID 1000, THIS IS A LIE WE PREDICT FINAL COUNT 10,000 AT MARCH TIME DID YOU SEE THAT LINE THAT WRAPPED COMPLETELY AROUND THE PARADE ROUTE?
STAR TELEGRAM
http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1608912.html
THE DC MARCH WHICH FILED THE WASHINGTON MALL AND IS ONE MILE LONG, CNN REPORTED 60,000, THAT IS WAY UNDER WHAT IT TAKES TO FILL THAT AREA, THE DAILY MAIL OF THE UK MEDIA REPORTS TWO MILLION FILLED THE MALL, THAT EQUALS THE AMOUNT OBAMA HAD FOR HIS INAUGURATION, OF COURSE THERE IS NO WAY THE MEDIA CAN HAVE THAT.
I JUST HAD A PERSONAL PHONE CALL FROM A PERSON IN DC, SHE SAID THE 60,000 THE MEDIA IS REPORTING IS IN THE PLAZA, IT WAS FILED TO CAPACITY, THEY STARTED THE MARCH EARLY BECAUSE FOLKS COULD NOT GET IN, WASHINGTON DC POLICE REPORTED 700,000...
UK. DALY MAIL
C-SPAN VIDEO
AND ANOTHER NOTE: VIDEO OF THE EVENT ON MONDAY
MEL 09/13/2009
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AGREE THAT WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, ONE WHICH NO LONGER REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN THERE TOO LONG, POLITICIANS WHO HAVE ENRICHED THEMSELVES ON OUR DIME, POLITICIANS WHO HAVE BAILED OUT BANKS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, BAILED OUT AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES AT OUR EXPENSE...
97% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVES THE CONGRESS HAS DONE A POOR JOB OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, YET WE KEEP RE-ELECTING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER 95% OF THE TIME, EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS EACH TIME, BUT ACTUALLY GETTING MORE OF THE SAME NO MATTER WHICH SIDE IS IN CONTROL.
IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM THAT HAS DELIVERED US NOTHING BUT MASSIVE DEBTS YEAR AFTER YEAR, HAS FAILED TO WEAN US FROM FOREIGN OIL WITH A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN SINCE 1975, HAS FAILED TO SECURE OUR BORDERS AFTER 911, HAS FAILED TO CONTROL IMMIGRATION IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE LAST AMNESTY BILL PASSED DURING THE REAGAN YEARS, POLITICIANS THAT PASS BILLS THEY HAVE NOT READ, PASSING BILLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MAKING THEIR PAY RAISE AUTOMATIC SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, SETTING THEMSELVES UP WITH A HEALTH CARE PROGRAM NEXT TO NONE AND EXEMPTING THEMSELVES FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE PLAN PROPOSED BY OBAMA..
THE LIST RUNS ON AND ON OF MASSIVE CORRUPTION, DISAPPOINTMENT AND FAILURES, THEY ARE NOT TO BE REWARDED WITH RE-ELECTION OVER AND OVER FOR DOING A PISS POOR JOB...
DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THINK THIS THING IS OVER BECAUSE NEITHER SIDE LISTENS TO US ANYMORE
THERE ARE TWO METHODS NOW WORKING TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY, ONE IS G.O.O.O.H. WHICH STANDS FOR GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE, WHICH HAS A PLAN TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE BY REPLACING ALL 495 CONGRESSMAN OR AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, G.O.O.O.H. CANDIDATES WILL COME FROM WITHIN THE RANKS OF G.O.O.O.H. MEMBERS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS IS INCREDIBLE, YOU MUST ATTEND A SEMINAR TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS, YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED...
THE OTHER IS THE COMMON SENSE CITIZENS NETWORK WHICH IS A NETWORK DESIGNED TO TAKE OVER PRECINCT CHAIRS BY ZIP CODES AND TAKING OVER ONE PARTY OR THE OTHER. WE ARE NOT SURE WHO OR WHERE THE CANDIDATES WILL COME FROM AND WILL REQUIRE BATTLES WITH THE REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS..
ONE METHOD WILL RISE TO THE TOP AND SOON, THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT WILL BREAK ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO STUDY BOTH OR PARTICIPATE IN BOTH AND AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 912, TEA PARTY, CFL AND OTHER CONSERVATIVE GROUPS, CONTINUE THE PHONE CALLS TO CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, CONTINUE TO PROTEST LOUDLY, WE ARE HAVING AN EFFECT, WE CANNOT RELAX..
MAGIC NUMBER FOR G.O.O.O.H. IS 500,000
GADSDEN GEAR
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