"Aggieland, are you with me?!!"
Posted on 10/16/2009 12:56:53 PM PDT by urtax$@work
Continuous Obama Coverage By: Battalion Staff Issue date: 10/16/09 Section: News 2:26 thebattalion: Approximately 50 protesters by G. Rollie White
12:21 thebattalion: At least 200 people so far in Spence Park -- the group assigned to Spence is the College Republicans. 12:31 thebattalion: Within the hour a slideshow of pictures will be uploaded to the front page of thebatt.com
(Excerpt) Read more at media.www.thebatt.com ...
12:36 thebattonline: Protestors gathering outside Rudder Tower and elsewhere among campus in preparation for President Obama's appearance at 4:00 p.m.
12:53 thebattalion: Chant at Spence is "Keep Your Hands Off Texas" 12:59 thebattalion: 400-500 protesters in Spence. Soapbox speeches have started. 1:04 thebattalion: Counter-protests are forming outside of Rudder. 1:16 thebattalion: The "Points of Light" program should start at 4 p.m. The president should arrive shortly before that. 1:29 thebattalion: Rick Perry's senior advisor Tina Benkiser spoke at the Spence Park rally: "We stand on conservative principles." 1:32 thebattalion: Photo slideshow posted: 1:53 thebattalion: The perimeter around G. Rollie White is now open.
1:59 thebattalion: A group of students from New Caney High School drove two hours to protest. "What Obama's doing is affecting our generation," said senior Ciera Bolieu. "It feels good to be out here doing something about it."
2:12 thebattalion: Estimated number of protesters from Spence Park is at least 500. 2:16 thebattalion: "Don't tread on me. It originated back in the Revolutionary War, in King George's era, for individual public rights. King Obama, don't tread. We still have our rights and our Constitution." -- James William, Campaign for Liberty in Austin 2:19 thebattalion: "They are making big fools of themselves and they don't even know it," said sophomore forensic science major Reggie Nubine. "We are sitting here because we don't want to be a part of this. Most of these people here are not students -- they don't go here."
2:20 thebattonline: Estimated number of protestors from Spence Park is at least 500. #TAMU
2:26 thebattalion: Approximately 50 protesters by G. Rollie White
2:28 thebattonline: KAMU-TV will be streaming the speech live online starting at 3:30 -- http://kamu-tv.tamu.edu/ #TAMU
2:28 thebattalion: Protest in front of G. Rollie White is growing -- about 100 protesters.
2:29 thebattalion: 4 buses of protesters have arrived so far.
2:31 thebattalion: Young Conservatives of Texas are walking to the front of G. Rollie.
2:32 thebattonline: Watch footage of the protestors gathering at #TAMU waiting for President #Obama http://bit.ly/SLo28
2:34 thebattalion: 150 protesters estimated in front of G. Rollie White -- chant is "Barack Obama, Barack Obama, you lie."
12:36 thebattonline: Protestors gathering outside Rudder Tower and elsewhere among campus in preparation for President Obama's appearance at 4:00 p.m.
12:53 thebattalion: Chant at Spence is "Keep Your Hands Off Texas" 12:59 thebattalion: 400-500 protesters in Spence. Soapbox speeches have started. 1:04 thebattalion: Counter-protests are forming outside of Rudder. 1:16 thebattalion: The "Points of Light" program should start at 4 p.m. The president should arrive shortly before that. 1:29 thebattalion: Rick Perry's senior advisor Tina Benkiser spoke at the Spence Park rally: "We stand on conservative principles." 1:32 thebattalion: Photo slideshow posted: http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/10/16/News/Photos.Obama.Visit.To.Texas.Am-3805616.shtml 1:53 thebattalion: The perimeter around G. Rollie White is now open. 1:59 thebattalion: A group of students from New Caney High School drove two hours to protest. "What Obama's doing is affecting our generation," said senior Ciera Bolieu. "It feels good to be out here doing something about it." 2:12 thebattalion: Estimated number of protesters from Spence Park is at least 500. 2:16 thebattalion: "Don't tread on me. It originated back in the Revolutionary War, in King George's era, for individual public rights. King Obama, don't tread. We still have our rights and our Constitution." -- James William, Campaign for Liberty in Austin
2:19 thebattalion: "They are making big fools of themselves and they don't even know it," said sophomore forensic science major Reggie Nubine. "We are sitting here because we don't want to be a part of this. Most of these people here are not students -- they don't go here."
2:20 thebattonline: Estimated number of protestors from Spence Park is at least 500. #TAMU
2:26 thebattalion: Approximately 50 protesters by G. Rollie White
2:28 thebattonline: KAMU-TV will be streaming the speech live online starting at 3:30 -- http://kamu-tv.tamu.edu/ #TAMU
2:28 thebattalion: Protest in front of G. Rollie White is growing -- about 100 protesters.
2:29 thebattalion: 4 buses of protesters have arrived so far.
2:31 thebattalion: Young Conservatives of Texas are walking to the front of G. Rollie.
2:32 thebattonline: Watch footage of the protestors gathering at #TAMU waiting for President #Obama http://bit.ly/SLo28
2:34 thebattalion: 150 protesters estimated in front of G. Rollie White -- chant is "Barack Obama, Barack Obama, you lie."
2:47 thebattalion: Chant at Young Conservatives of Texas protest: "Socialized healthcare, you're our worst nightmare."
2:47 thebattalion: Chant at Young Conservatives of Texas protest: "Socialized healthcare, you're our worst nightmare."
2:49 thebattalion: Chant in front of Rudder Tower: "Obama, Obama, hey hey, goodbye."
2:54 thebattalion: Estimated 250 protesters in front of G. Rollie White (across from Rudder, where the president will be speaking later today)
2:55 thebattalion: At least 600 protestors at Spence Park with the College Republicans/Brazos Valley Republican Party.
You are doing a great job here.
Go get ‘em.
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Priceless....
3:05 thebattalion:
We now have Battalion staff in Rudder Auditorium sending us updates. They say the auditorium is packed.
Presumably, Ms. Blocker sees no problem protesting Bush & Cheney at every turn.
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I can just hear Odumbass now....”It sure is great to be here at the campus of the fighting Texas Longhorns”
Thanks for the updates! Keep it up, please. I wish I could be there with my fellow Aggies.
gig ‘em Aggies! ‘78
Gig'em Maggies!!!!!
Well just Krap! He is going to be making another speech during the Glenn Beck TV Show! Wonder if FNC will cover it live? He is specifically timing his TV appearances during the Beck show and Beck has a live studio audience of REAL Doctors on today!
"Aggieland, are you with me?!!"
WHO HAS THE PHONE NUMBER FOR FOX.........ANYONE??????????? WE NEED TO BE PREPARED IN CASE THE A$$HAT IN CHIEF INTERRUPTS BECK............
He (Obama) is on the way. He flew, via helicopter, over our house about ten minutes ago (approx 3:10pm). We happen to live near Houston Intercontinental and we heard and watched the rehersal flights yesterday.
3:23 thebattonline: View from inside. http://twitpic.com/lrvzf #TAMU
3:26 thebattalion: 700 people on the easternmost perimeter where we’re expecting the president to come through.
3:26 thebattonline: Speech is delayed an hour. It is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m.
what’s with the coat? It’s 70+ here today!
Dear Leader is going up against Glenn Beck? Or is that 5pm Central time?
3:36 thebattalion: Neil Bush is making opening remarks now in Rudder Auditorium.
3:37 thebattalion: Points of Light program live streaming: http://kamu-tv.tamu.edu/
She doesn’t think does she?
My son, who is a current Aggie, said people were selected for entrance to Rudder Auditorium. He is out protesting.
Gig Him!
server must be overloaded?
Connected now. Just slow.
3:41 thebattalion: Secret Service is on *%*%*% Blvd,%&%& St is lined with security and reporters are not allowed in the perimeter. %**%*%*% St is closed off.
3:43 thebattonline: “Selfless service is woven into the very fabric of what it means to be an Aggie.” -Loftin
3:43 thebattalion: Two helicopters over campus. One is headed towards the Bush Library.
3:49 thebattonline: Report: President Obama just landed ...
3:55 thebattalion: State troopers are posted at the corner of %*%*% Blvd and %*%*%* St.
4:15 thebattalion: A Chevy Tahoe with flags and seals has pulled into the white tent on %*%*%* St. in front of Rudder.
4:17 thebattalion: Staff reports: Obama is in Rudder.
4:15 thebattalion: A Chevy Tahoe with flags and seals has pulled into the white tent on %*%*%* St. in front of Rudder.
4:17 thebattalion: Staff reports: Obama is in Rudder.
4:15 thebattalion: A Chevy Tahoe with flags and seals has pulled into the white tent on %*%*%* St. in front of Rudder.
4:17 thebattalion: Staff reports: Obama is in Rudder.
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That's why I qualified my remark with "Presumably". :)
It stands to reason that anyone who speaks this way about the jOker typically thinks it's hunky-dory to shout-down Mr. Bush or Mr. Cheney.
Dissent is still patriotic after 1/21/09, isn't it?
Thanks for all the updates. Nice to hear what’s going on down there.
He didn’t stay long, and give a whooping long speecifying speech did he...guess his audience didn’t seem too receptive to his commie kids camps idea! ROFL!
This is Texas, not some inner city ghetto...he has no freaking idea who or what we are OR what we will tolerate from him.
I will have to admit that it is very exciting when a President comes to your campus. I was attending Southwest Texas State when Lydon Johnson was President and that was his alma mater. I can’t tell you how many times the secret service came running thru our dorm because the President had decided to come to campus on his way to the Ranch. The helicopter would land and he would just get out and shake handes with students and talk about just about anything. The press bus would arrive and there was Helen Thomas surprisingly looking a lot like she does now!! Anyway, I was young and enjoyed it.
I forgot to add that I was from a Yellow Dog Democrat family so I hadn’t really started forming many opinions of my own!!
Yes
Obviously you don’t get it....She wasn’t there for political reasons only to say welcome and thank you for honoring our school.
I respectfully disagree. If what you state is true, then why did she ask, "...why can we not honor and respect him in the same way?"? Does the presence of people opposing the jOker make her uncomfortable?
It seems to me that that sentence reflects her distaste & disapproval for people who publicly disagree. It seems to me that that sentence reflects a one-sided view of the First Amendment. It seems to me that that sentence reflects effective brainwashing of an idealistic young woman by her radical leftist professors that protests & violence only apply towards conservative points of view.
Any properly-educated young woman would have instead stated something along the lines of "I don't agree with the protesters here, but they're within their rights to speak."
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