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Lies and disinformation regarding troops at the Texas Kite Festival (from a friend)
From a listener:
Last Sunday, at the Texas Kite Festival, there were Texas State Guard troops assisting the event organizers at the parking lot. The event took place at the popular Zilker Park, in Austin, Texas.
The following day, the story broke out on certain so-called ‘alternative news and talk show’ that these troops were performing domestic police roles, as their website posted a video of them loading people on buses with a Blackhawk helicopter flying over the park.
The talk show host implied that these troops were there to acclamate the public into accepting the new NDAA directive signed by Obama. The article, written by his so-called ‘editor-in-chief’ and the comments by their readers nearly portrayed these troops as Nazis loading Jews onto the trains on the way to the execution chambers.
Given that I’m a member of the Texas State Guard, I was deeply offended at the lies, smear tactics, and fear mongering made by this so-called ‘talk show host,’ the sheer venom in the words written by the author of the article, and the idiotic comments posted by their cult-like zombified followers.
The truth is that we were actually ASKED by the event organizers to help them out with parking duties. Mr. Obama did not send us there; neither did the Pentagon. We do this type of work at many public events.
Typically, we accept invitations from many different events, like air shows, parades, rodeos, sporting events, and yes, even kite festivals like this one. In exchange, they let us set up a small recruiting booth so we can hand out flyers to let people know who we are.
Also, if the organizers are generous enough, sometimes they donate a small fee to our unit(s) so we can have funds to purchase cots, first aid kits, and other equipment that we use during natural emergencies like floods or hurricanes. We operate with zero budget in order to save tax-payer dollars; we have to raise our own money like the volunteer fire-fighters do.
We are Texas military volunteers that help other Texans during floods and other natural disasters. We’re not federal troops. We’re not allowed to carry weapons. We purchase our own uniforms and equipment and unfortunately, we have to rely on events like this so we can pay for our own training, meals, and gear so we can better serve our fellow citizens during emergencies.
And what about the video showing the Blackhawk helicopter near the park?
If this talk show host knew his way around Austin, he should know that Zilker Park is located about two miles from Camp Mabry, our military home base. Helicopters fly in and out of the base regularly, especially during drill weekends like this last Sunday. And again, our base is located almost right next to the park, on the other side of the lake. Of course this talk show host failed to mention that blatant fact. I’m not sure if it’s because he’s not familiar with that area, or if he intentionally chose not to mention it so he could conveniently lie by omission in order to continue scaring his audience. I hope it wasn’t the latter. Either way, his venomous comments and lies made my stomach turn, which made me feel obligated to write this response hoping that the people find out the truth.
Thanks.
THE MAN WHO WROTE THIS LETTER IS A DEAR OLD FRIEND. HE HAS BEEN TELLING ME OF LATE THAT THE TX GUARD ARE JUST AS UPSET AS WE ARE ABOUT THINGS IN THE USA. MANY OF THEM ARE OATH KEEPERS, AND RON PAUL SUPPORTERS. WE ARE POSTING THIS BECAUSE THE UNBELIEVABLE HYPE AND SMEAR JOB DONE ON THEM IS EXACTLY WHAT MIGHT TURN SOME OF THEM AGAINST US! COINCIDENCE? OR JUST FEAR PROFITEERING AGAIN?
OUR SOURCE IS ACTUALLY IN THE VIDEO BELOW, BUT WE ARE KEEPING IS NAME ANONYMOUS SO THAT HE CAN STAY WHERE HE IS. – Jack Blood
ORIGINAL STORY :
Troops Used For Crowd Control At Texas Kite Festival
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