Our weekend in Austin....April 15th-17th, 2011

Friday afternoon:

My peace rally: "Texas Rally for Peace"
The purpose of this rally was to promote (or raise awareness of) the following:
-Peace
-Support the Troops- bring them home!
-Life
-Unjust War
-Your Tax $ = Foreign Aid = Military Industry = Death and Destruction
-A Non-interventionist Foreign Policy
-Anti War
-We-will-go-broke-if-we-try-to-keep-this-up

This is my Pro-Life Shirt: the front says:
"Would it bother us more if they used guns? www.abort73.com".
And the back says:
"IRAQ: one million killed, 5 million refugees doesn't that bother you? Believersagainstthewar.com IVAW.org".
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Me Mum.
Thank you Mom for helping me to do this, and for getting us to Austin!
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Some of the kids...

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...the guy in the middle is Norman, and he has this site: http://libertarianchristians.com/
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Michael Boldin, Bryce Shonka, Sarah Rosa and I! =)
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Some more of us!
Mom says that we had 20-25 people, and I thought it was between 25-30...
...either way it was a really good turn out I thought.
Thank you all for coming out, I am sorry that I did not meet you all!
I hope that I have inspired you to organize your own rallies! =)

Funny thing: Rob Love came over to me and in a "I'm talking to the little kid" voice said "So- what brings you out today?" I did not laugh, and I answered "Well, because I organized the event, I thought I should be here!" (He was kind of surprised, and more surprised to hear that we actually live about 5 hours away.)
I was sorry that no one from IVAW or Codepink came.
(Molly Reynolds took this photo. Thank you Molly!)
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The After Party @ hopdoddy:
http://www.hopdoddy.com/
They have really good food and drinks. Fresh food! Quality meat!
Homemade sauces! Good prices!=) Fluoride & Chlorine free water too!!!!

I unfortunately, had to pack my food in. =(
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Sarah REALLY liked the restaurant...she ate there at least 2 nights in a row!
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Michael ("I'm not posing") and Jason Rink.
Jason's site: http://f4fs.org/
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Norman again....
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...and Mom!
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Jason tasting Sarah's Cucumber Martini(?)
I think that that was what it was...
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Antonio happened to come into hopdoddy's, and he joined us at our table.
We had fun- he is trying to create a business/job around counseling/helping parents with homeschooling.
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Every time we go to Austin, we drive past this cute little man- he turns around & around! =)
Did I say that he is cute?! =)
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Saturday: nullifynow! (It was cold in the morning.)

Our outdoor booth at nullifynow! I did not get to hear any of the speakers. =(
http://www.nullifynow.com/austin/
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/
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Michael Boldin & Debra Medina.
http://www.wetexans.com/
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The After Party @ the "Dog and Duck":

Mike, Eddie Allen and Michael.
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I love the look on Sarah's face!
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Michael was VERY hungry...poor guy...
(Why was Eddie's finger in Michael's ear?!?)
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Looking at the photo that I would really like to have a copy of...
PLEASE Sarah?!?!?!
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I love how you could put any kind of "cartoon bubble" over almost any photo of Michael!
Michael is a lot like my little brother Benjamin & Uncle Matt...GBG!
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Sunday morning fun:

Hi Michael!
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Michael is teaching Sarah a new stance....
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...and now it's Michael's turn!
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Sarah was a great shot! =)
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Mom and Michael Badnarik.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Badnarik

http://www.constitutionpreservation.org/
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Dr. Robert Scott Bell
http://www.robertscottbell.com/
http://robertscottbell.blogspot.com/
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Mom & Me!
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My first time shooting live ammo handgun* (I shot 2 rounds), and first real lesson, and first time shooting indoors. That gun was heavy... I was surprised that I was as good as I was...but then I used to be a better shot than my brothers. Michael Badnarik was the teacher.

The revolver was a 38 special, and it was a rental. The target was about 10ft. away.
Michael says that you have to get good with the target closer, and then start moving it back. We were just having a very quick getting started lesson, mostly stance. I kept leaning back...I guess I was trying to get away from the noise! LOL!

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Back: Eddie, Mom, Me, Michael.
Front: Michael, Sarah & Robert.

*I have shot a shotgun 2 times in my life, but never intending to hit anything. (although I did end up bring down 3 Blackbirds in one shot)