Texas State Senator, Dan Patrick, was on FoxNews this morning [19 Feb 2009] at 8:45am. He said he had some “breaking news to share”. Boy was it!!! The Texas State Legislature had been trying very hard to get the Obama Administration to respond to a critical situation on the Texas Border. The Administration had not gotten back with Texas as of last night. So the State of Texas told Washington D.C. basically they could go jump, and “we’ll take care of Texas!”. As of last night… the Texas National Guard has been put on High Alert!!! This is the first time in history! Texas tried, desperately to get Washington’s approval… but when they could not get it… they acted on their own. Which I say…. it’s about damn time!!! I personally applaud the guts it took to defy the Fed’s and act in our best interest! In case you are unaware of what the problems are …. Sen. Dan Patrick spelled it out nicely!
1) 100’s of PRO-DRUG CARTEL Mexicans were blocking the entrance to the United States, yesterday and today, banging cars, shouting and holding signs. 10 people were killed Wed. and 12 more yesterday at the border (5 of which were children!!!)
2) They aren’t sure … but they think the Drug Cartel is paying the demonstrators to do what they’re doing.
3) This will spill over into the States! Mr. Patrick, and the other State officials,. are convinced that road-side bombs and car bombs will make it across the border and WILL NOT allow that to happen!!
4) Mexico is breaking out in Civil War in the western part of the border and they expect it to spread the entire border with no end in sight.
5) The National Guard will be activated as the scenario worsens and is on Alert now and will remain so until (and IF) Washington does something to end the danger on the border (Yeah… like that’s gonna happen!).
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This story was from Patriots of America via The Commentary. However, the thing that intrigued me was that there was no mention of this in the corporate news sector - nothing! And this was a broadcast on the 19th February. The Senator, as you will see below, obviously thought his decision was not just newsworthy but vitally important for Texas and the USA.
The people at Patriots of America had a problem though: they didn't have proof of the Fox News broadcast. Or rather, one guy had proof but it was stuck in his DVR and he couldn't get it onto YouTube. The silence from the media was deafening and as I spread this story through a few channels I noticed that many people just didn't believe that such a story could be buried - they preferred to believe that the story was somehow a hoax. Somewhat unbelievable and shows the power that the mainstream media has; this in spite of so many alternative sources.
Anyway, I suddenly get an anonymous tip-off that proof of the interview existed at a fairly new blog. Amazingly, it not only existed as proof of the story but is a Fox News streamed video! Why was it so hard to find?
I thank again my anonymous commenter and the bloggers at Mountain Steps for the video.
So, what was supposed to be an important announcement by Senator Dan Patrick seems to have gotten buried. As of a few hours ago any search engine would have found just a handful of sites that had followed this story. Just as I embed the video I notice it has gone from one star to four star. Indeed, it was important. It is surely a grave issue that the state of Texas has unilaterally gone on High Alert. Does it send a bad signal to other states? Does it show that Washington was not listening? I will leave such speculations to the political pundits. What is interesting is how one story has become two stories. How did the whole corporate media bury this and why did most people just not believe the words of an independent witness?
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You can also see how the story unfolded here and here.
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And finally... the YouTube version:
