Most of the people here – including me – are under the trees

they just shut down the public wifi.

Kirk Watson speaking.  He’s the senator who spoke at the end to continue the filibuster.  He’s introducing Leticia and Wendy.  Good guy.  Hope he runs for Lt Gov.

1:09. Wendy is speaking.  The crowd goes nuts.

No bandwidth. Wendy Davis is going to speak.

Best Sign- Life begins with a new governor.

I can’t post pictures because the bandwidth is crashing.

There is a group of anti-choices in the rotunda holding up crosses and singing Amazing Grace.

An airplane just passed over with a banner that says “Stand With Wendy.”

Natalie Maines with the Dixie Chicks is here.

The unruly mob is gathering. I’m under the tree on the east side of the Capitol.

Meet our commenter Lorraine.

And the front of the Capitol.

There are so many young women here.

Just had breakfast and we’re going over the Capitol a couple hours early to try to get a place under a tree or Rick Perry’s head, which is even bigger.

We have no idea what’s going to happen today. The Tea Party people are trying to get a couple hundred people here. There are rumors everywhere, including one that ay Senator Glen Hager doesn’t want to carry the bill in the senate because he wants to run for statewide office and knows this will hurt him. I dunno about that. I think being dumber than a sack of hammers hurts him even more.

There’s also rumors that the House won’t get a quorum today but not to make too much of that.

We are hanging loose so feel free to post what you’re hearing on this post.

Okay, cowboys and girls, I am in the free state of Austin, Texas, getting myself prepared to be at the state Capitol to tomorrow to watch the Republican Party and Rick Perry try to railroad through a bill that couldn’t pass in the regular session or the first special session.

It’s a bill about women’s health. It’s also a bill to do away with the 4th and 14th Amendments. It is a bill affirming that ole white men should control the bodies of females.

It is also a showcase for Republican insanity. Last week, they arrested a 72 year old grandma in the Senate gallery for no damn reason other than she was having trouble standing up after sitting for hours. The Lt. Governor threatened to arrest the news media for inciting a riot. No, seriously. How can you arrest someone for inciting a riot when there was no riot? He’s going the arrest the media for having pencils and mostly knowing how to use them? For taking pictures of things that happen in the state senate?

Holy crap.

The Attorney General of Texas is investigating a college student for possible criminal charges for leading the singing of The Eyes of Texas in the Capitol rotunda after midnight. The Eyes of Damn Texas. The state song. God forbid had she said the pledge to the state flag.

The problem in Texas is not that we have too many people coming to their Capitol to address their grievances. The problem in Texas is that it doesn’t happen enough.

So, I’m huddling with some folks I really love tonight. I’m gonna drink some sweet tea, eat some fried okra, and swap lies about how Texas used to be. Then tomorrow at noon, I will be going to the south side of the Texas Capitol to tell my state representative Rick Miller and my state senator Glenn Hegar that I think they are kinkier than a cheap garden hose with what they want to do to women’s private parts.

I will try to post here tomorrow. I’ll be doing it on my cell phone so if it looks bad, I’ll refund the price of admission.

I’m going with a bunch of women from my hometown and Bubba. We figured we better bring our own lawyer.

And I want to say something to my friend Bud Malone who would be here if he could, fighting along side of me. I’ll be thinking of ya Bud. Men like you made it possible for women like me to do this.

Y’all, the Tea Party is coming to our rally at the capitol to stop us “Fascist Pro-Choice Mobsters.”

Tea Party

My goodness.

Up until this very minute I thought I was a fourth generation Texan little old lady in tennis shoes.  Fascist Pro-Choice Mobster is a steep hill in one weekend but I will do my best.

The Tea Party explains their plan:

We practice Gandhi-style tactics here folks; IRON-CLAD self-discipline, PEACEFUL, CALM, INSISTENT! Let the other side show their lunacy. Come informed about the bill; read it over the weekend.

Well, almost like Gandhi, you know, except for the fact that they will be armed.

Thanks to Kathleen for the heads up.