To see a bunch more really special images go to this post:
Images to use for "You Don't Speak For Me, Cindy" (warning ~ lots of graphics)
Posted on 08/26/2005 5:39:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Thousands of war protesters have come and gone since a grieving mother started camping off the road leading to President Bush's ranch three weeks ago, from business executives to young parents and their children spending a few hours or days for the cause.
But for more than a dozen people, their home for much of the sweltering month has been the makeshift campsite of tents and portable toilets in ditches and anti-war banners hanging from trees.
"It's staggering what's happened," said camp leader Ann Wright, who resigned her post as a senior diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Mongolia in 2003 in protest of the war with Iraq. "I would say between 8,000 and 10,000 people have wandered in and out since the beginning. Every single day you never know what's going to come up."
Wright, 59, was among dozens at the Veterans for Peace convention in Dallas who went to Crawford Aug. 6, the day after Cindy Sheehan spoke at the venue and announced her plans to descend on the president's adopted hometown and demand answers about the war that claimed her son Casey's life.
Wright and others had to return to the convention that night, but she went back to Crawford on Aug. 7 and hasn't left. The former Army colonel has become the "camp commander," sleeping in a tent each night and overseeing daily operations as the camp has grown to about a hundred each day, up to 1,000 on weekends.
Wright lives in Honolulu and has spent much of her time speaking to groups since she resigned her government post, but she never expected to be away from home this long. She only brought a few outfits, which she washes at the Crawford Peace House a few miles away in town. That's where she takes showers almost every day, too.
"Handi Wipes are great," she said, smiling.
Tammara Rosenleaf, 47, also was at the Veterans for Peace convention and joined the Crawford protest a couple of days later, after going home to pay rent and other bills.
Rosenleaf had just moved to Belton, near Fort Hood where her husband was recently stationed, to spend time with him before he is deployed to Iraq in November.
"People ask how can I justify not spending this time with him, but I can hardly justify not doing it if my being here can keep him from having to go," Rosenleaf said Friday. "He's proud of me and says this is where I need to be."
Rosenleaf's job search has slowed a bit, but she's been able to apply for some jobs online during down time at the protest camp. Friends gave her money for her rental car and to board her two dogs in a kennel.
Attorney Buddy Spell, 48, left his criminal defense practice in Franklinton, La., to be part of the demonstration, making sure protesters' First Amendment and civil rights are not violated.
Spell and his wife, Annie, also his law partner, have spent each Wednesday through Sunday at the Crawford camp, sleeping in a tent, while their paralegal runs the office. Spell, who already knew Sheehan, has protested for other causes but not for this long.
"The judges and district attorney have been very supportive - not necessarily about what we're doing but about my right to be here," Spell said.
More than a dozen relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq have stayed at the camp or at the Crawford Peace House several days at a time, leaving their jobs and families.
Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., said the protest will end Wednesday. She had vowed to remain until the end of the month, coinciding with Bush's ranch vacation.
Bush has said he appreciates Sheehan's right to protest and understands her anguish but will not change his schedule to meet with her. His vacation is to end Sept. 2.
Sheehan and other grieving families met with Bush about two months after her son died last year, before she became a vocal opponent of the war.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Yeah. A dozen people in support and two hundred reporters in agreement.
I've got the perfect Pro-america counter chant:
"Cindy is a lying mother!"
>B-}
I hope he's not in the American Army. I can see him "Golllleeee, I voluntarily joined the Army to sit at home and watch TV and kow tow to my hateful, America hating wife, now they want me to protect America". Boo hoo. Poor baby
"Thousands of war protesters"
Thousands? Thousands? Does this guy know how many a thousand is?
"Handi Wipes are great," she said, smiling."
Doesn't Crawford have a sanitation code ?
Whore Group?
I worked closely with the non-US nations while I was in Iraq.
Sheehan supporter Tammara Rosenleaf, 47, said her husband, Army Specialist Sean Hefflin, 26, was with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood in Texas and was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq in November.
"I could selfishly spend personal time with him right now or I could contribute my time to a movement that could save many more lives than just my husband's," she said.
Now I do not want to sound judgmental here but she is 47 and he is 26? This sounds as though this was a marriage of convenience.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16301797-38198,00.html
The above is from her resignation letter as a member of the diplomatic corps. Even she thought he had WMD and said as much.
It was the longest resignation letter I have ever seen. The quote is from--
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0303/032103wright.html
BTW a big thank-you for the time you spent over there.
He married his mother? I guess he's got more problems than I thought.
"Angela Brown Strikes Again!"
You got that right this broad is out of control right along with Sheehan. She's not a reporter she's been their freakin' press agent since this thing began. She's writing press releases man.
Guess who's coming to the Sheehan party "Hanoi Jane."
Galloway to go on anti-war tour of US with Jane Fonda
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 27 August 2005
George Galloway, the anti-war MP for Bethnal Green and Bow who rocked the US Senate earlier this year, is to be accompanied on a speaking tour of America by the actress and activist Jane Fonda.
Few things are more likely to antagonise US conservatives than the combination of Mr Galloway and Ms Fonda - still hated by the right because of her outspoken opposition to the war in Vietnam - joining to condemn the American presence in Iraq. But Mr Galloway can expect a thunderous reception from those he impressed with his performance before a Senate committee last May.
In a statement, Mr Galloway, the Respect MP, said: "I'm really pleased and excited to be going back to America to campaign against this illegal war and occupation. And to have Jane Fonda join me is fantastic. I'll be able to get that autograph at last."
He added: "I'm sure that when the full implications of the constitutional settlement lashed-up by the puppet Iraqi government are understood that opposition will grow massively."
Mr Galloway, whose speaking tour, Stand Up and Be Counted, starts in Boston on 13 September and will end at a rally scheduled for 24 September in Washington, said he had received more than 20,000 messages from US residents asking him to return. He will also be promoting a new book, Mr Galloway Goes To Washington.
A tour organiser, Chris Dols, said: "People want to hear Jane Fonda and what she has to say about the war. That's worth hearing, and George Galloway has a lot to say about it, too."
George Galloway, the anti-war MP for Bethnal Green and Bow who rocked the US Senate earlier this year, is to be accompanied on a speaking tour of America by the actress and activist Jane Fonda.
Few things are more likely to antagonise US conservatives than the combination of Mr Galloway and Ms Fonda - still hated by the right because of her outspoken opposition to the war in Vietnam - joining to condemn the American presence in Iraq. But Mr Galloway can expect a thunderous reception from those he impressed with his performance before a Senate committee last May.
In a statement, Mr Galloway, the Respect MP, said: "I'm really pleased and excited to be going back to America to campaign against this illegal war and occupation. And to have Jane Fonda join me is fantastic. I'll be able to get that autograph at last."
He added: "I'm sure that when the full implications of the constitutional settlement lashed-up by the puppet Iraqi government are understood that opposition will grow massively."
Mr Galloway, whose speaking tour, Stand Up and Be Counted, starts in Boston on 13 September and will end at a rally scheduled for 24 September in Washington
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article308466.ece
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