Old North State FReepers head to Crawford, TX to FReep the Commies (After-action Report)

August 14, 2005 | Taxrelief

[TaxRelief]

The residents of Crawford, TX thought things were bad last week, but many of them were ill-prepared for what was to come Saturday, August 13, 2005. The crowds had been slowly swelling in response to the notorius stalking of President Bush by Cindy Sheehan, the woman so obsessed with her own emotional needs, that she was willing to disrupt the lives of an entire town.

It is tempting to blame Sheehan's therapy group for joining her on her emotional journey, but in actual fact, Sheehan herself strongly encouraged the reinforcements.

On Saturday, (and Friday) the whole event suddenly swelled to bursting when supporters of President Bush, the Armed Services and the effort in Iraq, put down their collective foot and declared, "Enough!"

     
Pro-American rallies sprang up all over town, encircling these hippies of yesteryear with a variety of themes. There were clusters of Bush supporters; Rolling Thunder staked out the town center with "Support the Troops" signs; a prayer vigil for the troops commenced across from the ranch at high noon; Support the troops rallies came to life spontaneously throughout the "war zone";




And a lone shopkeeper stood outside with his microphone, attracting a steady audience to his display of the ten commandments and Liberty Bell.

     

As the crowds increased and the volume of traffic on the roads neared peak capacity, the hippies decided to launch a caravan of gas-guzzling cars from the Crawford Peace House on a five mile journey to the bottom of the road that leads to the Bush Ranch. They held their aging, gnarly, two-fingered peace signs pompously up to mostly closed car windows, refusing eye-contact. A few of the younger, less-embittered ones sarcastically mouthed "I love you" at the Americans waving flags on the roadside.



Unfortunately, this convoy of gas-wasting, anti-American activists brought the roads in Crawford to a grinding halt. They further exacerbated the problem by parking their environmentally-unfriendly pickup trucks on both sides of this already narrow, rural highway, reducing the width of the passage available for through traffic.

A simple trip to the grocery store for a local resident now had become a two hour ordeal.



The hippies who made the trip from the Crawford "Peace" House to the Sheehan Camp at the ranch were in for a boring surprise. After being bombarded with roadside "Support the Troops" displays, they had arrived at their final destination expecting to now have the opportunity to do "something" that would "make a difference." Instead they discovered there was nothing at the base of the ranch but people trying to figure out where they were supposed to be. "Which rally is this?" was probably the most frequent topic of conversation for the entire event.

Many in the crowds did eventually determine in which camp they belonged and late in the afternoon the traffic eased. For the sake of the Town of Crawford, though, we can only hope that President Bush cuts his holiday short or heads over to Camp David where they're used to dealing with these kinds of situations.

Copyright 2005

[TaxRelief]

It wasn't Fayetteville, but the faces were the same, the names were the same. The biggest difference is that Texans on the right side still have a daunting task in the days to come. This problem is not going away until President Bush goes away or Sheehan gets the runs or something.

May God Bless American and may God Bless Texas!

[TaxRelief]

Signs at the FR Rally

     
     

[Jet Jaguar]

Great pictures and accounts! Thanks.

[TaxRelief]

     

[darkwing104]

Good work, thanks for the pictures...

I liked this one.

[peacebaby]

This is so encouraging. I'm smiling - a big ole happy face.

And I, an old hippie, say peace, too, with my gnarled arthritic fingers.

[TaxRelief]

Ping to the Fayetteville Team! (For comparisons sake...)

[Ragtop]

I'm from Utah, but this seeing things like this makes me want to be a Texan. I love it! God Bless the troops, our fine President and God Bless Texas!

[Ragtop]

I'm from Utah, but this seeing things like this makes me want to be a Texan. I love it! God Bless the troops, our fine President and God Bless Texas!

[Ragtop]

Sorry for the double post, I guess sub-consciously I had to say it again.

[TaxRelief]

Texas FReepers are awesome!

[Constitution Day]

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[Michael Goldsberry]

We sure had a good time.

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God bless America, president Bush and our wonderful military.

My hubby and two of our children were born in Austin.

I told my husband on the way home that I think Texans shows the most pride for their state. Old Glory and the Lone Star flags are everywhere.

Here in La. you don't see that many Louisiana flags. But ya can't say that about Texas.

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I see the standard phrase...'no blood for oil' but, I don't see any American flags. That says all that needs to be said about the left in this country.

[pamlet]

I think the lack of flags on the "other side" was the most glaring thing to me... they say they are "for" our country - but they certainly do not show it..

It was so VERY nice meeting y'all! Both of you came from so far to join us. We truly appreciate your contributions to our rally!

[peacebaby]

"on the way home..."

Did you drive to Crawford?

[basil]

TaxRelief, it was icing on the cake to meet you Saturday. Your coming all the way from North Carolina to join our rally was most generous of you, and we really appreciated it!

Thanks for these excellent photos. This is the first I have seen of the mess around the hippies' hangout. I'm happy we decided not to go down there--I loathe traffic snarls!

Hopefully, these representatives of the great unwashed hordes will load up and move out soon, leaving the good townfolk of Crawford to go about their daily lives unmolested.

[TaxRelief]

I will probably be thrown out of NC for saying this:

The BBQ in Texas is better!

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Yes we did.

I have a wonderful husband who saw how much I wanted to be there...and he made it happen for me. :-)