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Antiwar protester Sheehan to move campsite (closer to Bush ranch on private property offered)
Reuters ^ | Aug. 16, 2005 | Caren Bohan

Posted on 08/16/2005 3:38:24 PM PDT by QQQQQ

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is moving her camp closer to President George W. Bush's Texas ranch.

The piece of private property was offered by a relative of a man who had a fired shotgun in frustration over the protests, a source in the Sheehan camp said. The property owner is also a veteran.

"A neighbour of President Bush's has offered us his land," the source said. "It's got plenty of acreage for us, it's private land, we would have legal permission to be on it, it's much closer to the ranch -- in fact it's across the street from his (Bush's) church."

"We have taken him up on his offer," the source added.

Sheehan was not immediately available for comment.

Sheehan was expected to begin moving as early as Wednesday morning.

She is in the 10th day of her vigil on Prairie Chapel Road, which leads to Bush's 1,600-acre (647.5-hectare) ranch. She calls her site "Camp Casey," after her 24-year-old son who was killed in combat in Iraq.

According to the source, the land offered to Sheehan is owned by Fred Mattlage, who is a distant cousin of Larry Mattlage, a man who fired a shotgun over the weekend in frustration over the commotion caused by the vigil.

The source said Fred Mattlage made the offer saying "I'm a veteran, I support what you all are doing and I want to offer you my land."

Sheehan, of Vacaville, California, has demanded a meeting with Bush at which she said she wants to call for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq.

While Bush has expressed sympathy for Sheehan's grief, the White House has declined a meeting. Sheehan previously met with Bush in 2004 but wants to talk to him face-to-face again.

Sheehan's vigil has attracted anti-war activists from across the United States -- many of them also relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq -- who arrived to offer support, share a hug with Sheehan and join in her daily media events.

But in this quiet farming town of just over 700 people, many residents have found the activity disruptive.

In the latest sign of tension, a man in a pickup trunk on Monday night ran over crosses at Sheehan's campsite.

Some 800 white wooden crosses, bearing the names of soldiers killed in Iraq have lined the road near the area where Sheehan has pitched a tent. Witnesses said they saw a lorry dragging a pipe and chains drive over some of the crosses.

Larry Northern, 46, of nearby Waco, Texas, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with the incident.

Earlier on Tuesday, a group of residents showed up at a hearing of county officials to complain about the traffic caused by activists and reporters who shuttle back and forth to the camp site.

They brought a petition seeking to ban parking and camping along Prairie Chapel Road.

Displayed in front of one resident's house was a big sign that read, "We support our commander-in-chief."


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To: softwarecreator
We call it ... dcecaf. =)

I'd even drink decaf to keep that from happening.

121 posted on 08/16/2005 6:39:52 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (see my FR page for a link to the tribute to Terri Schaivo, a short video presentation.)
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To: QQQQQ

Lookout Mr. President, they're flanking you!


122 posted on 08/16/2005 6:53:44 PM PDT by Search4Truth (Fight the stupids, read Freerepublic.com)
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To: QQQQQ

To All the FReepers who wish they could have been in Crawford
to support President Bush and the Troops.

You do not have to be in Texas to show support for the Troops.

Visit your local military base today and at least once a week.

Or a military or veteran hospital.

If you can't do that then send an e-mail or packeage
to our troops for morale support.

Proud Patriots -
Sending care packages,
e-mails, and snail mail
to US Military worldwide.

http://www.proudpatriots.org

We need coast to coast support for the troops, now, more than ever.

I'll bet Hanoi Kerry and Hanoi Jane are supplying funds and
morale support for the left.

We need to make an example of these 2 traitors from the 60's.

Anyone who thinks Hanoi Kerry isn't behind the anti war crowd needs to get a clue.

Spineless US Senate would rather protect Hanoi Kerry
than deal with the anti war crowd.

It's time to support our troops and ignore the jelly fish in the US Senate!

There is no need to impeach Hanoi Kerry from the US Senate

He is there illegally!

WAKEUP AMERICA!

For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.

Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen

Why is Kerry still in the US Senate?
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html

And the FBI has proof of his treason.

Hanoi Kerry Timeline of a traitor
includes FBI files

May 1970
Kerry and Julia traveled to Paris, France and met with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, the Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam (PRG), the political wing of the Vietcong, and other Viet Cong and Communist Vietnamese representatives to the Paris peace talks, a trip he now calls a "fact-finding" mission.

(U.S. code 18 U.S.C. 953, declares it illegal for a U.S. citizen to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign power.)

http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html

a) A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war,
or with any offense punishable by death,
may be tried at any time without limitation.

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm#*%20843.%20ART.%2043.%20STATUTE%20OF%20LIMITATIONS

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123 posted on 08/16/2005 7:21:16 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Proud Plank Owner : Department of Homeland Security)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I was stationed in Germany in the late '80s. One of our sister platoons occupied a German's field. While we had the maneuver rights to be there, he didn't like it much. He fertilized the field and some stray US equipment. Howitzers, actually. Got them to move pretty quick.


124 posted on 08/16/2005 7:25:44 PM PDT by No Longer Free State (Cultural insensitivity does not constitute torture.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
I'd even drink decaf to keep that from happening.

Mental note: must proofread!

125 posted on 08/16/2005 7:29:24 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: somemoreequalthanothers
Witnesses said they saw a lorry dragging a pipe and chains drive over some of the crosses

The previous paragraph said "pickup" so lorry is a misnomer. A lorry is a British term for a bobtail truck, not a pickup.

126 posted on 08/16/2005 7:48:12 PM PDT by zip (Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 48% of Americans (NRA))
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To: QQQQQ

He's an ass.


127 posted on 08/16/2005 8:35:53 PM PDT by patriciamary
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To: SittinYonder
He'll come to regret offering a bunch of hippies the opportunity to use his property.

How do you know they are hippies?


128 posted on 08/16/2005 9:22:08 PM PDT by Dan Zachary
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To: Dan Zachary
How do you know they are hippies?

LOL ... Good point.

129 posted on 08/17/2005 4:01:39 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: QQQQQ
I wonder how much did Soros or Moveon.org is paying him?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Anyone asked Fred yet?

130 posted on 08/17/2005 4:03:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: jess35

Yeah and they better hope it doesn't rain or the local tow trucks will make a killing along with whoever does road work to fix the big ole ruts left.


131 posted on 08/17/2005 5:54:09 AM PDT by gopheraj
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To: QQQQQ
From that link

The group is moving about a mile away to a 1-acre corner lot, owned by an Army veteran who sympathizes with those at the vigil that started Aug. 6 by grieving mother Cindy Sheehan.

Bwaahaaahaa. An acre? That is = "1 Acre = is about 208 3/4 feet square"

"an area approximately equal to 4 square acres = one square city block."

Yep They are gonna have a LOT of room. LOLLLLLLLLLLL
132 posted on 08/17/2005 6:10:55 AM PDT by gopheraj
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To: RDTF

Thanks. We don't get cable, so I only catch these guys once in awhile on Fox Sunday a.m. I've been impressed with what I've seen of Krauthammer.


133 posted on 08/17/2005 9:21:01 AM PDT by green pastures
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To: shield

She should be on the no-fly list. Drudge has a link to some speech she made in Frisco earlier this year, talk about loony tunes. She was claiming we are waging a nuclear war in Iraq and contaminating Iraq, besides the usual calling GW a murderer yada yada... I work for a major airline, and believe me if that moonbat showed up at my gate to get on my plane I would say something to get her riled and then deny her boarding.


134 posted on 08/17/2005 8:32:56 PM PDT by Merlinator (9/11, 7/7...never forget, never forgive)
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To: gopheraj

The stink off of that crowd of Rats is really going to be concentrated. I hope the MSM enjoy the heat and the fumes! LOL


135 posted on 08/17/2005 8:38:02 PM PDT by Merlinator (9/11, 7/7...never forget, never forgive)
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