Posted on 08/27/2005 10:02:40 AM PDT by TXBubba
Just talked to Basil on site in Crawford, Texas. Currently there are about 100 folks there helping to set up. They have not received word about the caravan arrival in Waco yet. JimRob is riding with the caravan. She thinks it might get to Crawford around 1:00 p.m.
Basil says the stage is set up, the sound system is excellent and they have hung the most beautiful banners overnighted by W04Man on the stage. A big thanks for the banners, they are much appreciated!
Someone arrived early and hung yellow ribbons everywhere.
They have an American flag that is about 50 feet by 40 feet. Children of military personnel serving in the Middle East have written notes to their parents on the stripes of this flag. A very touching thing to behold.
The HOT Chapter booth is being unloaded right now. The will sell buttons made by Angelwood to help off set costs.
Someone rented the Community Center for our use so there is access to AC. However, they also have 10 tents set up. And there is a Moonwalk for the kiddos.
To top everything else there is BBQ on the grill! Basil is the official taster and says it is great!
That is all the news I have at the moment. It is hard to get a cell phone connection to Crawford but when I hear more I will try to update everyone.
Val, it would be great if there were a thread with all the photos in one shot. I've mailed so many times to the media it's insane.
Hey what do you all think of an all GOP search engine?
Thanks Mia.
Yahoo news reports that about 1,500 people were chanting "Go home, Cindy!" Is that about the size of the pro-American, pro -troop support crowd? Or is it larger?
"Not much variety there; it mostly looks like this:"
LOL - don't you mean like this?
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I so wish I lived closer and could have gone there
Thanks for all the great photos
Oh, I thought "Why isn't she bursting into flames"?
I know, and you are completely correct.
I have followed both threads very closely all day (and half the night), and to me it shows how much FReepers care. I so support the Crawford anti-Cindy issue, and I wish I could have been there.
I also look with chagrin at a hurricane that is going to (probably) destroy New Orleans and kill a LOT of people, due to not only the actual event, but the political shenanigans as well. Both issues are extremely important, but completely different, no?
Too bad they are taking place at the same time.
The MSM will never (as has been pointed out in previous comments) focus on the great job that FReepers are doing in Crawford, and what FR stands for. At the same time, the MSM missed the tsunami and, by Jove, will make sure that the death/destruction when Hurricane Katrina hits will NOT miss their cameras this time. They are slime, pure and simple.
Blood and guts sells. Left wing socialism/communism sells.
We know better, and so do most Americans.
God Bless America and God Bless our Troops!!!
What's your problem? You might want to check out her posting history and consider your tagline before you accuse someone of being a troll.
hooHOO!
As I recall (10 years in Lubbock ending the first full day of Desert Storm) the worst stretch for cops was on 87 around the Strip - hard to believe, I know...
Dang def, that's an excellent idea.
Especially from a MSM source that will NOT use the very word TERRORIST.
NOT under ANY circumstance, unless of course their headquarters are bombed or one of their reporters is beheaded on video, they might reconsider then, LMAO.
Already did, apologized, guess you didn't check first.
Maybe not even then.
Guess I'd better stay away, this would be difficult to swallow.
SLIMEBALL ALERT
Beautiful Val, thanks so much. You are amazing.
Long day, long thread. FReegards
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