LIVE Report From Crawford (3,000 folks now and STILL COMING!)

Basil in Crawford | 8-27-05 | TxBubba

[CindyDawg]

OOPS. THis goes with 3234

[mylife]

Yes I saw the mega cool video..

editing/production takes time I hope to see some nice video in the future

Serpentdove did a great job!

[El Gato]

After looking at a photo of Cindy Sheehan, OBL says, "I'm not that lonely!"

Put a Burka on her and he won't mind.

[mylife]

Great job folks! Thanks so much for the pics

[Humidston]

GREAT shots, but I have a question... We were seated close to the back so I couldn't figure out what happened. Since you posted a couple of close ups, I hope you can answer about what actually happened.

I saw a sign - large print - something like "Bush is a terrorist" and people began boooing. I then saw the Protest Warrior along the bottom and I began yelling, "NO! THAT'S PROTEST WARRIOR!" along with a lot of others.

I saw there was a rumble of sorts, and the sign vanished. Is that the guy that everyone up front was after? Was his sign taken away and thrown to the ground or was it some other person who was actually a leftist?

Thanks for any insight you can give me!

[El Gato]

Very good, SD....that is a great picture...did you see Darrell Ankarlo out there?

I didn't' see him, but I did hear him. He was one of the speakers.

I think that next time there is a hugh, series FREEPER event, we need to have all of the freepers wear nametags or have cards or something, so that other freepers can recognize them....instead of asking strangers if they are freepers...

Many of us did wear a name tag. Some, like Eaker and Humblegunner had preprinted ones. Most of use used the sticker and markers provided at the "sign in" table. I made two. One for my pocket, one for my hat. Several people I knew only on line came up and said hello. They were wearing tags as well.

[El Gato]

Still, someone should have used the opportunity to explain it after it was all over.

They explained from the stage, both before and after the incident. Problem was, many folks could not hear it.

[plewis1250]

It was EXTREMELY chaotic. I actually was seated to your right over under the trees. When people started booing, I made my way into the "crowd" and they already were ripping the sign to pieces. From the shots afterwords, it def. was a protest warrior shot, but at the time the people on the stage had said it was the other side, so I had assumed that was the case. I wonder if maybe there WAS a rat hanging around there, and lifted his sign, and the PW sign was just "collateral damage"? The situation certainly was QUITE fluid, and I was having the time of my life being in the thick of things. I love the PWs, and love their mission, but can definitely see how many of the people (who have NEVER heard of them) could have jumped all over one for a sign they had. Remember, MOST of the people there were not Freepers, and more than likely had never heard of the PWs. Hope this helps! I had quite a good time, and am still debating flying up to DC in September...
- plewis1250

[MattMa]

From the MN Protest Warriors website.

We linked up with PW co-founder Kfir Alfia at the rally and went in to look for more PW's to link up with. About 30 minutes into our effort to link with others we had a slight misunderstanding with some people in the group, who didn't know who PW was, we promptly left the scene and got outside the rally, where we were inundated by The Press, who I don't' really know, all I do know is the AP was definitely there as my name is plastered all over the web by them, surprisingly positive too.

[El Gato]

What's the name of that park in the pic?

Same as the park we were in. Tonkawa Park. As we left the rally it looked more like local kids in the swim'n hole, not the great unwashed. They would probably have been skinny dipping, don't you think?

[RebelTex]

"...where we were inundated by The Press, who I don't' really know, all I do know is the AP was definitely there as my name is plastered all over the web by them, surprisingly positive too."

LOL

Instant fame - can fortune be far behind?

I hope he has a good sense of humor.   The Protest Warriors sure know how to make hilarious signs and sneakily infiltrate the lib's events, heheh.   I love the reports and pics of their efforts.   Sorry they got 'hit with friendly fire'.  Do you think we should tell them about our secret password? LOL

;^D

[foreign devil]

C00000L Picture! :)

[foreign devil]

That is sooooo cute! What a great kid!

[HushTX]

just wondering, what was questionable about them? I'm part of Protest Warrior myself, though I have only met one of those guys in person for a whole 15 minutes. I don't agree with everything everyone in that group says, but I like the basic foundation they built up from.

So what did I miss that makes you say that?

[HushTX]

Here's what I finally got put together about the Crawford Rally on Friday.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1472653/posts?page=1

[geedee]

WHAT BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS!!!!

They brought tears to this 'ol Grizzlie's heart . . . and I'm the world's worst cynic.

Thanks to you and the others who have decided to carry the fight to our enemies . . . both domestic and foreign . . . we're still the GREATEST country the world has ever known.

I'm disabled in body so I can't join you in this momentous fight . . . but please know, in spirit, I'm with you and the rest of the Patriots every step of the way. I'm proud to even be remotely associated with WONDERFUL folks like you. Y'all make what could be torturous and unbearable days somehow manageable.

God how I love my fellow FReepers!!

[Smartaleck]

"God how I love my fellow FReepers!!"

Morning bump- Good show!

[AmericanMade1776]

Cindy Dawg..what a cute little feller. awwwwwww!

[Eaker]

There is someone selling a book about their time in Iraq. Basil is trying to get their name. He is signing autographs also so someone knows who he is!

His name is Phil Kiver. The title is 182 Days in Iraq.

It is available on Amazon, but won't be signed like my copy.

[Eaker]

My wife, TheMom directed traffic.

She said that there was at least 125 vehicles.