We are moving some of the Camp Casey operations from the Pine View Middle School to The Green Room at 521 Boston Street in Covington - More information coming ASAP.
Posted on 09/10/2005 2:55:51 PM PDT by Sam Hill
Cindy Sheehan's backers, the Veterans For Peace, are on the move:
We are moving some of the Camp Casey operations from the Pine View Middle School to The Green Room at 521 Boston Street in Covington - More information coming ASAP.
The VFP had to move out of the Pine View Middle School because they had lied to the school officials, claiming they were with the Red Cross, when they are not. Only Red Cross workers are permitted to be in that facility.
The Green Room is a bar. Both the Red Cross and the Covington police have checked it out. They both report no sign of the VFP being there.
Some more news from the VFP's bulletin board
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject: Do's and Don'ts--Fresh from Covington (Fri, 9/10--2:30 PM CT)Red Cross officials have said that this is completely untrue. The Red Cross does not endorse any shelters. Period. Besides, the VFP doesn't even have a shelter. They don't even have an address.Talked with my brother, Daryl Wade, a firefighter who's been volunteering in Covington since Sunday at 2:30 PM CT today. He says things are changing there daily, sometimes hourly, and wants people to have current news--as well as a list of "Do's and Don'ts" before heading to Covington.
THE GOOD NEWS: Red Cross has named Camp Casey the best shelter in Louisiana for Katrina relief.
And then there is this post from the very technology geniuses who claim to be "supporting" the Red Cross's communication systems:
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:55 am Post subject: New WiFi System Needed
Important!
Please Read:
The initial WiFi system that was sent down to VFP was rejected for delivery by people unrelated to the VFP.
We need a new system and someone dedicated enough to actually install it and get things operational.
Please forward this to anyone in the field that could help.
Thanks America!
And this, from the same thread:
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:11 am Post subject: Re: We can bring one when we come Sunday - leave Sat PM
There is power and computers and a satellite but we need the wifi. Just bring what you have if you can spare it. There are tech guys arriving on scene as we speak. Just find the Impeachment Bus Which is probably parked at
The Green Room
521 Boston Street
Covington, LA 70433
Or at least they'll know where it is.
Yep. They sure sound like the "best shelter" helping with Katrina relief. All you have to do is find them.
Who kicked them off and why? I must have missed this in the OLD MEDIA. /sarcasm
The school board, the Red Cross and the Covington police were all informed of the VFP and their preposterous claims.
The school realized that the VFP had lied to them, and that they were not with the Red Cross, and they were thrown off the grounds.
They drove over to the Green Room bar. But at last report their bus wasn't even there.
The Covington police have their eyes peeled for them. The Red Cross are also investigating the VFP's fraudulent claims.
They need someone "dedicated enough to actually install" a WiFi network?
Are these people and everyone associated with them complete and total simpletons? ANYONE who has any business at all touching a network could set up a WiFi system drunk out of their mind....it's one of the easiest network hardware installations there is and they need someone "dedicated" to do it?
How freakin' low is the bar with these people? How the hell do they get the gas nozzle in the holes on the sides of their vehicles? They're idiots.
Their first stop after leaving Crawford was in Austin on August 31-- we FReeped them quite successfully, it was our biggest turnout since Bill Clinton himself came to town a couple of years ago. The Cindy/VFP/Code Pink tour had at least TWO vehicles in their little caravan of sedition: the RV pictured in #29 (the large red/blue banner on the side has been added since Austin), and the "Impeachment Tour" VFP bus pictured in #40. There might have been a small U-haul or Ryder-type truck as well, don't remember for sure.
Cindy was traveling in the RV (she was literally hanging out a back window waving goodbye to her adoring fans as they pulled away from the Austin appearance, LOL). I don't remember seeing the RV in Crawford, but the bus was very visible driving around Crawford and at the Peace House. The bus has a VERY loud airhorn.
Cindy claimed at her Austin Rally that they were taking "10,000 pounds of supplies" they had from dismantling Camp Casey to the hurricane area to help the victims. I'm no cargo specialist, how much space would 10,000 pounds of unspecified "supplies" take up? Unless the RV and bus split up, they sure took a circuitous route if they went to St. Louis and Batavia, IL before going to Louisiana!
But that's probably because I work for beer.
Funny thing is, they seem to work just fine.
L
I saw Sean Penn with that shotgun and bulletproof vest. Where did he loot that boat?
From CNN's "reporter" Nic Robertson who flew from Iraq to New Orleans to "report" on Katrina.
Laurel, LA calling for supplies
by Debbie
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From local CodePinker:
Daryl Wade, an Austin firefighter and pilot who has been in Covington since Sunday, called his sister Susan Wade to say that a town in Laurel, Mississipi has received no supplies at all. Ben, who has been n Covington since Monday, is returning to Austin Sat and going back Monday. They are asking us to fill Ben's truck again with food, water, and basic hygiene like waterless ant-bacterial gel, toothpaste and toothbrushes.
The contact person for all of this is Susan Wade, Daryl's sister. Please contact her at 512-627-2932. her email is swade (at) texas.net. She is willing to pick stuff up or you can leave it at her house in South Austin. Call for directions.
I know some of you are tapped out but if you know of some supplies that are going unused, please contact here asap.
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6 PM to 9 PM
Admission: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
For advance reservations, call or email Ann (ann@saintarnold.com or 713-686-9494). She will accept cash, credit cards, checks and flattery (while appreciated, the flattery will not go towards the admission). Advance reservations must be made by noon on Tuesday.
Finally, a comment from Susan Wade:
My name is Susan Wade, and my brother is an Austin firefighter. He was in touch with the local Veterans for Peace group, and heard of a VfP group that drove from California to Louisiana last week and set up an aid station.
They're in Covington, LA and were the first relief on the ground there. We organized supplies (they had only the first load they brought with them), and Daryl loaded his truck (camper shell and a huge luggage rack) and drove to Covington last Saturday night. He and a friend have been volunteering there ever since. VfP has collected supplies and sent more pickups to Covington from Central Texas.
I was able to talk with Daryl by cell phone (his service is spotty, of course) on Monday night. They're working with the Red Cross now. That day, re-supply had improved dramatically, and they're starting to feel like they're making headway.
Tonight, when I got home, there was a message from Daryl saying they've had word of a small town in Mississippi (Laurel) that's received no assistance yet at all. We're organizing supplies and drivers again. If any of your readers want to make a donation that they can be certain will go right now to people in desperate need because of Katrina, I know for a fact the VfP is doing that. They have a PayPal and credit card site set up. Here's the link.
If anyone else wants to go do unglamorous relief work, it sounds as if rural Mississippi is the place to go. I'll serve as a contact for direct info from Covington for any who are interested. Email is swade@texas.net
As always, send me any Katrina information you'd like for me to publicize.
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To: Mendez; Susan Wade; george winter; pbsangha@yahoogroups.com; Lori ... She is
also accepting stuff for Austin refugees like bedding for those in shelters ...
crawfordpeace.nfshost.com/blog - 42k
REPORT FROM MAIA AT 8:46 a.m. today
Submitted by Margaustin on Mon, 2005-09-05 09:53. Katrina relief
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From: maia thomas [mailto:maia@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:46 AM
To: Mendez; Susan Wade; george winter; pbsangha@yahoogroups.com; Lori
Nickels
Subject: Re: Support VFP Camp Casey in Covington, LA
Daryl and I arrived in Covington on Sunday evening. We
are stationed at the Pineview Middle school and are
working with both the Red Cross and Veterans for
Peace, who are parked in the parking lot, offering
support.
There is still a need for volunteers here. People are
still being bussed out of NO and are in shock and many
need medical care, which is not available. The
hospital is only taking patients on life support.
There is special needs shelter but they will only take
people who need electiric medical supplies. they are
many sick people here.
We have been working nonstop providing care to
evacuees with dementia, brain injury, premature labor,
autism, cystic fibrosis, incontinence, congestive
heart failure. This is all taking place on the floor
of a school cafeteria w/ almost no medical supplies.
sanitation is marginal, to put it politely.
Red Cross is very disorganized and the volunteers are
working hard on the ground but command has not
adequately supplied the communities. Survivors and
family are not being cataloged by the RC because in
times of "disaster" per RC policy.
At this point we are planning to be back in austin on
thursday. Today Vets for Peace is taking their school
bus (Daryl will be on it) into downtown NO to bring in
suppplies and bring out about 30 people.
If you feel the urge to come to Covington, they do
need you and are working well with the Red Cross
volunteers here.
However, only come if you are prepared to do the
dirty, unglamorous work. I mean really UNGLAMOROUS.
Things we need;
new
flat sheets pillows
air mattresses, cots, wash cloths, towels, blankets
pump hand sanitizer (hospital grade, if possible)
vinyl exam gloves
zinc oxide ointment
chucks- flat disposable absorbant pads
pump hand soap
laundry detergent
water
gatorade
pedialyte
children's books and toys
Please DO NOT send;
dirty, old or winter used clothing, high heeled shoes,
paperback books.
THINK about what you send. Does a person in 96 degree
heat and survival mode need it?
We have a constant need for ice so if you can think of
a way to get a truck load of it here, do so.
Again, military and Red Cross, are here but not
adequate. This needs to be a citizen effort.
I have limited net and phone access, so don't be
concerned if I don't replyl.
Maia
» Margaustin's blog
http://crawfordpeace.nfshost.com/blog/1083
The picture of the lefties covering up the "Impeachment Tour" lettering on the bus is PRICELESS! Guess they wouldn't want anybody to mistakenly think it's urging the impeachment of any elected officials OTHER than President Bush! "Ummmm, it's not really specific enough, let's cover it up while we're here in Louisiana so they don't start asking WHO we think should be impeached."
Bet they rename it the "Impeach Bush Tour" or "Bush Impeachment Tour" or something similar as soon as they can find a sign letterer "dedicated enough" to repaint the bus.
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"Their first stop after leaving Crawford was in Austin on August 31-- we FReeped them quite successfully"
As you probably know, the VFP call you guys "thugs" in their various reports of that event.
They also are extremely reluctant to show photos.
Cindy claimed at her Austin Rally that they were taking "10,000 pounds of supplies" they had from dismantling Camp Casey to the hurricane area to help the victims."
That's a total lie, obviously.
Just look at the photo of their "shelter." That is the most they have done.
Otherwise they are just working out of the bus.
FYI, a google search indicated that a school bus weighs approximately 10,000 pounds. Perhaps that is the unspecified "supplies" VFP mentions. Their Impeachment Bus, its seats, and its passenger list of miscreants.
Do you live by there? Did you talk to any officials in the city directly?
If so, thanks!
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