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War protest resuming despite Sheehan's delay to Crawford
KRISTV,COM ^ | November 22, 2005

Posted on 11/22/2005 12:14:31 PM PST by Howlin

CRAWFORD, Texas -- War opponents say their protest near President Bush's ranch will resume this week although the fallen soldier's mother who led a 26-day vigil this summer will arrive later than planned.

Cindy Sheehan of Berkeley, Calif., has a family emergency and is scheduled to arrive Friday in time for the dedication of the Camp Casey Memorial Garden at the Crawford Peace House. It is named for her 24-year-old son who died in Iraq last year.

Other peace activists have been arriving in Crawford and plan to return Wednesday to the roadside where Sheehan set up camp in August. They say they expect to be arrested, because in September county commissioners enacted two ordinances banning roadside parking within a 7-mile radius of Bush's ranch and prohibiting camping in any county ditch.

On Monday, three protesters filed a federal lawsuit against McLennan County, claiming the ordinances limit their free speech rights.

The demonstrators say they are returning to protest the war with Iraq to coincide with Bush's Thanksgiving ranch visit and that the county ordinances will not stop them.

"Our holidays will never be the same, so we want him to remember that," Sheehan's sister Dede Miller, who has already arrived in Crawford, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Protesters will hold a Thanksgiving meal and other activities on the same private 1-acre lot that a sympathetic landowner let them use for several weeks of the August protest. An anti-war rally is planned for Saturday in a downtown Crawford park and an interfaith service is planned for Sunday.

Sheehan's summer protest drew thousands but also spurred counter-protests of Bush supporters who said she was hurting troop morale. Bill Johnson, who started a pro-Bush camp beside his downtown Crawford souvenir shop in August, said he will hold a pro-Bush rally at the same site Saturday.

"Our goal is to get our story out because she'll get her story out," Johnson said Tuesday. "We see things differently than she does."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; cindy; cindysheehan; crawford; sheehan
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To: Howlin

"family emergency" = gotta get her brain washed.


21 posted on 11/22/2005 12:28:44 PM PST by Semper Vigilantis (Peace comes from having superior firepower, the will to use it, and a very short fuse.)
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To: Howlin

Ah...good point...someone needs to find out if there is any sighting of Cindy in a bookstore anywhere.


22 posted on 11/22/2005 12:28:58 PM PST by Txsleuth (9/11NEVER FORGET-NEVER SURRENDER, Sam Johnson, a REAL hero!)
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To: sgtbono2002

I like the idea. They could be charged with disturbing the peace. After all, it's not just the President who has to put up with the yo-yos when they come to Crawford.


23 posted on 11/22/2005 12:29:32 PM PST by HungarianGypsy (`)
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To: Semper Vigilantis

"Family emergency", like a date with Probate Court?


24 posted on 11/22/2005 12:31:26 PM PST by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: Blue Jays
Hi All-

"...County commissioners enacted two ordinances banning roadside parking within a 7-mile radius of Bush's ranch and prohibiting camping in any county ditch..."


It figures that looney moonbats need to have laws written to prevent them from camping in ditches. We learned that basic outdoor lesson as young children out in the country with wise ancestors.

~ Blue Jays ~

25 posted on 11/22/2005 12:32:00 PM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Bahbah

Does she have another son? Maybe he wants to enlist in the army to get away from his mother and she's going to try to talk him out of it.


26 posted on 11/22/2005 12:32:08 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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To: Tzimisce
How do they pay for the weed they're smoking?

Their Momma was protester, and her Momma was a protester, and her Momma was a protester, and they were born on the DC Mall in the back of a psychodelic VW bus back in 1973. Protesting is what they do. Oh, yeah and Grateful Dead concerts. They don't really need another 'occupation'.

27 posted on 11/22/2005 12:35:10 PM PST by Calusa (Say Nick, was ya ever stung by a dead bee?)
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To: Howlin

28 posted on 11/22/2005 12:36:32 PM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: Howlin

Arrest their mangy butts and lock 'em up!


29 posted on 11/22/2005 12:37:07 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: Tzimisce

"Who's paying these people? How do they eat? How do they pay for the weed they're smoking?"

I have been asking myself those same questions! Soros? Moveon.org? Kerry? Dean? DNC? Inquiring minds........


30 posted on 11/22/2005 12:37:39 PM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: dead

It's good to be queen (of the moonbats)! -- with Dr. FrankenDean as her lackey!


31 posted on 11/22/2005 12:39:01 PM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Past Your Eyes
Does she have another son? Maybe he wants to enlist in the army

She does have another son. I think he may be too young to enlist just yet, but wouldn't that be rich. Actually, I very much doubt the "family emergency" excuse. I would be curious to know what the real deal is.

32 posted on 11/22/2005 12:39:07 PM PST by Bahbah (Free Scooter; Tony Schaffer for the US Senate)
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To: Howlin

She has to get back to fight for justice and peace for son's memory; as soon as she stops to sell some books to capitalize on her loss.


33 posted on 11/22/2005 12:40:19 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
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To: Howlin

Thanksgiving would be an appropriate time for the long-suffering citizens of Crawford to shoot these turkeys.


34 posted on 11/22/2005 12:41:53 PM PST by kittymyrib
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To: Howlin

"Cindy Sheehan of Berkeley, Calif., has a family emergency and is scheduled to arrive Friday in time for the dedication of the Camp Casey Memorial Garden at the Crawford Peace House."

They probably have her tied up, and if not, why?


35 posted on 11/22/2005 12:41:58 PM PST by billhilly (If you're lurking here from DU (Democrats unglued), I trust this post will make you sick.)
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To: Tzimisce
can anyone here afford to take time off for a month long protest?

Month off from what? I think Food Stamps and other Gubmint assistance are direct deposit now.

36 posted on 11/22/2005 12:45:10 PM PST by digger48
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To: HungarianGypsy

When you arrest someone and take them before a magistrate and let them pay a $5.00 fine and go home that isnt a deterrent. Jail time is. Give them all 15 days of picking up trash in an Orange jump suit. Most wont come back.


37 posted on 11/22/2005 12:46:47 PM PST by sgtbono2002 (The Dems are willing to throw the game in Iraq, just to embarrass President Bush)
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To: ConservativeGreek

>>>Thought there was a local ordinance passed against this activity now?>>>

They did. The article states they 'plan to be arrested'. Sheehan just wants some cop to put his hand up her panties again. Closest she's had to a man in a while I'll bet.


38 posted on 11/22/2005 12:47:56 PM PST by sandbar
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To: Tzimisce
Who's paying these people? How do they eat? How do they pay for the weed they're smoking?

I'm serious - can anyone here afford to take time off for a month long protest?

I recall they collected something like 600k for 'katrina victims' that they have stashed in a VW bus somewhere.

39 posted on 11/22/2005 12:51:16 PM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: sandbar

Closest she's had to a man in a while I'll bet.

I don't know, she was pretty close to Jessie the race whore, as I recall.


40 posted on 11/22/2005 12:51:41 PM PST by ConservativeGreek
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