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."
I think it could be a disaster for the left to find the Katrina $$$ gone into some leftist pocket.
I think that's exactly what happened; I'll ping a few people for the details.
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All of the money that Cindy helped raise went into leftist pockets.
Even by their own admission, Cindy's Veteran For Peace, have only spent a couple thousand dollars of the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) they raised on helping Katrina victims.
They are being investigated by several groups, including I'm reliable informed, the FBI's Katrina fraud operation.
There are a number of threads on this subject at:
Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/
binkdeville, see post #81 for the details!
Thanks again, Sam.
Thx.
I was tempted to animate this one, too, but decided it wouldn't be postable, so I merely clarified it. :)
I didn't even notice your name on the other one...I just looked back in the threads until I found it.
That pic is absolutely hilarious. I still laugh when I see it.
I agree that animating this one may be a little over the top, but you can always do it up and FReepmail the link, right?
I agree that animating this one may be a little over the top, but you can always do it up and FReepmail the link, right?
And reveal the deepest depths of my dipsy doodle?
Sam Hill was all over that and the groups collecting funds
I should have read down the thread .. I knew you had the info :0)
Her clocks must have all stopped because her 15 minutes of "fame" has long expired.
What a pity, her short 15 minutes of fame were over 10 minutes ago and she is stiil standing on her brave sons coffin.
Follow the money, but I am sure George Soros and/or Michael Moore are supplying funds either directly or indirectly through some front org.
She's living off The Death Benefits from her son.
How do we find out who is funding her protest? I hope it snows in Crawford for Thanksgiving.
Wait til the arrests start making national news again.
First Arrests Made in Crawford!
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/23/D8E29VO80.html
Oh, cool......getting right on it, aren't they?
Should I start a new thread?
Check out clawrence's post!
A dozen war protesters were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking.
That should get some laughs!!
Ping Mo1 and Sam Hill to it!
I don't know how to link these threads, sorry.
Or "Ping" - is there a FAQ section here at FreeRepublic.com?
Thanks for the ping. Ironically, I just came from posting it up here:
Sweetness & Light » Cops Bust Camp Casey
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/cops-bust-camp-casey-iv/
Too bad Mother Sheehan was too busy with her "family emergency" to get collered.
And yet her sister was there. Go figure.
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