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Protestors Unveil Monument Honoring Sheehan
AP ^ | Nov. 25, 2005 | Angel K. Brown

Posted on 11/25/2005 5:08:23 PM PST by digger48

Protestors Unveil Monument Honoring Sheehan By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago

CRAWFORD, Texas - Anti-war demonstrators, back in Crawford to protest during President Bush's holiday vacation, unveiled a stone monument Friday with the words "Sheehan's Stand" in honor of the woman who inspired their efforts.

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Cindy Sheehan, who staged a 26-day protest outside Bush's ranch in August, cried when she saw the 2-foot-high sandstone marker.

On the other side of the rectangular slab is the word "Why!" and names of more than two dozen soldiers whose families were part of the vigil. The name of Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, is among them.

"Nobody knew what was going to happen, and we made up Camp Casey as we went along, and it grew and grew and grew," said Sheehan, of Berkeley, Calif. "We're here to say that the killing has to stop, that we're not going to justify any more killing on our losses."

The artist who carved the 1,200-pound monument, Ron Teska of Wind Ridge, Pa., drove to Crawford the last week of the protest with the stone slab in the back of his pickup. He spent about 45 hours carving it.

The marker was placed at the Crawford Peace House, which opened downtown a month after the war began in March 2003. An anti-war rally was planned for Saturday and an interfaith service Sunday.

Several Bush supporters also gathered in Crawford on Friday with a sign reading: "The price of freedom is not free." Hundreds were expected to attend a pro-Bush rally Saturday.

"I disagree with her claims that the president is a murderer and a liar," said James Vergauwen of Windthorst. "When you're at war, you need to be at war as a whole country and not as a divided country."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: M203M4

Man..
What a puss!
It'd make a train take a dirt road..
Ms.B


61 posted on 11/25/2005 6:07:06 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history.)
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To: McLynnan

My 76 year old mother wants to drive down from Dallas tomorrow and get rid of it!


She drives and I'll bring the sledge hammer.


62 posted on 11/25/2005 6:09:01 PM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: Baynative

What is on the backside of the marker that they are all staring at? I can't see it from here.


63 posted on 11/25/2005 6:09:23 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Diplomacy doesn't work when seagulls rain on your parade. A shotgun and umbrella does.)
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To: M203M4

What a face!Is there an assistant off camera pinching her with a visegrip?


64 posted on 11/25/2005 6:09:44 PM PST by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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To: new yorker 77

She should put some ice on that.


65 posted on 11/25/2005 6:11:22 PM PST by thoughtomator (What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
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To: ChefKeith

they prolly used sandstone cause they know marble or granite won't last anylonger anyway... a hammer or a shotgun don't know the differrence and can make it go away over night. i give it three months. but it'll prolly get wizzed on MUCH sooner than that!!! 8^)


66 posted on 11/25/2005 6:12:47 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: LoudRepublicangirl

Works for me! She is seriously making the drive down here, and she's spitting mad. She planned on being here tomorrow anyway, but now her trip has purpose. I've never seen her dislike anybody as much as Cindy Sheehan. Not sure if I can hold her back, haha.


67 posted on 11/25/2005 6:13:17 PM PST by McLynnan
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To: thoughtomator
I agree with you. I suggest tossing this at her then.


68 posted on 11/25/2005 6:16:23 PM PST by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: ChefKeith

An unidentified child gives a thumbs down as he rides by the Crawford Peace House during an anti-war event near President Bush's ranch on Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 in Crawford, Texas. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has returned to Crawford to protest the war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

69 posted on 11/25/2005 6:19:06 PM PST by tgslTakoma
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To: new yorker 77

That would work, if we could find something that can get that up to a decent velocity.


70 posted on 11/25/2005 6:19:23 PM PST by thoughtomator (What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
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To: digger48

71 posted on 11/25/2005 6:19:42 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: McLynnan

Her generation saw it all-the depression, WWII, Korea, etc. I can see why she is worked up over this. I hope she gives it to em good!!!!


72 posted on 11/25/2005 6:20:08 PM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: maggief

It looks like a tombstone.


73 posted on 11/25/2005 6:20:40 PM PST by ViLaLuz (Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
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To: Farmer Dean
And her adoring fans in the MSM follow her everywhere she goes...

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan talks to the media after arriving at the Waco Regional Airport after flying in from California, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005, in Waco, Texas. Sheehan plans to resume her war protest near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

74 posted on 11/25/2005 6:23:03 PM PST by tgslTakoma
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To: digger48

dude wheres the barf alert i just ate :-)


75 posted on 11/25/2005 6:23:53 PM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: crazyhorse691

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan (facing) hugs Juan Torres after he was speaking about the death of his son during a memorial ceremony in Crawford, Texas November 25, 2005. Sheehan became an icon for the peace movement after her son Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq and she held a 26-day vigil near U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch during the summer. REUTERS/Jim Young

76 posted on 11/25/2005 6:27:20 PM PST by tgslTakoma
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To: LoudRepublicangirl

Not to mention her three sons (my brothers) and my dad all proudly served. One of my brothers and his wife are active duty. The more I look at this thing the angrier I get. The people of Crawford don't deserve to be punished with this. It doesn't reflect the prevailing sentiments of the community. Sensing I need to take a chill pill before I get myself in trouble.


77 posted on 11/25/2005 6:27:29 PM PST by McLynnan
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To: McLynnan
Off to find my spray paint collection. Anybody want to join me?

I was thinking more along the line of chisels. You know, so that we can chip off pieces to take home as souveniers. Like what they did to the Berlin Wall.

78 posted on 11/25/2005 6:28:53 PM PST by lowbridge (All that is needed for evil to triumph is for "RINOS" to do something)
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To: tgslTakoma

If Elmer Fudd had a sister......


79 posted on 11/25/2005 6:31:15 PM PST by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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To: McLynnan

I've had my share of trouble with war-protesters. I even had one chasing me because I grabbed his miserable sign and took off with it and destroyed it. The thing is the war-protester was about 6'2" and I am only a 5'3" woman. I wasn't sure what this "peacelover" was going to do if he caught me so I out ran the bastard.


80 posted on 11/25/2005 6:33:34 PM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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