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Lonesome doves pray for peace, breeze **Barf Alert**
Star-Telegram ^ | 19 Aug. 2006 | David Casstevens

Posted on 08/19/2006 12:04:32 PM PDT by Bangupjob

CRAWFORD -- As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra.

"Ommmmmm," they began, as one, in a droning monotone.

Again. Then again, drawing out the syllable until they were out of breath.

In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

MoooooOOHhh.

The bovine reply reminded the gathering of where they are, and gave them a reason to laugh, just the kind of bonding moment those who are doggedly committed to bringing American troops home from Iraq needed at the end of another long, very hot day.

War is hell.

Protesting war from a Texas prairie under a pitiless August sun just feels like it.

So far, during the monthlong peace vigil led by Cindy Sheehan, the temperature at Camp Casey -- named in honor of Sheehan's soldier son who died in Iraq -- has routinely topped 100 degrees.

The camp has no air conditioning. No running water. And shade is scarce.

(Excerpt) Read more at dfw.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiwar; barfalert; cindysheehan; crawford; crawfordstockii; derangedleft; hippies; joanofcrawford; nuisance; protests; sheehan; texas; unpopular; wot
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1 posted on 08/19/2006 12:04:33 PM PDT by Bangupjob
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I just love the sentence fragments; so dramatic, so intense.


2 posted on 08/19/2006 12:06:33 PM PDT by squarebarb
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What do these people do for a living that they can take a month off to sit in a hot Texas field and moan in unison?


3 posted on 08/19/2006 12:08:55 PM PDT by linn37 (Have you hugged your Phlebotomist today?)
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its really to bad that rats were not running around out there.OH Wait there already plenty of democRATS.Wish for a mosquito and hornet swarm to encircle the camp.Maybe s sewage plant downwind manuredump ect...


4 posted on 08/19/2006 12:09:25 PM PDT by stickandpucknut
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In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

MoooooOOHhh.

Cindy, is that you........???


5 posted on 08/19/2006 12:14:12 PM PDT by Recon Dad (Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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To: Bangupjob
"As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra. "

Isnt that Speshal.

6 posted on 08/19/2006 12:16:05 PM PDT by No Blue States
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Hats off (Stetsons, no doubt) to the headline writers.


7 posted on 08/19/2006 12:16:45 PM PDT by billhilly
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The best part of this article is the comparison in contrast with 'Lonesome Dove' characters Woodrow F. Call and Augustus McCrae (who were based upon real-life legends Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving). Too bad we've gotten so civilized.

In another place, at another time, we wouldn't have to listen to these losers because they'd all be dead...since they lack guts, any sense of self-preservation, and basic survival skills.

LBT
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8 posted on 08/19/2006 12:17:26 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds (There's nothing more pitiful than a retarded philosopher.)
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To: Bangupjob
Hindu mantra

"Ommmmmm,"

I thought it was Buddhist.

MoooooOOHhh

Hmm...sounds like Bull$hit.

9 posted on 08/19/2006 12:18:42 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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David Casstevens writes a love sonnet for war protesters.


10 posted on 08/19/2006 12:19:03 PM PDT by stinkerpot65
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I liked the book Lonesome Dove, but didn't the author help in writing the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain?


11 posted on 08/19/2006 12:19:34 PM PDT by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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"Ommmmmm," they began, as one, in a droning monotone.

I thought that was just a gag from "Up In Smoke". I didn't know kooks actually did that.

12 posted on 08/19/2006 12:20:13 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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MoooooOOHhh.

The Mother of all bovines mooing at the stars. Heh...

13 posted on 08/19/2006 12:23:59 PM PDT by BigFinn
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Yes, inexplicably he did. :-(

LBT
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14 posted on 08/19/2006 12:24:51 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds (There's nothing more pitiful than a retarded philosopher.)
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To: Bangupjob
MoooooOOHhh.

That's right; buncha cows. I wonder what the average age of those 'peace activists' might be? Seems like they're still pining for their halcyon days during Vietnam.

15 posted on 08/19/2006 12:26:17 PM PDT by SuziQ
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What do these people do for a living that they can take a month off to sit in a hot Texas field and moan in unison?


16 posted on 08/19/2006 12:27:04 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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MoooooOOHhh.

That would be Cindy.

17 posted on 08/19/2006 12:27:48 PM PDT by dighton
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If it was not such a waste, someone could dump a bunch of sweetfeed and cracked corn out there in the pasture with these folks. The resulting fire-ants and feral pigs would have a field day. I am thoroughly amazed that nobody local has set up amplifiers for coyote huntin' at night. The soothing strains of screaming rabbits would mingle so well in the humid night air........Not that such things should be condoned, dontcha know.


18 posted on 08/19/2006 12:27:50 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever
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"The bovine reply reminded the gathering of where they are, and gave them a reason to laugh, just the kind of bonding moment..."

They "bonding" with each other, or with the cow?

19 posted on 08/19/2006 12:29:41 PM PDT by Redbob
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LOL!!!! I do like the style of your thinkin'!

Good one!


20 posted on 08/19/2006 12:29:50 PM PDT by Bangupjob
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