Free Republic

If what follows sounds like a scene from the sci-fi disaster flick Independence Day, imagine what President George W. Bush must have thought on the night of January 8, 2008 as he contemplated his ranch home in Crawford, Texas. At around 8:00 pm, an enormous, hovering craft with ridiculously bright lights, at least 1,000 feet long (though some witnesses said a mile long), was tracked on multiple radars heading straight for the president's ranch at low speed. The craft lacked a required transponder, was totally unidentified, did not respond to any attempts at communication, and was flying through restricted airspace....

Jenna Hager to Ellen: Use Our Ranch for Your Wedding By Stephen M. Silverman Originally posted Friday May 23, 2008 03:50 PM EDT From left: Laura Bush, Jenna Hager and Ellen DeGeneresJenna Hager to Ellen: Use Our Ranch for Your Wedding John McCain may disapprove of Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia DeRossi's intentions to marry, but there's another Republican who is only too happy to help with the upcoming nuptials: Jenna Hager.

Roadside camping and parking bans are constitutional, a federal judge ruled, blocking protesters from pitching tents or placing portable toilets in ditches near President Bush's ranch. Protesters sought to make a smaller makeshift campsite than what Cindy Sheehan set up a year ago off the winding, two-lane road leading to Bush's ranch, said attorney David Broiles, who sued on behalf of Sheehan, of Berkeley, Calif., and four other anti-war demonstrators. But less than a week after asking the protesters and McLennan County officials to try to reach a compromise, U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith ruled unexpectedly late Monday that...

CRAWFORD, Texas - War protesters camping out near President Bush's ranch prepared Monday for a three-week bus tour to spread their anti-war message to people and lawmakers in 25 states. Three buses were to depart Wednesday from the makeshift camp started by Cindy Sheehan along the main road leading to Bush's ranch, protesters said. Sheehan arrived Aug. 6, soon after his Texas vacation began, and vowed to stay until month's end unless he talked to her about the war that claimed her 24-year-old son Casey's life. Since then, several thousand people have visited "Camp Casey" for a few hours, days...

On my heart is to share a prayer and some scripture and invite others to join in agreement on this thread. Lord, I pray: * For the humiliation and spiritual 'breaking' of our enemies, without bloodshed, that they be in disarray as a group and come to spiritual repentance individually. * For the enlightenment of the many naive and apathetic people who finally start to understand the agenda of the Radical Left and renounce and reject it, * For the encouragement of the Conservative Right, that they will renew their strength, that they will have both the compassion and the...

The highest honor given by Bush is a tour of his famous ranch. If you are not a head of state and a warlord, don't expect an invite. However, you can enjoy this virtual tour and see what only Tony Blair and his ilk have seen, or even use it as the basis of your own tourist expedition. It will be far more informative than the vague Time Magazine article (January 12, 2004) story about the ranch....

WACO, Texas- Some of President Bush's Crawford neighbors asked county commissioners Tuesday to prevent future demonstrations like the makeshift anti-war campsite near his ranch. Residents submitted a petition of more than 60 signatures seeking to amend an ordinance by extending the no parking zone on the road leading to Bush's ranch, which now prohibits cars from stopping within a few hundred feet. Several complained of road blockages and traffic jams in the last week, since dozens of war protesters started pitching tents off the winding, two-lane Prairie Chapel Road leading to the Western White House. Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif.,...

Crawford mayor is Kerry supporter BY GROMER JEFFERS JR. The Dallas Morning News (KRT) - Crawford may be the heart of Bush country, but the town's mayor says John Kerry is the best choice for president. "I don't see where I'm better off than I was four years ago," Robert Campbell said Tuesday. "I don't see where the city is any better off." The Kerry campaign recently listed Campbell as one of 100 black mayors around the country - seven of them Texans - who support the Massachusetts senator over President Bush. But the campaign has not focused particular attention...

Banished protester plans to approach President's Texas ranch By The Associated Press (12/9/02 - HOUSTON) — A persistent protester who recently was arrested for scaling the front gate of the White House to hang a "No War on Iraq" banner says she is now setting her sights on President Bush's Texas ranch. Diane Wilson, a 54-year-old grandmother from the southeast Texas town Seadrift, said a Washington D.C. judge advised her last week to go home to Texas or risk a future arrest and some serious jail time. But she doesn't plan to stay in Seadrift for long. She has big...