Free Republic

Group looking to buy Cindy Sheehan’s property in Crawford being denied  Updated: Jun 1, 2007 6:46pmAnti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is giving the cold shoulder to a group that wants to buy her property near President Bush's Crawford ranch.Sheehan announced this week she was selling the land, and would consider any reasonable offers. The land, known as Camp Casey, which was named after Sheehan’s son who died in Iraq, will reportedly go up for auction on E-bay with a starting bid of $80,000. A group called "Move America Forward" announced Friday it wants to buy the land and said it’ll do...

Despite Sen. Harry Reid's determination that the United States has lost the war in Iraq, our troops are still dug in like there's real hope. What are these guys thinking? Do they believe America, the world's only super power, has a real chance to beat a rag-tag group of terrorists who hide in caves and use cell-phone batteries and children's toys in their high-tech war on the West? If you listen to the left and their cohorts in the mainstream media, you might think we patriots who support this war on terror and our troops have given up the fight....

Protesters employ monkey to decry Reid's Iraq stance Group includes woman whose son was killed in war By MOLLY BALL REVIEW-JOURNAL May. 18, 2007 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal  With a sleepy monkey in a camouflage outfit and white handkerchiefs on flagpoles, a small group of pro-war activists Thursday gathered outside the federal courthouse that houses Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Las Vegas office, decrying what they said was a policy of surrender. "Even though my son paid the ultimate sacrifice, I still support the president. I support what we're doing over there, and I support our troops," said...

 Fight Back Against Pelosi & Reid!      On Thursday, May 17th at 10:30 AM Pacific Time, we will be conducting “Surrender is Not an Option” protest rallies outside of Speaker Pelosi’s San Francisco office ( 450 Golden Gate Ave. 14th Floor - San Francisco) and Senator Reid’s Las Vegas office (CLICK HERE for LOCATION). We're sick and tired of watching Congressional leaders like Pelosi and Reid deliberately undermining support for the missions of our troops serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! We are asking all of our members and supporters and the general...

'These Colors Don't Run' to hold counterprotest By Eric Pfeiffer THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 13, 2007A caravan of military family members is driving cross-country to show their continuing support for the troops, culminating in a large pro-troop rally in Washington this weekend. Calling their effort "These Colors Don't Run," the series of rallies, which was organized by the Move America Forward organization, is making 25 stops before arriving at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Saturday. "Some politicians don't seem to have the will and fortitude to stand behind our troops when they need us most, and that saddens me," said...

MORE PICTURES FROM THE "THESE COLORS DONT RUN CARAVAN" !!! DAY 3, DAY 4, DAY 5 !!! SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH Tucson, Arizona SUNDAY, MARCH 11TH     Del Paso, Texas NOTE: Have yet to receive pictures from an amazing stop at Spec-Ops in Monahans. Will post soon. If you have any please post. Monahans, Texas SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH       Midland/Odessa, Texas           Dallas, Texas CLICK HERE FOR PICS FROM DAY1, DAY2, DAY 3 

PRO-TROOP RALLY TODAY (MONDAY) 3:00 PM Central Time Zone - Pioneer Plaza Park - DALLAS News/Talk KLIF radio station will not only cover the event, they've announced they are broadcasting the rally LIVE! CLICK HERE to LISTEN all you FReepers! The great founder of FR, Jim Robinson, will be here and is happy to have you all listening in and cheering on the Move America Forward caravan to join GOE in Washington, D.C. on March 17th. NATIONAL PATRIOTIC CARAVAN MAKES STOP IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS MONDAY, MARCH 12th! Jon-David Wells Live Broadcast from Pioneer Park, 4pm-7pm A national patriotic, pro-troop...

Little Rock Pro-Troop Rally - 8:00 AM Arkansas State Capital Corner of Woodlane Street and Capital Ave Little Rock, ArkansasMemphis Pro-Troop Rally - 12:00 Noon Colettas Restaurant 2840 Appling Road Memphis, TNComplete Information Online: www.MoveAmericaForward.org

            FIRST SET OF CARAVAN PICTURES ARE IN! THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH San Francisco, California Lafayette, California Vacaville, California Sacramento, California Stockton, California Fresno, California Bakersfield, California FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH Bakersfield, California Los Angeles, California Palm Springs, California Palm Desert, California SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH Blythe, California Phoenix, Arizona

Caravan for U.S. troops shows colors Military families and supporters in Move Forward America speak at Griffith Park en route to a rally next weekend in Washington, D.C. By Valerie Reitman, Times Staff Writer March 10, 2007 Kyle Crowley, an 18-year-old Marine, died in Iraq nearly three years ago. Stricken by stress and grief, his father, Mark Crowley, suffered a near-fatal heart attack about 17 months later, on the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The elder Crowley, now 48, a sheet metal worker from the Northern California town of Tracy, wasn't healthy enough to return to work. He's...

Conservatives Plan Convoy to Counter Anti-War Protest Conservatives activists will set out Thursday on a nationwide caravan ending in Washington D.C., to counter anti-war protests scheduled to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war. The "These Colors Don't Run" caravan begins Thursday in San Francisco and moves through the southern United States, stopping for more than two dozen "pro-troop" rallies along the way. The caravan ends in the nation's capital, where the activists will join the "Gathering of Eagles," a counter-protest to the anti-war demonstrations on March 17. "We're going to bring thousands of Americans...

Parents of slain U.S. soldiers travel to Iraq LYERLY, Georgia (AP) -- After her son Justin was killed serving in Iraq, a grieving Jan Johnson resolved to see the place where he died and to better understand why it happened. Johnson and her husband, Joe, who also served in Iraq, were among a group of seven parents who lost children in the war who were picked to travel to northern Iraq in November as a scout team for a bigger trip next year. "I wanted to go see where my son died," she said. "You hear in the news how...

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                         June 19, 2006 Contact: Robert Dixon (916) 441- 6197B L O G S H O C K E R ! Daily Kos Embraces Pro-Troop “Move America Forward” (SAN FRANCISCO) – Liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of the popular left-of-center blog, DailyKos.com, has just returned from his first annual “YearlyKos” convention by embracing a surprising mantra: that of the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization, Move America Forward (website: http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org). In a posting headlined “Move America Forward” the blogger “Kos”...