I been meaning to post on this and kept forgetting but now I got an extra special link to include. This was from Bush’s speech to the VFW on Monday (via the Canadian Press). Bush says anti-war protests threaten to weaken the United States Canadian Press Tuesday, August 23, 2005 DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) – President […]
From the AFP Bush spotlights mom of troops who backs Iraq war US President George W. Bush contrasted a military mother whose five sons and husband have served in Iraq with anti-war protestors he said risked emboldening terrorists. “There are few things in life more difficult than seeing a loved one go off to war. […]
Via LA Times Anti-War Protester Sheehan Leaves Crawford to Help Mother From Associated Press 2:34 PM PDT, August 18, 2005 CRAWFORD, Texas  The grieving woman who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush’s ranch nearly two weeks ago said today she was leaving because her mother had a stroke. Cindy Sheehan told reporters she […]
From Reuters via MSNBC: Protest campsite moving closer to Bush ranch Relative of man who fired shotgun offers space to antiwar demonstrators Reuters CRAWFORD, Texas – Antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is moving her camp closer to President Bush’s Texas ranch. The piece of private property was offered by a […]
Freeper of the week has to go to Larry Northern, the 59 year old Texan who took chained a pipe to the back of his pickup truck and used it to destroy the white crosses set up at Camp Casey in Crawford. Each one of the crosses represented a fallen soldier, so this tells you […]
From ABC news Australia: Hundreds join anti-war protest at Bush ranch Several hundred people have joined a protest near US President George W Bush’s holiday ranch in Texas to demonstrate against the war in Iraq. The two-week-old protest organised by Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq last year, is being held to […]
Since it has been somewhat of a slow news day, I have been busy doing loads of computer work (playing catch up). So to make sure I have a couple posts today, here is a great article I saw on theAP about Cindy: Normal Life Over for Protesting Mother By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National […]
Yesterday, pro-war ralliers formed across the street from Cindy Sheehan in Crawford to show their support for Bush. Here is one account of their rally I have received: A group of about 50 pro-Bush demonstrators from the Metroplex armed with various sizes of American flags, as well as banners and posters, arrived directly across from […]
George Bush got his first look at the protestors today as he drove by in his motorcade. Latest reports put the total number of protestors staged outside his Crawford ranch at over 700. Cindy Sheehan was standing there holding a sign saying: “Why do you make time for donors and not for me?” and other […]
Support and troops keep rolling in to help Cindy Sheehan in her mission to get President Bush to answer about the war in Iraq. Scottsdale moms join Crawford anti-war protest By Carol Sowers / Arizona Republic Determined to keep “the pressure up,” two Scottsdale mothers have joined a vigil outside the President Bush’s remote ranch […]