From the AP New York Rev. Al Sharpton plans to join Texas Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan NEW YORK (AP) _ The Rev. Al Sharpton plans to join peace activist Cindy Sheehan, known as the Peace Mom, on Sunday near President Bush’s Texas ranch. Sharpton’s office said Thursday he would participate in a prayer vigil Sunday […]
Via Associated Press Army Planning for 4 More Years in Iraq By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq  well over 100,000  for four more years, the Army’s top general said Saturday. In an Associated Press interview, Gen. Peter […]
President Bush is starting a 5 day campaign to try and regain support for the war in Iraq. This is most likely going to be a failure, much the same way his last attempts were. In his radio address today, the President did not offer any new or promising news from Iraq, instead he just […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Via KHOU 11 Houston moms heading to Crawford to protest war More protesters from the Houston-area are headed to President Bush’s Crawford ranch. They loaded their cars and left from the Heights area Wednesday afternoon. They’re upset by the mounting casualties in Iraq and are opposed to the Bush administration’s handling of the war. More […]
Via the US Newswire: CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ — Members of Gold Star Families for Peace and Military Families Speak Out are beginning to arrive in Crawford, Texas, to add their voices to Cindy Sheehan’s, calling for a meeting with President Bush and for troops to be brought home now. The following Gold […]
On March 24, 2004, President George Bush took the spotlight as a comedian. Before the National Correspondents dinner he boosted jokes while showing slides. One joke he repeated throughout the evening involved weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. As he showed pictures of him looking under a desk he said “no weapons of mass destruction […]