Life in George Bush's Texas

“Ewker, the timing of his filing says otherwise.”

“that is your opinion. We don't know what is going on or has gone on between them.”

“What a kook. I heard she has met with that kook Michael Moore.”

“Peace Vigil Near Bush Ranch Vandalized
Waco Man Arrested and Charged With Criminal Mischief

By Caren Bohan, Reuters


McLennan PoliceA Texas man was arrested in connection with the incident. Larry Northern was charged with criminal mischief

CRAWFORD, Texas (Aug. 16) - Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan tried to calm tensions on Tuesday with area residents upset by her vigil but expressed outrage after a pickup truck driver ran over crosses at her campsite near President Bush's ranch.

Some 800 white wooden crosses, bearing the names of soldiers killed in Iraq like her son, have lined the road near the area where Sheehan has pitched a tent. Witnesses said they saw a truck dragging a pipe and chains drive over some of the crosses on Monday night.

Larry Northern, 46, of nearby Waco, Texas, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with the incident, Crawford Police Chief Donnie Tidmore said.

"We're trying to be good neighbors," said Sheehan, whose soldier son was killed in combat in Iraq in April 2004. "We're trying to make everybody happy and the only thing I want is to talk to one of their neighbors. If they want us to leave, they should talk to their neighbor, George Bush, and tell him to come to us."

Sheehan is in the 10th day of her vigil on Prairie Chapel Road, which leads to Bush's 1,600-acre ranch. She calls her site "Camp Casey," after her 24-year-old son.

By Tuesday morning, many rows of crosses had been put back in the ground, where they are adorned with flowers and flags.

Sheehan's supporters view her as a hero who has re-energized the anti-war movement but her critics see her as a publicity-seeking partisan who is dishonoring her son's status as a war hero.

"It's so ironic that I'm accused of dishonoring my son's memory by doing what I'm doing, by the other side, and then somebody comes and does this," Sheehan said.

Charles Anderson, a 28-year-old Iraq war veteran from Virginia Beach, Virginia, called the vandalism of the crosses a "sacrilege."



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Protesters were still awake on Monday night when a truck dragging a pipe drove over the hand-painted crosses.

"These crosses represent five of my comrades in my battalion who are no longer with us," he said at a news conference with Sheehan.

Sheehan, of Vacaville, California, has demanded a meeting with Bush at which she said she wants to call for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq.

While Bush has expressed sympathy for Sheehan's grief, the White House has declined a meeting. Sheehan previously met with Bush in 2004 but wants to talk to him face-to-face again.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush respects Sheehan's right to speak her mind.

"He does not agree with her views but he says he respects her right to peacefully protest," Perino said.

Bush has insisted he will not pull troops out of Iraq prematurely, saying they are need to promote stability as the country works on a new constitution and prepares for elections.


"If they want us to leave, they should talk to their neighbor, George Bush, and tell him to come to us."
-Cindy Sheehan

Sheehan's vigil has attracted anti-war activists from across the United States -- many of them also relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq -- who arrived to offer support, share a hug with Sheehan and join in her daily media events.

Sheehan, whose husband filed for divorce last week, also has drawn attention internationally. Australian Donna Mulhearn, 37, canceled plans to attend a conference in Texas to drive to Crawford, where she slept in her car so that she could get a chance to talk to Sheehan.

But in this quiet farming town of just over 700 people, many residents are unhappy about the media circus.

The residents, who have become accustomed to trips here by the president and his entourage, have seen their roads clogged by traffic as activists and reporters and television crews shuttle back and forth to Sheehan's site.

Displayed in front of one resident's house was a big sign that read, "We support our commander-in-chief."

Bush neighbor Larry Mattlage, whose property is across the street from the camp site, fired shots in the air on Sunday in an apparent expression of frustration.


08-16-05 16:12 EDT


Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited
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“How do you like being in bed with Larry Northern, Stovie-poo?”

“one could make un-flattering generalizations about the pro-war crowd based on the actions of one individual, just like un-flattering generalizations were made about liberals when war memorials were vandalized by one ore two individuals, but one is above that.”

“violin, that is unfair. stove is a decent guy and would never do anything like that. stop hitting below the belt”

“Yeah stovies great! (even for a republican)

I had to flip a coin between stovie and mike ;)”

“LOL
Hey Vile Man, don't you have some Synagogues to go bomb? ;-)”

“i think libs and cons can come together in condemning larry northerns actions”

“A Bush supporter desecrates hundreds of grave markers inscribed with the names of fallen US soldiers and the right is completely silent. I can only imagine the howling on talk radio and FAUX News if Michael Moore had accidentally tripped over one such memorial.

Where is the outrage?

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“Actually, upon checking, the only story I see on FAUX's website calls them "protest crosses" and pretty much blames Sheehan's group for the sacrilege.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165897,00.html
last edited: 8/17/05 1:41:12 PM”

“I think the crosses were knocked down by a$$holes, and there are a$$holes on both sides of the political fence. Partisan a$$holes, to be sure, but the fact they are a$$holes transcends whatever else they may think they are.
last edited: 8/17/05 1:56:58 PM”

“That's hilarious! Gramps is right - both sides are aceholes.”

“Oh crap, where have I gone wrong?”

“Bush Neighbor Lets War Protesters Use Land By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Aug 17,12:17 PM ET (off yahoo news)

CRAWFORD, Texas - War protesters camping in roadside ditches near President Bush's ranch have accepted a neighbor's offer to stay on his property, and their vigil will be joined this week by FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley and by another mother whose soldier-son died in Iraq.

The neighbor, Army veteran Fred Mattlage, said he sympathizes with participants in the vigil started Aug. 6 by Cindy Sheehan, who lost her 24-year-old son in Iraq last year. The makeshift camp off the winding, two-lane road to Bush's ranch has angered residents and snarled traffic.

"I just think people should have a right to protest without being harassed," Mattlage told The Associated Press. "And I'm against the war. I don't think it's a war we need to be in."

Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., has vowed to remain through Bush's monthlong ranch vacation unless he meets with her and other grieving families.

Former FBI special agent Rowley said she and Minnesota state Sen. Becky Lourey, whose son was killed in Iraq, will leave for Texas on Thursday and camp at the site through Sunday.

"It puts a human face on this issue," said Rowley, who is now a Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota. "Many people, if they don't have a personal connection to the troops, it's so easy for this to become a discussion that lacks seriousness and urgency. I think it's good to show that there are real people that are being affected."
Lourey's 41-year-old son, Chief Warrant Officer Matt Lourey, died May 26 when the Army helicopter he was piloting was shot down. The state senator has consistently criticized the Iraq war but was also supportive of her son's military career.

"Our children are dying and I think it's time to go support Cindy and see if Bush will come out and we can say, 'President Bush, what is the mission exactly?'," Lourey said. "Truth has been shifting all around and I think we need to rejoin the world community and not occupy another nation."

Now retired from the FBI, Rowley criticized the agency for ignoring her pleas before the 9/11 attacks to investigate terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui more aggressively. Her actions earned her a slot as one of Time magazine's "persons of the year" for 2002.

Demonstrators said they would start moving their tents, anti-war banners and portable toilets to Mattlage's corner 1-acre lot Wednesday and hope to have the new camp set up in time for a dusk candlelight vigil. Organizers say the vigil will be one of about 1,000 to be held across the country.

The new campsite will put the protesters about a mile from Bush's ranch, said Hadi Jawad of the Crawford Peace House, which is helping the group.

For more than a week, the rural area has been a traffic nightmare as the camp attracted hundreds more protesters as well as Bush supporters holding counter-rallies.

Landowners have asked county commissioners to extend for at least two miles the public no parking zone around Bush's ranch. The ordinance now prohibits cars from stopping on the road within about a quarter of a mile.

Bush, who said he sympathizes with Sheehan, has made no indication that he will meet with her. Sheehan and other families met with Bush two months after her son's death before she became a vocal opponent of the war.”

“Judging by the moron in the truck who knocked down the crosses, the Republicans must support only the live troops. Afterall, who needs dead troops, they can't vote anymore, or buy worthless crap at WalMart.”

“I am waiting for the ACLU to file suit for placing religious symbols on public land.

I am not holding my breath.

I heard that some of the crosses contain names of soldiers who would have never participated in an anti-war protest. The wishes of the deceased families are being ignored. Their loss is being used for political purposes. Very sad.”

“(Caveman voice) Ugg! War good! Make new glass factory, ugg ugg! (End Caveman voice) This is great bantering, I love America!”

“Does anyone else wonder why this woman gets full access to the media and her word seems to matter so much more than those who’s sons have died and SUPPORT the war? This woman is getting used.”

“Cindy Sheehan's association with moveon.org and Michael Moore are well documented. Financial Aid and 15 minutes of fame.

Every liberals dream.

If she wants to exploit her family's sacrifice it is her right, but she should not be exploiting the sacrifice of others.”

“
(Caveman voice) Ugg! War good! Make new glass factory, ugg ugg! (End Caveman voice) ”

“So, if George had any integrity (and balls), he would go out and talk with her on national friggin television (yeah one of those rare appearances) and answer her friggin questions. That would end this scenario, wouldn't it?

These are the questions the majority of America is asking. It's got great PR potential for George, if he only was capable of answering them.

He's scared to tell us what he really thinks. And too stupid to answer unrehearsed.”

“"Their loss is being used for political purposes. Very sad.”
-- bbw
1:29:09 PM
8/18/05


I expect you called up the Pentagon and told them what for about the Pat Tillman case.”

“or Pvt Lynch”

“excellent point V/ewk”

“"So, if George had any integrity (and balls), he would go out and talk with her on national friggin television (yeah one of those rare appearances) and answer her friggin questions. That would end this scenario, wouldn't it?"

No president can meet with every citizen who wants a meeting to push their position. The last thing you'd ever want to do is meet with a wailing, out-of-control distraught mother. We all know how she feels, it would gain nothing for anyone to have a public meeting with her.

George is supposedly planning 3 public appearances next week to discuss Iraq, don't know details, just heard about it last nite on CNN.”

“WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 - As President Bush battled criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, his mother declared it a success for evacuees who "were underprivileged anyway," saying on Monday that many of the poor people she had seen while touring a Houston relocation site were faring better than before the storm hit.

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway," she said, "so this is working very well for them."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/national/nationalspecial/07barbara.html”

“"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas," Barbara Bush said in an interview on Monday with the radio program "Marketplace."”

“I read that in the local paper on the train this morning.”

“Let them eat cake.”

“Makes me proud of our Goverment....












NOT!”

“That Barbara Bush is a mother-SHUTCHYER MOUTH!!!!!”

“WASHINGTON -- Barbara Bush was making "a personal observation" when she said poor people at a relocation center in Houston were faring better than before Hurricane Katrina struck, President Bush's spokesman said Wednesday.

Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, did not answer directly when asked if the president agreed with his mother's remarks.

Mrs. Bush, after touring the Astrodome complex in Houston on Monday, said: "What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them." She commented during a radio interview with the American Public Media program "Marketplace."

McClellan, at the White House briefing, said: "I think she was making a personal observation on some of the comments that people were making that she was running into. ... But what we're focused on is helping these people who are in need."

Asked if Bush agreed with his mother, McClellan said: "I think that the observation is based on someone or some people that were talking to her that were in need of a lot of assistance, people that have gone through a lot of trauma and been through a very difficult and trying time. And all of a sudden, they are now getting great help in the state of Texas from some of the shelters."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090701515_pf.html”

“I'm sure the white folks in Texas are scared by a lot of black folks moving in and staying.”

“Man spends eleven days in jail for jaywalking: http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-12-08/news/schutze.html”

“Your mother must have drank, smoked pot, and dropped acid while she was pregnant!”

“FRISCO, Texas -- An award-winning Texas art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her fifth-grade students saw a nude sculpture during a trip to a museum has lost her job.

The school board in Frisco has voted not to renew Sydney McGee's contract after 28 years. She has been on administrative leave.

The teacher took her students on an approved field trip to a Dallas museum, and now some parents are upset.

FRISCO, Texas -- An award-winning Texas art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her fifth-grade students saw a nude sculpture during a trip to a museum has lost her job.

The school board in Frisco has voted not to renew Sydney McGee's contract after 28 years. She has been on administrative leave.

The teacher took her students on an approved field trip to a Dallas museum, and now some parents are upset.

http://www.nbc10.com/education/9936513/detail.html”

“The school board in Frisco has voted not to renew Sydney McGee's contract after 28 years.

So sense when is Bush in charge of the Frisco school board?

Dumbass...”

“Ignoring the obviously irrelevent flaming thread title...

What did those parents think their kids were going to see at an art museum? I'm guessing the've never been in an art museum if they are shocked by nudity.

I suppose they expected them to see more of that rooms-to-go "bull#&%!$ in a frame" over their couch that matches the furniture.”

“LOL
It's violin and tiltypoo, Nigal. What did you expect except foolishness?
[VBG]”

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Stompy needs to read HPM's post again... Maybe he was pecking away at the keys and missed it...

Reading is Fundamental!”

“Good Lord...who wants to put money on the fact that the kids have seen worse on MTV etc.”

“Tiltypoo needs to read my post again... t...


Reading is Fundamental!”

“AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt. Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a measure that would allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.

He hopes it will be passed after the legislature reconvenes in January though he does not expect it to come into affect until 2008.

"This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that's great," Kuempel told Reuters.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-12-12T154047Z_01_N11175774_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLIND-HUNTERS.xml”

“Didn't we do this a while back? WOW it is getting so boring that V has to bring old stuff up...Doggone I would have thought he would be busy hanging on every word at the Tehran conference.”

“Two furniture deliverymen fled a home after a customer produced a gun because they wouldn't take their shoes off, according to police reports.


Two employees of Howell's Furniture Gallery were making a delivery to a house in the 5300 of Downs Road last Friday afternoon, the report stated.

The homeowner, who was not identified, asked the deliverymen to take off their shoes.

They replied removing their shoes was against company policy and pointed out they were wearing protective covers so as not to damage her carpet, the report stated.

An argument ensued, which expanded to cover other problems the woman had with the store, and the woman got a handgun.

The delivery men told police she never pointed the gun at them, but they left anyway and called police.


http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19419915&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512589&rfi=6”

“More and more, these things are happening outside of Georgia.

Sorry, I read that title wrong , I thought it said 'Life in Georgias bush'.
last edited: 3/25/08 9:01:45 AM”

“Come to Georgia we'll tell you all about it.”