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August 11, 2005
Camp Casey developments
t r u t h o u t has live blogging by Will Pitt from Crawford (their servers must be the only ones capable of handling the traffic).
Here's a few snippets:
It is after one and the concerns have passed. We are packing it in for the night, again. Cindy is telling stories and the others are slowly drifting back to their tents.We will be here first thing in the morning for the arrival of Condi and Rummy and we will do this all over again.
Question for the night: Who will get arrested first, Cindy or Osama?
... Anyone who has been on edge over this should understand the tension. These folks are on the edge of things out here, and the cops plus the flat bed tow truck made for ominous feelings.Good news: Cindy will be on the cover of People Magazine. Time and Vanity Fair will interview her tomorrow. How many millions of readers do those magazines have?
Lots of millions.
(David Swanson's entry:) I spoke with Ann Wright for quite a while, and she gave the following report:It's raining for the third night. There are 70-80 people on site and another 80 out in hotels or houses. Another 50 or 60 stopped by during the day to spend some hours. ...
"There's been an incredible outpouring of donations," Ann said. People are driving for hours and staying a while and driving home, and they're bringing cases of water and other supplies. "We've got people here from Georgia, Montana, California, Alabama, New York, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Pennsylvania. The enthusiasm is amazing. People have driven 12 hours to be here. ...
Ann expressed ongoing amazement at the energy coming to the site. "People are diverting vacation trips to come here instead. People on business trips in Austin and Houston are staying an extra day to come here. Texans who have never been to Crawford and never wanted to come to Crawford are here. And the military families that are here find it so heartening to be supported by all these people."
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Comments
Shrub and company have created a growing force (without realizing it) and they are going to have to face that phenomenon head on... Shrub's handlers are not going to be able to "sweep this one under the rug" and haul'em off to the local jail in the name of "national security."
People magazine, Time, Vanity Fair... Oh, this is going to be REAL GOOD to see how Shrub's troopers can avoid the reality of the President actually having to be in the approximate vicinity (he has to drive down the only road from the ranch) of folks that REALLY DO disagree with him and his policy on Iraq.
Imagine this... he has to face AMERICANS that actually disagree with him. His people will not be able to control their speech, actions, thoughts... The folks that have joined Cindy Sheehan will not have signed away their values to become zombie-like supporters of a failed policy in Iraq that is built on LIES!!!
This will not be a picturesque view that has been "staged" for the world to see through Shrub and Company's rose colored view of their world.
No! No! No! Reality is sinking in. And, it is sinking in on the very road that leads to Shrub's "vacation retreat."
Take a month or more of vacation Shrub and you are definitely going to get a Texas-sized view of the REAL world. Honest Americans, like Cindy Sheehan, are ready to step up and call attention to the indecent and UNAMERICAN way you have led this country into battle. They are going to show you that America really is the home of the FREE and the BRAVE!!!
The Gold Star Families For Peace are a shining example for all Americans. They deserve our support. Now Shrub and company have to face these families and the consequences that have derived from his administration's failed policies built on LIES!!!
No sirreee!!! You can't "stage" anything better than this!
Posted by: Phillip McNutt at August 11, 2005 11:04 AM