Lonesome doves pray for peace, breeze **Barf Alert**

Star-Telegram ^ | 19 Aug. 2006 | David Casstevens

[Bangupjob]

CRAWFORD -- As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra.

"Ommmmmm," they began, as one, in a droning monotone.

Again. Then again, drawing out the syllable until they were out of breath.

In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

MoooooOOHhh.

The bovine reply reminded the gathering of where they are, and gave them a reason to laugh, just the kind of bonding moment those who are doggedly committed to bringing American troops home from Iraq needed at the end of another long, very hot day.

War is hell.

Protesting war from a Texas prairie under a pitiless August sun just feels like it.

So far, during the monthlong peace vigil led by Cindy Sheehan, the temperature at Camp Casey -- named in honor of Sheehan's soldier son who died in Iraq -- has routinely topped 100 degrees.

The camp has no air conditioning. No running water. And shade is scarce.

[squarebarb]

I just love the sentence fragments; so dramatic, so intense.

[linn37]

What do these people do for a living that they can take a month off to sit in a hot Texas field and moan in unison?

[stickandpucknut]

its really to bad that rats were not running around out there.OH Wait there already plenty of democRATS.Wish for a mosquito and hornet swarm to encircle the camp.Maybe s sewage plant downwind manuredump ect...

[Recon Dad]

In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

MoooooOOHhh.

Cindy, is that you........???

[No Blue States]

"As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra. "

Isnt that Speshal.

[billhilly]

Hats off (Stetsons, no doubt) to the headline writers.

[LiberalBassTurds]

The best part of this article is the comparison in contrast with 'Lonesome Dove' characters Woodrow F. Call and Augustus McCrae (who were based upon real-life legends Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving). Too bad we've gotten so civilized.

In another place, at another time, we wouldn't have to listen to these losers because they'd all be dead...since they lack guts, any sense of self-preservation, and basic survival skills.

LBT
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[Tennessee_Bob]

Hindu mantra

"Ommmmmm,"

I thought it was Buddhist.

MoooooOOHhh

Hmm...sounds like Bull$hit.

[stinkerpot65]

David Casstevens writes a love sonnet for war protesters.

[rlmorel]

I liked the book Lonesome Dove, but didn't the author help in writing the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain?

[ElkGroveDan]

"Ommmmmm," they began, as one, in a droning monotone.

I thought that was just a gag from "Up In Smoke". I didn't know kooks actually did that.

[BigFinn]

MoooooOOHhh.

The Mother of all bovines mooing at the stars. Heh...

[LiberalBassTurds]

Yes, inexplicably he did. :-(

LBT
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[SuziQ]

MoooooOOHhh.

That's right; buncha cows. I wonder what the average age of those 'peace activists' might be? Seems like they're still pining for their halcyon days during Vietnam.

[Cobra64]

What do these people do for a living that they can take a month off to sit in a hot Texas field and moan in unison?

[dighton]

MoooooOOHhh.

That would be Cindy.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

If it was not such a waste, someone could dump a bunch of sweetfeed and cracked corn out there in the pasture with these folks. The resulting fire-ants and feral pigs would have a field day. I am thoroughly amazed that nobody local has set up amplifiers for coyote huntin' at night. The soothing strains of screaming rabbits would mingle so well in the humid night air........Not that such things should be condoned, dontcha know.

[Redbob]

"The bovine reply reminded the gathering of where they are, and gave them a reason to laugh, just the kind of bonding moment..."

They "bonding" with each other, or with the cow?

[Bangupjob]

LOL!!!! I do like the style of your thinkin'!

Good one!

[rlmorel]

Of all people...that he would assist in the deconstruction of the American Cowboy (I know...I know...they were Shepherds...)

Sigh. There was nearly nothing one could not like about Augustus.

[dirtboy]

"Ommmmmm," they began, as one, in a droning monotone.

Actually, that was the kimchee they had for lunch kicking in.

[HawaiianGecko]

This angle makes it look like a KKK convention.

[metmom]

What do these people do for a living that they can take a month off to sit in a hot Texas field and moan in unison?

If you were sitting in a hot Texan field, you'd probably be moaning too.

[RichInOC]

As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra.

"Ommmmmm," they began, as one, in a droning monotone.

Again. Then again, drawing out the syllable until they were out of breath.

In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

MoooooOOHhh.

Hark! Da-Iry speaks!

No, seriously, I hadn't realized Molly Ivins was down in Crawford as well.

[top 2 toe red]

no air conditioning. No running water. And shade is scarce. I just love the sentence fragments; so dramatic, so intense.

I just love that there is no air conditioning, no running water, and pitiful poor shade.

From a former Texan, who has a daughter living in Crawford...the same daughter I visited last August, the lack of air conditioning alone, IS both dramatic and intense! ROFLOL!!! Truly...I am enjoying this knowledge waaaay too much!

If any of them are actually spending more than a couple of hours a day there [not slipping off to hotels or some such something as I suspect.]...then they are really miserable! There's not many places that is hotter and more humid than Crawford in the summer! Oh, and it's also dusty and dirty, too! I'm still ROFL just thinking about it! ;-) ;-0 ;-) ;-0

[TexasCajun]

In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

"MoooooOOHhh"

[B.O. Plenty]

So far, during the monthlong peace vigil led by Cindy Sheehan, the temperature at Camp Casey -- named in honor of Sheehan's soldier son who died in Iraq -- has routinely topped 100 degrees.

The camp has no air conditioning. No running water. And shade is scarce....

Supposed to be hot....it's Central Texas in August, for crying out loud.

Still's not as hot as has been. In '80 or '81 the temp got to 110-112 down there.....and in the '30's it could have been hotter than that.

Count your blessings Cindy.

[LiberalBassTurds]

I agree with you completely rlmorel. Simply amazing given he created the ultimate cowboy story in Lonsesome Dove.

Gus was superb...though I tend to be more like Woodrow in real life. :')

LBT
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[philetus]

CRAWFORD -- As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra."

Where are the Bouncing Bettys when you need one?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"Back in our day smacking a surly
peacenik wasn't much of a crime!"

[wyattearp]

"Lonesome Doves"? Soiled doves, maybe.

[diogenes ghost]

Perhaps Mother Sheehan is hanging around hoping for a Lonesome Dove 'poke'.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"The only poke that old nanny goat
oughta get is a hot branding iron, yes sir".

[Stultis]

What's really frightening is this horrid, self-absorbed bitch, who's actively engaged in giving insurrengents in Iraq reason to fight on, and kill her own husband!

More shocking yet she's turned to a group which includes people who DIRECTLY SUPPORT the Iraqi insurgency, that would like to kill her own husband, and in the meantime regularly bombs mosques and marketplaces full of ordinary Iraqis, as a substitute "family". How sick can you get?

Meanwhile, Tammara Rosenleaf of Helena, Mont., worked the ground tirelessly, face flushed, sweating. Around her neck she wore a chain with a replica of her husband's Army dog tags. Her spouse deployed to Iraq in December. He could return home by Christmas. But maybe not. For Rosenleaf, Camp Casey is her support group, her lifeline.

"At home, I go to the grocery store. People ask, 'How are you?' " she said.

"I'm not well," she tells them. Bluntly honest. "How are you?" she asks.

"It's hard. I go to sleep every night worrying about him. I wake up in the middle of the night worrying about him." She fears the worst. "They [the military] can come up to your porch from 6 in the morning until 10 at night. You're scared all damn day."

"At home I'm invisible. But I'm not invisible here. People here know what my heart says."

[kitkat]

MoooooOOHhh

It was after dark? Hey, I know about cows, trust me. MoooooOOHhh in cow talk means, "SHUT UP you stupid city people, we're trying to get some sleep out here. "

[highway 90 west]

I am in South Texas, and since I am not a moonbat peace activists, I have to work for a living. I could really have some fun if I lived near there.

If your daughter knows anyone who has automated predator calls, they should turn it up loud all night long. During the day I would invite everyone over for target practice, it would sound like a war zone. Oh, I can only dream.

[highway 90 west]

I really take offense to the use of Lonesome Dove also. A friend of mine was a wrangler on that movie, so I got to go on set. Robert Duvall is the real deal, a really nice man. He loved to go to Mexico (when they were filming in Del Rio) and tango at Ma Crosbys.

Larry McMurtry wrote both books and he is a real live kook.
(Lonesome Dove and the other supposed cowboy movie.)

[cydcharisse]

Oh those brave little people, laughing thru their tears at the unexpected bovine sound.

sob

[hinckley buzzard]

I just love the sentence fragments; so dramatic, so intense.

Cindy Sheehan thinks she's mother Teresa. This guy just thinks he's Ernest Hemingway.

[Viking2002]

As night fell, about 50 peace activists sat in a circle under a blanket of stars and chanted a Hindu mantra.

This was one of those moments when a massive chunk of frozen green aircraft sewage should've snapped off a passing plane and landed dead center. LOL

[DejaJude]

That poor cow, it's pasture has no air conditioning, no running water, shade is scarce and it has to listen to that noise.

[squarebarb]

Are you anywhere near Uvalde?

[GeronL]

In the darkness, from a nearby pasture, a sound broke the meditative bliss.

MoooooOOHhh.

Cindy yells "BenBurch stay away from that cow"

[Democratshavenobrains]

It was a PR mistake for Bush to take a month-long vacation at the ranch last year. Yeah, we all know its never really a "vacation" when you are President, but all the yahoos who hate Bush are too dumb to bother to learn that. It just gave the morons following Sheehan a motivation to grandstand. Letting them wallow in a lack of media coverage is the best way to hurt them.

[highway 90 west]

Sorry for the slow reply, someone drove up and wanted to visit. Yes I live in Uvalde. I always wondered if any freepers were close by.

[Non-Sequitur]

War is hell, ain't it?

[rlmorel]

Yeah, Robert Duvall is a great actor. If you like westerns, one that I really, really liked was "Open Range" with Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner. Now, I can't say I care much for Kevin Costner, but he does have the cowboy thing down, and I LOVE this movie.

[rlmorel]

"...This was one of those moments when a massive chunk of frozen green aircraft sewage should've snapped off a passing plane and landed dead center..."

[Flora McDonald]

Plus Kevin Costner doesn't really have a whole lot of dialogue. All he had to do was look good, which he did. I liked the movie.