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If the "peace" movement holds a protest and no one in the press covers it, does it still exist? If Americans are sick of the war, they're also sick of the "antiwar." Even the media have grown antiwar-weary. Rallies on Oct. 27 drew only perfunctory news mentions. The peaceniks have become a bipartisan political problem, now that the Democrats who control Congress haven't dared to placate the radicals by cutting off money for the troops. Cindy Sheehan is threatening to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But suddenly -- surprise, surprise -- the media aren't interested in Sheehan's new crusade....

A blog written by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com criticizes Charlotte police for allowing counter-protesters to "try to intimidate us" during Sheehan's antiwar rally Tuesday in Bryant Park. But in a memo to top police administrators, one captain said officers had no issues during the two-hour event and expressed surprise at the complaints. "At the School of the Assassins in Columbus, GA, and in Charlotte, NC, we ran into similar problems: police presence that seemed to be there to foster violence. At both places the neo-Nazi, pro-war fascist group "Gathering of Eagles" came out to mostly try...

Poetry and lore speak of a mother’s grief, a mother’s tears for a deceased child. So perhaps the spotlight after her soldier-son’s death in 2004 was bound to be captured by Cindy Sheehan. For Pat Sheehan, the very private role of simply continuing to be Casey’s father has been enough - until recently, that is. In a blip of publicity Cindy Sheehan bowed out of her diminishing limelight, announcing that she would stop her activism against the Iraq war. In doing so, she declared that Casey Sheehan “did indeed die for nothing.” That statement ended Pat Sheehan’s silence. He called...

The Crawford Peace House, “an oasis across the railroad tracks from downtown Crawford, Tx,” according to its Web site, was founded four years ago to offer “a culturally diverse environment for spiritual growth and intellectual understanding that gives hope to humanity by providing peaceful alternatives to war.” Unfortunately, the all that spiritual growth and intellectual understanding going on over there has not resulted in a single position paper or treatise that specifies or explains what those peaceful alternatives might be. Too bad, because the peace activists headquartered at the two-bedroom, one bathroom white-clapboard house are at each other’s throats over...

August 18, 2006 Crawford, Texas I received an invitation to join Our Suffering Mother Of Perpetual Peace And Publicity Sheehan (OSMOPPAPS) at the new Camp Casey down in Crawford, Texas. Apparently Cindy purchased some acreage not far from Chimpy McHitler's ranch and she was anxious for me to see it and join her reinvigorated peace vigil, so I hopped a plane for Texas. In all truthfulness, I was slightly underwhelmed by the new spread. For one thing, it's not that close to McHitler's ranch. For another, it's pretty scrubby land, dotted with only a few crappy tents, several smelly Porta-Potties,...

Protest Bush for not stopping the illegal alien invasion Saturday May 6 , 2006 The good citizens of the United States of America with the help of the patriotic media will be in Crawford Texas to lawfully and peacefully demonstrate against George W. Bush's lack of enforcement of immigration law. For calling the Minutemen and other border watchers "vigilantes", for not directing ICE to round up illegal aliens in our cities, for willfully failing to put our miltary on the border, For being a Mexican president and the best friend an illegal alien can have, for putting American citizens last....

CRAWFORD, Tex., Dec. 31 -- A year ago this week, President Bush faced television cameras to offer relief and condolences after the Indian Ocean tsunami. In August, the retreat to his ranch was haunted by a 26-day siege by antiwar protesters demonstrating at his doorstep. Days later, Hurricane Katrina forced him to return to Washington in crisis-management mode as critics accused him of being slow to recognize the disaster. But the president is in quiet seclusion in the waning days of 2005. The traveling press has not laid eyes on him since Dec. 26, when he boarded Air Force One...

The president and first lady are at their home in Crawford, Texas. Today's photos are some pick ups from last night. ... Wishing everyone an enjoyable Thanksgiving, and issuing another welcome to Sanity Island ...

Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan OK, you have gotten your "mad" out there. You've been noticed. You've attracted pity. You've had your say. Now, please, go home and stop embarrassing yourself and shaming your own son's memory. Don't think, for a single moment, that you have the market cornered on grief and loss. There are countless mothers who have lost loved ones. My son fought in the war, but I never had the President of the United States greet me, but if he had, he wouldn't have remembered my son's name either. I am a counselor, and I meet with...

The “You Don’t Speak for Me Cindy” caravan leaves the studios of a San Francisco radio station on Monday and arrives in Crawford next Saturday to hold a rally and vigil. Move America Forward is sponsoring the rally. The rally will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. next Saturday at the Crawford Community Center. The vigil will be held at dusk in front of the sculpture, “Freedoms Angel of Steadfast Love,” which is dedicated to victims of the 9/11 attacks. The focus of the rally, however, wasn't in Central Texas as plans were announced. Cindy Sheehan returned to...

Hello everybody! I found FreeRepublic on the DU website who's members are bashing both of our websites. That's why I am placing this post here. I am the webmaster of www.Crawford-Texas.org and one of the organizers of a Pro-Bush, Pro-Military rally in Crawford yesterday. We collected 32 bed sheets filled with notes to President Bush along with signatures. There were about 100 posts on each sheet, which made that around 3200 well wishes! There were about 150 supporters that walked down Prairie Chapel Road and presented them to a White House staffer at the Secret Service barricade on behalf of...

CRAWFORD, Texas - Months after he endorsed Democrat John Kerry for president, the mayor of the tiny town made famous by President Bush's ranch has decided not to seek re-election. Mayor Robert Campbell said his decision had nothing to do with fallout from his decision to join the National Conference of Black Mayors in endorsing Kerry. Instead, he cited differences with the city council. "I think the city needs to go in one way and apparently the city council wants it to go another way," said Crawford, who has been mayor for seven years. "It's time to get out of...

CRAWFORD — Photos of President Bush hugging diners and mugging for the camera adorn the walls of the Crawford Coffee Station, a popular cafe in this small Central Texas town Bush calls home. Just a few miles from the Bush ranch, the spot is a popular place for locals to gather in the morning for coffee, breakfast and a glance at the day's news. * (Jerry Lara / Express-News) Pro-Bush signs hang at the Crawford Coffee Station, which is no longer carrying the Lone Star Iconoclast because of its criticism of the president. * W. Leon Smith, publisher of the...

Moore film reaches Bush backyard Wed Jul 28,12:54 PM ET CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - Michael Moore's controversial documentary "Farenheit 9/11" reaches US President George W. Bush ( - )'s backyard -- but the filmmaker has nixed plans to come to this one-stoplight town to officiate Word that Moore was coming to Crawford, a hamlet of 705 people, had drawn a dismissive response from the White House but sparked anger and worry among some locals, including one who left his message in cow manure. "To Michael Moore, from James Douglas, one pile of bullshit deserves another!!!" read a note atop...