Oliver Burkeman in New York
Saturday July 29, 2006
The Guardian
The principle of neighbourliness is about to be stretched to its limits in Crawford, Texas, where the well-known peace activist Cindy Sheehan has bought a plot of land not far from the town's most famous resident, George Bush.
Ms Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq two years ago aged 24, will use the two hectare (five acre) plot as a permanent home for Camp Casey, the roadside peace protest that dogged Mr Bush throughout last summer.
The president traditionally spends a long August vacation at the ranch, but this year he is curtailing his holiday to a fortnight - ending it days before the advertised start of Ms Sheehan's protest.
"We are beginning to believe that he is frightened of us," she wrote in a message to supporters, adding that this year's campaign would begin two days earlier than scheduled, "so we can at least share part of the summer with Georgie."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1832935,00.html
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