Hey yall Im back, My son posted for me earlier(Crosses)

[TexasLady]

Im waiting on my H to upload my pics. It was pitch dark, so the chances of them turning out are slim But will post on this thread.

There were about twenty folks at the camp, and two folks on watch. All of a sudden, as we were singing cadence songs, the guy on watch said "Get the cameras down here!" Local news camera was there setting up with their remote stuff...It happened SO fast!

As I got there, where the two roads meet, most were mowed down alreaedy. I could see the truck way in the distance, and I could hear the awful clunking sound that the PIPE and CHAIN made. The guy on watch said he could see that dragging behind the truck. This was deliberate@!

He stopped at the end of the crosses, then left in a hurry. It was weird because he wasnt going that fast as he mowed them down, but methodically driving to get as many rows as he could.

Will post those pics, tho not promising if they are any good. I didnt get the guy, even tho he was slow, we were all slower on foot.

[Hekate]

1. First, thank your son for all of us. He did great.

Second, so glad no one got hurt at Camp Casey.

Hekate

[Hekate]

2. How dastardly of that yahoo

But you know he probably did us a favor in spite of himself. How many people in this nation are going to look on rows of crushed crosses think that was the right thing to do?

The crosses will be planted again tomorrow and Arlington West will be rededicated to the memory of the fallen, I know. New names will be added. The work of peace will go on.

Will Bush will continue to hide beneath his bed? Chances are pretty good that he'll talk to the media or send out a press release about how no one should desecrate religious symbols -- then he'll go back under his bed. I think he's too angry at Cindy for disrupting his vacation to be able to face her and come out looking like anything other than the (expletive deleted) that he is.

Once again, thank God our friends were not physically hurt.

Hekate

[TahitiNut]

56. Under the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act, It's Terrorism - Will Smirk Care?

:shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Thanks for informing us.

Even if the pics don't come out that great, that's okay. It just let's us know how repukes down there are total morans.

[faithnotgreed]

4. thank you texas lady

[ecoflame]

5. Which local news crew?

Did they happen to get anything?

[renate]

33. I'm SO glad there'll be video somewhere

It wouldn't be a news story without pictures on the tee vee.

[TexasLady]

64. www.kxxv.com was there

ABC news affilliate out of Waco was there, just for a few pics, had their lights up and such, when all this happened. They unfortunately didnt get the jerk in the truck though.

This is the guy who tried to get us all down to where it happened, and was giving his account to someone on the phone.

[Fridays Child]

6. He's been caught, though, right?

[TexasLady]

27. Thats what I heard as I left

That he or they were caught. Dont have any details.

[Imagevision]

154. BUSH SUPPORTER who mowed down memorial to her fallen caught and arrested

[madeline_con]

7. Not only has DUH-bya shown HIS true colors...

during Cindy's vigil, but this guy has shown what type of people his followers are. :mad:

[Fridays Child]

10. I hope the media ask for his reaction to this.

[madeline_con]

29. Blah Blah.. what he said about Cindy's beliefs, etc.....

SSDD!!!!

He's hiding because he's chickenhawkshit.

[Guaranteed]

8. That's flag desecration, too. nt

[FreedomAngel82]

18. Totally is

These people really don't support the troops or give a care about the flag in any way.

[AllyCat]

62. How much money that he had one of those frickin' yellow ribbons

on his vehicle? "Support the Troops", my ass. Stupid freeper, no doubt.

[TexasLady]

9. sickening isnt it? more

[DS1]

15. its the same one

keep em coming! :hi:

[TexasLady]

20. a couple others

[madeline_con]

32. I think the lighting makes them....

seem ominous.

The metaphorical 1000 words of these pics says volumes about the
USE and ABUSE of Christianity by the RWers when it suits them.

I'm so friggin mad, I wanna tear that ass a new one! :mad:

[Guaranteed]

42. I think it says a lot about our whole country, right now. nt

[Left Brain]

156. It also speaks volumes about what happened

to our fallen men and women at the hand of those who had the power to take them out without looking back, without blinking an eye.

[roguevalley]

99. You do know that Bush won't come to see Cindy or the others. He

can't, the sociopath. It will only be one more blow to his bullshit. Take care down there. We love ya from waaaay up here.

RV, Alaska

[Guaranteed]

41. I'm going to fucking PUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[Mr_Spock]

58. Flags and crosses strewn about by the violent RW "Christians"

Makes me seriously wonder how we can get through the next few years without more of these violent episodes. Bush could lead, but he wont - WTF is wrong with the President - is he crazy?

[SeanQ]

158. So it's OK for the Cross Crushers to desecrate the flag in protest?!?

[KyndCulture]

26. WTF????

[Whoa_Nelly]

66. In honor of Jason C. Ford RIP

One of the crosses
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/257075.html



Army Spc. Jason C. Ford

21, of Bowie, Md.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based in Schweinfurt, Germany; killed March 13 when his patrol hit an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq.

When Spc. Jason C. Ford’s unit arrived in Tikrit, Iraq, to take over security duties, the soldier was uneasy. When he called his father and stepmother, he told them of hearing gunfire during his first patrol in Tikrit, the site of frequent attacks on U.S. soldiers.

“I could hear the anxiety. It was almost like he was saying to himself, ‘This is the real thing,’” said his father, Joseph Ford. Days later, on March 13, the 21-year-old soldier from Bowie, Md., was killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to his Humvee while he was on just his second patrol in Tikrit.

People gravitated to the soldier because of his happy demeanor, his stepmother said. “He was just sweet, a good child,” Irene Ford said. “There was nobody who didn’t like him.”

Joseph Ford said the Army gave his son structure and some “growing up.” The Vietnam veteran said he tried to reassure his son that his training would get him through his tour in Iraq.

— Associated Press

[purduejake]

75. You drew a few tears with that post...

Could you imagine if people close to him see that pic?

[Whoa_Nelly]

88. Am more sad at this point than at any other time

and am sure to be even more sad as this insane war continues. Were it not for DU, I don't think I would have a viable outlet for the grief I feel about these these people who have died, many so young, and for the grief I feel for all the innocents in Iraq and Afghnaistan. Each person needs to have a moment of rememberence.

[SmokingJacket]

162. If that were my son's cross...

I think I'd hunt the desecrators down. God knows what I'd do then.

They crossed a dangerous line.

[Trevelyan]

77. Thank you for honoring Jason C. Ford. I try to keep the names of

individual people who have suffered for the Bush Regime lies whether they are soldiers, whistleblowers who have been killed, Iraqis who have been killed or mutilated by the bombs, Arabs who have been tortured and murdered for whatever sick mind-control game Skull and Bones, Bilderberg are playing with the minds and bodies of innocent Arabs including children and the Very Dark Psychological Operation of intimidating Americans from protesting by the "example" of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib of how vulnerable we are to these maniacs in charge.

[me b zola]

90. Thank you for sharing info about Jason C Ford

His was the only name that I could make out on the mowed down crosses. What a beautiful young man. My son is a couple of years older than Spc. Ford, and I've had to talk my son out of enlisting. I cannot foresee a future where it it will once again be honorable to serve. Sorry for rambling, I really just wanted to comment on Spc. Ford. My heart goes out to all who love him.

[LordshipLadyship]

103. I can make out William F. Manuel

Army Staff Sgt. William F. Manuel

34, of Kinder, La.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade, Louisiana Army National Guard, Lake Charles, La.; killed Jan. 10 when an improvised explosive device hit his military vehicle in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Sgt. Robert W. Sweeney III.

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/597031.html

[Hubert Flottz]

112. They were ALL killed by the same thing...

A pack of lies that George Bush and his closest enablers told to us, to the world and to the kids that have died for us all. We need to focus our anger on the cause! No Justice, No Peace!

[roguevalley]

100. They desecrated his memory. I feel for his family when they see

the pictures. How terrible for his family and his mom. God bless them all.

[FizzFuzz]

146. :(

:cry:

this rips my heart out

:(

[Cleita]

11. Tragic.

Your pictures are awesome. I hope they can stick something on him. This is so gross.

[emdee]

12. He should be ashamed....

he and those who planned and helped carry it out. And, those who harbor others planning more destruction and violence. This was an American Terrorist.

Please, are there any police or security guards that could stay out there around the clock?

emdee

[roguevalley]

101. Its so Fred Phelpsian.

[_NorCal_D_]

13. Outrageous

That is an incredibly powerful image. :wow:

[City Lights]

14. Your son did a great job.

Such a horrible story. :-(

[eleny]

16. Thank you, dear TexasLady

I'm glad that you're okay. This photograph came out very well. Sad but you did good to capture and report about it. :hug:

[roguevalley]

102. Two incidents of aggression. I am so proud that it wasn't our side.

[uppityperson]

17. Thanks for thepicts. Tape then up with red tape and set back up

Glad no one got hurt. If they start to knock them down, get out of the way, then put them back up. Next, get the media. Glad no one got hurt because that isn't worth it.

[TexasLady]

25. Me too

Everyone was outraged more than scared. I cant wait to hear who the person was.

[Bumblebee]

63. Are the lawyers still around? Parents of soldiers whose crosses got

desecrated should sue him/her/it. Hope it does not escalate -- please take care and protect yourselves. You don't think it was the same guy who fired shots yesterday, do you?

[Mr_Spock]

19. Thanks for letting us see what's happened there

Shameless bastards...

[antigone382]

21. what a soulless speck of human waste.

I'm trying really hard to be *zen* about this...I just can't believe the absolute lack of respect this guy exhibited. Thanks for being on hand to document the situation, TexasLady. :pals:

[deacon]

22. This is like the lowest thing you can possibly do, i'm lost for words

this is so outrageous.....

[Spazito]

23. Thank you for the pictures, they turned out fine

Looking at them makes me think even more about those who have died, the crosses laying there, like the bodies of those they represent. The person who did this is despicable.

[Nite Owl]

24. Thanks so much

for being there.

[Roland99]

28. Thanks for the pics! Any word on the arrest?

[soup]

30. So glad nobody there was hurt.

May whoever did this have to look the parents of Spc. Jason C. Ford (the only name I can make out from the picture) in the eye and explain himself.

Devastating.

[burrowowl]

31. Thank you for being there

Thank you for your work and effort and
thanks to all there at the Camp!
You are brave all!

[PatrioticLeftie]

34. The Fallen Soldiers Who Died In An Illegal War Are Honored

Then desecrated by enraged freepers. How can the freepers defend this disgusting act? They don't give a crap about the troops.

[KaryninMiami]

35. The photos are perfect and say it all. Thank you.

Once again, I am moved to tears- this time, in sadness and disgust of the cruelty of humans. I hope they interview the asshole who did this on national television so he can explain how it is that someone can be so un-patriotic and unfeeling that they would do such a horrible thing.
We should send these out to our local newspapers tonight with a story about this. It's a big deal- and needs attention. I want everyone to know who this guy is and the type of people he represents. (This means you too Freepers!)

Thank you again for posting them and for keeping us up to date. Know that we are all with you and sending you all our prayers. I have a feeling it's going to be a very long night out there and after hearing the update on what is planned for tomorrow, a long day ahead.

[knitter4democracy]

Could he spit on them more?!

Oh, I know, he should head to the nearest VA hospital and start pulling out IVs and all. He should spit on anyone he sees in uniform. He should head over to Ft. Hood and try to hit as many of our brave men and women with that truck.

I cannot believe anyone would be so sick as to do such a horrible thing. Those soldiers died, dammit! :cry:

[Spike from MN]

133. Don't give him any ideas.

Next he'll tour the country and desecrate the actual graves.

Looking at the pictures gives me a real sick feeling. I just can't imagine how someone could do something like that. And like Spazito said, the crosses laying on the ground represent the bodies of the soldiers. Both were mowed down by the actions of assholes that obviously hate the troops. Makes me wonder if Dubya was the driver.

Thanks for posting the pictures. (Great job with the pics BTW. They turned out really nice.) As hard as they are to look at, they needed to get out there. Hopefully the media won't ignore this like they do everything else.

[knitter4democracy]

167. I doubt he'd do anything to the real graves.

He's too cowardly, and he snapped at thinking Cindy had co-opted his symbols, most likely.

Just sickening.

[July]

144. Good way to put it.

They are spitting on the troops.

[jbnow]

36. Oh that PIPE and CHAIN

sure takes away any token excuse of, say being overcome with emotion and loosing control or even of any sudden angry impulse.
Premeditated desecration.

So they are against the gathering...why not make their own signs? What do they think they gain, personally or for "their side"? Unless their side is anti-honoring troops who were killed.

Thanks for the news so quickly shared so our hearts could be with you. Thanks for the pictures too.

I am so glad they were caught.

[Guaranteed]

37. That is just one fucked-up picture.

I don't think I can take this shit anymore.




There's a war starting between the neocons and the liberals. I think we're going to lose something, though, when it begins. I'm beginning to see serious, reactionary shit- on both sides.

They always say that the truth is the first casualty.

We're all fucked.

[MADem]

137. I think we will win

It's hard for the other team to stay motivated when they do not see any benefit over the long haul. Sure, they got a three hundred dollar "tax cut" that was skimmed off their next year's taxes a few years back, but that bit of cash has already been dumped into the tanks of their SUVs. The rank and file GOP, who are in it for purely ideological purposes or reasons of greed, are not getting their piggy little snouts up to the trough. They aren't really BENEFITTING.

How long can they continue to say things like "He's a straight shooter" when he is shooting them in the head? Time for them to start asking that Reaganesque question: Are you better off than you were four years ago? I don't know a soul who can answer that question in the affirmative....

[Swamp Rat]

38. Thank you TexasLady!!!

:hug: This will only strengthen our resolve! :grouphug:

[Scout1071]

39. Thank you TexasLady! Very happy to hear everyone is OK.

Thanks for posting the pics and providing the updates via your son. He did a stellar job.

Hope you don't mind that I provided a link to this at DKos.

Have a great night.

[Trevelyan]

87. I'm glad God protected you from this evil person. The photos are both

powerful and spooky. If the MSM will not print the story with these excellent and dramatic photos that speak more than a thousand words, we should mount a campaign.

I'm going to AfterDowning Street media page and start emailing.

And will send Cindy another letter with a message for the brave Texas Lady.

:grouphug: :cry: :grouphug: :grouphug: :hug: :grouphug: :pals:

[Catherine Vincent]

40. Oh wow.

You know what? Those good folks down there should leave those crosses exactly the way they are until daylight so that more pictures can be taken.

[cal04]

43. Thank you TexasLady

for keeping us updated

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[TexasLady]

53. It took a while for them to get there

We were all told to stay away, after we got a few pics.
http://www.kxxv.com
that was the tv station that was there. nothing on their site yet, but will probably be posted tomorrow online.

[Trevelyan]

92. I just emailed KXXV / News Channel 25, ABC affiliate to

broadcast the stories of the desecrated crosses as soon as possible.

http://www.kxxv.com/main.cfm?ID=13 email page

I just read the terrible story on Democratic Underground about the desecration of the crosses with the names of the nearly 2,000
soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Please broadcast the story as soon as possible. I understand that KXXV ABC affiliate was there just after it happened.

The juxtiposition of Cindy respectfully putting up the crosses to honor the soldiers who have died in this needless war and occupation in the heat with the photos in the dark of the desecrated crosses by a man in a pickup truck with chain and pipe attached to make sure he
desecrated as many crosses as he could deserves to be known by the American people who have witnessed Resident Bush snub the mother of one of the soldiers who died in the war he started using a pack of well-rehersed lies.

Then threatening to have the mother of a fallen soldier arrested, refusing to let this mother of a slain soldier walk on a highway paid for with taxpayer money and which was walked on at the same time by the sherrifs and the media while the Gold Star Families of the
soldiers who have died had to walk in a ditch with fire ants and the other harrassment that Cindy and the other families have been put
through by the Bush Regime needs to be told to the American people by the media which has a responsibility to broadcast the truth.

Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~
A very good article dated 8/12 on Cindy and the media interest -
http://www.kxxv.com/main.cfm?ID=1&NewsID=2136&Type=Full

but at the end of article:

"One reporter, Shingo Egi, is from a Japanese newspaper. He says readers have become more interested in the anti-war movements since more Japanese troops started dying in Iraq.

"The national and international media members are staying in Central Texas while Sheehan continues her protest, so they try to talk to a lot of the Crawford residents.

"The residents of Crawford are trying to do their best to avoid the protestors, or rabble-rousers, as they called them.

"The media isn't expected to leave Crawford until Sheehan does, but she says she won't leave until President Bush does, and he's scheduled to stay at his ranch until the end of the month."
~~~~~~~~~~

please keep writing Cindy as often as you can and flood that Crawford Post Office so the world and Crawford will know how much support that Cindy and the Gold Star Families for Peace and the soldiers have from the "liberals".

Cindy Sheehan
c/o Crawford Peace House
9142 5th Street
Crawford, TX 76638-3037

:grouphug:

[In_The_Wind]

45. How do you think he would feel ~ if those crosses

were for members of his family.


maybe he wouldn't act so caviler . . . then how would he feel .. . huh?

[Cha]

49. I'm wondering how that bush

supporter feels, who hugged Cindy yesterday, about the cross with his son's name on it being desecreted?

[In_The_Wind]

59. It isn't so easy to take when it's someone you know, someone you love!

How do you like it now ? ! people who support the war. . . . NO WAR ! ! !

[FizzFuzz]

150. GET HIM INTERVIEWED! n/t

[Cha]

46. That's the saddest sight...

bush fucks 'em over once and then along comes one of the many poor brainwashed bush voters to fuck them all over again.

I hope the other Countries are picking up on this and it is spread around the world cause I know our corporate media will hide it to the death.

[bdot]

47. Mowing down crosses for Jesus

[BattyDem]

48. He managed to simultaneously desecrate ...

a war memorial and the American flag. Good job, asshole ... that will certainly make the troops feel loved and supported! :eyes:

[nomatrix]

50. Someone will take credit for it

watch the boards.

You didn't see a "support the troups" ribbon on the back of the truck, did you?

(Hope one of the crosses flew up into the transmission. Check to local auto repair, you said it drove off slow.

[Blue_Roses]

51. terrible. just terrible and so sad

to think that some have such little respect for out troops. Sickening:mad:

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[Tom Kitten]

72. what hotel is she staying in?

I figure you might be able to provide some insight ?

[Name removed]

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[Bumblebee]

76. No, she is staying at the Peace House, not hotels -- and that only

after cops asked her not to stay in a tent.

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[AuntiBush]

54. This Is The Most Vile, Evil & Disgusting Act Ever!

There ya go. Their "ACTIONS" are speaking louder then their chants of "I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE!"

And, "Calling all rednecks to bring your guns and shoot tonight!"

Will we hear the outcries from those RELIGIOUS RIGHT EVANGELICALS, NOW?
Will we hear the outcries from VETS & FAMILIES?
Will we hear the outcries from the MAJOR NETWORK TV NEWS?

This better make Natl news 1st thing in the Morning! I want to see this all over CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS & FOX! Yes, FOX! If not, off comes Comcast! Watch me. Don't watch the crap anymore anyway!

Mr. Trucker: Thank you. I'll be in DC Sept. 24th if I have to crawl!

[ridgerunner]

55. And people say we need to understand

freepers. That picture says it all.

BTW, the AP has a blurb about what happened in an article about Cindy's marital problems.

---------------------

Late Monday, a pickup truck tore through rows of white crosses that stretched about two-tenths of a mile along the side of the road at the Crawford camp. The crosses bore the names of fallen U.S. soldiers. No one was hurt.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-peace-mom-divorce,0,2881798.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

[melissinha]

81. Nice story

SCREW YOU AP:Starts with the irrelevent part, Patrick filing for divorce... liek so many marriages torn apart by this war... very inconsequential.. the meeting with Bush was unsatisfactory oh yeah ... small camp of supporters... BTW the crosses where run down.

you know its no big deal.... eh...

meanwhile... BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! While ridiing his bike on his quest to become the country's most "fit President" President Bush runs over an armadillo... (FYI made this up)

[ridgerunner]

82. Yeah, AP sucks

but at least they mentioned it already. It's a start.

[Trevelyan]

96. Sent a letter to News Day, Thanks for the link

http://www.newsday.com/about/ny-aboutus-quickinfo,0,520...

Your article ignoring the DESECRATION OF THE CROSSES~~~a Memorial to the soldiers who died, most of them in agony by fire was disgusting.

We don't need to know about Cindy's marital problems and that should have gotten a bare mention. The big story is and should have been in your article the constant harassment of Cindy and the other Gold Star Families who have lost loved ones in the war the media helped to promote using the Bush Regime pack of lies as proved beyond a shadow of a doubt in the Downing Street Memos.

The DSM are available in their entirety on AfterDowningStreet.com who is doing the job any self-respecting news media should be doing.
You are too used to reporting entertainment and gossip instead of news.You need to write a serious article worthy of your calling as journalists about the massive support for Cindy Sheehan and the Gold Star Families for Peace.

Every large and small blog or message board site has had multiple articles about Cindy for the past week and a half and even the news media from other countries are doing better than the US press who has blood on its hands for supporting the war and ignoring the innumerable real scandals of the Bush Regime that affect all Americans - questions about 911 and the selling of the steel so that engineering tests could not be made - the illegal destruction of the biggest crime scene in American history, the election fraud in 2000 and 2004, Gannongate, the payment using tax dollars of over 2 million dollars for articles favorable to the Bushco lies, the assassination of journalists including Juliana Segrena and direct targeting of the New Zealand photo journalist, the report by the International Journalist Association recently accusing the bush regime of the murder of at least 17 journalists trying to report on the
truth of the mass murder including children in Iraq, the genocide going on, esp. at Fallujah in the destruction of the entire city and the refusal to let the International Red Cross or Red Crescent in to help wounded civilians, the torture photos that DoD was ordered to
release on June 26, 2005 including the torture, rape and murder of children as young as 7 years old, the 100 children held at Abu Ghraib some as young as 10 years old, the unknown number of children being held at Gitmo, the torture at Gitmo, the 4 US medical personnel at Gitmo who have died under suspicious circumstances, the censoring of Sibel Edmonds' testimony of the 911 Commission headed by long time bush financial supporter Chairman Kean, the murder of Whistleblowers like Ray Lemme and on and on.

People are sick of Hollywood-type gossip and want to know the truth. Journalists were tried at Nuremberg for aiding and abetting the
genocidal murders and torture of the Nazis.

Shame on you.

Sincerely,

XXXX

[rodeodance]

106. same short 'blurb" in all stories--obviously this is NOT a big deal to

the media.

[blindpig]

153. I keep having this image

of a chimp, deranged from a captive life in a low rent roadside zoo, throwing shit and screaming hysterically. That's this guy.

[bdot]

57. It's part of the No Cross Left Standing policy

[TexasLady]

60. I think i missed posting this pic

[DoYouEverWonder]

113. Glad you were able to get pictures of this horrible act

The world needs to see these because it shows what sick, evil people we are dealing with here.

BTW: If you have any pictures that came out too dark, I know a few tricks in Photoshop that might help recover the images. Just let me know, I'd be more then happy to help.

[TX-RAT]

151. Chad Erick Bales, a local boy, from Coahoma TX

I know his family. I believe he was killed in northern Iraq, he was a guard at a check point, he was killed by a suicide bomber.

[ailsagirl]

61. It's like killing those soldiers all over again...

Nice job, you effing bastard. I hope you burn in hell!!!

:grr:

[pa28]

65. Hopefully the parents of Jason Ford won't see this picture.

I really hope the person responsible for this is exposed. Maybe I'm naive but I think even the Republicans should be lining up to condemn this act.

[Bumblebee]

71. I am afraid it is a naive belief. We are at war, as our fearless leader

likes to say, and for them we are the enemy, so all is allowed and the worst thug wins (but only if we let them).

[pa28]

84. I guess it was.

I went and looked at what the people on the other side had to say . . . it's too sick to repeat here. In a nutshell they favor defacing memorials to fallen soldiers.

Why can't they just condemn this cowardly act? The person who did this is slime and they should just admit it.

[rumpel]

67. TexasLady thank you. I would send the pix to AP, for the whole world

to see.

http://www.ap.org/pages/contact/contact.html


Bruce DeSilva - NewsFeatures Editor

Chris Sullivan - Deputy NewsFeatures Editor

Yvette Blackman - Asst. NewsFeatures Editor

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68. True Colors...

People's true colors always come out one way or another.

You see, you must realize that these neocons and their sympathizers are FASCISTS.

FASCISM is the word.

FASCISM has always been an undercurrent of American politics and social life, but now it's wide-open.

Make your mouth say the word:

FASCISM.

FASCISM.

No, it's not just some "right-wingers", it's not just some "neocons"...it's FASCISM in our land, in OUR White House, in OUR GOVERNMENT.

Call it what it IS: F A S C I S M

Call them what they ARE: F A S C I S T S

Get it? Good. Now maybe we can deal with the problem.

[kestrel91316]

80. I have been calling them the "F" word for a long time..............

[Bumblebee]

69. Given B's MO, the person who did that is going to be

promoted, while it will also be used as an excuse to shut down Camp Casey because violence poses threat to the life of the pres and thus national security. It's all perfectly Orwellian...

[Whoa_Nelly]

70. KICK

:kick: for all the fallen

[Greylyn58]

74. Unbelievable!!

The pResident's supports have totally lost their minds--or what little they had to begin with.

Incredible! :cry:

[Generic Other]

78. Disgraceful terrorist traitors

scum. Thank you so much for witnessing. And give your son a big hug. He scooped the mainstream media tonight. :)

[loverevolution]

83. Camp Casey to have use of full acre closer to Bush ranch

At least there is some good news too...from Cindy's blog

"We still have so many great things happening at Camp Casey. In spite of all the smears and lies, people are still coming.

The most amazing thing today was learning that Camp Caseys are opening and spreading all over the country. They have been set up in Boston, Portland, Seattle, and elsewhere. If you can't make it to Camp Casey, set up your own version. Camp Caseys are amazing places full of love and hope. I am so gratified that the movement is spreading.

There is a meeting tomorrow at the County Commissioner's meeting to vote on closing Prairie Chapel Road and then evicting us. We were all worried about that and planning on being arrested when we got the best news yet. The property owner who owns property near Bush's ranch and right across the street from Bush's church will let us move Camp Casey there!! He has property on both sides of the road...a full acre for us to camp! We are so excited!!! We can fit more people and we will be closer to the ranch. Miracles, miracles.

Mike Rogers from Tokyo showed up today and a dear woman from Australia who was a human shield in Iraq and knows that the Iraqi people are not jumping for joy that the policies of Bush destroyed their country.

This is an extremely short post today...I am exhausted."

[Liberty Belle]

86. An acre across from Bush's church? KICK! Should have its own thread.

[larryepke]

173. If it's near George's church...

he'll never see them. He doesn't actually ATTEND.

[TexasLady]

93. Excellent News

I cant believe it! That has to be the very best news since it started!! NO MORE DITCHES!@!!!!!!!!!
:applause:

[Rainscents]

97. Thank you so much for posting this... This is great news!!!

God is truly there when one needs help and this how God speak! I believe in God and he is looking out for Cindy!!!

For those basters who did this to cross, they will be burn in hell.

[Blue_In_AK]

98. Hmm...I would say God is on Cindy's side.......

Great news about the acre.

[tavalon]

118. Beautiful

That is such great news. The acre, I mean, not the nasty, despicable, beyond the lowest scum behavior exhibited by that lower life form who mowed down the crosses.

[Hepburn]

85. FUCKING BASTARD!!!

What the asshole does not realize is that each and everyone of those crosses represents some mother or father's child.

How cruel and how disgusting. I hope the bastard who did this rots!

:grr:

[Alizaryn]

89. Very ,very ,sad.

What kind of a hate filled scorched semblance of a human being would find fulfillment by getting into a truck and running down a bunch of crosses? Don't they realize this will just make us stronger?

Incredible, but not surprising.

[sakabatou]

91. Pike's and ptchforks for everyone!

It's time to go conservative asshole huntin'!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

94. Hope this doesn't upset Bush during tomorrow's bike ride...

...after all, he needs to stay "crisp."

:grr:

[tavalon]

120. Yes

he has to get on with his life. After all, what Cindy and her helpers are doing is so hard on him. :eyes: :sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

155. This should grace the front page of every newspaper in the country!

[orleans]

184. great picture! n/t

[carnie_sf]

95. These are

some kind of great Christians huh?

[ktowntennesseedem]

182. They arrested him while fixing a flat tire,

caused by pieces of a cross still stuck under his truck. The authorities almost let him go free, however, when they saw the truck's bumper stickers that read, "God is my co-pilot," "What would Jesus do?" and "Follow me to Sunday School!"

[muchacho]

104. shit-heel

what a coward.

[rodeodance]

105. thanks for posting the pic. How sad.

[liberal N proud]

107. Is that the way Texas Repukes work

Send the children to die in an illegal war, then deface memorials to their names. I don't care if they are only wooden crosses along side the road.
Sick bastards! Sick!

[Hubert Flottz]

108. The way they work is like a thief in the night!

Same as when they smuggle the dead heroes coffins back from Iraq and Afghanistan, in the dark! Things like pole cats, cat burglars, worms and weasels do their work at night. I just saw on TV that they caught the coward that did this cruel dirty deed, but they haven't given his name yet. They should let the ladies who's children were represented by those sad little crosses, in that sad sorry place, stone the idiot to death, since they're so keen on doing what the Bible would have them do in that county! The worm is probably a local Southern Baptist minister filled with the "Holy" spirit!

If the air smelled like BO after the truck went by, it was no doubt a Freeptile driving the truck!

[PurpleChez]

141. I hear a lot of hate in your words, but then...

I realize that I feel the same hate myself. Sometimes it bothers me to realize how much hate is conjured up in me by these lying, murdering thugs. (I wish things on the bushies that I wouldn't wish on Gacys or Dahmers.) Thank G-d for someone like Cindy channeling these emotions into something positive.

[Hubert Flottz]

168. I have not yet begun to hate!

Despise is more like it so far!

Edit...Welcome to DU...Didn't notice your low post count until I'd already posted. I have plenty of manners because I never use any!

[LiberalinNC]

109. DIsrespectful! First,, the guy who mowed down the crosses,

probably goes to church every week - hypocrite. Second, proves to the rest of us that guys like this idiot have no respect for the guys and gals dying in Iraq! It's disgusting! Well, he's just like the wanna be cowboy down the street from Cindy!

[Child_Of_Isis]

110. I never actually thought someone could stoop this low!

It's a sad day indeed!

[slor]

111. Wow...freepers knocking down...

crosses and flags, I guess they got tired of just vocalizing their hatred of this country, they had to act on it.

[Vinca]

114. I want to both cry and cheer.

The sight of the crosses mowed down is heartbreaking, but the act of doing it is so obscene it might serve to bring more attention to the cause. Thankfully, no one was injured. It would be nice if they found the person in the truck, but judging from how they treat shotgun-toting dove hunters, it's doubtful. Let's hope this photo makes the front pages of many, many papers.

[magellan]

115. The police caught the America-hating maniac!

His pickup still had broken crosses and flags stuck underneath. He's been charged with criminal mischief, according to one of the morning shows.

[Vinca]

116. He should be charged with Reckless Endangerment for his

close proximity to the protesters, but I guess we're lucky they bothered to look for him. A@@hole.:mad:

[rodeodance]

117. the crosses as the scene of a 'crime scene'--

.....His pickup still had broken crosses and flags stuck underneath. He's been charged with criminal mischief, according to one of the morning shows......

[tavalon]

121. Yeah, I hate what he did, it's so disrespectful and spiteful

OTOH, he just gave our cause a news cycle. Stupid, stupid man. Instant karma.

[4dsc]

119. AP story here..

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20050816/D8C0MSPO0.html?PG=home&SEC=news

Article makes small mention at the bottom..

Late Monday, a pickup truck tore through rows of white crosses that stretched about two-tenths of a mile along the side of the road at the Crawford camp. The crosses bore the names of fallen U.S. soldiers. No one was hurt.

[sniffa]

122. buckhead is onto you

he's aLready noted that this is a forgery.

[Dora]

132. ?Huh?

What do you mean? PM me if you're so inclined.

[sniffa]

136. just Like dan rather's forged Letters

this cross desecration is a scam.

see: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464124/posts?page=209#209

oh, and here's a gem i just came across on that page.

I consider their "crosses" to be the same as terrorists hanging the dead bodies of Americans from a bridge.

Just as we would fight and die to get to those bodies to cut them down. I would risk jail to cut those disgusting displays down.

[melissinha]

147. freeptastic

Everything shameful thing they do, or noble thing we do somehow gets spun to be scam by the freepers... every time. The thing is, weren't some reporters witnesses to this.. oh wait.... that liberal media bias....

[jsamuel]

142. lol, haha, yeah right

[WearyOne]

123. a cowardly act. We are watching you brave souls in Crawford

from Australia. God bless you.

[lostnfound]

124. Congratulations, fellow. You can beat a bunch of dead guys. nt

[Swamp Rat]

125. Cindy is coming on AAR Morning Sedition in a couple of minutes.

[PurpleChez]

126. It's awful to look at

but thanks for showing the world the kind of thugs that support this "president" and this war. And I'll bet you that the cretin who mowed down those crosses believes that he did it for the Glory of Our Lord Jesus. But I forgot their slogan: I don't care.

[graywarrior]

127. Similar to lynching, or dragging someone behind your truck

AP article ends their piece with "No one hurt." Uh huh.

Karma's a bitch. Hope it's quick and fierce.

[tanyev]

128. And meanwhile, the ABC affiliate in Dallas breathlessly

reported this morning that, gasp, Cindy's husband filed for divorce. Not a word about this incident.

:grr:

[Patsy Stone]

129. Did they have a yellow

Support the Troops ribbon on the vehicle? Just curious.
This is awful and sacrilegious.

[Darkhawk32]

130. OMG, I wish I was down there!! I would've tracked that guy down a few

miles down the road and done some unmentionable things to him/them. Trust me, a plurality of morons aren't a big deal to me. :nuke:

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[dogday]

131. I think what happened was an atrocity, however

it can be used to show what the other side is all about. What kind of people mow down the crosses representing the graves of the fallen? Certainly not a patriot in this country. Also there is a little matter of desecration of the flag and since they framed that as an issue, we should make it one.

Make them pay in the press for this...

[meganmonkey]

134. Game on, motherfuckers

:grr:

I can't tell you the last time I was so pissed off

:grr:

[HughBeaumont]

135. Compassionate Conturdvatism on Display

Repukes . . . in a huge gashog truck . . . running over memoriams of fallen soldiers of a war started by a lie . . .

Kind of symbolic, isn't it?

Didn't this same sort of thing occur during Vietnam? Oh GOD FORBID you speak out against (insert Reichfuhrer here)'s war. "You just support YOUR Commander-in-Chief and SHUT IT!! Who cares that there are real people fighting this war? Collateral damage for Democracy! I don't know anyone fighting this, so their deaths mean shit to me! FOUR MORE YEARS!!"

Inhuman pieces of shit.

[mandomom]

138. What ever will Jesus tell the little children?

God works in mysterious republican ways?

[mandomom]

139. Conserving compassion for use in the next election.

[myrna minx]

140. This is such a horrible act of desecration.

I can't stop sobbing. :cry:

[Politicub]

143. What a powerful, symbolic photo

It sums up the right's attitudes towards our troops. If we speak of our troops as more than cannon fodder, the GOP and its allies become uneasy and will do anything to quash the dialogue.

I'm encouraged by one of my favorite quotes:

"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." -- Victor Hugo

Right on, Victor Hugo!!

:kick:

[FizzFuzz]

145. KKK, Repuke style. Send these pics to the Congress people

who voted to indict the KKK Civil Rights murderer. This is the same mentality--those Congress people who understood that should understand this.

[jsamuel]

149. Reminds me of "Mississippi Burning" I just saw it the other night

[DirtyDawg]

148. Your didn't think 'Easy Rider' was fiction...

...did you? The horrible fact is that left alone - and I don't see that bunch of overweight deputies doing anything to stop them - sooner or later they'll be ridin' by with their shotguns hanging out the windows of their pick'em up trucks...their 'mullets' waving in the breeze...wind whistlin' through their snaggled-toothed, green-caked grin...hollerin' 'take that you 'libral sumbitches'...and they won't even know why they're doing it other than the classic 'last words you ever hear a redneck say...Hey fella's, watch this'. In other words, they're just showin' off...and are proud of it. God, I hate these bastards.

[hobbit709]

152. I would have posted earlier

but it took me about 4 hours to calm down enough so that anything I posted wouldn't have gotten me tombstoned. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND WILL **** SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!

[YoungDemSoc043]

160. Freepers claim this was a liberal setup

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464124/posts?page=209#209 MY BALLS IT WAS!!!! Lying Pricks!!!

[goddess40]

186. That's their MO

Lie to meet their needs. The republican motto is: The ends always justify the means.

[Catchawave]

157. MSNBC is showing the "damage".....

Good for them! We need to make sure this makes it to their primetime lineup, please contact [e-mail] and include the link to this thread. Thanks all :hi:

[sinkingfeeling]

159. Surely done by some 'patriot' who respects the troops!

[bribri16]

161. America should know that his is what the Freeps really think about

our dead soldiers...fodder to be mowed down for the corporate cabal masters just so long as they allow them to hate as much as they can and as many people as they can. Then the corporate cabal (CC) knows they can get them to do their bidding in anything.

[nadinbrzezinski]

163. So this is what the freps truly feel of the troops

hate mostly

[nadinbrzezinski]

164. phioto is now circulating in the WWW

[demo dutch]

165. What is wrong with this country!

[Imagevision]

166. Disgraceful, no respect for reprentation of those killed in Iraq!

[ronnykmarshall]

169. That is just sick.

[YoungDemSoc043]

170. 1:06 pm EST MSNBC reports

the desicration of the crosses!!!!!!!!

[ronnykmarshall]

171. YES!

The news has pulled it's head out of Bush's ass.

I just donated money $$$ to Crawford Peace House because of this.

[okcitykid]

172. Showing Disrespect For Those Who Died Out Of Anger Against Cindy

This is an example of your typical TV Recliner War Monger who for whatever reason doesn't qualify to go to Iraq and probably never served in the military but yet is pro military and has no respect at all for those who have gone and died for their country.

Their actions speak for themselves, typical of the Presidents statement about going on with his life.

Those who have made the sacrifice only wish it was in a recliner watching it on Fox News. Who will support the President regardless and Damn the dead.

http://okcitykid.bravejournal.com/entry/15124

[larryepke]

174. Maybe paranoia is getting to me.

Given the proximity of Camp Casey to Der Bushbunker, I find it hard to believe that the Secret Service isn't watching everything that goes on there. So it’s hard for me not to at least speculate that the SS knew that the pickup was coming, and that they allowed it to do so even though they could see that the driver had some malicious intent (otherwise, why the dragging chains?).

Likewise, the guy who shot towards Camp Casey because he was “practicing for dove hunting season.” I don't see that he'd be permitted to shot in the direction of the Beloved Leader.

Or am I seeing things that aren’t there?

[Elminster]

175. Here is a link to the story

On MSNBC....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8972630/

At least one major news site is carrying the story.
Peace

[nadinbrzezinski]

181. Unless the truck was to be used against their

package, they will nto touch it, not their job. Their job is to protect the president, and family, not the protestors... and to find bad money.. that is IT.

Chelsea clinton will get a SS agent, so will Carter and his family, as well as George but we, we are not in their grocery list.

[Shakespeare]

176. Eerie echoes of the James Byrd dragging.

Pipe and chain dragged behind a pickup truck...what a sick scumbag.

[mzmolly]

177. Symbolic of the disrespect for human life these hypocrite freaks possess.

These soldiers are twice fallen thanks to those who claim to "support them" ... How very sad.

[Poktavius]

178. Sounds like an act of Domestic Terrorism.

I suppose this attempt to use violence to subvert the political process will be prosecuted as an act of terrorism?

Oh, right, the Patriot Act only applies to Republican victims...

[kissmygrits]

179. RW Whacko from Waco

I bet the Repugs post bail for this cockroach. His defense will be that he drink 2 six packs and the devil made him do it. It's never their fault, always someone making them do evil. Just ask Jimmy Swaggart. Repugs are never man enough to admit they are wrong or take responsibility for their actions. Look at Bushit blaming the CIA for his lies on WMDs.

[jurassicpork]

180. How much you wanna bet

...those stupid redneck cocksuckers thought those were real grave markers? Hey, don't laugh, I saw a redneck on TV once who tried running into a deer decoy with his pickup truck.

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[YoungDemSoc043]

183. Newshour

on PBS reported on the vandalism they apparently have a full story later in the program tune in to your localPBS station to see...posted 6:12pm EST

[Melissa G]

185. hi Texas lady! Glad you are okay!

The local news just ran a story featuring my daughter. It was from Saturday when we were there but since it was a shot of her straightening crosses they ran it like it was today... What do you expect from Faux news...

[snot]

187. Thanks for this.

The incident probably helps us more than it hurts us, but it still makes me feel sick.

[nascarblue]

188. Where are all the "flag desecration" Republicans ?

I wonder why O'Reilly, Horowitz, Hannity, and Limbaugh aren't condemning this desecration of the flag? After all, Republicans made a huge deal about it in Congress when they passed the bullshit Flag Desecration Amendment last spring.