Camp Casey may have a new home!

[Generic Other]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2012456

[Swamp Rat]

1. Yep

http://www.truthout.org/cindy.shtml

[Generic Other]

2. It sounds so spacious after being forced to live in a ditch

I guess some Texans have a conscience. I wonder if a Democrat? Sounds like some of the neighbors have had it with Bush.

[cornermouse]

3. ALWAYS look a gift horse in the mouth...

Especially when you're in the other guy's home territory and you're dealing with people who clearly specialize in con artistry and scamming. This may be a perfectly legitimate offer, but they get Cindy off the road and onto private property. If the owner/front then claims that they are trashing the private property and she wants them off, doesn't this sort of fizzle out; particularly if their former ditch/campsite is no longer available due to national security or some such garbage?

[sattahipdeep]

7. Yep The Sheriff is afraid for Cindy

We are good neighbors and we are cooperating with everyone.
By the way, in case I forgot to blog it last night, the Sheriff
has requested that I stay down in Crawford during the night, because
he is afraid for my safety after he leaves.
He said he would "sleep better" himself at night if I came into town
to sleep. Judging from the shooting guns, I guess he was right.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4353736

[Generic Other]

4. Latest on Truthout!

t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
By Scott Galindez
Tuesday 16 August 2005
2:20 AM

It's 2:20 am in Waco ... I'm back in the hotel trying to soak in a very eventful day ... well actually it was a slow day and an eventful night. Perhaps it was meant to be that we would have a day of calm before the storm.

The highlight of the day had to be the pig farmers. These three old boys looked like they walked off the ranch down the road (wouldn't want to compare anyone with the rancher across the street). These guys were from West Texas. They are very angry with the play rancher down the road a few miles and are behind Cindy one hundred percent. These guys drove their tractors to DC to protest "The Pig Tax." One of these farmers happened to have a cousin with a ranch closer to George and land that Camp Casey can move to. Like Cindy said, another Camp Casey miracle ...

http://www.truthout.org/cindy.shtml

[Generic Other]

5. Hooray for the pig farmers!!

Three cheers!

[senseandsensibility]

6. Hope this is as good as it sounds!

We needed some good news after last night.

[Generic Other]

8. Message from Cindy

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford (Day 10); Misses and Miracles

-- a message from Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, TX

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.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php

[anarchy1999]

9. I just got off the phone with Dick Underhill in Austin about this issue.

It is great to hear that one of the Crawford locals is doing this.

Dick and I were talking about the townspeople, how we are being received and how will the locals handle twice as many this weekend. There are many locals that do not support Bush and are sympathetic to our positions, but have remained silent out of fear of speaking out in "Bush country", reprisals from neighbors and well, you all know the rest. He told me there were quite a few locals that had come and expressed this to different ones of those in attendance there this weekend.

So this is wonderful news. I believe if we handle this in positive and loving ways more locals in Crawford will find the courage to speak out knowing they have so much support from around the country.

Thanks all, DU'ers are the BEST!

Also spoke with Kay and she asked me to express her sincere thanks to all that have contributed so much.

anarchy1999