Crawford Protest AP Wire Pics

The president of 'Gold Star Families for Peace' Cindy Sheehan (R) of Vacaville, California, and a mother who lost her son U.S. Army Specialist Casey Austin Sheehan in Iraq, discussed her intention to demand that U.S. President Bush meet her at his central Texas ranch in Crawford



Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., center, whose son died in Iraq, listens to Capt. Ken Vanek of the McLennan County (Texas) Sheriff's Office, left, as he discusses the procedures for a peace protest by Sheehan and others to confront President Bush at his ranch, in Crawford, Texas,



'Veterans for Peace' protesters demonstrating against the military policies of U.S. President George W. Bush are stopped by Crawford City Police Department officers from trespassing onto school property in Crawford, Texas, August 6, 2005. About 70 anti-war protesters



Alex Ryabov, 22, of Brooklyn N.Y. sits with a group of protestors who attempted to march to President Bush's ranch outside Crawford Texas, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005. Ryabov, who is on ready reserve with the Marine Corps and served in Iraq in 2003, came to Texas to oppose Bush's Iraq policy.

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Kicked and nominated as well.

Alex Ryabov is a brave young man for many reasons. The wingnuts will not take kindly to this. The good news is, Ryabov is from Brooklyn. He'll be safer there than in some wingnutty area.

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Thank you Cindy, and all the Gold Star Moms.

We are so proud of you!


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and another nomination!!!
Thanks to you Cindy, and the rest of you guys for all your efforts.

one in this thread, opposite perspective...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4275288&mesg_id=4275288

just an interesting observation...

Great pics!

Kudos to Veterans For Peace and Alex Ryabov for having the balls to go to Crawford and help speak out with Cindy!!!

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Wonderful job by GSFFP and Veterans for Peace. Kudos to Ryabov. He's gonna take some heat for this. We need to back him up, too.


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Our prayers go out to the women and men and children who have died for this lie. It was no mistake. It was deliberate evil.

This reads like she is a Republican :) Probably an offense to her. Do they mean "R" as in "Right'?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4275154&mesg_id=4275663

Get over there and kick!

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By REUTERS
Published: August 6, 2005

Filed at 5:21 p.m. ET

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - About 70 anti-war protesters marched toward President Bush's ranch on Saturday shouting ``bring the troops home now'' from Iraq, led by a California mother whose son was killed in combat in Baghdad.


The protest coincided with release of a Newsweek poll that said 61 percent of Americans disapproved of the way Bush was handling the situation in Iraq. The poll came after more than two dozen Americans were killed in the past week in Iraq.

Newsweek said it was Bush's lowest rating on Iraq and the first time it had dropped below 40 percent in its poll. Pentagon officials have said maintaining public support for the war is key to the troops' morale.

Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

in Crawford as we had in NYC on Feb 15, 2003..but it's a whole different state and city..I was happy the protest was in NYC so more people could just come out their door.

We had tons of People but the nyt itself purposely underreported by the THOUSANDS! Wonder why? So they could prop up the likes of judy miller channeling chalabi?

Edit~ Thanks for the pics..they're Priceless!

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/06/bush.peace.mom.ap/index.html

(note: the link appeared sometime between 1555 and 1600 PDT on the CNN homepage)



Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

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when will this be on the front page of DU?

At the beginning of the show. A short segment. It was OK. The camera angles for Sheehan only showed 2-3 protesters in any shot, so that seemed a little slighted, but on the other hand, Bush's lame words rang very hollow. For the first time, I saw Bush doing double-jaw jerks between pauses. His twitching is getting worse.

Then, after the segment, I think they went right to a fight of football players, then went to Lester Holt and the other lady, and they made joking comments about the fight. It seemed odd, and I wondered if they stuck the fight segment in so that the hosts wouldn't have to comment on the Crawford protest.

At least it was on the TV.

what would this country be without you all.

http://www.newsparkproductions.org





Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

Kick and nominated.