Thanks to an offer from one of Bush's neighbors, Cindy Sheehan and her followers will be moving closer to Bush's ranch. Presumably, the Camp will enjoy a greater level of security once it's on private property. The harrassment of Cindy Sheehan's camp has become so alarming that this move comes just in time.
This move can only add to the already huge momentum that the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement has created. Call me crazy, but it would be nice to live in a world where a mother's love for her child could change the world for the better. I think a lot of us could use an occasional break from the rampant cynicism that's pretty well an essential survival trait in this world.
CRAWFORD, Texas - Antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is moving her camp closer to President Bush’s Texas ranch.
“A neighbor of President Bush’s has offered us his land,” the source said. “It’s got plenty of acreage for us, it’s private land, we would have legal permission to be on it, it’s much closer to the ranch — in fact it’s across the street from his (Bush’s) church.”
“We have taken him up on his offer,” the source added.
Sheehan was expected to begin moving as early as Wednesday morning.
She is in the 10th day of her vigil on Prairie Chapel Road, which leads to Bush’s 1,600-acre ranch. She calls her site “Camp Casey,” after her 24-year-old son, who was killed in combat in Iraq.
According to the source, the land offered to Sheehan is owned by Fred Mattlage, who is a distant cousin of Larry Mattlage, a man who fired a shotgun over the weekend in frustration over the commotion caused by the vigil.
The source said Fred Mattlage made the offer saying “I’m a veteran, I support what you all are doing and I want to offer you my land.”
Signs of tension
In the latest sign of tension, a man in a pickup trunk on Monday night ran over crosses at Sheehan’s campsite.
Some 800 white wooden crosses bearing the names of soldiers killed in Iraq have lined the road near the area where Sheehan has pitched a tent. Witnesses said they saw a truck dragging a pipe and chains drive over some of the crosses.
Earlier on Tuesday, a group of residents showed up at a hearing of county officials to complain about the traffic caused by activists and reporters who shuttle back and forth to the camp site.
They brought a petition seeking to ban parking and camping along Prairie Chapel Road.
Thanks to Pat for the tip.
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