Burnt Orange Report

Cindy Sheehan Waits For An Answer

By Damon McCullar

If anyone hasn't heard the story yet, This is the story of Cindy Sheehan as told by CNN.

I've been in contact with Susan Morris about Cindy Sheehan's sit-in in Crawford. She wanted to make this appeal to Austinites and Texans.

Cindy Sheehan, a Gold Star Family for Peace member who is currently holding camp down the road from the Bush compound in Crawford, Texas, needs our support. When Margie Becker and I arrived Camp Casey on Sunday we joined members of Veterans for Peace and the LA chapter of Code Pink to sit vigil with Cindy while she waits for a meeting with Jr. On Monday, the Austin chapter of Code Pink sent in reinforcements for the day only. As evening neared, the only Texan overnighting with Cindy was Jim, the Terlingua Veteran for Peace. It is a two-hour drive to Crawford to support Cindy and her mission of finding answers to her son's death. As of today, she is tired, frustrated, emotional and running a fever. BUT EVERY NEW ARRIVAL RENEWS HER. Please think about making the drive in the next day or so. Thursday is the rumored day that Cindy might get arrested for being a "national security threat" and Saturday, a local Clear Channel radio station is hosting an anti-Cindy BBQ at a parking lot next to a bank in Crawford. Don't worry about bringing provisions. Money is pouring into the Crawford Peace House from those people who live too far to make the trip or simply can't. I've included directions and other links below. Call me on my cell phone if more information is needed. Or call me to tell me you are on your way to Crawford. Margie is there now, and I'm going back, I hope, tomorrow. Thanks! I can guarantee you will meet some of the finest people in the world!

The Iconoclast, the Crawford newspaper that endorsed John Kerry is reporting from the Camp Casey: http://198.65.14.85/

Code Pink has a Camp Casey blog on their website:
http://www.codepink4peace.org/

Veterans for Peace are organizing more chapters to make the trip:
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Margie made a video, which is AWESOME: homepage.mac.com/bargie

Camp Casey HQ, AKA, The Crawford Peace House:
http://www.crawfordpeacehouse.org/

That report was as of this morning. Currently, the weather has improved in Crawford and the crowd has grown to about 100 people.