Since we (and I mean we- you commenters like fighting over this as much as I like tweaking you) can never get enough Cindy Sheehan, I offer you this:
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier and anti-war crusader, plans to return to President Bush’s Crawford ranch Thanksgiving weekend for a vigil in spite of county ordinances banning roadside camping.
McLennan County commissioners passed two ordinances in response to Sheehan’s demonstration earlier this year when thousands of protesters converged on the sleepy Texas town of 700 people. Residents complained of noise and traffic congestion prompting commissioners to act, said Stephen Hendrick, a spokesman for the McLennan County Commissioners Court.
One ordinance bans parking along all 14 roads within a five-mile radius around the ranch. The other prohibits camping or placing portable toilets in any county ditch.
Hendrick said the commissioners’ main concern was safety, citing one incident where a truck ran off the road and knocked down a row of crosses.
“If that had been a tent, someone could have been killed,” Hendrick said.
Jim Harrington, a lawyer for Sheehan, called the county’s justification for the ban “bullshit.” He said the area where the demonstrations were being held has sparse traffic.
Insert your obligatory turkey jokes in the comments.
joshua
FIRST!
Zombie Vince Foster ate Cindy Sheehan’s baby.
Boombo
Luckily he was defeated through the quick efforts of ZombieHunter Terri Schiavo. Bless her drifting eyes.
joshua
Yeah, but Schaivo’s drifting eye beams accidentally ignited the Hindenburg, killing 36 innocent people.
The Disenfranchised Voter
Oh Jesus christ. She is just a lightening rod. I don’t think I can take the ridiculous criticism of her that will probably ensue when she starts up her protest again.
GO AWAY CINDY!
Mike S
Yup. The guy just lost control of his truck, somehow a chain connected to the back of the truck got tied up with a metal bar and he accidently mowed down a bunch of crosses.
As far as Cindy going back to Crawford, I really don’t care. But I do find that part of this story quite funny.
Geek, Esq.
And take Joe Wilson (and his hair) with you!
KC
Blahhhhewwwwwarfff. Jesus, I need a rag to wipe my mouth off. Oh wait, I might have to puke ag . . . .
The Disenfranchised Voter
I didn’t even read that part. What a load of bullshit. That guy is a scumbag.
Kimmitt
Hee.
p.lukasiak
…. no, John Cole doesn’t like to promote flame wars. He wants the discussion to remain civil, and focus on important issues…
as if.
Ancient Purple
And, you can lie to Congress and it’s no big deal.
The Disenfranchised Voter
Flame wars are fun. They help me release my pent-up frustration at the people who deserve it. People who voted for this asshole we call the President.
BumperStickerist
Voted Twice!!
.
marionette de chausette
IDIYAR.
marionette de chausette
Blessed be her drifting eyes
And her liquid brain.
May her blind insight
Enlighten our thoughts.
In the name of Randall Terry,
By whom, with whom, and for whom,
Did Dr. Frist diagnose and
Mr. DeLay pronounce,
Now and forever.
Amen
Brian
How f**king great!!! I have been having withdrawals from the absence of the “grieving mom”, and was gonna have to go out and find the bitch myself if you hadn’t served her up here.
Shall we bring her and her tribe a tofu turkey and some Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill to keep them comfortable, tell our own unique and twisted versions of The Aristocrats, then as they lay drunk and giggling near the fading campfire, place raccoons in their tents and honey in their sleeping bags?
John can be there to help us live-blog the whole thing.
slightlybad
Hey, Congress lies to us all the time, why not return the favor?
Al Maviva
“Bullshit” is a legal term of art. Roughly translated out of lawyerese, it means “You totally got me on that one, and I’m either too unprofessional or too unschooled in the law to issue a professional, lawyerly rebuttal.”
In this case the lawyerly rebuttal would have been “while facially neutral laws which incidentally burden free speech are generally permissible, they may not be enacted with the intent to silence a particular viewpoint – which this law clearly was.”
I hope that whoever around here is in charge of the Cindy Sheehan Chained-to-Fence Fun Defense Fund has made a note of this, and is even now making an effort to get a better qualified shyster on the case.
James C.
Who cares what that bitch does, thinks or says???
The Disenfranchised Voter
See, the ridiculous criticism is already starting. Yea, being pissed off that her son died because we were lied into a war really makes her a “bitch”.
What a “bitch”…
Steve S
I think we should ban Trucks running off the road and run over little harmless white crosses.
That would solve that problem.
Brian
No, no, NO!!!
She is not a bitch because her son died as an adult volunteer in a perfectly justifiable use of American military strength. She is a bitch because of her generally reprehensible comments, her mean-spirited statements aimed at Bush even after he met with her in person, her willing adoption by the MoveOn crowd for their nefarious ends, and her misrepresentations about the purpose of this war.
She is a goddamn caricature.
The Disenfranchised Voter
You lost me at that point. You could argue that it is justifiable but perfectly justifable? I think not.
This isn’t WWII ya know. Though I’m sure you and your delusional breatheren would claim it is similiar.
Brian
I think you’re splitting hairs with the “perfectly” part of my comment. I use it more as rhetorical flourish than anything.
Saddam’s defiance of U.N. resolutions in a post-9/11 world justifies our actions regardless of WMD. Just my humble delusional opinion.
The Disenfranchised Voter
So even if it was proven the Bush Adminstration deliberately misled us into the war, you would still claim the war was justified, correct?
James C.
Brain-dead, The Disenfranchised Voter says: “So even if it was proven the Bush Adminstration deliberately misled us into the war, you would still claim the war was justified, correct?” That goes without saying. Apparently, you are too dumb and/or stupid to read the numerous OTHER reasons that were used by the Administration AND most Democrats to support going to war.
Mike S
Cultist. It’s a good thing the majority of the country has been deprogrammed. I’d hate to think they are dumb enough to continue thinking like you.
James C.
Mike S., another proud fool for the Left….dumber than than a sack of rock salt.
The Disenfranchised Voter
LOL. Oh please the ONLY reason why there was a majority of public support for the war was the supposed threat (the one we were lied to about) Saddam posed. But you mean to tell me it goes without saying that a war that was justified by a lie is still justified.
Wow, I can’t believe SCUM like yourself lives in this country If you like believing in the infallability of your conservative leaders so much, go move to Saudi Arabia, ya fucking wackjob.
Mike S
James C. Proud professional bukkake recipient of GOP talking points. So fucking stupid that he still think Bush is a good President.
Rock on Jimmy C. You do the retards of this world proud.
ppGaz
But they were wrong. All of them.
ppGaz
Apparently, John Cole does. How many Sheehan threads have we had in here? And, for what purpose?
Slide
perhaps it was coincidental, but Bush’s troubles began at about the same time Cindy became a fixture out at the Crawford ranch. That is reason alone for her to have a very dear spot in my heart.
Slide
since John likes “tweaking” some of us, perhaps I should “tweak” him a bit by telling him CNN’s Anderson Cooper did a long segment on WP in Falluja just now complete with video, the State Department’s false statements, etc. The even had their resident Doc, Sanja Gupta [sp], giving the rundown on the horrors of WP’s effects.