Sheehan Protest Aids Crawford Peace House

[DoYouEverWonder]

August 26, 2005 - (Story #1)

DOWN AND OUT: The Crawford Peace House had $3 in the bank and no phone service before it became the headquarters for Cindy Sheehan's war protest this month.

SUDDEN BOOST: Now the house that was established as a place for activists to gather in Bush's adopted hometown has received more than $150,000 in donations.

UNHAPPY NEIGHBORS: Many of Crawford's 700 residents view the Peace House as a nuisance and harmful to the town's image.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-peace-house-summary-box,0,6010201.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines


(Story #2)

Sheehan Protest Aids Crawford Peace House

August 26, 2005

CRAWFORD, Texas -- With only $3 in the bank, things had been looking pretty grim for the Crawford Peace House.

The telephone was cut off last month for nonpayment. The co-founders used some of their own money to pay the mortgage and electric bill for the four-room bungalow, which opened a month after the Iraq war began in March 2003.

Then came Cindy Sheehan. The grieving California mother's quest to talk to President Bush about the war that claimed her 24-year-old son's life inspired thousands of war opponents across the country.

More than $150,000 in donations have poured in to the Peace House since Sheehan arrived Aug. 6 and started a makeshift campsite along the road leading to Bush's ranch. Because the rural campsite is small, many of the hundreds of visitors have spent their time a few miles away at the Peace House, which has become Sheehan's headquarters.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-peace-house,0,3050791.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines


I'm not sure what AP is up to with these posts. Same headline, two different stories. The first one seems to have lost its point?

[Lochloosa]

1. They are on my annual list for donations now...

Just waiting on the bonus check...

[Justyce]

2. The AP has given up whatever

neutral ground they held lately in favor of pro-Bush articles... I read an article yesterday going on and on about the pro-war supporters, and said they're going to counter-protest Sheehan's group of a few dozen protesters, or something to that effect. A few dozen?!?! I thought they were semi-neutral, but these last few days have blown that theory...

[theHandpuppet]

3. Those of you who have been to Crawford...

... will understand what I'm saying when I note that there really isn't much that could hurt Crawford's "image".

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Unfortunately, millions of Americans

have not been to Crawford and will believe the crap that AP and the rest of the M$M tells us.

For example, they report that "not only is the phone back on, but the $54,000 mortgage is about to be paid." This is simply not true, yet they continue to report it. Yes the Crawford Peace House took in enough money to pay off the mortgage, but they never said that was what they were going to do. As a matter of fact, just today they asked for more donations because they have spent all the money operating the new Camp Crawford. It would be nice if the AP folks didn't have to twist the truth every chance they get.

[Binka]

5. It's What The Freepers Did To Andy

Just bigger A LOT BIGGER. Have they no fucking shame? What bloody unmitigated fucking gall. I hate our Corporate Whore Media.

[Fenris]

6. "a nuisance and harmful to the town's image."

As opposed to their warmongering Resident.