I just can’t wait.
In six days the “Mother Sheehan Magical Mystery Tour” will depart from Crawford, Texas and slowly wend its way toward Washington, D.C. where it’s scheduled to arrive on September 24. That’s the day set aside for every loon, goon, moonbat, March hare, and various vagrants to appear on the Washington Mall for a rally against any and all things Bush, Republican, and to a large extent, American.
Oh what a time it will be.
I’m mighty tempted to join in myself just to soak up the atmosphere and relive the glories of my youth where it was the fashion to attend anti-war demonstrations so that you could show your solidarity with the brave Vietnamese resistance to American imperialism. It was also a fact that hippie girls were easy as was access to some great weed. Put the two together and you could have one hell of a party without really trying.
For Mother Sheehan, the bus trip will be reminiscent of of one of the strangest Beatle’s albums (and movies) the fab four ever made. Magical Mystery Tour told the story of a bus trip taken by the Beatles through the English countryside where they meet the strangest bunch of kooks and characters including someone Sheehan should be very familiar with; The Fool on the Hill:
Well on his way his head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,
But the fool on the hill . .
The Lennon-McCartney lyrics call to mind the times perfectly; a colorful, carefree kind of harmless nonsense with the war’s darkness always lurking in the background. These lyrics to I am the Walrus epitomize that concept:
Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don’t you think the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied.
I’m crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob…
Also reminiscent of the 1960’s was the little piece of guerrilla theater put on yesterday by Sheehan and her supporters:
The antiwar protesters responded Thursday with an emotional ceremony, carried live on national television, in which Sheehan was presented with the boots worn by her son before he was killed. She tearfully laid them before a small cross bearing her son’s name, surrounded by dozens of supporters. There were sobs from other women whose sons were killed in Iraq.
I have no doubt Sheehan’s tears as well as the tears of others there were genuine. However, when you hire a public relations firm and have a dozen or more political “handlers” advising on the protest, the fact that this little slice of “reality” was broadcast live makes the entire “event” fair game for critics like me who would have thought the gesture much more heartfelt if carried out in private – like the President’s visit with Mrs. Sheehan following the death of her son.
The event was put on for the cameras. And for the left to continue to use this woman’s grief as a rallying cry for cutting and running in Iraq is worse than ghoulish. It’s a sad reminder of the utter contempt the left holds for the American people and America itself.
UPDATE
Meanwhile, the semi-official blog of Mother Sheehan’s catered Jamboree Camp Casey Now continues to sound a couple of discordant notes in this anti-American symphony.
First, they complained that there weren’t enough people camping out with her (150 as of Wednesday), something I pointed out here:
If Cindy Sheehan is the “Rosa Parks†of the peace movement, if she’s the second coming of Martin Luther King or the “tipping point†that will energize the anti war movement and turn it into a raging prairie fire that will sweep evil George and his neocons from office, how come there are less than 100 people camping out at salon de Cindee in Crawford?
For God’s sake, Waco, a city of more than 100,000, is just a hop skip and a jump from Crawford. Are you trying to tell me with a city of that size and that close that you can’t even get the local loonies to come out and show their support for Sheehan?
Not only was there a complaint of not enough moonbats, the ones who were there were taken to task for being lazy!
Why are activists spending time cooking and cleaning etc… they should be spend most of their time building (tent city, signs, more crosses), educating the media, doing something pro-active to get more numbers there. They should be doing everything imaginable to get the truth covered by the mainstream media, like making banners or flyers with things like, “The Downing Street Memo is equivalent to the Watergate Tapes†and placing them everywhere, so any mainstream newscast from Camp Casey will have something in the background. Beware of ineffective signs… misinformation agents will gladly volunteer for the task then make it illegible, or put bad slogans, etc…
Now the problem appears to be that they’re having such a good time in Crawford, there’s some question as to why they want to leave so early:
Why? Labor Day is a huge travel holiday… why not advertise Crawford, Texas as the site of the Great American Campout this Labor Day Weekend. I don’t know for sure, but in all likelihood our vacationing President will stay thru the weekend- why the rush to disband Camp Casey? Why the rush to announce the camp’s demise- if not to kill the momentum.
Is Ann Wright’s plan the best plan for the peace movement? Do the caravans really need those extra 5 days?
The moonbat wants to advertise a “Labor Day at Camp Casey” that would draw thousands, thousands I tell you!
This will be paid for by the $125,000 or more in donations already received. $10,000 in lumber and in canvas, and 100 volunteers with cordless drills could whip up a slew of quick tent frames that could fit a family or two.
If we advertise this widely- we could get many, many thousands of people to come to Crawford to make a real statement. Which would be more powerful in affecting change, caravans leaving the 31st, or the Great American Campout in Crawford? Am I being divisive just because, or is there actual logic behind this proposal.
Logic? At Camp Casey? When you find some kid, let me know.
UPDATE
With both Al Sharpton and the Neo-Nazis on their way to Crawford, Goldstein has the line of the day:
I see. A bit of logistical advice to Camp Crawford organizers, if I may? Hide any strong rope and/or Jews.
9:40 am
Maybe Jihad Jane and her canola bus can hook up with them and make it a convoy.
9:43 am
Yup. Another great song from the 70’s:
Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin’ logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin’ hogs
We is headin’ for bear on I-one-oh
‘Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, “Pig Pen, this here’s the Rubber Duck.
“And I’m about to put the hammer down.”
[Chorus]
‘Cause we got a little convoy
Rockin’ through the night.
Yeah, we got a little convoy,
Ain’t she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain’t nothin’ gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin’ convoy
‘Cross the U-S-A.
Convoy!
11:45 am
Have you heard Eisenhower’s farewell speech? He was a Republican- so you can’t bash him can you?
He warned America that the ‘military-industrial complex’ could become too powerful, and that if left unchecked we could lose our freedoms.
Do you care about preserving freedom in America? If so, then you should be opposed to the current gov’t- not just Bush, the entire Congress as well.
They passed national ID cards, unconstitutional random searches are now commonplace, the government can spy on anyone anytime without a warrant. Is that freedom? Sure- we gotta protect us from the ‘terrorists’. Read Orwell’s 1984- it’s so friggin obvious- the gov’t is trying to scare it’s citizens into accepting the loss of freedom- “trust us, it’s all to protect you.”
What if you’ve been fooled by liars and rather than admit it, you’d rather continue following the crooks as they destroy America. Is that patriotic?
Will you be proud to tell your grandchildren that you blindly followed the President, that you believed all of the absurd propaganda spewing from his mouth because it was easier to continue the lie than admit you were wrong- very, very wrong.
Don’t believe me. Google Depleted Uranium- 11,000 Gulf War I Vets are DEAD! They were not injured in the first war, but they returned with health problems caused by this radioactive waste- the pentagon knew about this and they’re still using DU- in 15 years there could be 2-3 times that number of DEAD Gulf War II vets….
of course via google you can find some right wing links that try to claim DU is not a problem… and you can go to sleep still believing the US gov’t would never do anything that would harm our own soldiers…
Which takes more courage? to blindly follow the Bushit, or to investigate and find out if indeed you’ve been lied to.
12:13 pm
What do you expect? Rick deleted a debate about Chavez because he lost it.
Anti-American Rick? They ARE Americans and they ARE excercising their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to protest. I suppose THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON was also anti-American.
Since coming to this blog I have discovered one thing. That you must be a very lonely, very angry man.
You’ll probably delete this too. Because the truth hurts.
12:15 pm
Oh. Excellent comment Jack.
12:52 pm
Santay, I love the idea. Get the two together, have ‘em rope up those buses like some land-based analog of a contraption from Waterworld, and let ‘em rip. Kevin Costner can even direct the documentary. Code Pink will provide security on the set.
Just wait until they get stuck in the I-95 traffic in Virginia with no air conditioning. They’ll all get naked and dance atop the BashBushBus.
12:57 pm
Jack… you hit some good themes… for the DAILYKOS website. Take your uber-liberal talking points and STFU. National ID Cards were passed? Where is mine, I want one. You know who gets the most nervous about the “random searches” you talk about? Those who have something to hide.
What if you’ve been fooled by George Soros and MoveOn.org, and rather than admit it, you’d rather continue to tear down the greatest nation on earth.
Will you be proud to tell your children and grandchildren that you blindly hated the President? That you believed all the absurd propaganda being spewed from Liberals mouths and continue this hatred because you thought Saddam wasn’t a threat?
Don’t believe me? Google Halabja… countless thousand of innocent people are DEAD. The are dead because Saddam was a threat. How many chemical attacks have occured since Saddam’s removal? Had we not gone in, the number in Halabja could be 50-60 times that number.
Of course, via google you can find some left wing links that try to claim we’re not justified to be in Iraq and liberate 25 million people, and you can go troll on more conservative websites, trying in vain to argue that Saddam would never do anything to harm our soldiers or anyone else. Or you can wake up.
Which takes more courage? To blindly hate the President and believe the Liberal talking points, or to support our Nation, President and cause, even if your liberal friends might not think it’s cool?
Think, and then reply.
1:49 pm
Randy:
I could care what you think. You’re a loon. And the guy with the Chavez rot was trying to make the thug into some kind of Latin American saint while insulting me at the same time. I warned him that if he continued to insult me I’d delete him. Well guess what, he be gone.
As for me, tough to be lonely when you’ve got 9 brothers and sisters, 3 cats, and a beautiful woman who I shamelessly allow to look after me.
Who’s the lonely one?
2:16 pm
Rick, a kept man?!? I want some of that!
(‘cept for the cats, have two very neurotic ones already, peeing all over the house in fact, thankyouverymuch)
2:41 pm
Bahng Chicka Bonck Beow
Today’s dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny … Workie-too-much Friday
3:19 pm
“support for the troops” is not defined by the intent.
it is defined by the effect.
from my experience and my family member’s experiences, the message of this version of the fifth column at Walter Reed, in Crawford, and throughout history is always receive negatively by the military stationed overseas.
this is a fact i do not think that Cindy and her comrades would admit to nor would they be concerned with….
“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.” – Joseph Heller
3:46 pm
Friday Gatling Blog
It’s late on Friday, but I have arrived with a full plate of gatling blog glory of this week’s more provocative posts for you all. The Carnival of the Involuntary. . .fire away!
6:52 pm
Jack:
Can’t tell if you’re being serious or not.
If you are, I’m not going to spend time knocking down the strawmen you set up. There are so many it would take half the night.
I will say that the “military industrial complex” that you speak of is a helluva lot more complictated than just some nitwit conspiracy.
The people who protect this country – who have proteected it for 50+ years – both Dems and Reps who staff the permananent and temporary committees, councils, commissions, ad hoc study groups and the like in the defense establishment, are generally speaking less interested in running the country than they are in serving it.
If you knew anything about it at all, you’d thank them.
7:09 pm
For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will al be there
Late of Pablo Fanques Fair – what a scene!
Over man and horses hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. J. will challenge the world!
The celebrated Mr. K.
performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate
The Hendersons will dance and sing
As Mr. Kite flies through the ring – don’t be late!
Messrs. K. and H. assure the public
Their production will be second to none
And of course Henry The Horse dances the waltz!
The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Ten summersets he’ll undertake on solid ground
We’ve been some days in preparation
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill
It kills me when they use that “he’s a republican so you can’t bash him, can you?” rhetoric. As though we’re bowing at the alter of republicanism and can’t deviate lest-omg!- we’ll cease to exist.
I was looking for some real moonbattery and I sure got it. I must be losing my touch-Rick, you’ve taken over some of the moonbats that I’ve been collecting! I was really looking for something I could get my teeth into; some moonbats to roast over a late summernight campfire….how I love the smell of roasted moonbats in the evening…
Instead I get the practically incoherent rants from Randy (which are oh-so-tiring)-and a rather unimaginative rube named Jack. heh.
You can complain all you want about a police state, Jack, but you have to realize that in order to see the whole picture you’ll need to put your BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) aside. I know it’s easy and doesn’t involve much energy from the last two brain cells you have left to repeat the “bush lied” and “fascist!” and “bushitler”...but we’re expected to take those rather mundane and common comments of yours seriously?
You can’t tell me that you think the local police department went through training paid for and developed by George Soros because of George Bush.
There’s a much bigger picture than the “blame Bush!” picture, it’s too bad moonbats’ overly simplistic views of the world can’t fathom it.
1:16 pm
Will someone please shut Cindy Sheehan up?
Thanks to Wizbang for reminding me of how much of a Jew-hating moonbat Cindy Sheehan is. She is in fact a good example of why most women should never be let anywhere near a ballot, let alone in a position…
5:16 pm
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5:56 pm
Jack, it’s just like you leftist nitwits to try to focus the argument around a strawman that has limit if any relevence in todays political picture. Who really except you gives a crap what Eisenhower is alleged to say 50 years ago or more. That has absolutely nothing to do with the Islamic threat we are currently faced with. If you think things are so bad here, try living in a country controlled by the Moslems.
5:58 pm
Well, somebody has to say it:
Maybe the Nazis will burn all the crosses for Cindy.
12:43 am
“People are profitting, getting filthy rich off this war- is that a good thing? Why not rearrange things so war is not profitable?”
Not me and I work on landing systems for military aircraft, MY best year was 2001. BEFORE 9/11 and I took a 40% hit in income in 2002. So can you source this claim about getting rich?
12:48 am
“Have you heard Eisenhower’s farewell speech? He was a Republican- so you can’t bash him can you?
He warned America that the ‘military-industrial complex’ could become too powerful, and that if left unchecked we could lose our freedoms.”
What Eisenhower did not realise was the growth of Left leaning complexs which now far exceed the so called Military/Industrial Complex.
That is why the Democratic Party gets about 90% of all donations of 1 million dollars and up and that is why Moveon.org/Soros have made a public statement that they OWN the Democratic Party because the have BOUGHT it?
Can you just imagine the furor that would ensue if a Conservative Bloc funded and directed by a Conservative Billionare made that claim about the Republican Paty,.
No we do not need to worry about our Freedoms and Libertys being taken away by the Military Industrial Complex the Transnational Progressives in the Democratioc Leadership will beat them to it.
10:08 am
Prairie Peace Park: A New Home for Sheehan Circus?
It was with a heavy heart that I read this story in today’s Washington Times:
LINCOLN, Neb. – It is called the Prairie Peace Park, and it has been a roadside shrine for more than 11 years, displaying 170 exhibits — from children’s a…
7:33 am
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1:48 pm
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"I didn't mean for this to happen, Billy -- for me to become the righteous Spark the universe chose to ignite the flame of Truth, you know? I mean, that I've become the Rosa Parks of the Peace Movement -- me, a simple Mom…
5:19 pm
Where does Jack come up with “220,000 service people totally disabled from DU dust” in the 1st gulf war?? Obviously totally contrived, no basis in fact.
What was the maximum force in the theater during the time of the war, 500,000? So almost half of all service people are totally disabled from DU dust? How could this be? Most of them were in Kuwait or Saudi, or were on the ground in Iraq for just a few days, and not while “the bombs were bursing in air”. So this is complete bovine excrement. Many of the soldiers were in aircraft above the battlefield, such as it was.
Jack, quit pulling false numbers out of your ass. It’s insulting to me and demeaning to you. I know better. If you’re going to make up numbers, at least make them somewhat believable.