Hi Everyone, I got this first email from Ed Pearl. I took the action and made my vote for Cindy Sheehan for Time Magazine's Person of the Year. I wrote that Cindy has the courage, the heart and the right to tell the truth to the American people about this illegal and immoral war in Iraq.
To vote go to: http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/talkback.html#form Peace, Frank Dorrel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original Message --- From: Ed Pearl: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no one in this country more emblematic of the change in Americans' attitudes toward the Iraq War than Cindy Sheehan. Let's make sure that Time Magazine at least considers her for 2005 Person of the Year. Nominate Cindy Sheehan for Time Magazine Person of the Year - Pass it on! I did the deed today and found it easy and a pleasure to state why. - Ed Click http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/talkback.html#form to vote. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original message from Karen Pomer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Protesters Arrested Near Bush's Ranch By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, November 23, 2005 (11-23) 11:11 PST Crawford, Texas (AP) -- A dozen war protesters including Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking. About four hours after the group pitched six tents and huddled in sleeping bags and blankets, McLennan County sheriff's deputies arrested them for criminal trespassing. Many in the group held up signs, including one that said "Give me liberty or give me a ditch." A dozen or so other demonstrators left the public right of way after deputies warned them they would be arrested. The protest was set to coincide with Bush's Thanksgiving ranch visit. The arrests were made by more than two dozen deputies who calmly approached the demonstrators in their tents and asked if they wanted to walk out on their own or be carried. Two chose to be carried. They were to be taken to jail for booking. Ellsberg, the former Defense Department official who leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, estimated it was his 70th arrest for various protests since the 1970s. "Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam War saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam war will be necessary here," Ellsberg said Wednesday before his arrest. "I think the American people will get us out of this (war)." Ellsberg became famous for his release of the secret documents, which indicated the government had deceived the public about whether the Vietnam war could be won and the extent of casualties. Also arrested Wednesday was Ann Wright, who resigned her post as a senior diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Mongolia in 2003 in protest of the war with Iraq. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan wasn't among the protesters Wednesday because of a family emergency in California, but she planned to be at the camp later in the week. "We are proud to be here," Dede Miller, Sheehan's sister, said hours before her arrest as she huddled in a blanket at the campsite. "This is just so important. What we did in August really moved us forward, and this is just a continuation of it." In August, hundreds of demonstrators camped off the road during a 26-day protest led by Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq last year. But a month later, county commissioners banned camping in any county ditch and parking within 7 miles of the ranch, citing safety and traffic congestion issues. Earlier this week, three demonstrators filed a federal lawsuit against McLennan County over the two local bans. During the last several weeks of their summer protest, the activists had camped on a private 1-acre lot that a sympathetic landowner let them use. That land is about a mile from Bush's ranch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original message from Tonia Young: [EMAIL PROTECTED] THANKSGIVING NEWS FROM CAMP CASEY A re-union of dozens of activists returned to Camp Casey this Thanksgiving week. This morning they decided to conduct civil disobedience. Twelve people were arrested at approximately 10 AM outside Crawford, Texas, on Prairie Chapel Road at the original site of Camp Casey, where Cindy stood her month-long vigil, awaiting for President Bush to speak with her last summer. Twelve people were arrested on two misdemeanor charges: 1. Obstruction of a highway passage way 2. Criminal trespass The fine for each charge is $1,000. The twelve arrested are challenging the ordinance that states it¹s illegal to camp, erect a structure to live or reside in the ditch. (Defined as, sleeping or eating or existing in the ditch.) This is a new ordinance, only recently passed on Sept 27th, 2005, following the action of Cindy Sheehan and other activists this summer, to wait on the President to come out from his vacation ranch to speak with them. Those arrested are challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance (which was passed in reaction to the free speech action this past summer.) No other county in the U.S. has such an ordinance. The group conducting civil disobedience were surprised that an additional charge, 'obstruction of the road way¹ was used against them because they were in fact not on the road way, but were beside the road standing in the ditch. They were detained for approximately five hours and released on their own recognizance. The twelve arrested were: Daniel Ellsberg, former hard-liner who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971, Ann Wright, former U.S. diplomat who resigned to protest the invasion of Iraq, Dee Miller, Cindy Sheehan¹s sister, Charlie Anderson, Mary Ellen Goodwin, College Professor Carl Rising-Moore, Veteran for Peace Tamara Rosenleaf, Lee Stanley, E. M. Hardy, Lauren Sullivan, Hiram Myers and Jesse Dyen. The local Sheriff¹s Department was very respectful and treated the activists in a dignified and orderly manner. The reunion of activists will regroup at the Crawford Peace House and celebrate Thanksgiving together on Thursday. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose.org helps at-risk students succeed. 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