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| | The big tent at Camp Casey 2 looked like this when I got there on a Friday in late August. That tent could hold something like 3000 people, and Saturday afternoon it was nearly full, despite what you might have heard from the newspapers and TV. The black car on the right is Secret Service (or FBI), parked next to the orange roadblock set up to prevent people from driving down the dirt back road there to Bush's place. |
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| | A few signs outside the big tent at Camp Casey 2, with lettering big enough that W might be able to read them through the tinted glass car windows, if he happened to ride by. Of course, he was no longer in Texas at that time. |
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| | More enlightening signs from Camp Casey 2. |
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| | This group of crosses, known as "Arlington West," which carry the names of soldiers killed in Iraq, stood next to the big tent at Camp Casey 2. At sunset every evening, Cindy Sheehan and the other Gold Star parents there would stand among the crosses while a trumpet player played "Taps." As at least a few people have said about Cindy, right wing big mouths like O'Reilly and Limbaugh can't hurt her with their words. Her son was killed in Iraq -- nothing will hurt her more than that does every day. |
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| | Another shot of the crosses. To stand among them, looking at the boots, flowers and flags, and read the names, you have to know that each one stands for not only a soldier that didn't come back from Iraq, but for families who will never see that soldier again. Yes, soldiers die in war, and soldiers die unnecessarily in an unnecessary war. |
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| | Another sign outside the big tent at Camp Casey 2. One thing about the gathering in Crawford that you wouldn't know without being there was the large number of military folks there, both soldiers and family. In talking with a few of them, I heard that sentiment among the military regarding the war in Iraq is running 80/20 against the war. |
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| | Inside the big tent at Camp Casey 2 late on Saturday afternoon. I heard a number of good songs there that day. |
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| | Another shot inside the big tent at Camp Casey 2, with a painting of Casey Sheehan. |
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| | This is Crawford Peace House. The good folks from the Peace House organized shuttles back and forth to both Casey 1 and Casey 2, along with parking, meals, camping and an endless list of other details. |
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| | The dove from Crawford Peace House -- long may it fly! |
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