Just think of the intimidation the folks at Camp Casey are withstanding...

[kentuck]

First of all, the sheriff and deputies come out to talk with them. Then they come back to search their tents and belongings, looking for drugs or whatever. Then there are the helicopters overhead. Then they have the troopers standing between them and the party caravan of the Bushes. Not to mention two rednecks that tried to run them over. Now today, they have a crazy neighbor they thought, might have been, possibly, was shooting at them. How much more can they withstand without getting combat pay?

[tjdee]

1. Why aren't any of those yokels mad at BUSH?

That's what I don't get.

I'd be like "Damn, George, just meet with the lady so she'll go home!"

All this nonsense because Bush won't come out and talk to a Gold Star mother for five minutes? I'd be hating George for that reason only, about now.

[libhill]

12. They're the type of working class

idiots, who support the repukes against their own interests - they buy into all the anti -gay, anti-gun control, Fundamentalist "come to Jaysus" b.s. that the Repukes spew, while at the same time their jobs are outsourced to the Third World, they lose their pensions and Social Security benefits, suffer in silence when they get ill because they have no health insurance, and pay out the nose for gasoline to take care of the Big Oil Boys. BECAUSE THEY'RE GOD DAMNED FUCKING MORONS.

[Cleita]

2. I really think the sheriffs need to talk to the neighbor.

Someone needs to remind them that they are there to keep peace and order, not take sides. This man is putting unarmed citizens in harms way.

[indepat]

5. Sadly, they must not give a diddledy-damn

[libhill]

13. In a Police State

That doesn't matter. And that's what fucking Texas is coming to. And before you Texas folks flame me, I'm a Texan too, so don't even go there. The god damn truth hurts.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. It's too bad

they don't have TVs so they could have seen Larry the neighbor ranting about the 5 gallon buckets and the porta potties. Let's hope someone in town taped it so they can see it.

[rateyes]

4. The fact that there is this kind of opposition

tells us Cindy and her supporters have hit a nerve...which is what we're trying to do. As, with most protests, if it doesn't draw opposition, it's a pretty good chance that it will die---this one's alive and well...and, let's do our part to keep it so...

Good post, kentuck!

[MrSlayer]

6. Is the guy shooting AT them?

He said he just shot up in the air twice. A huge difference.

[kentuck]

7. They didn't know that when they heard the gunshots...

Oh, never mind, he's just practicing for "dove" season. Gunshots can be very intimidating.

[MrSlayer]

8. I agree that shooting can be intimidating.

But let's not make it like the guy is taking shots at the people there because that wouldn't be true.

[Zenlitened]

11. Menacing them with gunfire. Pretty clear that's what he was doing.

Whether he pointed the gun directly at them is not the issue.

[MrSlayer]

15. Ok that's agreed.

But let's not say he was shooting "at" them when he wasn't.

[aquart]

10. Uh huh. And the bullets landed where?

[MrSlayer]

14. A shotgun doesn't shoot bullets.

Being that he was talking about dove season he probably had birdshot in there which is a bunch of little bbs. As to where it landed I don't know but I haven't seen any reports of people saying they were showered with birdshot or whatever from the dude. Let's not make it worse than it really is. Shooting up in the air to intimidate people is bad enough, we don't have to turn it into shooting "at" the people.

[kentuck]

16. Maybe he just missed ?

How far does a shotgun reach? 100-150 yards ?

[MrSlayer]

17. Come on, you just want him to be shooting at them.

To make it seem worse. Like he needs to be made out to be even more shithouse rat crazy. The police are not just going to let some idiot shoot into a crowd without any repercussions, even in Texas.

[kentuck]

18. You people!

I'll see if I can still edit...

[Zenlitened]

9. Don't forget almost being run down by two chickenshits in a pickup truck..

... who rode through the crowd standing on the grass alongside the road.

http://homepage.mac.com/godofkarma/swimmerfilms/iMovieTheater75.html

Have those two shit-heels been arrested yet?

[SledDriver]

19. He must feel the need to prove what a BIG MAN he is..

by menacing UNARMED, PEACEFUL protesters with a shotgun.

A BIG MAN indeed! HE must have balls the size of... birdshot.
Shithead.

[libhill]

20. Wonder why he doesn't enlist

since he has so much exuberance and energy - oh, never mind - he's a typical chickenshit Repuke, all blow and no go.

[crowcalling]

22. and brains smaller than birdshot!

Wish I could send my bird on a mission to peck some sense into him, like a scene from The Birds...I can imagine him - big man running and screaming...

[leetrisck]

21. I hope they are not intimidated at all

this is just crap. Prayers.