DU did it! The shooter neighbor mad about the portopotties!

[KyndCulture]

Mr. Mattlage: When they first came out here, I was sympathetic to their cause, right. They as American citizens have a right to march to protest. It is like this—it’s like having company, if you have your brother-in-law at your house for five days, wouldn’t it start stinking after a while. You are ready for him to go home, aren’t you? Five weeks of this is too much. We live here. It’s our community. Apparently we have no respect over here and we have no respect over here. Somebody has got to get together and clear it out. It’s a damn shame. The news media has got to solve this dilemma. But we got a dilemma here. We got a battle of the porta-potties. You all got started out going to the bathroom in a five gallon bucket. Then they moved one porta-pottie in here. No we got two porta-potties. And now we have three and if this keeps up, it will be all the way down the road. And they’ve got more porta-potties over there (pointing at the Bush ranch). The only one winning here is the one cleaning the porta-potties.



Very good, we helped to pay for those to put em there Mr. Mattlage and from the bottom of my blue DU heart I'm so happy you like them!!! Maybe I'll send another from us!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Lemme check with MuseRider

and see if we can fit a porta potty in her truck. We are going down there on Tues.

[KyndCulture]

2. I think it's great!!! Of all the things to be pissed about.

Some portopots.... Too damn funny!

[Generic Other]

38. I think YOU organized the port-a-pottie invasion. Confess!

:thumbsup:

[KyndCulture]

44. only 2 outta the 4 I can't claim all the spoils here lol

[KyndCulture]

3. They have a contract with the portopot company.

I think there are a total of 4 now... 2 of which members of DU paid for... So I'm rather tickled we've pissed off the neighbor with our gift.

[Cleita]

4. So he would prefer the five gallon buckets to porta-potties?

That doesn't seem very sanitary to me. I really think someone that is on site there needs to inform the sheriff's department that they have an obligation to rein this neighbor in. He is threatening unarmed people with firearms and I'm sure there has got to be a law against it.

[KyndCulture]

6. I'd bet on it being some sort of endangerment charge.

and he's shitfaced to boot... he's not making any sense.. I think they need to get the rifle away from him before he gets the rest of that case of beer in him.

[JAbuchan08]

5. Well he shouldn't be shooting off his gun, but

I'm a lot more sympathetic to porta-potty rage than I am to partisan rage.

[aquart]

7. Shooter?

Obviously, I've missed some crucial moments.

[ET Awful]

8. Hell, if he hates our portapotties he should be really damn happy the

Freepers aren't camped out :) They'd have 1/3 the people and 5 times the portapotties :evilgrin:

[kentuck]

15. Just like voting machines, huh?

:) Or because they're so full of shit?

[don954]

30. thats 'cause freepers are full of shit..!

couldnt resist.. :evilgrin:

[Just Me]

9. Hey, you sweetie!!!

:hi: Hope you got my check (shhh - no names). I'll be able to send another next week if you need it. Just let me know. :hug:

[KyndCulture]

17. :) It's all taken care of and yes I did... DU comes thru again! nt

[Ladyhawk]

10. I think I'll piss him off some more and send another donation.

:D

[cally]

11. I missed the fundraising for the portapotties

Now, I'm laughing even harder. Do you need more money for them?

[Generic Other]

22. LINK to first call for potties

Cindy needs a port-o-potty, a laptop, and a generator
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4312702

[cally]

33. Thanks..nt

[Straight Shooter]

12. Well, okay, let's have a little empathy here.

Porta-potties are unattractive and they, ummm, smell bad sometimes. He shouldn't have been firing off his shotgun, but maybe there's some way to compromise what he has to look at? How about running something like a clothesline in front of them and covering them with light blue sheets or something? (White is too glaring.)

Help the poor guy out. I have a horrible view, thanks to my neighbor, which because of the lay of the land I can't even plant trees to cover the sight. It's been 12 years and I'm still pissed every time I look at that horrible 2-story metal crapola building! :7

[FreedomAngel82]

16. It's not like they're staying there forever

What would he want instead? People to pee and poop in his backyard?

[Pirate Smile]

26. I don't know if it is really the port-a-potties or just the number of

people who are there - which they could symbolize.

More people = more port-a-potties.

Isn't he really bitching about the crowds, traffic, view, etc. OR is it truly just the port-a-potties?

:evilgrin:

[DistressedAmerican]

31. I Sure Hope You Don't Threaten Him With Guns Over It Like this Frreakshow!

[Judi Lynn]

13. He's having to reach for this tantrum, as he can't claim they're wild,

destructive, and out of control. All he's got to work with is the porta-potties. He has risen to the occassion.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Poor whiney baby

While you're whining about portapotties someone's kid is dying in Iraq! Selfish jerk.

[Catholic Sensation]

18. so you're actively going to provoke a man who has fired shots into the air

i'm failing to see how this, in any way, resembles intelligence

[KyndCulture]

27. it was a joke, jeez.. he's a drunk old fool, who cares

[Miss Chybil]

29. God, such bigotry.

I bet his family cares. And, I doubt Cindy would condone disrespecting the locals.

[KyndCulture]

43. WTF? Don't call me a bigot cause I said he's a drunk fool

HE WAS... Turn on CNN.. I'm sick of getting flamed, this guy made a fool out of himself on CNN, I don't care who he supports. Jeeeeeez, lighten up.

[Catholic Sensation]

36. so tell me, would you be so liberal about people who

were sitting outside your house, literally smelling up the place with their rent-a-shithouse, chanting and making a scene, and they were also supporting Bush? Would you be so able to ignore them after over a week of this?

[Miss Chybil]

42. Hey, I'd have a hard time ignoring the anti-Bush people smelling up my

neighborhood. It's a tough situation for everybody. Seems, even if Bush doesn't have any compassion for Cindy, he might think a bit of his neighbors and put an end to it by talking to her.

[Generic Other]

19. You are right. Those are OUR port-o-potties!

:thumbsup:

[MelissaB]

20. I just gave this thread recommendation #2.

:evilgrin:

[LittleWoman]

21. You know those portapotties can be a serious hazard

One of them got my daughter's cell phone out of her skirt pocket at the Pride Parade a few weeks ago. You have to hang onto everything! LOL
Seriously, it would be good if someone from Camp Casey could have a dialogue with this guy when he sobers up. They have done very well with some of the other unhappy people who have showed up. I think Larry has been PO'd since the Imperial Chimpiness set up camp at the pig farm. He is not in a position to do anything about that, but he can shoot and shoot off his mouth about Camp Casey.

[DoYouEverWonder]

23. He should be happy it's not a Support Bush Rally out there

then there would only be ten freepers but at least 100 porta-potties.

[progressivebydesign]

24. The guy has 90 acres for heaven's sake..

WTF is he whining about? Not only is he leasing his land to NBC, he's making a name for himself (not a good one, tho).

[malmapus]

25. LOL He'd have a heart attack if the Freepers were campin out`

With their 12:1 porta potty to Freeper ratio :D

[Miss Chybil]

28. I'd be pissed as hell, if my street was invaded like his has been. Give

the man a break. Yeah, he's a little off, shooting int the air and stuff, (and yes, I know how dangerous that is), but he does have a point. His "neighborhood" has been turned into a circus. From what I've read there are 700 residents in Crawford, Texas. There were more protesters there than that yesterday. I'm sure they'll all live through it and some don't like it, but everybody's trying to make the best of the situation, considering the president has refused to put and end to it by meeting with Cindy.

I didn't see Mr. Mattlage on t.v., but I've read the accounts here, and it does sound pretty comical. But, in fairness, imagine if you were to walk out your front door in the morning to find hundreds of strangers camped on the sidewalk and porta-potties lining the street. I don't know about anybody else, but I'd find it a bit unnerving. I wouldn't be shooting in the air and I probably wouldn't go on CNN, but that's beside the point. Mr. Mattlage is paying for Bush's arrogance, too. Like I said, give him a break.

[cmd]

32. Right, Miss Chybil

He's paying the price for the chimp. I feel for him.

[AuntiBush]

34. Mr. Mattlage is a Victim too of Bush's Port-A-Pottie Scandals & Lies.

Prez. Port-A-Pottie opens mouth and out comes... well, Port-A-Pottie stuff.

[DistressedAmerican]

35. He Is More Than "A Little Off" He Is Threatening Peaceful Protesters With

GUNS While drinking no less.

That is more than a little off, that is dangerous and a matter that should have been dealt woth more forcefully by law enforcement.

This guy is not just some joke, Some TV uncle Jesse.

He should be treated as a potential threat to life.

That and he is completely against free speech. These people have been there for a week and he is threatening them with guns? And you write that off as a "little off" and something that is "beside the point"?

He gets no break from me until I see a formal apology to those working to end this war in Crawford.

Like I have said to others, I am going. Are you? Come on out and sleep under the open sky while this buddy and "all the rednecks in Texas" are shooting into the sky and swilling cheap beer in an effort to end a peaceful and lawful protest.

[jarnocan]

39. dang

I thought about sending flowers, maybe I guess the porta potty fund cames out of the pay pal donations.
I would think he and the others would see how bad his behavior makes the supporters Bush look, and heck You are right the poor rancher/miilionaire will have to deal for a while.
Many are dealing with a lot worse.

[Miss Chybil]

40. I can't afford to go, but maybe one day I can camp in front of your house

with a few hundred of my friends? By the way, I sent Cindy the money I COULD afford, so don't get all sanctimonious with me.

Yes, the guy's a drunk (by descriptions posted here) and he lives in the middle of nowhere, probably because he's not very people friendly. I didn't say what he did was right. I said people should understand where he is coming from and not do stuff to set him off. He didn't ask for this.

[hippywife]

41. I didn't at first, but

I'm starting to feel for him, too. While this thing is bigger than any one of us, including him, I think we can go a long way in making him feel more neighborly considering that, until the 31st, we are all his neighbors.

Saralee posted some good info and people followed up with good ideas. No doubt the folks down there with Cindy are already waaaaayyyyy ahead of us.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4350586

[sellitman]

37. Crappy post.

Can't we do do better?

[Moderator]

45. Locked.

At the request of the original poster.
Thanks.