Crawford rancher- Chimp's neighbor offers land to Cindy's group?

[karlrschneider]

Just got this email from moveon...didn't see any mention here in GD...anybody know more?
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Dear MoveOn member,

Late last night, a pick-up truck dragging chains ran over the rows of white crosses on the side of the road near Cindy Sheehan's vigil. Each cross commemorated a dead soldier; this morning, many of them were broken or gone.1 But Cindy and the other moms in Crawford have vowed to stay, and now a neighboring rancher, who is a veteran, has offered them some of his nearby land if they have to move from the roadside.

The spirit of that rancher standing up in his own pro-Bush community is the sort of public support for Cindy Sheehan and her cause that is growing across America. Tomorrow's vigils for Cindy Sheehan will be the most visible measure of the size and strength of public concern about the war in a long time. It is critical to have as many vigils as possible and as many attendees as possible to demonstrate the wave of public support for Cindy.

Edit: clean up & typo

[Mr_Spock]

1. Yup, they are moving there - was discussed earlier today

Things are moving so fast - somethings drop off the page!

[karlrschneider]

2. Thanks...sorry, it's been a wacky day fer me...

:eyes:

[cloud75]

3. chains behind the pick-up reminds me of the James Bryd dragging

...incident in east texas.

[ktowntennesseedem]

4. The land owner is a cousin...

of the idiot who fired his shotgun in the air to get ready for dove-hunting season. I still wonder it that moran realizes he is talking about shooting the symbol of peace; what an irony. But an even greater irony in the fact that his own flesh and blood is welcoming Cindy and crew.

Keep the popcorn handy!

:popcorn:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. God bless that landowner

he's a veteran, and I think that might be one reason why he made the offer.

[canetoad]

7. His name is Fred Mattlage

According to the source, the land offered to Sheehan is owned by Fred Mattlage, who is a distant cousin of Larry Mattlage, a man who fired a shotgun over the weekend in frustration over the commotion caused by the vigil.

The source said Fred Mattlage made the offer saying "I'm a veteran, I support what you all are doing and I want to offer you my land."

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-16T214946Z_01_MOL669917_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BUSH-PROTESTER.xml

[kittenpants]

6. Glad to hear about some good people

helping Cindy out rather than trying to terrify her off.