Some of the best pics from Camp Casey

[JackieO]

Jeff Patterson's photographs and reports from Camp Casey, archived on the NION site: http://www.notinourname.net/war/sheehan.htm






Archie, "a former right-winger," drove from Missouri in his old Ford to be at Camp Casey

[FloridaPat]

1. Beautiful. Thank you. They're wonderful

[proud patriot]

2. very moving

:patriot:

[JackieO]

19. yes

I got myself all worked up posting these... cryin' at work :)

[cloud75]

3. great pics you captured the mood very well.

[MuseRider]

4. Lovely.

A wonderful picture of Jeff Keys too, I had been looking for one. HAHA I met Archie, we were parked next to him and spoke with him for a while. The funny thing was that I am from Kansas and he is from a part of Missouri that has an accent I could NOT understand. It was like talking to someone from another country. His heart is in the right place. He was making a trip into town for more food and water. He is a very happy guy.

[JackieO]

7. Here's a nice one of Jeff and Joan:

[MuseRider]

33. THANK YOU!

That is the best yet. He did not crack a note the two times I heard him. Did you know that Joan slept out among the crosses one night when Jeff had gotten upset that people were not honoring it enough. She is some woman.

[JackieO]

40. you're welcome

Thank you for being there.

[MuseRider]

42. It was my pleasure

truly.

[PittLib]

45. When I saw her in the photo in the OP ...

I thought - "what a gorgeous woman". I didn't realize who this was. Though I almost could have met her maybe though not likely at a hotel in Lago di Como, Italy. I ran into her crew waiting for her outside the hotel ... but I had just spent the evening with a bottle of wine and a couple of male models (ya know, up from Milan) listening to Phish perform. Awesome, right? Alas, the boys were gay ... I'm a girl ... wine gives me the spins and I'm just not that into Phish - so I called it a night.

[SaveAmerica]

5. The picture of the tent and the memorial looks like heaven, it's

ethereal (sp). When they start planning the permanent memorial it should look just like. that.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Thank you. Geat pics. Great site.

[bonito]

8. A heart felt thank you.

[Emendator]

9. Nice pictures. Thanks.

[nofurylike]

10. precious! thank you so much!! eom

[sundog]

11. beautiful

thanks :)

[mn723]

12. I think America is starting to see the light

thank you Cindy

[lildreamer316]

13. i'm crying again. Thank you. n/t

[CanOfWhoopAss]

14. Thanks for sharing (nt)

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Those pics tear at your heart strings.

How beautiful thank you for sharing these.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. Great pics!

They're all very touching and great. Thanks for sharing them. :) And pretty neat on the ex-freeper. :) I wonder what turned him around.

[AuntPatsy]

17. A picture can say a thousand words, these speak loudly, thank you

for sharing.

[theHandpuppet]

18. Thanks, Jeff

What a moving tribute. Thanks for sharing those with us.

[gademocrat7]

20. Thank you for the incredible photos

Very poignant

[lateo]

21. Beautiful pictures...

Wow.

[buff2]

22. Beautiful......and Thank you for the pics

Anyone who hates this doesn't have a heart or a concience. I am touched to the point of tears.I am crying right now. :cry:

[me b zola]

26. I'm crying,too

The man in the brown t-shirt that says "bush lied, my son died". His sorrow is so heavy, I wish I could carry some of that for him.

Second pic from the bottom, the woman in the middle. Is that one of the GS Moms who came from Georgia?

They are all great pics.

[Tammie]

23. These pictures are absolutely awesome

Thank you for sharing!

[Witchy_Dem]

24. Excellent pictures. nt

[Imagevision]

25. Thanx for sharing, it helps with the visuals

Military leaves cancelled after 9/7?

[LSK]

27. great pics, thanks!! n/t

[B Calm]

28. Hands down, some of the best pictures I've seen. Were they

taken on a Minolta or a Nikon digital?

[La Coliniere]

29. Thank You!

[roguevalley]

30. I wish I was there. So many beautiful people. Joan looks beautiful,

soulful. Thank you.

[katinmn]

31. wonderful photos! I'm saving this one:

[Bozita]

32. Love those "America stands with Cindy" shirts

Excellent photos.

[katinmn]

37. I bought one of those shirts and wore it today at the state fair.

I had vowed to never buy another t-shirt, but caved just as I was leaving CC. Now I'm glad I did. A few more dollars for the Peace House, too.

[Bozita]

39. I want one too ... Got an address?

[katinmn]

49. Here

I don't see the shirts online yet.
http://crawfordpeace.nfshost.com/about

[grateful581]

34. Great photos, thanks

I love the photos! I wish i could be there.
Stay Strong Camp Casey

[eleonora]

35. Amazing photos

:thumbsup: I can't imagine the pain of losing a child to this heresy of a war. Great job. Go Cindy!

[latebloomer]

36. incredible photos

So moving!! Thank you so much, JackieO, for sharing them, and for being there.

[JackieO]

38. Just to clarify, I'm not the photographer

Jeff Paterson is a SF Bay Area photographer who's been at Camp Casey for the past few weeks. His photos have been blowing me away and I knew folks here would appreciate them too.

[Lefty48197]

41. "Bush lied, my son died"

Really brings it home...

[Judi Lynn]

43. It's true. These photos ARE WONDERFUL.

Something big is happening there, and it shines right out in these faces.

Thanks for posting them. They are memorable.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

44. We need more "Archie's" to come forward...

they are out there. Great pics - thanks for the lift. :-)

[DoctorMyEyes]

46. The woman in the first photo, holding the baby -

The woman in the first photo, holding the baby -

I recognize her from a news article covering the peace vigil in Idaho last week. I only remember her last name - House. Her husband was killed in Iraq. Their baby son is only eight months old.

The tattoo on her arm is in memory of her husband and says someting like "where you go, I will go".

It just breaks my heart.

[JackieO]

48. and the woman behind her is the baby's grandmother

...John House's mother.

They were with Cindy when she returned to Crawford.

[DoctorMyEyes]

57. Thank you

Thanks for reminding me of his name, and for letting us know that the other woman was his mother.

I was so struck by the photo of the mother and baby that accompanied the Idaho article that I saved it to my desktop. I have no idea why really. I guess I just didn't want to ever forget her.

Near the beginning of the war, when reading about one of the first casualties, a photo of the soldier (marine?)'s son saluting and holding a picture of his father really "got to me" too. The name was Watersbey or Waters-Bey (can you tell I'm bad with names?) I saved that photo, too. The boys eyes haunt me. From what I can remember the father (grandfather) was furious with Bush, and was saying at the time that Bush took his only son.

I wonder if the father has traveled to Crawford? I don't know that I would recognize him. But, I'm sure I will never forget that boys face.

on edit - a link to a story about Waters-Bey and his families reaction.
http://sfbayview.com/032603/casualty032603.shtml

and the photo I was referring to:

[JackieO]

60. yes, I remember

I remember that photograph and the story about the boy's grandfather and what he had to say about bush. Like you said, it was one of the very first, if not the first story I remember seeing about a US "casualty" after the invasion. Hard to believe that was almost two and a half years ago.

This is so sad and it's only the tiniest little bit of the tip of the iceberg...

[OneBlueSky]

47. the guy on the right in the fourth picture down is a dead ringer for . . .

Kurt Vonnegut . . .

[soup]

50. the 'This is Bush Country' signs

devastatingly appropriate


In the first set of photos here:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1762526.php

Thank you for sharing the pics, JackieO. They make me weep at the same time that they give me hope.

[Catfight]

51. This picture sums out how little w failed as a uniter. Bush supporters

take the low road as the crosses take the high road. Funny how little w is their little god. How can anyone support anyone that has a road down the middle of a country? Little w needs to get off his high fake horse and face reality, every day another cross out numbers the plastic signs of a little w supporter. Little w will go down in history as nothing but a failure to deliver anything but big tax cuts and war deals for rich profiteers. Congratulations little w supporters, you stand behind a boy who lied about all the reasons to put young eager honorable men into the ground with nothing but a white cross above their bodies. I'm sick of little w and his little pack of mean wolves, can we start the impeachment process now!

[Dr Fate]

52. Buncha long haired, hippie FREAKS!!!

;)

[JackieO]

53. PICS from the freeper rally

Check this out, the freepers were too dumb to understand the Protest Warriors signs and turned on their own.

Jeff Paterson writes:

The Protest Warriors are young people who usually appear at anti-war related activities with slogans based on “right-wing irony,” such as “War Has Never Solved Anything (except for everything).” However, in a odd turn of events, and despite repeated pleadings that “we are on your side, we are on the right,” the rally turned on these kids. Shouting “Cindy Go Home!” a small mob gathered around the three or four Protest Warriors, attacked their oversized signs, and began stomping on the signs.

Visibly shaken, the Protest Warriors beat a retreat from the rally to the chants of “Get Out of Here Liars!” Over and over again, “We are on your side” were meet by “Liars!” One man clarified that even if they were trying to support the war, they were confusing people, and that “it is the devil who wanted to sew confusion.” It is safe to say that irony, or any opinions that hinted at “shades of gray” were not welcome in Bush Country.

[minkyboodle]

54. LMFAO!!

I hate those protest warrior bastards so I have to say that is the greatest story I've ever heard. If its freepers vs Protest Warriors it may be the first and only time I root for the freepers... for just that one minute at least. Thanks everyone for posting these great pics.
Scott

[RSchewe]

56. The first picture looks like James Baker doesn't he? n/t

[sonias]

55. Those are wonderful pictures JackieO

Thank you for sharing them.

Peace
Sonia

[Generic Other]

58. kick

:kick:

[JackieO]

59. PICS: Tomas Young, Al Sharpton, Martin Sheen and the wedding