E-mail from a Hoosier arrested in Crawford today

[IndianaGreen]

Hi All,

I had the honor of getting busted with some of the greatest patriots in America. The local Sheriff's office was very professional and polite and the experience was invigorating and uplifting.

As usual, the women ran the show. Col. Ann Wright and others insured that we were respectful of the police that arrested us and in return, we were afforded respect and kindness by the local authorities.

When we were released, there were people dancing to music, (on top of Vans), in the ditch of the jail. We were met with hugs and kisses of the 100 or so outside the jail. The entire process took about 3.5 hours.

Our defense will attempt to protect our First Amendment Rights as well as sending a message to Boy George that we will dog him every step of the way until he orders an orderly withdrawal of our troops in Iraq, to include those that are stationed in bases that are protecting the oil reserves in Iraq on behalf of the multinational oil companies.

A heads up...We will be here Christmas and New Years and every other time he comes to the so called Western White House to continue the pressure on W. to bring our troops home now.

Col. Wright has been nominated for President and will probably be the Crawford Chapter of Veterans For Peace which is up and running. Our Executive Director is Linda Foley.

Donations to the Crawford Veterans For Peace can be mailed to P. O. Box 252, Crawford, Texas, 76638-9998. Those funds will be used in a speaking tour throughout the USA and Canada to build the movement to BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW.

May ya'll have a Happy Thanks Giving.

Your Brother in Peace and Justice,

Carl.

Ps. I found this on a business card in the only Crawford Restaurant; GOD bless our President and GOD bless TEXAS This is BUSH COUNTRY! We are Texans first and Americans second. We don't take it kindly when some "out-of-state bitch" comes here calling our friend and neighbor, George W. Bush, all sorts of names and blocking our roadways. We honor our veterans, both living and dead. We believe in defending Texas even from other Americans that come here disrespecting us or our values. If George does talk to Cindy, I'm hope he'll modify her behavior, Texas style.

This is a word for word comment from that card which I will bring back to Indianapolis if anyone is interested. Not all people in Crawford are in this mind set. We have a number of supporters here and many of the people coming to Crawford to protest have Texas license plates.

[Chiyo-chichi]

1. Way to go, Carl!

Props, kudos, and thanks to you for representing Indiana in Crawford.

Any chance you could scan that business card & post it on DU?

[hippiechick]

2. Carl's still at it ! Rock on !!

:applause:

[LisaLynne]

3. Go, Carl!!!

You're a part of history -- and changing this country for the better. You rock!