As David Swanson at AfterDowningStreet.org reported minutes ago, there have been 14 arrests in Crawford, TX where Cindy Sheehan and supporters are again camping out in the original location where they took up camp last Summer.
Though Cindy’s sister and Daniel Ellsberg were amongst those arrested, Cindy and ersatz Camp Casey organizer U.S. Army Col. Ann Wright have chosen to not be amonst those arrested this time around so they can continue to run the camp.
I’ve just spoken with Wright, and have arranged for Cindy to appear with us in person on The Peter B. Collins show on KRXA 540am, in Monterey, CA and elswhere, during my normal weekly Friday guest appearance on his show.
I’ll be on tonight beginning at 5pm PT (7pm Crawford time, 8pm ET) and Cindy should be joining us at the bottom of the hour for a live update with the latest.
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UPDATE: Just completed the live interview with Cindy, straight from Crawford, TX… Here are the MP3’s in your choice of length…
— Peter B. Collins Show: Segment with Cindy & Brad [MP3] — Peter B. Collins Show: Complete Hour with Brad on Election Stuff and more, includes live Cindy interview. [MP3]
FURTHER UPDATE: “Crawford is now our home too,” says Ann Wright after the arrest, along with a promise to dog Bush wherever he goes. As Cindy pointed out in the interview above, and the Lone-Star Iconoclast ably reports, the folk arrested in Crawford on Thanksgiving last year still have not been formally charged. It seems the folks of McLellan County, TX would rather not have their new, unconstitutional ordinance disallowing protestors from camping on the side of the road, get tested in court.
See Scott Galindez’ video coverage of the arrest at TruthOut.
Thanks! Appreciate what your doing.
Trying to listen – It just crashes winamp and windows media player doesn’t recognize it.
Downloaded Quicktime, now I got it, but now my family wants to go to dinner – Dang it!
Please forgive my off topic comments. I’ve been visiting BradBlog for a couple of years now and thank you for all you do. I salute Cindy and her work as well. I ask, Why have the immigration protests been covered by the mainstream media so relentlessly and we saw so little coverage of the protests against the Iraq war? Maybe a rhetorical question but it has amazed me. I heard Brad on Stephanie Miller and it was great! And on Thom Hartman as well. Brad, I would love to give you some monetary support and when I get in a better financial position, I will. Let me say, it’s much better to spend money on Brad than giving it to the mainstream media in the form of buying their newspapers etc… We get much better information from your site. I’m sorry I missed you on Peter B. Collins show. Thanks Brad for all you are doing!
Thank you CherylM. For the kind words and for the (future) monetary support. It’s still far too much needed.
The good news — you can now listen to the interview with Cindy on the PBC show in the item above.
The bad news — you’ll likely continue to see more coverage of those immigration protests because it’s, by and large, a phony issue cooked up as a last ditch effort in an election year by the GOP. And when the GOP wants coverage of anything, the media is sure to follow. And so they have.
We don’t play be Karl Rove’s news agenda, however…We’ve got your news agenda…right here.
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For those with an interest in Cynthia McKinney–if you haven’t seen it yet, see ex-cop Michael C. Ruppert’s excellent article here.
Catherine A – Thanks for the link – everyone should read it!
(my OT semi-daily comparison of corporate-controlled TV news vs. independent TV news)
CNN Corporate-controlled news 4/14
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Mumps outbreak now in 8 states
Children’s bodies found in Milwaukee lagoon
FEMA’s Katrina report blames FEMA
Embattled Rumsfeld gets Bush backing
Bush tax return shows income of $735,180
State Farm sued by angry tornado victims
Moussaoui judge reverses ‘Shoebomber’ ruling
Fugitive child killer, now 87, nabbed after 30 years
Iranian leader slams U.S. nuclear pressure
Transplant girl receives own heart
Gallery: Easter celebrated around the world
Employee of the century’ dies — a month after retiring
Fshermen keep seal hunt protesters at bay
Democracy NOW! independent TV news 4/14
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– Dozens Dead in Iraq Violence
– Nepal Criticized For Human Rights Abuses
– Chad Claims To Have Fought Off Rebel Attack
– Report: Hamas Willing To Recognize Israeli Government
– RAF Doctor Jailed For Refusing Iraq Service
– 6th Ex-Military Commander Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation
– White House Maintains Silence on Iraq Weapons Lab Claim
– California TV Station To Stop Using VNRs
– Immigrant Rights Coalition Calls for One Day Boycott, Walk-Out
– Audit: FEMA Misspent $1B in Hurricane Katrina Relief
– Federal Judge Criticizes Denial of Muslim Scholar’s Visa
– Thousands of Protesters, Journalists, Lawyers Arrested in Nepal as Mass Pro-Democracy Demonstrations Continue Against King
– Part II: The End of the Internet? Net Neutrality Threatened by Cable, Telecom Interests
– Iraqi CBS Cameraman Released After 1 Year Imprisonment by U.S. Forces
Notice, lots of CNN news stories are about murders??? Part of keeping us all "scared", eh??? NO stories about random murders on Democracy NOW! And lots of storied about diseases on CNN. Murders and disease. Where have I heard someone say before, that that is the difference between American corporate-controlled news and other countries news??? OH, yes!!! In "Bowling for Columbine"!!! Guess Michael Moore nailed it!!! Sensational? Yes. Important to all of us? Absolutely not!!! Doesn’t affect us. Colin Powell admitting he knew there were no WMD’s in Iraq (called lying), which was on Democracy NOW! yesterday, now THAT affects all of us!
The INN Report 4/13 (the other "real" TV news, not corporate-controlled)
D-NOW! & the INN Report have no commercials, no corporate money, and are on DISH 9410/9415 LINK-TV & FSTV.
The INN Report has an extensive interview with Berger, who runs 911truth.org & is releasing a great 9/11 DVD, calling for the truth about 9/11 and opening an investigation.
On Democracy NOW!, you will never see a story like, "Man murdered in Florida".
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Cheney donated 8.6 MILLION dollars to charity. What did Kennedy donate? How about Hillary? How about Boxer?
You know the old rule. Follow the money to find out the truth about people. Well, looks like Cheney cares about people and the libs just complain about them.
I’m not so sure the RNC is what I would call a "charity".
jesus dude, I know you probably don’t care because you’ve had this blog for a long time. But not only is it so ‘busy’ in appearance, the font is so damn small how the hell is anyone supposed to read this! and enlarging it doesn’t work on your blog, only thing that gets bigger is all the crap on the side 🙁
Kennedy Gave 3 BROTHERS + His Lifetime aint’t that enough . . . . . .W h a t * t h e * d i d * y o u * g i v e ???
Cheney is just the picture of altruism. Oh, except for being responsible for over 100,000 needless murders of civilians. The 8.6 million he donated (if he donated it, I’m not taking YOUR word for it), is about 1/100 of the money he profitted off the backs of the dead American soldiers in Iraq.
# 9 Big Dan
You are right about the corporate vs. independent news. I watch the independent programs that you listed but I tune in now and then to get a taste of what the average middle America viewer may be watching on CNN and MSNBC and it’s frightening how little real news there is (reminds me of the movie Network). I try to let others know about those programs as well as the Stephie Miller, Thom Hartman, Ed Schyltz, and the rest of the Air America radio programs. Let’s get out the message that there are alternatives — like BradBlog!
# 12 Ricky
Don’t mean to be a stickler or anything but you have your facts wrong. The Cheney’s gross income was 8.8 mil. gross and they donated 6.8 mil. You can find the details at rawstory if you are interested in factual information.
That’s a lot of bucks to be trying to hide under the rug
How much did Cheney donate to gun safety groups? Are donations to the Federalist Society tax deductible?
Great job reporting on Crawford protest, keep up the good work!
Cindy Sheehan’s rhetoric and actions get more bizarre as her star fades. It’s like watching a car wreck.
…bvac said on 4/16/2006 @ 4:44pm PT…
…How much did Cheney donate to gun safety groups?
doesn’t matter, not deductible
…Are donations to the Federalist Society tax deductible?
uh. no.
jackass.
…CherylM said on 4/15/2006 @ 7:53pm PT…
# 12 Ricky
Don’t mean to be a stickler or anything but you have your facts wrong. The Cheney’s gross income was 8.8 mil. gross and they donated 6.8 mil. You can find the details at rawstory if you are interested in factual information.
so he types poorly and inverses two numbers and he’s accused of mangling the facts?
that’s rich coming from you.
#21
Those questions, of course, were jokes. The first one because he shot a guy in the face. The second because the Federalist Society engineer the confirmation of Alito.
Good luck in ’06.
Hey BVAC,
When are you going to get over VP Cheney’s accident? Are you a hunting safety expert? Or the opposite perhaps, since you ask about guns… Are you in the medical field?
Why don’t we do this. Every time I see you type "shot a guy in the face", then I’ll type:
"stuffed secret documents in his pants and was not prosecuted"
or
"raised campaign money from Buddist temple that had to be returned and temple leaders left the country quickly"
or
"lied to a federal grand jury and was not prosecuted but lost his law license"
or
"fired travel office employees for no good reason then hired her friends to replace them"
or
"claimed ‘No controlling legal authority’ on his fund-raising phone calls from the White House when a special prosecutor was requested by the Justice Dept., but then didn’t happen"
or how about
"tried to grope a White House volunteer staffer who was asking for a job because her family was having money troubles, then she gets home to find her husband has killed himself."
Think those will work for you? [you->
Later!
# 12 Ricky and # 22 you’re going to lose BAD in ’06
Cheney’s shady charitable contributions net $2 million refund
Cheney donated 8.6 MILLION dollars to charity. What did Kennedy donate? How about Hillary? How about Boxer?
You know the old rule. Follow the money to find out the truth about people. Well, looks like Cheney cares about people and the libs just complain about them.
Kennedy Gave 3 BROTHERS + His Lifetime aint’t that enough . . . . .W h a t * t h e * *d i d * y o u * g i v e ???