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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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We had a very interesting time traveling through Texas today! This morning as we were checking out of our hotel in Amarillo, we mentioned to one of the housekeepers that we were "going down to annoy Mr. Bush." She said, "Oh, you be sure to push his buttons for me!" And we were on our way!
Later, we stopped at a rest area outside of Bowie, TX - middle of nowhere. We walked out of the restrooms, and there was a man who seemed pretty typical of the experience we have had with Texans, so far - very friendly and pleasant. Turns out that he is the manager of the rest stop. He pointed at Karen's Vets for Peace t-shirt, which says, "1900 Dead, How Many More?" then asked, "Yeah, for what?" At this point, we weren't sure where he was coming from, but once he started talking about Bush, we couldn't get a word in edgewise. He ranted: "You wanna know what Bush did for this state? The only thing he did for this state is to make it legal for me to carry my gun. We needed money for schools, but what did we get instead? Satellite dishes at every rest stop in Texas. All of these billions of dollars of tax cuts? I'm still waiting to see mine. GW is in Iraq to finish his daddy's business. He is surrounded by his daddy's people and in bed with the Saudi's."
He told us he was a vet who did three tours in Viet Nam. "And what did we accomplish there? Absolutely nothing." We found out his name was G.H. and thanked him for his service. We told him we were on our way to Crawford, and that Vets for Peace would be there. He said he couldn't do something that he felt wouldn't really accomplish anything. But as we were saying good-bye, he said, "well you ladies have fun at your rally."
Now, we've checked in at Waco. Tomorrow, we'll descend upon Camp Casey.
Later, we stopped at a rest area outside of Bowie, TX - middle of nowhere. We walked out of the restrooms, and there was a man who seemed pretty typical of the experience we have had with Texans, so far - very friendly and pleasant. Turns out that he is the manager of the rest stop. He pointed at Karen's Vets for Peace t-shirt, which says, "1900 Dead, How Many More?" then asked, "Yeah, for what?" At this point, we weren't sure where he was coming from, but once he started talking about Bush, we couldn't get a word in edgewise. He ranted: "You wanna know what Bush did for this state? The only thing he did for this state is to make it legal for me to carry my gun. We needed money for schools, but what did we get instead? Satellite dishes at every rest stop in Texas. All of these billions of dollars of tax cuts? I'm still waiting to see mine. GW is in Iraq to finish his daddy's business. He is surrounded by his daddy's people and in bed with the Saudi's."
He told us he was a vet who did three tours in Viet Nam. "And what did we accomplish there? Absolutely nothing." We found out his name was G.H. and thanked him for his service. We told him we were on our way to Crawford, and that Vets for Peace would be there. He said he couldn't do something that he felt wouldn't really accomplish anything. But as we were saying good-bye, he said, "well you ladies have fun at your rally."
Now, we've checked in at Waco. Tomorrow, we'll descend upon Camp Casey.
posted by Carol at 6:39 PM
1 Comments:
Glad you're getting some encouragement there in TX. We're behind you all the way here too.
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