Does anyone care that Camp Casey could have had 212 acres?
The fact that Fred Mattlage offered Camp Casey 212 acres was widely reported, many people were excited about it- then we lost it. Why? Why wasn’t any of the $150,000 used to rent Fred’s or another piece of land for the month?
Having three split camps and people camping in the ditch with ants, or sleeping in their HOT cars, or renting motel rooms… fragmented the movement. Why couldn’t we have all Patriotic Americans camping in one camp the entire time? Camp Casey could have grown to 50,000 or more- people do it for concerts all the time. That would have made a statement, but our “leaders” were just fine with the one acre. WHY?
Imagine if a top priority of the leaders was to aquire land, and to build 2000 crosses (extra crosses stacked & labelled “future losses” would add to the display) - that would have made a statement.
What if the real Americans at Camp Casey have been led astray by phony leaders, and what if these same ‘leaders’ are organizing the Sept 24th protest? What if it’s just another ANSWER rally with lots of anti-bush cheers but no intelligent presentation of the facts? If that happens then the anti-war movement is DOA.
Can’t anyone think for themselves anymore? Or are the organizers sooo nice that if they ask activists to spend 8 hours peeling potatoes they’ll do it, no questions asked.
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August 29th, 2005 at 11:55 pm
I care and I’m totally bummed. I can only hope that no matter how many obstacles get in our way, we will still win…sooner rather than later.