The Yellow Rose of Texas Peace Bus was a bus used by a Texas fellow named Jim Goodnow over the past couple years to protest against Bush's war. The bus was a national sensation, appearing in 28 states. In recent months, it was used to transport Iraq Veterans Against the War.
But this past Friday night, the bus was totally destroyed by a fire as Goodnow was napping in it in southern New Jersey. Goodnow emerged safely, but the whole bus was soon devoured by the flames. The rear of the bus - a part that was conspicuously emblazoned with the words "IMPEACH BUSH" - seems to be where the fire began.
Isn't it a coincidence that the part of the bus that said "IMPEACH BUSH" was the part where the fire started? Yeah, a big coincidence.
This is just so clearly a case of arson by someone attempting to kill Goodnow that anyone who'd doubt it has their head up their ass. Goodnow had seen suspicious activity near the bus 20 minutes before the fire, so it looks highly likely the bus was firebombed.
Supporters of the Iraq War have a history of arson. In 2004 they torched a tent in Washington, D.C., belonging to antiwar protesters who had come there from Delaware. Previously, in 2003, pro-war brownshirts burned down the home of a family in Harrisonburg, Virginia, because they opposed the war.
Pro-war terrorists have practically admitted in comments on other blogs they torched the peace bus, so are they going to deny it now? Talk-shit radio and terrorist websites like Free Republic are full of right-wing hatefests that inspire this type of violence.
The armchair chickenhawks resort to thuggery like this because it's all they have. They don't have facts on their side, so this is what they do.
From what I've read, Jim Goodnow accomplished a lot with his peace bus. Let's try to help him replace it. Suspiciously, the IndyMedia link about this keeps getting blocked, so here's the info on a tax-deductible fund you can donate to, to get him a new bus. Checks can be made out to Veterans For Peace, Chapter 106 (spelled out). Put "BUS FUND" in the memo line. Mail your check to:
Bernie Jezercak
1804 Tree Line Drive
Carrollton, TX 75007
(Source: http://yellowrosepeacebus.blogspot.com/2008/01/yellow-rose-peace-bus-destroyed-by-fire.html;
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/142135/index.php;
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2021605.html)
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Peace bus destroyed by fire
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I'm surprised that, four years later, people are still spouting the canard about the house-fire in Harrisonburg. A single disturbed teen was most likely to blame. He was guided not by ideology but by the visibility of what he burned. The peace sign could just as easily have been a beer ad. Except without a self-serving over-reaction by Budweiser.
ReplyDeleteWrong wrong wrong...go look up "canard" in your Webster's.
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Go down to #11...Jeff Webster and the "unnamed arsonist".
Jeff Webster is a pro-war nazi who threw a bucket of cold water on an antiwar rally (when it was already freezing outside). He did it twice, then videotaped the second time.
The "unnamed arsonist" is the kid in Virginia who burned the house down.
A quote from the article: "At trial it was revealed that, although no one told him to start the fire, the14-year-old was motivated in large part by the sign’s anti-war message."
Of course he got only a hand slap...despite all the pain he caused for that family. Any other 14 y.o. kid would find himself in juvy....but not him because he's pro-war.
The kid was not jailed because he was pro-war? I'd be interested in seeing the evidence for that. Just as I'd be interested in seeing some attribution to the statements about the kid's trial. You can't get a lot more vague and passive-voice than "it was revealed."
ReplyDeleteThis year that kid will be old enough to vote for Huckabee
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