Ah, There They Are

The serious war protestors.

In the early hours of Monday morning outside Fort Hood, [...] Five black-clad protesters -- four of them veterans and one a military spouse -- took it upon themselves to blockade a public street used by the military for mass deployments.

The convoy was stopped for approximately 10 seconds while police and military personnel shoved them out of the road.

The group took part in the action without any official organizational support, although one of the key members is a director with Iraq Veterans Against the War.

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Everyone who'd planned to occupy the road was prepared to face up to six months in federal prison.

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raw story

None of them were arrested; however, they'll not likely be so lucky should they keep it up.

Jeff Grant, a veteran who did not actually deploy to a war zone, said he feels that relying on politicians to stop the war is futile, making direct action necessary.

He's certainly right about that.

Mid-afternoon, when they'd originally planned to carry out the protest, about a dozen people had shown up from Dallas and Austin to stand in solidarity. By the time soldiers were actually leaving Fort Hood, at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Monday, all but this reporter, a videographer and a handful of dedicated supporters had left.

They look like such a sweet bunch, don't they?

What is Cindy Sheehan doing these days?

UPDATE: Ask, and ye shall receive. Okay, I looked it up myself:

On July 31 Cindy Sheehan changed her voter registration to the Peace and Freedom Party. She is the mother Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004. She is the national director of Peace of the Action, the author of five books and host of her own radio show, Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox.

Independent Political Report

She also challenged White House Mouth Robert Gibbs to a “pee-off” after he claimed progressives who think Obama is like George Bush ought to be tested for drugs.