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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 10:10 AM
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Yellow Rose of Texas Peace Bus destroyed by Fire
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Source: Jim Goodnow

Jim Goodnow and his bus, the Yellow Rose, both have suffered a terrible tragedy.

In recent months, Jim has been providing transportation to Iraq Veterans Against the War for their various tours and other activities. Last night, Jim escaped a fire of suspicious origins that destroyed the bus. Luckily Jim is all right.

The bus was totaled by fire, around 9:30 pm, Friday night, 1/11/08


This bus, often mired in controversy since the IVAW "Dirty South" tour that left Philly in June, and had Active Duty BBQ's @ Ft Meade, Ft Jackson, Camp Lejeune, Ft Benning, and other Southern Military Posts (Including an IVAW benefit by Tom Morello, of Rage Against the Machine, and AudioSlave, in Virginia) as well as backdrop for many a Demonstration, and Ft Drum, NY, organizing parties, has finally died.

Owner~Operator~Driver (and Veteran) Jim Goodnow pulled into a South Jersey Truck Stop, to catch a 3 or 4 hour nap. Jim saw, in retrospect, some suspicious activity outside the bus, and about 20 minutes later, the entire engine compartment, and back of the bus was engulfed in flames.


Read more: http://www.yellowrosepeacebus.blogspot.com/



I first met Jim in the House Rayburn cafeteria. We saw his peace attire and asked him to join our table. We were up on the Hill to lobby for impeachment and so was he.

Please help with the bus. Jim has taken Code Pink around as well as the great things he does for the Vets. The effort that Iraq Veterans against the are making is to show up and convince young people not to sign up for the war.

I think it would show our support of peace if DU were to make a group contribution for a new peace bus.
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