Knowing you dislike a brave, intelligent, and truthful woman like Cindy Sheehan just makes me like her more. Thanks.
--- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > God damn Cindy Sheehan. She's a Leftist freak who hates America. > > Every libertarian should oppose her efforts. > > > --- In [email protected], "Victor Bozzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > God Bless Cindy Sheehan! > > > > "Every ambitious would-be empire, clarions it abroad that she is > conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it > is sacrificing her sons only for the most noble and humanitarian > purposes. That is a lie; and it is an ancient lie, yet generations > still rise and believe it." ~ Henry David Thoreau > > > > > > Home | About | Columnists | Blog | Subscribe | Donate > > > > > > > > > > Hypocrites and Liars > > by Cindy Sheehan > > by Cindy Sheehan > > > > > > > > The media are wrong. The people who have come out to > Camp Casey to help coordinate the press and events with me are not > putting words in my mouth, they are taking words out of my mouth. I > have been known for sometime as a person who speaks the truth and > speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar and a hypocrite a > hypocrite. Now I am urged to use softer language to appeal to a > wider audience. Why do my friends at Camp Casey think they are > there? Why did such a big movement occur from such a small action on > August 6, 2005? > > > > I haven't had much time to analyze the Camp Casey > phenomena. I just read that I gave 250 interviews in less than a > week's time. I believe it. I would go to bed with a raw throat every > night. I got pretty tired of answering some questions, like: "What > do you want to say to the President?" and "Do you really think he > will meet with you?" However, since my mom has been sick I have had > a chance to step back and ponder what I started in Crawford, Tx. > > > > I just read an article posted on LewRockwell.com by > artist Robert Shetterly who painted my portrait. The article > reminded me of something I said at the Veteran's for Peace > Convention the night before I set out to Bush's ranch in my probable > futile quest for the truth. This is what I said: > > > > "I got an email the other day and it said, 'Cindy, > don't use so much profanity; there's people on the fence that get > offended.'" > > > > And you know what I said? "How in the world is anybody > still sitting on that fence? > > > > "If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro- > war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody > who wants to come home. And if you fall on the side that is against > this war and against George Bush, stand up and speak out." > > > > This is what the Camp Casey miracle is all about. > American citizens who oppose the war but never had a conduit for > their disgust and dismay are dropping everything and traveling to > Crawford to stand in solidarity with us who have made a commitment > to sit outside of George's ranch for the duration of the miserable > Texan August. If they can't come to Texas, they are attending > vigils, writing letters to their elected officials and to their > local newspapers; they are setting up Camp Casey branches in their > hometowns; they are sending flowers, cards, letters, gifts, and > donations here to us at Camp Casey. We are so grateful for all of > the support, but I think pro-peace Americans are grateful for > something to do, finally. > > > > One thing I haven't noticed or become aware of though > is an increased number of pro-war, pro-Bush people on the other side > of the fence enlisting to go and fight George Bush's war for > imperialism and insatiable greed. The pro-peace side has gotten off > their apathetic butts to be warriors for peace and justice. Where > are the pro-war people? Everyday at Camp Casey we have a couple of > anti-peace people on the other side of the road holding up signs > that remind me that "Freedom Isn't Free" but I don't see them > putting their money where their mouths are. I don't think they are > willing to pay even a small down payment for freedom by sacrificing > their own blood or the flesh of their children. I still challenge > them to go to Iraq and let a soldier come home. Perhaps a soldier > that is on his or her third tour of duty, or one that has been stop- > lossed after serving his country nobly and selflessly, only to be > held hostage in Iraq by power-mad hypocrites who have a long history > of avoiding putting their own skin in the game. > > > > Contrary to what the main stream media thinks, I did > not just fall off a pumpkin truck in Crawford, Tx., on that > scorchingly hot day two weeks ago. I have been writing, speaking, > testifying in front of Congressional committees, lobbying Congress, > and doing interviews for over a year now. I have been pretty well > known in the progressive, peace community and I had many, many > supporters before I even left California. The people who supported > me did so because they know that I uncompromisingly tell the truth > about this war. I have stood up and said: "My son died for NOTHING, > and George Bush and his evil cabal and their reckless policies > killed him. My son was sent to fight in a war that had no basis in > reality and was killed for it." I have never said "pretty please" > or "thank you." I have never said anything wishy-washy like he > uses "Patriotic Rhetoric." I say my son died for LIES. George Bush > LIED to us and he knew he was LYING. The Downing Street Memos dated > 23 July, 2002, prove that he knew that Saddam didn't have WMD's or > any ties to Al Qaeda. I believe that George lied and he knew he was > lying. He didn't use patriotic rhetoric. He lied and made us afraid > of ghosts that weren't there. Now he is using patriotic rhetoric to > keep the U.S. military presence in Iraq: Patriotic rhetoric that is > based on greed and nothing else. > > > > Now I am being vilified and dragged through the mud by > the righties and so-called "fair and balanced" mainstream media who > are afraid of the truth and can't face someone who tells it by > telling any truth of their own. Now they have to twist, distort, > lie, and scrutinize anything I have ever said when they never > scrutinize anything that George Bush said or is saying. Instead of > asking George or Scotty McClellan if he will meet with me, why > Aren't they asking the questions they should have been asking all > along: "Why are our young people fighting, dying, and killing in > Iraq? What is this noble cause you are sending our young people to > Iraq for? What do you hope to accomplish there? Why did you tell us > there were WMD's and ties to Al Qaeda when you knew there weren't? > Why did you lie to us? Why did you lie to the American people? Why > did you lie to the world? Why are our nation's children still in > harm's way and dying everyday when we all know you lied? Why do you > continually say we have to "complete the mission," when you know > damn well you have no idea what that mission is and you can change > it at will like you change your cowboy shirts? > > > > Camp Casey has grown and prospered and survived all > attacks and challenges because America is sick and tired of liars > and hypocrites and we want the answers to the tough questions that I > was the first to dare ask. THIS is George Bush's accountability > moment and he is failing miserably. George Bush and his advisers > seriously "misunderestimated" me when they thought they could > intimidate me into leaving before I had the answers, or before the > end of August. I can take anything they throw at me, or Camp Casey. > If it has the chance to shorten the war by a minute or saves one > life, it is worth it. I think they seriously "misunderestimated" all > mothers. I wonder if any of them had authentic mother-child > relationships and if they are surprised that there are so many > mothers in this country who are bear-like when it comes to wanting > the truth and who want to make meaning of their child's needless and > seemingly meaningless deaths? > > > > The Camp Casey movement will not die until we have a > genuine accounting of the truth and until our troops are brought > home. Get used to it, George, we are not going away. > > > > > > August 22, 2005 > > > > Cindy Sheehan [send her mail] is the mother of Spc. > Casey Austin Sheehan, KIA 04/04/04 She is co-founder of Gold Star > Families for Peace. > > > > Copyright © 2005 LewRockwell.com > > > > Cindy Sheehan Archives > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Back to LewRockwell.com Home Page > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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