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Fifth Column
Cindy Sheehan To Protest Blue Angels Air Show
2005-08-30
Heard this an hour ago on Rush's show; cannot find a link for it at this time. The show's in Brunswick, Maine on Sept. 10, and Mother Sheehan will be there. tu3031 - wanna do a road trip? God damn, she's pathetic...
Here's the link and the story.
Bangor Daily News: Peace groups planning to protest a Blue Angels air show next month at the Brunswick Naval Air Station have enlisted a woman whose own demonstrations outside President Bush's Texas ranch have galvanized many against the war in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., will be the featured guest at a protest on Saturday, Sept. 10, in Brunswick. Her son, Casey Sheehan, is one of more than 1,800 U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq since March 2003.

"She's definitely coming. She's already bought her [plane] ticket," Bruce Gagnon of Maine Veterans for Peace said Monday. Sheehan has earned the nickname "Moonbat Mom" "Peace Mom" after staging a monthlong demonstration outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, where the president was vacationing for most of August. She has said she will end her protest on Wednesday, and even though she hasn't achieved her goal of meeting with the president, Sheehan's resolve has roused considerable interest across the nation. "She has a lot of guts, and she's willing to stand up to Bush in a big way," Gagnon said of Sheehan.
The Maine Veterans for Peace has been planning the event for months in collaboration with several other peace groups across the state. Gagnon said he expects a turnout of several hundred and said Sheehan's appearance likely will multiply those numbers. The air show itself is expected to draw as many as 100,000, according to BNAS Director of Public Affairs John James.

It is the first time the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's elite team who fly F/A18 Hornets in synchronized formations, have been in Brunswick since 1999, and it could be the last time now that BNAS has been slated for closure by the Base Realignment and Closure commission. "This is the largest single event in the state," James said Monday. "It is an opportunity for the military to demonstrate its missions and capabilities to taxpayers of America and to entertain families and individuals." As for the protest, James said he isn't concerned that it will interfere with the show. "We respect the right of parties to protest," he said. "They have been working with [Brunswick] police, and they seem to have covered all their bases."

Gagnon said the Blue Angels air show is a recruiting gimmick for the Navy, which has seen enlistment numbers decline steadily. He pointed out that the air station in Brunswick has played a significant role in the Iraq war. "We need to shine a light on BNAS' role in Iraq ... we need to talk about that," Gagnon said. "We have to start having some debate within Congress. I think, nationally, the [Democratic] party is starting to feel a lot of pressure."
Suggestion: every time a Democrat suggests that we use a certain base, in their state/district, as a means to "have some debate" on the war, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission should slate that base for review.
The Sept. 10 protest will begin at 9 a.m. at the Brunswick mall on Maine Street. From there, protesters will march to BNAS, a trek expected to take about an hour. Once the protesters reach the gate, they will hold a rally during which Sheehan and others, including an Orrs Island couple whose son is now in Iraq, will speak. "For a lot of us, it's personal," Gagnon said. "A lot of people try to make the impression that we don't care about the troops, but that's not true."
Sure you support the troops, that's why you keep insulting them.
For more information on the protest, visit the Veterans for Peace Web site at www.xxxxxxx.org.
Posted by:Raj

#20  Cindy Sheehan To Protest Blue Angels Air Show

The Blue Angels did combat in Iraq? Who knew. (plus they can draw hearts in the sky, damn they're good)
Posted by: Rafael   2005-08-30 23:13  

#19  Any chance we could have an A-10 demonstrate a strafing run (of Leftist loons)?

Very brutal.

Now about those 30mm red paint balls...
Posted by: badanov   2005-08-30 21:42  

#18  Any chance we could have an A-10 demonstrate a strafing run (of Leftist loons)?
Posted by: Captain America   2005-08-30 20:08  

#17  even better, Geena Davis?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-30 18:32  

#16  Oh, boy! Will President Bartlett be with her?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-08-30 17:50  

#15  Cindy and Co are picking a venue for a backdrop for the MSM. They are the publicity ho's for her and her handlers' ops. What the audience at the airshow does can be edited out. The LLL is going to run this Cindy horse till it dies. No wonder her husband is divorcing her. Humiliating, to say the least.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-08-30 17:38  

#14  shows how out of touch the far left can be. they really think they're gonna influence people who attend an air show?!

not hardly.

I have no problem with those who want to question our actions in iraq. Heck, I admire people who have good command of the facts. I do, however, have problems with kneejerk reactionaries who show no real understanding of the issues and simply parrot what they've been told.

the fact that they've chosen a blue angels air show tells me they have a very distorted view of how the rest of the country in general, and air show viewers in particular, view the current state of affairs.

she will not be greeted favorably.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-08-30 17:04  

#13  Airshow is on Sept 10.

How perfect can it be that the protestors show such a Sept 10th mindset.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2005-08-30 16:52  

#12  Is she going to protest any of the military that helps out in Nwawlins.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-08-30 15:54  

#11  I do hope she and her cohorts remember to stay well clear of props and turbine exhaust when they get worked up into that blissful foaming at the mouth with glazed eyes and mouth a jabber type of activist coma thingy. It's not nice and maybe I go to hell for saying it but PHUK her and her mates. I loved to watch the jets and aircraft at air shows as a child with my grandfather and any phukwit nutter who'd see fit to potentially ruin that experience in the name of politics (for which children could care less) should be grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged off the premises. Should they be clocked in the head gently with a baton I will not shed a tear. Ok, done.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-08-30 15:53  

#10  This should be fun:
COUNTDOWN TO THE STATEWIDE PROTEST/VIGIL AT BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION

When: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005

Where: March begins at Brunswick Mall, and ends at NASB Main Gate

Time: 9 A.M. (at the Mall)

The Event We're Protesting:
The Navy's "Blue Angels" Air Show

Theme of Our Protest:
"Stop the Worship of the Gods of War!"

On Sat., Sept. 10th, Maine Veterans for Peace will be joined by other major peace and justice groups (see list of co-sponsors below) in a massive protest:

. to protest the false god idolatry of the Blue Angels Air Show, whose "ooh-&-aah" performances have one purpose: to promote badly-lagging military recruitment to protest the obscene waste of American tax dollars to stage these Blue Angels' multi-million dollar extravaganzas

. to protest Bush's immoral, monomaniacal Iraq war -- nearly 1,800 U.S. and 100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, at a cost of over $300 billion, and still counting

. to protest NASB's complicity with the war machine, providing surveillance aircraft to target ground forces, which in the end cause horrendous "collateral damage"

. to challenge NASB to convert to peaceful purposes, creating good-paying high-tech/industrial jobs, making products that improve lives, not end them

We urge you to join us Sept. 10 in Brunswick. Also joining us will be Kathy Kelly (Founder: Voices in the Wilderness) and Cindy Sheehan (Founder: Gold Star Families for Peace)

Maine Veterans for Peace/13 Soper Rd./Chesterville, ME 04938 /vfpmaine.org
293-2580/729-0517 [Co-sponsors: Pax Christi Maine, PeaceWorks, Maine WILPF, Peace Action Maine, Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Maine Coalition for Peace & Justice, Island Peace & Justice, Witness for Peace, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Peninsula Peace & Justice, Winthrop Area People for Peace, Waldo County Peace & Justice.]
Posted by: Steve   2005-08-30 15:47  

#9  A chance for Casey Sheehans peers to get in her face.
Posted by: RG   2005-08-30 15:41  

#8  all the ineffectual bottom feeders have become remoras on the Sheehan fish.
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-30 15:19  

#7  Yes, I can't wait to see that ad, either, RJ! bwahahahaha!
Posted by: Karl Rove, evil mastermind   2005-08-30 14:57  

#6  Gotta keep relevant after Bush leaves Crawford.

Personally I can't wait until the 2006 elections when her "this country is not worth defending" line appears in a million republican ads and Democrats are asked if they support or denounce her views and they try to hem and haw and duck and dodge.

Can we say split in the Democratic party. I thought you could.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2005-08-30 14:41  

#5  Yup they are counting on some group or individuals to come by and crack them on the noggin so they can scream "facist" and bring legal action against them. At the trial the lawyer can argue that this group was trying to provoke such a reaction by being there.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-08-30 14:41  

#4  We're going to Texas! And Maine! And then we're going to California and Michigan! And then we're going to the White House! YEAAARGH!!
Posted by: BH   2005-08-30 14:35  

#3  The reaction you're describing is exactly what she and her media masters are looking for. Just like the wackos at Westboro Baptist Church who bait congregations with their protests so they can sue deep pockets, Cindy is looking to pick a fight with some guy with one PBR too many. Stay away from the wacko in the ditch.

By September 10, Katrina and Judge Roberts will have ended her 15 minutes of fame unless she can stir something up.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-08-30 14:34  

#2  Good luck with that Cindy.
I went to the Blue Angels show back in June at McGuire AFB. The people who attended that for the most part didn't seem like the sort that would be very receptive to you or your nonsense.
In the VIP section there were about 100 soldiers back from Iraq and nearly 100,000 people in attendance gave them quite an ovation.
I doubt you'd be received as well.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2005-08-30 14:28  

#1  Yes, and next week she's going to protest the fire department's pancake breakfast. It's obviously part of the zionist conspiracy, right? (Wotta maroon.)
Posted by: Jonathan   2005-08-30 14:18  

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