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| 2005-09-01 |
| It Was the Oil, Stupid The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford - Day 25 A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION by Cindy Sheehan "If Zarqawi and bin Laden gain control of Iraq, they would create a new training ground for future terrorist attacks," Bush said. "They'd seize oil fields to fund their ambitions. They could recruit more terrorists by claiming a historic victory over the United States and our coalition." (George Bush, August 30, 2005 in San Diego.) So it is official, Casey had his blood shed in Iraq for OIL. He died so we could pay over 3.00/gallon for gas. Like I suspected all along, my dear, sweet son: almost 1900 others; and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis died so the oil fields wouldn't "fall into the hands of terrorists" and so George and his immoral band of greedy robber barons could become wealthier. Like I have said all along: how can these people sleep at night and how can they choke down their food knowing it is purchased off of the flesh and blood of others? We have found our "Noble Cause." And it is OIL. This man and his handlers need to be stopped. Well, George and I are leaving Crawford today. George is finished playing golf and telling his fables in San Diego, so he will be heading to Louisiana to see the devastation that his environmental policies and his killing policies have caused. Recovery would be easier and much quicker if almost œ of the three states involved National Guard were not in Iraq. All of the National Guard's equipment is in Iraq also. Plus, with the 2 billion dollars a week that the private contractors are siphoning from our treasury, how are we going to pay for helping our own citizens in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama? And, should I dare say "global warming?" and be branded as a "conspiracy theorist" on top of everything else the reich-wingers say about me. We are now packing up Camp Casey and leaving Crawford and heading to George's place of employment. He wouldn't talk to us, his employers, while we were here to give him his "job evaluation," so we must go to him to have our little chat. I just want to thank a few people and groups for their support, help, and love while we have been here in Crawford. So many people made the Camp Casey experience possible and so successful. If I miss someone, I am so sorry: that is the difficult thing about thanking people. I love you all, even if I don't remember to thank you!! My sister: Dede Miller: My kids' second mom who is always by my side and supports me 100% in whatever I do. My cause is her cause, and I couldn't do what I do without her. Carly, Andy, and Janey: Who would love to see more of their mom, but who understand that we are trying to save their future by what we do. I love you guys, and I will see you very, very soon (yea!!) I couldn't do what I do without their love and support. The Crawford Peace House: I got an email from Hadi Jawad the day that I decided to come and camp in Crawford and he pledged the help and support of the Peace House. At that time, they only had a few bucks in their checking account and the phone was turned off. Now, thanks to America, they have been able to keep Camp Casey going and they will be able to continue their good works indefinitely. Thanks to John Wolf who had the vision for peace in Crawford and I think that Camp Casey was a fulfillment of his vision. They are going to make a garden and call it "The Casey Sheehan Memorial Peace Garden." What a tribute to my son. Code Pink: Jodie Evans and Tiffany and Alicia were the first ones here on Monday 08/08 to jump in and save me from going crazy and hopping on one of the trains that runs past the Peace House and pulling an "Agatha Christie." Code Pink also worked tirelessly (and I mean tirelessly) outside of Camp Casey. MoveOn: For organizing the highly successful candlelight vigils. Lisa Fithian: For all the organizing work she did behind the scenes. GSFP, IVAW, MFSO, AND VFP: Our organizations with "skin in the game" for all of their support, presence, love, and help. Bill Mitchell: Bill's son Mike, was KIA in the same battle as Casey and he was the first GSFP member to come to Camp Casey and take some of the heat off of me. He found a new love at Camp Casey (one of our miracles) and I am sooo happy about that. Plus, Bill is one of my most ardent supporters and he just gets in the middle of things, digs in, and helps wherever. I love him and he and his family will be parts of our family forever. Fred Mattlage: For donating the amazing piece of land for our use that allowed Camp Casey to expand to include thousands. Air America: The Morning Sedition, Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, and Laura Flanders. Thank you for your support . Ed Schultz belongs there, too, although he is not affiliated with Air America Radio. Amy Goodman was here, too! The bloggers on The Daily Kos (and most bloggers in general So many other people: The Camp Casey volunteers
literally hundreds. The more than 10,000 people who came through CC. Ann Wright who kept CC going. Arianna Huffington for her advice and support. Joan Baez who kept CC's spirits alive while I was in California attending to my sick mother. George Bush for not meeting with me on August 6th. Martin Sheen for his support and presence. A.I.M for Dennis Banks and Russell Means. Gary Hart, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Jan Schakowsky, Dennis Kucinich, Frank Pallone, Lynn Woolsey, Chuck Hagel Sen. Chuck Hagel sez he's never spoken to her, much less support her, Ralph Nader, Jim McDermott, Walter Jones, Charlie Rangel and the other politicos who either came to CC, or called me to offer their support and love. I know I am forgetting some, but thanks to you all. Joe Wilson and his family for paving the way for me to be able to ignore and dismiss the reich-wing smear machine who always tried to marginalize and discredit me by exaggerating or twisting my words and lying about me. The clergy who were there with their love and support: Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Dennis Shulman; Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Bob Edgars, Rev. Jesse Jackson (who prayed bed time prayers with me), Rita Brock, etc. There were so many good people who donated money, goods, or services who want to be kept anonymous. But especially to Americans who resonated with Camp Casey and gave us prayers, support, money, love and most of all hope for the future. We will take our country back. And it will be a country that we want back. God Bless America!!!! If you read this far, congratulations. Since this post may or may not disappear once the word (slowly) gets out, Brit Hume's column today on FoxNews.com has an excerpt. Fox is the only place I saw this reported. A Google News search only turned up the original Sheehan article. I would love to see the Sheehan "approval" numbers once the word on this idiocy spreads. |
| Posted by:Chris W. |
| #18 Larson's Corollary to Godwin's Law: You can tell just how far to the Left a person is by how quickly they invoke a Hitler/NAZI/SS comparison. As for "blame Bush for the hurricane" I smell a Leftist talking point. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-09-01 18:08 |
| #17 Correction: **The Sheehan bus tour's elimination will be a net social gain from America.** Got distracted watch the stunning news out of New Orleans ... can't believe these lunatic gangs shooting at rescuers! |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-09-01 14:36 |
| #16 Is there a chance, just a tiny, itty-bitty chance that Sheehan's bus tour will hit an IED? Where are the extremist nationalists? Isn't there someone out there, an expert in explosives, perhaps dying from cancer, has nothing to lose, that wishes to go out in glory? The Sheehan elimination bus tour's will be a net social gain from America. |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-09-01 14:34 |
| #15 Robert: LOL! Well, not everybody: my wife is Hero Game's office manager. Evil Steve's company (and the GURPS system) are the competition, donchaknow. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-09-01 13:41 |
| #14 Would you be a GURPS fan then? Who isn't? (I own a copy of the 3rd Edition hardcover with a sticker that says "Plaintiff's Exhibit P-1", and have a letter from SJG verifying that it was used in SJG vs. the Secret Service.) |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-01 13:16 |
| #13 By Reich Wingers isn't she refering to Robert Reich the Clinton Guy? Guess not. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-09-01 12:50 |
| #12 Gromky: Would you be a GURPS fan then? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-09-01 12:45 |
| #11 "There were so many good people who donated money, goods, or services who want to be kept anonymous." You'd think that big contributors shouldn't be allowed to be anonymous, are they afraid of who may be disgusted with their views? I think it would be good to know exactly who have been supporting this action, knowing the mission statements of these backers to know all the issues on the table. "CARE" type groups come to mind. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-09-01 11:45 |
| #10 I was real impressed when they ordered me to stand by an abandoned vehicle when his limo went past. Were you in the military then? (I forget whether you still are.) What good, exactly, did they think you were going to do there? |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-09-01 11:27 |
| #9 "He wouldn't talk to us... so we must go to him to have our little chat. ... I just want to thank a few people and groups for their support...George Bush for not meeting with me on August 6th." She continues to frame her charade as a grieving mother that deserves answers from the most powerful man on the planet. And then goes on to thank Bush for NOT meeting with her. No wonder even the Libs are starting to distance themselves from this pathetic creature. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2005-09-01 11:10 |
| #8 Gromky, I'm not a fan either. I dealt with them when Clinton came to visit my hometown. I was real impressed when they ordered me to stand by an abandoned vehicle when his limo went past. Sorry, but I thought giving your life for the prez was their job, not mine. But in connection with her "reich-wing" statement, I have to wonder if she really meant to compare them to the SS. They can be jackasses, but the Nazi analogy, if she is making it, goes beyond the pale. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-09-01 10:49 |
| #7 I don't know...I've used the phrase "SS" before. The Secret Service are bastards. They caused my favorite gaming company to nearly go out of business with a bullshit search-and-confiscate. After all was said and done, the SS agent whose idea it was was publically chastised by a federal judge. They're nobody's friend, especially not yours. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-09-01 10:41 |
| #6 Sorry, AG. We got to let her keep talking. In fact, I'd like to get her a show on...MSNBC. This woman is singlehandedly creating legions of GOP voters. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-09-01 10:03 |
| #5 SOMBODY'S GOTTA STOP THIS BITCH!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-09-01 09:56 |
| #4 Sorry, hon. Media's got like the worst natural disaster in American history to cover now. Wave to the satellite trucks when they drive away. Hope you enjoyed your 15, cuz you ain't getting anymore. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-01 09:39 |
| #3 Where did 10,000 people come from????? or did I MISS something?? |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-09-01 09:39 |
| #2 One just never knows when you're talking about the mind of a nutter. "Reich wingers" is a nice one for the peace loving crowd. She obviously has little idea what the Third Reich was and what it did or else she is just incredibly stupid. That would suggest the "SS" was meant as simply a further infantile slur. My favorite is the "take back our country" line. Somebody forgot to remind her that it is through elections and not the edict of nutters that we govern "our" country. Perhaps she doesn't know? Did she miss the last election? Ah, but the thanks thrown upon all the usual suspects helps put it all in context. The crude PR circus part I is over and even though it was ugly and counterproductive she's happy to have a whole lot of political opportunists of various ilk jump on the bandwagon and paw at her son's memory like a bunch of scavengers greedy to get a part of the prey and the attention. The attempt to get a political 2 point conversion on the disaster that was Katrina through the tie in with Iraq and mention of environmentalism is just the sort of idiotic, nasty and heartless BS you could expect from somebody who'd warp her own son's death into a poltical football and then go as far as to suggest that he'd actually be happy with the circus of the sick and absurd his mother has conjured with a little help from her friends. If there was no need for them in Iraq, having more guard members from LA and MISS home wouldn't hurt but that's a very small drop in the bucket of what is and will be required. The all so helpful 10,000 of her supporters with all their abundant money and obvious free time would probably add more to recovery efforts than the guard members if they were as generous in actually helping and serving their fellow citizens in need as they were in playing crude political games in Texas. She bemoans the twisting of her words though on the face of it, her words are pretty twisted and betray a real underlying nastiness which makes it clear she is largely insincere in alot of the crap she projects. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-09-01 09:29 |
| #1 In addition, the first night we were in Crawford, and being harassed by the SS, they were posting things and getting the word out that we were there alone and defenseless, which may have saved our lives, or saved us from being injured, or harassed out of there. Did this sorry bitch just compare the Secret Service to the SS? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-09-01 08:02 |