Today, she is not a threat, but Thursday, she will be a threat?
Cindy Sheehan, the mother whose son Casey was killed in Iraq and who
has been camped out at Crawford, Texas until the Idiot in Chief will
meet with her has been told that as of Thursday she will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested.
Coincidentally,
Rice and Rummy arrive on Thursday, and on Friday the rich people arrive
for a GOP fundraiser. It would be embarrassing to have cranky poor
people littering the lawn, so the mother of a fallen American soldier
is now equated with Osama Bin Laden and is being stripped of her right
to protest and dissent.
I don't invoke Bubba a lot, but there is
no way Bill Clinton would let these people go to jail when all it would
take is a few minutes of his time to meet with her. I do believe that
above all Bill really cared about people and would never act like a
spoiled rich brat who calls the cops and tells them to get all those
dirty homeless people off the frat house lawn in time for the beer bust.
According to the Bush administration... what constitutes a threat to national security?
Letting Osama escape? No...
Outing a CIA operative?No....
Destabilizing the Middle East?No...
Potentially interfering with a GOP fundraiser? Yes!
Isn't it nice that terror alerts can now be turned on an off like tap water in time for the Friday news dump.
If
you haven't seen TruthOut's short documentary on demonstrations by
military people against the war where they talk about their experiences
in Iraq and Afghanistan and what they risk for speaking out, you can
watch it here.
It features Cindy Sheehan, and if you can hear her talk about her son
without tearing up you are made of stronger stuff than me.
They've arrested gold star moms before.
Sue Niederer was arrested in September for interrupting Laura Bush
and asking her why the twins were not serving. She was already out of
the room when she was handcuffed and taken away in the back of a police
wagon.
She was at the time in front of the building and speaking to reporters.
THAT was her crime. THAT was the threat. Meanwhile, Laura Bush
continued speaking as if nothing had happened--it was barely a blip
during the entire speech. Cold-hearted criminals, every one of them.
The people who should have trouble sleeping at night never do.
If Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier who is peacefully waiting in Texas for Bush to speak with her, is called a threat to our national security,
it makes you wonder who else the Bush administration is falsely
accusing in order to protect themselves politically. If they really
imprison her, as they appear to have threatened to do, it raises a lot
of questions about their judgment and makes me wonder how many other
people they have unjustly imprisoned under the guise of national
security merely to prevent information from creeping out that makes
them look bad.
08/09/05 UPDATE:
CRAWFORD,
Texas, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/—More members of Gold Star Families for
Peace (GSFP) and Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) are traveling to
Texas to join the protest outside of President Bush’s ranch in
Crawford, Texas, where he is vacationing for the month of August.
Starting today, Gold Star families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Arkansas and other states whose loved ones have died as a result of the
war in Iraq will be joining one of their members, Cindy Sheehan, at the
protest. Ms. Sheehan, whose son Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was
killed in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004, has been in Crawford since
August 5th, demanding a meeting with the President. These families will
be joined by military families with loved ones currently serving in
Iraq or about to deploy or redeploy to Iraq. All of these
families are coming to Crawford, Texas to share their stories about the
personal costs of the war in Iraq and add their voices to the call for
a meeting with President Bush.
I'm confident that BushCo will handle this impending PR disaster with the same restraint and graciousness that have marked the Boy King's ascent to the throne:
Rejected by hell. Embraced by red state America. Yee Haw, ya gun-totin', bible readin', six grade dropoutin' rednecks!!
A decision is due to be made today whether a billboard labelling
President Bush an 'evil bastard' is appropriate, NZ City of New Zealand
reports Monday. The publication provides a few details:
The Hell Pizza billboards have been erected around Auckland and
Wellington. Half of the poster is taken up with a photo of the
president and the other half has the phrase 'Hell: Too Good For Some
Evil Bastards.'
Outdoor Advertising New Zealand is reviewing who is behind the
boards and whether the Advertising Standards Authority needs to become
involved.
Hell's media manager, Matthew Blomfield, says they expected to cause
a bit of a stir. He says it is meant to provoke discussion and be a
little edgy, instead of bland, boring advertising.
Mr Blomfield is hoping reaction will be balanced between those who find it funny and those who are upset by it.
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And there's the problem. This is ridiculous, the comments thus far are
ridiculous, and this is why we lose, because we fight like juveniles.
ChangeAmerica.net:
We lose because Diebold does the counting, and Blackwell distributes the machines, and the MSM is asleep.
If anything happens to Satan DeLay can easily run hell......
As
far as Bush is concerned 100,000 dead innocent Iraqis can't be
wrong!!!! Bush: "Torture away, Gonzales said it was fine" Geneve
Convention does not apply to the Bush Family....
Excellent! I hate billboards, but what the hell? I like this one!
Do they deliver to the U.S.?
Condi Rice-a-Roni said today that the insurgency is loosing
steam. Now if you believe that, check out this site, if you can
stand it.
Infoshop.org
has pictures from Iraq that are to say the least proof that things
aren't going well in Iraq, remember, "We're at war"... well we started
it. The pictures are heart breaking. (the page loads slowly due to heavy graphics)
Cindy Sheehan, the mother whose son Casey was killed in Iraq and who
has been camped out at Crawford, Texas until the Idiot in Chief will
meet with her 
A decision is due to be made today whether a billboard labelling
President Bush an 'evil bastard' is appropriate, NZ City of New Zealand
