Cindy Sheehan (HuffPost): My First Time (Cindy comments on her arrest)

[Dudley_DUright]

The rumors are true this time. I was arrested in front of the White House today. It was my first time ever being arrested.

We proceeded from Lafayette Park to the Guard House at the White House.

I, my sister, and other Gold Star Families for Peace members and some Military Families requested to meet with the President again. We again wanted to know: What is the Noble Cause? Our request was, to our immense shock and surprise, denied. They wouldn't even deliver any letters or pictures of our killed loved ones to the White House.

We all know by now why George won't meet with parents of the soldiers he has killed who disagree with him. First of all, he hates it when people disagree with him. I am not so sure he hates it as much as he is in denial that it even happens. Secondly, he is a coward who arrogantly refuses to meet with the people who pay his salary. Maybe the next time one of us is asked by our bosses to have a performance review, or we are going to be written up for a workplace infraction, we should refuse to go and talk to our bosses citing the fact that the President doesn't have to. The third reason why he won't talk to us is that he knows there is no Noble Cause for the invasion and continued occupation of Iraq. It is a question that has no true answer.

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[mctrotter5]

1. Go Cindy, you just keep saying the truth out loud!

[tech3149]

2. I think Nov 15-16 will be a great day for a drive, don't you?

F them where they breath. It may be legally acceptable to arrest someone for an act of civil disobedience, but if anyone has earned the right, it's the mother of a soldier killed in an illegal war.

I hope when we reach the point of marshall law we can remember to ask "Is this how you want to treat your fellow citizen?". Sorta makes me want to watch "Red Dawn" again.

I'm really sorry I wasn't there over the weekend and today to witness an historic change in the reality we all know and love. I missed a piece of history.

Remember the Battle of Blair Mountain