Action Alert for Cindy Sheehan--PLEASE DO this for Cindy!

[ray of light]

This just in:

Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, and mother of a soldier killed in action in Iraq, plans to confront President Bush with questions at his Crawford ranch on Saturday morning, August 6, 11 a.m. CT. Accompanying Sheehan will be members of Veteran's for Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), CODE PINK, and Crawford Peace House, all members or allies of the AfterDowningStreet.org Coalition.

SEE FULL RELEASE http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1203

CONTACT THE MEDIA
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1202

They all have reporters already in Crawford with very little to do. Ask them politely to cover this story.

Please keep story kicked. Since all of us who would like to go, but can't this is one thing we can do from our own home town to hold this criminal regime accountable.

[graywarrior]

1. done

by two of us.

[ray of light]

23. thanks for helping! If you can join her here's the specifics ....

Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, and mother of a soldier killed in action in Iraq, plans to confront President Bush with questions at his Crawford ranch on Saturday morning, August 6, 11 a.m. CT. Accompanying Sheehan will be members of Veteran's for Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), CODE PINK, and Crawford Peace House, all members or allies of the AfterDowningStreet.org Coalition.

On Wednesday, Bush said (speaking about the dreadful loss of life in Iraq in August): "We have to honor the sacrifices of the fallen by completing the mission." and "The families of the fallen can be assured that they died for a noble cause."

In response, Sheehan wrote:
"We want our loved ones' sacrifices to be honored by bringing our nation's sons and daughters home from the travesty that is Iraq IMMEDIATELY, since this war is based on horrendous lies and deceptions. Just because our children are dead, why would we want any more families to suffer the same pain and devastation that we are? We would like for him to explain this 'noble cause' to us, and plan to ask him why Jenna and Barbara are not in harm's way, if the cause is so noble. If he is not ready to send the twins, then he should bring our troops home immediately. We will demand a speedy withdrawal."

Sheehan said today that she plans to stay "until we are arrested or satisfied with the answers."

Sheehan will be carrying with her a collection of signatures on a petition asking that the troops be brought home, including 25,000 signatures collected at OutOfIraq.org.

Below are statements from participants in tomorrow's events, as released today by the Institute for Public Accuracy:

DIANE WILSON, [e-mail], Co-founder of the women's peace group CodePink, Wilson is a Texan now on her way to Crawford. She said today: "I totally sympathize with Cindy. The Army tried to recruit my autistic son. They tried to get my daughter to join too, they led her to believe she would be joining the Coast Guard when it was actually the Army. My daughter was needing money, we make our living fishing and have trouble making ends meet, so the military can be tempting. If George Bush really thinks this is such an honorable battle, let me send his twins over there." Wilson wrote the just-released book "An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas."

HADI JAWAD, [e-mail], Jawad is spokesperson for the Crawford Peace House and will be accompanying Sheehan from Dallas to Crawford on Saturday.

For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam Husseini, [phone]; or David Zupan, [phone]

_________________________
AfterDowningStreet.org is a rapidly growing coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups, which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.

Cindy Sheehan [e-mail]

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[anarchy1999]

Ray, thanks for posting this and all of you for helping.

Make sure the media pays attention to CRAWFORD, TEXAS THIS DAY!!

Can't wait to get back my camera and take more pics today!


I hope all of you within driving distance of Crawford make it today even if it is a little too far.

[ray of light]

37. I can't go, but I'm going to spread the word locally today!

I have a local festival here today. So I will wear my Bush lied t'shirt and pass out information on the DSM. I will give them information about Cindy's quest today too.

Take notice Rep. Schwartz---I am taking a stand since YOU will not. AND your voters who come by the thousands to this festival will know that you are a "fake moderate". AND I will be telling them that I've called your office repeatedly and discovered that YOU refuse to stand up with couragae and conviction against the crimes of this White House and your party. YOUR constituents will KNOW what you said and what you do are not the same. AND we will VOTE you out of office! Rep. Schwart, we're not going to let you play games with peoples' lives.

INVESTIGATE the DSM and the TREASONOUS LEAKING NOW, Representative Schwartz.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. kick

[flakey_foont]

3. Check this too

<<http://elandslide.org/elandslide/petition.cfm?campaign=iraq1>>

[ray of light]

5. Thanks... I should have thought to include that petition!

[ray of light]

38. Check this too. From the other thread the Crawford Peace Camp

By Buddy Spell
Upbeat Defiance.com
LOUISIANA ACTIVIST NETWORK
August 5, 2005

I just received an update from Cindy Sheehan in Dallas where she is attending the Veterans for Peace Convention before shoving off for Crawford in the morning. We were both a bit blown away by a link I sent her to a thread running at Democratic Underground where the forum members were speculating on what it would be like if a million people showed up with her at the ranch.
(http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... ). Her response was classic Cindy: “What did I start?”

Well, we’ll see. Cloistered in the convention events there in Dallas, Cindy seems fairly unaware of the activity out on the web relative to her carpool adventure to Crawford. I asked her how many she expected to have with her tomorrow. “I don’t know...I have heard that there are people coming in from as far away as Canton, Ohio...it’s so hard to say.”

She clearly expects to be in Crawford for the rest of August. I asked her if she would be recruiting activists to join her in Texas and she said, “I would appreciate the company if I am camping there.”

I asked her what we could do for her right now:

“Put pressure on the media to report that George won't meet with me.
Send around the petition to demand a full withdrawal of the troops.
Counter-recruitment.
Keep up the good work!!!”

I’ll be talking with her in the morning and will update you as warranted. If things go well, I’ll be reporting from Crawford by Thursday morning. Maybe I’ll see you there.

Peace out.

[Carolab]

4. Well, now that this is out in the open * probably won't be home.

Ya think?

[ray of light]

6. tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree...

[ray of light]

7. get a pin at afterdowningstreet.org and pin it to that yellow ribbon!

[Janice325]

8. Kick

[babylonsister]

9. Done and a kick!

[TexasLady]

10. we will be there, all seven of us

short of my old clunker breaking down, me and my oldest kids,(16 and 20) and four of their friends are all going with me. I look forward to going, as it will be a first for all of us.

[ray of light]

11. I'm serious about the tying yellow ribbons, but with big

DSM messages on each one.

Can you get people to help with this?

[AmBlue]

24. Awesome!! n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. done!

:kick: for Cindy, our soldiers and Our Veterans!

[liveoaktx]

13. Meeting place? Directions?

[ray of light]

16. Here's the link for information

Here's the link to the Veterans For Peace conference where Cindy Sheehan will be starting her trip to Crawford. I'll bet that you can find out something from them about how to hook up with the road trip.

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/convention05/convention2005.htm

[ray of light]

22. MORE--everyone please look to see if you can attend too!

Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, and mother of a soldier killed in action in Iraq, plans to confront President Bush with questions at his Crawford ranch on Saturday morning, August 6, 11 a.m. CT. Accompanying Sheehan will be members of Veteran's for Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), CODE PINK, and Crawford Peace House, all members or allies of the AfterDowningStreet.org Coalition.

On Wednesday, Bush said (speaking about the dreadful loss of life in Iraq in August): "We have to honor the sacrifices of the fallen by completing the mission." and "The families of the fallen can be assured that they died for a noble cause."

In response, Sheehan wrote:
"We want our loved ones' sacrifices to be honored by bringing our nation's sons and daughters home from the travesty that is Iraq IMMEDIATELY, since this war is based on horrendous lies and deceptions. Just because our children are dead, why would we want any more families to suffer the same pain and devastation that we are? We would like for him to explain this 'noble cause' to us, and plan to ask him why Jenna and Barbara are not in harm's way, if the cause is so noble. If he is not ready to send the twins, then he should bring our troops home immediately. We will demand a speedy withdrawal."

Sheehan said today that she plans to stay "until we are arrested or satisfied with the answers."

Sheehan will be carrying with her a collection of signatures on a petition asking that the troops be brought home, including 25,000 signatures collected at OutOfIraq.org.

Below are statements from participants in tomorrow's events, as released today by the Institute for Public Accuracy:

DIANE WILSON, [e-mail], Co-founder of the women's peace group CodePink, Wilson is a Texan now on her way to Crawford. She said today: "I totally sympathize with Cindy. The Army tried to recruit my autistic son. They tried to get my daughter to join too, they led her to believe she would be joining the Coast Guard when it was actually the Army. My daughter was needing money, we make our living fishing and have trouble making ends meet, so the military can be tempting. If George Bush really thinks this is such an honorable battle, let me send his twins over there." Wilson wrote the just-released book "An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas."

HADI JAWAD, [e-mail], Jawad is spokesperson for the Crawford Peace House and will be accompanying Sheehan from Dallas to Crawford on Saturday.

For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam Husseini, [phone]; or David Zupan, [phone]

_________________________
AfterDowningStreet.org is a rapidly growing coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups, which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.

Cindy Sheehan [e-mail]

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[tinfoilinfor2005]

14. He would normally love to talk to her, but can't until

the investigation is over. (hey, it works with the reporters...)

[oxbow]

15. Can somebody post all the emails so we can just cut and paste em

into the BCC: of our message? this would make it alot easier for the people who haven't done it yet. Thanks in advance

[ray of light]

18. here's an even better link with LOTS of emails...LOLOL

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1204#comment


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media addresses
Submitted by Jan Moore (not verified) on Fri, 2005-08-05 21:31.
Thank you for these addresses. I just sent it on to many of them as well.

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[anarchy1999]

33. and again. Hey DU'ers Help us!!

Thanks to all.

[ailsagirl]

17. kick

[ray of light]

19. Thank you everyone for kicking and helping Cindy

I met her in person and was overwhelmed by her grief and her determination to hold this clod accountable for his, "premeditated murder!"

[fooj]

20. "premeditated murder"...EXACTLY!

Kick for Truth! Kick for Cindy!

Peace.:patriot:

[ray of light]

21. Read her letter she wrote to GWB on November 3rd

and she asked him to resign or she would "impeach him for the premeditated murder of Americans and Iraqis"

It was great seeing her give such a powerful speach in person too!

[me b zola]

25. Kick for Cindy

Bring our troops home, NOW!!!!!!!

[ray of light]

43. Kick for Cindy and everyone working with her

[bunny planet]

26. Isn't there a Crawford paper, the Iconoclast or something that has been

quite openly critical of * in the past. Lonestar Iconoclast? Anybody remember the title of the paper?

[snot]

28. The Lone Star Iconoclast, yes. nt

[anarchy1999]

39. I spoke with them yesterday.

all is good.

[Kurovski]

27. Kick n/t

[ngGale]

29. Kick ...

for Cindy.

:kick:

[snot]

30. Here's how you can blast the TX media:

go here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/cu/cu.php?az=blaster

and select TX and 2 other states you like.

Here's something you could send them:

Gentlemen and Ladies:

Goldstar Families for Peace, members of Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, and Crawford Peace House are going to Crawford, TX to challenge President Bush on the Iraq war. This event is scheduled to begin this Saturday, August 6th at 11:00 am. You can see more info here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=259x571 .

I hope you will cover this event. Thankyou for your efforts.

[anarchy1999]

31. Nice job. Thanks!!

I hope everyone here today at DU joins in this effort.

That is my hope and wish and prayer for today.

[ray of light]

36. Thanks...That's cool. There's also this other link

http://www.capwiz.com/pdamerica/mail/

[anarchy1999]

32. Back to the top!

n/t

[Sleepless In NY]

34. kick

[Karenina]

35. Kick!

:kick:

[anarchy1999]

40. Kicking again.

Thank you all and please make it a focus this am.

[ray of light]

41. Thanks for kicking and voting this thread.

I'm going to be leaving to be the media at this festival. Will there be people here to keep kicking this while I'm gone? This is the BIG day! We need to be the media!

[ray of light]

42. a letter I saw on a different site

Bush rests easy in Crawford while Casey Sheehan rests in Peace

What's wrong with that picture?

Well, Cindy Sheehan's son Casey was sent to his death by the premeditated murder of her son and others like him by President George Bush.

It's the war on terror? Or is it the global struggle against terrorism?

Nope...it's neither. According to the minutes of Tony Blair's chief of staffs, it's neither! It's the premeditated war that Bush started BEFORE going to Congress and asking for permission as required by our constitution.

According to the Downing Street Minutes, George Bush decided he wanted a war in Iraq so he made up the facts to suit his purpose.

Hense...PREMEDITATED MURDER.

Today, Cindy Sheehan and thousands of people will be arriving in Crawford Texas to ask Bush for the truth but did this Corporate and Republican owned media show it to you?

If not, then welcome to the Soviet Union! It just ain't America anymore--illegal wars, no real press, and people dyin' for nothing.

[anarchy1999]

44. Everyone out of Dallas are on the way!

Our Vets seriously kick a@#@.

They are such a bunch of wonderful men and women! Keep up the support. ALL DAY and from now on.

[ray of light]

46. kick before I go

I'll try to run home periodically to check this thread.

[ray of light]

47. HIGHWAY blog for Cindy too!

HIGHWAY BLOGGING.... (none / 0)

So here is a brain-fart (perhaps too much caffiene).

DO SIGNS ON CARDBOARD:

WE ARE AT WAR
SOLDIERS ARE DYING
PRESIDENT ON VACATION
afterdowningstreetmemo.org
impeachbush.org

During the time that Cindy and crew are in Crawford representing all of us, how about those of us that can't be there for whatever reason, do HIGHWAY BLOGGING!!!!!

Make these signs, find your favorite freeway overpass and tape that sucker up!!! Sure they'll be taken down, but if they are up there for an hour (and just keep goin' back!!!) during rush hour...hell think of how many THOUSANDS will read this and get WEBSITE INFORMATION!!!!!

I think I'm getting too old for this and I currently have a blown out knee, but I JUST realized that I have a LOVELY OVERPASS about 3/4 of a mile from me which goes over INTERSTATE 5....two miles from the Camp Pendleton entrance!!!


by Barbara on Thu Aug 4th, 2005 at 11:12:01 PDT
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[anarchy1999]

45. back to the top again.

n/t :kick:

[ray of light]

48. thank you anarchy, I have to go be the media at this festival

and I'm carless so will be biking it. I won't be able to kick as often. Thanks so much for your help.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

49. For Cindy - Another mother's kick for you & your son - he would be proud

I admire you greatly.

[AbbyR]

50. Just signed...

I feel very helpless here lately to do anything to stop what I see going on in the country...but I sure can sign my name

Abby in Arkansas

[marylanddem]

51. Signed With Much Appreciation

To Cindy Sheehan and all those in Crawford doing God's work

[Janice325]

52. Good luck, ya'll

Many of us will be there in spirit.
Kick!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

53. Kick

:kick: Back up there!

[Bullwinkle925]

54. Done!!

Fingers are tired from typing - but will do it over and over and over again.

Thanks so much for the wonderful link!!

:toast:

[shaniqua6392]

55. Done

Thanks for letting us know. We will spread the word!!

[ClayZ]

56. Done Kicked

:kick: