Bring Camp Casey to YOUR Congressperson

[paineinthearse]

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Bring Camp Casey to YOUR Congressperson

Cindy sent a letter to all the members of Congress holding them responsible for taking us into war and therefore ending this war. We need you to create a Camp Casey outside the offices of those who are not agreeing to a meeting. Sign up here to join in, check in daily to see who is answered and who hasn’t, and support this effort to hold our leaders responsible and accountable. We have a short window, we want to have contacted all the members by the time Cindy and the buses arrive in Washington, DC for the mass mobilization on September 24th. We will be at the offices of those who aren't responding on September 26th to lobby them and let them experience the pressure from citizens' voices emboldened at Camp Casey.

http://meetwiththemothers.org/

[Tom Joad]

1. Sept 26th with pelosi.

United for Peace and justice in the San Francisco Bay Area will demand that Pelosi vote to defund this illegal, immoral, insane war.

See http://upj-bayarea.org/Pelosi_Sept26/Sept%2026%20Flyercmp.pdf
and http://upj-bayarea.org/

[paineinthearse]

2. Nice

that you have such a wonderful Represetative.

[Tom Joad]

5. Pelosi does not support Homeward Bound, supports the funding of the war.

Pelosi is putting no real pressure on the Bush administration to end this war. She just voted last May to provide an additional $82 billion for the occupation effort. She has refused to endorse the Homeward Bound resolution introduced by ABERCROMBIE.

We ended the US disaster in Viet Nam by finally ending the funding. It is when Congress had no choice... there was no support for the war from the public, and there was widespread rebellion within the military.

In regards to Pelosi's position on larger Middle East issues, she is worse (no exaggeration, i wish it was) than Bush when it comes to supporting fairness in the Palestine/Israel conflict. When Bush has made some mild criticisms of Israeli policies that hurt the chance of peace, Pelosi has jumped up to defend such policies.

For more: http://www.tomjoad.org/Pelosi.htm

[paineinthearse]

10. In the founders' brilliance

They designed a system of representation to the "Peoples House" that makes the elected accountable every two years.

Given our influence, I am sure we can change leader Pelosi's position, and with her many more.

Good luck.

[paineinthearse]

3. Letter from Cindy Sheehan to Members of Congress

http://meetwiththemothers.org/

Letter from Cindy Sheehan to Members of Congress

Dear Congress,

My son Casey, just 24, was killed in Baghdad on April 4, 2004. It is devastating to me knowing that Casey died needlessly, that so many other families face this same grief, and that new families are added daily. I have been sitting outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford since August 6 th in a roadside ditch we named Camp Casey, seeking a meeting and answers to our questions about this immoral war. I have been joined there by other mothers and families, many of whom have lost children in the war, some who have children now serving in the military, and still others who in one way or another have been touched by the war.

The President has not been willing to meet with me, but he must meet and listen to you. President Bush sent our sons and daughters to war in Iraq. Congress gave him the authority to do so. That's why we are now turning to you, the elected officials who have the power to declare wars -- and end wars. We come to you with grieving hearts to request that you meet with us to answer our simple questions:

President Bush has said that brave Americans like my son Casey have died for a "noble cause." What is that "noble cause "?
How many more lives are we as a country willing to sacrifice in Iraq?
How many are you personally willing to sacrifice?
What are you specifically doing to bring our sons and daughters home from this needless war?

Mothers from your district – all who share my conviction that this war must come to an end - are eager to meet with you, and pose to you the questions that the President has refused to answer for me. They will be coming to meet you with a symbol from our vigil in Crawford and will seek honest, straightforward responses to our simple questions. They are your constituents, and they will be asking you my questions, their questions, and the nation's questions. They are going to ask you, your colleagues, and the President to answer us.

As a member of Congress you have the enormous responsibility to end this tragedy and bring our sons and daughters home now. Meet with us, answer us, and show us that there need not be a Camp Casey in your district. Show us that the Crawford Camp Casey, brought on by a stonewalling leader, was all we need. Show us your compassion and leadership.

Sincerely,
Cindy Sheehan
Mother of Casey Sheehan

Has Your U.S. Senator and Representative Met With The Mothers???

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[hnsez]

4. bump & nominated

[babylonsister]

6. Kick!

[G_j]

7. excellent letter Cindy

thank you once again, and see you in DC!!!

[Im with Rosey]

11. Am I reading this correctly?

Not one Senator or Representative has agreed to meet with Cindy? I must be mistaken or missed something- Before I send yet another email or make another call, please let me know if I have made a mistake. Unfortunately (on many levels) Katrina has knocked some of the attention off this issue and it is up to us to keep our eyes on the ball. Surely we can do more than one thing at a time?!

[paineinthearse]

13. The website should make that clearer

I know for a fact that Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass 3CD) has met with Cindy.

I think what they mean is to track NEW meetings with the mothers' group for this particular campaign, cumlinating on September 26.

[G_j]

8. nominated

a crucial time

[babylonsister]

9. Nom!

[G_j]

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