Update on Cindy from MFSO member families who were with her

[WebeBlue]

see update at my thread on Cindy Sheehan 'intimidation by Secret Service;
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1991123

Received phone call report this morning from my Military Families Speak Out colleague in Texas who was there with Cindy in Crawford.

Please continue to rate the thread as I'd like to see one of the Cindy Sheehan threads make front page at DU. I don't care which thread, but the story needs not to wind down, Cindy isn't winding down. Thanks

[reprehensor]

1. Transcript of Sheehan from last Friday night...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x145548

[ray of light]

2. kicked and recommended the other thread.

[Janice325]

3. Kick!

[mirandapriestly]

4. DU the rec's , since the story is on yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050807/ap_on_re_us/bush_peace_mom

I usually don't do this, but it's been freeped!

[OKDem08]

9. done!

[ray of light]

5. other ideas to help MFSO and Cindy--from your hometown

for now we can do this:

1. Send more people to protect them.

2. Make it tent city! (I would be willing to join, but I can't therefore I'm stuck encouraging locals to please, please go.

3. TELL the world. Tell them Cindy's story. Make it THEIR story--the story of a mom's love and devotion and grief and ask them the eternal questions: "What would YOU do if this had been your kid?" AND "What would Jesus do?" (ok the WWJD is for the fundies and might be a low blow.)

4. Highway blog.

5. I know it washes away, BUT get some sidewalk chalk and mark the sidewalks EVERYWHERE you go! Get your kids involved.

6. Make or buy t'shirts supporting Cindy and if you sell them send a donation to them.

7. Ask a group of friends over to begin a community newspaper-then take the newpaper door to door and give it to people.

8. Have a sit-in or camp out locally in support of Cindy. Surround your local media outlet and do it for each day of Bush's vacation.

9. Come to the march in DC September 24th.

10. Have a candlelight vigil each night in your hometown and say prayers or sing anti-war songs for these people in Crawford.

[KyndCulture]

6. Great suggestions!!!

I feel helpless all the way up here in MN.... as long as we don't let this story go, it will just get bigger!!!!

[WebeBlue]

8. Hey KyndCulture, I don't see you being so helpless, your thread

on Cindy is great and I have been following your thread. We seem to agree that we want the story on Cindy to be the focal point, and the efforts here at DU have been GREAT! Anticipating there would be many Cindy threads, as I said, I don't care which thread makes it to DU front page as long as one of the threads get there.

Meanwhile, in MN, don't underestimate what you are doing already online.
And my thanks to you on behalf of the 2 Iraq veterans in our family; both facing second deployments to Iraq under stop loss orders.

[KyndCulture]

12. Thank you!

And my prayers and good thoughts go out to you and the vets in your family too.

I think Cindy's story is the point of unity we've all been hoping for.

[ray of light]

13. Cindy's story is the one the media didn't want heard last year.

But then again, I sincerely believe kerry won and that the fruad was in the registrations and the computer hacking.

[ray of light]

10. If your interested in grassroots I know someone who may

be able to help you. Pm me if you're interested.

[WebeBlue]

7. Good ideas ray of light, for our WA chapter of MFSO we are

brainstorming now ideas for how to show Pacific Northwest support Vigil for Cindy. It seems a logical extension, if folks can't go to Crawford to stand with Cindy, they can do something locally as a show of support...wouldn't that be something, in cities across the nation!

Cindy will hear about the support across cities everywhere and know she has the heart of the people with her. I tried phoning her this AM, bad connection and got voicemail; but so many are in contact with her, she will definitely hear of the outpouring of support.

[ray of light]

11. I posted it here too...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4278646

[ray of light]

14. Effective Advocacy ideas and this is our job while Cindy and MFSO

Starting tomorrow, I'm going to march and camp out and do the sit ins in my hometown and bring the focus of the Downing Street Minutes to everyones attention.

AND can I remind people, we can get signatures and letters to send to our Congressman, particularly the Republicans who are stonewalling, and show them the 70 percent support Cindy has.

AND if you're from Michigan...Representative Joe Schwartz and Representative Candace Miller both refuse to take a stand and ask for an investigation into the crimes committed and probably proven in the DSM. They BOTH refuse to answer the questions now--at least their press secretaries do not return phone calls and do not pick up from "my organization" any longer.

Our organization also attempted to get a statement from Senator Frists' office but alas, he's too busy twisting in the wind on stem-cell research to decide he should go all out and investigate Bush's treason. Once again, the press office is stonewalling with "no comment."

Cindy is doing her job--now let's do ours. We need to be the boots to the ground LOCALLY and we need to get the republicans to stand up against this corruption or to get them BOOTED out of office. IT starts NOW and we start by getting them ON THE RECORD. It's called documentation and we will use this to hold them accountable to their voters in their district.

We MUST carefully make these calls, record the times and who we spoke to and keep careful records. AND we must disseminate their avoidance tactics and stonewalling or their non-responses into their local area. (Keep a log book, and try to be organized.)

And..that ends my advice.