One of my LTTE'S supporting Cindy Sheehan got published today!!!

[Larkspur]

It's published in today's The Day, an Eastern Connecticut newspaper based out of New London, CT.

Sheehan Walks The Moral High Ground
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=98F42A1E-C45F-4953-8A3F-8262C4D6A0BD
(Note: the link above lasts 2 days)

Here's my published LTTE (letter-to-the editor)

“It's obvious Cindy Sheehan has become a political player, whose primary concern is embarrassing the president,” claims Bill O'Reilly. (“Conservative backlash aimed at anti-war protester Sheehan,” Aug. 17. http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=8cbec6de-4aa8-43d1-aa9d-b9889ac901d3)

President George W. Bush should be more than embarrassed about sending our troops into a war based upon deceit and delusions.

The Sheehan-Bush Standoff in Crawford, Texas, reminds me of this Mahatma Gandhi quote, “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”

The question Ms. Sheehan uses to frame her protest — “What is the noble cause that my son died for?” — is a moral stake through the heart of the Bush administration's excuses for launching war against Iraq.

Like a vampire fighting the light of truth, Mr. Bush sends his vassals from the right-wing punditry to assail her character with lies and distortions. Mr. Bush even inspires his vulgar minions to use physical terrorism, like the vandalizing of “Arlington West,” to intimidate her.

Cindy Sheehan is walking the same moral high ground as Mahatma Gandhi did, and the Bush administration, like the British Empire, is doomed to fail. Gandhi predicted it, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

Editor's note: The writer is secretary of the Killingly Democratic Town Committee.

[flpoljunkie]

1. Terrific letter, Larkspur. Thanks for posting it.

[MrBenchley]

2. Congratulations!

Godo job.

[PA Democrat]

3. Very nice.

I like your emphasis on the peaceful nature of Cindy Sheehan's protest.

[AmBlue]

4. Great job!!

:thumbsup: Keep up the good work.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

5. Nicely done! n/t

[Spazito]

6. Excellent letter!

Congrats on getting it published.

[Lerkfish]

7. nicely done!

[jilln]

8. really good letter, but...

I was pretty surprised to see mowing down the crosses referred to as terrorism ... isn't that kind of what we're fighting, calling all kinds of political expression and minor crimes terrorism?

Other than that, I did really like it, especially the vampire image.

[Larkspur]

9. Technically, what that vandal did was terrorism

Not all terrorism is perpetuated by suicide bombers. Terrorism is the attempt to use violence or the threat of violence to intimidate and/or oppress others.

That pickup truck vandal used a physical act to intimidate those he opposed. It's the same kind of terrorism that bullies and abusive spouses use to try to control others.

[paineinthearse]

10. Congratulations, nominated! John Conyers is calling for 1000 LTTE

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2017850&mesg_id=2017850