Cindy Sheehan: Bush a "sham, fraud, disaster as large as Katrina itself"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Monday, September 19th, 2005
See You in D.C.

A message from Cindy Sheehan

So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
(MLK, Jr. Aug. 28, 1963, I Have a Dream speech)

What Bush's Katrina shows once again is that my son died for nothing. If you listen to Bush – and fewer and fewer are, thank goodness -- we are in Iraq in part due to 9/11. All our president has been talking about has been protecting this country since 9/11. That's why people voted for him in the last election. Katrina shows it's all as sham, a fraud, a disaster as large as Katrina itself.

Hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of innocent lives wasted later what have we achieved? Nothing. Casey died for nothing and Bush says others have to die for those that have died already.

Enough, George! What is disgusting is not, as the first lady says, criticism of you, but rather the crimes you've committed against this country and our sons and daughters. Stop hiding behind your twisted idea of God and stop destroying this country.

This week I arrive in Washington DC to begin my Vigil at the White House just like I did in Texas. But this time I'll be joined by Katrina victims as well. In your America we are all victims. The failed bookends of your Presidency are Iraq and Katrina.

It is time for all of us to stand up and be counted: to show the media, Congress, and this inept, corrupt, and criminal administration that we mean business. It is time to get off of our collective behinds to show the people who are running our country into oblivion that we will stand for it no longer. We want our country back and we want our nation's young people back home, safe and sound, on our shores to help protect America. That it is time for a change in our country's "leadership." That we will never go away until our dreams are reality.

We have so-called leaders in our country who are waiting for the correct "politically expedient" time to speak up and out against the occupation of Iraq. It is no sweat for our politicos to wait for the right time, because not one of them has a child in harm's way. I don't care if the politician is a Democrat or a Republican, this is not about politics. Being a strong leader to guide our country out of the quagmire and mistake of Iraq will require people of courage and determination to stand up and say: "I don't care if I win the next election, people are dying in Iraq everyday and families are being decimated." We as the 62% of Americans who want our troops to begin coming home will follow such a leader down the difficult, but oh so rewarding, path of peace with justice.

It is no longer time for the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. It never has been the time for that. Our "now" is so fiercely urgent. Like my daughter, Carly, wrote in the last verse of her "A Nation Rocked to Sleep" poem:

Have you ever heard the sound of a Nation Being Rocked to Sleep?
Our leaders want to keep us numb so the pain won't be too deep,
But if we the people allow them to continue, another mother will weep,
Have you heard the sound of a Nation Being Rocked to Sleep?

Wake up: See you in DC on the 24th.



http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=506

[wtmusic]

1. Cindy for US Senate nt

[bullimiami]

2. bush is a bigger disaster than katrina.

both in dollars and lives. much bigger.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Is Cindy in the slammer tonight?

Has she been bailed out in NYC?

Lighting a candle for her, and for democracy and freedom of speech in the United States of America.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. I don't know, but I did find this:

Cindy Sheehan Harassed By NYPD -- Call Them On It!

Cindy Sheehan spoke to about 150 people in Union Square today -- but her talk was cut short when a NYPD goon squad charged into the crowd, yanked her off the stage, and pulled the plug on the rally. Whole story here. It isn't clear if she was arrested or not: this story says she was.

Remember how the last major antiwar march in NYC had such a hard time getting a permit? The little commissars over at the New York Sun were agitating to delay granting the march a permit as long as possible:

"Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly are doing the people of New York and the people of Iraq a great service by delaying and obstructing the anti-war protest planned for February 15. The longer they delay in granting the protesters a permit, the less time the organizers have to get their turnout organized, and the smaller the crowd is likely to be."

The neocons know they can't win the argument over this war, so they're turning to the State to minimize and even crush the antiwar opposition.

With all the serious crimes <.pdf file> being committed in New York City's 13th Precinct, you would think the cops would have better things to do.

Don't let them get away with it. Call the 13th Precinct and tell them this is still America, bud, and you can't do that!

Here are the phone numbers:

PRECINCT [phone]
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS [phone]
COMMUNITY POLICING [phone]
CRIME PREVENTION [phone]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [phone]
YOUTH OFFICER [phone]
AUXILIARY COORDINATOR [phone]
DETECTIVE SQUAD [phone]

http://www.antiwar.com/blog/comments.php?id=2378_0_1_0_C

[snot]

5. Way to go--great post!!!

[snot]

6. Actually, you should do a post: "Call Cindy's Captors" --nt

[ClayZ]

7. Cindy speaks for me. TELL THEM CINDY!

Thanks for posting this!

[Tom Joad]

8. If people like this Cindy's words here, how come..

I get slammed for posting a note about Pelosi's support for the war?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4824298

I know DU is a pluralistic place, except we are united by our disgust of the Bush regime. I appreciate that some will disagree, i just hope this post will not be delted like the last one.

"We have so-called leaders in our country who are waiting for the correct "politically expedient" time to speak up and out against the occupation of Iraq. It is no sweat for our politicos to wait for the right time, because not one of them has a child in harm's way. I don't care if the politician is a Democrat or a Republican, this is not about politics." Cindy