I stand with Cindy

[Solly Mack]

She has guts - a backbone - a spine

She walks the walk

If wearing a memorial to the dead offends anyone's sensibilities, you might want to rethink your sensibilities and what you find offensive.

[ret5hd]

1. And I.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Me too!

:patriot:

[G_j]

2. me too!

hand raised

[meganmonkey]

4. I stand with Cindy too!

And Solly, of course :pals:

Cindy is a patriot and a hero. We are lucky to have her.

[Solly Mack]

10. Aww, thanks MM!!! You're my hero! You walk the walk

and you got the docket number to prove it :)

[BuyingThyme]

5. Absolutely! Cindy is amazing, and makes her critics look like

mentally challenged jackasses.

:toast:

[derby378]

6. I will always stand with Cindy

Her T-shirt certainly wouldn't offend me. But sometimes you have to pick your battles.

[Pastiche423]

7. So do I!

[Lars39]

8. I keep the running total of dead on the back window of my vehicle.

Of course I stand with Cindy.

[Solly Mack]

15. Thank you!!!

Because it matters

[Lars39]

18. I've yet to recieve any kind of negative reaction for the totals.

And after tonight, I damn well better not. :mad:
Thanks for starting this thread, SollyMack. :toast:

[Solly Mack]

30. To you, too!

[SmokingJacket]

27. I'm going to do that too.

Great idea. Never let them be forgotten.

[Lars39]

32. I think it's opened some eyes.

Especially when people begin to notice the numbers change, and not for the better.

[Solly Mack]

37. You're spreading truth!!!! and others follow

Wonderful!!!!

[Solly Mack]

36. Excellent!!!! Thank you!!!!

:)

[BlueIris]

9. Same here. Best of luck, C. We're with you.

Don't worry. You've already gone through the hardest door. Nothing as small as W. can take you down.

[MuseRider]

11. Always

I am with her all the way.

I am hoping to get back to Crawford in April.

I love women with guts.

[Solly Mack]

13. You're a woman with guts!

Hey Muse!

[MuseRider]

16. Hey dear!

I wish you were here and we could go together. OK, I know I always say that. I kick myself everytime I think that I was no more than an hour away and I never made the trip before you left. Damn, we could have rocked the joint.

[Solly Mack]

29. LOL! I'm sorry I missed out too

I think you're great!

[upi402]

12. civil disobedience

:bounce:

[latebloomer]

14. I do too!

She is a role model.

[tlsmith1963]

17. Oh, I Love What She Did

Maybe the timing was a bit off (would have been great if she had made a scene during the speech instead), but she did the kind of thing more people in this country should be doing. It's too quiet, & I'm tired of it. Where are all the rebels?!!!

Tammy

[lumpy]

97. Let's all wear her T-shirt

everywhere we go.

[Seabiscuit]

127. I'm proud of her for *not* making a scene. Peaceful protest.

The guard who arrested her did so when he saw her remove her jacket exposing the t-shirt. Like Donald Sutherland at the end of the 1978 remake of "The Body Snatchers" this pathetic little pod-person barked "Protester!" at her - then roughly dragged her from her chair, and roughly pushed her up the stairs while pinning her arms behind her back, bruising her and causing arm spasms.

This is what it's come to. Of course, the wife of the Congressman who had a pro-war slogan on her shirt was merely politely escorted from the room. Not arrested. Not roughed up.

I'd love to be the attorney representing Cindy against the government on this one.

[Individualist]

19. Brava, Cindy!

Her courage is admirable.

[cali]

20. Arrested for wearing a tee shirt

no matter what it said, is unconscienable. Having said that, I'm not impressed by Sheehan. I'm grateful to her for getting the ball rolling, but everytime I hear her speak, I'm less impressed. I watched the C-SPAN impeach thing yesterday and listened to her. Aside from the fact that in her short speech, she said "you Know" over thirty times, she just didn't say very much, and she didn't say it well.

[Disturbed]

23. Bravo for her!

She does not represent the Dem Party, btw. She did the right thing in drawing attention to the illegal Amerikan Occupation of Iraq.

[tlsmith1963]

25. Cindy is Just Like Us

You can't expect her to be polished. She's not a politician or a journalist. If I was thrust into her position, I probably wouldn't be polished, either.

Tammy

[Solly Mack]

33. Fortunately, the truth doesn't need polish

it stands on it's own

[lumpy]

99. She sure as hell 'says it' better than

Bush.

[leftchick]

21. I stand with Cindy as well!

:yourock:

[xiamiam]

22. count me in as well....no doubt about it....nt

[MaggieSwanson]

24. I stand with Cindy!

[shadowknows69]

26. Aye

She was acting in the best traditions of non-violent civil disobedience and I'm sure Sister Coretta's spirit was with her.

[Pithy Cherub]

28. Would love to VOTE for Cindy this year in CALI!

Go Cindy, I admire your spirit and your tenacity! :applause:

[Solly Mack]

31. Most definitely! I'd send her money

since I can't vote for her

[Andromeda]

34. More power to her,

If she make one person think about how wrong this war is then it was worth it.

[Lorien]

35. So do I n/t

[Nikki Stone 1]

38. Me too

I wish they would quit lying about the banner

[Solly Mack]

41. Lies are all they have

we see what they do to the truth - they handcuff it and take it away

[Nikki Stone 1]

39. kicked and recommended

:kick:

[bigwillq]

40. I stand with Cindy!

K&R!
:bounce:

[Solly Mack]

43. and you're not afraid of what the big bad media thinks either!

Please don't do anything to obstruct or protest Bush! The media might say bad things about us!

(snicker)

[IndyOp]

42. Me too! Thank you so much for your courage Cindy -

Cindy's work honors Coretta Scott King's memory.

:patriot:

[cal04]

44. me too

Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes

[RoyGBiv]

45. Amen ...

:patriot:

[Cults4Bush]

46. Same here, best act of cicvil disobedience in decades.

Those pictures and the looks on her face scream of bush and the neocons guilt.

[Solly Mack]

47. Yep - they handcuffed the truth and took it away

[bvar22]

48. We do!

This pic is from last July, but these are my friends, and I don't believe anyone has changed their mind!

[Octafish]

49. I stand with Cindy.

When it comes to war -- especially the illegal Iraq invasion -- Cindy speaks for me, too.

[klook]

50. Damn straight!

Cindy Sheehan is a patriot and a very effective activist. And that's exactly why so many are quick to spew vitriol about her.

[jonnyblitz]

51. I am a Desert Storm VET and she speaks for me 100%

moderate DEMS who worry about "how they look" can STFU already!!

[Solly Mack]

53. I do so adore you

always have :)

[jonnyblitz]

61. likewise

:loveya:

i am sure many on here don't and i could care less...

[saigon68]

110. Like Joementum Limpmann DINO (conn)

[mvd]

52. Me, too

I can't believe that you can't wear an anti-war t-shirt in our own Congress! The Congress is part of our supposed DEMOCRACY!

[Solly Mack]

55. That's De MOCK racy these days

:(

[mvd]

60. Indeed

:grr:

[lumpy]

104. A shirt showing the number

of dead soldiers created by Bush's War is a fact, not anti anything. The outrage is a woman handcuffed, dragged out of a forum owned by US citizens and criminally charged on questionable offense.

[newsguyatl]

54. ditto

[maxcass]

56. Sign me up

Cindy is definitely walking the walk, with or with handcuffs keep on keeping on Cindy.

[Disturbed]

57. Unlawful conduct?

Wearing a t-shirt with facts and a question is a crime now?

[Solly Mack]

59. So it would seem.

:(

[Hell Hath No Fury]

58. And I stand with you!

Go Cindy!

[me b zola]

62. I stand with Cindy!

...and against anyone who would oppose her free speech!

[Solly Mack]

65. Exactly. It wasn't just her right to free speech trampled on tonight

it was ours too.

[Mike Nelson]

63. Cindy's approach is the way

I've had enough of Bush's war on freedom. Senators need to stand up and call him a liar. They need to wear the shirts. They need to be like Hackett & call him a chicken hawk.

Enough is enough. Their war against freedom is on the march. Speak up, America!

[Nikki Stone 1]

64. YES

nt

[Solly Mack]

67. It's fight or grovel

there is NO compromise with tyranny.

[bloom]

66. So do I n/t

[uppityperson]

68. me tool

[samhsarah]

69. Me too!

And yes, she speaks for me.

[Oilwellian]

70. Cindy speaks for her son

It's absurd to think she speaks for anyone other than her son. His loss has wounded her soul and I completely understand her outrage towards this war based on lies.

I support Cindy's message on behalf of her son.

:patriot:

[Solly Mack]

71. That's why I stand with her

I support her fully.

[mzmolly]

72. I don't always stand with Cindy, but I do tonight

and about 95% of the time!

Go Cindy!

[Hissyspit]

73. I stand with her, too.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

74. Amen!

Since when did POINTING OUT THE TRUTH (# of dead soldiers) become so controversial?

And when did so many Democrats become spineless wimps?

[Solly Mack]

76. Sorta like Abu Ghraib...the pictures were harmful - not the torture

it's not that dead soldiers are bad - it's the counting of dead soldiers that is harmful

and with Rummy, it was the cameras...not the torture

we live in a warped country

[in_cog_ni_to]

75. Me too. I stand with Cindy. She speaks for me.

:thumbsup:

[WLKjr]

77. I say "go pound sand" to those who talk smack about her

and my post get's removed.

She speaks for her son, and those who have died in this needless war.

[LibDemAlways]

78. I admire her guts. The repukes

make the spineless Dems in Congress quake in their loafers, but they fear Cindy - enough to have her removed from the chimp's lie fest before he even got in his first smirk. An ordinary citizen from California who has been through a nightmare no parent should ever experience strikes fear in the halls of Congress. Of course I stand with her. I wish every one of those Iraq War "Gold Star Mothers" would join her.

[autorank]

79. I do too! Thank you Cindy!

[Tom Joad]

80. I stand with Cindy. Unlike DiFi, she has guts to oppose the Pres.

DiFi does have a certain kind of courage. Feinstein continues to support an unpopular war, but there is really no courage in that, because she stands with wealthy, priveged America, who are far removed from the consequences. Her income has gone up. She or her friends or family will never see combat.

Cindy is a regular working person. For families like this, the continuation of the war has deadly consequences. That is why Cindy stood up. Or sat down with a t-shirt. or sat down at Crawford. And doesn't give up.

[katinmn]

81. As do I.

We need more like her.

[ClayZ]

82. I stand with Cindy

Even though my feet are frozen from standing at the WORLD CAN'T WAIT protest in Seattle, in the rain. Great turn out!

[kimpossible]

83. And I stand with Cindy

She's doing what her heart tells her is right, and she speaks for me.

[ismnotwasm]

84. Count me in

I missed much of the news today because I'm working a late shift so I slept all day
I haven't really have had time to get angry.

I seem to remember a thread where a couple hundred people advocated the Democrats to just get up and walk out. I liked that idea. Kinda rude, though, dontcha think?

Now, I would never be invited to a State of the Union address at this point in my life, of course. But If I had, I would have been arrested much earlier, I'm sure.

Some folks seem to think Ms. Sheehan should have worn a little black dress, with matching accessories. Tasteful, low-heeled pumps. Sat there quiet and ladylike, because by-God you need to SHOW respect at a function like that. "She Should Have Dressed Appropriatly" is what I've read quite a lot of. Respect for a mass murderer who steals elections and souls and thinks he's more important than the constitution. I don't have time or energy to enumerate what a complete waste of human being I feel bush is, or the ways his presidency has possibly damaged the US more than any other in history.

Cindy, you were as appropriate as I could wish. Love the shirt girl.

[Cha]

85. Kick and Recommended for

Cindy and her tee shirt. If they thought it was inappropriate wear for the stfu then they could have not allowed her in. It's incredibly stupid to arrest her but that's the monkey's gofers for ya.

[Charlie Brown]

86. Cindy wore an anti-war shirt in a public building

I stand with her and everyone who wishes to express their beliefs free of repurcussions and intimidation.

[grace0418]

87. I stand right there with you.

I have no time or patience for supposed liberals bashing this woman. She is my hero.

[hippywife]

108. I stand with her, too.

And there are no real liberals bashing her. Only cowards. :hi:

[suffragette]

88. I respect Cindy

She stands tall, even in a ditch swarming with fireants and even in the grasp of the goons who would deny her free speech.
I stand with Cindy.

[mike_c]

89. Cindy speaks for me....

eom

[Desertrose]

90. Me too...and proudly I might add.

The woman has more guts than (most of) our elected officials!

She definitely walks the walk!

[guidod]

91. I walk with Cindy as well...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

92. Cindy is a great woman

She spends every single day of her life working toward what she believes in.

She's a true patriot and knows what being an American really is about. :patriot:

[Voltaire99]

93. Democrats could learn much from Cindy.

And to be sure that they do, we should all follow Cindy's lead: no votes for pro-war politicians.

[Kurovski]

94. No argument here.

I've always held that Cindy should do just whatever she decides to.

I don't agree that she has any power whatsoever to hurt any movement.

She hurts only one group, and that's BushCo...she puts them into a whole world of hurt. Even her undershirts cause distress for them! :-)

[madmadmad]

95. The BEST act of Civil Disobedience in YEARS!

[Nothing Without Hope]

96. ***PERMALINK for the BradBlog story on the arrest - it's being updated

continuously and seems to me to be the best place for information on this outrage:

BradBlog has the full, updated coverage: blogged by Brad starting 1/31/2006 @ 5:52pm PT and ongoing:
BREAKING: CINDY SHEEHAN ARRESTED BY CAPITOL POLICE INSIDE CAPITOL CHAMBER FOR WEARING IRAQ KIA T-SHIRT!
Was to Attend State of the Union Address! Was Already Seated in Gallery When Arrested by Capitol Police!
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002355.htm

The updates are ongoing - good site to come back to for the full story as it unfolds.

[earth mom]

98. Cindy gives me hope and makes me want to be as brave as she.

She is my hero!

[socalover]

100. Respect to Cindy!

[blogslut]

101. I dig her

She's true to her cause.

[ClassWarrior]

102. Cindy...

NEVER Give Up.

[Binka]

107. NEVER!

Peyton, Benjamin, & I Stand With Cindy!(That's Ben under the tree, our BEST GIFT!)Hey Cindy:loveya:FOREVER!

[BlueIris]

111. Hi, Binka!

:-)

[Binka]

112. Hey There!

Man it's been crazy here!

[Nothing Without Hope]

103. Time to repost OLIPHANT'S GREAT CINDY AT GEORGE'S GATE CARTOON:

The all-time BEST cartoon on Cindy Sheehan's relationship to the WH, in my opinion. They "ran her off" from Bush's SOTU, but I believe and hope this outrage will backfire.

[Solly Mack]

118. I love that toon! It says it all so well

Thanks for the repost!!!!!

[EFerrari]

We all need to get one of those shirts.

I love Cindy Sheehan.

[OneBlueSky]

105. Cindy did exactly the right thing . . . and she accomplished something . .

rather significant . . .

first, if she didn't completely shift the focus from the SOTU, she at least forced the media to split it some . . .

and second, unlike the corporate press, Cindy tried to get the truth out to the American people . . truth about the number of American casualties in Iraq (which the press is ignoring), and truth about BushCo's complete disdain for First Amendment rights (which the press is also ignoring) . . . if she doesn't do it, who will? . . . the Congress? . . . the press? . . .

these are not "normal" timed . . . we're facing national and global crises of historic proportions -- and most people don't even know it . . .

if Cindy helped to awaken just a few more Americans, she accomplished a hell of a lot more than she would have sitting on her hands and politely listening to more lies from the scum who got her son killed . . .

Bravo, Cindy! . . .

[0kamisama]

106. Viva Cindy!

I'll support her as far as she wants to go.

[mogster]

109. Here's a bunch of flowers for Cindy

She has my support as always. These people are hard to come by, folks! Don't let her go :-)

[Binka]

113. Here's A Double Rainbow For Cindy From Sicily

[pecwae]

114. I stand with

support and admire Cindy. She's a breath of free air in this nations increasingly oppressive atomsphere.

[duhneece]

115. I am proud to stand with Cindy

Bless her.

[NewWaveChick1981]

116. Heard this last night and thought, "WTF???"

The charges have been changed from "demonstrating in the Capitol Building" to "disorderly conduct". Both charges sound like trumped-up bullshit to me. Chimpy was just looking for some way to get her out of there.

I stand with Cindy too. It's time to end this nonsense.

[txaslftist]

117. I stand with Cindy, too.n/t

[dooner]

119. being who you are is not a crime. Thank you Cindy.

Thanks for trying to represent the truth in a theater of the absurd.

I think EVERYONE wearing their clothes as symbols should have been thrown out.

All of the following are offensive to "me, the people"
Military uniforms, judges robes, power suits, plastic surgery, blue ties, red ties, medals, etc.

[sinkingfeeling]

120. Gee, wearing a T-shirt is a crime! Welcome, to the 'home of the free'.

I stand with Cindy.

[stillrockin]

121. Thank you, Cindy.

Your mere presence is enough to terrify them. Those who say that it is inappropriate conduct need to stop and think about those numbers; they represent what were living, breathing people. How could they then continue place the comfort of Dear Leader and his enablers above their memories?

[andyhappy]

122. cindy kicks ass

go girl! fight the fight!

[ChickMagic]

123. I totally stand with her.

I was with her every weekend at Camp Casey. It was fun in the beginning because she and I could sit and chat while having a beer. Later on, it was more difficult to get face time. Her sister Deedee is the bomb too.

[Loge23]

124. Courageous Cindy

Whether you agree or not, this lady has extraordinary courage and the conviction to back up her beliefs.
All Americans that claim to love theri freedom (whats left of it) should wholeheartedly support her.

[datadiva]

125. Cindy Sheehan is a True Patriot!

Cindy Sheehan speeks for me! :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[mzmolly]

126. WAR offends my sensibilities.

Go Cindy!

[Solly Mack]

131. Exactly! n/t

[Peanutcat]

128. What George Bush really thinks about Cindy . . . . .

Yeah, I know it's an oldie but a goodie:

[REDKING]

129. It's not that often you see courage....

She is just one woman who lost a son based on a lie and fabrication as the war in Iraq is.I still find it incredible that your government declared it over.I admire her stance,I just wish more americans could see it.

[greiner3]

130. Too bad she's married;

Go Cindy!