LA Times op-ed: A Capitol offense, by Cindy Sheehan

[DeepModem Mom]

A Capitol offense
Just before Bush spoke of freedom Tuesday night, she was jailed over a T-shirt that took a stand.

By Cindy Sheehan, CINDY SHEEHAN is a co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace and a member of Military Families Speak Out.


....Where did my America go? I started crying in pain.

What did Casey die for? What did the 2,244 other brave young Americans die for? What are tens of thousands of them over there in harm's way for? For this? I can't even wear a shirt that has the number of troops on it that Bush and his arrogant and ignorant policies are responsible for killing.

Polls indicate that the people in our country and Iraq want this war to end. The war is making this country and the world less safe and secure. It's time to stop the killing by bringing the troops home.

I wore the shirt to make a statement. I believed it was my right to do so.

I don't want to live in a country that prohibits any person from wearing, saying, writing or relaying over a telephone negative statements about the government. That's why I am taking my freedoms and liberties back. That's why I am not going to let the Bush administration take anything else away from me. They already took my son away. That was more than enough.


http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-sheehan3feb03,0,6127385.story?track=hpmostemailedlink

[Octafish]

1. Ms. Sheehan is a real American.

The cowardly turd from Crawford is just a phony, no more than just a crazy monkey for money.

[understandinglife]

2. K&R. And, she sure knows how to stay 'on message'!

Peace.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

3. I Gotta Say, That Was Damned Powerful.

[Hailtothechimp]

4. Thanks to Cindy for saying this.

This man and the people who pull his strings are the biggest threat we (as a nation and a world) face today. What Cindy Sheehan went through is just one more example of it.

[Toots]

5. Then SUE their asses

Make them accountable. SUE them and make them pay. Otherwise they will get worse and worse.