Sean Penn, Cindy Sheehan highlight Sacramento peace forum

[Kadie]

Posted on Sat, Jan. 07, 2006

Sean Penn, Cindy Sheehan highlight Sacramento peace forum
DON THOMPSON Associated Press

SACRAMENTO - Peace activist Cindy Sheehan said Saturday that America will get out of Iraq when millions of citizens take the simple step she did outside President Bush's vacation home last summer.

She sat down.

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"You have to wash the blood off your hands and get off your apathetic butts and do something," she told several hundred people crowding a union hall to overflowing. "These people, they're not going to change unless they see us out in the streets."

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Penn said he is buoyed by recent efforts in Congress to rein in the president's powers and bring troops home, and by the outraged response to disclosures the government is listening to citizens' private communications without obtaining warrants.

"When we said, 'Listen to us' - they're doing it through covert surveillance," Penn joked. He read his brief remarks from a single crumpled piece of paper he said "probably looks like the administration's war plan."

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http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/13574514.htm

[bliss_eternal]

1. I guess it's time

for me to forgive Sean Penn for lacking a sense of humour. LOL! I'm so glad he is lending his celebrity to supporting Cindy and trying to help bring our troops home!

[Moochy]

5. He is a bit morose isnt he?

I guess this turned him off of comedy forever:



Good to see him with Cindy! :patriot:

[bliss_eternal]

8. That would do it! LOL!

He is morose. He got a bit bent out of shape by comments Chris Rock said at (I think it was)The Oscars last year. He got upset and tried to publicly respond during the ceremony. It was kind of bizarre and only served to make him look rather silly and humourless.

I realize everyone doesn't have the same sense of humour nor should they--but dude, allow some latitude...

Anyway--GREAT to see him with Cindy! I'm sure he won't just make an appearance and then let it all die--he's tenacious.

[omega minimo]

2. Thanks for posting Kadie-- were you there?

I am surprised there aren't more threads on this today.

[Kadie]

7. Hi omega minimo

No, I wasn't there. I didn't even know about it until I read the article tonight. I wish I could have been there though.

[fooj]

3. Right on!

Peace.:smoke:

[MasonJar]

4. Sean Penn has been speaking against Bush for a long time.

I am very proud of the two. Margaret Mead, one of my heroes and a very wise lady, said,"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." I picture Yeltsen standing on the tank. Such bravery in a country like Russia. Surely we can muster more muscle in the USA before it becomes the next dictatorship.

[fed-up]

6. that's one of my bumper stickers!-"Never doubt..." n/t