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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 11:01 AM
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Activist Cindy Sheehan revives anti-war efforts
Source: USA Today

Activist Cindy Sheehan revives anti-war efforts
Updated 56m ago
By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is restarting her campaign against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan today, setting up tents and teaching protest seminars near the Washington Monument.

Dubbed "Camp OUT NOW," the protest is geared to pressure President Obama and Democrats, whom Sheehan says have abandoned the anti-war cause now that they have control of the White House and Congress.

"Obama said there'd be one combat battalion coming home per month, and that has not happened," Sheehan says. "We still have significant troops in Iraq, and he's ramped up in Afghanistan.

"I don't think this is what people understood they were voting for. I think they were voting for a change."



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-03-14-cindy-sheehan_N.htm
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 11:09 AM
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1. she is one of my heroes
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Drops_not_Dope Donating Member (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 11:38 AM
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2. Mine too
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 02:43 PM
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7. +1
In every way.
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timo Donating Member (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 11:58 AM
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3. yay!!!!
she needs to pour on the heat and light a fire under some asses!!
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optimator Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 12:31 PM
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4. protesting is beyond worthless
unless it is on the level of a national strike, which will NEVER happen.
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thediggity Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 12:36 PM
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5. orly?
and its comments like that that hurt us even more. how about getting active instead of going "boo boo bee boo it does nothing blah blah"
seriously, are we not over that hill yet??
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 01:57 PM
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6. k/r
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 10:40 AM
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8. Bump
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