Karen
02-07-2006, 09:58 AM
Let's all keep an eye on Sheehan as she may give Feinstein a run for her BIG money. This essay is well worth reading.
https://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/31870/
Wearing War's Numbers
By Cindy Sheehan (https://www.alternet.org/authors/7021/), AlterNet (https://www.alternet.org/). Posted February 7, 2006 (https://www.alternet.org/ts/archives/?date%5BF%5D=02&date%5BY%5D=2006&date%5Bd%5D=07&act=Go/).
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...As humans, we all know that it is very hard to face one's mistakes, especially when undeserving people have paid a horrible toll for that foolishness. But what am I talking about? From failures in his business life to compound harmful and inexcusable failures in his public life, George Bush has never even admitted a mistake, let alone faced one.
Well, it's time George faced this mistake and is somehow made to feel intense shame for the biggest mistake of his miserable mistake-filled life. I call on people that are for peace and justice to wear the number on their chests every day … near their hearts. To honor our dead, but to also confront the ones who are waging this war, and supporting the wagers of death, but who won't risk their own flesh and blood for the crimes against humanity that are perpetrated on a daily basis.
I implore everyone in the United States to remember that each number in the grisly count represents a living, breathing, wonderful, loving and indispensable member of a family, community and our nation. They are not just numbers. They were human beings before they were exploited for oil and greed.
Wear the number for our dead. Wear the number for their families. Wear the number for our wounded. Wear the number for our children still in harm's way whose confusion about the mission is growing and who only want to come home. Wear the number for people who will be in the way of the future wars of aggression that the war criminals in D.C. are already planning. Wear it for the people of Iraq who only want us to go away. Wear the number for peace.
Cindy Sheehan is the founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace (https://gsfp.org/) and author of "Not One More Mother's Child (https://koabooks.com/)." To find the number each day go to: iCasualties.org (https://icasualties.org/oif/).
https://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/31870/
Wearing War's Numbers
By Cindy Sheehan (https://www.alternet.org/authors/7021/), AlterNet (https://www.alternet.org/). Posted February 7, 2006 (https://www.alternet.org/ts/archives/?date%5BF%5D=02&date%5BY%5D=2006&date%5Bd%5D=07&act=Go/).
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...As humans, we all know that it is very hard to face one's mistakes, especially when undeserving people have paid a horrible toll for that foolishness. But what am I talking about? From failures in his business life to compound harmful and inexcusable failures in his public life, George Bush has never even admitted a mistake, let alone faced one.
Well, it's time George faced this mistake and is somehow made to feel intense shame for the biggest mistake of his miserable mistake-filled life. I call on people that are for peace and justice to wear the number on their chests every day … near their hearts. To honor our dead, but to also confront the ones who are waging this war, and supporting the wagers of death, but who won't risk their own flesh and blood for the crimes against humanity that are perpetrated on a daily basis.
I implore everyone in the United States to remember that each number in the grisly count represents a living, breathing, wonderful, loving and indispensable member of a family, community and our nation. They are not just numbers. They were human beings before they were exploited for oil and greed.
Wear the number for our dead. Wear the number for their families. Wear the number for our wounded. Wear the number for our children still in harm's way whose confusion about the mission is growing and who only want to come home. Wear the number for people who will be in the way of the future wars of aggression that the war criminals in D.C. are already planning. Wear it for the people of Iraq who only want us to go away. Wear the number for peace.
Cindy Sheehan is the founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace (https://gsfp.org/) and author of "Not One More Mother's Child (https://koabooks.com/)." To find the number each day go to: iCasualties.org (https://icasualties.org/oif/).