Posted on 08/30/2005 8:02:14 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day
SEEMS LIKE SHEEHAN ISN'T THE ONLY LOOPY ONE AT CAMP CINDY. (OR THE ONLY MEGLAMANIAC). THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE WEBSITE YOU HAD:
Earth People in Calgary, by Starhawk
Here's the image that will remain with me from the Calgary protests against the June '02 G8 meetings in Kananaskis:
Around the plate glass doors and windows of the Shell Oil building in downtown Calgary, 60 mud-covered people are chanting, grunting, writhing and dancing up to the windows where the managers and workers from within the building stand staring, mesmerized, horrified, intrigued. Mud people place mud covered hands on the windows, and from within, a clean pink hand is irresistibly drawn to touch the glass: a prisoner reaching out for contact?.................
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"We are the rising of the moon, We are the shifting of the ground, We are the seed that takes root, When we bring the fortress down."
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The earth people action focused energy and attention on the oil companies, the economic and power base behind Bush and his junta.........
Hey Cindy - this country is built on being TOUGH and RESOLUTE, not being a sniveling cry baby when things go badly. So, shut up and suck it up. Millions of Americans have lost loved ones at a young age; most of them found a way to get on with their lives.
GROW UP - you are a disgrace to his country and all that's good about it.
Exactly. I'm sick of the media, even conservative commentators, saying they feel sorry for her, that she's being manipulated by her "handlers", etc. BS! She knows exactly what she's doing. She's an ugly, anti-semetic, anti-American traitor B****. I love seeing her commercials, she looks and sounds like an absolute retard, with that little girlish voice of hers.
I'd love to see counter-ads already, challenging this B**** on what she's espousing.
Yep, heard that. She's such a disgrace. Wretched witch.
I predict Mr. Conan will be sent to the woodshed by his NPR bosses for some re-education.
Actually, I had heard he served 2 tours in Iraq, but haven't been able to verify that. Do you have a source for that? I think some of Sheehan's service record has been misinterpreted and we don't want to be undermining ourselves with incorrect information.
I can't get it to play - anyone have a mirror site, or, failing that, just a transcript?
I had a liberal friend visit me this weekend and I bit my tongue the whole time. It was unbearable to be with him; all he does is piss and moan about this and that in America.
I can't hang out with "liberal friends" anymore. It's a complete waste of time and energy.
How do these ppl get transported to their protest sites? Are they beamed up by Scotties? Or do they all drive separately in mommy's SUV?
You just know they are too elite to use public transportation.
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I just listened to the whole 30 minutes.
I am SHOCKED that the Cindy Sheehan segment came off so badly and the rest of the half hour was pretty much in support of the President and the war effort. On NPR!!
This could have easily aired on conservative talk radio.
Click on "NPR Talk of the Nation" in the original post.
Not to mention that listening to them for any length of time causes your brain cells to start dying off as they kill themselves in a bid to escape the utter drivel coming in through your ears. You can literally feel IQ points draining away.
My sister-in-law is a flaming lib. When she's in town visiting her parents, I get to enjoy her company. But since (1) I don't tone down my opinions for anyone, and (2) I'm a bit of a provocateur, she usually leaps to her feet and flees the room when I start speaking. It gives me a calm, peaceful feeling deep inside.
I understand NPR has a new CEO who is a NEO-CON. sorry, but I am in DC close to the GOV where the spoken word is BMJ
(beaurocratic mumbo jumbo)
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I just finished transcribing it:
NC: Very nice of you to be with us today.
CS: [cheerfully] Oh, thank youuu!
NC: I know that you were, uh, out in California last week because your mother was ill. How’s she doing?
CS: Um, she’s doing better. They’re trying to keep her from having another stroke. And if she doesn’t have another stroke, she should be able to recover.
NC: That’s good news. Now, tell us, a little bit about your son, Casey.
CS: My son Casey was an amazing human being. He was gentle, loving, peaceful, sweet. He always just wanted to help people. He was an Eagle Scout and an altar boy for ten years. He had been in college for three years before he was recruited. He was just, uh, an almost perfect son and a really good big brother to his two sisters and his other brother.
NC: Why did he decide to join the Army?
CS: Well, he got lied to by his recruiter. His recruiter made him five promises that he broke all the promises to Casey. Casey was a very trusting and trustworthy person. So, he felt everyone else was trustworthy. Especially somebody who represents the government.
NC: Mmm hmmm. But, so, did he say afterwards, “I was duped?”
CS: Um, he, he, when we’d ask him about all these things that your recruiter promised you, he’s just say, “Well, Mom, you know, it’s the Army. They didn’t tell us they didn’t have to fulfill their promises. We were the only ones who had to fulfill our promises.”
NC: Mmm hmm. And did he write you letters about what he was doing in Iraq?
CS: Well, he was only there five days before he was killed. He started one letter that he never finished, and we got it back with his things.
NC: What did it say?
CS: Um…well, I’ll give you the general thing, but it was kind of personal. Y’know, he said that, um…it should be a pretty smooth year, that they were looking forward to a smooth year. And he was killed four days later. And he said that he wished he could be home for his sister’s graduation. And some other personal things.
NC: Um, and of course, I don’t want to get too personal, but…I wonder: When he was deciding to join the Army, did you try to talk him out of it?
CS: We didn’t have a chance because he joined before he talked to us.
NC: Before he talked. So, he made a choice of his own.
CS: [pause] Right.
NC: Um, now, you were…
CS: But does that have to do with him being sent to a war that’s illegal and immoral to kill people and get killed for, um, a country that was no threat or harm to the United States of America?
NC: Uhhh…no. But, he wasn’t drafted. He made a choice of free will.
CS: Yeah, and if we give our children to the government to serve their country, we should make sure that they’re only used if it’s absolutely necessary to defend the United States of America.
NC: I wonder, now, you got a chance to meet with President Bush with a group of other families for a brief time. What happened in that meeting?
CS: Ummm…I’ve talked about this a lot. Do we have to talk about this? Do you have any questions about what’s going on right now or what we’re gonna do in the future?
NC: I’m just curious; I’ve not heard your answer to this.
CS: Um, excuse me?
NC: I’ve not heard your answer, if you wouldn’t mind.
CS: [someone speaking in background] I have two minutes.
NC: [amazed] You have two minutes.
CS: I have two minutes so…he was—George Bush acted like we were at a tea party, he was rude to us, and we felt worse than we did after we met with him.
NC: Mm hmm. Um, I didn’t realize you just had two minutes. We thought we had more time with you today, but, uh…I did want to ask. I know you’re planning to, when President Bush comes back to Washington, you’re planning to continue the protest here in Washington D.C.
CS: Yeah, we’re taking the bus tour to Washington D.C. and we’re all meeting there on September 24 for the big United for Peace and Justice…um, war protest.
NC: And you did get a chance to meet with some of his senior advisors a couple of weeks ago. Did you get a chance—did they listen to you, or did they talk to you?
CS: He-hello?
NC: Did they listen to you? Or did they talk to you?
CS: Hello?
NC: Yes. Hi?
CS: [clear as a bell] I didn’t hear your question, I’m sorry. We have a really bad connection.
NC: I apologize for that. It’s the cell—
CS: That’s not your fault. I’m in the middle of Crawford, so, you know, it’s very spotty cell phone service out here.
NC: I understand. I was asking about your meeting with some of the President’s chief advisors, including the National Security Advisor. In that meeting, did they, did they listen to you?
CS: Um, they listened to me and they talked to me. They tried to tell me things that I knew weren’t true, and so finally I said, “Just because I’m a grieving mother doesn’t mean that I am stupid.” And I said, “I don’t believe you guys are stupid either.” So we ended the meeting and they said they would pass on my concerns to the president, and then…they left.
NC: So you felt like you were being dismissed.
CS: I felt like I was being patronized.
NC: Patronized.
CS: And I felt that they thought that they were gonna be able to intimidate me into leaving, and, or impress me by the high level of officials that they sent.
NC: What would you say to President Bush if you had another chance to meet him?
CS: I’d say, what was the noble cause he sent my son to die for? And, why are soldiers still fighting over there when we know this war is based on lies, and to tell him to quit using my son’s name to justify the continued killing.
NC: As you know, there are parents of other men and women who died in Iraq who say you’re using their sons’ and daughters’ names in your cause.
CS: To stop the killing? You know, just because my son’s killed, why should I want any other children to be killed? Why would I want any other families to be going through this and this seems to be the President’s reason for continuing the war because he’s killed so many American soldiers already he has to kill more. And I believe that’s the most insane and the most immoral reason for continuing the war.
NC: I understand what you’re saying, but, they say you don’t speak for them.
CS: I never said I spoke for them. I never said I spoke for 100% of the military families. I never claimed to. I know they have their opinions and I believe that’s their right to their opinions.
NC: Fair enough. Do you st—You’ve come out…A lot of statements have been attributed to you as this…Camp Casey has grown, as this movement has grown, and uh…
CS: I gotta, I have to go now. Thank youuuu. [click]
NC: [dumbfounded] Cindy Sheehan. Leaving us there in Crawford, Texas. We apologize for that. We had arranged with people there to speak with Cindy Sheehan for the remainder of this segment and take some phone calls as well. Uh, evidently, plans changed at the last minute and we apologize for that.
So true, Americanwolf.
Thanks for the transcription.
I can only hope it gets played everywhere. The more people really hear her, the more people will realize she's a moonbat.
Think she's just getting totally caught up in the attention and media frenzy. I do not feel sorry for her. And I no longer believe she's being used. It's Casey (may he rest in peace and never know what his mother is doing to his name) that's being used.
She sounds even dumber when you hear the audio.
I love her response "I've already answered that!"
Um, Cindy, so has President Bush. He's stated our reasons for going to war about 500 hundred times. He's already answered that!
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