http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ditchwitch/ en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:59:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319084/posts This morning the anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan -- the woman who spent so much time leading well-publicized protests outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas -- announced that she will demonstrate next week at Martha's Vineyard, where President Obama will be vacationing. "There are several things that we wish to accomplish with this protest on Martha's Vineyard," Sheehan said in a statement: "First of all, no good social or economic change will come about with the continuation or escalation of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We simply can't afford to continue this tragically expensive foreign policy. Secondly, we... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319084/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017767/posts The arrival of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who came to Baghdad on Saturday with a congressional delegation, set off a now-familiar cycle of reaction in the Iraqi capital. First there was buzz around the city about flight delays from Baghdad International Airport, which goes into lockdown when VIPs land or takeoff. Since no dust storms were grounding flights, anyone traveling could have assumed some American bigwig was heading in. But when local TV reported the visitor was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, there was a collective shrug of the kind you might expect from Republicans catching a glimpse of her somewhere... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017767/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 20:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991664/posts Cindy Sheehan barely fits into her "campaign limo," her sister's blue Hyundai Tiburon. She ducks low to avoid hitting her head on the way in, and her knees are nearly at her chest when she sits, even with the seat rolled all the way back. Traveling over the Oakland Bay Bridge, her campaign manager at the wheel--steering with one hand and scrolling through e-mails with the other--the 6-foot-tall antiwar activist turned congressional hopeful tries in vain to stretch out in the passenger seat. It's raining when they pull into a parking spot near Berkeley City College, where Sheehan is about... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991664/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983332/posts Does Congress want to take an Easter break? The American People have used many different tactics to try to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have camped outside the Bush Ranch in an attempt to get a conference with the president. He refused to meet with them.The people have petitioned Congress and even changed its balance of power. Still, Congress votes to continue funding the wars, and on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War which has killed almost 4,000 Americans and over a million Iraqis, Congress plans to be on vacation. Except that a... North Texas Indie Media Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983332/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983306/posts SAN FRANCISCO, Actor Sean Penn and Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan will headline "Iraq: 5 Years Too Many", an event marking the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Also featured will be Reverend Gregory Stewart, Senior Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church; Matt Gonzalez, former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; and Justin Raimondo, Editorial Director of Antiwar.com. The program will begin at 5pm on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street (near Geary) in San Francisco. After the speakers finish, attendees will march to the War Memorial Auditorium on Van Ness... PR Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983306/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964539/posts One morning last August in San Francisco, six women in pink sweaters marched up a hilly boulevard towing pink roller bags full of shoes. They unzipped the bags in front of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's house, dumped the shoes on her lawn, and went on to arrange loafers, pumps, and pink glittery sandals like hawkers at a yard sale. Anchoring their display was a pair of combat boots, placed on Pelosi's doorstep. The boots, like the other shoes, had been pulled from a dead body in Iraq—the body of Casey Sheehan, in fact, whose mother, Cindy, is running as an Independent... Mother Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964539/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:51:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873672/posts The jaw-dropping attacks on Michigan Congressman John Conyers this week by members of the white, leftist sector of this nation’s antiwar movement have proven how deeply racism exists. Conyers was picketed and attacked by leading activists and spokespeople of the anti-war movement because he, as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, determined that there did not exist enough votes to move to the floor of the House of Representatives a discussion of the impeachment of president George Bush for creating the war in Iraq. “Conyers has betrayed the American people,” bawled Global Exchange and Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin. “Conyers... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873672/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:54:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870619/posts If Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) refuses to bring articles of impeachment against President Bush to the floor of the House, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said Monday, Sheehan not only will challenge the Speaker in the next election but also will defeat her. Discussing President Bush and Vice President Cheney, Sheehan said, “We put them there. We can fire them. If Nancy Pelosi doesn't do her constitutionally mandated job by midnight tonight, tomorrow I will announce that I'm going to run against her. “And not only am I going to run against her, but I will beat her,” Sheehan added. A... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870619/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:40:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869785/posts A blog written by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com criticizes Charlotte police for allowing counter-protesters to "try to intimidate us" during Sheehan's antiwar rally Tuesday in Bryant Park. But in a memo to top police administrators, one captain said officers had no issues during the two-hour event and expressed surprise at the complaints. "At the School of the Assassins in Columbus, GA, and in Charlotte, NC, we ran into similar problems: police presence that seemed to be there to foster violence. At both places the neo-Nazi, pro-war fascist group "Gathering of Eagles" came out to mostly try... The Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869785/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:26:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862722/posts CRAWFORD, Texas - Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who galvanized the anti-war movement, said Sunday that she plans to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unless she introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush in the next two weeks. ADVERTISEMENT Sheehan said she will run against the San Francisco Democrat in 2008 as an independent if Pelosi does not seek by July 23 to impeach Bush. That's when Sheehan and her supporters are to arrive in Washington, D.C., after a 13-day caravan and walking tour starting next week from the group's war protest site near Bush's Crawford ranch. "Democrats and... Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862722/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:16:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821737/posts thedesertsun.com material cannot be posted due to copyright complaint. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821737/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:58:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737032/posts On site report from Kristinn at a Cindy Sheehan anti war rally being held at the Independence Mall outside the Constitution Center. , Cindy said that she is determined t not only wants to see George Bush impeached but she wants to see him tried for Crimes Against Humanity. She states is so determined to see this done she says she will live for 1000 years. She went further by saying that even if she were involved in a fiery plane crash she would walk out alive just to see this done. Kristinn yelled out to her as she was... Phone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737032/posts#comment Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:48:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735259/posts Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan yells to fellow demonstrators as she is arrested outside of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735259/posts#comment Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:56:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695439/posts Sheehan's Texas protests die down Nation: Anti-war demonstrations smaller; critics say movement lost fire. By Angela K. Brown, Associated Press Long Beach Press Telegram CRAWFORD, Texas - This one-stoplight town, especially the road leading to President Bush's ranch, turned out to be much quieter than it was last summer. The 700-resident town's streets were clogged last year as more than 10,000 people began streaming in over the 26-day vigil, which started when Cindy Sheehan demanded to talk to Bush about the war that claimed her oldest son's life in 2004. It was a different picture last month when war protesters... Longbeach Press Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695439/posts#comment Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686693/posts AUSTIN — Chanting "Try Rove for treason," Cindy Sheehan and more than 50 other war protesters ambushed a reception before President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove spoke at a fundraiser at a hotel Saturday. One woman was arrested during a scuffle with police after Sheehan and the anti-war demonstrators rushed toward the closed doors and kept chanting loudly after the guests went into the dinner. Rove was speaking at an Associated Republicans of Texas dinner, where ticket prices started at $200 per person. He was not in the Renaissance Hotel lobby during the reception. "I want him arrested. He planned... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686693/posts#comment Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678921/posts A year after her first war protest in President Bush's adopted hometown attracted thousands and reinvigorated the nation's peace movement, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil Sunday. Under the blazing Texas sun, Sheehan and more than 50 demonstrators again marched a mile and a half toward Bush's ranch, stopping at a roadblock. As Secret Service agents stood silently, Sheehan held up her California driver's license and said she wanted to meet with the president. "It doesn't say my new address, but I do live here now," said Sheehan, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., and recently bought land in Crawford for war... The Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678921/posts#comment Mon, 7 Aug 2006 01:11:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657477/posts From the America-hating website of a man always in need of a good long fast, Michael Moore: Troops Home FastWednesday, June 28th, 2006Dear Friends,GSFP and Code Pink are sponsoring a hunger strike for peace which begins July 04, called Troops Home Fast Some of us like Dick Gregory and Diane Wilson will be fasting until the troops come home from Iraq, and some, like me, will be fasting for a specified time. My fast will begin on 7/04 and end on the last day of Camp Casey: 09/02.We are announcing the fast from Washington, DC on 07/04 and having our... Sweetness & Light http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657477/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607954/posts IRVING,TX (AP) - About 50 war protesters rallied outside Exxon Mobil Corp.'s headquarters Saturday, saying that $7 billion of its record 2005 profits were earned from the war with Iraq and should be paid to injured veterans and those with health problems living near refineries. After chanting "Boycott Exxon! Stop the war!" the group marched down the street in the rain, with a police escort for safety reasons. Some held banners that read, "Spare the innocents" and "No war for oil." The rally kicked off the "March to Redeem the Soul of America" that is to end up about 120... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607954/posts#comment Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575679/posts WASHINGTON — Even though she won't be running for Senate, Cindy Sheehan isn't disappointing anyone when it comes to being either a vocal leader or outlandish character in the anti-war movement. "I think we need to duplicate her 10,000-fold. We need more people who have the courage to stand up for what's right and not be intimidated by bullies," said Rev. Deborah Lake, a Chicago resident who was in Washington a week and a half ago to protest President Bush's State of the Union address. "The more she talks, the more problems she seems to create for herself — either... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575679/posts#comment Fri, 10 Feb 2006 05:16:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569714/posts WASHINGTON - Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan Wednesday and offered apologies to her as well as a congressman's wife after they were ejected from President Bush's State of the Union address for wearing T-shirts with war messages. Police removed Sheehan and Beverly Young, the wife of Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young, R-Fla., from the visitors gallery Tuesday night. Sheehan was taken away in handcuffs before Bush's arrival at the Capitol and charged with a misdemeanor, while Young was not arrested. Capitol Police did not explain why Sheehan was arrested and Young was not.... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569714/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:27:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569229/posts Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, given a ticket by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, to attend President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, was arrested by Capitol police in the front row of the House gallery, reportedly for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-war message in violation of House rules. Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq while serving in the Army, gained national fame in August when she camped out near Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch unsuccessfully seeking a meeting with the president. Since then she has campaigned against the war and was arrested outside the White... San Francisco Chronicle | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569229/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569083/posts <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Tuesday, shortly before President Bush was to give his annual State of the Union speech, a police spokeswoman said.</p> <p>The spokeswoman, Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, said she had no immediate details.</p> CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569083/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 01:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569018/posts Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president's State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday. Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist a gallery pass late Tuesday, just hours before the planned State of the Union speech. Sheehan was in Washington to protest the president during his national address, but then came word she was invited to see the speech live. A spokesman for Sheehan says she decided to accept the invitation two hours prior to the speech. The spokesman also said that Sheehan will be respectful and listen to the address... NBC 11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569018/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:18:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535655/posts This past Thanksgiving, my grandparents brought to me a recent issue of Aramica, a non-sectarian, non-partisan, bilingual newspaper focusing on the issues, events, and people impacting the Arab American community which, in New York and New Jersey alone, numbers well over 350,000. Aramica maintains a good reputation, or so I thought, until I looked at the cover page and lo and behold, there was Cindy Sheehan. Some people call this woman a "media whore." I don't like this nor do I agree with this. However, ever since Hurricane Katrina knocked Cindy off page one, she's been popping up in a... County Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535655/posts#comment Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527489/posts A dozen war protesters were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking. About four hours after the group pitched six tents and huddled in sleeping bags and blankets, McLennan County sheriff's deputies arrested them for criminal trespassing. Another dozen or so demonstrators left the public right of way after deputies warned them they would be arrested. The protest was set to coincide with Bush's Thanksgiving ranch visit. The arrests were made by more than two dozen deputies who calmly approached the demonstrators in their tents and... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527489/posts#comment Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:15:11 GMT