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Ah, the Summer of '05! William Rivers Pitt was the Pied Piper of DUmmieland, prolix prog blogger supreme, leading an army of psychophants enthralled with the Pitt and the Ponderous. True, a chink had emerged in his armor through the Andyscam scandal, but Pied Piper Pitt had recovered nicely and was back to leading the anti-Bush hatefest at the DUmp. Yes, it was a young, vigorous, 33-year-old William Rivers Pitt back then, a rising star in the ranks of the barking moonbats. And William had his eye set on higher things still: talking headness, punditry, a paid position on...

Now that the Capitol's frogs have been kissed, the impasse over the state budget jumps back under the dome. Gov. Jerry Brown's budget plan is coming under attack from peace activist Cindy Sheehan and others, who say they'll begin occupying the Capitol next Monday to protest what they're calling his "savage austerity measures." Peace of the Action, United Progressives, the California Alliance for Retired Americans, the Peace and Freedom Party and several other organizations are backing what their news release bills as a "prolonged occupation" in support of a statewide push next week by the California Teachers Association and other...

The image most of us conjure when the name Cindy Sheehan surfaces is that of an enervated woman standing in the summer swelter on the side of the road, a few miles from George W. Bush's ranch near Crawford, Texas. Sheehan's four-week long vigil began August 6, 2005, when the Iraq war protests began to reach full boil. The media referred to it as Camp Casey, the name of her son, killed in enemy action in April 2004. Demanding a meeting with Bush, Sheehan stood near her pup tent and told members of Veterans for Peace, "And another thing I...

Muslim terrorist leaders are "thankful" for the efforts of activist and congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan, stating in a new book Sheehan's anti-Iraq war activities and her statements against President Bush "give us hope" the U.S. will change its Mideast policies. "You [Sheehan] give us hope and you show us that there are different Americans than those whom we know," stated Ramadan Adassi, chief of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group in the West Bank's Anskar Refugee Camp. "This sincere woman says what we've been saying all these last years – Saddam never threatened America or its security. Now Iraq...

CNSNews.com) - Organizers of an anti-war protest scheduled for Sept. 15 said Wednesday that the demonstration will be "unlike any other" as activists gather to demand an immediate end to the war. The protest, organized by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), begins with a rally near the White House, continues with a march to the U.S. Capitol, and concludes with a "die-in" that organizers estimate will involve approximately 1,000 people lying down near the Capitol in a symbolic effort to represent dead U.S. soldiers and dead Iraqis.

Rough Start for Sheehan in Battle to Unseat Pelosi August 11, 2007 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan faces a difficult task if she runs against current House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi next year, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by KPIX. 66 per cent of respondents in California’s 8th Congressional District say they will vote for Pelosi, no matter who the Republican candidate is. Unconditional support for Sheehan stands at nine per cent, while 21 per cent of respondents would need to know who the GOP contender would be, before deciding their vote. On...

A tearful Cindy Sheehan cited her son, killed in Iraq, as her inspiration as she announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House against Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Sheehan last month said she intended to run against Pelosi, the House speaker, if the San Francisco congresswoman didn't move to impeach President Bush by July 23. Sheehan said Thursday that Pelosi had "protected the status quo" of the corporate elite and had lost touch with people in her district, most of whom, she asserted, want American troops out of Iraq. Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for Pelosi, would not comment on Sheehan's candidacy...

Cindy Sheehan Announces Run Against Pelosi Anti-War Activist To Challenge House Speaker For Seat In Congress (AP) SAN FRANCISCO Citing her son as inspiration, a tearful Cindy Sheehan announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives. The anti-war activist is running as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress since 1987. "The country is ripe for a change," said Sheehan, who spoke at a podium with her son's photograph taped to it. "It's going to start right here and right now." Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004....

Cindy Sheehan Has Her Daily Kos Account Taken Away A useful idiot who is no longer useful gets purged from the movement. I can't post here anymore because my potential run for Congress is not on the Democratic ticket. ... If Speaker Pelosi does her constitutionally mandated duty and I don't run, then I can come back and post. I know a lot of you are hostile towards my candidacy. Please understand that I am doing it for your children and grandchildren (and my surviving ones.) Remember, it's the left that allows "colorful and far-ranging" debates on the issue while...

I’m not backing off. I tried to remove myself from the political realm of the US, what BushCo is turning into an Evil Empire, but the blatant audacity of George commuting Scooter’s sentence (he’s not ruling out a full pardon ---and you know he will) has dragged me kicking and screaming back in. I can’t sit back and let this BushCo drag our country further down into the murky quagmire of Fascism and violence, taking the rest of the world with them! I have sat quietly back these past five weeks as the slaughter in Iraq sorrowfully surges along with...

FORT WORTH, Texas: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan will return to her protest site near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch this weekend to bid farewell to the peace movement. Sheehan will sell some camping items, gather with friends from previous demonstrations and celebrate her 50th birthday in Crawford, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Fort Worth. Then she will hand over the deed of her 5-acre (2-hectare) lot to its new owner, radio talk-show host Bree Walker. "I'm feeling like it was the right decision for me. I feel like it was the best thing to do," Sheehan told...

Call out the Instigator Because there's something in the air We got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here You know it's right! - Thunderclap Newman I'm not backing off. I tried to remove myself from the political realm of the US, which BushCo is turning into an Evil Empire, but the blatant audacity of George commuting Scooter's sentence (he's not ruling out a full pardon - and you know he will) has dragged me kicking and screaming back in. I can't sit back and let this BushCo drag our country further down into the murky quagmire...

I’m not backing off. I tried to remove myself from the political realm of the US, what BushCo is turning into an Evil Empire, but the blatant audacity of George commuting Scooter’s sentence (he’s not ruling out a full pardon —and you know he will) has dragged me kicking and screaming back in… Did we ever think that the criminality and arrogance of the Nixon White House would be eclipsed in our time with nary a “baaaah” from the Sheeple in Congress?… The recent commutation of I. Scooter Libby’s sentence, however, was the straw that broke my camel’s back of...

In yet another case of strange (or not-so-strange) bedfellows, it seems former anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has her fair share of fans among the Syrian government and its lackey government media. Her decision to "step down" as the figurehead of the anti-war movement because of her disappointment with the Democrat Party, has led to a flurry of commentary in Syria. The Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri.org)'s latest report quotes an op-ed from Dr. Buthayna Sha'ban, Syria's Minister of Expatriate Affairs, on the subject: Cindy Sheehan's letter makes it clear that she received all the backup and support [she needed]...

I have endured a lot of smears and hatred since my son Casey was killed in Iraq and especially since I became the so-called "face" of the American anti-war movement. And, especially since I renounced any ties I have remaining with the Democratic Party, I have been further trashed on such "liberal blogs" as the Democratic Underground. Being called an "attention whore" and being told "good riddance" are some of the milder rebukes. I have come to some heartbreaking conclusions this Memorial Day morning. These are not spur-of-the-moment reflections, but things I have been meditating on for about a year...

Scott Soares, San Francisco Not effective at all. She was a mouthpiece of the radical left, and only showed how easy it is to mock groups like Code Pink, ANSWER, etc. When you cozy up to dictators like Chavez and openly degrade the U.S., your 15 minutes are up. Good riddance, Cindy. Michael Bush, Santa Cruz I thank Sheehan for her effort in general and for the unknowable number of consciousnesses she raised. Effective? Only if we put an end to this dismal Iraq adventure. Cindy Sheehan has done more than her share. Toby Dixon, San Francisco She was...

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Monday she is giving up her role as the "face" of the American anti-war movement. Sheehan, 49, of Vacaville, Calif., lost her 24-year-old son Casey in Iraq on April 4, 2004. She has since emerged as one of the most vocal and high-profile opponents of the war, drawing international attention nearly two years ago when she camped outside President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch to protest the war. "I am going to take whatever I have left and go home. I am going to go home and be a mother to my surviving children and try...

After the 2006 elections in November, I frequently wrote about the Democrats’ bait and switch campaign scheme whereby Party members had made promises to the electorate they never intended to keep, one of them clearly being an expeditious withdrawal of troops from Iraq.On such occasions, I asserted that once folks realized they had been lied to, something with a foul aroma would hit the fan.Well, on Friday evening, it was liberal actor Ben Affleck castigating his Party for caving in on the recent Iraq war funding bill.On Saturday morning, one of the leaders of the antiwar movement, Cindy Sheehan, was...

By Cindy Sheehan Karl Rove and his manipulative, behind the scenes machinations continue even though he had to resign in disgrace from BushCo. Also, the willing tools of the Republican killing machine, including Karl Rove, with whom they have formed an unholy alliance, Move America Forward, are helping Rove whip a group called “Gathering of Eagles” into a frenzy over something that is not and was not ever going to occur. Okay, I am not sure that Karl Rove started this particular pile of horse pucky, but it sure has his stank all over it, so we are going to...

The Democrat challenging Republican Rep. John Doolittle lashed out at the incumbent Friday after a series of Republican-financed attacks questioning his support for U.S. troops. In a rare display of anger, Charlie Brown called Doolittle a coward who is "hiding behind the flag" and slammed him for failing to serve in Vietnam. "While I was being shot at in Vietnam, John Doolittle was practicing his tennis game at (the University of California) Santa Cruz," Brown said during a news conference as he was surrounded by fellow veterans. Brown, 56, left the Air Force in 1998 after 26 years of service....