Having a Great Time, Wish You Were All Here Or 'Throw the Bitch in the ditch'

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[Zepps_News] Having a Great Time, Wish You Were All Here Or

'Throw the Bitch in the Ditch'

 

 

 

Having a Great Time, Wish You Were All Here Or 'Throw the Bitch in the

Ditch'

 

Cindy Sheehan, BuzzFlash, November 27, 2005

 

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/05/11/con05451.html

 

Camp Casey Thanksgiving, Crawford, Texas

 

I was feeling very down when I was flying to Waco yesterday. I did a lot

of crying and missing Casey on the way out from Sacramento. I am not at

the place in my grieving yet where I can look at all of our good times

and feel grateful for them. Remembering many, many happy Thanksgivings

past only made me feel worse, not better.

 

So, I called my sister (one of the Crawford 12 jailbirds) when I was on

a short layover in Dallas to ask her who was picking me up. She wouldn't

give me a straight answer saying that " don't worry, someone will be

there. " So I told her not to worry about it, I would take a taxi to the

Peace House or rent a car. I was DEFINITELY feeling sorry for my poor

little self.

 

Well, after the very short flight from Dallas to Waco, and after a

luggage misunderstanding on the tarmac, I walked into the terminal in

Waco. Lo and behold, there were dozens of people there to welcome me and

lots of press. Most of the people (including the press) were old Camp

Casey friends and my spirits lifted and I felt strangely at home.

 

After a stop at the Peace House we headed back out to Camp Casey on the

Camp Casey II location. Now I did feel at home. We stayed up for hours

talking about politics, the war, old times, and the future. We laughed

and cried and I thought: " I am so lucky to have two families. My

children and mi familia de Corazon: (my family of the heart).

 

Both of my families are very close and loving and we laugh and have good

times, but our good times are hampered by the fact that we are here for

dead serious reasons: we want to hold a President and his lying

administration accountable for leading us to disaster in Iraq and we

want to stop an immoral occupation. Some of us are also there because we

have been so intimately and tragically affected by the disaster and

immorality. We periodically stop to reflect on these things.

 

When I am here in Crawford at Camp Casey, I almost feel sorry for George

up there a couple of miles away from us in his protected Green Zone. He

is protected from physical harm (which he need not fear from us) and he

is protected from political harm. He doesn't have to face people who

disagree vehemently with his policies and who oppose his continued

killing with every fiber of our beings. He is protected from the real

world of pain and need. He has never had to face his failures or own up

to anything. Really, are any of us surprised that he has been such a

miserable failure in every way?

 

The reason I feel sorry for him though, is that he is also sitting in

his political Green Zone with apparently not many friends or confidants.

Reports show that he only has four people who he can talk to. He is not

even on friendly terms with his father, Karl or Dick. We at Camp Casey,

on the other hand, are surrounded by laughter, love, hope and

acceptance. One can't help smiling just being here.

 

I received an email today that had this subject line: " Throw the Bitch

in the Ditch. " The writer accused me of " throwing dirt " on Casey,

himself and his son who all have served the country. I have NEVER said

anything to disparage the honorable service of Casey or the others who

have signed up to be in the military, only to be abused by the

leadership of this country. This writer didn't even blink an eye at

calling the mother of a war hero " bitch. " I wonder how the email writer

feels about his own leadership " throwing dirt " on the service of actual

military men like: John Kerry; Jack Murtha; Max Cleland, and yes, even

John McCain? I have never questioned people who try to stay alive

fighting in the dishonorable wars of the old men. Who I appreciate even

more, though, are the people of courage who resist killing innocent

people and become conscientious objectors. I wish Casey had. I am hoping

that would have happened. He told everyone before he left for Iraq that

he didn't think he could " kill anyone. "

 

Today we dedicated the Casey Sheehan Memorial Peace Gardens at the

Crawford Peace house and we unveiled the memorial stone. It was a very

poignant and moving event. Tomorrow we are having a rally here at Camp

Casey, everyone is invited. There is great info at the Crawford Peace

House website or www.MichaelMoore.com <http://www.MichaelMoore.com>.

 

We are again going to be sad to leave on Sunday, but if George is still

defiling the White House and if the war is still raging, we will be back

for Easter.

 

Someone has to make George face his failures and change his ways. We in

the Camp Casey Peace movement are dedicated to that mission. But more

importantly we are dedicated to the mission of honoring our fallen

heroes by bringing their buddies home alive.

 

We will keep pressing; we will not give up; we will stay the course; we

will prevail.

 

Cindy Sheehan

Camp Casey Peace Mom

Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

Founder of Camp Casey Peace Foundation

 

--Learn more about Cindy at http://www.meetwithCindy.com or about Gold

Star Families for Peace at http://www.gsfp.org.

 

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