For the Love of God, Can't you Make him Stop?! by Cindy Sheehan

For the Love of God, Can't you Make him Stop?!

By Cindy Sheehan

Former President George Bush took a shot at protestor Cindy Sheehan on Friday while speaking to students at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Bush told the audience if she shows up to their church as expected she'll have to deal with his wife Barbara.
--KVET News, Central Texas:

On President's Day (Feb 20th), Gold Star Families for Peace, Veterans for Peace, and Code Pink are sponsoring an action in Houston, Tx. near the elder Bush's estate called, "For the Love of God. Can't you make him stop?"

We will be demonstrating in front of George Sr. and Bar's church, St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston from 4pm to 7pm on President's Day on Monday, February 20th. And we have something to say to the Bush family (who apparently send their women to fight their battles): "Bring Her On."

Mrs. Bush can read my sign with a big picture of my son, Casey, on it which will read: "Your Son Killed My Son, Make him Stop!"

George, Sr. says that I will have to deal with Barbara. Well, SHE will have to deal with me and she will have to deal with:

• Amy Branham, whose son, Jeremy, was killed while in training to be deployed to Iraq;
• Juan Torres, whose son, John, was killed in Afghanistan while he was trying to expose the active drug trade on his post;
• Beatriz Saldivar, whose nephew, Daniel Torres, was killed in Iraq;
• Dede Miller, whose nephew, Casey, was killed in Iraq;
• and Bill Mitchell, whose son, Michael, was killed in the same incident in Iraq that my son was killed in.

We have some questions for Barbara so we hope she will come. Here are a few of our questions:

If you think that this war is such a noble cause why aren't any of your children, or grandchildren in combat over in Iraq?

Do you think that any of us wanted to trouble our pretty minds with images of flag draped coffins? Only for us, they weren't images. They were actual flag draped coffins carrying our dear loved ones. Not only are we troubled by these images, they are imprinted on our heartsand souls forever.

About how much money do you think the Bush family has raped from America over the years from war profiteering?

Did you ever wash Little George's mouth out with soap for lying?

Lately, we have heard from Larry Wilkerson how the intelligence and all of the pre-invasion posturing was a hoax how do you think that makes us feel? Our children are dead because of a trick played on the world by your son and his administration.

How many innocent Iraqis have died and how many are your family willing to have die before the travesty in Iraq ends?

I am sure that we will think of many more questions between now and next week.

So, we Gold Star Families for Peace, invite you Mrs. Barbara Bush, to a Tea Party in front of your church on Feb. 20, 2006 at 4pm in the afternoon. Come and deal with us. We welcome the opportunity to speak with you.

We will set an extra place at our Tea Party for Truth for you. Come join us.

 

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SPEAK OUT FOR PEACE!

Join us for an evening PEACE RALLY in The Woodlands

Cindy Sheehan
And
The Gold Star
Families
For Peace

February 19, 2006
Sunday 7:00 p.m.
Montgomery College Theatre
Building D
Montgomery College
3200 College Park Dr.
The Woodlands, TX

Event sponsors include the North Houston Peace Group, Gold Star Families for Peace, Potlucks for Peace and Concerned Citizens of Montgomery County.

Montgomery College Road Map

Directions to Montgomery College:
To Montgomery College from NORTH:
- Take I-45 south to exit #79 (Needham Rd./Hwy. 242/College Park Dr.).
- Turn right (away from interstate) and head approximately 1/4 mile.
- Main college entrance is on the right.
To Montgomery College from SOUTH:
- Take I-45 north to exit #79 (Needham Rd./Hwy. 242/College Park Dr.).
- Turn left under interstate and head approximately 1/4 mile.
- Main college entrance is on the right.
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Sheehan speaks at local church

Protesters gather to support troops

By DAMIANE RICKS
Advocate staff writer
Published: Feb 13, 2006

While Gold Star Mother Cindy Sheehan was inside the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge on Sunday, condemning the war in Iraq, about a dozen Blue Star Mothers and others gathered outside to encourage support for troops serving overseas.

Sheehan made headlines last year when she and members of her organization, Gold Star Families for Peace, camped outside President Bush’s Crawford, Texas, ranch, unsuccessfully demanding a meeting with the president after her son, U.S. Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004.

Sheehan, who is calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, said the emotional effects of the war make the number of U.S. casualties higher than the 2,267 reportedly killed in action to date.

“It doesn’t matter if they come back whole, all of them are a casualty of this war,” she said. “I wonder if the people across the street know anything about this: the true human cost of the war.”

Gold Star Mothers are mothers who have lost a child in the service of the country. Blue Star Mothers are mothers who now have, or have had, children serving in the military.

Blue Star Mother Martha Leblanc of Baton Rouge, whose son returned home two weeks ago from serving in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division, said she supports her son’s decision to serve in the military.

Sheehan said to the more than 100 in attendance at the church forum that “joining the military can be honorable, but you don’t join when there are irresponsible leaders in the administration, like George Bush.”

The Blue Star group stood on the sidewalk across the street from the church, waving American flags and “Support our Troops” banners decorated with yellow ribbons.

Janet Broussard, president of Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, held a sign that read, “Honor, Respect, Never Forget Our Fallen.” Passing automobiles, honking their support, could be heard from inside the church.

Broussard insisted their presence was not in opposition to Sheehan, but rather to promote support for “our troops.”

“I don’t agree with her,” Broussard said, “but I’m not going to talk bad about her. She lost her child.”

Sheehan was joined by retired Col. Ann Wright, a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Army who worked for 16 years as a U.S. diplomat until she resigned in opposition to the war.

Both women arrived at the church wearing large black T-shirts similar to the one Sheehan wore Jan. 31 when she was detained by police before the President’s State of the Union Address earlier this month. The message on the shirt: “2,245 Dead. How many more?”

Wright’s T-shirt Sunday had the number updated to 2,267.

“What happened to me on Jan. 31 should shock, anger and scare you,” Sheehan said, claiming her civil rights were violated.
Wright criticized the federal government’s practice of monitoring international phone calls within the country. She said she is sure Sheehan’s calls have been monitored.

“Would you like our cell phone numbers? Everyone else seems to have them,” she joked.

Clyde Johnson, a Baton Rouge resident and a member of the church, said he supports Sheehan’s call for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

“I grieve at the number of young lives lost on both sides for no real reason that would make this world a better place that I can see,” Johnson said.

Rachel Patineau, 66, of Baton Rouge, echoed Johnson’s sentiment.

“I am very pleased to see the opportunity for people to hear about the atrocities of this war,” she said. “I’m grateful for the church providing the community to hear this.”

The Rev. Steve Crump said the church, which has many views among its membership, does not endorse Sheehan’s views.
“We’re just providing a forum for her viewpoint,” Crump said. “I think the status quo is what we often hear from the Defense Department and the administration, so this is just another viewpoint in the spirit of fairness.”

Crump said Sheehan belongs to a club of increasing numbers in Louisiana of parents who have lost children in the military in this war.

“I’d say most Americans disagree with her, but she’s become a symbol of hatred,” he said. “She’s a citizen simply speaking her mind.”

Crump said if anti-Sheehan activists wanted to use the church as a forum for their views, he would try to meet their request.

Today, Sheehan will take part in a forum titled “Two Perspectives: The War in Iraq” from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. Representing the other perspective will be U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Couvillon.