What if this tireless crusader for peace brings the war to a halt? What if America reacts in numbers and backs her effort? What if people join her in person, by emailing a few $, joining the fast or posting Camp Casey signs? What if the media picks up on this courageous woman’s efforts…oh, she’s already on the Today Show this morning…What if ministers and parents of other dead and wounded servicemen joined her?
I can see this escalating pretty quickly and Bush suddenly changes his vacation plans. He goes back to DC and Mom Cindy goes to DC. If you have no idea what I’m talking about go to http://dailykos.com/story/2005/8/7/171338/7578
Symbols change reality. Ask Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and even Karl Rove. Symbols, like the mother of a dead soldier, killed in an senseless war that less and less of the country supports, fasting while the President takes a 55 day ‘working vacation’ is powerful. Possibly very powerful. Life cannot go on as normal while Mom Cindy is in Camp Casey.
The first day she was there two of the Administration’s powerful people came out to talk to her and she apparently more than held her own. She has a quiet, even voice that is very relatable. She states clear positions in language anyone can her. She is determined, made of steel and is there for the duration.
What if Howard Dean joined her? Several members of Congress? What if this builds into the news story of the summer? Not Jacko, not Hollywood divorces, not any of the other mindless drivel but a committed Mom making her stand against the senseless slaughter of it all. Every day this war is being exposed as not only having no basis for starting but no plan to end it.
What If it just happened? The war stops. They stop the patrols, tehy pull back and in an emergency session ask the UN for help. We ask Arab neighbors for help, we admit we made a horrible mess of things and what do we do now? Not sure if this Admin can admit but what would happen? Would other countries step up? Would the US installed (and apparently corrupt) government step down? What would stepping up look like? Could a UN led effort produce a ceasefire while real help for the Iraqis got established? I don’t know but it could be possible. What if the UN got 3 months to get electricity, water, and sewers operating?
What If a Mom Stops the War. It’s happening http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/codepink/signUp.jsp?key=530
What if people took local action in support of Mom Cindy and local press picked up on it? What if it spread on the blogs and people took action…What If? Will some of us go to Texas? Donate so their minister can go? Urge your Congress Rep and Senator to stand with her? This is very powerful which is why the powerful are scared and are trying to intimidate them. Mom Cindy, you are stopping the war. Right now. It’s happening.
UPDATE (From a DKos diary: Cindy Sheehan phoned from Texas a few minutes ago to say that she’s been informed that beginning Thursday, she and her companions will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested. Coincidentally, Thursday is the day that Rice and Rumsfeld visit the ranch, and Friday is a fundraiser event for the haves and the have mores. Cindy said that she and others plan to be arrested.
http://www.meetwithcindy.org
Ahhhh, the biggest two letter word in our dictionary, “if”
I am with you, and would love to see this grow, and blossom, all I can do is hope for now, but without hope, what else is there?
“if” the media does’nt push this, it will probably wither on the vine, but I still have hope ; )
thanks so much for your diary…peace
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thanks for the links..they have impact
http://www.MeetWithCindy.org
You can go here and find ways to help Cindy. There are many links there to help one write to the Pretzelnitwit, write to your reps, get directions to Crawford, donate so others can make the trip if you cannot. Let’s face it, Cindy is doing what we all want someone to do. She is holding this administration accountable and calling bullshit on their lies. What a real Patriot looks like. It is up to us to help her in any small way that we can. I wrote to the President, Keith Olberman, Sen. Boxer and Sen Feinstein. I beg everyone here to do the same.
DOS attack? Would that surprise anybody?
haven’t done it yet but will send off several emails today-probably Olberman and Boxer for sure.
http://tinyurl.com/3ovu3 this is link to all members of Congress and also will give you links to state and local officials…thought I’d add this to make it easier to send an email..link is right here.
ok, got off my emails to my Senators and Olberman.
TODAY SHOW will have a story about Cindy this morning. It is just starting on the west coast. Will kepp you posted, if anyone cares.
Well, the Today show gave her about 60 seconds but lets here it for the story on the new movie “The Dukes of Hazards” ….Ugh!
at least she was on…it is getting some play. A few more parents may join her. Should I add a ‘Going to Crawfors to the poll?
Yes please
to edit and change the poll to add the ‘I’m going to Crawford’ option but it didn’t take. It will have to be part of option 7 🙂
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Invasion at Normandy and Liberation of Europe: The GI’s did it FOR THEIR BUDDIES!
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Words spoken by JP —
Mr. President,
Bobby Rasmus, a nineteen-year-old American soldier who fought here more than sixty years ago, had a chance to tell his story after the war.
He said, “The reason you storm the beaches is not patriotism or bravery. It’s that sense of not wanting to fail your buddies.”
It was that spirit – “not wanting to fail your buddies”– that was the basis of the liberation of our country. In times of war, in times of danger, solidarity inspires people to make enormous personal sacrifices.
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in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/politics/08crawford.html?th&emc=th
this could Snowball…visualize Bush in the heat 🙂
Arlo Guthrie
“And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I’m
singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say “Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant.”. And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he’s really sick and they won’t take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they’re both faggots and they won’t take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out. They may think it’s an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement.
And that’s what it is , the Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come’s around on the guitar.”
gets a 4 out of me. And if I could, I’d give you a 5 for quoting Alice’s Restaurant.
We listien to Alice’s Restaurant during every Thanksgiving dinner. It’s our tradition.
I give “too much information” about my family, but how else would anybody know what it has really been like. I have two kids in school today. Anybody who has the time and can get to Crawford to stand next to this woman respectfully and share handing out this message would forever be one of my heros.