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From
Camp Casey to Katrina to use of chemical weaponry and extraordinary
rendition to illegally spying on American citizens without due process,
Bushco has miserably failed our country and the world. We as Americans
said “enough is enough.” We sacrificed a lot when we showed up in DC
and other cities around the country in the hundreds of thousands to
protest against and show that we withdraw any consent to be governed by
murderous thugs. We started to peacefully, but forcefully resist the
notion that this government has any right to govern us when they have
betrayed their offices and their sacred trusts as “defenders” of the
Constitution so horribly.
This
was also the year that we also began to hold such Republicans in
Democratic clothing like: Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden,
and Diane Feinstein (list is my no means all inclusive) accountable for
their support of what George is doing in Iraq. When we as Democrats
elect our leaders we expect them to reject and loudly repudiate the
murderous and corrupt policies of this administration: not support and
defend them.
There
are Camp Caseys in front of Hillary’s and Chuck Schumer’s offices in
Long Island every Friday, as well as one in front of Diane Feinstein’s
Los Angeles office on Fridays, also. There has been a Camp Casey in
front of Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s office in Dallas since August. Several
protestors have been arrested in Dallas exercising their First
Amendment rights. We need to let these warmongers, as well as the
Republican warmongers, know that we mean business when we say “bring
them home now.” Set up Camp Caseys in front of your Senator’s or
Congress person’s office if they support George in his wars of
aggression.
Gold Star Families for Peace
is planning many activities for the first part of 2006. I would like to
give you all a heads up on them, so you can make your plans accordingly
to support us and to join us if at all possible.
On
January 31st , we will be in Washington, DC for the State of the Union
address when George gets in front of Congress and the world and lies
through his teeth about how great everything is going in Iraq and here
at home. His idiotic policies have ruined Iraq and New Orleans and made
the world a more dangerous place) allowing that terrorist attacks have
tripled world wide since he decided to “fight them over there.” He also
may be laying the ground work for further acts of needless aggression
against Syria and Iraq. GSFP and representatives from other peace
organizations and refugees from New Orleans will be gathering in DC to
give the “Real State of the Union.” Check our website for place and
time.
For
the Love of God, Can’t you Make Him Stop? Recently, it was revealed
that George only interacts with four people: Laura, Condi, Karen Hughes
and his Mom. His Mom, the Ice Queen who didn’t want her “pretty mind”
burdened with the images of flag draped coffins coming home, lives in
Houston. On President’s Day, (Feb. 20) we will be demonstrating in
front of her house to implore her to forget about the obscene profits
that her family and their friends are making off of this occupation and
to beg her to finally do the right thing and make her son stop this
insane war OF terror against the world. George and Dick are defiling
the highest offices of the world and they need to resign. On
President’s Day, when we have the day off, we need to demonstrate
against the ones who are illegitimately in power, anyway. If you can’t
make it to Houston, organize your own President’s Day protest.
The
Camp Casey Peace Foundation will hold its first annual Peace Festival
and Concert on April 4, 2006. April 4 th is the day Casey and Martin
Luther King, Jr were killed. We want to turn it into a true day for
celebrating peace. The Camp Casey Peace Foundation will be awarding the
Casey Sheehan Peace Prize, a cash prize, to a young peace activist
every year. We want to foster the growth of solving problems
non-violently and young people are the ones who get killed in the gray
haired old men’s wars. We are working on an exciting event and we will
announce more details as the event draws closer.
Camp
Casey Easter edition: We will be heading back to our leased land in
Crawford April 11th to Easter, which is April 16th. Easter is a time of
renewal and hopeful promises. Casey was killed on Palm Sunday and his
body was returned to us in the cargo section of a United Airlines
flight on Holy Saturday and we buried him two days after Easter. Last
Easter Season was so painful to us. This Easter we will again be
demonstrating in front of the man’s home who is responsible for such
pain and abject heartache in the world. But, we will be there with a
renewed sense of hope that the Chickenhawks will be sent out to pasture
this year. Like Michael Moore, I want to be a fly on the wall when Bush
and company are hauled out of the White House in handcuffs. Impeachment
is not necessary for people who never were elected) eviction is what is
needed. If you can’t join us in Crawford, set up your own Camp Casey
near you.
In
2005, we learned that we have the power. We learned that we can’t rely
on the propaganda media or the empty promises of most of our elected
leadership. We learned that we need to be the change that we desire to
see.
We learned that one person can and does make a difference.
We
cannot relax in 2006. We cannot slip back into the evil of apathy and
complacency that the neocons rejoice in. We need to keep pounding,
working, and fighting. We need to support organizations like Gold Star Families for Peace, Veterans for Peace , Code Pink and Iraq Veterans Against the War
, or the Peace organization of your choice so we can continue our
struggle for peace with justice. We need to support true American
patriots like John Conyers who is calling for an investigation and
censure for the lies that have cost us so much of our national human
treasure.
2006 will be a great year for the people of our country. I know it.
It won’t be easy, but we will prevail and the struggle will be worth it.
Cindy Sheehan’s book is Not One More Mother’s Child is available here.
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