Iraq war protester Sheehan arrested
 

WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son?s death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.

Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk after marching along the pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests.

Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She stood up and was handcuffed, then led to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, ?The whole world is watching.?



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9493139/

i hope they lock up this bitch forever, it seems she doesnt really care about her sons death anymore and has basically turned this into some kind of bullshit personal agenda to gain fame.

i wouldnt be surprised if she ends up running for some kind of possition in govt.

In some aspects I agree with you. However the government getting away with this just makes things harder for the rest of us later. Let her do her thing for now, and pray that she does not get ellected.

At least her personal agenda doesn't involve blowing up a foreign country and sending troops overseas and blowing a couple hundred BILLION taxpayer dollars.

Why are we in Iraq again? Oh yeah, we're 'bringing freedom' to the Shiites :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

you are there to wipe out the towel head wearing fuckups so the future of the world can go on.

anyone got the video?

Lets just hope that crazy bitch "commits suicide" in her cell so we dont have to be subjected to any more of her blathering nonsense.

it must be painful to be so fucking stupid. Too bad they allow you to vote and own pets and have children.

with my first ballot id cast to have all crackhead mothers banned from giving birth.

to bad this kind of thing couldnt be passed before your birth. :(

first, they ignore you
then, they laugh at you
then, they fight you
then, you win

:)

Where'd ya hear that, sheep? Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh? Wow. Ain't you a winner? Let's throw rocks at the woman who lost her fuckin' son to a senseless "war" (read: slaughter) over oil and lies.

Got passed over in the brains line, eh?

her husband divorced her (if i am not mistaken) because he said she was turning it more into a personal agenda and not about their son.

i already had a brain, i guess i skipped that line and was put infront of the big dick line, eh?

No, you're just a common idiot.

Why are we spending billions conquering Iraq, you tool? Can you answer that?

heh, that's good

No, you're just a common idiot.

you voted in the government, answer your own fuckin questions.

http://k43.pbase.com/u32/garrie_rous...50319C267b.jpg

Cindy rules and has my support

I guess I'd have to, since you can't.

We're there because W had a personal agenda, and he fulfilled it using your money and the lives of American soldiers. And you and your little lapdog conservative pals still idolize him like he's John Wayne.

Sometimes I wonder what life must be like for you guys. Like looking at everything thru a fog I imagine. Dimly understanding that something's going on but you can't quite make it out.

Not that I really want to get involved but the truth is she's had nothing to do with her son or his life reguarding "being in support of him" even the rest of the family has released a letter saying they dont support her or her beliefs and she's on her own.

typical republican bullshit. When you don't like the message, attack the messenger. How her husband feels about her has nothing to do with the fact that 10,000 people just marched on Washington trying to stop a war that our own government, the ones who started it with no provocation, can't justify with a clear reason.

That's how I like my tax dollars being spent. 'Liberating' ragheads who hate us.

The world is watching her break the law. Fantastic, should be easy to get the conviction then.

She wanted to be arrested, otherwise no one would even know she was there.

Mission: Accomplished.

Her next stop ............... Congress

Looks like about 100,000 people not only know she's there, they're willing to go with her.

War protests, by the numbers
Crowd counting isn't an exact science. And even at its best, it's not much of a proxy for a well-conducted public opinion poll. But still, isn't it at least a little interesting to compare the numbers generated by the big antiwar protest in Washington Saturday with the two pro-war rallies that came before and after it?

As Jeff Horwitz writes in Salon, the organizers of Saturday's protest "claimed as many as 250,000 demonstrators attended; though D.C. police estimates were more conservative, none pegged the crowd at below 100,000." USA Today said the protest drew "at least 100,000." The Associated Press called it "an estimated 100,000 people." And the Washington Post quoted D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey, who, when asked whether the protest drew at least 150,000 people, said, "That's as good a guess as any."

How does that stack up against the America Supports You Freedom Walk and country music concert the Pentagon sponsored on the fourth anniversary of 9/11 earlier this month? There's no comparison, really. While one Pentagon official claimed that the pro-war event drew 17,000, newspaper accounts put the real number at somewhere between "several thousand" and "about 10,000" -- and a good number of those were apparently government employees who had been urged by their supervisors to attend.

And what about this Sunday's pro-war demonstration? Organizers of that event said they hoped to draw 10,000 people to Washington. How'd they do? The Associated Press says Sunday's event drew "hundreds," which was "far fewer than organizers had expected." The conservative Washington Times puts a finer point on it, saying an "estimated 400 people" participated in the pro-war rally that was meant to "counter Saturday's anti-war protests, which attracted as many as 100,000 people. according to police estimates."
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

WTF does that have to do with her and a few people deciding to sit down on the sidewalk?

She got popped on Monday, all the weekend warriors had gone home, she wasn't getting enough attention. Pure and simple.

I did not read about 100's or 1,000's getting arrested at any recent anti-war protest.

People these days have no balls when it comes to protests. Back in the day we did a lot better, with bigger crowds, tear gas, rubber (and real) bullets, lot of arrests.

Protesters these days all meet at Starbucks for a latte first.

"?I would like to say to Cindy Sheehan and her supporters, ?Don?t be a group of unthinking lemmings.? It?s not pretty,? said Mitzy Kenny of Ridgeley, W.Va., whose husband died in Iraq last year. The anti-war demonstrations ?can affect the war in a really negative way. It gives the enemy hope.?"


what enemy stupid bitch? Send your son to fight now.

She already lost her husband

It has to do with the fact that people are starting to see this war for the fraud that it is, and the tactics of the right-wingers will be to demonize whoever gets out in front as a spokeman for this majority of the American citizenry.

I agree, the protests back in the Vietnam era were more committed and more effective. The lack of sizzle in these protests are in large part due to the more sophisticated police response. The days when Nixon could send in a phalanx of hardhats to beat down the hippies are over.

i read that. She should stick to her belief and send her son to fight "the enemy"

Arresting people at a non-violent protest, terrific. I thought Americans had the right to protest guaranteed in the constitution?

Too bad they teach cops that citizens don't really have constitutional rights.

They have a right to protest, and as long as she kept walking there would be no problem. When they stop, and start interfering with the rights of others (ie: the right to walk down a sidewalk) then they have violated the law and will be arrested.

Make no mistake about it, she knew she would be arrested, and wanted to be arrested. Anyone that does not realize this does not know jack about how to get press.

The White House has people walking in front of it protesting one thing or another probably every day of the week, but no one pays attention or cares . . . until someone goes to jail.

"People are starting to see this war for the fraud that it is?" Well, they sure aren't making much noise about it then. We had bigger protests at Alondra Park.

I agree...

A parent has the right to say whatever the fuck they want however they want to say it to a government if they feel the conflict was irrational, immoral or whatever...

1st Amendment rocks, it's shocking to see so many pornslingers that are against her. I don't care if she was saying shut down internet porn and/or stop the war, it's the fucking 1st Amendment people, you can't have it both ways.



Now, to the point of the war, it's fucked. Running a state war to fight a NON STATE entity is beyond idiotic.


:/




PS: on a side note, I'd LOVE to see something passed into law in the future that would REQUIRE a president's offspring or relatives to serve in any war or conflict they start. It would temper the hell out of their decisions I'm sure.


Would George be so fast to do it if both his daughters were REQUIRED BY LAW to go fight on the front lines of any war he started? Or any president for that matter. If you're willing to send others to die you have to be willing for yourself or your family members to perish in that fight.

Polls are confirming your position ...

The war was, is, and will be a fraud ... from day one.....

After all, the USA are the biggest arm dealer in the world... all in the name of peace ... :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Himself dodge the bullet of Vietnam thanks to the daddy and friends ... His daughters wopudn't see a grain of sand even if their was a draft ....

After all, the recruters go in trailer parks not in multi-million dollar ranches . :2 cents:

Im curious as to whether or not she realizes the military is "ALL VOLUNTARY" and has been for a very long time.

I fully understand someone being upset and torn apart because they lost a loved one, but to start blaming others for a conscious decision made by her son to join the "all voluntary" military is ridiculous.

Do most people think that joining the military means a free ride to a college education or specialized training in return for 4 years of your time doing nothing?

Are you sure?

Yes, I am ...

It seems very hard for half of you to be able to comprehend, analyse and come to a conclusion ... Reflection is obviously not your forte ....

You can join an army , with the ideology of DEFENDING your country ...

But you are not necessarely volunteer once a leader lies to you, invades a sovereign country, and continue occupation after knowing that it was ALL LIES ....

They go to the bleachers of a game, not to the private box ...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/milit...ting_5-12.html

So, you are sure still ....

can you link me to some evidence of that please? ive personally never heard that, and im interested to see if its true.

Hell yeah. Except I'd amend that to "required to actually fight, bear arms, be present in the front lines, risk their lives". :thumbsup

What ever happened to the days of a country's leaders sticking themselves up front as they charge the enemy? Worked well for Alexander. : )

I am sympathetic to a mother who lost a son in war, but.. why is her son any more important than any of the other vets who have died for our country?

I think she may be giving encouragement to the enemy, and that is not a good thing.

She is an embarassment to our country, which should be united behind President Bush. A free Iraq is a very good thing for long term world peace.

Where and when did she claim that ????

Word for Word from the mouth of your fuhrer!

It is not a Free Iraq.... ask the women over there..

So, let's outlaw all manifestation ( except the ones supporting Bush), lets cancel all the political programs ( mainly sunday AM on TV ) , let's forbid to newspaper to show the coffins ( oupsss... already done ) and so on...

Stay the course ... even to hell ...

there is a big difference between being a big dick and having one. You are a useless prick...

Totally agree man, that's why in my quote I slipped in the:

'Would George be so fast to do it if both his daughters were REQUIRED BY LAW to go fight on the front lines of any war he started?"

part...no way should they have a cushy behind the lines job. If you're willing to risk OTHERS kids lives, then you MUST be willing to risk your own is my feeling on it.

If that were put into law I seriously doubt we'd be in Iraq right now.

:/

when you challenge the police anywhere in the US after being warned, while breaking the law, you get arrested... end of story. it doesn't have to be any deeper than that.

everything you don't agree with is not a conspiracy.

:2 cents:

1. Last time I checked this was a democratic republic. How can someone who pursues something in which she believes - even if you don't agree with her - be more embarassing than the millions who don't even care enough to vote?

2. President Bush is an elected representative. Thus the onus is on him to carry out the wishes of the electorate and unless he does that, he should have no expectation that people will unite behind him. Even when the majority do, the right to dissent is implicit in our form of government.

3. Even if you are naive enough to believe that freedom for Iraq is the reason we invaded that country, there has never been a single successful example of social engineering by military force. If we could defy those odds, the majority of Iraqis are not pro-West but of the same religious leaning as Iran. Thus it is a huge stretch of the imagination to believe that a Shi'ite Iraq would contribute anything to world peace or even to peace in the region.

I hope they lock that stupid cunt with negros