How many of you think Cindy Sheehan needs to give it a rest?

Question

She dishonors her son's memory and now she bought land by Bush's ranch just to bother him any time he's down there. I read she recieved $350,000.00 death benefits from her son's honorable death and had someone buy the land for her, the man told people he was a refugee from Katrina, and wanted the land to rebuild himself a house. She is a person of subtrafuge and a dishonor to her son's volunteer service to this country.

Answer 1

she has the right to do what she wants, but she is doing it the wrong way. she is someone who is obsessed with being in the spotlight. she dishonors her sons memory by making such a big deal about it. the military is on a volunteer basis-her son knew he could die, and he did. he chose to be in the line of fire, and i greatly respect him for that.

hank, your poem sucks. please, dont write anything else. for the sake of all of us. please.

Answer 2

I couldn't disagree with you more. Cindy is a patriot who has the guts to protest a war that the majority of Americans are against but most remain silent about. The fact that she suffered a mother ultimate sacrifice makes her protest even more legit. They may have had to use a dirty trick to get her land in Crawford, Texas but I would argue that it's no comparison to blatantly lying about weapons of mass destruction or dishonoring the dead of 9/11 by using them to gain support for an oil war. Thank God Cindy still has the right to protest and you still have the right to disagree with her...

Answer 3

You reach a conclusion (she dishonors her sons memory) without any supporting facts.

You cite no source for you other allegations.

Being that AmeriKa is still relatively free even under Bush, she is just as entitled to her Free Speech rights as you are. She has a right to question why her son was killed. In other words, she doesn't just blindly swallow the crap the Government puts out.

You, sitting safely on the sidelines, are hardly in a position to question her stance on the Iraq "war."

You want to have your little war, and for everyone to like it too. Forget it.

If I was her, I would sue you for libel.

Answer 4

How could YOU possible know if Cindy's dead son thinks his memory has been dishonored by her actions? You don't like seeing her protest, well then change the channel!

Learn to read, most of your post doesn't even make sense.

Answer 5

Dying for your government's greed and lies = honorable??? Sounds like you're a little confused. I think it was brave of her son to join. And I feel badly that he had to give his life for nothing. He may have been honorable, but the reasons he died certainly weren't. I guess what I'm saying is our government and their war based on lies is dishonorable....not the soldiers dying for their government's self-interest.
Regarding Cindy: Personally, I haven't been following her activities too closely, but I respect her right to exercise her Constitutional right of free speech. And I understand her anger at losing her son for nothing more than our government's greed and lies.

Answer 6

Losing a child is painful and is only second to losing a spouse. Some will grief and move on. Others will grief longer. There is no right or wrong about it.

Does she have the right to voice the pain of her loss? most certainly. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by our constitution. So is our right to demonstrate peacefully. Now, whether she is doing it in a rational, effective manner? I can see there are lots of very passionate debates here already.

Answer 7

You people complaining about Cindy Sheehan are just angry that she has a leg to stand on. Get a grip. Take the truth for what it is--the truth. Here is what Cindy Sheehan has had happen to her.

Iraq
A Poem
by
Hank Feral
For Cindy Sheehan
28 May, 2006

My son the memory.

That’s all I have.
He’s gone now.

A victim of history.
His life for ours,
He gave gladly.

I was sent my son’s effects,
All that he had left.
But they too turned to memories,
Quickly, without him there.

I cried and, I cried and, then, I cried some more.
I miss my son deeply.
I miss seeing him grow.
His smile, his strong shoulders,
All about him I miss.

So, I try to keep my memories strong.
They’re all of my son I have left.
He’s gone now.
Never to smile again.
And as much as I would die for to happen,
I cannot change what has happened,

I don’t want to let him go,
I loved him so much.
God, I miss him so.
My little boy, lying in his grave,
By himself all alone.
Seems more than any mom,
Should have to carry by her lone.

I remember his broken leg.
His first big person’s tooth.
The time he broke a window.
Scared to death to tell me.
But, with lips shaking,
Tears in his little eyes,
He stammered,
“Mom, I broke a window,

Playing ball next door.”
And even though his voice quavered,
It was a symphony to my ears.
That’s the thing about memories,
How they can seem so real.
Yet, in the flash of a moment, can become so ephemeral.
Moms keep your sons home,
So you don’t have to endure,
My pain and others caused by death too soon.

Death, the cold, hard fact of time,
Is--now, my son is gone.
I don’t want to let him go.
No more, “Mom, I’m home.”
No more, “May I have more pie, Mom?”
My son will never smile again.
But I can’t change what’s happened,
As much as I would die for to happen.
I loved him so much.
God, I miss him so.

Jesus, I don’t want to let him go.
Alas, my son is gone.

Can any of you, who are bitching, say you have gone through this? Cindy Sheehan is a Gold Star Mother. Quit trying to bully her, and leave her alone.

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Some people are just born boors. It doesn't matter what the truth is to them. They just know they are right, and everybody else is always wrong. Yet, when it comes time to put themselves to the test, they fail. Why aren't you, who are complaining, over in Iraq fighting?

You talk about dishonor as if none of your ilk is ever dishonorable. You think that none of this can ever happen to you. Look in the mirror if you want to see dishonorable. Griping about a Gold Star Mother, how low can you go? I'd say a little lower than whale poop in the bottom of the ocean.

If that poem keeps one soldier from dying in the wrong-headed war in Iraq, its worth all the criticism in the world. Instead of Iraq, we should be fighting the Muslims by hit and run tactics.

We shouldn't be in a land building permanent bases where they can be bombed. We should use small units going in hitting the bad guys, then get out and do it all over again and again and again.

Oh, for you NeoCons, that wouldn't be near as expensive as being holed up in Iraq and hiding in a "Green Zone."

Every day this war seems more like the Vietnam debacle I fought in. All that time, blood and money spent just to tuck tail and run. "Peace with honor." My butt.

Being holed up in Iraq is just plain ludicrous, and is a drain on our economy we don't need. Listen to your Generals.

Hank Feral

Answer 8

I'll be the first to support her first amendment right, but I do agree with you. We've got what she is saying, but enough is enough. She should just take some time to remember and honor her son's memory and drop the protest. It's not helping anybody.

Answer 9

Our military is on a voluntary basis. Her son CHOSE to join. Whether or not he agreed with the reasons, he had a duty. He served his country and most of us are very proud of our men and women who serve. She is definetly dishonoring him by continually making a fool of herself. Enough is enough!

Answer 10

Maybe that is what her son wanted and he was just doing as he was told. I think a mother would know her son best even over the father.

Answer 11

Like so many people, she wants it all to be about her. She does dishonor her son and I would hate to have had a parent like her. I was much luckier than that.