See Cindy Scam

Sweetness & Light ^ | September 9, 2005 | N/A

[Sam Hill]

Once again, from gay beard Zsa Zsa Huffington's site:

Cindy Sheehan

Back on the Road Again

Well, after what turned out to be a few days’ rest, instead of a week, I am heading back out on the truth trail.

[Huh? A few days rest? How many vacations does Cindy need?

Moreover, Mother Sheehan's events in Colorado were cancelled on her. She didn't take the time off voluntarily. That was a very short trip on the "truth trail."]

Camp Casey III in Covington, La, is really hopping. [Did I miss Camp Casey II?]

Members of our Camp Casey group took 10,000 pounds of supplies to Covington which is a poor African-American town in La.

[What is an African-American town? Notice too that we have not seen one shred of evidence--no photos, no newspaper accounts, no anything to document that the Veterans For (a) Peace (of the action) have done anything. Yet they claim to be multimedia mavens.

All we have is their claim, and we know that their point man in this, tends to make false claims. which had been that they had raised $10,000. Maybe once again Cindy is confused.]

The Vets for Peace bus is also doubling as the communication’s center since it has satellite internet and a satellite phone.

[These are the same people who were asking for a 5KW generator. Who used "donations" to buy a starter for their truck. I don't imagine they are providing much technical service to anyone. Which is maybe we haven't seen any documentation of their heroic deeds.]

Members of [the Stalinist group] Code Pink from Austin and Houston [have taken off time from harassing wounded soldiers at Walter Reed and allegedly] collected clothes, baby formula and diapers and delivered them to Camp Casey III.

[Lest we forget, Cindy Sheehan, the VFP and Cope Pink raised $600,000 for the terrorists in Fallujah. It doesn't sound like they have gotten anywhere near that number for Katrina victims.]

The situation is dire, but we are glad that we can provide some of our fellow Americans with the basic comforts of home that our government is not supplying to them.

[Like what? What is the government not supplying that your pals are? Name one item.]

We are putting our money, time, and energy into helping the people of Louisiana.

[Cindy wrote this from Chicago, where she was hectoring Dennis Hastert about the Iraq War.]

Because of the misplaced priorities of the administration, they have become the collateral damage of this occupation of Iraq.

[I hope Cindy's legal counsel, pretend Vietnam Combat Veteran, Ward Reilly, had warned her that by using the term "we," she is legally binding herself to the VFP's fraud. And I hope the FBI remembers this during their investigation of these outrageous scams that have been exploiting the Katrina disaster.]

I was stunned at the level of corruption, incompetence and callousness that was exhibited by this administration towards the disaster of Katrina.

[Cindy missed her first bus tour stop because she got stuck in traffic. And several of her subsequent targets have cancelled on her.]

How many more innocent people are we going to let their greed and indifference take down with them?

[Corruption? Greed? Callousness? Like asking for donations "to support the Red Cross" when they are in fact for your hate America campaign? How about pretending to be a tax-exempt charity, when you are not?]

The first stop for me as I join the Bring Them Home Now Tour (www.bringthemhomenowtour.org) is Chicago. During the tour, we are going to ask members of congress the following questions: 1) What Noble Cause are our children fighting for, dying for, and killing for in Iraq? 2) What are our elected officials doing to end the occupation of Iraq? 3) How many more innocent Iraqis and Americans are we willing to sacrifice?

Should be an interesting trip. I’ll keep you posted.

[From most accounts fewer than 100 supporters showed up at Mother Sheehan's stop in America's third largest city. Which undoubtedly includes the media.]

Here's how to help:

[Here Cindy copies and pastes another version of the VFP's absurd requests for donations:]

Right now we can use your dollars, trained volunteers & specific donations (This list will change!):

(We Do NOT need clothes at this time) [You sure, Cindy? Winter's coming. Some of your pals, like Ward Reilly, are looking a little ragged.]

Water
Canned Goods
Baby Supplies - Baby Food Formula, diapers #4, #5, Wipes, Pedialyte
Hygene [sic] Supplies
Adult Depends
Steril [sic] Gloves
Electrolites [sic] [what the hell are electolites? Do they mean Gatorade?]
Food bank & delivery volunteers with trucks, vans or cars
Self contained kitchens with generators, utensils, workers
Office & media equipment

At this time we do not need additional medical professionals - PLEASE CONTACT THE RED CROSS

[By additional, Cindy means "any." How laughable it was that the VFP would provide doctors for the Red Cross.]

Our Mobile Media Center is on the bus with wireless Internet via Satellite. We are using our computer to communicate needs and direct displaced people to services and document damage in the poorest effected areas.

[Bullshit.]

We need the following to be truly effective:

Apple iMac G5 Computers 20" Monitor
500 Gigabyte Firewire Hard Drives
Canon XL2Digital Video Camera
Digital Projector (3000 lumens)
Apple iPods with recording
Monthly Satellite Access and Website Hosting Fee

[This is effectively the same list the VFP has been dreaming about since long before Katrina. This was their wish list long before they even drove Cindy down to Camp Casey I.

But suddenly the price tags for these lux items have been stripped out of the list. No more mention of $3,000 monitors and $600 iPods. Greed? Corruption? This is criminal. The VFP and now Mother Sheehan are shameless thieves.]

Donations for our multi media equipment will support the displaced people volunteers, Red Cross, staff, press as we halp everyone keep in touch through via email, web, blogs, and teleconferencing.

[Again, I call bullshit. These incompetents are claiming they are supplying communications support for the Red Cross. That is just laughable--and a flat-out lie. And the lowest kind of fraud.]

DROP OFFS
Volunteer Kitchen, Food Bank and Distribution Center
Pine View Middle School
1115 West 28th Avenue Covington, LA. 70434
LINK> GOOGLE MAP

UPS & FEDEX (U.S. Postal Service Not Yet Deliverable)
Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 C/O
645 Kimbro Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. 70808

[This last is America-hating, pretend Vietnam War Combat Veteran, Ward Reilly's, home address. That they have such a fraud as their point of delivery for their scam speaks volumes.]

Online Donations Via PayPal

MAIL DONATIONS
Veterans For Peace Chapter 116
28500 Sherwood Rd
Willits CA 95490

[Hilariously, despite their vaunted communications system, Ward Reilly had to ask on one of their bulletins boards for the address of Veterans For Peace.]

By the way, I wonder if they ever got any volunteers to clean up Camp Casey I? And were they ever able to put that plastic storage shed together?

Their challenges have been daunting.

[Sam Hill]

Scam, Cindy, scam.

[Piquaboy]

Her and her bus should take a long drive on a short pier.

[wideawake]

According to the 2000 census Covington, LA is 77.5% white and 20% black.

Hardly an "African-American town."

In fact, since blacks made up 32.5% of the LA population in 2000, Covington is a much whiter town than the state average.

[softwarecreator]

By the way, I wonder if they ever got any volunteers to clean up Camp Casey I?

Doubtful.  But Cindy, didn't you and your brigade stick around to help clean up?  Oh, I see you just destroy and move on.  Apparently, environmental issues are of no concern to the "mother".  Typical liberals, throw your stink all over the place and then leave it to rot while you move on to your next "cause".

[Sam Hill]

Covington LA:

Population (year 2000): 8,483, Est. population in July 2002: 8,582 (+1.2% change)

Males: 3,941 (46.5%), Females: 4,542 (53.5%)

Elevation: 26 feet

County: St. Tammany

Land area: 6.8 square miles

Zip codes: 70433, 70435.

Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $36,949 (year 2000)
Median house value: $119,500 (year 2000)

New: Covington, LA residents, houses, and apartments details

Races in Covington:

White Non-Hispanic (76.2%)
Black (20.2%)
Hispanic (1.6%)
Two or more races (1.4%)
American Indian (1.0%)
Ancestries: French (18.4%), German (15.4%), Irish (13.9%), English (11.6%), Italian (6.9%), United States (6.9%).

More stats for poor Covington:

For population 25 years and over in Covington

High school or higher: 84.8%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 32.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 13.3%
Unemployed: 6.2%
Mean travel time to work: 25.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Covington city

Never married: 26.3%
Now married: 49.0%
Separated: 2.6%
Widowed: 10.1%
Divorced: 12.0%
1.2% Foreign born

http://www.city-data.com/city/Covington-Louisiana.html

Over 45% have College Degrees. Poor dumb bastards.

[wideawake]

Sheehan also says that Covington is a "poor" town.

In reality, average income in Covington is $36,000, vs $26,300 average income for the state of LA.

Covington is a middle-class white-majority town like Vacaville, CA.

[just me]

She knows most of her followers won't bother with facts.

[evolved_rage]

Thats funny. Is Convington an affluent town??? I could almost imagine Cindy's gang attacking a black person in Covington, trying to force help on them with cameras looming, only to see the fearful black get into a range rover and drive away.

[mountainfolk]

Even the name of her newly formed group, Gold Star Mothers For Peace, or something similar, is a rip off of the real Gold Star Mothers organization which was formed years ago.

[Holicheese]

(We Do NOT need clothes at this time)
That is because they are spinning their own pants made from hemp.
What a bunch of pathetic frauds.

[Bob]

Even the name of her newly formed group, Gold Star Mothers For Peace, or something similar, is a rip off of the real Gold Star Mothers organization which was formed years ago.

They originally used "Mothers" in their name but have since changed it to "Gold Star Families For Peace". The real GSM organization had a posting on their site specifically citing the difference between the two groups.

[ChadGore]

Re: The discrase in Covington La

The media leaves the ditch witch in Crawford . . AND SHE FOLLOWS THEM TO THE GULF STATES?

[newfrpr04]

People should hit her with all types of lawsuits, fraud, slanderous-personal injury suits just to tie up thier funds, just having to defend suits will put a crimp on their lifestyle. Have the FBI should detain them on making threats.

These people along with JJ, Sharpton, make all kinds of accusation and never back them up and keep getting away with it.

[Wolverine]

http://www.scambusters.org

[mountainfolk]

Thanks for the update. I wonder how broadly they define 'families'. Actual families with loses or commie symps who claim a non biological relationship based on mutual hatred of Pres Bush.

[Sam Hill]

"These people along with JJ, Sharpton, make all kinds of accusation"

And all kinds of money.

[p23185]

>>She knows most of her followers won't bother with facts.<<
I'd say more like NONE of her follows are bothered with facts - that is what conservatives are up against.

[bvw]

Covington, LA

Population (year 2000): 8,483, Est. population in July 2002: 8,582 (+1.2% change)
Males: 3,941 (46.5%), Females: 4,542 (53.5%)

Elevation: 26 feet

County: St. Tammany

Land area: 6.8 square miles

Zip codes: 70433, 70435.

Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $36,949 (year 2000)
Median house value: $119,500 (year 2000)

New: Covington, LA residents, houses, and apartments details

Races in Covington:

* White Non-Hispanic (76.2%)
* Black (20.2%)
* Hispanic (1.6%)
* Two or more races (1.4%)
* American Indian (1.0%)

Ancestries: French (18.4%), German (15.4%), Irish (13.9%), English (11.6%), Italian (6.9%), United States (6.9%).

[bvw]

Oops ... I'm an hour late to your party.

[Sam Hill]

None other than that moral paragon Michael Moore has thrown his considerable weight behind Cindy Sheehan's shameless scam:

For the past few days I’ve been working with a group that, I guarantee you, will get direct aid to the people who need it most.

Cindy Sheehan, the brave woman who dared to challenge Mr. Bush at his summer home, has now sent her Camp Casey from in front of Bush’s ranch to the outskirts of New Orleans. The Veterans for Peace have taken all the equipment and staff of volunteers and set up camp in Covington, Louisiana, on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. They are accepting materials and personally distributing them to those in need and have been going into New Orleans on a daily basis.

This is where we come in. We need to ship supplies to them immediately. Today they need the following:

Bottled Water (and lots of it!), baby diapers, baby wipes, baby formula, Pedialyte, baby items in general, powder, lotion, handy wipes, sterile gloves, electrolytes, LARGE cans of veggies, school supplies, paper plates, paper towels, toilet paper, and anything else to lift people’s spirits.

You can ship these items by following the instructions on VFPRoadTrips.org. Or you can deliver them there in person. The roads to Covington are open. Their address is:

Volunteer Kitchen, Food Bank and Distribution Center
Pine View Middle School
1115 West 28th Avenue Covington, LA.
70434
Here’s how to get there. You can drop them off or you can stay and participate (if you stay, you’ll be camping so bring your own tent and gear and mosquito spray).

If you can’t ship these items or go there in person, then go to VFPRoadTrips.org and make an immediate donation through PayPal. Camp Casey-Covington will have immediate access to this cash and can buy the items themselves from stores that are open in Louisiana (all donations to Veterans for Peace, are tax deductible).

Each day I will post up-to-the minute information as to what is needed and the progress Camp Casey is making. Please visit MichaelMoore.com often and do what you can to help.

Many other groups are also doing good work. MoveOn.org has set up a system for people to offer rooms in their homes to the survivors.

There is no time to waste. People are suffering and dying. Each of us can do something. There is no other alternative.

Thank you in advance for your help. Tomorrow, we will take care of the other work we need to do about the ideologically hamstrung incompetents in charge.

Yours,
Michael Moore
Mike@MichaelMoore.com
www.MichaelMoore.com

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