[Alia]

AT LAST!! Bravo! I've been hopin' and a prayin' they'd come out and make it clear that they will NOT be used for "politics". Rather, "pink politics". Ahem on the "Pink".

[neodad]

Cindy Sheehan is deeply saddened.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sheehan and her Hate America First crowd have to use the terms "Gold Star" and "Veterans" in order to gain some credibity for their Commie agenda. Commie Scumbags for "Peace," although more accurate, just wouldn't work.

[armymarinemom]

Thank you!!!!!!! I am so happy to see them fighting back on this.

[VeniVidiVici]

I was hoping they'd do this I just didn't know they did it all the way back in August.

Obviously it no effect on the leftists.

[chgomac]

Debbie, you might want to check this out.

[Buddy B]

Here is the website for Gold Star Families for Peace

Feel free to contact them at contact@gsfp.org with your thoughts about the use of the Gold Star.

[The email address  contact@gsfp.org  is from their website.]

[Doctor Raoul]

Charlie Richardson and Nancey Lessin, long time anti-war radicals from the 60s are the grave robbers who set out to deliberately trade on the good name and reputation of the Gold Star Mothers.

Early on, they saw that their tired 60s rhetoric did not work and how their usual trashing the military was met with scorn. So along with other radicals like Castro groupie Leslie Cagan (UFPJ) and former Castro state newspaper reporter Medea Benjamin (Code PINK) they too now support the troops.

Here are two quotes from "The New Face of Protest", an article that appeared in THE NATION back in March (http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?>i=20050328&s=houppert)

"For now, buoyed by news reports of dissent in the ranks, antiwar leaders are convinced that soldiers make valuable allies. "They have a credibility in this conversation that allows them to reach more people and to take on some of the arguments of the conservatives in a more persuasive way," says Charley Richardson, one of the co-founders of Military Families Speak Out..."


"Part of the problem is that no one, from the next-door neighbor to the politicians in Congress, wants to be seen as not supporting the troops," says Lessin. "Our role is to change that construct, to say that real support of the troops right now--when they have been sent off to fight and die in a war based on lies--is to fight against a war that never had to happen. We say, 'We need you to support the troops this way.'" Getting vets and military family members involved is thus critical. "This group of people gives us permission to speak out against the war."

Please forward the press release, the URL for THE NATION article and the two quotes above to the talk radio hosts you listen to ASAP.

Thanks.

[zip]

Way overdue. I am so happy to see the REAL Gold Star Moms stand up to the anti American leftists.

[Alia]

See new thread: Berkeley Cancels Veteran's Day Event (Because Anti-War Cindy Sheehan Pal Wanted to Speak

--snip:

A Veterans Day commemorative has been canceled after disagreements over whether an anti-war activist should speak at the event.

Bill Mitchell, a co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace along with "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan, was scheduled to speak. But some veterans objected, saying the day was supposed to be a nonpartisan memorial, and the local Disabled American Veterans chapter threatened to pull out.