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[Specialist Casey] Sheehan’s father finds meaning amid grief (MUST READ!)
The Sidney Herald (Montana) ^ | July 1, 2007 | Mary Sanchez

Posted on 07/05/2007 1:12:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thread of the day! Good one, and thankyou.

(my screen now suddenly went all blurry. Just D*m’n!)


41 posted on 07/07/2007 5:53:46 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

God bless you, Casey. You will be remembered long after your mother is forgotten.


42 posted on 07/07/2007 6:00:50 PM PDT by Jonah Hex ("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
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To: stevem

“Perhaps having a decent father makes up some for having so worthless a mother.”

Please tell us what kind of mother she was to her son (alive, infant to young adult), as you apparently have information that she was worthless, despite the information about said son contained in this article.


43 posted on 07/08/2007 2:33:42 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: darkwing104

I know it’s your sig... but “dignity and honor” followed by DW is kinda... humorous.

God Bless you Pat, God Rest you Casey. Carry on, soldier!


44 posted on 07/08/2007 2:44:49 PM PDT by MacDorcha (study links agenda-driven morons and junk science...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mama Moonbat clearly misses the most significant part of her sons death and sacrifice. That being that he did sacrifice for his fellow man.

Pat Sheehan sees the heroics his son committed that day, his mother uses it to further an agenda that disgraces his sacrifice.

It is people like Casey Sheehan that made this country as great as it is, not ones like his mother.


45 posted on 07/08/2007 3:13:27 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Liberals don't rattle sabers, they wave white flags)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Some day, when this life is over, Cindy Sheehan will have to look her heroic son in the eye. On that day, I will pity her more than I pity her now.


46 posted on 07/08/2007 8:59:29 PM PDT by CT102ndInfSister
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To: Red Badger

Amen to that.


47 posted on 07/08/2007 9:49:00 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in the Triangle of Death)
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To: Red Badger

Red...

“No man dies in vain who dies voluntarily in place of another”

Since Casey Sheehan was a Catholic, how appropriate and profound your statement is... I remember Saint Father Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest imprisoned by the Germans at Auschwitz during WWII. Father Kolbe volunteered to exchange places with a condemned prisoner, so that the spared man might return home to his wife and children.


48 posted on 07/11/2007 9:38:30 PM PDT by RTO
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have a serious question about the conduct of Cindy Sheehan:

I received an e-mail, a few months ago, that accused this mother of abandoning her son, Casey—surrendering parental rights—when he was age seven. This e-mail asserted that the mother had no further contact with the boy.

The text went further, stating that Cindy Sheehan was going through a second divorce and repeating the same mistake of giving up a second son from this second marriage.

I would like to see valid evidence that supports or refutes the veracity of these accusations. If they are trustworthy, than why have the media not revealed them? If they are false, then this is a calumny, and I do not want to be guilty in its association.

I appreciate any insight into this matter.

Thank you

RTO


49 posted on 07/11/2007 10:12:19 PM PDT by RTO
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To: RTO

As much as I dislike Cindy Sheehan, I can only assume that she is consumed by anger and grief. (although I really do question her sanity) This email floating around the internet is untrue. Except the part about Casey Sheehan’s unmarked grave. Sad, but I guess that’s a personal choice.
Here’s a link: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cindy_sheehan.htm
and another:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sheehan.asp


50 posted on 07/12/2007 9:18:58 PM PDT by Sail1993
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To: RTO

I am not certain, but I believe I was told someone mixed up one “peace mom” with another. I think that is someone else’s story.


51 posted on 07/12/2007 9:25:03 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for posting this. I have long felt sorry and angry that Cindy’s actions have overshadowed Casey. Grief is one thing, but I believed that after awhile she only used it as an excuse to carry on her Leftist agenda, rather than Casey’s wishes. If my family would have had to suffer the same fate and had acted in this manner, I would have come back to haunt them.


52 posted on 07/16/2007 5:56:01 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is strange that this author claims that Casey’s father only recently learned the details of his last battle, and death. Those details were on Free Republic as soon as Cindy Sheehan became a news item.

Casey had just come from Mass on Palm Sunday when he volunteered to go into Sadr City to rescue other pinned down troops.


53 posted on 07/18/2007 6:22:12 AM PDT by maica (America will be a hyperpower that's all hype and no power -- if we do not prevail in Iraq)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is an absolutely wonderful letter from a wonderful man who honors his brave son and hero.

It’s too bad that Casey Sheehan’s story got lost in the Cindy Sheehan protests. Casey’s death seems to be what triggered all that protesting. I don’t recall her prior to her sons’ death.

But Casey’s father — thank you so much for bringing your son to adulthood where he felt free to pursue his ministry. I am sure he was close to God, our Heavenly Father, in those last nanoseconds of his life.

God bless you all.

Jane


54 posted on 07/22/2007 5:00:05 PM PDT by janereinheimer ((I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.))
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To: maica

Thanks for noticing.
I was a little confused about the time line.
This story seems a little late to the dance.


55 posted on 07/22/2007 6:02:15 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude ()...temporarily out of service ....()
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To: #1CTYankee; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 2ndDivisionVet; 359Henrie; 3D-JOY; ..
Thanks for the link, 2nd!

This is worth the read, GOE PING!

56 posted on 07/26/2007 10:40:47 PM PDT by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)
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To: MountainFlower

Thanks for the ping.. A most excellent article. I feel sorry for Mr. Sheehan and Casey. One has class and love in abundance while the other is a brace warrior for freedom and for Christ.

These are the men that make Aemrica, not Cindy.


57 posted on 07/26/2007 10:44:44 PM PDT by Killborn (BASH BUSH!! All the COOL kids are doing it!!!! Perfect for people with no logic or reason!)
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To: Killborn
AMEN, Killborn!
and.. you are most welcome.
58 posted on 07/26/2007 10:47:48 PM PDT by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)
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To: WoofDog123; stevem
Please tell us what kind of mother she was to her son (alive, infant to young adult), as you apparently have information that she was worthless, despite the information about said son contained in this article.

It is impossible to reconcile her current actions with being a good mother. The sort of personality that makes a good mother could not be present in such a hateful person.

IIRC, Sheehan spent a very long period away from her family, so she was not integral to his development.

Though a two-parent family is optimal, there are many children who've grown to be fine men and women in a single parent home. Ditto for kids that have one good parent and one bag of crap.

There. Now you have three reasons that steve's comments weren't out of line.

59 posted on 07/26/2007 10:58:32 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Backing Tribe al-Ameriki even if the Congress won't.)
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To: WoofDog123; stevem
After seeing a post downthread, I realize I was wrong about Sheehan leaving her family. Still, that leaves us two reasons why this woman's misdeeds are not mitigated by the fact that her son was an excellent human being.

Heck, Madalyn Murray O'Hair was a horrible person and and abusive mom, and one of her kids is a pastor.

60 posted on 07/26/2007 11:04:44 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Backing Tribe al-Ameriki even if the Congress won't.)
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