[areafiftyone]

Hmmmmm Crazy Cindy Sheehan is doing her spew on Saturday - Bush won't be in town then and I believe Hurricane Rita is going to make landfall in Texas then. I doubt she will get much coverage except for CSpan.

[add925]

No one should laugh about the rule "Never cross the Clintons!"

[kcvl]

Family life also has been difficult for Stacy Bannerman, whose husband left Seattle for Iraq with his National Guard unit in February. Bannerman's life work has been with peace organizations and she has publicly opposed the war from its start.

STACY BANNERMAN: We should be crying about this. We should be. This country should be.

But her husband embraces his mission. One evening last month, as she attended a Seattle-area meeting of Military Families Speak Out, he telephoned from Baghdad.

STACY BANNERMAN: Sometimes I wonder if I'm... am I somehow, in some way, shape or form betraying him? Of course, that's crossed my mind. And yet, how can my wanting to preserve his life and the lives of tens of thousands of others, how could that ever potentially be seen as a betrayal?

Stacy Bannerman is a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org) and on the Advisory Board of Military Families Speak Out (www.mfso.org). Her book “When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Citizen Soldiers and the Families Left Behind,” will be released by Continuum Publishing in 2006. Her husband deployed to Iraq with the Army National Guard 81st Brigade in March 2004, and returned home on March 11, 2005.

[Hoodlum91]

Of course, Bush is supposed to be in the Gulf Coast today, proceeding onto Texas. She's in the wrong place to deliver a letter.

[wideawake]

anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and the rest of the Bring Them Home Now tour were stopped by a pair of squad cars two blocks from the U.S. Capitol by members of the Capitol police force. . . . Officers told the peace activists they couldn’t park at the Capitol because they don’t have the proper permits. Sheehan and company then began preparing to make the rest of the trek on foot.

A two block "trek." Poor Cindy, forced to walk 2 blocks on foot.

[kcvl]

Stacy Bannerman


...activist, author, WHEN THE WAR CAME HOME: An Inside Account of Citizen Soldiers and The Families Left Behind (May, 2006, Continuum Publishing)

Stacy Bannerman is an Advisory Board member of Military Families Speak Out, which she joined when her husband was deployed to Iraq in 2004. She has met with Washington State Legislators, Congressmen, and Senators, calling for an end to the war while advocating for veteran and family benefits, mental health care, and support for soldiers. Born and raised in North Dakota, Stacy is a lifelong peace and justice activist, and as a third-grader, she wrote a Bill of Rights for her elementary school. Stacy has been deeply engaged in the non-profit and education arenas for over 15 years, serving as the past Executive Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach Center. She is the Founder and President of Reconciliation Works, in Kent, Washington, and a Consultant for the Voices In Wartime Network.

Stacy received her M.S., Magna Cum Laude, from Minnesota State University, and a B.A. in International Relations with research in Biotechnology. She attended the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute's Center for Visionary Leadership, and completed Doctoral work at Wisdom University. A previous member of the Spokane Human Rights Commission, she created and hosted Value Added: We're talking about what Really Matters, a talk radio program on KSBN AM 1230. Stacy has conducted over 100 multimedia interviews, including Deborah Norville on MSNBC, Hardball with Chris Matthews, the Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, The Connection on PBS/NOW, and was the spokesperson in a thirty-second television ad sponsored by Texans for Truth.

[BushisTheMan]

I guess their mass disobedience didn't start with parking their RVs where they could not go...

[monocle]

A typical Democrat - the law doesn't apply to them.

[gardencatz]

The conference is being held by Sheehan and the others to announce their arrival in Washington and to kick off a weekend of resistance that is expected to include a march of 100,000 people and mass civil disobedience.

100,000? Just another delusion. I'd be surprised if they had 1000. Of course, the civil disobedience may draw a few extra wackos.

Cindie

[reagan_fanatic]

[nicmarlo]

looks like another hurricane is going to muzzle cindy's doodah again. Maybe she should get a clue? : )

[danno3150]

First no permits...now this!

Whose organizing this caravan? Ray Nagin?

[Pessimist]

"Sheehan and company then began preparing to make the rest of the trek on foot."

On foot!?

Shouldn't they hoist her aloft on their shoulders and carry her there on a special grieving chair?

[bray]

Wonder if the Stoned Age Press will show any pictures of Cindy Shiitehead's 100,000 crowd?? The "peace" movement has tipped over.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[devane617]

The MSM is dropping CS like a Hot-Potato! She is beginning to show the world just how loony she really is.

[YourAdHere]

I'll be there freeping her!

[Solamente]

Hey, I got my bag searched entering the subway this morning, and if anybody looks like a NY cop or fireman, it's me.

[massgopguy]

AW, she's on saturday? But BC is playing Clemson at noon.

[cf_river_rat]

Here's what this group looked like today on Constitution Avenue. Notice the total lack of activity/interest.

Photos by cf_river_rat 9/22/05

[tbeatty]

You would think that with all the time and preparation they've had they would be able to investigate and acquire the proper permits and understand the rules.

I guess this highlights how dumb they truly are.

[Roadside Couch]

I bet there were some people there sweating bullets. Lucky for them those were bomb sniffing dogs and not drug sniffing ones.