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David Horsey from The Seattle Post Intellegencer August 10, 2005     SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/paynter/235869_paynter10.html Sowing change from a Texas ditch Wednesday, August 10, 2005By SUSAN PAYNTER SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER COLUMNIST[snip]But, instead of someone famous, is it crazy to think that, this time, the grieving nobody mom of a young soldier killed in Iraq a little more than a year ago could be the catalyst?Timing is everything. A year ago just after Sheehan, 48, met President Bush at Fort Lewis, it was too early for a sit-in to strum much of a public chord."He called her 'mom' then. He didn't even know...

Dear MFSO I used to have a son in the Army. Spc Casey Austin Sheehan was killed in an ambush in Sadr City on 04/04/04. Our family was against this "war" from the beginning. We cannot believe that the American people think this is a good thing. But our son joined the Army in 08/00. He loved it and did well and he was a good soldier. He reenlisted for another 4 years and was looking forward to changing his MOS. He was a mechanic, and according to his superior officers a great one, but he was going to go...

The following "ANNOUNCEMENT" is currently appearing on DemocraticUnderground.com, DailyKos, meetwithcindy.org, and elsewhere that barking moonbats congregate: Cindy Sheehan phoned me from Texas a few minutes ago to say that she's been informed that beginning Thursday, she and her companions will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested. Coincidentally, Thursday is the day that Rice and Rumsfeld visit the ranch, and Friday is a fundraiser event for the haves and the have mores. Cindy said that she and others plan to be arrested.