Cindy Sheehan

A mother for whom I shed tears - an even more heroic person than Conyers  

John Conyers - my current congressional hero

a thought

Let's move the internet movement out to the streets!

I think we need to get major demonstrations going like in the 60's - I went from Boston to DC more times than I can remember and when I lived in Berkeley we had anti war demonstrations all the time- I think it's time to take the internet involvement and move it to the streets- half a million people signed John Conyers petitions and the WH blew him off and finally sent someone to the gates to take them from him yesterday- the internet anti war movement needs makes it to the TV screen because unfortunately that's where those who love the war get the news and they are not even seeing that a majority of Americans now are now opposed to this war - and more and more demonstrations showing on TV may make the public wake up.

thank you John

Because I don't have CSPAN 3 I just watched a re-airing of John Conyer's "hearing" on the DSM [Downing Street Memo]. I cried through most of it- how nay parent deals with the murder of their child because they were sent into an illegal "war" based on lies is beyond me. Every time Cindy Sheehan spoke or someone directed a comment to her about her son Casey - I wept... I am still weeping....I weep for all the American and Iraqi families who lost loved one and continue to lose loved ones while the lying sons of bitches who sent our troops there sit here and refuse- absolutely reuse to even talk about these issues - and of course have NO family members in the military..

So "borrowing" from Bill Maher's "new rules" - we need a new rule for Congress - "If you vote to send our American children to war - you must send YOURS - or your grandchildren or your nieces and nephews." So Mr. Bush- why are your twins not in Iraq?

I'm almost speechless

I am so angry I can't even rant. On Friday Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., adjourned a Judiciary Committee hearing ostensibly because he was unhappy with what he was hearing- ah democracy? HAH - not with those people wielding power...and remember power corrupts! And wow has ever corrupted this administration...

After the alleged election last Fall a D.C. friend and I said the best way to get through the next 4 years was to sit back and laugh as these persons do their thing and those who voted for them saw they were being screwed....then we could say "Don't blame me - voted for Kerry."

Unfortunately it is so bad I can't find much humor in this-and now John Conyers is told he has to have his WMD hearing tomorrow in the House basement - for god's sake the basement? And it's on CSPAN3 which not everyone gets. I hope someone films the entire meeting - halls, basement and all and it shows all over the Internet.... How low can we go? Apparently it has to be a lot lower before the people wake up and see what has happened to our country.

More deaths in Iraq, more lies by the WH, more corrupt use of power and less accountability. And silly me, I thought Nixon was a baddy - George wins that hands down - or rather hands in the pockets of the oil corporations.......