Joan Baez will be here until at least Friday morning
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Joan Baez will be here until at least Friday morning
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone
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By Scott Galindez
Tuesday 22 August 2005
12:40 PM
I just learned that Joan Baez will be here until at least Friday morning and possibly longer. She has been sleeping in a tent at Camp Casey II. One of the reporters from the local paper offered to let her stay at her home and she refused, wanting to stay at the camp.
I had a long conversation one of the founders of the Crawford Peace House, Hadi Jawad. He told me that three weeks ago, they had three dollars in their bank account, no phones, and were considering closing the house. In the last 2 weeks they have received over one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars in donations. They are now considering expanding to Killeen, Texas, the closest town to Fort Hood.
The Crawford Peace House folks have been very accommodating, providing a press room, food and logistical support from the beginning.
There are still around 200 people between the three locations and everything is running very smoothly. The focus has remained intact, with no attempts from any groups to hijack the message.
t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids
By Cindy Sheehan
Monday 22 August 2005
11:28 PM
The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford
I have received dozens of emails with this heading: Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids. I think of all the name calling and unnecessary and untrue trashing of my character, this one offends me the most. What do the people who send me this message mean?
First of all, it offends me because it is so blatantly sexist. Would anyone think of emailing George Bush when he is out and about (now he is going on a vacation away from his vacation to make speeches in Idaho and Utah defending his killing policies), telling him to go and take care of his kids? Does anyone write to ANY man and tell him to go home and take care of his kids. I have news for all of these people, my children are adults and their dad is home to take care of them if they need any taking care of.
The second reason this command from the self-righteous right offends me is that I believe that what I am doing is for my children, and the world's children. I think that the strategy of eternal baseless war for corporate profit and greed is bad for all of our children: born and unborn. We heard a few weeks ago that Rummy said that we would be in Iraq for at least a dozen more years, and we recently heard over the weekend that the military is planning for four more years of this occupation, at least. If Rummy is correct, then Soccer Safety Mom Susie's kindergartener will be fighting and dying in the harsh sands of the Middle East and if the military is correct than NASCAR Dad Nick's middle-schooler should start boot camp now. Constant war is not a family value and George Bush's policies of wars of aggression to control natural resources do not make our country more secure...on the contrary. How are SSM Susie and ND Nick going to be able to afford to fill-up their SUV's soon? But I digress.
We as mothers need to stop buying into the load of misogynistic crap that our children need our constant presence in their lives so they can thrive and grow. What we need as families is strong support systems that allow each family member to grow and achieve his/her full potential as human beings. What we as Moms need to stop doing is giving our children to the military industrial war complex to be used as human cluster bombs: to kill innocent civilians and perhaps to die enriching and feeding the gluttonous war machine.
It is up to us Moms to make sure our children are whole and safe. We can start doing this by always opposing the wars that bury our kids. So what I am saying to the people who want me to go home and take care of my kids: I AM taking care of my kids, and yours too.
t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
By Scott Galindez
Monday 22 August 2005
11:07 PM
Camp Casey had a surprise guest tonight. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee gave a powerful speech from the stage. She announced that she is having a town meeting in Houston on Thursday. I spoke with her after the speech and she ended by saying she would see me in Washington on September 24th. I asked her if she was in support of Immediate withdrawal from Iraq and her response was "Absolutely, It was wrong to go in and it is wrong to stay."
Another surprise was that the Congresswoman introduced Joan Baez, who is still in Crawford and will still be here tomorrow night. There were over 100 people at Camp Casey II tonight and about 40 at Camp Casey I. I did not stop at the Peace House but there are usually a couple dozen people there at all times... at about 6pm there were about 10 people at the pro-war vigil and no one at their camp...
Ann Wright announced tonight that Caravans will be leaving Camp Casey in different directions August 31st heading to Washington, stopping all over the country to organize for the March on Washington on September 24th.
http://truthout.org/cindy.shtml
http://truthout.org/cindy.shtml
t r u t h o u t | Musician Joan Baez
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
http://truthout.org/cindy.shtml
t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
By Scott Galindez
Tuesday 22 August 2005
12:40 PM
I just learned that Joan Baez will be here until at least Friday morning and possibly longer. She has been sleeping in a tent at Camp Casey II. One of the reporters from the local paper offered to let her stay at her home and she refused, wanting to stay at the camp.
I had a long conversation one of the founders of the Crawford Peace House, Hadi Jawad. He told me that three weeks ago, they had three dollars in their bank account, no phones, and were considering closing the house. In the last 2 weeks they have received over one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars in donations. They are now considering expanding to Killeen, Texas, the closest town to Fort Hood.
The Crawford Peace House folks have been very accommodating, providing a press room, food and logistical support from the beginning.
There are still around 200 people between the three locations and everything is running very smoothly. The focus has remained intact, with no attempts from any groups to hijack the message.
t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids
By Cindy Sheehan
Monday 22 August 2005
11:28 PM
The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford
I have received dozens of emails with this heading: Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids. I think of all the name calling and unnecessary and untrue trashing of my character, this one offends me the most. What do the people who send me this message mean?
First of all, it offends me because it is so blatantly sexist. Would anyone think of emailing George Bush when he is out and about (now he is going on a vacation away from his vacation to make speeches in Idaho and Utah defending his killing policies), telling him to go and take care of his kids? Does anyone write to ANY man and tell him to go home and take care of his kids. I have news for all of these people, my children are adults and their dad is home to take care of them if they need any taking care of.
The second reason this command from the self-righteous right offends me is that I believe that what I am doing is for my children, and the world's children. I think that the strategy of eternal baseless war for corporate profit and greed is bad for all of our children: born and unborn. We heard a few weeks ago that Rummy said that we would be in Iraq for at least a dozen more years, and we recently heard over the weekend that the military is planning for four more years of this occupation, at least. If Rummy is correct, then Soccer Safety Mom Susie's kindergartener will be fighting and dying in the harsh sands of the Middle East and if the military is correct than NASCAR Dad Nick's middle-schooler should start boot camp now. Constant war is not a family value and George Bush's policies of wars of aggression to control natural resources do not make our country more secure...on the contrary. How are SSM Susie and ND Nick going to be able to afford to fill-up their SUV's soon? But I digress.
We as mothers need to stop buying into the load of misogynistic crap that our children need our constant presence in their lives so they can thrive and grow. What we need as families is strong support systems that allow each family member to grow and achieve his/her full potential as human beings. What we as Moms need to stop doing is giving our children to the military industrial war complex to be used as human cluster bombs: to kill innocent civilians and perhaps to die enriching and feeding the gluttonous war machine.
It is up to us Moms to make sure our children are whole and safe. We can start doing this by always opposing the wars that bury our kids. So what I am saying to the people who want me to go home and take care of my kids: I AM taking care of my kids, and yours too.
t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
By Scott Galindez
Monday 22 August 2005
11:07 PM
Camp Casey had a surprise guest tonight. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee gave a powerful speech from the stage. She announced that she is having a town meeting in Houston on Thursday. I spoke with her after the speech and she ended by saying she would see me in Washington on September 24th. I asked her if she was in support of Immediate withdrawal from Iraq and her response was "Absolutely, It was wrong to go in and it is wrong to stay."
Another surprise was that the Congresswoman introduced Joan Baez, who is still in Crawford and will still be here tomorrow night. There were over 100 people at Camp Casey II tonight and about 40 at Camp Casey I. I did not stop at the Peace House but there are usually a couple dozen people there at all times... at about 6pm there were about 10 people at the pro-war vigil and no one at their camp...
Ann Wright announced tonight that Caravans will be leaving Camp Casey in different directions August 31st heading to Washington, stopping all over the country to organize for the March on Washington on September 24th.
http://truthout.org/cindy.shtml
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