Thursday, August 11, 2005
Cindy Sheehan deserves an answer
This morning in the AJC, a guy named Jimmy W. Hall had some ugly things to say about Cindy Sheehan, the woman who is camping outside our President’s vacation ranch, waiting to ask Bush why her son was killed in Iraq. Obviously, this is a rhetorical question, since anybody with any sense knows why the poor kid died: to find those weapons of mass destruction!
Anyway, Jimmy W. (is that W. for Wayne, the middle name of a ridiculous number of imprisoned men, and the fake last name of one John Wayne, whose real name was Marion?) goes on and on about how Cindy Sheehan is helping America’s enemies in Iraq by daring to question why her son had to die. What Jimmy doesn’t mention is whether or not he has ever served in the Armed forces of the U.S. I suspect this is because he has not – something else he has in common with John Wayne, who only portrayed a Green Beret? I'm not sure about ole Marion -- ya'll let me know if he was veteran, okay? Anyway, Jimmy allows that “thousands of other mothers have sons and daughters overseas,” and that by questioning the actions of her government (a Constitutionally protected act which will likely be overturned once George W. has his way with the Supreme Court) Cindy Sheehan is putting all these other soldiers overseas in danger.
Okay, how? Is Al Jazeera covering this protest in Crawford, Texas, and broadcasting it to Osama? Are the militants in Iraq really emboldened by the grief of a dead soldier’s mother? Furthermore, are the soldiers in Iraq all laying down their arms in sympathy? In a word, no. Jimmy W. says Cindy Sheehan is supporting the enemy by questioning this war, which is the same line of crap that the neocons trot out every time somebody disagrees with anything Bush supports. If you disagree with George W., you’re unpatriotic! You’re un-American! Blah, blah, blah. This idea was stupid the first time Ann Coulter, et al said it, and it’s even more stupid now.
I doubt Jimmy W. has a son or daughter serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. We all know that Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and Mr. Loose-Lips himself, Rove, certainly aren’t making that sort of sacrifice with their children, grandchildren, cousins, etc. Lord, Bush couldn’t even show up for National Guard duty. Is it any wonder he can’t be bothered to walk down his driveway and actually talk to this poor woman whose life has been forever altered by his idiot war?
Jimmy W. – get a clue. People aren’t buying into blind, faux patriotism anymore. Cindy Sheehan deserves a straight answer about Iraq War II, and so does the rest of America. But I’m not holding my breath on that one. After all, Mr. Bush is on vacation.
Anyway, Jimmy W. (is that W. for Wayne, the middle name of a ridiculous number of imprisoned men, and the fake last name of one John Wayne, whose real name was Marion?) goes on and on about how Cindy Sheehan is helping America’s enemies in Iraq by daring to question why her son had to die. What Jimmy doesn’t mention is whether or not he has ever served in the Armed forces of the U.S. I suspect this is because he has not – something else he has in common with John Wayne, who only portrayed a Green Beret? I'm not sure about ole Marion -- ya'll let me know if he was veteran, okay? Anyway, Jimmy allows that “thousands of other mothers have sons and daughters overseas,” and that by questioning the actions of her government (a Constitutionally protected act which will likely be overturned once George W. has his way with the Supreme Court) Cindy Sheehan is putting all these other soldiers overseas in danger.
Okay, how? Is Al Jazeera covering this protest in Crawford, Texas, and broadcasting it to Osama? Are the militants in Iraq really emboldened by the grief of a dead soldier’s mother? Furthermore, are the soldiers in Iraq all laying down their arms in sympathy? In a word, no. Jimmy W. says Cindy Sheehan is supporting the enemy by questioning this war, which is the same line of crap that the neocons trot out every time somebody disagrees with anything Bush supports. If you disagree with George W., you’re unpatriotic! You’re un-American! Blah, blah, blah. This idea was stupid the first time Ann Coulter, et al said it, and it’s even more stupid now.
I doubt Jimmy W. has a son or daughter serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. We all know that Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and Mr. Loose-Lips himself, Rove, certainly aren’t making that sort of sacrifice with their children, grandchildren, cousins, etc. Lord, Bush couldn’t even show up for National Guard duty. Is it any wonder he can’t be bothered to walk down his driveway and actually talk to this poor woman whose life has been forever altered by his idiot war?
Jimmy W. – get a clue. People aren’t buying into blind, faux patriotism anymore. Cindy Sheehan deserves a straight answer about Iraq War II, and so does the rest of America. But I’m not holding my breath on that one. After all, Mr. Bush is on vacation.
