Cindy Sheehan is, along with Al Gore, probably the most admired ambassador for America in the world. Cindy is a mighty role model and an inspiration for activists everywhere, and particularly for young girls and women. Cindy is the only woman whose face I can imagine on the Statue of Liberty.
She also has been one of us, a Democrat, though at present estranged, disappointed by the party's leadership. May Democrats prove once again to be an inspiration to us all, and heal this land.
Does Cindy really want Pelosi's job? This Kossack diary offers an interesting perspective:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Cindy will lead a march on Washington on July 23 - the "Orange Revolution". Read about it here:
http://www.truthout.org/...
(end of update)
Today is Cindy's birthday, and I invite Kossacks to leave good wishes and thoughts for Cindy here.
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The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
—Emma Lazarus, 1883
July 10, 2007 - For Immediate Release
Cindy Sheehan to Lead Rally in Charlottesville, Va.
WHAT: Rally for peace, justice, and impeachment, part of Cindy Sheehan's "Journey for Humanity"
march/drive from Crawford , Texas , to New York City .
WHO: Cindy Sheehan, other leading activists for peace and justice, the Charlottesville Center for Peace and
Justice, Code Pink, and other allied peace and justice organizations.
WHEN: Friday, July 20, 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Outside, on the west end of the Downtown Mall, in front of the Charlottesville Ice Park , in
Charlottesville , Va.
RAIN LOCATION: In case of hard rain, the event will be held at the Albemarle County Office Building at
401 McIntire Rd.
WHY: Because Dick Cheney is still the Vice President and Iraq is still occupied.
Cindy Sheehan, mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, is co-founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace and The Camp Casey Peace Institute. She is leading a march / drive from Crawford , Texas , that will pass through Charlottesville , Va. , on July 20th. Other leading activists taking part in the march and coming to Charlottesville include Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President of the Hip Hop Caucus, and Debra Sweet, National Coordinator of World Can't Wait. Also taking part is David Swanson, Cofounder of AfterDowningStreet.org and a Board Member of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice (CCPJ). The route of the march can be found at http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitut...
Participants in the Journey for Humanity share the goals of ending the occupation of Iraq , impeaching Cheney and Bush, restoring New Orleans , and funding human needs at home and in Iraq and Afghanistan . CCPJ is collecting signatures on a petition to the Charlottesville City Council urging it to join over 90 towns and cities nationwide that have passed resolutions in support of impeachment. CCPJ has drafted this resolution: http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/...
Three days after the rally in Charlottesville , marchers will assemble on the morning of July 23rd at Arlington National Cemetery and march to the Capitol Hill office of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to urge him to begin impeachment proceedings. Participants plan to sit in, read the US Constitution aloud, and if necessary face arrest. Similar sit-ins will happen the same day in Conyers' district offices in Michigan .
Also on the 23rd, if the House has not begun the impeachment process for Cheney or Bush, Sheehan plans to announce her candidacy as an independent candidate for Congress in California 's 8th District, challenging Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
On July 6, for the first time, a polling company asked Americans if they want Cheney impeached. A majority of 54% said Yes, and the poll was widely reported in the media. Articles of impeachment against Cheney now have 14 cosponsors in the House: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/... "Impeach Cheney" is the number 1 video on Youtube: http://www.impeachcheney.org
Questions about impeachment are answered here: http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/...
For updates, check http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org
Contact: David Swanson 202-329-7847
Third update: To read some Kossacks' observations and comments about this diary, go here:
http://www.dailykos.com/...