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As most of you know, Cindy Sheehan is the grieving mother Casey, an American soldier killed in Iraq. She has vowed to sit outside President Bush's vacation ranch until he comes out and answers her questions about the war. He refuses to speak to her, because he knows that her son died because of his deceptions used to start an unwarranted and unjustifiable war. Ms. Sheehan is being harassed by federal and local authorities multiple times a day. She has been threatened with arrest, prohibited from protesting, intimidated in various ways, and is facing a media blackout. Cindy herself asks us to join her in Crawford to support her cause. The only way to support our troops is to bring them home from this abomination of a war.
The absolute best way for you to support Cindy and all of the other mothers who want answers for their sons' deaths is to go to Crawford and help them be heard. If you can do it, you should. Cindy needs your help. The soldiers in Iraq need your help. This is the opportunity to voice our opposition in a unified and peaceful way, with Cindy and the Gold Star Mothers for Peace as our leaders. Please, go to Crawford and expose to the world that the President refuses to explain his war to those who have paid for it so dearly.
Whether you can go or not, please read on to see what else you can do to help.
How you can help
Go to Crawford
Donate to Crawford Peace House (PayPal now working)
Donate to Gold Star Families for Peace
Contact Your Representatives
Contact the Media, National and Local
Sign Cindy's Online Petition (Link is down)
A list of supplies that Camp Casey needs donated can be found here
Be sure to contact both national and local media for this story. A good idea is to call your local TV station before you go, and tell them where you are going and why. Offer to report updates to them from the scene. Tell your local media to cover the stories of local families who have lost children in the war and want answers from Bush.
Links
Crawford Peace House
Cindy Sheehan Website
Gold Star Mothers for Peace
Code Pink
Military Families Speak Out
Veterans for Peace
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Vietnam Veterans Against War
dKosopedia Entry for Cindy Sheehan - Includes related diaries
Daily Updates
Texas Iconoclast: Crawford Newspaper with "Cindy Watch"
http://cindysheehan.dailykos.com/
http://txsharon.dailykos.com/
Media Blackout
Radio Show Silences Cindy
NBC doubles back on covering the story
Information for those going to Crawford
How to Prepare
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