Someone’s looking to extend their 15 minutes of infamy. Cindy writes a letter to President Neophyte (via the DU)
Dear Mr. Obama,
I hear that you were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize recently in Oslo, Norway and that, in addition to that spiffy medal, it comes with 1.4 million tax-free dollars that you are going to “donate to charity.”
I just want to let you know that there are still some of us in the US who oppose the wars, even though you are president, and its nothing personal, but I vehemently oppose your wars and especially oppose the escalation of troops to Afghanistan and the fact that there has been no de-escalation from Iraq.
It has been super-tough being a peace activist since you took office, because a lot of my colleagues supported your candidacy and gave you a “wait and see”and “give him a chance,” while I have been working against these policies since Bush was president and have never stopped.
Well, I don´t know if you have heard, but I am planning on setting up a Camp right across the street from your house on the lawn of the Washington Monument called–Camp OUT NOW–Not only will it be an anti-war Camp, but it will also be a community for people who have lost their jobs and homes during the past years of the Goldman Sachs depression. Also, while the need is rising, the city of Washington, DC is cutting back on services for the poor.
Mr. Obama, Camp OUT NOW will provide services to these people AND be the launching pad for what we hope will end the mad wars for profit and imperial power in Iraq-Afghanistan-Pakistan.
You proposed a “Just War” theory during your Nobel acceptance speech and I just want to also let you know that we don´t think, and never have thought, these wars are “Just,” but we think what we are doing, beginning March 13th is extremely, “Just.” I think if you thought about it really hard, you would agree. We are saving the lives of Americans and our brothers and sisters in the Middle East.
Well, Mr. Obama, the reason that I am writing to you is to apply for part of that money that you will be donating to charity. We don´t need all of it, but my coalition–Peace of the Action–could use a couple of hundred thousand of it!
Please go to www.PeaceoftheAction.org for more info about our efforts, which we are hoping will, “Make you do it.”
You can go to www.Paypal.com and put in my email address: Cindy@CindySheehansSoapbox.com to make a donation online, or mail a check to:
PO BOX 6264
Vacaville, Ca 95696
You did say, time and again, during your campaign that we the people had to “make you,” and Peace of the Action will do just that! We just want to be of service to show you the way to Peace.
Thanks for your consideration,
Cindy Sheehan
Director of the Peace of the Action Coalition
Didn’t Cindy get the message? The anti-war movement ended when The Messiah was elected, operative part of that word, based on what he has done since January is “mess.” I wonder how the left will react when the Capital Police, and perhaps even the Secret Service, have her and her little protest removed?
One of the DUmmies recommends that Cindy win the Nobel Peace Prize. In all fairness, she has certainly done more than the current chump in the White House.
Amazing, she is absolutely amazing. Won’t that little camp be attractive across the street in DC?? I am curious to see how much support she actually gets, and how many people who’ve lost their jobs are going to be willing to hunker down in DC during January & February…
Funny, here in little West Chester PA, only a very few protesters still attend the weekely vigil now that Obama is president. But the ring leader tries her darndest, writing scathing emails (mostly about the large number of Pro-American supporters of the troops who continue to grow, and come out in support every week in whatever kind of weather!) and begging her past supporters to come out. The anti-war movement has died, even though some aren’t happy with Obama’s decisions, the majority of those supporters were just anti-Bush, and the truth is out now.
May algore turn up and bring some ‘global warming’ with him.