August 14, 2005
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SUNDAY GOOD NEWS
And so the first politician (and his party) comes on board this little boat that has rowed out bravely to meet with the Megaliner of Death. Here are the first and last paragraphs of an open letter from Ralph Nader to Cindy Sheehan:
WASHINGTON – August 10
Dear Ms. Sheehan,
From your grief over the loss of your son, Casey, in Iraq has come the courage to spotlight nationally the cowardly character trait of a President who refuses to meet with anyone or any group critical of his illegal, fabricated, deceptive war and occupation of that ravaged country. As a messianic militarist, Mr. Bush turned aside his own father’s major advisers who warned him of the terroristic, political, and diplomatic perils to the United States from an invasion of Iraq. He refused to listen….
Consider bringing to him a copy of President Dwight Eisenhower’s famous “Cross of Iron” speech, delivered in April 1953 before the nation’s newspaper editors in Washington, D.C. And add statements by Marine General Anthony Zinni (ret.), a Middle East specialist who strongly criticized the Bush-Cheney war policy before and after March 2003. May you and your associates succeed in galvanizing the public debate in this country over why a growing majority of Americans now think it was a costly mistake to invade Iraq and want our soldiers back, with the U.S. out of that country. He knows that his support for how he is handling this war-occupation is falling close to one third of respondents in recent polls-the lowest yet. Even with the mass-media at his disposal everyday, he now represents a minority of public opinion, which should give him pause before closing his oil marinated doors on majority views in this nation.
May you prevail where others have failed to secure an audience with Mr. Bush.
Sincerely,
Ralph Nader
You can read the rest of the letter here. And you can email your support here. Vive la Revolution!
Deep Thought: “They say the mountain holds many secrets, but the biggest is this: “I am a fake mountain.”
Today I am grateful for: Stillness
Guess the Movie: “ I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless. But not men.” Answer, The Godfather, 1972.
Winner: CanadianNational.
We Have the Power
By Cindy Sheehan
My day started way too early today. After 3 hours of sleep, I was being shaken awake by someone at 6:30 a.m. telling me that the Today show wanted me to be on. I had come into town to sleep in a trailer because my tent had been infested with fire ants.
We had a very interesting day. We had Bush drive by really, really fast twice. I caught a glimpse of Laura. I was hoping after she saw me that she would come down to Camp Casey with some brownies and lemonade. I waited for her, but she never came.
The Bushes were going to a barbeque/fundraiser down the road from us. I was very surprised that they let us stay so close to Bush. The families of the fallen loved ones held their son’s crosses from Arlington West while Bush drove by. I bet it didn’t even give him indigestion to see so many people protesting his murderous policies. (Rest of article here.)
End of Day: Oops, just didn’t get to this – too damned hot.
Comments (13)
Mrs. Sheehan is getting attention in a major way – good for her. I am impressed with Mr. Nader’s letter. It’s a start – finally. The movie sounds SO familiar, but I can’t put my finger on it. Sounds like Kevin Costner’s Wyatt Earp, but not sure.
Maybe Cindy should have gone to the barbeque. Surely, the president couldn’t ignore her after she’d paid for a ticket.
ryc-I hope you’re right! And thanks for the links in this post, I’m passing them on to a whole lot of people. I hope this is the beginning of some much needed changes.
very powerful…
Thanks. I’ll be back to read Nader in full later.
It’s always nice to read your blog–miss you when you’re away awhile.
bush and his supporters don’t even want us in “their” country … somewhere, the idea that he’s president of all the people has been lost
Thank you for the link. I’ll be passing these along, too.
I signed the petition. Thanks for the link.
It only takes a small spark to start a large fire. And she has inspired others to speak up. The quote is from The Godfather.
Hooray – someone finally got the quote. I admit it was a hard one – kind of general.
How are you and the critters doing in this heat? Wasn’t yesterday horrible??? I was at the Clark County Fair and it was horribly muggy in the building.
Hope all is well your way!
Go Ralph Nader. I like the Green party more and more.