Empire Means Never Having to Mean it’s Sorry by Cindy Sheehan

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March 10, 2011

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“The US is deeply sorry…these deaths shouldn’t have happened.” — General David Petraeus after nine Afghan children gathering wood were slaughtered by the US.

On 3 March, occupying forces in Afghanistan killed nine children gathering wood in Kunar Province. This time, instead of despicably accusing Afghan parents of killing their own children to laughably cast the US in a bad light (we don’t need any help), according to the L.A. Times, Petraeus “swiftly” apologized.

The Tables Get Turned: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and Raymond Davis by Cindy Sheehan

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March 2, 2011

Turn about is fair play.
American Proverb

In February of 2010, based on the flimsiest of physical evidence and rampant anti-Muslim bias, a Pakistani woman, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, was convicted in US Federal Court in Manhattan for ATTEMPTED “murder of an American” and sentenced to 86 years plus life in prison. The terms “kangaroo court” and “railroaded” spring easily to mind when I think about the case of Dr. Siddiqui. I wrote extensively about the case in an article called: Injustice in the Age of Obama.

A Message of Solidarity with Workers + It’s the War Economy, Duh! by Cindy Sheehan

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February 25, 2011

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Working women and men, I stand with you, because I am one of you!

Some people call me the “Peace Mom,” because of my unwavering work and stand for peace. In 2004, my son Casey made the ultimate sacrifice for war profiteering and imperial hubris; he was only in the Army because he wanted to take pressure off of his family for college tuition. Because I am one of you, I know that working women and men make substantial sacrifices every day of their lives.

USA MATRIOT ACT by Cindy Sheehan

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February 16, 2011

The USA MATRIOT ACT

“Uniting and Strengthening All by Mentoring Appropriate Trust Required to Instruct and Obstruct Tyranny”

Today, (Feb 16, 2011) the Senate approved an extension of the treasonous USA PATRIOT ACT, following the lead of the House of Representatives.

The USA PATRIOT ACT, commonly called “the Patriot Act,” is an acronym contrived to make something that is completely tyrannical and fascist sound appealing. The USA PATRIOT ACT stands for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.

Cindy Sheehan: Egypt’s military follows the will of the US Empire

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February 16, 2011

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American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan says Hosni Mubarak’s decision to step down was in collaboration with the U.S. government.

In an exclusive interview with Press TV’s U.S. Desk, Sheehan said Washington insisted on Mubarak being replaced by Egypt’s military, because the military too followed the will of the U.S. Empire.

The American activist added that for 30 years the U.S. had been propping up the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, giving it military and monetary support. This she said inflamed the Egyptian people, turning them against Washington.

Once Upon a Time in the Evil Empire by Cindy Sheehan

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February 13, 2011

America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. — Emperor George the III

Once upon a time in the Evil Empire, there arose to the Most Powerful Office in the Land, a very stupidly evil man named, George Walker Bush (the III George of the Empire).

Rachel Corrie’s mom, Cindy Corrie, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

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February 13, 2011

(SOAPBOX #87) – Cindy Sheehan welcomes a most honored guest, Cindy Corrie.  (Note: That link goes to Part 1 of an interview with Rachel Corrie’s parents.  Part 2 is here.)  Both of these ladies suffered a mother’s worst nightmare: the loss of her precious child – to the forces of empire! 

Cindy Sheehan: How the anti-war movement is asleep under Obama

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February 10, 2011

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Brother Larry Pinkney on Obama’s Wars, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

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February 6, 2011

(SOAPBOX #86) This Sunday (February 6th), Cindy celebrates February by hosting Larry Pinkney, previously a two time January guest (in 2009 & 2010) – in this month instead.  Brother Larry Pinkney is an editorial board member of Black Commentator, a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa and a former political prisoner.  He’s the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  He’s been a distinguished activist and solidly established as an intelligent and perceptive commentator for a good time now. 

Stuck in Stage Two by Cindy Sheehan

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February 1, 2011

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The 5 Stages of Grief:

1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance

In 1969, Swiss psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross published a groundbreaking book called: On Death and Dying. The five stages of grief listed above are called the Kubler-Ross Model and were originally designated for people who were diagnosed with a terminal illness but were extended to anyone who has suffered a major loss such as: losing a limb, losing freedom, or a death of a close loved one.

Helena Norberg-Hodge: Localization: Development without destruction and The Economics of Happiness, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

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January 30, 2011

(SOAPBOX #85) – Cindy welcomes Helena Norberg-Hodge, an analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures and agriculture worldwide and a pioneer of the localization movement.  The destructive impact of globalization on our children is no less destructive than its historical impact on the Ladakh, an isolated Himalayan culture described in countercurrents.org here. Over the past three decades, Ms. Norberg-Hodge has studied this process in numerous cultures around the world and discovered that we are all victims of these same psychological pressures.

The “R” Word by Cindy Sheehan

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January 30, 2011

More powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound–Revolution is simply joining forces to overthrow the status quo with uprisings against the world’s ruling class courageously springing up all over the globe.

I have a few “friends” that have been rather indignant and have broken off contact with me because I frequently use the word, “revolution.” I wonder if these same people quit eating at IHOP when the restaurant chain, known for it’s pancakes started it’s new club: “The Pancake Revolution.”

Afghani-Scammed by Cindy Sheehan

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January 23, 2011

Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.  — Mark Twain, “Chronicle of Young Satan”

The current president of the USA is no less skilled at being the Liar-in-Chief than the last one—after all, to be fair, that is the job description of the CEO of the Empire.

Spogmai Akseer: A View from the Inside of Afghanistan, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

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January 23, 2011

Cindy Sheehan: George Carlin, Roe versus Wade and Gitmo

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January 16, 2011

(SOAPBOX #83)

This Sunday (January 16th), Cindy presents admirably scurrulous election satire by no less than George Carlin, and then “celebrates” two anniversaries, one famous and most healthy for our nation – but oh so hated today by the “religious right” (which is really neither) – Roe versus Wade – and the other, a truly sickening anniversary, that of the opening of Guantanamo Bay Prison, on Jan 11th, 2002.