NationStates Jolt Archive

Cindy Sheehan Joins Veterans in Effort to Aid Hurricane Victims.

COVINGTON, La., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cindy Sheehan, the grieving military mother whose vigil outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, focused the nation's attention on the human cost of the Iraq war, will be arriving in Covington, La., today, joining the ongoing national volunteer effort to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Immediately after Sheehan's vigil at "Camp Casey" in Crawford ended on Aug. 31, veterans who'd participated in the vigil drove all leftover supplies from the campsite -- toilet paper, medicines, water, and food -- to Covington, La., for distribution to hurricane victims. Since Sept. 2, they have been in Covington, operating a relief operation out of "Camp Casey III."

"My efforts for these last weeks since we left Camp Casey in Crawford have been about standing up against the inept policies of the Bush Administration and about helping people who are suffering because of those policies," Sheehan said. "The good citizens of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are certainly among this group, and I want to do whatever I can to be of assistance to them."

Volunteers at Camp Casey III have already delivered over 100 tons of food and supplies to communities in Louisiana and Mississippi that had seen no relief until they arrived.

They are working with community leaders in some areas; in other areas, they are simply delivering food, water, and other supplies to individuals. Yesterday they delivered 20 tons of supplies to the neighborhoods of West Bank, Algiers, lower gardens and French Quarter in New Orleans and Bay St. Louis and Kiln, Mississippi.

Cindy Sheehan Joins Veterans in Effort to Aid Hurricane Victims.

COVINGTON, La., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cindy Sheehan, the grieving military mother whose vigil outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, focused the nation's attention on the human cost of the Iraq war, will be arriving in Covington, La., today, joining the ongoing national volunteer effort to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Immediately after Sheehan's vigil at "Camp Casey" in Crawford ended on Aug. 31, veterans who'd participated in the vigil drove all leftover supplies from the campsite -- toilet paper, medicines, water, and food -- to Covington, La., for distribution to hurricane victims. Since Sept. 2, they have been in Covington, operating a relief operation out of "Camp Casey III."

"My efforts for these last weeks since we left Camp Casey in Crawford have been about standing up against the inept policies of the Bush Administration and about helping people who are suffering because of those policies," Sheehan said. "The good citizens of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are certainly among this group, and I want to do whatever I can to be of assistance to them."

Volunteers at Camp Casey III have already delivered over 100 tons of food and supplies to communities in Louisiana and Mississippi that had seen no relief until they arrived.

They are working with community leaders in some areas; in other areas, they are simply delivering food, water, and other supplies to individuals. Yesterday they delivered 20 tons of supplies to the neighborhoods of West Bank, Algiers, lower gardens and French Quarter in New Orleans and Bay St. Louis and Kiln, Mississippi.

This sounds like a refreshing turn to her story. Volunteers associated with her delivering 100 tons of food and supplies is certainly a significant contribution to people that need it desperately.
Humanitarian work for a cause was always more appealing to me than protesting against something else.
While I dont agree with some of her other issues, I certainly agree with her in her efforts to direct resources and attention to the hurricane victims.

Good for her and efforts to help in a very major way.

Humanitarian work for a cause was always more appealing to me than protesting against ...She will not stop Protesting the war.

http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0912/4961683_320X240.jpg
PITTSBURGH -- Military mother Cindy Sheehan brought her anti-war message to Pittsburgh Sunday.

Sheehan set up "Camp Neil" at Schenley Park in honor of Lt. Neil Santoriello, a Penn Hills native who died in Iraq in 2004.

Hundreds showed up Sunday to hear Sheehan and march with her to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Oakland.

The event was part of the Bring the Troops Home Now campaign.

She will not stop Protesting the war.

http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0912/4961683_320X240.jpg
PITTSBURGH -- Military mother Cindy Sheehan brought her anti-war message to Pittsburgh Sunday.

Sheehan set up "Camp Neil" at Schenley Park in honor of Lt. Neil Santoriello, a Penn Hills native who died in Iraq in 2004.

Hundreds showed up Sunday to hear Sheehan and march with her to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Oakland.

The event was part of the Bring the Troops Home Now campaign.

Thats alright-she has a right to protest. I think that no matter what her position is, she may be strengthening and validating her views while she is truly helping people in a big way that really need it.

Whatever her message, I applaud her humanitarian efforts. The victims that are benefiting from her charity probably wouldnt care if it was her or sadaam husseing giving their children fresh clean food and water and clean clothes and a safe dry place to rest.
Issues aside-If her media exposure can enlist more help and support for the victims, I say its a good thing. I just hope it continues to move in a positive direction, rather than trying to make something else negative.

I wonder how Bush-supporters will twist this. Probably just by saying that she's evil because helping the hurricane victims is just a political tactic.

...because we all know Rove never councils the President to do things for political reasons.

I wonder how Bush-supporters will answer this..They will create another Thread trying to denigrate her with some neocon nonsense

Well, heres one Bush supporter saying something that will stun you all! I'm proud of her! I think her views are twisted, and her calls to "pull troops out of occupied New Orleans" is utterly ridiculus, but her humanitarian efforts are highly applaudable, and I would would tell her so if I saw her.

bump

I think her helping the relief efforts is commendable. But I'd appreciate she keep politics away from this. His views are just wrong, but at least she is doing one thing right by donating to the relief.

How about something that is not from a Bush supporter? Or in fact a Bush opponent?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/16/AR2005091602167_pf.html

New Orleans is my hometown. It is the place where I grew up, where my family still lives. For me, it is a place of comfort and memories. It is home.

Now my home needs your help, and the help of every American. Much of my city is still underwater. Its historical buildings have been wrecked, its famous streets turned to rivers and, worst of all, so many of its wonderful people -- including members of my own family and my neighbors -- have lost everything.

On Thursday night President Bush spoke to the nation from my city. I am not a Republican. I did not vote for George W. Bush -- in fact, I worked pretty hard against him in 2000 and 2004. But on Thursday night, after watching him speak from the heart, I could not have been prouder of the president and the plan he outlined to empower those who lost everything and to rebuild the Gulf Coast.

Bush called on every American to stand up and support the rebuilding of the region. He told us that New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast would rise from the ruins stronger than before. He enunciated something that we all need to remember: This is America. We are not immune to tragedy here, but we are strong because of our industriousness, our ingenuity and, most important, because of our compassion for one another. We are a nation of rebuilders and a nation of givers. We do not give up in the face of tragedy, we stand up, and we reach out to help those who cannot stand up on their own.

The president called on every American to reach out to my neighbors in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast. The great people of this country have already opened their hearts in the immediate aftermath of the storm, and their tremendous generosity has done more than just provide extra comfort -- it has saved lives. Now the crisis of survival is over. But the task of rebuilding remains, and the president made it clear that every single one of us has a role to play.

Each of us belongs to some group -- a church, a union or a fraternal organization, or even a book club -- that can make a difference. It is those groups that can pool resources and then reach out to their counterparts in the stricken states and ask, "What can we do?" Schools, Girl Scout troops, Rotary clubs -- this is the time for every community group to step forward to lend a helping hand. We need it.

The president also laid out the federal government's goal for rebuilding. It is unprecedented in its scope and ambition, matching destruction that is unprecedented as well. He made the challenge clear: This will be one of the biggest reconstruction projects in history. But he also made it clear that we can and will do this. New Orleans, Biloxi, all of the Gulf Coast will rise again. And the residents are ready to pitch in and do their part.

I know, maybe better than anyone, that there are times when it seems that our nation is too divided ever to heal. There are times when we feel so different from each other that we can hardly believe that we are all part of the same family. But we are one nation. We are a family. And this is what we do. When the president asked us to pitch in Thursday night, he wasn't really asking us to do anything spectacular. He was asking us to be Americans, and to do what Americans always do.

The president has set a national goal and defined a national purpose. This is something I believe with all my heart: When we are united, nothing can stop us. We will not waver, we will not tire, and we will not stop until the streets are clean, every last brick has been replaced and every last family has its home back.

Bush talked about how we bury our family and friends. We grieve and mourn. We march to a solemn song and then we rejoice and step out and form the second line. That line is now open to every American to join us in rebuilding a great region of this country. New Orleans will rise again. My hometown is down but not out, and with the help of every American, it will be back on its feet, bigger and brighter than ever.

Mr. President, I am ready for duty. I am ready to stir those old pots again. Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work.

The writer, a Democratic political consultant, managed Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.

Now, she deserves my respect, because even if she was on the opposite team, she realized that it would be best to be bipartisan, especially at this point in time.

She will not stop Protesting the war.

http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0912/4961683_320X240.jpg
PITTSBURGH -- Military mother Cindy Sheehan brought her anti-war message to Pittsburgh Sunday.

Sheehan set up "Camp Neil" at Schenley Park in honor of Lt. Neil Santoriello, a Penn Hills native who died in Iraq in 2004.

Hundreds showed up Sunday to hear Sheehan and march with her to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Oakland.

The event was part of the Bring the Troops Home Now campaign.

i can't believe she still doesn't get it:

If we leave Iraq now, EVERYONE WHO DIED WILL HAVE DIED IN VAIN.

what a dumb bitch ... sorry for the language, but if i saw her...

i forgot to add the "hehe" to that last transmission. while i disagree with her stance, i'm a peaceful peron in interpersonal situations.

What ARE this woman's motives? She can't bring her son back, and even if she did, he would probably disown her. Sure, she has the right to protest and raise hell about how the President of the United States doesn't have time to molly-coddle her everytime she has something to rant about. She can travel wherever she wants, talk to womever she wants, and make as much money off her dead son as her speaker's bureau will pay her. But the fact remains that she's the dishonorable mother from hell, and nothing, not even whatever "humanitarian efforts" she makes to generate even more publicity for herself, will ever change that.

I can't stand her. I literally cannot STAND her!

And no, I'm not trying to support Bush.

she still doesn't get it:

If we leave Iraq now, EVERYONE WHO DIED WILL HAVE DIED IN VAIN.

what a dumb bitch ... sorry for the language, but if i saw her...Bush Mother is a dumb Bitch... and If i saw her...I would take her...and have her spend 2 days at the Superdome.

BTW... its the Bushites like you...you still dont get it: they already died in vain.

Bush Mother is a dumb Bitch... and If i saw her...I would take her...and have her spend 2 days at the Superdome.

BTW they already died in Vain.
Actually, they died in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that is neither here nor there, nor outer space.

What ARE this woman's motives? She can't bring her son back, and even if she did, he would probably disown her. Sure, she has the right to protest and raise hell about how the President of the United States doesn't have time to molly-coddle her everytime she has something to rant about. She can travel wherever she wants, talk to womever she wants, and make as much money off her dead son as her speaker's bureau will pay her. But the fact remains that she's the dishonorable mother from hell, and nothing, not even whatever "humanitarian efforts" she makes to generate even more publicity for herself, will ever change that.

I can't stand her. I literally cannot STAND her!

And no, I'm not trying to support Bush.

yeah, what could the motives of a mother who lost her child in a country that wasn't capable of threatening the US in any way for no good reason possibly be? it's a real brain teaser, that....

Finally, she does something good for the country.

But saying pull our troops out of NO? Why don't we just pull our troops out of every bad situation. Oh, I know, while we're at it, why don't we just disband our whole military.

Honestly, we started fighting for a cause. That cause is not finished. If we stop now, those deaths WILL be in vane. Even if it didn't affect us, there were people who were being prosecuted and tortured. That should've been reason enough. How would you like to be one of those people, and know that the US, the world's most powerful nation, didn't give a damn? You'd sure support them if Saddam was torturing you or your family.

But saying pull our troops out of NO? have she even said that?

What happened to her bus tour? Flat tire, no dimes for the toll booth? I was kinda hoping she'd figure out what happened to Hanoi Jane.