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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 09:35 AM
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The most powerful comments on 'The Amazing Hypocrites' by a mother of Gl
killed in Iraq. I believe this article needs to be sent to all members of Congress and each and every Senator. Guess I will have to get permission from Truthout to do so.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032305B.shtml

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As far as I am concerned, the amazing hypocrites in our Government are not making up for killing thousands of innocent Americans and Iraqis by passing emergency legislation to save one life. Every member of Bush's executive branch (past and present) and every member of Congress who voted to give George the authority to invade Iraq have innocent blood on their hands. For the next State of the Union address, maybe the hypocrites in Congress should shamefacedly display blood-soaked hands, instead of proudly wriggling fingers stained with ink to symbolize sham Iraqi elections.

Mr. Tom ("We should investigate every avenue before we take the life of a living human being") DeLay should be outraged for the soldiers who have been murdered because of the cowardice of him and his colleagues. He should shed real tears for the soldiers' families, whose lives have been destroyed by their murders. DeLay should search for a homeless Iraq Vet and pass legislation to find him a job and an apartment. Mr. Tom (who cried over Ms. Schiavo's hunger pains) DeLay should go to Walter Reed hospital and find one of our kids who has been horribly maimed by the betrayal of his government and pass legislation to pay for his meals. After 3 months, the wounded soldier has to pay for his meals with his own money. Maybe Mr. Tom (Crocodile Tears) DeLay should find a soldier who has returned from this abomination of a war who is suffering from PTSD and pass a law to get him the help he needs before the soldier's dad finds him hanging by a garden hose in the basement.

Maybe if Tom DeLay and the rest of the members of Congress who voted for the Terry Schiavo Emergency Relief Act, and who voted to give George Bush the authority to go to war and who voted to give George Bush more money to waste in Iraq, sought out and talked to us citizens whose lives have been tragically impaired by the invasion/occupation of Iraq and could hear our stories, they might rush back to DC to vote to rip the authority out of the president's hands and end the immoral occupation of Iraq. One thing this "Circus of Hypocrisy" has shown me is that Congress can accomplish something when it sets its mind to it. Now it is time to accomplish something important ... and I am not talking about steroids use in baseball.

I have a great idea! Although Mr. Tom (Politician Protection Act: HB 913) DeLay is not my Congressman (hmmm ... don't think he's Terry Schiavo's Congressman, either) maybe I should ask him to introduce the Soldiers Put in Harm's Way for Lies and Betrayals Emergency Relief Act ... and force the amazing hypocrites to bring our troops home, now!

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Excellent!!
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 10:05 AM
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1. She deserves and answer to this question :
" However, I have one question for Congress and for George ("When in doubt, it is always better to err on the side of life"- Arizona, March 22, 2005) Bush, though: Why does Terry Schiavo deserve to live more than my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan? "
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SheepyMcSheepster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 10:06 AM
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2. kick!
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 10:18 AM
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3. Cindy Sheehan spoke at our peace rally on Sunday
in Asheville NC. She brought tears to many eyes, just as she had the day before in Fayetteville. She is a soft spoken but POWERFUL speaker.
I got to speak with her briefly and give her a big hug.
It is a truly heart-wrenching situation. :-(
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 10:32 AM
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4. I know it was an amazing article
I was going to link to it yesterday after I read it but forgot, so I'm glad to see it here. And kudos to Truthout for having it. Cindy is incredibly brave and so right on the money.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 10:35 AM
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5. Every Repug initiative these past fifty months oozes with hypocrisy,
bountiful hypocrisy with a dash of sanctimonious piety and a ton of duplicity and mendaciousness added for good measure (well at least a strong argument of such could be made IMHO).
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 10:44 AM
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6. 50 months later the sheep are sensing some trouble
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amatul Donating Member (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 11:20 AM
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7. thank u "sinkingfeeling"
for posting this aND THE VIDEO IS SO RAD Im reposting the link AT ALL MY BLOGS ETC SITES.....

one love & PEACE
Amatul


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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 11:28 AM
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8. Outstanding and recommended!
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savannahana Donating Member (491 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 11:48 AM
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9. thank you
found it posted in GD, so thanks too for putting it there

this truthout link is going around to the folks who usually hear from me, & some who haven't heard zip in quite awhile

just wish i could've been in NC last weekend...

nominated-in-spirit (not enough posts yet to nominate in fact)

again, thanks




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clem_c_rock Donating Member (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:48 PM
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10. Thanks for posting this
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flygal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:09 AM
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11. Good for her! She's speaking for so many
I also want to know why the governor of a state who has had so many kidnappings and murders of children by paroled child molesters who have stated they need help is not making a federal issue of that instead of one woman who was - hate to sound callous - in this condition of her own doing.
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Daphne08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:56 AM
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12. I've been ranting about this for the last two days...
The Soldiers Put in Harm's Way for Lies and Betrayals Emergency Relief Act sounds just fine.

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