My First Time
By Cindy Sheehan
28 September, 2005
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Clearing House
The
rumors are true this time.
I was arrested in
front of the White House today. It was my first time ever being arrested.
We proceeded from
Lafayette Park to the Guard House at the White House. I, my sister,
and other Gold Star Families for Peace members and some Military Families
requested to meet with the President again. We again wanted to know:
What is the Noble Cause? Our request was, to our immense shock and surprise,
denied. They wouldn't even deliver any letters or pictures of our killed
loved ones to the White House.
We all know by now
why George won't meet with parents of the soldiers he has killed who
disagree with him. First of all, he hates it when people disagree with
him. I am not so sure he hates it as much as he is in denial that it
even happens. Secondly, he is a coward who arrogantly refuses to meet
with the people who pay his salary. Maybe the next time one of us is
asked by our bosses to have a performance review, or we are going to
be written up for a workplace infraction, we should refuse to go and
talk to our bosses citing the fact that the President doesn't have to.
The third reason why he won't talk to us is that he knows there is no
Noble Cause for the invasion and continued occupation of Iraq. It is
a question that has no true answer.
After we were refused
a meeting with the Disconnected One, we went over to right in front
of our house...the White House (in front of the gate of course) and
we sat down and refused to move until George came out and talked to
us. We actually had a good time singing old church songs and old protest
songs while we waited. I tied a picture of Casey on the White House
fence and apparently, that is against the law, too.
After three warnings
to get up and move off of the sidewalk in front of our house, we were
arrested. It is so ironic to me that the person who resides in our White
House swears to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States
of America. The person who is the (p)resident of the White House now
has no concept of the Constitution. He was appointed by the Supreme
Court for his first term, invaded and continues to occupy a sovereign
country without a declaration of war from the Congress, and violated
several treaties to actually invade, Iraq too. Not to mention the condoned
torture that pervades the military prisons these days. These are all
violations of the Constitution. The Patriot Act and denying us our rights
to peaceably assemble are serious breaches of the Bill of Rights. George
is so hypocritically concerned about Iraq developing a Constitution
when he ignores and shreds our own Constitution.
Being arrested is
not a big deal. Even though we were arrested for "demonstrating
without a permit," we were protesting something that is much more
serious than sitting on a sidewalk: the tragic and needless deaths of
tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis and Americans (both in Iraq and
here in America) who would be alive if it weren't for the criminals
who reside in and work in the White House.
Karl Rove (besides
just being a very creepy man) outted a CIA agent and was responsible
for endangering many of our covert agents worldwide. Dick Cheney's old
company is reaping profits beyond anyone's wildest imaginations in their
no-bid contracts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and New Orleans. John Negroponte's
activities in South America are very shady and murderous. Rumsfeld and
Gonzales are responsible for illegal and immoral authorization, encouragement
and approval of torture; not to mention, violating Geneva Conventions,
torture endangers the lives of our service men and women in Iraq. Along
with the above mentioned traitors, Condi lied through her teeth in the
insane run-up to the invasion. The list of crimes this administration
has committed is extensive, abhorrent, and unbelievable. What is so
unbelievable is that WE were arrested for exercising our first amendment
rights and these people are running free to enjoy their lives of crime
and to wreak havoc on the world.
The fine for "demonstrating
without a permit" is $75.00. I am certain that I won't pay it.
My court date is November 16th. Any lawyers out there want to help me
challenge an unconstitutional law?
Check out www.BringThemHomeNowTour.org
for more info and how you can be involved.
Learn more about
Cindy at http://www.meetwithCindy.com or about Gold Star Families for
Peace at http://www.gsfp.org.