A message for those who would imprison Cindy Sheehan for speaking out

[derby378]

Words fail me at your cowardice and hubris that would drive you to lock her up for a year for her protest. So I'll have to let Brian MacNeill speak for me the same way Cindy does:

Come all of you who lie in the prisons of the mighty
Who refuse to deny what you believe
And know your greatest foe is the servant o' the night
Who tries to sell the bargain of reprieve
And when the captains o' the cruel come to whisper their lies
Let their temptations fall by your side
Listen tae the ocean and remember
How the rock stands firm against the tide

And you who would be jailers, take this warning
For every man you break upon your wheel
There's another whose courage will pierce you like a thorn
When you see you can never make him kneel
And when the thorn digs deep into the canker of your heart
And the prisoner sees the shame you cannot hide
It's then you'll fear the sound of the ocean
Where the rock stands firm against the tide

No matter the freedom, no matter the cause
No matter the truth that lies beyond
No evil can triumph though it cloak itself in law
Against a man whose word is his bond
No cage can hold the spirit of a true man's heart
And injustice can never fetter pride
No tyrant can ever chain the ocean
While the rock stands firm against the tide

Sleep well, jailers, while you can. We stand with Cindy now and forever.

[stop the bleeding]

1. goosebumps n/t

[dysfunctional press]

2. unfortunately, some things have a right time and place-

and more unfortunately- this was neither.

you can't have a New World Order without Order...it's right in the phrase, fer chrissakes...

[stop the bleeding]

3. excuse me n/t

[Pastiche423]

4. Please explain

[foreigncorrespondent]

5. OMG!

You really did take a wrong turn. I think you need to go back and turn right. It isn't the left that wants a New World Order, buddy!

[derby378]

6. Hey, I have my own questions about Cindy's actions...

...and I've been called on the carpet for it tonight, believe me.

But this woman has done nothing to warrant such ridiculous treatment from the Capitol police.

bpilgrim is right on one important point - Cindy was only trying to remind people of the unspeakable injustice of our continued occupation of Iraq. I hope the only thing that silences her is the grave.

[meow2u3]

17. Don't give those fascist thugs any ideas

They just may well murder her--and unfortunately get away with it! :grr:

[Cleita]

13. I hope you are being sarcastic. n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. bah

fuck 'proper'

this is war.

[roguevalley]

7. They came for the Jews and I didn't act. Same thing here. She is

a woman made of steel, cloaked in the truth and justice of her cause. How many here would have the steely nerve to do what she does, standing all alone against the machine? I love her.

[derby378]

8. I would take a bullet for Cindy

I hope it never comes to that, but I would.

[stop the bleeding]

9. least we could do since her son and many like him have taken the bullet

for LIES

[az chela]

12. As many of you know Cindy is like my daughter

And I am heartsick trying to find out if she is going to be held and if not when she will be released.I got no answers from the sgt who arrested her.
Hopefully she will only be held a couple of hours.
As you can all see from her picture on here she was alone at the capital and was there legally.She had been escorted to her seat in the gallery and she had on a t-shirt that she had worn all day at the protest.Yes it said the number of our troops killed.She had even changed the number because 2 more were killed since she got the shirt.If this is a crime them say good bye to all our freedoms.Like bush said either you are for us or against us.Well, if we are against his murdering our troops and the innocent iraqi people then we are all criminals!!!!! This is no longer home of the free.

[upi402]

10. An injury to one is an injury to all.

ILWU

[tatertop]

11. I am absolutely in love with that woman

Same as 99.99 percent of the men here

[derby378]

14. Kick (n/t)

[GRLMGC]

16. I doubt they'll imprison her

That would look horrible on their part. A. It was just a damn t-shirt and B. She's a grieving mother.

If they do, a shit storm would surely ensue

[derby378]

18. One more kick for the morning crew