Cindy Sheehan, who has actively protested against the Iraq War and Bush administration, announced her plans to seek the congressional seat of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unless Pelosi introduces articles of impeachment against Mr. Bush in the next two weeks. Now in Sheehan's case, I definitely sympathize in the fact that her son was killed in the war and applaud her political activism and the attention she has brought to her causes. However, Sheehan is no more fit to serve in the United States Congress than Pelosi is to continue doing so. Why do I say that? Let's examine some of the things Sheehan has said and done:
1. On September 24, 2005, Sheehan objected to the media's supposed excessive coverage of Hurricane Rita: "I am watching CNN and it is 100 percent Rita...even though it is a little wind and a little rain...it is bad but there are other things going on in this country today...and in the world!!!!"
2. During a trip to Venezuela in January 2006, Sheehan praised Hugo Chavez, the country's dictatorial President by stating "I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States".
3. On May 26, 2006 in front of the offices of the Liberal Party of Australia in Melbourne, Sheehan attended a rally to support the release of David Hicks. Serving the remainder of his sentence in a high security ward in the city of Adelaide, Hicks pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorism, including attending advanced al-Qaeda training camps and performing surveillance on the embassies of the United States and other countries.
4. Sheehan is a director of the Crawford Peace House, an anti-war activist organization which has been under scrutiny since March 2007 after hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations were unaccounted for. The organization has also failed to submit the necessary paperwork for retaining their corporate charter since May 2006.
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Mason Williams used to say "who needs truth if its dull" Item #4 is a complete fabrication check you facts with the sos texas http://ecpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/servlet/cpa.app.coa.CoaGetTp?Pg=tpid&Search_Nm=the%20crawford%20texas%20peace%20house%20&Button=search&Search_ID=32012425925 the peace house is in compliance .the books are in order and Cindy Sheehan is not on the board .It might be easy to find issues to disagree
the truth should not be one of them
thank you
john wolf
Coming from such a dubious source, I am amazed that you describe my fourth point as "a complete fabrication". With the certificate of account status from the Texas Comptroller dated five days after my posting, you will have to excuse me if I don't apologize for being incorrect on anything. However, as the Harrowdown Hill always says, "It is better late than never". With that being said, I noticed you did not even bother to address my comments regarding the missing donation money. Therefore, please forgive me if I don't believe you when you claim that Sheehan is (or was) not a Director of your organization. By the way, the one aspect which is actually easy to agree with in all of this is the fact that the majority of the individuals behind the anti-war movement are unfortunately being detrimental to the cause.
There is no missing donation money
The books at the peace house are representative of the facts. I can only refute the fantasy of missing funds. There is no evidence of missing funds because it never happened. The stories of missing funds are the fabrication in the mind of Sara Oliver who is on full disability for mental health issues
I can attest to my own incompetence and confusion on the requirement of a non profit to file a State Franchise Tax report We brought in an attorney to audit our books and procedures. And are in full compliance
Sheehan was listed as a director however she has not been a director for our last 2 filed reports
Dishonesty is not one of my traits
I do agree that the peace movement is not representative of the 70% of Americans who oppose the war. I would love to have the rest step up to the plate
peace
John wolf
Not surprisingly, you continue to use the term "fabrication" regarding everyone else but you and your organization. You provided documentation from the State of Texas and then acted as if the Crawford Peace House has been in good standing for months. However, in actuality, your organization did not meet compliance until five days after my initial posting. And after all of the research I performed on the Crawford Peace House, this is the first time I have heard about Ms. Oliver's supposed mental health issues.
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