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Guest Commentator

Cindy Sheehan

BlackCommentator.com Columnist Cindy Sheehan is the mother of US Army Specialist, Casey Sheehan, who was KIA in Iraq on April 04, 2004. Since then, Cindy has traveled the world demanding that violence be ended as foreign policy tool for the global elite. She has written five books, been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, hosts a weekly radio talk show called Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox and loves playing with her three small grandchildren in her spare time. Click here to contact Ms. Sheehan.

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Commentary

Mom Power – Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

We have to reject this thinking that someone else will come along and solve our problems for us – or that there even exists such a person out there, somewhere, that cares more about our children, our families, and our communities than we do. I am a baby-boomer, born in the USA during the rise…

We have to reject this thinking that someone else will come along and solve our problems for us - or that there even exists such a…

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Cover Story

Mother’s Day Revival – Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

BC welcomes Cindy Sheehan as a columnist. Her column, “Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box,” will appear on a regular basis. Note: Mother’s Day was originally started after the Civil War, as a protest to the carnage of that war, by women who had lost their sons. The quote below is part of the original Mother’s Day…

BC welcomes Cindy Sheehan as a columnist. Her column, “Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box,” will appear on a regular basis. Note: Mother's Day was originally started after…

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Guest Commentary

Open Letter to the Lamest Duck on Vets Day

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

[email protected] November 11, 2008 George Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, DC Dear George, I am writing this to you on the fifth Veteran’s Day I have mourned the death of my son, Casey Sheehan. Casey was a soldier in the Army. You killed my oldest son with your lies and greed for Empire. Casey…

[email protected] November 11, 2008 George Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, DC Dear George, I am writing this to you on the fifth Veteran’s Day I…

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Reflections on 9-11

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

The 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001 is here and it seems like a good time to reflect on what our nation has lost since that tragic day and what we can do to go forward. I do not think that anyone alive on that day will forget the shock that struck our nation when…

The 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001 is here and it seems like a good time to reflect on what our nation has lost since that…

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Ask Not What

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

President Kennedy also said, less famously, in that same address: I would like to enhance Kennedy’s famous words on this 4th of July when the country sets off on another celebration of gross militarism and the deaths of millions of people while we never pay tribute to our First Nation peoples who were exterminated so…

President Kennedy also said, less famously, in that same address: I would like to enhance Kennedy’s famous words on this 4th of July when the country…

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Whose War? Is it Yours?

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.” -William Tecumseh Sherman Frankly, the why part of the question seems obvious.…

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks…

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Military Tribunals and You

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

It seems that the “crime” that the MB has committed in Egypt is winning too many seats in Parliament (as Independents as the MB is an outlawed organization in Egypt) and in coalition could have been an effective opposition voice to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been a puppet of American Imperialists since 1981.…

It seems that the “crime” that the MB has committed in Egypt is winning too many seats in Parliament (as Independents as the MB is an…

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And the Oscar Goes to

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

The current issue is always free to everyone …Hillary Clinton! For phoniest display of belated emotion in a Presidential campaign! Hillary’s emotional outburst, last month, at the tanking of her multi-million dollar, mass pandering campaign reminded me of a scene in Mike Myers’ Wayne’s World where he, as Wayne, throws water on his face and…

The current issue is always free to everyone …Hillary Clinton! For phoniest display of belated emotion in a Presidential campaign! Hillary’s emotional outburst, last month, at…

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Impeachment Proceedings

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

There are many important issues facing our nation and the 110th Congress. Minimum wage increases and universal health care are long past due.I certainly appreciate the stirrings about bringing our troops home from Iraq within 3 or 4 months, too! After all, (sic) more troops were killed yesterday while our politicoes are playing footsies with…

There are many important issues facing our nation and the 110th Congress. Minimum wage increases and universal health care are long past due.I certainly appreciate the…

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