Texican Tattler
I'm both nauseated and unsurprised. Commercialism trumps family. Here is a woman who has traded her child's death for personal fame, and personal gain, and for what good? None. Cindy Sheehan has done nothing remotely comparable to her son's sacrifice. Rather, she appeals to unthinking, emotional, political haters, who wish only to advance their own agenda, and anyone who stands between them and their goal be damned. Cindy Sheehan is damned, indeed.
fucking liberals.
She was questioned about that, but I don't remember her remarks. I can't find a link right now.
Papa Ray
This is a blessing. If she cared about giving him a headstone, she would have her own face put on it.
Papa Ray-
Cindy was questioned as to why there is no headstone on Casey's grave and she said (if I recall correctly) that it is because she was denied one by the government, they never offered and she has no money to do so. You should be able to find the exact quote on either Gateway Pundit's site or LT Smash's site, which, I believe you read.
I have also heard that her husbnad once tried to put a headstone there and she had it removed, but that is just rumor- although I wouldn't put it past her.
-AirborneVet, AZ
Some people, myself included, don't believe in headstones, or for that matter coffins or fancy urns for ashes. It could be just a matter of personal belief.
Yep, that's probably it Timmy.
Thanks for checking Snopes...
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Ms. Sheehan hasn't memorialized her son. She has been consistently narcissistic. Her son's death has merely been a platform for her to stand upon and preach the gospel according to Cindy as dictated by the liberal machine.....
Ever wonder what the expression "stuck on stupid" meant?
Well here is an example:
Actually this email is a prime example of stupid forwarding lies:
The grinning idiot clinging to Je$$e Jack$on is Cindy Sheehan... the sob sister protesting the war at Bush's ranch, who lost her son in the war, the same son she gave up in her divorce when he was 7 years old.
The piece quoted above, criticizing Ms. Sheehan's alleged lack of involvement in her son's upbringing after divorcing his father, is something fabricated out of whole cloth, evidently the product of someone's confusing a completely different family with the Sheehans. Cindy Sheehan and her husband, Patrick, were high school sweethearts who wed while both were in their early 20's and who have been married to each other for over 28 years. (Neither has ever been married to anyone else.) The couple had four children together, of whom Casey was the oldest. Both parents raised Casey together, first in the southern California community of Norwalk and later in the northern California town of Vacaville, where the Sheehans moved when Casey was 14.
And by the way if you wonder why she has so much free time ... she is going through another divorce right now and guess what? She is giving up custody of another son.
In fact, in August 2005 Patrick Sheehan (the ORIGINAL HUSBAND) filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the cause and stating that the couple had been separated since 1 June 2005.
As Forest Gump once wisely proclaimed, "Stupid is as stupid does."
What Is This Picture?
Obviously, it's a picture in a cemetery. What cemetery and whose grave?
Sadly, it's the grave of Casey Sheehan. After two years, and a DoD payment of $250,000 to the "Peace Mom", Cindy Sheehan has not had the time or bothered to have a headstone placed on this young hero's grave. And, she doesn't even have to pay for one, the DoD will provide one:
Nadeau said the military provided his mortuary $5,736 in funding to pay for the funeral service and cemetery arrangements. The funding came in May 2004, said Nadeau, and he paid the cemetery as soon as the costs had been totaled
"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a government headstone or marker for the grave of any deceased eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world . For all deaths occurring before September 11, 2001, the VA may provide a headstone or marker only for graves that are not marked with a private headstone.
The small plaque that currently marks the plot is standard on gravesites for which a headstone has not yet been made, says Patrick Sheehan, Casey's father. According to the Vacaville Reporter, one has been ordered and is under construction at a local monument manufacturer.
Flat markers in granite, marble, and bronze and upright headstones in granite and marble are available. The style chosen must be consistent with existing monuments at the place of burial. Niche markers are also available to mark columbaria used for internment of cremated remains."
On 25 May 2006, a headstone was finally placed at Casey's grave, one described thusly by the Vacaville Reporter:
The elegant marble slab is thick and emblazoned with a cross and delicate thickets of trees on both sides.
"Our Casey," reads an inscription on the front. "Ever faithful, kind, and gentle, good son, beloved brother, brave soldier, dear friend, you loved your family and lived your life serving others to the end." Six icons grace the other side, representing a military insignia, the theater, Eagle Scouts, Van Halen, the World Wrestling Federation and Superman.
That same publication also contacted Cindy Sheehan via e-mail for her comments on the placement of the headstone:
Sheehan said she had paid for the tombstone herself and was part of a family effort to put it up, even though its installation saddened her.
"It is important for the rest of Casey's family to have one," she wrote. "I guess the pain of seeing it etched in marble that he is dead is another pain I will have to deal with."
The headstone was very expensive, Sheehan wrote. She said that the government should have paid for it because of its responsibility for his death.
Apparently she can find time to protest on at least 3 continents, get arrested various times, go on vacation in Hawaii, have photo ops with the Marxists in Venezuela, but can't seem to find the time to properly mark her son's grave.
These republicans, all “good Christians” I’m sure LIE to smear someone instead of addressing the real point. They also use death threats and hate mail, along with intimidation. I’m sure she is no saint, however this behavior identifies the true colors.
Please DO pass this one along.
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