Casey Sheehan Gets His Birthday Present (Belated by 2 Years)!
John over at Cindy Sheehan Watch let me know about this story: After 2 years, Casey Sheehan finally has his tombstone. I don't mean to be mean, and certainly not disrespectful to Casey's memory by trashing his mom on what would be Casey's 27th birthday (he was born May 29th and was killed April 4, 2004), but so long as his mom is out there doing this and this and this and this and this (what was she thinking here?)....I can't help myself. She may be a Gold Star Mom, but it doesn't make her worldview a correct one. Her opinions need to be countered.
And John is doing a good job of it. Please link to him if you haven't already.
A gravestone now marks Casey Sheehan's
resting place at Vaca-Elmira Cemetery in Vacaville. (Joel Rosenbaum/The Reporter)
And John is doing a good job of it. Please link to him if you haven't already.
resting place at Vaca-Elmira Cemetery in Vacaville. (Joel Rosenbaum/The Reporter)
Labels: Cindy Sheehan
posted by The WordSmith from Nantucket at 5/29/2006 04:14:00 PM
9 Comments:
About time. May he now rest in peace!
If only his mother would let him lay in peace and honor like he deserves. I have believed, and still do, Mrs. Sheehan can not accept the death of her son. I think the first photo is awful. No Mother would like to see that, myself included. I have lost 2 children and one took me much longer to get past the denial and anger than the other. He is not "spinning in his grave", his body is at peace even if it is a spin, it's wrong.
I'm not blaming you, Sparky, but you really should dump that photo. There are a lot of Mothers who have lost children and it is mortifying to see such a gravestone.
Just because his Mother can't get past his death, for whatever reason, does not give homage to the right to disrespect the fallen warriors in any shape or form.
Still luv ya!
You know what? I agree. I'm very grateful that you two (Pamela and Sheila) could make me pause and think about this. It is rather in bad taste. I'll take it down. Thank you.
Oh well, if good taste at all times was a prerequisite for blogging I would have had to give up long ago.
At least you didn't use the Chinese Sign Generator:
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or the Street Sign Generator:
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or the Dog Tags Generator:
http://www.dogtagsgenerator.com/
....there are so many of these fun little utilities...
Sparky, you do realize that I was just being honest and that I take no disrespect in that photo because I realize you're not a Mother. I want to make sure we're still cool and that I still think you're one of the best!
Pamela,
What gives you the impression that I'm upset about anything? I'm grateful that you and Sheila spoke up, and had me give pause, and put myself back in Cindy Sheehan's shoes (something I haven't done in ages, after she persisted with her media attention and outrageous statements), so to speak, as a Gold Star Mom, and forget politics for a moment. As it says in the stickied post, from Hugh Hewitt,
When you are tempted to blast his mom, remind yourself of this man’s sacrifice and heroism and assume as I do that he loved his mom deeply and would defend her like the fine son he must have been even if he disagreed with her politics.
And disagreement doesn't equate to dislike of people, for me. But there is no disagreement here.
Obviously, I got here a bit late. I didn't understand what gravestone picture you had published that was disrespectful. After reading the remainder of the comments I now understand you removed it.
I know you are angry, as I am, and I can certainly understand that. I am so tired of her using her son to promote her political agenda; she is the one who should be ashamed, but like all of the Moonbats, they have no shame.
I hope Casey rests in peace. He did his job and did it well, and deserves a peaceful rest and all of our blessings.
I almost forgot, thanks for the link to John. I haven't been there before.
This is something I wouldn't criticize her for because I know everyone grieves differently but it does seem wrong. I know if I lost a child a tombstone showing his achievements would be important to me. It sounds like from reading some of those articles that the rest of his family are great and she is the only looney one. She has abandoned her faith, friends, family etc... I think it is all very sad!!
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