re comment #69903 by Rob.  I don’t know whether you got the idea from Rush Limbaugh, but your attempt to distiguish Mary Tillman and Cindy Sheehan is shallow and nonsensical. 

Both women stepped forward to speak out after their sons died in service of a lie.  Cindy Sheehan has been outspoken and has placed herself on the line because she doesn’t want more mothers to experience what she and Mary Tillman have gone through.  This has included, in the tradition of Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr., a williness to be arrested on several occasions as she engages in acts of civil disobedience. 

Your effort to pervert Cindy Sheehan’s positive means for dealing with the grief she will live with for the remainder of her life into a search for celebrity status is both vile and repugnant.  It reminds me of a similar charge leveled by America’s Eva Braun, aka Ann Coulter, against the 9/11 widows.

A poem given to the late Leo F. Buscaglia , Ph.D. by a student , during the Vietnam War .
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Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and I dented it ?

I thought you’d kill me , but you didn’t ;

And remember the time I dragged you to the beach and you said it would rain and it did .

I thought you’d say I told you so , but you didn’t ;

And remember the time I flirted with all the guys just to make you jealous , and you were .

And remember the time I spilt blueberry pie all over your brand new car rug .

I thought you’d smack me , but you didn’t ;

And the time I forgot to tell you that the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans .

I thought you’d leave me forever , but you didn’t ;

Yes there were lots of things you didn’t do , but you put up with me and you loved me and you protected me .

And there were lots of things I wanted to make up to you when you got back from Vietnam , but you didn’t .

(Author Unknown)

In This Weather ,
In This Wind

In this weather , in this wind

I would never have sent the children out !

They were carried , carried out !

I wasn’t allowed to say anything about it !

In this weather , in this howling storm , I would never have let the children go out ,

I was afraid they would get sick ;

These are just idle thoughts .

In this weather , in this horror ,

I would never have let the children go out ,

I was afraid they would die tommorow ;

but there’s nothing to be done for that now .

In this weather , in this horror ,

I would never sent the children out ,

they were dragged out ,

I wasn’t allowed to say anything about it !

In this weather , in this howling storm , in this wind ,

they rest as if in their mother’s house ,

in fear of no storm ,

covered by God’s hand ,

they rest , they rest as if in their mother’s house .

Friedrich Ruckert (1788-1866)
Kindertotenlieder (Songs for Dead Children)

Dear Mary Tillman ,
First I offer you my condolence for the loss of your wonderful son . What larger sacrifice could a man of Pat’s caliber offer than to give up a promising career , a comfortable life , and a future so full of possibilities , to put those things all aside to serve his country . He and Kevin served with valor and no one could possibly imagine a family more mistreated by the Army , his immediate Chain of Command , and ultimately The Bush/Cheney Administration as the evil , greedy horde of criminals orchestrating this folly they call The War on Terror .
If you did not continually question the facts originally presented to concerning the events surrounding Pat’s death , the truth never would have been exposed . How many more of our troops have met similar or the same fate as Pat only to have their families duped the way the Army attempted to dupe you and your family .
What of the Afghan soldier who died with Pat ? What is ever said of these brave men who fight and die along with our soldiers . I have never heard or read a mention of who this Afghan soldier was . To me this is equally tragic as The Bush Administration has the Afghan people convinced that we are liberators , when we all know that at some point in the near future , the real plan by Bush and Company is to abandon the Afghan Theater and send the remaining troops there to Iraq . Human life is a meaningless comodity to this disgusting President and his creep VP .
Lies and Blood , Blood and Lies - all in the name of Greed ! This President claims to be a Christian . I guess he has forgotten that Christian means to be a disciple of Christ . The only blood Jesus Christ had on his hands was his own . This “Christian President” has the blood of hundreds of thousands staining his .
Mary ,try to accept that Pat’s death was terrible , but not in vain . He was and is still an inspiration to us all .
To Mr . Bush I leave this from the Gospel of Saint Luke .
There was a certain rich man , who was clothed in purple and fine linen ; and feasted sumptuously every day .
And there was a certain beggar , by the name Lazarus , who lay at his gate , full of sores ,
Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table ; and no one did give him ; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass that the beggar died , and he was carried by Angels into Abraham’s bosom .And the rich man also died ; and he was buried in hell.
And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments , he saw Abraham afar off , and Lazarus in his bosom ;
And he cried and said : Father Abraham , have mercy on me , and send Lazarus , that he may dip the tip of his finger in water , to cool my tongue , for I am tormented in this flame .
And Abraham said to him : Son , remember that thou didst receive good things in thy life-time , and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted , and thou art tormented .
And besides all this , between us and you there is fixed a great chaos : so that they who would pass from hence to you , cannot , nor from thence come hither .
And he said : Then , Father , I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house ;
For I have five brethen , that he may testify to them , lest they also come into this place of torments .
And Abraham said to him : They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them .
But he said : No , Father Abraham ; but if one went to them from the dead , they will do penance .
And he said to him : If they hear not Moses and the prophets , neither will they believe if one rise again from the dead .
Gospel of Saint Luke
Chapter XVI ; 19 - 31
The Douay - Rheims Bible ( The Rev. Father George Leo Haydock )
New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

She is absolutely amazing!

I wonder if she and all the other mothers, wives, etc know that ultimately the monster who dares call himself our president is the true murderer of all these heroes.

He was involved with 9/11 - the pretext for everything.

The house of cards MUST come down!

Google videos: 9/11 Press for Truth, Loose Change 2nd Edition

Mrs. Tillman,

We support you and your family asking justice shedding light into the murder of your beloved son and bring those who’re lying to the American people from Bush down to his lowest subordinates.