"We have done everything we could think of to end this war, we have protested, held marches, vigils ... lobbied, written letters to Congress. . .Now it is time to bring the pain and suffering of war home. We are putting our bodies on the line for peace."
Cindy Sheehan and her support group of war haters have embarked on a safe and almost daring protest in an attempt to bring our soldiers home from Iraq. Sheehan along with 3 other hard-core activists have started a serious long-term fast. They plan to deprive their bodies of everything but water, tea and juices until their demands have been met OR until September 1st. Whichever comes first.
Sheehan's defiant actions have attracted outspoken celebrities like ecstasy pills attract Lindsay Lohan to a club. Mega celebs like Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover have all agreed to take part in the hunger strike back-up plan dubbed the "Rolling" fast. This completely harmless campaign is set up as a relay in which participants will refuse food for at least 24 hours at which point they will pass the torturous relay stick over to the next person.
I remember reading in school history books of a time during the Vietnam war in which Buddhist monks protested by dousing themselves with gasoline and lighting themselves on fire. I can recall watching Ben Kingsly as Ghandi depriving himself of food to the point of near death in order to pursuade an enitire government. I seriously doubt that George W. Bush will care that Sheehan and friends will be hungry over summer vacation. Nor will he care that a few annoying celebrities will be taking the Big Macs out of their fat America hating faces for one day. I may have crossed a line on that one, I apologize. I'm sure Sarandon, Penn and Glover do not frequent Mcdonalds.
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She looks kinda tough there.
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