Celebs to Join Cindy Sheehan in Hunger Strike

[Stephanie]

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By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
June 22, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Wednesday that she plans to begin an "open-ended hunger strike" on July 4 to urge the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq.

"We hope the fast will galvanize public attention, invigorate the peace movement, build pressure on elected officials, and get our troops back home," Sheehan said in a statement posted on the anti-war blogosphere.

The fast, organized by Code Pink and Sheehan's Gold Star Families for Peace, will begin on Independence Day in Washington, D.C. In her statement Sheehan said she would move the fast to Crawford, Texas, where the president owns a ranch and often vacations.

Sheehan gained national attention in August 2005 when she staged a protest outside the Crawford ranch to protest the war. She named the protest "Camp Casey" in memory of her son, Spc. Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

In her latest statement, Sheehan wrote that celebrities like singer Willie Nelson, actor Danny Glover and comedian Dick Gregory will show their support for her by joining in a one-day fast. She urged her supporters to do the same.

Sheehan is currently in Vienna, Austria, protesting President Bush's appearances there. He is in Europe to meet with leaders of the European Summit, seeking support for the United States' efforts to spread democracy in the Middle East.

In an interview posted on Code Pink's website, the group's co-founder Diane Wilson said the fast would show solidarity with Iraqis and U.S. troops. "Their bodies are on the line every day," Wilson said, referring to Iraqi civilians. "And so are the bodies of the U.S. soldiers. So shouldn't we be putting our bodies on the line?"

Wilson told her interviewer, fellow Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, that a hunger strike "can be a very powerful action." She mentioned three previous hunger strikes she organized, two of which lasted more than four weeks.

The "Troops Home Fast," Wilson said, means that she will abstain from food and drink, with the exception of water, as long as possible. "I don't know how long I can fast," she said, "but I'm making this an open-ended fast. I plan to take this as far as I've ever taken anything in my 58 years."

Wilson acknowledged that her fast might not get the attention of Bush, who after meeting with Sheehan once to offer his condolences for the loss of her son, has ignored her requests for another meeting. "Some fasts are successful," Wilson said in her interview, "others aren't. You never know."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200606/POL20060622a.html

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[jimnyc]

I hope they all die from stupidity.

 

[Dan]

One-day fast? First of all, a hunger strike is a slap in the face to every starving person in the world. But, one day????? I'd bet almost every person on this board has gone at least close to one day without eating.

 

[jimnyc]

One-day fast? First of all, a hunger strike is a slap in the face to every starving person in the world. But, one day????? I'd bet almost every person on this board has gone at least close to one day without eating.

That's true! If they want to impress me, send that fat bastard Moore out there and let his fast for about 2 years so we can all watch him fade away and die.

 

[Dan]

Hah, better yet, take the money he spends on one day's worth of food and use it to feed, I don't know, everyone in South Africa.

 

[jimnyc]

Hah, better yet, take the money he spends on one day's worth of food and use it to feed, I don't know, everyone in South Africa.

Do you mean to tell me that the cure to all the worlds hunger problems sit right in Michael Moore's belly?

 

[Hobbit]

I once went a whole week without food, getting nutrition mainly from fruit juice and soup broth, and that was just for spiritual and religious focus. So, they want to 'starve themselves' for one day? Big deal. I've done that for an initiation before...while doing hard labor.

 

[Bonnie]

That's true! If they want to impress me, send that fat bastard Moore out there and let his fast for about 2 years so we can all watch him fade away and die.

 

[no1tovote4]

I've gone a day without food because I was writing and just forgot to eat...

One day, huh? Wow, so very impressive.

 

[dilloduck]

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By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
June 22, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Wednesday that she plans to begin an "open-ended hunger strike" on July 4 to urge the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq.

"We hope the fast will galvanize public attention, invigorate the peace movement, build pressure on elected officials, and get our troops back home," Sheehan said in a statement posted on the anti-war blogosphere.

The fast, organized by Code Pink and Sheehan's Gold Star Families for Peace, will begin on Independence Day in Washington, D.C. In her statement Sheehan said she would move the fast to Crawford, Texas, where the president owns a ranch and often vacations.

Sheehan gained national attention in August 2005 when she staged a protest outside the Crawford ranch to protest the war. She named the protest "Camp Casey" in memory of her son, Spc. Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

In her latest statement, Sheehan wrote that celebrities like singer Willie Nelson, actor Danny Glover and comedian Dick Gregory will show their support for her by joining in a one-day fast. She urged her supporters to do the same.

Sheehan is currently in Vienna, Austria, protesting President Bush's appearances there. He is in Europe to meet with leaders of the European Summit, seeking support for the United States' efforts to spread democracy in the Middle East.

In an interview posted on Code Pink's website, the group's co-founder Diane Wilson said the fast would show solidarity with Iraqis and U.S. troops. "Their bodies are on the line every day," Wilson said, referring to Iraqi civilians. "And so are the bodies of the U.S. soldiers. So shouldn't we be putting our bodies on the line?"

Wilson told her interviewer, fellow Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, that a hunger strike "can be a very powerful action." She mentioned three previous hunger strikes she organized, two of which lasted more than four weeks.

The "Troops Home Fast," Wilson said, means that she will abstain from food and drink, with the exception of water, as long as possible. "I don't know how long I can fast," she said, "but I'm making this an open-ended fast. I plan to take this as far as I've ever taken anything in my 58 years."

Wilson acknowledged that her fast might not get the attention of Bush, who after meeting with Sheehan once to offer his condolences for the loss of her son, has ignored her requests for another meeting. "Some fasts are successful," Wilson said in her interview, "others aren't. You never know."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200606/POL20060622a.html

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A skinny idiot is still an idiot.

 

[Adam's Apple]

Poor Cindy. Still sitting around coming up with old ideas to hold onto that 15 minutes of fame. Someone--a friend preferably, if she has any--needs to tell that lady she really needs to get a life.

 

[insein]

I never understood hunger strikes? What are they supposed to accomplish?

 

[GotZoom]

I heard that Alec Baldwin is showing his support by vowing not to each any French food.