{"id":1440,"date":"2006-03-22T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2006-03-22T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2006-03-22T00:03:47","modified_gmt":"2006-03-22T06:03:47","slug":"on-sheehans-and-headstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"On Sheehans and Headstones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite my willingness to blog about the <a href=\"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?s=sheehan&#038;submit=Search\">foolish shenanigans<\/a> of Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan, I thought it wise to completely refrain when <a href=\"http:\/\/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com\/\">Gateway Pundit<\/a> questioned the <a href=\"http:\/\/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/mother-sheehan-too-busy-to-honor-casey.html\">lack of headstone<\/a> at the gravesite of her son, the fallen Army SPC Casey Sheehan.<\/p>\n<p>I decided the matter was far too personal for my taste, this despite the fact that Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan had already decided to use young Casey&#8217;s grave site for a magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/confederateyankee.mu.nu\/archives\/143084.php\">photo-op<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0JuTFtfmtEQ\">video<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/\">Michelle Malkin<\/a> of the demonstrations in D.C. marking the third anniversary of the Iraq invasion (hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/\">Ace<\/a>).  In the video, which I recommend for a good look at the utter silliness and idiocy of the hardcore anti-war movement, I was dismayed that Ms. Malkin asked Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan about the lack of headstone at Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan&#8217;s son&#8217;s grave.  I found it in bad taste, but thankfully the matter was not pressed.<\/p>\n<p>Still, as bad as the moment was, it was an open opportunity for Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan to silence or rise above what should rightly be a personal and family issue.  Instead, as the video continues, Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan decided to utilize the headstone issue during her address to the &#8220;crowd,&#8221; blatantly stating that she had been too busy serving a calling that her son did not stand for to honor his death in one of the simplest and typically fundamental manners of American society.  She could have ignored the matter or given a differing justification.  Instead, Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan once again chose to try to use her son&#8217;s grave for political advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>Simply &#8230; disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>I feel dirty even writing about this matter.  As an &#8220;Out, out, damn spot&#8221; hope for cleansing, I will link again to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2005\/08\/army_specialist.html\">true tribute<\/a> to the soldier and hero that was and will always be Casey Sheehan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite my willingness to blog about the foolish shenanigans of Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan, I thought it wise to completely refrain when Gateway Pundit questioned the lack of headstone at the gravesite of her son, the fallen Army SPC Casey Sheehan. I decided the matter was far too personal for my taste, this despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-war-on-terror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}