Bikers supporting our wounded

It's a little too cold for me tonight, but I will pass this on.......
WELCOME TO THE U.S. ANGELS PARTY!
> Hey y'all! Got a call tonight requesting that I send this urgent
message
> to everyone I know! That would be you!
>
> Tomorrow night - Friday, October 28, 2005, at 7:00 Cindy Sheehan et
al
> will be protesting the war at the front gates of Walter Reed Army
Medical
> Center! Now my deepest sympathies go out to Cindy and her family for
the
> loss of their loved one in the war, but I honestly believe it's
pretty
> callous and insensitive of her to stand outside the hospital windows
of
> our returning wounded troops to try to get media attention for her
cause.
> This goes completely against everything the U.S. Angels believe in
and
> work for! So I'm asking for your support.
>
> You can either be at the main gates of Walter Reed Army Medical
Center by
> 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night and tell Cindy and her friends to go home or
join
> the motorcycle ride leavng from Kilroy's in Springfield at 6:00 p.m.
> sharp.
>
> Walter Reed Army Medical Center is located in northern Washington,
D.C.,
> at 7100 Georgia Ave. N.W., between Rock Creek Park and Georgia Avenue
near
> the Maryland - District of Columbia boundary.
> To drive to Walter Reed, follow Interstate Highway 495, the Capital
> Beltway, to exit 31 (Georgia Avenue/Silver Spring/ Maryland Route
97).
> Drive south on Georgia Avenue toward Silver Spring and Washington for
2.8
> miles. Walter Reed is on the right at the intersection of Georgia
Avenue
> and Elder Street.
>
> If you want to join the ride, meet at Kilroy's Restaurant no later
than
> 5:45 p.m. Take the Capital Beltway in Virginia to Braddock Road
West. At
> your very first light, take a left into Ravensworth Shopping Center
and go
> straight back to Kilroy's. Can't miss it!
>
> Our troops in the hospital need us to speak out for them tomorrow
night!
> Please make every effort to show your support! If you need more
> information, you can contact Don "Smitty" Smith at
harleyseduce@yahoo.com

That lady is taking this too far. I'm sure her son would be proud of her actions. Wish i did not have to work tonight or I'd be there.

I thought I'd point out that Sheehan's group has countered that she's not directly protesting the wounded. The group initially claimed to be protesting the conditions that the wounded inside Walter Reed were living in. The counter to THAT is that the protest signs included some of the phrases listed above, and whatever the official reason for the protest to be at Walter Reed, it wasn't supported by the attitudes expressed on the signs. I wanted to find out WTF she was thinking, and I even considered that this might be an urban legend. Although AP and Reuters aren't carrying anything, several independent news agencies have picked up on this (apparently her group's been there off and on since August).

As for my opinion, I think she's an idiot for taking this approach. The short of it is its an anti-war protest taking place outside a hospital. I support her right to protest and speak her mind, but this is completely beyond the pale. In the first place its just the wrong place to be protesting. I doubt that wounded soldiers are an appreciative audience for her message and I'm sure they don't need the stress and aggrivation this brings about. In addition, the families of the soldiers that can visit are already having to go see them in the hospital, they don't need the additonal grief brought by a protest and counter-protest. Finally, this does absolutely nothing to support her cause. Whatever arguments she may have, whatever message she's trying to convey (or says she's trying to convey) is going to get obliterated by the backlash of anger when people hear she's protesting outside Walter Reed.