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Paying the Price for Peace: S. Brian Willson (SOAPBOX PODCAST 6/20/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

JUNE 21, 2015

  

GUEST: S. BRIAN WILLSON

TOPIC: PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE 

This week on the Soapbox, Cindy chats with long-time

peace worker S. Brian Willson

Currently, there is a film in production called:

Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson and the Peace Movement

Brian at Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC

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GEORGE BUSH: WAR CRIMINAL OF THE CENTURY

George Bush: War Criminal of the Century

SPN
Cindy Sheehan
06/17/2015

I swear, this Empire is going completely FUBAR: continuing wars; expanding police state; Nobel Peace Prize for a burgeoning POTUS war criminal; compromised environment; droughts; floods; earthquakes and tornadoes.

This article will be fairly popular among the faux-gressive set because I will be primarily “bashing” George Bush. By the time George Bush left office, my act of minority courage in criticizing Bush became a national (socially acceptable) pastime. It hasn’t been so criticizing Obama from the far left—righties assume I love him and Democrats think I am a “teabagger.” Actually, the only thing I have been since my son was killed in Iraq is a principled antiwar activist.

 

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The Travesy of "Health" care by Cindy Sheehan

Travesty of Healthcare

Anonymous

About three months ago, my family was devastated with the news that one of our dear loved ones has Stage 3 breast cancer.

To be honest, she discovered the lump about a year and a half ago, but only sought treatment when it erupted and started to bleed profusely. The family had no idea until she rushed herself to the ER in LA County, but why did she delay so long?

Part of the reason is the completely understandable fear of “The Big C,” but most of the reason was that, as a poor person living off of doing odd jobs for cash, she had no easy access to healthcare. Would things be different now, if she could just walk into her doctor and be examined and know that a compassionate and accessible system could help? A resounding, “yes.”

Obviously, I am talking about my sister Dede Miller and we feel this story is important and needs to get into the hands of every "decision maker" to try and help others.

Since our own struggles began with the abominable system, I have reached out anonymously and heard many horror stories of rising costs of premiums and deductibles and lowered access to appointments and care. The “Affordable” Care Act may have helped a few people, but tens of millions of Americans are still without insurance and being fined because they don’t have money to pay for insurance out of some kind of malicious poor tax.

So, all this is true, but I want to focus on our experiences with the system at LA County-USC medical center (LAC-USC).

I live about 450 miles from Los Angeles, but I have traveled to L.A. frequently to attend appointments with my sister and I have been horrified at what I witness and stressed, frustrated and appalled at the way my sister and other human beings are treated in the “death” care paradigm.

I have only been privy to what happens in the cancer (surgical and medical) departments, but there are far fewer conditions that are more frightening than cancer and where the treatment seems to make people feel worse than before they were diagnosed.

First of all, the minimum wait time for any appointment for my sister is four hours. I sit in the waiting rooms with her where there are never enough chairs for these desperately ill people and their caregivers. I have seen 70-year-old women with scarfs on to cover their chemo-bald heads leaning against walls. 

My sister has never been counseled on managing her ulcerated tumor and puts a baby diaper on it with a salve that we came up invented made of organic turmeric powder, and cucuminoid oil. My sister has never been counseled on nutrition and I was, once again, appalled when a cart wheeled into the medical cancer waiting room that was selling processed snack items filled with carcinogens and soda filled with sugar, or high-fructose corn syrup. 

My sister has been run from one department to the next for one test or another that haven’t occurred. My sister is a large woman with large breasts and one of the breasts has a large tumor up near her chest. She needed an MRI to see if she could be enrolled in a clinical trial but her breasts didn’t fit in it. They sent her someplace else for the MRI that was supposed to have a bigger machine, but it was the same exact kind.

Since she was diagnosed with cancer, her lump has grown from about the size of “half a tennis ball” to triple that and she hasn’t even had any treatment yet: biopsies, mammograms, and other tests that twist and turn her already sick breast into shapes not meant for it.

One appointment that I was not able to make with her, she had to break down and sob to her medical oncologist that she was so sick and so worried and no one was calling her to schedule treatment or letting her know if she was in the clinical trial (they finally abandoned that idea) and after a CAT-scan and EEG, (to see if she has a strong heart), she was scheduled for her first chemo on June 15 ^th . Aside from the wisdom and efficacy of chemo (that’s another subject), she was so relieved to finally be doing something and I was planning a trip back to L.A. to be with her for several days before and after.

A few days ago, she called me, and said that there was a cancellation and they had scheduled her for chemo at 8 the next morning. That was far too quick for me to make it to L.A., but we have heard that the first treatment usually doesn’t make a person that sick—although, it’s different for everyone. 

So, my sister drove to LAC-USC (a 30 minute drive for her in clear traffic, and god only knows how long at other times) to get labs done that day to proceed with the chemo the next day.

She arrived at LAC-USC early and was where she needed to be, when she was told that before she received chemo, she needed to “go to the financial office.” Of course, she was confused since she was put on Medi-Cal and had been going to LAC-USC for tests and appointments for weeks at that point.

When she got to the financial office, she was told that LAC-USC “Doesn’t take her insurance.” What!?

Apparently, when one goes on Medi-Cal, he/she must pick a Medi-Cal provider and my sister was told by a social worker there on site (I was at that appointment) that she could choose LA Care or HealthNet. She chose HealthNet and the worker at financials told her that LAC-USC “does not accept HealthNet.” (Subsequently, we have found out that that’s not even true). So, she was turned away without her chemo and spent eight-hours on the phone for the rest of the day trying to straighten it out.

With so-called ObamaCare, I guess, it’s almost impossible to switch providers in mid-stream, but that point should be moot since LAC-USC “absolutely” does take HealthNet—so, my sister is making another trip to LAC-USC to try and get an “exemption” so she can receive treatment.

My question is, “What if she is turned down for that exemption?” Do they just send her home to die? When is euthanasia the next step for poor people? I have witnessed animal shelters treating stray dogs and cats better than poor people get treated at LAC-USC.

I will give credit where credit is due, though. I have seen some heroic acts from doctors and nurses (especially the surgeon assigned to her case, Dr. Kahn) who have advocated for my sister and got the wheels spinning a little faster and I appreciate that. However, absent the ideal situation of Medicare for all, “everyone in, no one out,” poor people have the exact same human right to quality healthcare as the “1%.”

These programs should be fully funded by taxing those who profit off of the illness and problems of others and re-prioritizing human needs over corporate greed. Los Angeles is a rich county in a rich state in a rich country. No one should have to struggle for care while they are also struggling for their lives. It’s inhumane.

Also, where is an office of “patient advocate?” My sister is fortunate to have people who love her and will go to bat for her, but she has needed someone inside the system to also help her (and us) navigate it.

This is only one story out of millions, but my sister is also my best friend, dear auntie to my children and grandchildren, and a major force for good in the world who has chosen to live outside of the corporate life to help try and make this world a better place.

It’s personal and I wish to god that the so-called “powers that be” understood that.

Please help Dede (if you can) with her medical costs.

Dede's GoFundMe page

Scumbags of a Feather (SOAPBOX PODCAST 6/14/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

JUNE 14, 2015

TOPIC: POLITICAL COLLABORATION ON TPP

(MARXIST-LENINIST ANALYSIS)

GUEST: RAY LIGHT

This week Cindy chats with the General Secretary of the Revolutionary Organization of Labor, USA (ROL-USA) about

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and how Republicans are being used to give Obama the cover ("look at what those evil Republicans are up to") to pass a law that will benefit the global-elite and hurt the "99%"

RAY O' LIGHT ARTICLE ON TPP

 

Plea from Cindy

Dede, Cindy and fellow Gold Star Mom Amy Branham before our first trip to Crawford. 8/6/05

Dear Friend,

It is with great concern but with hope that I write to you to let you know that my sister/best-friend/peace colleague, Dede Miller has recently been diagnosed with Stage 3, very aggressive and rare breast cancer.

For a few months, she (and by extension as her primary support person, I) has been struggling with the monolithic bureaucracy of LA County "health" care. I have traveled from my home several times to LA to be with her. I can't see how a person can go through what Dede has had to go through alone.

Dede has been by my side forever, not just since Casey was killed in Iraq. Dede, being a single person without children has been like a second mom to my kids and now the beloved Auntie to my five grandkids (she gets all the fun). However, since Casey has died she has been with me--getting arrested for peace; organizing Camp Casey and all of the other harebrained schemes I have come up with; campaign staff; and now my only co-worker in Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox and The Soapbox People's Network. 




Back in 2005, Dede decided to leave corporate America to help me work for peace and now is finding it difficult (if not impossible) to survive with breast cancer AND fighting for her life to access basic services like medical care and disability (she doesn't qualify). Besides working for peace, we have been on the frontlines working for economic equality and social justice, and when we need it, it's not available. 

Our family is working together to try and get Dede all the advantages she needs to heal herself from this terrible disease. We appreciate all of the well-wishes and healing thoughts, but we really don't need any more alternative therapy advice, we are exploring ALL options and know about these options.

What we do need (besides your healing energy) are donations to give Dede this fighting chance to beat this awful (yet tragically) prevalent disease.

One of our good friends, Jolie Diane, has set up this GOFUNDME page for Dede--please give what you can and/or share this campaign. 

It's our most important campaign to date. Dede has been fighting for you full time, now please give her a fighting chance to continue in the struggle.

DEDE ARRESTED IN CRAWFORD, TX

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Love & Peace,

Cindy Sheehan


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End the Korean War NOW! with guest Ann Wright (SOAPBOX PODCAST 6/7/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

JUNE 7, 2015

 GUEST: ANN WRIGHT

TOPIC: KOREAN PEACE

The Korean War has been called "The Forgotten War" but it is not forgotten by the Koreans whose country was torn apart by this war and families were separated.

There has never been a peace treaty. The war is technically still ongoing.

Today, Cindy chats with peace activist and dear friend Ann Wright who was on a delegation to the DMZ and North Korea to bring women together to demand peace.

ANN'S FACEBOOK PAGE

Dede's Picks: Dr. Michio Kaku (SOAPBOX PODCAST 5/31/15)

Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

May 31, 2015

RE-BROADCAST

GUEST: DR. MICHIO KAKU

TOPIC: FUKUSHIMA AND NUCLEAR POWER

This past week, Cindy was "indisposed" so her sister/assistant ("assisterant") Dede Miller comes to the rescue and chooses her favorite Soapbox with theoretical physicist, author, professor, and "science populizer" Dr. Michio Kaku.

CLICK FOR DR. KAKU'S WEBSITE

In 2011, Cindy Sheehan traveled to Japan to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with activists

there. This was shortly after the earthquake and tsunami which were to devastate the nuclear power plant at Fukushima. 

When Cindy returned, she spoke with Dr. Kaku about these issues.

  

Hidden History of Political Cover-Ups (SOAPBOX PODCAST 5/24/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

MAY 24, 2015

GUEST: DON JEFFRIES

TOPIC: POLITICAL COVER-UPS

Don's recent book: Hidden History: An Exposé

of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics begins with the assassination of JFK and exposes the cover-ups and mystery surrounding Barack Obama.

Don's website:

Keeping it Unreal

Another Show Trial for Another Patsy

by Don Jeffries

More Information on Hidden History:

Stop US Imperial Aggression (Everywhere) (SOAPBOX PODCAST 5/17/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

MAY 17, 2015

 GUEST: ERIC DRAITSER

TOPIC: BATTLEFIELD, THE BLACK SEA

Today Cindy chats with geo-political analyst Eric Draitser

from 

(click for website)

about Eric's article:

Battlefield: Black Sea 

The US and NATO are ramping up the hostilities in the Black Sea to isolate Russia for further de-stabilization of the region and forcing new alliances to oppose US Imperial aggression.

Listen to this show for some great information and analysis.

Know Drones (SOAPBOX PODCAST 5/10/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

MAY 10, 2015




TOPIC: ENDING DRONE WARFARE AND THE COMPLICIT CORPORATE MEDIA

GUESTS: NICK MOTTERN AND CRES VELLUCCI

  www.knowdrones.com

Cindy on the World (SOAPBOX PODCAST 5/3/15)

CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX

MAY 3, 2015

GUEST: CINDY SHEEHAN

TOPIC: THE WORLD

This week on the Soapbox, we run (with permission of Peggy Bean and www.kvmr.org) a recent interview OF Cindy

Sheehan about her new book and the state of the world.

 

Call Me Lucky with Guest: Barry Crimmins (SOAPBOX PODCAST 4/26/15)

Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

April 26, 2015

GUEST: Barry Crimmins

TOPIC: Call Me Lucky  

 

Barry with Gold Star Father, Bill Mitchell. Bill's son, Michael Mitchell was killed with Casey in Iraq.

This week on the Soapbox, Cindy Sheehan interviews her friend: comedian, political satirist, and activist Barry Crimmins.

Barry has a very interesting story of political and social activism, but of also overcoming abuse when he was a child to help others.

Barry is the subject of a Bobcat Goldthwaite film called:

Call Me Lucky

Listen to the interview and check the movie out!

Barry and Cindy became friends when Barry came to Camp Casey in the summer of 2005 to support Cindy and the other antiwar activists while Barry was then working for now defunct

Air America Radio.

 

Take this Survey and Shove it by Cindy Sheehan

 Take this Survey and SHOVE IT!

I ain’t votin’ for you no more!

Cindy Sheehan

In 2007, to much hoopla and derision from what passes for the left in the USA, I publicly exited (Stage Far Left) the Democratic Party. So, imagine my surprise today when I got a letter from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) asking me “as a party leader” to participate in the Official 2015 Democratic Party Survey. I even have a “DNC MEMBERSHIP” number for cripessake!

When I say that I “left the party” in 2007, I did not leave as a party apparatchik, or anything approaching a “party leader.” At best, I had been a loyal Dem voter for the majority of my life, but I had never belonged to the DNC nor had I even ever contributed to any political campaign.

Before I get into the fluff of the survey (which has nothing about foreign policy/war/torture/CIA, because there is nothing there to distinguish the Dems from the Tea Party), for full disclosure, I have always loathed the GOP (I remember crying when Reagan won). However, when the GOP commits crimes, my thought is, “It is the Republicans, what else can we expect?” In 2007, I left the Democratic Party because it broke my heart and I stand on my principles and against the DNC to this very day.  At the time I publicly left, of course, the DNC was only being the DNC, and like any venomous snake, it will bite you to insert its poison. Good thing I jumped out in 2007 before it could do any more damage to me. Even though the difference between the DNC and GOP is negligible when it comes to war, when it comes to domestic policy, the differences seem to be purely rhetorical.

Now on to the fluff of the survey: My first instinct was to say “meat,” but there is no meat in the survey (fundraising scam).

The fundraising scam’s questions are set up in a way to be entirely vague and exploitative at the same time. These questions are professionally designed to inflame a visceral response to the Blue Choir and the chair of the DNC Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Israel) knows that the base of the DNC not only cares about these issues, but wholly blames the Republicans just as they are supposed to. 

We “party leaders” (shouldn’t one actually be registered in the party to be a “leader?) aren’t given any space to add our thoughts or concerns except for three tiny lines on the back.

The punch line to the entire survey is that I am not even an “official” “party leader” until I: “Complete Your DNC Contribution Form” and send a minimum of $25.

I am going to mail the survey back in the “enclosed postage paid envelope” with a copy of this article attached and without one thin dime. The DNC is lucky that I don't sue it for damages. I may tell them to go ahead and put this Fundraising Scam where the sun don’t shine, though.

Here are the questions and my responses:

1.   Do you agree with the President’s plan to take executive action on issues that Republicans refuse to bring to a vote, like, immigration action?

I am wondering what “executive action” Obama would take on “immigration?”  According to Pulitzer Prize Winning website PolitiFactCheck:

According to current figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- the federal agency responsible for deportations -- Obama has removed 1.4 million people during his 42 months in office so far. Technically, that's fewer than under George W. Bush, whose cumulative total was 2 million. But Bush’s number covers eight full years, which doesn’t allow an apples-to-apples comparison.

If you instead compare the two presidents’ monthly averages, it works out to 32,886 for Obama and 20,964 for Bush, putting Obama clearly in the lead. Bill Clinton is far behind with 869,676 total and 9,059 per month. All previous occupants of the White House going back to 1892 fell well short of the level of the three most recent presidents. (Louis Jacobson August 10, 2012)

The inconvenient truth, though, is that Obama is even worse than Republicans on immigration. However, when it comes to taking “executive action” I opposed it when Bush did it and I still oppose it. The US is supposed to have a system of checks and balances and “executive actions” smack of treasonous behavior and illegal usurpation of power.

2.   Do you support the President’s plan to increase the minimum wage for American’s workers?

No, I am fundamentally against a minimum wage and $10.10/hr is so far below a living wage with dignity that it will keep millions of “American” workers and their families in poverty or barely scraping by. For example, according to a living wage in my county in California (Solano) is estimated to be $12.24/hour; in San Francisco County it’s $15.66/hour (according to Insight). This is the bare minimum wage for one adult and I doubt much dignity is conferred on a person who makes such low wages. Obama's "minimum wage" leaves a huge monthly gap and that's why I support a living wage based on many factors, including cost of living and cost of really living. 

Also, if the US had a comprehensive single-payer healthcare system, then healthcare costs would be removed from the equation and people would have a more comfortable standard of living.

3.   Do you support the President’s plan to make it possible for more American workers to earn sick days and family leave?

Sick days and family leave should be mandatory and natural for EVERY worker on this planet. And, hey, while we are at it how about paid vacations? In my observation, most work these days is “casual” or “contracted” and I know very few people who actually have paid sick days or paid vacation. 

In many “first” world countries, mothers get many months to several years of full or almost full pay when they have children. Here? Six weeks at low pay, if the mom is lucky. In a nation that bombs countries to spread its values, family sure seems like a low-priority to it. Six weeks? A woman who just gave birth has most likely not even stopped bleeding by then. I feel like all of Obama’s "grand" plans are just more stale bread crumbs to keep the flock from rebelling.

Also, when we are asked about "American" workers only, does that absolve the profiteers from paying even a low minimum wage of $10.10/hour (proposed) to their workers in other countries who are making their crappy products to be sold here in the US at Walmart? It's a rhetorical question, the answer is "yes." Also, how does fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership figure into this? I believe it has been shown that the TPP will have a negative affect on all workers.

4. Do you support President Obama’s plans to close the wage gap and make it possible for women to receive equal pay?

The only wages this would affect would be people who contract with the Federal Government. How about an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution that would finally mention women as equal to men? I don’t have faith in the Constitution or the ability of the elite to adhere to it, but for over two centuries ½ of the people in this country have been excluded.

5.   Do you support his plan to close other tax loopholes and to simplify the tax code so that corporations and the ultra-wealthy will pay their fair share?

Does the DNC mean the “ultra-rich” like a large majority of Congress? If “fair share” means enough of a tax to make the “ultra—rich” like the 99% rest of us (so we could be the 100%), then, yeah, I’d support it. If closing loopholes on Corporations means that all of the money that has been stolen from us via low wages, high prices, and government largess is returned to the public commons, then I’d say, “hell, yes!” However, as the health insurance companies wrote the “Affordable” Care Act, I am sure the ultra-rich corporations would write the new tax code with built-in new and improved loopholes.

6.   President Obama presented a plan that will allow American workers to gain the modern job skills necessary to compete in the global economy. Do you support these efforts?

I am not even sure what this means, but it sounds like something I should support and immediately send a minimum of $25 to insure the Democratic agenda moves forward.

7.   Do you support President Obama’s plan to reduce carbon pollution, accelerate the development of clean energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and invest in sustainable and resilient infrastructure projects to prepare for the effects of climate change?

While the global oil cartels run US foreign policy, bombing and devastating oil rich countries, approving more offshore drilling leases, increasing nuclear power, increasing hydro-fracturing, letting Monsanto poison our water as well as our food, letting BP get away with ecocide in the Gulf of Mexico, letting big water steal our water and then charge us for it, allowing US corporations to operate in other countries without even the bare minimum of ecological protection?

I don’t support green Capitalism. Energy and energy production belongs in the hands of the workers and communities.

8.   The President has proposed a plan to provide a community college education to any American who is willing to work for it. Do you support this initiative?

Hell, no! Education is a human right and higher education should be free, high quality and accessible to EVERY PERSON that wants to use it. Paid job training, apprenticeship programs, internships, and certificate programs should be free for those who choose that path. Our young people already work their asses off to go to school only to get into lifelong, unrelenting debt. I would support a plan to forgive student debt (but Obama’s buddies at the banks wouldn’t like that) and make all education free. Most countries do this and here in California we did it until profit and privatization became the overwhelming goal of the parasites at the top.

Those are the questions. There is one odd part that asks me to choose three Republicans from a list of ten that may be the likely Republican nominee in 2016. I checked: Other: Hillary Clinton. I evaluated Clinton and she has all the desirable qualities of a Republican candidate for president. However, I am sure all of the evil clowns at the DNC will get behind her rightwing agenda, too.

In the tiny three-line space for any other comments I would like to make to the President or DNC, I wrote in all caps (in black ink as instructed. We are all conditioned well in this fill-in-the-bubble world):

WHY THE HELL DIDN’T YOU DO ANY OF THIS WHILE DEMS CONTROLLED EVERY BRANCH OF THE GOV’T IN '08-'10?

SOME OF US SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH YOUR ROT.

Cindy's Picks with Richard Belzer (SOAPBOX PODCAST 4/19/15)

 

 Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

April 19, 2015

"Cindy's Picks"

Every once in awhile, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox, will re-present

a re-broadcast from our vast stores of archival shows.

This show is one of Cindy's all time favorites because of the guest actor/comedian/author Richard Belzer.

He is such a gentle-man and very smart and articulate. 

Please give it a listen, or re-listen!

 

 Past Blog/Intro for the Show:

 

Dead Wrong with Richard Belzer: Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox (Jan 13, 2013)

Sheeee's Baacckk!!

Happy 4th Anniversary to 

Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox!

Today, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox marks its 4th year on the air!

We seriously COULD NOT have done it without the generous support of our loyal listeners.

We have been through a lot together and we have a ways to go before we can rest...but we will get there!

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THIS WEEK'S SHOW
(JANUARY 13)

This week, Cindy interviews actor/author/comedian
Richard Belzer

Richard co-wrote the book:

Dead Wrong: Straight Facts about the Country's Most Controversial Cover-ups    

Richard is dedicated, articulate, a deep-thinker, and one of the nicest people we've had on the show!

Richard (and now Cindy) recommends this documentary:

The Century of the Self
(This documentary is a brilliant analysis of the cradle-grave
conditioning and brainwashing we receive. Made by the BBC.
Watch it!) 

Cindy also chats with impeachment activist, Phil Restino.

This interview led to the first disclaimer ever for Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox.

Every view expressed by every guest doesn't necessarily represent or reflect the views of Cindy Sheehan or Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

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Thanks for EVERYTHING and here's
to many more years of radical truth telling!