Media Whore Cindy Sheehan Cannot Be Bothered With Her Son's Headstone...
I found this at Snopes, and was floored!
This will never make the NY Times!!!!!
Thought this might just interest some of y'all.. I think it's noteworthy!
Obviously, it's a picture in a cemetery. What cemetery and whose grave? Yes, it's sadly the grave of Casey Sheehan. After two years, and a DOD payment of $250,000 life insurance to the "Peace Mom", she has not had the time or bothered to have a headstone placed on this young hero's gravee. And, she doesn't even have to pay for one, the DOD will provide one:
"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a government headstone or marker for the grave of any deceased eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world. For all deaths occurring before
Flat markers in granite, marble, and bronze and upright headstones in granite and marble are available. The style chosen must be consistent with existing monuments at the place of burial. Niche markers are also available to mark columbaria used for internment of cremated remains."
She can find time to protest on at least 3 continents, get arrested various times, go on vacation in Hawaii, have photo ops with the Marxists in Venezuela but can't seem to find the time to properly mark her son's grave.
oh yeah; Cindy Sheehan recently treated herself to a brand new Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She still can't be bothered to buy a grave marker for her son though.
The Snopes Text is below:
Origins: Casey Austin Sheehan was a 24-year-old
It is true that as of this writing, two years after Casey Sheehan's death, his burial site in a Vacaville, California, cemetery remains unadorned with a formal headstone (although it is marked by a simple placard). Casey's mother, Cindy Sheehan, recently attempted to articulate the reasons for the lack of a headstone at her son's grave, citing her grief and unwillingness to acknowledge her son's death with a tangible symbol:
For
the first year after Casey was killed, I didn't want to believe it. I
didn't want to place a TOMBstone on my son's grave. I didn't want one
more marble proof that my son was dead. I couldn't even call where he
was buried a "cemetery," I had to call it "Casey's Park." I placed
fresh flowers in the cup every week and journaled there almost on a
daily basis, and often laid on it and fell asleep and dreamed of my
needlessly killed son.
In the same explanation, she also suggested that part of the reason for the lack of a headstone might be a dispute over monies paid to the mortuary that handled Casey's funeral services:
We had a Casualty Officer who abandoned us when our mortuary refused to
pay the cemetery and told us that the "government sent the money to the
mortuary, so now it is your problem. You may have to sue the mortuary."
The owner of the mortuary, Steve Nadeau, has disputed this statement:
Steve Nadeau, the mortuary's owner, said that not only did he properly
pay the cemetery, but that he subsidized the process with his own money.
Nadeau expressed hurt and disbelief at Sheehan's comments. He said that the amount of money the military gave the mortuary for Casey's funeral service and cemetery arrangements didn't even come close to covering the costs.
"Several kind citizens made donations," said Nadeau. "I absorbed the rest."
This was not the only way in which he went above and beyond his responsibilities following Casey's death, said Nadeau. He also provided a stretch limousine and a driver at his expense, he said, and invited the family to go to the airport with him so that he could accompany them. None of this was required, said Nadeau.
"Having known the Sheehan family for many years throughSt. Mary's Catholic Church where Ms. Sheehan
had previously been the youth director, it was my desire to provide
care and dignity to Casey and the family. I did this in every respect."
Nadeau also refuted Sheehan's statement that the mortuary finally paid the cemetery only after the family threatened to bring the story to the media.
"This never happened," said Nadeau. "I would stop by the family home as I do most families' homes and check with them on necessary needs, etc."
Nadeau said the military provided his mortuary $5,736 in funding to pay for the funeral service and cemetery arrangements. The funding came in May 2004, said Nadeau, and he paid the cemetery as soon as the costs had been totaled
According to the Vacaville Reporter,
the administration of Casey's resting place is being handled by his
father, Patrick, and a headstone to mark the burial site is in the
works: Nadeau expressed hurt and disbelief at Sheehan's comments. He said that the amount of money the military gave the mortuary for Casey's funeral service and cemetery arrangements didn't even come close to covering the costs.
"Several kind citizens made donations," said Nadeau. "I absorbed the rest."
This was not the only way in which he went above and beyond his responsibilities following Casey's death, said Nadeau. He also provided a stretch limousine and a driver at his expense, he said, and invited the family to go to the airport with him so that he could accompany them. None of this was required, said Nadeau.
"Having known the Sheehan family for many years through
Nadeau also refuted Sheehan's statement that the mortuary finally paid the cemetery only after the family threatened to bring the story to the media.
"This never happened," said Nadeau. "I would stop by the family home as I do most families' homes and check with them on necessary needs, etc."
Nadeau said the military provided his mortuary $5,736 in funding to pay for the funeral service and cemetery arrangements. The funding came in May 2004, said Nadeau, and he paid the cemetery as soon as the costs had been totaled
[Cindy] Sheehan said that Casey's grave site was now being handled by her soon-to-be ex-husband Patrick.
Patrick Sheehan said that the small plaque currently marking Casey's grave is something all graves receive before a headstone is constructed. Casey's headstone is in the works, he said, and is being built by a local monument company.
Last updated: 29 April 2006Patrick Sheehan said that the small plaque currently marking Casey's grave is something all graves receive before a headstone is constructed. Casey's headstone is in the works, he said, and is being built by a local monument company.
Can anyone take her seriously after this? This, from the woman who posed on her very own son's grave for Vanity Fair?
I could just puke!!!
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Comment by Cate— 2006/04/30 @ 03:59 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dugg— 2006/04/30 @ 04:05 PM — (Reply)
Since when can't a mother who gave up her son in a unnecessary war not be allowed to speak, march, or whatever she wants, because you don't happen to like what she's doing.
I think she's earned the right ... her son went to war, was killed ... what have you done for us lately, you self-rightous bitch!
Comment by FU— 2006/04/30 @ 05:21 PM — (Reply)
Cate is a military wife the hardest job in this country she has followed her officer husband through hell and high water she's done the job of at 10 others in the last twenty years so shut your pie hole and go back to the liberal cave you pulled yourself out of
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/04/30 @ 05:26 PM — (Reply)
Thanks for defending my honor, EB.
Comment by Cate— 2006/04/30 @ 06:35 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/04/30 @ 05:27 PM — (Reply)
Comment by A Conservative Realist— 2006/04/30 @ 06:07 PM — (Reply)
Comment by A Conservative Realist— 2006/04/30 @ 06:43 PM — (Reply)
Her (ex) husband and friends of the family seem to be the only ones concerned enough to get it done! Casey is probably spinning in the grave that means little more to Mutha Sheehan than a crappy magazine spread!
The fact that cowards like fu will defend her proves that any kind of disgusting behavior is excusable, so long as it is accompanied by some anti-Bush rederick!
Comment by Brooke— 2006/05/01 @ 05:05 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Susan— 2006/05/01 @ 09:39 PM — (Reply)
And maybe she feels like getting her mug on covers and spreading her message is the way to honor her son who died because of the lies of a draft dodging, coke snorting, CIA operative leaking, Bohemian grove attending, Skull and Bones, billionaire.
Comment by Dugg— 2006/05/01 @ 10:15 PM — (Reply)
jerz maybe she could explain why she is supported by groups who gave money to the very terrorists who took her son's life?
Comment by elmers brother — 2006/05/02 @ 12:15 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/05/03 @ 03:58 PM — (Reply)