The Obama Files: Chronicles of an Award Winning War Criminal
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The Obama Files Chronicles of an Award Winning War Criminal Cindy Sheehan “The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.” Karl Marx “Cindy’s voice—righteous, outraged, and uncompromising, rises from these pages like a messenger from the future compelled by a deep knowledge of our past transgressions to sound an alarm. One can heed her warning and follow her call or remain silent, and in doing so, remain violent.” – Dennis Trainor, Jr. | writer, filmmaker, activist “The Clash once sang about that opportunistic breed of rebel that inevitably ‘joins the church.’ Cindy Sheehan, however, has never and will never tow the company line. As The Obama Files passionately articulates, the work of a true dissident requires one to avoid easy compromises and comfortable alliances. This book—and all of Cindy’s work—is a testament to the long term vision of collective liberation.” – Mickey Z. | author of Occupy this Book “Cindy Sheehan’s many books document her transformation from a woman whose ‘entire world was my family and this suburban intellectually challenged sinkhole’ to an international activist with humanity and the whole planet in her thoughts and big heart. In The Obama Files she excoriates the world of presidential assassination programs; pre-emptive indefinite detention; spreading government surveillance, police brutalizing and killing people of color in the Obama years. Even as I share much of her critique and experience in calling out crimes of the Democrats, I am choked up at Cindy’s deep outrage. She continues to call us to resist the crimes done in our name, and to join in creating a world where people will be free. – Debra Sweet | National Coordinator of World Can’t Wait “As far as I’m concerned, Obama has continued and expanded on all of Bush’s worst policies. I never supported him. Like Cindy, I knew better. After my years of activism, I learned that the system does NOT work for the people. I have been very fortunate to work alongside Cindy throughout most of Obama’s presidency. Because of that, I’ve read most of her articles, and listened to most of her podcasts. The corporate media would lead you to believe that Cindy went away after Obama came into office. If you want to see how wrong they were, and how consistent Cindy has been, read this book. If you want to see how much of a war criminal Obama has been, read this book.” – Jon Gold | 9/11 Truth Activist and author The Obama Files: Chronicles of an Award-Winning War Criminal Copyright © 2015 Cindy Sheehan All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the author. ISBN-13: 978-1508436713 ISBN-10: 1508436711 Published by: Cindy Sheehan Vacaville, CA USA Also by Cindy Sheehan: Not One More Mother’s Child Peace Mom: A Mother’s Journey through Heartache to Activism (Atria) The Vigil: 26 Days in Crawford, Texas (All Access) Dear President Bush (City Lights Open Media) Myth America: 20 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution Revolution, A Love Story I Left My Marbles in San Francisco: The Scandal of Federal Electoral Politricks Dedication This book is dedicated to my friends and colleagues (you know who you are) who never bought the Madison Avenue hype of the “new and improved” POTUS; the struggle has been hard and lonely at times, but the dedication and persistence you have shown have been my motivation and inspiration. v Acknowledgements Without the help and support of the following people, this book would not have been possible: Michele Fergus: Editorial Services Plus Brother Larry Pinkney Dede Miller: My sister/assistant Barack Obama, whose unfettered War Crimes have unfortunately made this book possible. David Keenan Keith Baker Dan Scanlan Jill Estensen Harvey Smith Sue Chan Dave Jensen Jolie De Pauw Dave Bartram Paul Castaldi Woods Elliott Joshua Pritchett Sarah Roche-Mahdi Mike Powers Dan Yasseen Greg Fernandez, Jr. Rhonda Neugebauer PF Soto Paul Abram Carol Holland Shellie Frisina Clifton Buck-Kauffman Jeff and Susan Roughgarden Michael Kuzma Dennis Trainor, Jr. Joanna Folino Mark Truppner Ed Stengel Robert and Jesse Turner Grace Richardson Jon Phillips Dan Myers Gary Roberts Riva Enteen Stuart Simon Martin Gugino vi Table of Contents Dedication.............................................................................................................................................................. v Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................................. vi Foreword................................................................................................................................................................. x Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... xii Part One................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Open Letter to Barack Obama from Cindy Sheehan Re: Flag-draped coffins................................2 Could You Do It?........................................................................................................................................ 3 For What Noble Cause, Mr. Obama?......................................................................................................5 Our Shame.................................................................................................................................................... 6 Five Years....................................................................................................................................................... 7 “Hope” less in the “Two” Party System...................................................................................................8 For Cripes’ Sake, Make Him Already!...................................................................................................10 Right or Left Wing Media Bias...............................................................................................................11 The War Party and its Faux-gressive Minions......................................................................................12 Happy Co-Dependence Day....................................................................................................................13 George W. Bush, Part III........................................................................................................................... 14 Peace, Finally: Reflections on the Fourth Anniversary of Camp.....................................................16 Warnography............................................................................................................................................... 18 Cindy Sheehan Heads to Martha’s Vineyard to Confront Obama on the War............................19 Cindy Sheehan: Alone at Martha’s Vineyard.......................................................................................19 The President Exhibits Crazy Speech Patterns.....................................................................................21 We Have the Moral High Ground.........................................................................................................22 “Enough Already”...................................................................................................................................... 24 Activities on Martha’s Vineyard this Week—Protesting the wars and creating Peace!...................25 The New Face of the Antiwar Movement.............................................................................................26 “You Have to Learn Lessons from History”.........................................................................................27 President Obama: Give Peace a Meeting...............................................................................................28 “Visions”..................................................................................................................................................... 29 Travels of a Dedicated Peace Monger.....................................................................................................30 Aunt Cindy Wants You!............................................................................................................................31 You Get What You Vote For!...................................................................................................................33 Say What? Peace Prize for a War President?..........................................................................................34 How Dare They!......................................................................................................................................... 35 Part Two............................................................................................................................................................... 37 Welcome to Twenty-Ten: The Year of Resistance!................................................................................38 Infomercial for the Empire......................................................................................................................39 The Goal of Modern Propaganda: Mythocracy...................................................................................40