Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who galvanized an anti-war movement with her monthlong protest outside President Bush's ranch, said Tuesday she's done being the public face of the movement. "I've been wondering why I'm killing myself and wondering why the Democrats caved in to George Bush," Sheehan told The Associated Press while driving from her property in Crawford to the airport, where she planned to return to her native California. "I'm going home for awhile to try and be normal," she said.
In what she described as a "resignation letter," Sheehan wrote in her online diary on the Daily Kos blog: "Good-bye America ...
you are not the country that I love and I finally realized no matter how much I sacrifice, I can't make you be that country unless you want it. "It's up to you now." Sheehan began a grass roots peace movement in August 2005 when she camped outside Bush's Crawford ranch for 26 days, demanding to talk with the president about her son's death.
Army Spc. Casey Sheehan was 24 when he was killed in an ambush in Baghdad in 2004. Martha Stewart's attempt to trademark "Katonah" - a move that has already riled some of
Two members of the Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation, which claims Chief Katonah as its own, have joined the anti-trademark battle being waged by the Katonah Village Improvement Society. And other American Indian leaders on Tuesday said that Stewart's trademark application was offensive. "If I wanted to trademark `Martha Stewart' and put out a line of tea towels, she would have me in court very quickly," said Suzan Harjo, president of the Morning Star Institute, a national advocacy group.
"She'd be saying, `You can't use my name, that's valuable, that belongs to me."' Clint Halftown, the federally recognized representative for the Cayuga Nation, said: "If it's being done for profit, then of course it's offensive. Of all the names in the world and all the words, why can't she pick something out that's not offensive?
" Stewart bought a 153-acre estate in Katonah, 40 miles north of New York City, for $16 million in 2000 and returned there in 2005 after five months in prison. Her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, wants to trademark "Katonah" for home furnishings, paints and other products, some of which are already on sale. A spokeswoman for the domestic doyenne, Diana Pearson, has said Stewart "seeks to honor the town and the hamlet by using the word Katonah.
" Lindsay Lohan might be in trouble, but she most likely won't be following Paris Hilton to jail. Lohan, 20, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence after she crashed her Mercedes into a Sunset Boulevard curb about 5:30 a.m.
Investigators say they found what they believe is cocaine in connection with the accident. The actress could face more charges, including felonies. Lohan wasn't taken into custody because she was admitted to the hospital with minor injuries.
That's not unusual, says Paul Geller, a California defense attorney who specializes in drunken-driving cases. "Practically speaking, I think she's probably only going to be looking at the DUI," Geller says. If she is found to be in possession of cocaine, "she would definitely get some sort of drug-treatment program, which would most likely cause the charges to be dismissed.
" Lohan's tentative arraignment is Aug. 24. But, Geller says, a plea deal could happen earlier, and Lohan might never have to show up in court.
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