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Lydia Leftcoast

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62. This month's issue of Harper's has an article about forgetting American history

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #59)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 12:46 AM

Apr 2012

Very timely.

There have been people who refuses\d to pay their income tax on the grounds of opposition to war since at least the Vietnam days.

I knew people in the 1980s who were trying to figure out ways to do it legally, by living off the land and having so little cash income that they didn't have to pay income taxes.

Various people have gone to prison over the years for anti-war tax evasion, many of them Quakers and Mennonites.

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Cindy Sheehan [View all] Kaleva Apr 2012 OP

I continue to follow what she is up to... Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #1

Hot meals shipped in from Dallas in Casey II? MuseRider Apr 2012 #2

I'm relying on memory here and if I'm wrong about anything, I'll gladly admit it. Kaleva Apr 2012 #3

You don't need to do that, MuseRider Apr 2012 #15

Well, I try to be accurate. Kaleva Apr 2012 #18

Don't worry about it it is all good. MuseRider Apr 2012 #45

She was a great anti-war heroine. shimonitanegi Apr 2012 #4

She was in my hometown abolugi Apr 2012 #5

I thought I sent some money to a pizza place to Suich Apr 2012 #6

The real reason Cindy was attacked Drubinson Apr 2012 #7

Clearly you hate President Obama, have arthritisR_US Apr 2012 #10

Are you anti-war? Where do you stand on drone attacks in Pakistan... Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #12

Rude and ugly, but three quarters true. It appeared to me more the DLC than left wing, though saras Apr 2012 #11

Looks to me like Cindy Sheehan is morally consistent more than anything else Zalatix Apr 2012 #14

If I pick up a rock and a tennis ball and call them both 'rocks' I am being consistent.But I'm wrong stevenleser Apr 2012 #30

Drones killing unarmed people without any semblance of due process is wrong. Zalatix Apr 2012 #33

When you frame the argument in a dishonest way, you get incorrect results. stevenleser Apr 2012 #34

I framed it quite honestly, and quite flawlessly, thank you. Zalatix Apr 2012 #35

No, you didnt stevenleser Apr 2012 #36

Wrong again. You failed on both counts. Zalatix Apr 2012 #37

I'm happy to stand on previous posts stevenleser Apr 2012 #54

Oh, you think far too highly of your debating skills. Zalatix Apr 2012 #55

You write this and then a few posts down you have the unmitigated gall SomethingFishy Apr 2012 #51

Yup, I do. Thankfully, you dont get to define what anti-war means. stevenleser Apr 2012 #53

What facts?! You have presented none. Zalatix Apr 2012 #58

Pres. Obama has a following, Cindy doesn't. It happens. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #17

Maybe she can RISE UP and be one of the occupy leaders snooper2 Apr 2012 #19

Nope. The real reason is she shares a problem with a small percentage of the anti-war crowd stevenleser Apr 2012 #21

+100! TY for putting to words what I couldn't. arthritisR_US Apr 2012 #22

Thank you. The sad thing is that a good credible anti-war activist group is sorely needed. stevenleser Apr 2012 #24

They sure are needed! They start out fine and arthritisR_US Apr 2012 #40

FDR did not bring us into WW II. Bandit Apr 2012 #25

Yet, WWII is something that this crowd argues. Just check out Swanson's latest book "War is a Lie" stevenleser Apr 2012 #29

Actually, the European part of World War II grew directly out of resentments engendered Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #60

Byeeeee... SidDithers Apr 2012 #28

Finally! I literally went out of my way hours arthritisR_US Apr 2012 #39

The last I read about her is that the IRS is going after her for tax evasion. OKDem08 Apr 2012 #8

I wish I was brave enough to do that! Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #13

Read some websites and maybe you will get the courage you seek! snooper2 Apr 2012 #20

Cindy is great. I met her at BeachImpeach. EFerrari Apr 2012 #9

"I also think she was and is her own worst enemy." Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #16

She is not a Naderite proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #41

She's a former Republican, right? Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #44

From the Teabagger contingent which is why Dems/Libs left her years before Obama presidency. ieoeja Apr 2012 #47

Ding! Ding! Ding! Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #49

Cindy Sheehan is the reason America finally woke up to the horror of the Iraq war. WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #23

I agree. The only minor bone of contention is... stevenleser Apr 2012 #26

I don't disagree WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #27

yes but Cindy brought it to nightly news while the media did not report those of us who marched xiamiam Apr 2012 #32

We were ignored by the MSM. I asked a friend recently if they remembered the huge sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #68

I don't think she woke the masses to the horrors of the Iraq War cali Apr 2012 #38

She gave up what was left of her life proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #42

'Cindy Sheehan is a hero' sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #66

Goddam right WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #69

Pat Tate was a vfp guy, though thinking white rose bus? Or some such. uppityperson Apr 2012 #31

Rec Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #43

view all Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #50

A lot of us are still active. broiles Apr 2012 #46

Cindy is a nice lady. H2O Man Apr 2012 #48

I love Cindy because she made GWB squirm. Cleita Apr 2012 #52

She drifted over into Tea-bag Libertarian wacko-land a while ago. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #56

She is definitely not a teabagger or a libertarian proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #57

Did you forget about her anti-tax nonsense??? Odin2005 Apr 2012 #59

Withholding tax payments to protest has a long tradition in this country. EFerrari Apr 2012 #61

I just remembered--Henry David Thoreau refused to pay taxes because of his opposition Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #64

Yes. And in the 60s, didn't Joan Baez withhold her payments for a time? EFerrari Apr 2012 #65

This month's issue of Harper's has an article about forgetting American history Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #62

There's also a way you can put the money in a special account, isn't there? proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #67

That doesn't make her a teabagger or a libertarian. proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #63

Nonsense? WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #70