The nerve of some people...

There have been two things going on in the news lately that have really raised my blood pressure...literally infuriated me. The first is the Israeli disengagement/evacuation from Gaza, and the second is the Cindy Sheehan woman camping outside the President's ranch demanding a meeting with him because her son died.

Well, since the latter of the two better fits my time constraints at the moment, I'll start with that one. I'll get to Israel later.

Just to get everyone up to speed, Cindy Sheehan's son Casey was killed in Iraq on April 4th, 2004. Cindy has been camped outside the President's ranch for a little over a week now, demanding to meet with President Bush so he can explain to her, face to face, why her son 'died for oil' and 'died to make [President Bush's] friends rich.'

A grieving mother expressing her anger about her son's death. Perfectly reasonable, right? Well, maybe not.

See, it turns out that she already met with President Bush in June of 2004. And here's what she had to say after that meeting: 'I now know [President Bush is] sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith.' She also said that for the first time in 11 weeks, they felt whole again, and 'that was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together.'

Not exactly the blathering tirade she apparently wishes she'd unleashed, is it?

So now Sheehan is demanding a SECOND meeting with the President? On what grounds? On the grounds that she wasn't as harsh and hysterical as she would've liked the first time around? Sorry, but I don't think the President gives mulligans.

But even her apparent two-facedness isn't what really irks me about Cindy Sheehan. What really pisses me off is how she's turned herself into a political pawn -- or political whore, if you prefer -- for groups like MoveOn.org and people like Michael Moore.

They've all been rallying to her side in 'support'. B.S. What about all the other grieving mothers who AREN'T camping outside President Bush's ranch? You think MoveOn.org and Michael Moore have expressed their condolences/support for them? Not a chance. They're only exploiting Cindy Sheehan in their effort to bash President Bush. They don't give a rat's ass about Cindy Sheehan or her son. They're just convenient faces for a political agenda.

This can be evidenced by a commercial recently released 'starring' Cindy Sheehan that sounded SUSPICIOUSLY like a commercial released by MoveOn.org during the Presidential Campaign. It simply parroted the 'Bush lied, kids died' rhetoric talking points of the extreme left -- which are short-sighted, self-serving, and above all, inconsistent with the facts. It's absolutely shameful.

Even Sheehan's family has released statement saying that they don't agree with her, that they support the President, and that they wish Cindy would come home. A plea that is obviously being ignored.

To top it all off, Cindy Sheehan is now playing Foreign Policy expert by saying that if we withdraw from Iraq and Israel withdraws from Palestine, that terrorism will stop. Hey, good call, seeing as how there was terrorism before we were in Iraq, and that there IS no 'Palestine' from which Israel can withdraw (more on this later).

She's also refusing to pay taxes. Which normally I'd be all for, but in this case, no. Simply on the basis of her being a political tool.

Ms. Sheehan, with all DUE respect -- which, granted, currently isn't much, and the remainder of which is dwindling by the second -- just who the hell do you think you are? You're an embarrassment to your family, and you've lost every shred of your credibility you once had by associating with political hacks like MoveOn and Moore. Your behavior dishonors both your son's death and the death of everyone one of his comrades, and serves as a completely atrocious means of remembering his sacrifice.

If I was your son, which thankfully I am not, I would be hard-pressed to forgive you for turning my death and sacrifice into a political football.

You should be ashamed of yourself.