Waldorf Mother Is Furious at Soldier Daughter's Death

MountainLaurel

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:35 AM
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Waldorf Mother Is Furious at Soldier Daughter's Death

Subtitled: "Many 'Don't Believe in This Mission,' She Says"

Army Sgt. Princess C. Samuels was a girly girl.

She was a cheerleader in high school. She had a white poodle named Skylar whose ears and tail she had dyed pink. She had her Mustang custom painted pink and purple to match a Barbie car she owned as a child. She loved fashion, especially pink clothes.

Skylar and some of those pink clothes will be on hand next week when Samuels, 22, one of the latest casualties of the war in Iraq, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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"I am very upset that this has happened," Samuels's distraught mother, Anika Lawal of Waldorf, said yesterday. "I want to know why I'm planning a funeral while George Bush is planning a wedding."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082001026.html

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Richard D

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:38 AM
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1. That is so sad . . .

. . . and has been repeated so many times.

But that line: "I want to know why I'm planning a funeral while George Bush is planning a wedding."

So powerful. So deep. So painful.

It could bring the final downfall of * if it's used right.

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kwassa

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:39 AM
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2. I read this article and ....

I thought, "What do you think happens to soldiers when they go to war, anyways? Why would this not happen to your daughter?"

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Subdivisions

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:48 AM
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5. I think the "why" was directed at the mysterious reasons

we're at war in Iraq.

Do you know why we are in Iraq?

I'm sure that if this were a legitimate war, and the person running it wasn't such a psychopathic idiot consumed with greed, this mother wouldn't be so pissed.

It's one thing to fight for the honor of your country and another to fight on behalf of an imperialist regime. There is no glory in Iraq.

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Cha

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:40 AM
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3. That's THE QUESTION, isn't?

"I want to know why I'm planning a funeral while George Bush is planning a wedding."

Here's a sticky from our GrovelBot Board
Tell Jenna's
fiance to
sign up for
service in
Iraq

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tmlanders

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:06 AM
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8. That was me...

They should draft all of the young republicans. If my son can sign up their sons and daughters can sign up, too.

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Cha

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:46 AM
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11. Hey, glad to meetcha!~

That was my nominee..it says it all! Mothers & Fathers planning funerals..bush planning a wedding.

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tmlanders

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Wed Aug-22-07 09:47 AM
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12. Nice to meet you, too!

and all of my new friends at DU :hi:

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lonestarnot

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:42 AM
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4. Good fucking question.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Tue Aug-21-07 09:49 AM
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6. Sort of hits home to me....

Waldorf is in the neighboring county from where I grew up. Southern Maryland is known for a tight knit community, so when something like this happens, many people suffer.

My deepest condolences to Sgt. Samuels' family. She should never have been put in that position.

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frogcycle

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:05 AM
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7. another photo

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demnan

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:19 AM
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9. GODDAMNIT!

WHEN ARE THESE BASTARDS GOING TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME!

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DrDan

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:33 AM
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10. decades . . . the potential profits are enormous

no way they all are coming home any sooner . . .

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