The people who are slamming me have no idea about what it feels like to unjustly have a child killed in an insane war.

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.

I can't speak for the other people whose children have died, but I can speak for my family and the other members of Gold Star Families for Peace. We believe we're honoring our children by working for peace.

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.

Still putting out the O'Reilly fires of me being a traitor and using Casey's name dishonorably, my in-laws sent out a press statement disagreeing with me in strong terms; which is totally okay with me, because they barely knew Casey. We have always been on separate sides of the fence politically and I have not spoken to them since the election when they supported the man who is responsible for Casey's death. The thing that matters to me is that our family - Casey's dad and my other 3 kids are on the same side of the fence that I am.