People who are against me attack me personally. They attack the way I look physically, they attack the way I dress, they attack everything but what I say.

I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war?

[My son] Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives.

If we stick together as an American people we can bring down the war criminals that are running our country right now.

I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.

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.

I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong.