excerpted from cnn.com:

here's the link to the story: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/28/sheehan/index.html

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The Quoted text was removed for two reasons: a.) too much text was directly quoted from a commercial site (CNN.com) and b.) no link was provided to that commercial site. The former can get us into serious copyright problems and it is standard procedure on blogs to quote only a few paragraphs of text directly from other sites to avoid potential copyright issues. The exact number of paragraphs that are "allowable" varies, but quoting the vast majority of someone else's work from a copyrighted site is always considered unacceptable. Not providing a link to the site you quote is considered both rude and can make people suspicious about your quote. We want people to know where our writers are quoting from so we encourage such links...unless we know a commercial site uses our work without a link. It is ALWAYS safer and more polite to provide the link. I encourage the author to rewrite the diary in a way that complies with the rules of this site and the standard blog protcedures when quoting others. I would like to note that there was no particular problem I had with the content of the diary, merely the quote of an extensive block of another person's work without so much as a link. There are legal issues here!]

I have admired Cindy Sheehan's dedication/devotion to the anti-war effort and am saddened to see that she is throwing in the towel. She is a remarkable woman whom many of us have had the opportunity to meet and/or participate in rallies and events she attended. This happens to a lot of activists who put their heart and soul into the cause and then don't see results at the end of the day. You start wondering if the battle was worth fighting. You ask, "when do I see something for all this effort?", "when do we win?"

It sounds like maybe Cindy is just burned out. Maybe after she goes home for a while and chills out, she'll be back. I hope so anyway.

(okay I edited it)

[Editor's note: the author edited somewhat, for which I thank him. But he still quoted too much of another person's work and provided no link. The standard here is to quote a few paragraphs and linking to the rest so people can read more. You can also paraphrase parts if need be, but the link is critical.]