Cindy Sheehan visits the City of Subdued Excitement

Our fair city of Bellingham is about to be graced with a visit by the media whore herself -- Cindy Sheehan. The press is trotting out that old trope of her being a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee conveniently forgetting this 1974 change to Statutes of the Committee

In 1974, the Statutes were changed in two respects. The confidential archive material that formed the basis for the evaluation and selection of candidates for the prizes, which was previously closed to all outsiders, could now be made available for purposes of historical research if at least 50 years had elapsed since the decision in question.

Emphasis mine. To put this in words of one syllable or less: The list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize (for all Nobel Prizes for that matter) is sealed for 50 years. OK -- so I lied about words of one syllable or less. Sheehan is lying about her Nobel Nomination. As for being a media whore, I can only offer this:

��I don�t care about them talking about me being a crackpot or a media whore, or a tool of the left, you know. I�m like if I truly was a media whore do you think I would like maybe get myself fixed up a little bit before I went on?"

From the local fishwrap - The Bellingham Herald:

Cindy Sheehan to speak in Bellingham
Anti-war activist and 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Cindy Sheehan will speak in Bellingham Wednesday, July 29.

Bellingham's Veteran's for Peace Chapter 111 and Whatcom Peace and Justice Center are hosting an evening with Sheehan at 7 p.m. at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2600 Lakeway Drive.

It will be the last stop on Sheehan's Myth America tour, in which she has discussed the peace movement and the division caused by social and class inequities. Admission is by donation.

Bleagh -- I'll have to remember to stay upwind for the following couple of days.