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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 27 Jul 07 - 10:42 PM "bjectively speaking, the call to remove the president and vice president represents a whole line of problems. The spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, who could start the procedure, said during her entry into office, that the "impeachment card" was not in play. Regardless of their intentions, and the careful, nearly magical game between the Republicans and Democrats, the voice of the people is clear, and it is growing ever more conscious that president Bush has committed a number of very serious criminal acts. American citizens are growing louder in their calls to impeach the man that will go down in history as the worst American president, or in other words, closer to the character of his rule, first American tyrant. What else to add besides that we are talking about the first president who said about the constitution: "it's just a goddamned piece of paper". Jonathan Turley, a professor of Law at the George Washington University said long ago: "we have finally reached a constitutional Rubicon, if the congress can not stand firmly against the open and obvious violation of federal law by the president, then we have really become an autocracy"." (A small excerpt from an interesting essay on the impeachment issue available at this site.) A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Dickey Date: 28 Jul 07 - 10:16 PM No Amos. Evidently you believe that human life is dispensible except as a useful political tool for the self righteous. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: katlaughing Date: 29 Jul 07 - 11:15 AM Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the Sicko thread, but I do think the following cites several more reasons why this asshole should be impeached: July 29, 2007 at 07:07:38 Bush Makes Clear Why a Health Care Revolt is Needed by Mark Harris http://www.opednews.com Tell A Friend President Bush has not directly commented on filmmaker Michael Moore's SiCKO and it's devastating critique of the U.S. health care system. He doesn't have to. The President made clear which side of health care progress he's on when he recently stated his intention to veto a Senate bill to increase funds for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The bipartisan bill proposes to put another $35 billion over five years into a program designed to help families who cannot afford health insurance but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. There are currently about 4 million children enrolled for health coverage under SCHIP. There are also an estimated 10 million children in the United States without any health insurance. But what is George Bush concerned about? He fears more government money for the health of uninsured children would hurt the private insurance companies. "When you expand eligibility, you're really beginning to open up an avenue for people to switch from private insurance to the government," says Bush. In the spirit of Ronald Reagan, who in the early 1960s saw Medicare as a step toward totalitarianism, the President warns that increased funding for children's health is a path to full-blown government health care. Actually, it would be nice if that were true, but it's not. The Senate bill would still leave millions of children uninsured, as the New York Times acknowledged in its July 22 editorial. But it's also ironic that Bush frames his opposition to the Senate bill in such ideological terms. After all, the President does support funding SCHIP, if only at a rate that increases funding by $5 billion over the next five years. So maybe the real lesson here is that government-run health care is okay with Bush as long as it's never quite adequate health care. Because with inflationary health costs, the President's proposed funding level will translate into even more children abandoned to the land of the uninsured. In California, say some officials, an estimated 200,000 children may be dropped from the program next year under the current funding limits. Listening to the President, you just have to ask: What is so damn holy about insurance companies? Should their profits always take precedence over children's health needs? Or maybe it's just that the President is concerned about the cost to government? But what's an extra $35 billion over five years for children's health when compared to the $8.4 billion a month the Iraq war now costs the United States? Indeed, the $5 billion SCHIP currently receives annually in federal funds equals only about three weeks of the war's costs. But perhaps the President is also concerned about the bill's proposed excise tax on cigarettes? Actually, considering that next year's military budget is $499 billion (this doesn't even include the Iraq and Afghanistan war budgets), taxing consumers who smoke hardly seems necessary. Even less necessary when you consider the potential resource in reversing the decline in corporate taxes, from 33 per cent of collected federal taxes in the 1950s to less than 8 percent today. But you get the feeling here it isn't the consumers the President is concerned about. After all, we do know former Surgeon General Richard Carmona recently told Congress the Bush White House pressured him to not give the tobacco companies a hard time by testifying about the dangers of secondhand smoke. Irony seems to bleed from everything this President espouses that has anything to do with principles. Bush cautions the public about the dangers of government health care, while recovering from his own first-rate, government-paid colonoscopy. Bush sings hymns to the power of free-market solutions, but does nothing while market forces create a nationwide crisis of affordable health care. If unemployment reached 20 percent, which is the percentage of children in Texas without health coverage, it would be called a Great Depression. But we live in times when dynastic corporate families run the country based on the implicit notion that in this life there are winners and there are losers. And if you can't afford competitive health insurance, well, then, those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths do officially "care" about you, but they also know you're just one of the losers. All 46 million of you. In her new book, "The Real Wealth of Nations," cultural historian Riane Eisler cites research that the cost of just one U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile could feed 50 million children or open 340,000 health centers. Now put that thought in the context of last year's study by economists Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz that estimates the eventual direct and indirect costs of the Iraq war will exceed $1 trillion and possibly reach $2 trillion, assuming U.S. military operations continue in Iraq until 2010. Just imagine what could be done for American health care with even a fraction of the money wasted in Iraq. Instead, nearly one in seven Americans go without health insurance. Instead, the vitality of the health care system is defined less on humanitarian terms than by quarterly indicators, stock trends, CEO mega-salaries, and patients who are called "customers." It's a telling contrast: While affordable care is increasingly elusive, health care companies are a hot sector for venture capital investors, outpacing all other industries according to the San Jose Business Journal. In the United States, many of the 10 million children without health coverage could be covered under SCHIP, but are not either because their state doesn't participate or has finance-driven enrollment caps, or because families are not aware of their eligibility. Certainly the medical care children receive can be critical to their health over a lifetime. But where there is only human need the President sees a dangerous political precedent. Why do we put up with a leader whose SiCKO ideology blinds him even to the most basic needs of children? |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 30 Jul 07 - 12:16 PM Sure I do, you dullwit. That's why I think it is okay to go around launching war on humans. Sheesh. Elliot D. Cohen: Impeach Bush and Cheney Now, Before They Declare Martial Law BuzzFlash - 1 hour ago The only reasonable response to this national security risk is to eliminate it, and this can be done by starting impeachment proceedings now. Unfortunately, Congress (Democrats and Republicans alike) have fallen asleep at the wheel. The Bush ... It's time to impeach Bush, Cheney and the public knows it... Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul 27, 2007 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still keeps impeachment "off the table"; she and her advisers fear that if they allow Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to open impeachment hearings, it will rally the Republican base in defense of Bush and Cheney. "Time for the GOP to push Bush out the door" Seattle Times Freeway Blogger Leads the Way to Impeachment Awareness Anti-war actions build toward Sept. 29 march Nancy Pelosi's House seat in 2008 if Pelosi doesn't try to impeach Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney by midnight on July 23. Impeach Bush, Cheney Salt Lake Tribune - Jul 25, 2007 They have created "bogymen" to use as excuses to invade sovereign nations (yet refuse to protect the sovereignty of our own). Francis Boyle: Campaign to Impeach Bush 'He simply moderated the debate between Clark and I, on the one side, favoring immediately filing Bills of Impeachment against Bush Jr. et al. to stop the threatened war, and almost everyone else there who were against impeachment for partisan political ...' Probe or impeach AG 29/07/2007 Washington - The New York Times reports that Congress should impeach controversial US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales if the George W Bush administration fails to launch a probe into his role in a raging political scandal. The paper reported: "Democratic lawmakers are asking for a special prosecutor to look into Gonzales's words and deeds. "If that doesn't happen, Congress should impeach Gonzales." |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 30 Jul 07 - 03:04 PM H.RES.333Title: Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (14) Latest Major Action: 5/4/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. SUMMARY AS OF: 4/24/2007--Introduced. Impeaches Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Sets forth articles of impeachment stating that Vice President Cheney: (1) has purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, to justify the use of the U.S. Armed Forces against Iraq in a manner damaging to U.S. national security interests; and (2) has openly threatened aggression against Iran absent any real threat to the United States, and has done so with the U.S. proven capability to carry out such threats, thus undermining U.S. national security. ALL ACTIONS: 4/24/2007: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 5/4/2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 7/24/2007 Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 6/6/2007 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 5/1/2007 Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 6/28/2007 Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 7/12/2007 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 7/12/2007 Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 6/28/2007 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 6/7/2007 Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 7/10/2007 Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/10/2007 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/1/2007 Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 6/12/2007 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 6/7/2007 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 5/10/2007 |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Teribus Date: 31 Jul 07 - 12:43 PM Getting close to that time again Amos. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 31 Jul 07 - 03:20 PM Tuesday, July 31 It seems every time Attorney General Alberto Gonzales opens his mouth before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he gets himself into deeper trouble. Perhaps that is by design. The casual observer might wonder why Gonzales seemed to be so carefree in the face of senator after senator calling him a liar. It might be because he could end up like Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and never serve a minute of time in jail, no matter what he gets charged with. Did Gonzales commit perjury in his testimony before the committee on Tuesday? It certainly looks like it, especially after FBI director Robert Mueller directly contradicted Gonzales' statements regarding President Bush's secret wiretapping program. Gonzales appears to be headed down the same path as the only previous attorney general to face criminal charges — John Mitchell, Richard Nixon's attorney general. Mitchell, like Gonzales, authorized illegal wiretaps on American citizens (mostly people that President Nixon deemed his political enemies) and defended the wiretaps on the grounds of national security. Mitchell was eventually found guilty of perjury, obstruction of justice and conspiracy and was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 1975. Gonzales, the architect of many of the Bush administration's most egregious abuses of the Constitution and international law, has plenty to hide and his expertly deployed obfuscation before the Judiciary Committee sounded like he was doing everything in his power to defend President Bush and keep the secrets he knows hidden. What Gonzales knows echoes what Mitchell did during Watergate. The reason why the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was enacted in 1978 was to prevent a repeat of what the Nixon administration did — illegal wiretapping of American citizens. FISA requires the government to seek federal court approval before conducting surveillance. President Bush has for years refused to abide by this law. He has proudly admitted in public that he has not abided by this law. In other words, President Bush repeatedly violated federal law. Grounds for impeachment? Certainly, but we know most of the current members of Congress are too afraid to take on President Bush. It's far less risky to pummel Gonzales. In that way, Gonzales is doing his job. He's deflecting attention away from the criminal acts of his boss, secure in the knowledge that if he is charged and ultimately convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice and criminal conspiracy, he'll get pardoned like Libby and be taken care of for any legal inconveniences he might have to suffer. As has been pointed out in this space often, the Bush administration doesn't care what Congress or the American people think. President Bush long ago decided he doesn't have to follow any law that he doesn't like. He can defy Congress, secure in the knowledge that he can get away with it. That's because Congress refuses to impeach Bush despite the multitude of crimes he and his administration have committed. We are entering into a dangerous time for our Constitution and our country. If Congress wishes to remain a meaningful and independent branch of our government, it must rein in the executive branch. The tool for doing this is impeachment. The time for doing this is now. — Brattleboro Reformer |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 31 Jul 07 - 11:30 PM Oregon Reps. Jump On Board Gonzales Impeachment July 31st 2007 1:58pm Oregon's four Democratic House members are backing a resolution to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The resolution introduced today by Rep. Jay Inslee, a Washington Democrat and former prosecutor, is short and to the point. It accuses Gonzales of "high crimes and misdemeanors," and asks the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether there are grounds to impeach Bush's old Texas chum and former White House counsel. Though the resolution doesn't lay out the case against Gonzales, many Portlanders should already be familiar with the charges. Fired federal prosecutors David Iglesias and John McKay made two separate Portland speaking engagements earlier this summer, with McKay railing against his former boss on June 28 at Portland State University. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a co-sponsor of Inslee's resolution, admonished the Bush Administration, which has rebuffed Congressional attempts to get testimony on the fired prosecutors from key White House staffers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: katlaughing Date: 01 Aug 07 - 12:16 AM Ordinance passes 6-1; Telluride is first in Colorado By Reilly Capps Taking a step into national politics, the Telluride Town Council passed an ordinance yesterday calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. * The ordinance says that Bush and Cheney violated the public trust and knowingly harmed the United States and Colorado. The measure passed easily, 6-1. Several Telluriders pleaded passionately about the need to get rid of a duo that has lied, tortured, and spied on Americans. No one spoke out against it, nor did anyone defend the administration. The ordinance reached the council's desk after 71 voters signed a petition. The council's other option, besides passing it, was to put the ordinance on the November ballot and let voters decide. But instead of doing that, the council sent the message itself. "I'm surprised that they did not refer it to the people," said Thom Carnevale, who organized the petition. "It was a strong stand the council took." Mark Buchsieb was the only member of the council who voted against the motion. It appears that Telluride is the first community in Colorado to call for impeachment. A vote in the town of Nederland ended up tied. But dozens of communities in other states have passed similar ordinances. It began in liberal places like San Francisco and Vermont. More recently, more mainstream cities like Detroit and Chapel Hill, N.C., have joined. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Cleveland, has introduced a resolution in the House calling for impeachment, but most Democrats have said they don't see impeachment as a viable option. A call to the White House seeking comment was not returned yesterday. At the meeting, Phil Miller railed against an "imperial presidency" that launches unnecessary wars, and spoke forcefully and movingly against an administration that steamrolls dissent and then flattens foreign countries. "The people have acquiesced too easily because they don't know the horror that war unleashes," said Miller, who was a soldier during World War II, who saw babies starve and families hunkered down in bombed-out buildings. He himself was hit by a bullet while fighting in the Philippines. "I have seen the brutality of war that turns nice young men into barbarians." Mary McLean said Bush is "on a mission that seems inspired by the crusades" and powered "by his own delusions." Jerry Greene urged the council to pass the ordinance in order to get the ball rolling on impeachment, to encourage other towns to call for Bush and Cheney's ouster. "Why wait 'till November to make this statement?" he said. "We'll save ourselves thousands and thousands of words." It's difficult to see how a double impeachment would proceed. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only two presidents to have been impeached. Both were found not guilty by the Senate. No vice president has ever been impeached. But if the Senate voted to knock out both Bush and Cheney, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, would become president. The council has to publicly read the ordinance a second time at its next meeting for it to formally pass. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 02 Aug 07 - 10:39 AM "All politics are local," Bend City Councilor Linda Johnson said Tuesday, after putting Item 3a on the council's Wednesday night agenda. And it's no little item, but a resolution that blasts President Bush and Vice President Cheney and calls for their impeachment for intentionally misleading the nation into a bloody, protracted war. If three colleagues join Johnson in voting yes - and there's no guarantee of that - Bend will become one of dozens of cities across the country that have weighed in on the nation's biggest controversy, on the side of those opposed to the war and the administration's role in it. Calvin Mann has led a cadre of fellow anti-war activists to the microphone at the visitor's section of recent council meetings, asking the council to take a stand and also to host a town hall on the topic. Mayor Bruce Abernethy suggested that Mann seek support from individual councilors, if he wanted to proceed. ... Johnson told KTVZ.COM Wednesday she will back the resolution that she's offered up. But she said she's also "divided" on the idea of it being germane to city business, though she believes the war has cost everyone in more than bloodshed - for cities like Bend, a share of cold, hard federal dollars that instead are going to the war. ... "As locally elected officials, we are struggling to provide basic services at a time when the Iraq War's costs are mounting," the preamble to the two-page resolution begins...(full text at http://www.ci.bend.or.us/city_hall/meeting_minutes/docs/Resolution_Impeach_Bush.pdf ) "But I also feel as council members, we are members of society," she said. "And if there's something that has impact - the war in Iraq is depleting government resources, so we're not getting federal funding for health care, for planning, homeland security, because those resources are going to Iraq - then I think there is a legitimate case where the city could say we are (affected)." "I support sending a message we are not happy, and the country is suffering, both economically and on the moral stage," the city councilor said. The resolution claims Bush and Cheney "did conspire with others to intentionally mislead the nation about the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war of aggression against that country, in violation of" federal law and the U.N. Charter. It also says the president admits to ordering electronically surveillance of U.S. citizens without court warrants, and that he and Cheney "conspired to condone the torture of prisoners." It also goes a bit off-topic in claiming the two men "ordered the deliberate suppression and falsification of scientific information and findings on climate change." |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Stringsinger Date: 02 Aug 07 - 10:45 AM The idea that Republicans have cleaned up anyone's mess is absurd. They have created an environment for a Mafia-type takeover of government. They have botched Afghanistan and Iraq. They have put homeless people on the street and wrecked organized labor. Impeachment is the only reasonable solution when the government is an accomplice to lies, deceit and murder. Anything less is an invitation to appeasement and a renunciation of democracy as we know it in the U.S. Clinton received a blow job but Bush has conducted a blow-away job. Frank Hamilton |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 02 Aug 07 - 03:42 PM [[[applause]]] A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 02 Aug 07 - 04:13 PM From Des Moines: Impeach Bush, Cheney to restore confidence August 2, 2007 26 Comments Although people have been discussing the impeachment option for several months, a recent "Bill Moyers Journal" aired on public television really brought this action to the forefront. A conservative constitutional attorney and a liberal author/journalist wholeheartedly agreed that now is the time to vote on articles of impeachment for both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Both were very critical of the president and vice president and argued that more than sufficient legal violations have occurred to warrant such action immediately. They observed that failure to sanction this administration may embolden future leaders to continue imperialistic behavior. They were also very critical of Congress because they have been unwilling to provide a check on the executive branch; they noted only modest differences between the inaction of the Republicans and the timid response of the Democrats. In addition, the show's guests accused the press of widespread failure to provide critical, objective coverage of this administration's policies and actions and to alert the American people to these serious problems. Invoking impeachment proceedings does not create a national crisis; rather, it is a constitutionally sanctioned remedial treatment for flagrant abuse of power and complete indifference to the rule of law by the executive branch. Impeachment proceedings would reassure the people that we are still a nation of laws, that everyone is really accountable and that our representative democracy is still alive and well. - Dean R. Prestemon, Ames From Kent, Ohio: For doing what he believes is expressing his First Amendment right to free speech, Kevin Egler has a trial date in Portage County Municipal Court in Kent. The South Lincoln Street resident was issued a $125 ticket July 25 by Kent police officer Jerry Schlosser for "advertising on public property," according to court records. His advertisement? A sign reading "Impeach," urging the impeachment of President Bush placed in a small public garden at the intersection of Main and Willow streets and Haymaker Parkway. Egler, 45, said he has placed more than 450 anti-Bush signs in the Kent area. Kent city ordinance 503.02 states "No person shall stick, post or attach any advertisement, poster, sign, handbill or placard of any kind or description upon any telegraph, telephone, railway or electric light pole within the city, nor upon any public building, voting booth, flagging, curbstone, walk, step stone or sidewalk, or write, print or impress or in any manner attach any notice or advertisement of any kind upon any public building, voting booth, flagging, curbstone, step, stone or sidewalk" that is the property of the city. However, Egler said he believes the message on the sign he posted is at issue, not the act itself. He said he can show dozens of other examples of advertising on public property in the city, including U.S. Army recruitment posters, "for sale" signs and other handbills tacked to public property that have not attracted the same attention. If he can't place them in Kent, Egler said he will move his operations to the Akron area. Egler, who is not affiliated with any local anti-war groups, hosted a small gathering Tuesday with Chicago activist and poet Mario Penalver, who has undertaken an 800-mile walk from Chicago to Washington D.C. to protest the Iraq War and inspire dialogues on peace. Joining Penalver are Denver-based activists Brother Raymond Schwab and Brother Elliott Nesch of Beit Shalom Ministries, an evangelical Christian ministry dedicated to protesting the war, who left Denver March 1 on their own mission to Washington D.C. All three men attended Egler's hearing Wednesday, picketing outside the Kent courthouse with signs saying "Honk for peace" and "Impeach Bush." The three activists said they are disturbed by what they believe is a political motive behind the ticket. "We need to be more vigilant in times of war to protect our liberties," Schwab said. "We can't let fear compromise our Constitution," Penalver said. Judge John Plough set a pretrial for Aug. 9 and a trial for Aug. 16. From Madison, WI: Susan H. Case: For good of our country, impeach Bush now A letter to the editor — 8/01/2007 11:21 am Dear Editor: This is a plea to our representatives to consider support of impeachment now. I used to worry that it would take up too much time, derail the Democrat agenda, etc. But the offenses have piled up and weigh heavily toward a potent, de facto precedent effect. I have come to believe that the weight is on the side of impeachment. Nothing else can even slow, let alone stop, the powerful effect of precedent. No matter who is elected in 2008 or 2012 or 2016, George Bush's present actions will haunt the White House and continue to despoil our democratic and humane values, unless we indict them now. Susan H. Case, Madison |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 04 Aug 07 - 03:53 AM Take back our country: Impeach Bush now Date published: 8/4/2007 )From the Virginia Free-Lance Star) George Bush does it again with his cover-up speech on how we need to stay in Iraq ["Bush defends Iraq war, urges patience," July 5]. He alone started this war; there was no "we" (as a nation) that attacked Iraq. Bush just keeps on telling more lies. He and Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Condoleezza Rice just keep on justifying a war with no end or victory in sight. Mr. Bush, along with his moronic group of idiots, must be impeached ASAP in order to save not only our country, but the lives of more of our young people. This president is an embarrassment to our great country. I don't understand how anyone with an ounce of intelligence can support such a bumbling moron. He keeps on with his stubborn attitude about staying in Iraq. He won't admit he was and is wrong in what he alone ordered and started. Right now, it seems that he will veto anything Congress suggests. Let's not support stem-cell research, but go ahead and send children to their deaths? Let's not end a war we can't win because we have a spoiled brat for a president, but let's go ahead and let a convicted felon stay out of jail? This man needs to go soon for the sake of the U.S. and our children. Wake up, America, and get the impeachment process in motion for this entire administration. Take your country back and bring it back to the great nation we once were. Marie Eberle Spotsylvania |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Teribus Date: 04 Aug 07 - 07:04 AM Another month gone by Amos. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 05 Aug 07 - 01:52 AM Ouster By the People By Robert Dallek Sunday, August 5, 2007; Page B07 Polls showing President Bush's approval ratings in the 20s and 30s and a New York Times survey last month reporting that people across the country are eager for an end to the current administration suggest that this nation has a problem it's going to have to live with for the next 17 months -- a failed presidency that won't reestablish its credibility with a national majority. The political argument against Bush's continuing tenure is not frivolous. There are good reasons to see him as a failed president whose remaining time in office will be unproductive at best and destructive to the country's well-being at worst. But given the constitutional rules by which the presidency operates, there is no serious prospect of removing him from office. A fine solution would be a Nixon-style resignation, but anyone who thinks that Bush and Vice President Cheney would give in to such a demand is dreaming. With no serious threat of impeachment looming, Bush and Cheney can afford to dismiss calls for their departure as the outcries of political extremists. Instead, the president, determined to stay the course, declares that his strategy in Iraq needs more time to work, that the many charges of abuse of power are unsubstantiated, and that, as with Harry Truman, who also lost his hold on the public in the last two years of his presidency, history will vindicate him. It's enough to make people think about a constitutional amendment for removing a president other than by impeachment or because of incapacity, as is now provided for under the 25th Amendment. Such an amendment would need to set a high bar for removal and include a process that would be the greatest possible expression of the popular will. This could best be achieved through a recall procedure beginning in the House and the Senate, where a 60 percent vote would be required in both chambers to initiate a national referendum that would be open to all citizens eligible to vote in state elections. The ballot would simply ask voters to say yes or no to removing the president and vice president from office immediately. Should a majority vote to recall both incumbents, the speaker of the House would succeed to the presidency and, under the provisions of the 25th Amendment, would choose a vice president, who would need to be confirmed by majorities in the House and the Senate. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: katlaughing Date: 05 Aug 07 - 03:24 PM Apologies if this has already been posted: (Excerpt: The White House has ordered the Justice Department not to prosecute contempt charges against any of its operatives who it had also ordered not to testify in the first place about the partisan U.S. attorney firing scandal. The appeal courts have already been stacked with right wing judges and they will not intervene. The solicitor general will not appoint a special counsel. Only through impeachment can we enforce a return to integrity. And at the top of the impeachment list is vice president Dick Cheney, who secretly installed himself as the real power behind the White House throne. The lies to get us into Iraq, the torture of innocent Muslim bystanders, the illegal wiretaps of American citizens, none of these things would have happened without Cheney's heavy handed influence. And none will stop, including the locked in plans for an even more hideous military debacle in Iran, unless he is held to account by impeachment. Cheney is not only the least popular, as demonstrated by the fact that 99.17 percent of all votes in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll so far have been Yes to impeach. Cheney is also the most guilty. So it makes perfect strategic sense to pursue his impeachment first, and we believe Bush will quickly follow from the same trail of evidence. Help spread the word about the real time referendum now. Be an important part of the largest political mobilization in recent history. 17 members of Congress have already signed on to H.Res 333, the proposed articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney as proposed by Dennis Kucinich. The others are just waiting for one thing. Our VOICES to tell them to just do it. TELL DENNIS KUCINICH HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP While most other politicians this week were dodging flak or engaging in empty grandstanding, Dennis Kucinich came forward with a substantive proposal to address our neglected and deteriorating national infrastructure, of which the bridge collapse in MN was an inevitable consequence. If you can, please make donation to Dennis to encourage him keep standing up like he has on the impeachment issue and everything else. KUCINICH DONATIONS: http://www.usalone.com/donations_kucinich.php If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at http://www.usalone.com/in.htm |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 07 Aug 07 - 02:30 AM Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced resolutions calling for the censure of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Sen. Russ Feingold sponsored two resolutions in his chamber calling for the legislative action against the administration officials because of they misled the country in pursuing war with Iraq and have undermined the rule of law, he said. "These censure resolutions will let future generations know that Congress stood up to the destructive policies of this administration that have weakened our national security, cost more than 3,600 American lives, and undermined the principles on which our country was founded," Feingold said in a prepared statement. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) introduced companion legislation in the House. "From misleading this country into invading Iraq to establishing a warrantless domestic spy program, this White House has continuously misled and deceived the American people while disregarding the rule of law that guides our democracy," Hinchey said in a prepared statement. "The Bush administration has placed an extraordinary burden on this and future generations to recover from the damage done to our Constitution and national security." The nonbinding resolutions, which simply express the formal displeasure of the House and Senate, were viewed as not good enough by some Bush administration critics. Brad Friedman, writing on his blog, said Congress should instead work to impeach Bush and Cheney. He noted that the charges outlined in the censure resolution "read like a swell description of Impeachable High Crimes and Misdemeanors" and said it was the "constitutional duty" of members of Congress to work to oust the pair from the White House. "Then again, courage of conviction is not something Democrats are too often accused of," Friedman wrote. One set of resolutions, aimed at Bush and Cheney, condemn the pair for misleading Americans about threats posed by Saddam Hussein's regime and the dictator's links to al Qaeda and 9/11. The resolution also claims the president and vice president inadequately prepared for the invasion and its aftermath, stretching military forces thin. Another set of resolutions says Bush and Gonzales should be censured because of their authorization of a warrantless wiretapping program, improper treatment of foreign detainees and their obstruction of investigations into the firing of US Attorneys. The censure resolutions have 19 co-sponsors in the House. Both are co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) in that chamber, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has signed on to the resolution regarding Iraq. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 07 - 07:22 PM This is a significant amount of people for a small place in WY: By WHITNEY ROYSTER Star-Tribune staff writer Sunday, August 12, 2007 WILSON -- Some 200 people gathered in a Wilson field Saturday afternoon for a "Peace Rally" to protest the Iraq war and send a message to Vice President Dick Cheney, who owns a home just up the road. "We organized it because of the war in Iraq and what an injustice it has been," Walt Farmer, retired Air Force captain and registered Republican said. "The Vice President has received a pass in Jackson long enough. We want to let them know we don't approve of the war or how they play fast and loose with the Constitution." Attending a rally first with speakers, including State Rep. Pete Jorgensen (D-Jackson), author Alexandra Fuller and musicians, the group then took to the county bike path where they marched 1.5 miles north to the entrance of the exclusive Teton Pines Country Club, where Cheney lives when he is in Wyoming. A 10-foot tall effigy of Cheney, with a fishing pole in one hand and a spouting oil well in the other, was brought on the route. Rally-goers toppled the statute as a symbolic gesture of their disapproval of the vice president. Jennifer Love of Jackson said she came to the rally because she's tired of the war. "I feel like the administration has just turned their head and continued to take vacations," she said. Cheney typically spends the month-long August recess in Jackson Hole. Love and others said they were displeased that Cheney would disrupt other people's time in the outdoors with his helicopters flying overhead. In the last week, several teams of helicopters have been seen flying in formation over areas of Jackson Hole. Jeff Brummer and Kate Walker were visiting their son in Wilson and decided to come to the rally. "We have a long history of anti-war activism so it seemed like the right thing to do," Brummer, of Boston, said. "We're here in particular because I think Dick Cheney is a criminal in virtually everything he's touched or had involvement in, whether it's the war or economy or civil liberties." Cindy Knight has a son in the military, who has served in Afghanistan. She came to the rally to make sure the voices of parents of military people are heard. "I don't want him to lose his life in the Iraq war," she said. Rally-goers held signs that said "Bush-Cheney, War Profiteers," "Feel safe yet? Violence breeds violence," and "At least the war on the middle class is going well." The rally was organized by Farmer, Karen Hogan, a mother, and Jim Stanford, a writer and activist. At least one Jackson business closed early to allow its employees to attend the rally. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST,susan2795 Date: 20 Aug 07 - 12:17 PM We follow a leader who has raped the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He scorns diplomacy. He has rejected outright his duty to uphold the law of the land. His behavior is an ongoing study of lawlessness, deceit, torture, manipulation, stonewalling, fear-mongering, intimidation and secrecy. His exercises of power serve the private corporate world's quest for world domination; his military pursuits battle to win for oil corporations complete world wide market control. His neglect and abuse of the American People in Guantanamo, in New Orleans, his destruction of the People's rights of Personal Privacy, the detaining of individuals without being charged and without access to legal council for years, his failure to serve Public Policy: all this suggests that he and his followers represent the greatest single threat facing the United States of America today. He has escaped Congressional and Judicial oversight, and defrauded the American People. Enough! No more! |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 20 Aug 07 - 01:49 PM A telling grass-roots Video. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 20 Aug 07 - 01:56 PM Another discussion from Rep. Kucinich. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 21 Aug 07 - 11:21 AM Los Angeles Citizens argue for impeachment (a video of a city council meeting with public commentary). A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 22 Aug 07 - 04:42 PM A Primer on Impeachment discusses legal questions on the principles of impeachment, with specific regard to Herr Busch. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 23 Aug 07 - 12:31 PM Salt Lake Mayor Takes on Bush Impeachment Trail Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson may have been greeted with foot-stomping enthusiasm Monday night as he preached the gospel of impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to a crowd of about 250 at the Veterans Memorial Building on Monday. But at the Santa Barbara City Council, the idea of passing an impeachment resolution still remains an orphan in search of a parent. Anderson has emerged as a compelling political curiosity — the nation's most liberal mayor emerging from the reliably conservative state of Utah. Anderson seeks to connect the political left and right by appealing to "the core values" he says animate all Americans. "If we do not call for accountability, we are complicit," Anderson thundered to repeated ovations. "We either condone by our inaction, or we hold Bush accountable to demonstrate to the rest of the world that we are so much better than this." Anderson accused the Bush-Cheney White House of ignoring repeated warnings of a terrorist attack just prior to 9/11, and then using the emotional fallout from that attack to stampede the American public — and its elected leaders — into war. "Iraq never posed any threat to us," Anderson said more than once. "We attacked a nation that posed no threat to our security. That's a crime against peace, the same crime for which people were convicted in Nuremburg," he said.... Excerpted from the Santa Barbara Independent |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 31 Aug 07 - 11:22 AM From a citizen in Madison, WI: The Bush administration should be impeached for all the reasons repeatedly given. As for voters re-electing Bush, I would simply say that correcting an election is what impeachment is for. I am skeptical about the impeachment movement because its most audible voices emphasize a patriotic rationale for why the nation should be outraged and they downplay the importance of international lawlessness. I'm not diminishing the importance of fealty to the Constitution and dangerous trends being set through unaccountability. But I sincerely believe that impeachment, on what come off as nationalist grounds, doesn't send a message to the world that America can be trusted again. Rather it tells it that America is just as it seems, concerned about itself and no one else. When Bush broke international law, which he swore to uphold as U.S. law, he committed a crime against our neighbors. Those who advocate that Bush should be impeached not because he committed war crimes but because he's violating Americans rights are doing a little pandering themselves and are encouraging narrow nationalist views that, ultimately, are not enough unlike those Bush inspired four years ago. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 06 Sep 07 - 11:38 AM Charges dismissed for "Impeach Bush" sign Posted by James Ewinger September 06, 2007 09:28AM Categories: Breaking News, Crime Kent -- Criminal charges were dismissed Thursday morning against a Kent man who posted an "Impeach Bush" sign in his yard. City Law Director James Silver dismissed the littering charge against Kevin Egler. Egler was initially charged with advertising in a public space, but those charges were dropped earlier this month. The city then filed the littering charges, which carried a higher potential penalty. Kent officials also agreed to pay the $82 court costs. Robert Fitrakis, Egler's lawyer, said the city saved itself $100,000 by deciding not to pursue the charges against his client. Fitrakis maintained the charges against Egler were an effort to curb his right to free speech. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Teribus Date: 06 Sep 07 - 11:51 AM Yet another month slips by Amos and still no Impeachment. I wonder why? |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 07 Sep 07 - 10:57 AM Bush's police suppress Sept. 15 press conference Above, a NPS policeman on horse disrupts today's Sept. 15 press conference. Below, Adam Kokesh, Iraq war veteran while legally putting up a poster for September 15th. While the momentum for the Sept. 15 Peace/Impeachment demonstration grows, the Bush Administration is going to extraordinary lengths to suppress the mobilizing for this mass demonstration. Less than 18 hours ago, National Park Service Police turned a September 15 Press Conference, held in front of the White House, into a chaotic scene. On the pretext that there was no permit for a three foot long folding table that the media placed their microphones on, the police intervened in the middle of the press conference to announce that it was an unpermitted activity. Three people were arrested and are still being held in jail. They include Adam Kokesh, an Iraq war veteran; Tina Richards of Grassroots America; and Ian Thompson an ANSWER Coalition organizer. The Parks Police even rode a horse directly into the crowd of reporters and shocked onlookers. The National Parks Police is an agency in the Interior Department whose Secretary is a member of George W. Bush's cabinet. In recent weeks September 15 organizers have been fined more than $30,000 for putting up posters promoting the September 15 March on Washington. We encourage ImpeachBush.org members to circulate this email and the important story from the AFP wire story that documents this outrageous assault against Free Speech rights by the Bush Administration. At the end of this email we are also enclosing a link to a video on YouTube that shows some part of the suppression of the September 15 press conference yesterday. Bush and company want to prevent people from coming out for a mass action led by Iraq war veterans and their families that will expose his war propaganda as a lie. The Administration wants to suppress the growing movement for impeachment. This is a showdown of great magnitude. (From Globa; Researcher's web site.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 07 - 11:06 AM Constitutional duty calls for us to impeach Bush, Cheney Our constitution is a marvelous document that not only prohibits certain activities by our government, but also grants the people the right to correct executive wrongdoing through impeachment. "Impeach" is not a dirty word. Our leaders have broken constitutional laws. They illegally detain, tap phones and arrange torture. Executive privilege has been abused beyond all reason with the extraordinary tactic of fear. They have broken or abrogated hundreds of treaties, resulting in our worst reputation since 1776. We are sliding toward Second or Third World status due to their arrogance here and abroad, and near-total lack of action on domestic issues. Bush blundered into an undeclared war against the wrong enemy, admitted it, then "took full responsibility," in the form of even more death and mayhem. The list of his and his staff's transgressions and domestic failures is almost endless. Now, we the people must take the responsibility bestowed on us by our Constitution and impeach both Bush and Dick Cheney. If we fail, future administrations will consider it as acceptance, and fall even deeper into a dictator state. Fred S. Manning (IN a letter to IndyPress.com) |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 04 Oct 07 - 07:26 PM Former congresswoman calls out Bush for 9/11 response By: Jackson Crews Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: News DoubleClick Any Word Page 1 of 2 next > Former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney condemned the Bush administration's handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks during a speech in front of more than 70 people yesterday at the First Christian Church. Speaking on a range of issues, McKinney, a Democrat, drew loud applause several times, particularly after critizing how the administration responded to the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. "How in the world can we sustain the injuries from Sept. 11th and not even ask any questions about what happened that day?" she asked. She said members of Congress received "talking points" in the days after the attack urging them to tell their constituents that "(the attackers) hate our freedom." "I thought that the failure of the Bush administration to protect the American people on Sept. 11, in and of itself, constituted high crimes and misdemeanors." McKinney wanted to impeach Bush, but her mother persuaded her not to follow through. "I hand-wrote articles of impeachment, but my mother said, 'Leave it alone, Cynthia, because they will kill you,' " McKinney said. Several times she addressed the close presidential elections in 2000 and 2004. "In 2000 - don't let anybody fool you into thinking that Ralph Nader was the cause of the Democrats losing the election," she said, receiving a round of applause. "The bottom line is that the Republicans stole the election, and they stole it off the hopes and the dreams of black and brown people in Florida; and then, in 2004, they did it again." Yesterday marked McKinney's second visit to Tucson. It was organized by Claudia Ellquist, co-chair of the Arizona Green Party. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 04 Oct 07 - 07:27 PM Take back our government 10/03/2007 08:42:21 AM PDT "When is Congress going to listen to the American public and get us out of Iraq now, immediately. No more funds for the war. Do not authorize one more single dollar for this war. Seventy percent of the American public does not want this war anymore. Impeach Bush and Cheney for lying to the American public. Why hasn't the Speaker of the House brought charges against Bush? Enough is enough - stop spending money we don't have and can't afford. Will someone please shake this president and wake him up or impeach him and get him out of the Oval Office? He is dishonest, even though some would like us to believe he has brought integrity to the office. What he has brought the American people is a load of crap. I don't care if we are Republican, Democrat or independent, our president is out of touch with reality and we the American people must take back our government. Fernando Ruelas, Hercules" |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 04 Oct 07 - 07:28 PM GUEST VIEWPOINT Impeachable: Sufficient grounds have occurred to investigate actions of Bush, Cheney TEACH-IN ON IMPEACHMENT Come to a Teach-In on Impeachment from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Forum Theater in Binghamton. The panelists will be John Nichols, author of "The Genius of Impeachment"; Elizabeth de la Vega, author of "The United States v. George W. Bush et. al."; and Tim Grippen, director of OFB and former Broome County executive. Admission is free, but come early to be sure of seat. Doors open at 6 p.m. By Jim Clune Post Comment Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution states: "the President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." The key word highlighted here is "shall." In other words, members of the House of Representatives, who like all civil servants take an oath of office to uphold the Constitution, are duty-bound to impeach, or at least act on a resolution to investigate, whenever there is evidence of an impeachable offense having been committed. This is not a partisan issue, though it certainly was when President Clinton was impeached. His impeachable offense was not that he violated his marriage vows but that he lied about it under oath. Was that a "high crime or misdemeanor"? If it was, no citizen suffered because of it. No national or international law was ignored or perverted. Conversely when President Bush and Vice President Cheney lied, their lies caused the deaths and sufferings of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis and Afghanis. Their breaking of laws has discredited our country and set a precedent for the launching of future wars without the consent of Congress. Given the overwhelming evidence that Bush and Cheney have committed impeachable offenses, there is no question that there are sufficient grounds to warrant an investigation. To let these offenses go unchallenged would have long-lasting repercussions. The transfer of power from the legislative to the executive branch would corrupt our constitutional system of checks and balance for years to come. The concept of preventive war would be legitimized. The endless "war on terror" hoax would make all future presidents "wartime," giving them dictatorial powers as "commanders in chief." ... From here. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Teribus Date: 04 Oct 07 - 08:33 PM Another month gone by Amos, and still no nearer your desired goal. Now a rational person, after all this time, would ask themselves why. The answer is because you are invoking a legal process that requires proof positive that an offense has been committed - It hasn't, which not matter how often you post with your "cut 'n pastes" there will never be a case to answer. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 04 Oct 07 - 08:46 PM Ah, T, dream on, ole bud. The arrogance and arrogation of Bush's Bad Boys is so well documented it is awe-inspiring. That's not the issue here at all. Does it not strike you as bizarre that the Republican machine could levy an impeachment process for covering up a blow job, while the Demoscant levy one for covering up a whack job on the entire nation? Where's your sense of irony? Or, if not irony, theater of the deeply absurd? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 05 Oct 07 - 12:36 AM October 3, 2007 at 19:58:10 A Spell from San Francisco: Impeach. Reason: Treason by Elizabeth Ferrari Page 1 of 1 page(s) http://www.opednews.com "I may be wrong but it's likely that the impeachment demonstration we held in San Francisco on September 15 was the largest one outside of D.C. My friend, an entrepreneur with a laptop, a cell phone and a credit card, got us all together again to spell out "Impeach" with our bodies and filmed it against the backdrop of the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. This is our third outing. About a thousand of my neighbors are now the June Taylor Dancers of protest here in Nancy Pelosi's district. There was no ugliness, no rants from an amplified stage. The cops drank coffee at the edge of Crissy Field and we all enjoyed a rare moment of no tension between the First Amendment and law enforcement in a post Patriot Act world. The organizer hired a helicopter to film us. You haven't done San Francisco until you've lain down in a field between two strangers and are buzzed by a black helicopter. On my left was a dad with two kids under three. To my right, a woman who works for the city and just happened to be walking by. Both of us are too old to be flash mobbing but desperate times really do call for desperate measures. And, the "liberal" media went silent. Hundreds of people, beautiful images, tourists gathering on the walkways to watch. But, shhh! Please do not spill the secret that the progressive community in Nancy Pelosi's district is being shunned. And that's not hyperbole. Code Pink was there, PDA was there, the Greens were there, Iraq Veterans Against the War, present. The World Can't Wait, Impeach Bush Cheney, civilians who've never protested anything were there. Who am I leaving out? We were all there. And we will continue to be there until these criminals exploiting the structures of our government are sad history. But, it must be a real chore for our "liberal" media to ignore us all at the same time just as it must be difficult for Nancy Pelosi to ignore the expressed needs of her district. I understand that the Democrats see an opportunity to enlarge their majority in 2008. But I don't see how anyone in the statesmanship business can discount the lives that will be lost in the next year. It only took Bush nine months to ignore every bit of intelligence that could have prevented September 11. It's taken about five years to get about a million Iraqis killed and about five million displaced – we could divide that number by five and do the math. We still don't know how many people perished when the levees breached in NOLA, and it's been two years. We know that the White House knew the levees failed and warned no one." |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 05 Oct 07 - 06:11 PM Former CIA analyst to discuss impeachment of Bush, Cheney October 05, 2007 Central Valley - A former CIA analyst will present arguments for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney Sunday at Monroe-Woodbury High School. Ray McGovern will talk about what he says are impeachable offenses by the president and vice president starting at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The forum was organized by Citizens for Impeachment and other local groups. McGovern served as an analyst for 27 years, starting with the administration of John F. Kennedy and continuing through George H. W. Bush's term. ... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 11 Oct 07 - 12:29 PM Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: katlaughing Date: 18 Oct 07 - 11:31 AM More reasons: No, seriously. Asked if he's concerned that Vladimir Putin might suspend the constitution of Russia when his term is up, "in effect keeping power and dashing any hopes for a genuine democratic transition there," Bush actually told reporters Wednesday, "I've been planning that myself." Forgive me if I forgot to laugh. Oh, he's just joshin'! That Dubya! Then, the REAL barn burner, about the next Iraq: Iran. "I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have(sic) the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," Bush said. WHAT?! In effect, he threatened the WORLD with WW III if Iran dares to gain the knowledge to make a weapon only the U.S. has used in wartime against another country. No aluminum tubes or WMDs needed to bring an invasion of your country now. Knowledge is enough. No president of this country has ever talked like that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 25 Oct 07 - 07:53 AM "The central issue in this November?s elections is the abject failure of our Republican Congress to deal with a Constitutional crisis which could result in the destruction of our nation as we know it. John Conyers? great report, ?The Constitution in Crisis ? The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, Cover-ups in the Iraq War, and Illegal Domestic Surveillance?, says it all. The Constitutional crisis that we now find ourselves in is fundamentally different ? and worse ? than anything our country has faced since the Civil War. The cause of this crisis is manifold, but there are two salient causes that are pertinent to this November?s elections: First, we have a presidential administration that, in addition to numerous other faults, has no respect for our Constitution, international law, or the rule of law in general. Indeed, they believe that no law applies to them. " from Democratic Underground |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Barry Finn Date: 25 Oct 07 - 09:22 AM & we also have a democratic congress that refuses to confront this problem. Barry |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST,Homey Date: 25 Oct 07 - 12:55 PM " You know, nobody is saying Blackwater set the fires, that is nobody that doesn't want their house burned down. " "the fires are being set by elements of the Bush crime family. It's a great distraction, it's a wonderful distraction." http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/ |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 29 Oct 07 - 04:41 PM Impeach Bush -- The Battle Cry Grows Louder New YouTube Video Posted By LOVE THE CONSTITUTION.com Funny and disturbing new video On YouTube accompanies launch of LoveTheConstitution.com. Love the Constitution believes that Bush is killing the Constitution and Love the Constitution is dedicated to working towards his impeachment. October 24, 2007 -- The public outcry for an impeachment of George W. Bush continues to grow louder, and a new video posted on YouTube offers an initially humorous and yet serious, hard-hitting, and graphically symbolic view of the effects of the actions of our current president, vice president and other cabinet members on the Constitution of the United States. The video, posted on YouTube by www.LoveTheConstitution.com, is a cartoon depiction that shows just how much damage is being inflicted on the U.S. Constitution under the Bush-Cheney administration. We have a government led by people who are systematically poisoning the future of our country. We see them blatantly ignoring the constitution and going against the presidential oath of office, in which George W. Bush swore to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That's not happening The video was created under the direction of Steve Organek, a New Jersey businessman who has taken it upon himself to begin a campaign to protect the Constitution by pointing out the administration's campaign of activities that fly in the face of the founding fathers' rationale for creating this most important document. "This presidency has been chipping away at our fundamental liberties, including the government's illegal wire tapping. We've seen election fraud, military torture, the politicizing of the justice department, disregard for habeus corpus, lies about the need for war and much more. These activities cannot go un-checked. Most fly in the face of the Constitution, and the American public and other elected officials need to stop looking the other way," says Organek. The animated short posted on YouTube shows President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales each taking their turn at violently stabbing a beating heart emblazoned with the Constitution. Each stab is accompanied by a disturbing battle cry. The heart bleeds more with each jab as statements documenting the impeachable offenses of the administration are shown on the screen. An American flag peaks out from under the constitution, symbolizing the ultimate damage this administration's actions are infringing upon the nation. The clip ends with a plea for impeachment. A post on the organization's website says, "Bush and Cheney have trampled on the Constitution's system of checks and balances, crushed our civil liberties and embraced corruption as the natural order of government. At the same time, they've stifled dissent while parading the flag. That's the final insult - glorifying a symbol in the cause of marginalizing the Constitution. They have debased the Flag by using it to promote a fake patriotism. It's time to restore the flag's image and remind the world that the flag symbolizes principles established by that most magnificent of documents, the U.S. Constitution." |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 30 Oct 07 - 02:55 PM US anti-war ralliers: Impeach Bush Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:06:30 "Demonstrators called for the impeachment of Bush. Tens of thousands of people have staged anti-war rallies in cities across the US calling for the impeachment of Bush for war crimes. Demonstrators marked the fifth anniversary of the US Senate's vote authorizing the invasion of Iraq in a dozen US cities including Boston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New Jersey, Ohio, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Seattle. However, the biggest number of demonstrators, who included relatives of US soldiers in Iraq, gathered in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. They criticized the Bush administration for spending billions of dollars for the war in Iraq, urging the Congress to cut off funding for the war and use the money for education, social housing and feeding the hungry. Heavy rains did not stop rallies in New York, where thousands of people expressed disgust with Bush, voiced support for Palestinians, and opposed the US naval prison at Guantanamo Bay. Demonstrators also condemned Bush's war rhetoric against Iran. A two-minute silence was held in commemoration of the American soldiers and the Iraqi citizens who died since the US invasion on Iraq in 2003. " Kucinich to Introduce Cheney Impeachment Resolution By Bill Hare 10/29/2007 09:20:35 PM EST Dennis Kucinich told a group organized by Progressive Democrats of America by telephone on October 23 that he intends to introduce to the House of Representatives on a point of personal privilege a resolution of impeachment against Dick Cheney sometime before Thanksgiving. Impeachment is imperative in the face of Cheney-Bush neoconservative actions in brutal defiance of the U.S. Constitution and international law. A current point of international concern is the hot rhetoric coming from White House sources about Iran. It is comparable to that delivered before the Iraq War. Progressives need to coalesce around Kucinich's noble and courageous effort. If an earnest investigation were to be undertaken the anger that would be generated throughout America would be considerable. Individuals who have been unaware of the depths of plotting toward war and the machinations flowing there from would receive a wakeup call like that so many Americans received when the particulars were revealed during Richard Nixon's tenure. ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST,Cruiser Date: 30 Oct 07 - 09:02 PM I would relish the impeachment of Mr. Bush. However, the Democrats have not demonstrated they are above reproach. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 30 Oct 07 - 10:53 PM Well, I don't think anyone is without any sin. And I agree with you about the impeachment part. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 01 Nov 07 - 09:21 PM Poll: Vermont Wants Bush, Cheney Impeached (CBS News)Nearly Two-Thirds Of State's Likely Voters Want President, VP Removed Before Term Ends BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 1, 2007 President Bush and Vice President Cheney still have almost 15 months left in their term, but that's too long for some: A poll of likely voters in Vermont shows almost two-thirds want impeachment proceedings initiated to remove them from office now. (CBS) Earlier this year, town meetings across Vermont asked citizens if impeachment proceedings should be initiated against the president and vice president. Thirty-seven towns voted yes, and the Senate approved a resolution calling for impeachment. Now a statewide poll conducted by CBS affiliate WCAX in Burlington, Vt. posed the question to 400 likely voters. Sixty-one percent said they would be in favor of Congress beginning impeachment proceedings against President Bush. Thirty-three percent opposed it, and 6% were not sure. The numbers for Vice President Cheney differed only slightly: Sixty-four percent favored impeachment, while 31% opposed it. Seventy-five percent of respondents said they categorized the president's performance as "fair" or "poor." "I'm really overjoyed by this," said Jimmy Leas, a South Burlington lawyer who has been a vocal advocate of impeachment. He told WCAX correspondent Kate Duffy that the poll shows "here in Vermont, nearly two-thirds of the public understand we have a serious problem, and the way to address this is to remove the officials who are usurping power." "The impeachment results are somewhat surprising, frankly, to me," Middlebury College professor and columnist Eric Davis said. He said the numbers are a sign that Vermonters are extremely dissatisfied with the administration. "Even though their terms are ending in a little bit more than a year, a majority of Vermonters don't want to even see them remaining in office until January 20, 2009." Vermont's legislature took up the impeachment issue last spring. The Senate passed a resolution calling for the president's impeachment, but a similar effort failed in the House. Constitutionally, only Congress can impeach an executive, yet it could be spurred to do so by a state legislature, or by the motion of a single representative. According to the Jefferson Manual, if a House member introduces impeachment as a question of privilege, it would supersede all other business before the Congress and must be addressed. ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 01 Nov 07 - 11:06 PM Dennis Kucinich is soon going to be bringing a bill to the floor of the House that will be for impeaching VP Cheney. He needs people to contact their representatives to tell them to vote against any motion to table the bill. Here's the text of the email that I sent to my Congressman... Dear Congressman ...... I am a voter in your district. I ask for your attention to the following matter when it comes before you on the floor of the House. Congressman Kucinich will soon be invoking a privilege of the house by submitting Resolution 333 (motion to impeach Vice President Cheney), and asking for consideration of the bill. I ask that you please vote against any motion to table this bill. I ask you this for the sake of the future of our country. History is watching. What is done or not done in the next few months will be critical for the preservation of our most sacred and cherished institutions, for ourselves and for future generations. Thank you for your time and consideration. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 01 Nov 07 - 11:40 PM Here's Dennis explaining how the procedure works... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zisvf7Ci70Y |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Teribus Date: 02 Nov 07 - 01:14 AM One more month Amos 700 Up! |
