BS: A Declaration of Impeachment

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 14 Aug 06 - 04:59 PM

New Poll Shows Most Americans Want Democrat For Congress
by Joe Gandelman
A new Wall Street Journal poll shows growing support for Democratic Congressional candidates:
A new poll shows an uptick in support for a Democratic candidate in the next Congressional elections.

When asked whom they would vote for "if elections for Congress were held today," 45% of U.S. adults said they would vote for the Democratic candidate and 30% would vote for the Republican, the Harris Interactive poll shows. In a similar poll in April, 41% supported a Democratic candidate for Congress and 37% supported a Republican.

http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1155505512.shtml

By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Writer | August 11, 2006

WASHINGTON --Republicans determined to win in November are up against a troublesome trend -- growing opposition to President Bush.

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33 percent, matching his low in May. His handling of nearly every issue, from the Iraq war to foreign policy, contributed to the president's decline around the nation, even in the Republican-friendly South.

More sobering for the GOP are the number of voters who backed Bush in 2004 who are ready to vote Democratic in the fall's congressional elections -- 19 percent. These one-time Bush voters are more likely to be female, self-described moderates, low- to middle-income and from the Northeast and Midwest.

Two years after giving the Republican president another term, more than half of these voters -- 57 percent -- disapprove of the job Bush is doing


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/08/11/poll_bush_may_be_hurting_republicans/?p1=MEWell_Pos4

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From Political Wire:


Harris Interactive Poll: If elections for Congress were held today, 45% of Americans say they would vote for the Democratic candidate and 30% would vote for the Republican. Women favor the Democratic candidate by a 50% to 28% margin.

President Bush's approval rating is just 34%.

Newsweek poll: "Right now 53 percent of Americans would like to see the Democrats win control of Congress, compared to just 34 percent who want the Republicans to retain control."

President Bush's approval rating is 38% in this poll.

http://donklephant.com/2006/08/13/ahhhthe-polls/

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Say, Woody, what paper d'ye read?


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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 14 Aug 06 - 05:07 PM

Bush facing a new slide
Posted by Mark Silva at 1:45 pm CDT, updated at 3:05 pm CDT

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/08/bush_facing_a_n.html

The most pressing political question about President Bush these days – will he be an "asset'' for congressional candidates on the campaign trail, or "an albatross around the neck of any Republican'' – finds a new answer in a poll conducted this week by The Associated Press and Ipsos Public Affairs.

Pollsters don't use words like asset – the White House's word for the president's role in the fall campaigns – or albatross – the description that a Democratic operative offered recently. But the pollsters do ask voters if their congressional vote this fall will be, in part, an expression of opposition to the president. And the share of voters saying yes has jumped from 20 percent last month to 29 percent in this week's AP/Ipsos survey – "driven,'' the AP reports today, by double-digit increases among males, minorities, moderate and conservative Democrats and Northeasterners.


The president still has the power to raise money within his party, like the $500,000 that Bush raised for Republican candidate John Gard in the 8th Congressional District of Wisconsin this week. And the $750,000 that he raised for the Republican National Committee today at the Broken Spoke Ranch in Texas, where Bush welcomed about 350 supporters who already had each raised at least $15,000 for the party. It's an annual rite of thanks for big fundraisers. This marked his last planned outing from his own ranch before he returns to Washington this weekend.

But his power at the polls is another question, and the AP/Ipsos poll suggests that power is waning.

The AP survey also found that Bush's overall job approval has fallen to 33 percent, returning to a low-point that he reached in May. The latest Gallup Poll on this question still has Bush's job approval at 40 percent, up from the 31-percent low that Gallup found in May. But a new Gallup will be out soon.

The president's handling of nearly every issue – from the war in Iraq to foreign policy in general – has contributed to the newest decline, "even in the Republican-friendly South,'' the AP notes.

....Hmmmmmmm....

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: GUEST,Woody
Date: 14 Aug 06 - 09:35 PM

http://www.gg2.net/viewnews.asp?nid=3369&tid=countryNews&catid=UK%20News

George Bush's rating on homeland security up sharply: poll
GG2.NET NEWS [14/08/2006]

News : Popular
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CONFIDENCE in President George W Bush`s handling of domestic security rose sharply in the wake of the British foiling of a plot to blow up aircraft, according to a new poll by a leading magazine on Sunday.

Fifty-five percent of people surveyed on Thursday and Friday - coinciding with the news that Britain had arrested two dozen people who had allegedly plotted to blow up several US-bound aircraft - said they trusted Bush`s handling of homeland security, the magazine said.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: GUEST,Woody
Date: 14 Aug 06 - 09:38 PM

http://www.nbc4.tv/politics/9677460/detail.html

A post-plot Newsweek poll showed a slight up tick in the President's dismal job approval rating and an 11-point jump in Americans' opinion of his handling of terrorism and homeland security. The poll shows, too, that voters trust Republicans to do a better job than Democrats on the issue.

So Democrats will hit hard on Administration "failures" -- such as an Osama Bin Laden still at large, the mess in Iraq and the tinderbox that is the Middle East. They'll focus on poll results that indicate that on handling almost every other important issue but terrorism -- Iraq, health care and the economy, Americans trust Democrats to do a better job than Republicans. According to Newsweek, the "only non-security issue where the GOP comes close is immigration," where public opinion is split.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 14 Aug 06 - 10:49 PM

My, my...I guess half a brain is better than none, but not by much.

LIke I said, you can find any poll you want out there, but no-one puts W's rating over 40%. Let's not argue that "big improvements are happening" because it went UP to 40%. That's jes' pathetic.

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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 15 Aug 06 - 07:03 PM

ote to impeach
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EDITORIAL Mainstream media reporters and pundits, as well as our cynical colleagues at the SF Weekly and the rest of their corporate alt-weekly chain, love to bash the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the city councils of other Bay Area cities for passing resolutions on big questions like war, human rights, or impeachment.
We don't share that view. Resolutions take almost no time or effort to pass, yet they are important barometers of popular political sentiment, tools that are particularly important given how both major political parties have shown more willingness to listen to their corporate backers than their lowly constituents. People need avenues to make their voices heard without the filters imposed by the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties.

That's why we're happy that citizens in both San Francisco and Berkeley will get a chance to vote this November on the question of whether Congress should initiate impeachment proceedings against President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for their many high crimes: fraudulently leading the United States into war, illegally spying on Americans, torturing enemies, claiming unconstitutional executive power, violating binding treaties, and engaging in war crimes and profiteering, among others.

Berkeley and San Francisco will be the first major American cities to allow a popular vote on this question. The Guardian in January was one of the first publications in the country to lay out in detail the impeachable crimes of the Bush administration ("The Case for Impeachment," 1/25/06), joining a chorus of activists, scholars, and legal experts who say this is the only way to slow the country's slide into empire and penetrate the Bush administration's veil of secrecy.

Our congressional representatives have been terrible on this issue, showing more concern with seeking partisan advantage than upholding the Constitution. Rep. Nancy Pelosi has said the Democrats won't pursue impeachment even if the party retakes Congress this fall. But maybe they'll listen to the people directly telling them that we want Congress to finally launch a serious investigation into the many crimes perpetrated by the Bush administration.

This is a vote that the world wants to see us take

From http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=1359&catid=4&volume_id=147&issue_id=245&volume_num=40&issue_num=46.

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Subject: The Resumé of W
From: Amos
Date: 16 Aug 06 - 10:59 PM

In case you wonder why some folks think about such a heretical idea as impeachment, consider the gent's qualification. The following sent by a friend:

"I thought it would be wise to forward this to show how liberals process
things. It is clear, we must do something about liberals. They just don't
understand how important simplicismic approaches to all complexified matters
can be. Read this, but don't think too much about it. Voters should never think
too much.

RESUME

GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington , DC 20520

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

LAW ENFORCEMENT

I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for
driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and
had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record
has been "lost" and is not available.

   MILITARY

I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I
refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use.
By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat
duty in Vietnam

   COLLEGE

I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I
was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the
oil business in Midland, Texas , in 1975. I bought an oil company, but
couldn't find any oil in Texas The company went bankrupt shortly after
I sold all my stock.

I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart
deal that took land using taxpayer money. With the help of my father
and our friends in the oil industry, including Enron CEO Ken Lay, I was
elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil
companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During
my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in
America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of
billions in borrowed money. I set the record for the most executions
by any governor in American history. With the help of my brother, the
governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court,
I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT

I am the first President in U.S history to enter office
with a criminal record. I invaded and occupied two countries at a
continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week. I spent the U.S.
surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury. I shattered the
record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history. I set an
economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month
period. I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month
period. I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history
of the U.S. stock market.

In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost
their jobs and that trend continues every month.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest
of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire,"
Condoleeza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her. I set the
record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President. I am
the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most
corporate campaign donations. My largest lifetime campaign contributor,
and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest
corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S History, Enron.

My political party used Enron private jets and corporate
attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my
election decision. I have protected my friends at Enron and
Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money
was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent
investigating one of the biggest corporate rip- offs in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S history
and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was
revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts. I appointed more convicted criminals to
administration than any President in U.S. history. I created the
Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history
of the United States government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President
in U.S. history. I am the first President in U.S. history to have the
United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission. I
withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow
inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby
have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention. I am the first
President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors
(during the 2002 U.S. election). I set the record for fewest numbers
of press conferences of any President since the advent of television. I
set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year
period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over
the worst security failure in U.S. history. I garnered the most
sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and
less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the
world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to
simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people),
shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of
mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an
unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a
sovereign nation I did so against the will of the United Nations, the
majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community. I have cut health
care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for
active duty troops and their families-in-wartime. In my State of the
Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then
blamed the lies on our British friends I am the first President in
history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the
biggest threat to world peace and security. I am supporting development
of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD. I have so far failed to
fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden [sic] to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in
my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view. All
records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All
records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended
regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable
for public review. I am a member of the Republican Party."

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I swear I am not making this up....



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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 17 Aug 06 - 07:32 PM

Judge orders halt to Bush wiretapping plan

The White House on Thursday suffered another major blow in its strategy for the "war against terror" when a federal court ruled that its controversial warrantless eavesdropping programme was unconstitutional.

Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ordered the Bush administration to immediately stop the so-called "Terrorist Surveillance Programme", which she said violated the rights to free speech and privacy. She added that the programme also contravened the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires the government to obtain a warrant from a special intelligence court before it can intercept communications of Americans.

The American Civil Liberties Union said the decision was "a landmark victory against the abuse of power that has become the hallmark of the Bush administration".

"Government spying on innocent Americans without any kind of warrant and without Congressional approval runs counter to the very foundations of our democracy," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU, which brought the lawsuit against the government.

President George W. Bush authorised the eavesdropping programme after the September 11 attacks on the US. The highly classified programme allowed the NSA to intercept the international phone calls and emails of Americans with links to suspected terrorists.

The White House argued that Mr Bush had the authority to authorise the programme, saying it was a crucial tool in the "war on terror". But Arlen Specter, the Republican chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, and many Democrats criticised Mr Bush for not seeking Congressional approval.

Judge Taylor rebuked Mr Bush in her ruling, writing: "It was never the intent of the Framers [of the Constitution] to give the president such unfettered control, particularly where his actions blatantly disregarded the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights.

"There are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution".

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There ya go, George-me-lad.

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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 17 Aug 06 - 09:20 PM

From the Santa Barbara Independent:

S.B. Considers Impeachment
By Nick Welsh, August 17, 2006
by Nick Welsh
About 250 people crammed into the Faulkner Gallery in the downtown library last Tuesday to hear three speakers lay out the case for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Lisa Hajjar, a professor of law and society at UCSB, argued that the most compelling legal argument was Bush's authorization of warrantless?—?and apparently illegal?—?wiretaps of thousands of American citizens. She also contended that the administration had lied to Congress about the reasons for waging war on Iraq, and that that deception constituted high crimes and misdemeanors. And she argued that the administration has knowingly and intentionally encouraged the systematic torture of suspected combatants in the "war on terror," and in so doing has violated countless international treaties to which the United States is a signatory. Richard Falk, a Yale professor of international law, acknowledged that the impeachment process would be traumatic for the nation, but argued that even if Congress chose not to impeach, the exercise would help salvage American democracy.

"Only by the activism of the American people will we be spared a future that will destroy all that is great about this country," he said.

im Lafferty with the National Lawyers Guild added a note of skepticism, arguing that even if the Democrats controlled the House and Senate, they would never impeach Bush. The real problem, he said, was not Bush but a national policy of imperialism to which both parties have actively subscribed since the end of World War II. Organizers of the event explained afterwards that they plan to take a resolution calling for impeachment of the president and vice president to the Santa Barbara City Council sometime in September.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 18 Aug 06 - 12:32 AM

A video from "After Downing Street" on the impeachment effort.

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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 18 Aug 06 - 09:39 AM

From Capitol Hill Blue :

Bush Leagues

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Judge's ruling may provide grounds to impeach Bush
By CHB Staff
Aug 18, 2006, 07:57

If a judge's ruling that declares President George W. Bush's domestic spying program unconstitutional holds up under appeal, the President will be guilty of violating federal law at least 30 times and that could provide grounds for impeachment, says a leading Constitutional scholar.

Jonathan Turley, law professor at George Washington University and a recognized expert on constitutional law, says the ruling Thursday by a federal judge in Detroit raises "serious implications for the Bush administration" and indicates that the President "could well have committed a federal crime at least 30 times."

"This ruling is a bad situation that just got worse for the White House," says Turley. "These crimes could constitute impeachable offenses."

Turley knows a thing or two about the impeachment process. He worked with Special Prosecutor Ken Starr on the investigation that led to impeachment proceedings against former President Bill Clinton.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, in a stinging indictment of Constitutional abuse by the Bush Administration over its use of warrantless wiretaps of American citizens by the National Security Agency, ruled the program violates the Administrative Procedures Act, the doctrine of separation of powers, and the First and Fourth amendments to the Constitution and ordered an immediate halt to the practice.

"There are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution. So all 'inherent powers' must derive from that Constitution," Taylor wrote in her lengthy opinion.

The White House went into immediate attack mode, claiming Taylor is an activist judge appointed by a Democratic president (Jimmy Carter) and vowing to appeal the ruling all the way to the Supreme Court.

A Republican National Committee press release declared: Liberal judge backs Dem agenda to weaken national security.

Turley says such tactics are typical for the Bush White House.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 23 Aug 06 - 05:20 PM

The Santa Barbara City Council was a little surprised at the number who turned out to discuss a movement to impeach. Maybe the good folks of the Golden Coast are onto something.


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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 25 Aug 06 - 04:11 PM

August 25, 2006 at 07:32:21

Impeach George "Dubya Gump" Bush Now!
   
by Ben Marble, M.D.


http://www.opednews.com

George "Dubya Gump" Bush is without question the single worst president in the history of our nation. Let's recap. He took the largest surplus in the history of our nation and converted it to the largest deficit in a short 3 years. Worse than that he has managed to turn pretty much the entire world against us (remember after 911 when the whole world was on OUR side????). He recently admitted that Iraq had nothing to do with 911, though, if you ask the BUSHEEP they are still convinced they had 'womd'. So he basically admitted that he started a war based on LIES that his administration propagated. For example:

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." The Dick Cheney August 26, 2002

Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.-George "Dubya Gump" Bush September 12, 2002

Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.-George "Dubya Gump" Bush January 28, 2003

We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.-Colin Powell February 5, 200

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.-George "Dubya Gump" Bush March 18, 2003


Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.-Ari Fleisher March 21, 2003

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.-Ronald Donefailed March 30, 2003

The quotes go on and on and on....The point is why hasn't this asshole been impeached yet????? The blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the American public (for re-electing him and electing a republican majority) AND the limp dick Democrats in charge. If a blow job was enough to get impeachment proceedings rolling against Slick Willy then what the hell are the leaders in congress waiting for???
Does George "Dubya Gump" have to shoot a baby in the head on national TV for you fucking idiots to get the point???? The US population deserves better than this. It is time for Dubya Gump to go!
cya
ben
ps The Dick Cheney must go too!

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 10:17 AM

From Norman, Oklahoma:

Published: August 27, 2006 12:23 am            

Group seeking to impeach Bush stage in Norman

The Norman Transcript

By Althea Peterson

Transcript Staff Writer

Back in 1973, hundreds gathered in Washington to have President Richard Nixon impeached.

Now, remnants of the same group are in Norman with a similar cause.

Drivers at the corner of Flood Avenue and Symmes were greeted with a "drive-thru impeachment" table, encouraging drivers to stop and sign a petition to impeach President George W. Bush. The group, "Committee to Impeach the President," has traveled through Washington D.C., Virginia, Texas and Oklahoma so far.

Jim Goodnow, 67, of Terlingua, Texas, said after protesting Nixon's presidency in the '70s, he never thought he would have to resurrect the group once again.

"You're seeing history made in Norman," Goodnow said. "This is the first and only drive through impeachment location."

The "drive-thru impeachment," which could be noticed from far away because of the large tour bus in the driveway, had several drivers stop to sign Saturday evening.

Andrea Farnan, 18, of Norman, said she was volunteering to help promote the petition because she wants to increase awareness.

"I think it's important that people know what is going on," Farnan said. "There's a lot of censorship going on right now, which is wrong. Back during Vietnam, people weren't afraid to speak out against the war."

Goodnow certainly remembers those days. Inside the tour bus, which has many American flags, has pictures of the original Committee to Impeach the President group, which worked against Nixon.

"Who would have ever thought we'd go through this again?" Goodnow asks. "This is Deja vu."

The committee will stay in Norman through Friday at the same location to collect more signatures before heading to Washington D.C.

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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 10:49 AM

Impeachment Not on Media's Radar

Dave Lindorff

www.thiscantbehappening.org
Sunday, August 27, 2006

Reader Response to C-Span and NPR Book Events Demonstrates Wide-Spread Interest in Impeachment Issue

Before Barbara and I got a chance to get any real national attention for The Case for Impeachment outside of programs on Air America, the best the book did on the Amazon sales ranking was about #3500.

Then last weekend, we had the opportunity, over a period of two days, to air a 7.5-minute interview on NPR, and a 75-minute presention on C-Span's "Books TV" program. Suddenly the book leapt in the rankings to #42, well ahead of #400, Greg Palast's best-selling Armed Madhouse, and even #80, Ann Coulter's Godless, and closing in on #27, Al Gore's best-selling Inconvenient Truth!

It makes you wonder what would happen if the mainstream media, like the NY Times, Washington Post and LA Times, and liberal publications like the Nation, In These Times, Salon, Slate, the Progressive, Harper's, the New Republic and others, or shows like "Fresh Air" and "Democracy Now," would stop ignoring the book and instead review it.

But ignoring "The Case for Impeachment" is just part of a larger censorship going on around impeachment, as I explain in this story which is appearing in the current issue of Extra!, the publication of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting:


Adultery Was Serious; This is Just the Constitution

There is a growing grassroots campaign demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush. Across the nation, towns and cities have been passing pro-impeachment resolutions. Websites promoting impeachment keep springing up. In several states, bills have been introduced in state legislatures that, if passed, would become formal bills of impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives, requiring initiation of impeachment hearings under congressional rules dating back to the early 19th century.


Starting last fall, several polls (Zogby, 10/29=29/05, 1/9=12/06; Ipsos, 10/6=9/05) reported that a majority of Americans thought Bush should be impeached if he lied the country into war in Iraq or if he authorized warrantless spying on Americans. Those poll results were reported all over the Internet, but they barely made it into any mainstream corporate news reports. Indeed, impeachment itself is getting short shrift in the media, despite all this impeachment organizing activity.


When the House Judiciary Committee's ranking minority member, Rep. John Conyers (D.-Mich.), introduced a bill in December calling for creation of a select committee to investigate "possible impeachable crimes" by Bush, the dramatic move received virtually no mainstream coverage beyond an AP wire item (12/21/05). Even as the number of Democratic House members co-sponsoring that bill rose from an initial handful to 39, it has received scant attention. The first time impeachment made the front page of the Washington Post was March 25, 2006, when that paper finally ran a story on the wave of town government resolutions across the country. ...

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 04:06 PM

"Time to talk impeachment

The Bush administration is a shambles. Name me one good thing he has done for the American people since he came into office.
He has caused more problems for the U.S. than he has done good. He has set the U.S. back instead of forward.

As an "armchair" historian, I believe he will go down in history as the worst president we ever elected.

The Republican conservative right should be held accountable at the ballot box for helping elect this idiot as president of the United States, and as soon as Democrats take over the House/Senate in 2006, impeach him to prevent any more damage."

Len Eagleburger, Springfield, in a letter to OpEd News

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 10:49 AM

Amos, I know you will enjoy this...turn up the volume, but make sure there are no tender ears nearby:-): Click Here.

(ITMFA = Impeach the Mother Fucker Already - Courtesy
of Dan Savage of Savage Love fame...)

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 12:57 PM

Thanks, Kat -- I got it earlier from Wyo -- nearly died laughuiing, especially the sing-along!!

From the current edition of OpEdNews.com:

August 28, 2006 at 18:09:45

Let the Hearings Begin
   
by Mick Youther


http://www.opednews.com

George W. Bush may not be on the November 7th ballot, but this may be the most important election of his life. Americans, by a 3 to 1 margin, want the Democratic Party to regain control of Congress; and unless the Republicans manage to pull off another miraculous vote count, that could mean big trouble for the Liar-in-Chief.

• "...this President and his Administration must be held accountable for their misdeeds. If we in the House of Representatives, as the body charged with oversight of the executive branch, do not hold him accountable, then we have no legitimate claim to governing this country." --Bob Barr (R-GA), 11/5/97

Noble words, indeed-unfortunately, they were used to justify the impeachment of the wrong President. Congressional Republicans spent 6 years and 60 million taxpayer dollars investigating Bill Clinton, before impeaching him for lying about a personal indiscretion that had nothing to do with his official duties. That Republican hypocrisy has now been surpassed by their failure to impeach, or even investigate, George W. Bush. That is why Republicans "have no legitimate claim to governing this country" , and deserve to be voted out of office.

With Democrats in control, maybe Congress can stop worrying about flag burning, gay marriage, and tax cuts for the rich-long enough to focus on more important matters, like the long-overdue Congressional hearings on the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush Administration.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and some other Democratic leaders have made conciliatory noises about how they are not interested in pursuing impeachment if the Democrats were to gain control of Congress this fall. They must be joking.

An MSNBC online poll with over 300,000 responses finds that 86% of people believe that "President Bush's actions justify impeachment" (as of 8/21/06). A more scientific poll (Zogby International) found a more modest majority (52%) of respondents who "want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he wiretapped American citizens without a judge's approval." (1/16/06) This is twice the number of Americans (26%) that supported the impeachment and removal of President Clinton.

Just because the Republicans failed to do their Constitutional duty to remove a President who had become a menace to America and the world; doesn't mean the Democrats should do the same. They should start the investigations.

• "And it is our highest duty today to vote for this inquiry so that if the result is there are no impeachable offenses we can move on, but if there is more to be done, then we can assure that the rule of law will not be suspended or ignored by this Congress." --Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), 10/8/98 (right words-wrong President, again)

Democratic-led hearings are not payback for the ridiculous impeachment of President Clinton. It is what the Constitution demands when a President acts as if he were above the law. It is the people's representatives fulfilling their Constitutional duty to investigate and remove a President, when necessary-just like the 93rd Congress did when Nixon came to believe, "When the president does it that means that it is not illegal."

• "Compared to Spygate, Watergate was a kindergarten picnic. The Bush administration's lies, felonies, and illegalities have revealed it to be a criminal administration with a police state mentality and police state methods. Now Bush and his attorney general have gone the final step and declared Bush to be above the law. Bush aggressively mimics Hitler's claim that defense of the realm entitles him to ignore the rule of law." --Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury, 1/2/06

• "A President, any President, who maintains that he is above the law-and repeatedly violates the law-thereby commits high crimes and misdemeanors, the constitutional standard for impeachment and removal from office. ...President Bush has thrown down the gauntlet and virtually dared Congress to stop him from violating the law, nothing less is necessary to protect our constitutional system and preserve our democracy." --Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, member of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach President Richard Nixon, The Nation magazine, 1/11/06

I believe history will find that the Watergate hearings and the resignation of Richard Nixon was one of America's finest hours. It proved that the system worked.

• "The system has thus far failed during the presidency of George W. Bush-at incalculable cost in human lives, to the American political system, to undertaking an intelligent and effective war against terror, and to the standing of the United States in parts of the world where it previously had been held in the highest regard." --Watergate hero, Carl Bernstein, Vanity Fair, 4/17/06

So: Lights...camera...action. Let the hearings begin." ...

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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 30 Aug 06 - 11:08 PM

Monday 22 August 2005

    With the message that people can protest a war while supporting troops and veterans, a handful of speakers -including a Gold Star mom - addressed an anti-war rally in Salt Lake City Monday, the same day President Bush was in town.

    Bush spoke to more than 6,000 people at the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, while three blocks away about 2,000 people gathered to protest Bush administration policies and the war in Iraq.

    Barbara Wright, 56, drove five hours from her home in St. George to attend the rally at Pioneer Park.

    "There's a lot of reasons I'm unhappy. Predominantly due to the war, but also about the economy, Social Security," Wright said.

    Her father, a World War II veteran, was unable to come with her, but she said he would have come along for the same reasons.

    "So I'm here for him too," she said.

    Several people attending the protest boasted that they were from military families or had served in the armed forces.

    Salt Lake resident Hugh Musser, 74, said he was a Korean War veteran who came to the protest because of "the lies about this war and the reasons we went into it."

    "I'm so opposed to our administration. I'm not politically motivated, I'm an independent. I think we have really lost our democracy," Musser said.

    The featured speaker was Celeste Zappala, a co-founder of Gold Star Mothers for Peace with Cindy Sheehan, who made news camping outside Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch in hopes of meeting with the president.

    Zappala's son, Spc. Sherwood Baker, 30, was killed in Baghdad on April 26, 2004. He was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard which was deployed to help provide security for a survey group looking for evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, she said.

    Zappala said she was overwhelmed by the number of people who showed up at Pioneer Park.

    "I expected and hoped that 100 people would come out. This place is overflowing with patriotic Americans," she said.

    She said she has traveled over the past 16 months speaking out about the war because of a promise she made at her son's funeral.

    "My sweet and noble son was the 720th American soldier to die in the hideous miscalculation called the war in Iraq," Zappala said. "I vowed to him I will not be quiet."

    Zappala and members of her family have spent the last week in Crawford, she said, hoping the president would take time to answer one question from families who have lost loved ones in the war.

    "What noble cause is it? What noble cause is it that has taken the lives of our best Americans? What noble cause is it this month?" Zappala said. "Why do the architects of this war not risk the lives of their children?"

    One of the event's organizers, Aaron Davis with a group called Veterans for Peace, said he filed a permit for a gathering of 1,000 people. Thirty minutes into the three-hour event Monday, he said he knew there would be that many and more.

    "Not only is our message today support our troops and bring them home now, but treat them right when you bring them home," said Davis, who said he served as a Marine from 1972 to 1976.

    Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who called for a strong showing from Utahns at the protest in an e-mail he sent last week to local activists, addressed both the VFW convention and the protest.

    Anderson was booed in his speech to the veterans at the Salt Palace Convention Center about two hours before Bush's speech. After, he said challenging political leaders is being supportive of the troops.

    "The message we want to send is that we are behind our troops, we care very much about our troops. That if their lives are going to be put on the line, they are going to be put in harm's way, that we're told the truth and our nation hasn't been told the truth," Anderson said.

    Chants of "Rocky!" followed Anderson as he took the podium at the anti-war rally.

    "Those who take a stand ... who stand up to deceit by our government. Those are true patriots. You are true patriots," Anderson said.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 01 Sep 06 - 08:58 PM

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty," he said, in 1954.
"We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that
conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.

    "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven
by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and
our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful
men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to
defend causes that were for the moment unpopular."

    And so good night, and good luck."

Edward R. Murrow

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 02:45 PM

Impeach Bush- Letter


For the Monitor


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 06. 2006 8:00AM


Re the story about the two professors desiring the impeachment of Mr. Bush, I suggest you read two books that expand on that theme and back it up with lots of documentation:

• Inside Job: Un-Masking the 9/11 Conspiracy by Jim Marrs.

• The War on Freedom by Nafeez Mosdeddeq Ahmed.

I have read the first and am halfway through the second and find it even more convincing.

Mr. Bush should be impeached for malfeasance, conspiracy to commit murder, murder, conspiracy to violate his oath of office, and for foreknowledge of criminal acts that he had a part in planning and funding.



HOWARD L. WILSON
Andover

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 03:54 PM

This morning a Mudcatter sent me a clip of Pete Seeger calling for Bush's impeachment. How long has it been out?

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 04:11 PM

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 04:12 PM

That is to say, I dunno...but if you email it to me I'll post it with a link here.

A

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 05:55 PM

Thanks, Amos. I just realized that I could do the same.

Pete Seeger Here

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 19 Sep 06 - 12:33 AM

Former Pink Floyd Guitarist Implores NYC Concertgoers to Impeach Bush

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 01:08 PM

From http://bridgenews.org/news/092006/morrisseau :

Saturday, Septmber 23— Former Army Lieutenant and candidate for Congress in Vermont, Dennis Morrisseau, today called for the arrest of President Bush and Vice President Cheney by the American military "if necessary" to prevent an unauthorized attack upon the nation of Iran.

The antiwar Vietnam vet is a Republican, but he has won approval from the State of Vermont to run on the ballot line "Impeach Bush Now," rather than Democrat or Republican.

"American forces are apparently already active inside Iran, and Naval forces have received orders to deploy to that country," Morrisseau said. "The President has NO AUTHORITY to attack the nation of Iran whatsoever, in the absence of a full, formal Declaration of War on Iran by the sitting Congress."

Morrisseau said any order for an attack upon Iran or to deploy naval forces to its coastal waters is illegal, and called upon officers of the American military to "First, refuse to obey such an order. If the president persists and insists on ordering our forces into combat in or over Iran without a formal Declaration of War, then I call upon you, General Pace, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and upon such other military officers as clearly see their duty in these circumstances to detain both the President and Vice President, until such time as the Congress shall act."

Letter to General Pace of the Joint ChiefsMorrisseau, who was court-martialled for opposition to the Vietnam War in 1968, said he has written to General Pace to ask for the intervention of the military. "In spite of my opposition to the Vietnam War and the court-martial which we ultimately defeated, I was a good soldier who had the respect of my superior officers throughout the ordeal. And they had mine!" Morrisseau said. "There are many many, very, very decent people in the active duty military. I know this," he said " people who love their country and democracy too, and hate war."

Morrisseau wrote that "Iran is no present threat to us or anyone. Their right to enrich uranium under treaties signed by us for the production of nuclear power is clear: and that is all they have so far done. An attack upon that nation now by us, acting alone will constitute an illegal war of aggression under international law. It is illegal under our law as well. I urge you to so advise the President," Morrisseau wrote to Pace, "and urge that he take no such actions. In particular, he must not act in the absense of a full, formal, responsible War Declaration by Congress. That is the Constitutional requirement."

If he and Cheney persist, Morrisseau wrote, "than the country must rely upon you, Sir, and our armed forces generally, to resist all illegal orders by Bush or Cheney, and take the gentlemen into custody if necessary."

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 08:13 PM

Another reason to think hard about impeachment:

Salon on Habeas Corpus

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 04:55 AM

And, if impeachment doesn't happen, let's at least make sure the shrub has a job post-2008 elections:

Bush's Next Job

By Bill Ferguson, Knight Ridder Newspapers Salt Lake Tribune

6/16/2006

Every great career eventually comes to an end, and when you're the
President of these United States , you only get eight years (at most) to accomplish everything you set out to do. Then you're an ex-president for the rest of your life. I'll bet that ex-presidents, like most retired people, find it to be something of a shock to have all that time on their hands when they leave the working world. So they find things to do. They work on their memoirs. They build libraries. They give speeches. They support their favorite charitable causes.

But what about our current President? His term will be up before he knows it, and then it's back to private life. I'm afraid the transition will be especially difficult for Dubya. He is a man of action, and I worry about how he'll adjust to a life out of the spotlight. I think that we, as a nation, owe Bush more than the customary parting gifts of an enormous pension and round-the-clock Secret Service protection when he leaves office. I think we can do better for him. I think we should put him to work, and I know just
where he ought to go. Iraq

There is no question that Iraq will be the legacy of President Bush's
tenure, and there is also no doubt that there will still be a lot of work to do there when he leaves office. I believe we should allow Bush an opportunity to stick with the job even after his term expires. The next president should appoint George W. Bush to be a special envoy to Iraq and charge him with the responsibility to oversee all American interests there, advise the new Iraqi government, and maintain the morale of American troops who are carrying out the war effort. The position should be a permanent one, and he would not leave until the "hard work" of helping Iraq to establish a working democratic government has been accomplished. Or until he leaves this mortal soil, whichever comes first.

But I do not believe Bush should go to Iraq alone. He needs some trusted advisors by his side at all times, and the first two names that immediately spring to mind are Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld. These men have been instrumental in the planning and execution of the Iraq campaign from the beginning, and I can only imagine how much more effective their work could be if they were onsite 24/7, right where the action is, getting their hands dirty in the cause of spreading freedom to that dark corner of the world.

I know this assignment would be dangerous. The three senior freedom
fighters would be huge targets for the forces of evil in Iraq , and there is a real possibility that one or more of them might meet with an untimely demise in that chaotic environment. But as Bush has reminded us time and again, the price is high, but our cause is just. Freedom is not free.

I expect that all three men would be ready and willing to undertake their assignments in the battle zone, despite the extreme danger they would face. This would be a chance to show the world that they are willing to put their own lives, not just the lives of others, on the line for what they know to be right. So let's start a campaign to send the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld team to Iraq in 2008. They deserve the opportunity to "finish the job" in Iraq , and the sight of the three of them tooling around the streets of Baghdad in a lightly armored Humvee would do a lot to improve the morale of all Americans.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross" -Sinclair Lewis

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 11:07 AM

From mid-Illinois:

Letter: It will be worth every dime to impeach Bush


By BRAD DARR, Charleston

Hugo Chavez has been sniffing out the devil. If he has an aversion to sulfur he had better stay out of Washington, D.C. Besides, our fearless leader has more pressing concerns than any resemblance he may possess to mystical demons of the netherworld, especially if the Democrats win Congress in November.

We humble subjects of the regime may find ourselves funding an extensive and expensive impeachment process. It will be worth every dime. The families of nearly 3,000 American service men and women killed in Iraq deserve the truth.

We all deserve the truth, especially in times of war. Lie to me about your girlfriend, your real estate deals, or maybe even your two-bit night burglars. But, do not lie to me when you want my son or daughter to put their life on the line for our country .

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:15 PM

From the Charlotte Observer:

8:31 pm | War rally at park peaceful
MARCIE YOUNG
[e-mail]
An afternoon rally held one week after police clashed with anti-war protesters uptown remained peaceful Saturday at Charlotte's Freedom Park.

Event organizers, including members of the Green Party and the Action Center for Justice, feared a repeat of last week's Human Rights Fest, where Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested six protesters at Trade and Tryon streets.

Police say last week's rally got out of control when protesters refused to follow orders, swore at officers and placed a burning newspaper near an officer's feet. Protesters say officers violated their First Amendment rights. At least one man was hit with a stun gun and another protester, David Crane, said he suffered a broken rib and punctured lung.

Organizers said Saturday's rally, which called for the impeachment of President Bush, attracted at least 50 more participants than last week's event, including some of those arrested.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 11:38 PM

I've posted this to another thread, but i think it is appropriate in this one, too:

In Case I Disappear
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Friday 29 September 2006

I have been told a thousand times at least, in the years I have
spent reporting on the astonishing and repugnant abuses, lies and
failures of the Bush administration, to watch my back. "Be careful,"
people always tell me. "These people are capable of anything. Stay
off small planes, make sure you aren't being followed." A running
joke between my mother and me is that she has a "safe room" set up
for me in her cabin in the woods, in the event I have to flee
because of something I wrote or said.

I always laughed and shook my head whenever I heard this stuff.
Extreme paranoia wrapped in the tinfoil of conspiracy, I thought.
This is still America, and these Bush fools will soon pass into
history, I thought. I am a citizen, and the First Amendment hasn't
yet been red-lined, I thought.

Matters are different now.

It seems, perhaps, that the people who warned me were not so
paranoid. It seems, perhaps, that I was not paranoid enough.
Legislation passed by the Republican House and Senate, legislation
now marching up to the Republican White House for signature, has
shattered a number of bedrock legal protections for suspects,
prisoners, and pretty much anyone else George W. Bush deems to be an
enemy.

So much of this legislation is wretched on the surface. Habeas
corpus has been suspended for detainees suspected of terrorism or of
aiding terrorism, so the Magna Carta-era rule that a person can face
his accusers is now gone. Once a suspect has been thrown into
prison, he does not have the right to a trial by his peers Suspects
cannot even stand in representation of themselves, another ancient
protection, but must accept a military lawyer as their defender.

Illegally-obtained evidence can be used against suspects, whether
that illegal evidence was gathered abroad or right here at home. To
my way of thinking, this pretty much eradicates our security in
persons, houses, papers, and effects, as stated in the Fourth
Amendment, against illegal searches and seizures.

Speaking of collecting evidence, the torture of suspects and
detainees has been broadly protected by this new legislation. While
it tries to delineate what is and is not acceptable treatment of
detainees, in the end, it gives George W. Bush the final word on
what constitutes torture. US officials who use cruel, inhumane or
degrading treatment to extract information from detainees are now
shielded from prosecution.

It was two Supreme Court decisions, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld, that compelled the creation of this legislation. The Hamdi
decision held that a prisoner has the right of habeas corpus, and
can challenge his detention before an impartial judge. The Hamdan
decision held that the military commissions set up to try detainees
violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva
Conventions

In short, the Supreme Court wiped out virtually every legal argument
the Bush administration put forth to defend its extraordinary and
dangerous behavior. The passage of this legislation came after a
scramble by Republicans to paper over the torture and murder of a
number of detainees. As columnist Molly Ivins wrote on
Wednesday, "Of the over 700 prisoners sent to Gitmo, only 10 have
ever been formally charged with anything. Among other things, this
bill is a CYA for torture of the innocent that has already taken
place."

It seems almost certain that, at some point, the Supreme Court will
hear a case to challenge the legality of this legislation, but even
this is questionable. If a detainee is not allowed access to a fair
trial or to the evidence against him, how can he bring a legal
challenge to a court? The legislation, in anticipation of court
challenges like Hamdi and Hamdan, even includes severe restrictions
on judicial review over the legislation itself.

The Republicans in Congress have managed, at the behest of Mr. Bush,
to draft a bill that all but erases the judicial branch of the
government. Time will tell whether this aspect, along with all the
others, will withstand legal challenges. If such a challenge comes,
it will take time, and meanwhile there is this bill. All of the
above is deplorable on its face, indefensible in a nation that
prides itself on Constitutional rights, protections and the rule of
law.

Underneath all this, however, is where the paranoia sets in.

Underneath all this is the definition of "enemy combatant" that has
been established by this legislation. An "enemy combatant" is now no
longer just someone captured "during an armed conflict" against our
forces. Thanks to this legislation, George W. Bush is now able to
designate as an "enemy combatant" anyone who has "purposefully and
materially supported hostilities against the United States."

Consider that language a moment. "Purposefully and materially
supported hostilities against the United States" is in the eye of
the beholder, and this administration has proven itself to be
astonishingly impatient with criticism of any kind. The broad powers
given to Bush by this legislation allow him to capture, indefinitely
detain, and refuse a hearing to any American citizen who speaks out
against Iraq or any other part of the so-called "War on Terror."

If you write a letter to the editor attacking Bush, you could be
deemed as purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against
the United States. If you organize or join a public demonstration
against Iraq, or against the administration, the same designation
could befall you. One dark-comedy aspect of the legislation is that
senators or House members who publicly disagree with Bush, criticize
him, or organize investigations into his dealings could be placed
under the same designation. In effect, Congress just gave Bush the
power to lock them up.

By writing this essay, I could be deemed an "enemy combatant." It's
that simple, and very soon, it will be the law. I always laughed
when people told me to be careful. I'm not laughing anymore.

In case I disappear, remember this. America is an idea, a dream, and
that is all. We have borders and armies and citizens and commerce
and industry, but all this merely makes us like every other nation
on this Earth. What separates us is the idea, the simple idea, that
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are our organizing
principles. We can think as we please, speak as we please, write as
we please, worship as we please, go where we please. We are
protected from the kinds of tyranny that inspired our creation as a
nation in the first place.

That was the idea. That was the dream. It may all be over now, but
once upon a time, it existed. No good idea ever truly dies. The
dream was here, and so was I, and so were you.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 11:41 PM

September 29, 2006

A video has surfaced from Iraq that appears to show troops abandoning a civilian truck convoy during an attack by insurgents. This has the Virginia National Guard under scrutiny.

The video begins with a supply convoy taking a trip north of Baghdad. Preston Wheeler a Haliburton driver was shooting the video. It was a routine mission until the convoy took a wrong turn and was attacked by insurgents.

Wheeler's truck was disabled and he saw his military escorts leave the scene. Then insurgents killed one of the other drivers in cold blood. Three drivers were killed that day.

Wheeler said he felt abandoned and waited 40 minutes before rescued.

"Why didn't the gun truck behind me stop? If the gun truck in front of me stopped and secure that area, then guys would not be executed if the military had followed their protocol, which they call it," said Wheeler.

But a formal investigation by the U.S. military found the soldiers did follow their training by not stopping until they could safely counter-attack.

"They didn't leave the scene. They pulled up out of the kill zone and established a security defensive line so that they could continue to fire and protect the convoy." sad Lt Colonel Michelle Martin, spokesperson for the Multi-National Force-Iraq .

The investigation also concluded that the military's action saved the lives of two contractors including Wheeler.

The Virginia Guard officials confirmed that its 1173rd Transportation Company was on active federal status at the time and under a higher command. That company is based in Martinsville and Rocky Mount, Virginia.

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 04:20 AM

A BROOMSTICK REVOLUTION

The Bush junta has stolen two presidential elections, and now has dismantled the most basic rights of citizens under the guise of "fighting the war on terror". Our country, our heritage, our Constitution has been taken over by ruthless people, who care only about power and money.



The shameful "Military Tribunal" bills passed by Congress last week shows that its members, of both parties, are utterly craven and corrupt. The Democrats could have organized a Senate filibuster of the bills that Gitmo-ize us all, but they didn't even try. Both parties are in league with the "devil in the White House", to quote Hugo Chavez.



We need a clean sweep in Congress this November, getting rid of all the incumbents who are not actively opposing the tyranny being imposed upon us. We need to vote in true Representatives of "we the people", who will make it the first order of business to impeach Bush and Cheney.



This is our very last chance to remain a free people.



The Longhouse Coalition is collecting all candidates for Congress, of whatever party, who will serve the people rather than the super-rich. Our members are Democrats, Independents, Greens. We are up and running. We will not split the "left", as we are reserving seats for good incumbents and candidates. With Creator's help, we'll replace this rotten Congress of pandering politicians with a group of people who are dedicated to peace, freedom, and the wellbeing of "we the people".



The Solidarity Movement in Poland was able to replace the oppressive Communist regime with a people's government, that was put into office peacefully and legally, through the electoral process.



Our situation is identical. A core group of 6 internet activists have been planning the Longhouse Coalition for a year, and worked tirelessly to put it into effect. The bandwagon is rolling! Many people are now working together to recruit candidates, both on the ballot and write-ins. Our numbers are growing rapidly.



To learn details, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/longhouse_coalition_info/

The files there contain our platform, an introduction to our strategy, list of member candidates- all of whom have endorsed the platform-, a list of seats we have reserved for candidates who have not yet joined, and other important information



Some highlights of the platform:

1) IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY

2) Peace- leave Iraq and Afghanistan, support UN peacekeeping forces, uphold international peace treaties like the Geneva Conventions and the Nonproliferation Treaty, defund the military.

3) Environment- join the Kyoto treaty, switch to clean, renewable energy, clean up pollutants, get rid of toxics.

4) Land- return a portion (30-45%) of National Forests to Native Americans to redress a historic wrong, change the tax structure to favor small farmers over agribusiness.

5) "Moral issues" - prochoice- make birth control more available, legalize all natural substances.



This is a battle for life, for survival of a habitable planet. We can no longer ignore global warming and the threat of nuclear war. It's a spiritual battle, has to be if we are to avoid the literal Armageddon, nuclear holocaust, with which the warmongering plutocrats keep threatening us. The organizers of the Longhouse Coalition are in constant prayer to our Creator.



We are thankful that Creator has blessed us with a Constitution that safeguards human rights and dignity, and enables us to live in peace. We are using the tools given us by the Founding Fathers- the right of any citizen to run for Congress, and the right of the people to impeach members of the Executive Branch who commit high crimes and misdemeanors. What we are doing is peaceful, legal and democratic.



Where does the name come from? The Longhouse was the meeting place of the Iroquois Federation, where they made their laws. Ben Franklin attended many of their meetings, and brought the principles of Iroquois government to the Constitional Convention. The emphasis on human equality and protection of basic people's rights in our Constitution come from the original Longhouse, or Haudenosaunee. In fact, "we the people" is a Native American, not a Europen concept- England and European countries were still ruled by kings and aristocrats in 1776. Thus our Congress is a direct descendant of the Longhouse.



To learn more, email us at [e-mail] with your questions, comments, assistance.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eastbayimpeach

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Barry Finn
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 03:24 AM

A few things on that vote. I watched it & it was pretty much a party line vote, the dems were over run by reps, 35 to 65. Of course there were a few out to lunch dems like Joe Liberation D-Conn that towed the Bush line.
And MoveOn.org is doing much the same as the Longhouse Coalition on trying to keep the public aware of who is worth backing in the coming elections, hopefully these & other groups can start pooling or sharing their resources & potential & come as one under a big umbrella, in the end we all want the same thing, the above & more.

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 10:39 AM

Tuesday, October 3, 2006
New Paltz board: Impeach Bush



NEW PALTZ — Impeach Bush? Yes, says the New Paltz town board.

The board voted 5-0 last week in favor of a resolution calling for the impeachment of the president. Grounds for impeachment listed in the resolution were taken from a list of 13 legal violations compiled by groups who also support Bush's impeachment.

"I'd say it's an unfortunate time in our history that we have to do this," Councilman Jim Bacon said.

While a majority vote in the U.S. House of Representatives is required to initiate a trial and a two-thirds vote by members present in the U.S. Senate is necessary for a president's removal from office, town resident Bob Hughes said the resolution sends a message to those at the state and federal levels.

"It becomes collective with the growing number of resolutions," he said. "It brings nationwide attention to the legal actions possible."

Hughes had presented the resolution to the board.

Sixteen state political action committees and 24 cities and towns across the United States have approved the resolution.

In New York, the Town of Woodstock, the City of Plattsburgh and Village of New Paltz have all passed similar resolutions.

(From the Pughkeepsie, New York, Journal)

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 05 Oct 06 - 01:15 PM

From Keene, New Hampshire:

Alleged constitutional abuses discussed at Keene school meeting

By MARTHA ALLEN, Enterprise Correspondent



KEENE VALLEY — Discussion of alleged abuses of the United States Constitution by the Bush administration grew intense Tuesday evening in the Keene Central School auditorium, where about 50 people gathered for a public informational meeting.

Some people in the audience compared the talk to a high-school civics class.

The meeting was hosted by the Ad-hoc Committee of Concerned Citizens of Keene: Lorraine Duvall, Baird Edmonds, Barbara Kaufman, Martha Lee Owen, Adrienne Ratigan and Monique Weston.

The AHCCC approached the Keene town board during its regular August meeting to ask board members to pass two resolutions asking the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate abuses of the rule of law by the current administration. The resolutions addressed "civil liberties and the separation of powers" and "war and terrorism."

The board declined to vote on the resolutions at that time, but agreed to hold a public informational meeting and suggested that meanwhile the AHCCC might work to put the resolutions before the voters on the ballot in November.

Lorraine Duvall, AHCCC chair, told participants at the informational meeting that the group has learned that it is illegal in New York state for citizens to put issues before the public on a ballot, although this has been done at the local level in other states, including Vermont and California. Eight Vermont towns and eight California towns have held meetings to protest constitutional abuse by the Bush Administration, as have the New York towns of Plattsburgh, Woodstock and New Paltz, she said.

The plan now, she explained, is to get as many Keene voters'
signatures as possible to present to the Keene town board at its monthly meeting Oct. 10, asking its members again to pass the two resolutions. By her reckoning, 300 signatures would represent a majority of Keene voters.

Board member Marcy Neville spoke from the audience.

"The resolutions are asking for an investigation. People (in Keene) are asking for us to vote on their behalf," she said. "I did
take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and I think that our Constitution is being flushed down the toilet."

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Oct 06 - 01:37 PM

Another good reason to impeach: Iraq for Sale

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 05 Oct 06 - 11:24 PM

And about 100 more under the rubric, "You might be a Republican if...."


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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 09:02 AM

AP reports:

...Hundreds of people called the Bush administration's policies a crime and held up yellow police tape in front of the White House on Thursday amid a nationwide day of protest against the president.

The 500 demonstrators were among many who gathered for similar events in more than 200 cities to protest Bush on issues ranging from global warming to the war in Iraq.

"We are turning the corner in bringing forward a mass movement of resistance to drive out the Bush regime," said organizer Travis Morales with the activist group World Can't Wait.

Some dressed in costume, including a hooded prisoner in an orange jumpsuit, a devilish rendition of President Bush and two grim reapers. One man wore a red cheerleader outfit with "Radical" emblazoned on the jersey.

The demonstrators held up yellow police tape along a three-block stretch in front of the White House.

Thousands of protesters clogged New York City's streets as they marched from the United Nations headquarters. Some people lay down in the middle of the street, while others carried signs saying "Expose 9/11" and "This war should be over." They also handed out fliers reading, "Drive out the Bush regime."

Lydia Sugarman, 82, of Manhattan, said she believed in the power of demonstrating.

"That's how we got our civil rights," she said. "If we didn't protest we wouldn't be Americans."

...

World Can't Wait was founded in 2005 and has organized several marches since then, including a nationwide protest coinciding with Bush's State of the Union address in January, according to the group's Web site. Supporters listed on the site include Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr. and Jane Fonda and activists such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Cindy Sheehan.

...

The march through Seattle's streets was peaceful as protesters chanted, waved signs and wore costumes mocking administration officials. One woman dressed as a pageant queen with a sash that read, "I Miss America."

In Portland, Ore., at least 10 people were detained because they did not follow police instruction to get out of the street during a protest march through downtown.
...
An estimated 800 people, mostly college age, chanted "Impeach Bush" and carried signs, including one that read: "We Can't Wait for 2008."

Hundreds marched in Los Angeles, carrying caskets draped in U.S. flags to a federal courthouse, where protesters held a mock marriage of church and state.

In Asheville, N.C., dozens of University of North Carolina students walked out of classes. In Chicago, thousands of people flooded Michigan Avenue waving anti-Bush signs.

...

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 09:34 AM

From the Times:

...While foreign investors were putting up most of the $1.5 trillion the federal government has borrowed since 2001, they were also snapping up hundreds of billions of dollars in private sector securities, transactions that have been a big source of the easy money that allowed Americans to borrow heavily against their homes.

The result, as The Wall Street Journal reported last week, is that for the first time in at least 90 years, the United States is now paying noticeably more to foreign creditors than it receives from its investments abroad. That is a momentous shift. It means that a growing share of America's future collective income will flow abroad, leading to a lower standard of living in the United States than would otherwise have been achieved. Americans deserve better than this financial mess.

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Bankruptcy...intellectual, ethical, emotional, political AND fiscal.. seems to be the common denominator of this Administration's track record.

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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 09:56 AM

October 6, 2006 at 03:00:17

UNTIL WE STAND UP TO IMPEACH BUSH WE WILL NEVER REGAIN POWER

by thepen

http://www.opednews.com

ACTION PAGE: http://www.peaceteam.net/pnum306.php

With all the talk lately about "woulda, shoulda, coulda", it's time to again remind our members of Congress that they have ALSO failed in the oversight of our runaway dictator under the guise of president.

Yet again this week, in signing the new Homeland Security spending bill, Bush felt obliged to attach a signing statement with what has now become a stock disclaimer reserving the right to interpret it "in a manner consistent with the president's Constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch." THERE IS NO SUCH AUTHORITY!!!

The administration's own legal counsel now admits that these signing statements are INTENDED as an illegal line item veto, a stealth and profoundly unconstitutional seizure of power, an utterly blatant disregard of the authority of Congress to make law. And yet the president is not still confronted by the Congress he so belittles.

To confront the president. THAT is the first thing that must happen. And that is why it is so important that we get as much exposure for the new Lie/Die TV spots of the Peace Team, calling the Bush administration out on their Iraq lies. First we must confront. And only then will the rest of our friends and neighbors see for themselves just how far Bush has gone to abuse the power intended by the founders.

By getting as many of the Lie/Die spots on the air as possible, and now 12 members of the Peace Team have already produced their own versions, we can get the word out that there ARE candidates with courage, who WILL stand up to the Bush administration. Only by standing up now and not backing down can we win the votes of those who also are troubled by the Bush lies, but who need to see our strength before trusting us with the necessary corrective power. ...

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 11:03 AM

From Shortnews.com:

"Thousands Participate in Mass Anti-Bush Demonstrations

More then 200 cities participated today in a nationwide protest of President Bush. From Seattle to New York protesters executed their rights to free speech and called the Bush Administration's policies a crime-- and called for his impeachment.   

Thousands flooded Chicago with an estimated 800+ chanting "Impeach Bush" and "We Cant Wait for 2008" in Oregon. Dozens walked out of class at UNC. A variety of protest organizers had much to say.   

"We are turning the corner in bringing forward a mass movement of resistance to drive out the Bush regime." said one. Others were just happy to participate. "That's how we got our civil rights; if we didn't protest we wouldn't be Americans."

"

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 02:43 PM

NewsFlash Home | More Oregon News

Protesters march through downtown Portland
10/5/2006, 4:07 p.m. PT
The Associated Press   

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least seven people were detained during a protest march through downtown Portland streets Thursday afternoon, one of several such rallies nationwide against the Bush administration.

Police, some afoot and others on bicycles and horses, monitored the marchers, who had a permit. Some officers were in riot gear.

The crowd numbered 700 to 800, most of college age. The throng made several stops, including the federal courthouse and the offices of The Oregonian newspaper.

The protesters who were detained apparently did not follow police instruction to get out of the street.

Protesters chanted "Impeach Bush" and carried signs, including one that read: "We Can't Wait for 2008."

There were reports of similar rallies in New York and Chicago. The Portland chapter of the group sponsoring the rally called itself the "World Can't Wait PDX."

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Don Firth
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 06:49 PM

From the upper left-hand corner of the country:

The Seattle Times
Friday, October 06, 2006

Administration foes step out statewide
By Tan Vinh
Seattle Times staff reporter

(with 8 photos - click links above photo on right)

Scores of anti-war activists, environmentalists and high-school students marched from the University of Washington campus to Capitol Hill and then to downtown Seattle Thursday, berating President Bush for everything from his management of the Iraq war to the handling of Hurricane Katrina.

Across the state, more than 250 related demonstrations were held, including rallies in Bellingham, Everett, Tacoma, Olympia, Wenatchee and Spokane, said organizers of the National Day of Mass Resistance. They said protests also were held as far away as Switzerland and Nepal.

The rest of the story HERE

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 01:33 PM

The Genius of John Nichols (excerpt:

"With "The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism," John Nichols has produced a masterpiece that should be required reading in every high school and college in the United States. Unlike several recently published books, this is not an argument for impeaching Bush, not a list of charges, not a rough draft of articles of impeachment. Rather, "Genius" is a history and portrait of the practice of impeachment, a practice that has been used far longer, far more often, and with far greater importance than most of us imagine.

Nichols makes an overwhelming case that the regular use of impeachment is necessary for the survival of our constitutional government, that impeachment proceedings usually have beneficial consequences even if unsuccessful, that promotion of impeachment is not nearly as politically risky as is failure to do so when it is merited, that a move to impeach Bush in the U.S. House would be greeted with enthusiastic public support, and that failure to impeach Bush would contribute to an ongoing dangerous expansion of executive power from which our system of government might not recover.

Did you know that articles of impeachment have been filed against nine U.S. presidents? Did you know that in seven cases, Republicans or Whigs were either the chief sponsors or major supporters of impeachment? Did you know that Republicans, in a minority, concerned about the rule of law and the presidential seizure of wartime powers, launched a major effort to impeach President Truman, an effort that ended only when the Supreme Court took up the same concerns and ruled against Truman (and Congress and the President obeyed the Supreme Court)? Did you know this effort benefited the Republicans in the next election?

Did you know that Republicans who put the Constitution above a Republican president cast the votes that sealed President Nixon's fate? Of course, they did so only after the Democrats had acted.

While Nichols covers the history of impeachment from the 1300s on, including recent efforts to impeach Prime Minister Tony Blair, obsessed with the present as I am, I want to pull out a few of Nichols' remarks on the recent history of the Democratic Party in the United States. These will not mean as much in isolation; you really must read the book. "

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 01:35 PM

Dennis Morrisseau
Lieutenant Morrisseau's Rebellion
Running AT Congress (in VT)
[phone] [e-mail]
www.2LTMorrisseau.com
www.impeachbush.tv/editorials/dmorso_050819.html
PO Box 177, W. Pawlet, VT 05775



www.2LTmorrisseau.com

The Lieutenant is a candidate for Congress in Vermont running under this ballot line: Impeach Bush Now. He has called for impeachment of both Bush & Cheney. He is recruiting other "decent and able Citizens" to run for Congress with him, without regard to political party. The goal is to remove all present incumbents from Congress, again without regard to party. He call's this effort "Lieutenant Morrisseau's Rebellion".

(From Op-Ed NEws)

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: GUEST,Urbane Guerrilla
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 03:01 AM

Phooey. Veterans For Peace is more correctly called Veterans for Losing the War With the Shitheads Immediately.

If you won't fight against anti-democrats (which is NOT what the Republican Party is, whatever its several failings) who assume they can outlast the democratic states of the world, who the hell WILL you fight, and why are you such a lazy ass?

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Barry Finn
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 03:14 AM

Urbane Guerrilla, are you a vet & could you explain who the shitheads are & who are the lazy asses? You not making yourself clear enough. I can tell where you're coming from but maybe with your type of verbal assassinations you can go elsewhere.

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 09:20 AM

Ugh, UG. Looking in a mirror?

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