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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 06:59 PM Go suck an exhaust pipe somewhere, OG. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 08 Jul 06 - 07:06 PM Didja hear about the Queen of the Hells Angels? She was so tough she could suck start a Harley. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 07:22 PM The Washington, CT town-meeting flap caused by demanding a motion for impeachment is also being covered by the nearby New Milford press. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 11:26 PM "So, just how does Impeach Bush play out on Main Street, USA? One indication was the now famous 21st Annual July 4th Boom Box Parade along Main Street in Willimantic, CT. The 20,000 people of this former mill town in northeastern Connecticut town are a gritty, hardscrabble if economically depressed bunch, but they're also proud, resourceful and open-minded. The Boom Box Parade was born of necessity and civic pride when marching bands were cancelled for budget reasons, forcing an embarrassing postponement of a big parade. The community's creative response: put together a tape of parade music, play it on the local radio station and have marchers and audience bring their radios tuned to the station. Open enrollment--no pre-registration--just show up and march. It became a wonderful, all-American hodgepodge of scout and church groups, hopeful politicians, families looking for something fun to do before a barbecue, immigrant groups, historical groups, local businesses, political groups with a message and anyone with a desire to drive an antique car, tractor or lawn mower down Main Street with thousands cheering. This year, about 20 of us marched behind a banner proclaiming "SAVE THE CONSTITUTION--IMPEACH BUSH," while carrying signs with specifics about Bush the terrorist, the liar, the shredder of habeas corpus, the promoter of fear and hate, etc. etc. Although we also announced that "Peace is Patriotic," we were anxious about our reception on this day, the granddaddy of Red, White and Blue holidays. We needn't have worried. People in this blue-collar town don't like Bush. We got enthusiastic cheers from old and young, white, black and brown, flag wavers, bikers, students, hippies--Americans, all. Certainly, there were some thumbs down and boos, but far fewer than we expected. Passing by some of the more crowded areas, such as the Town Hall lawn, the ovations and cheers just grew as we passed. Informational flyers were willingly accepted, not just by those cheering, but by others who wanted more information about impeachment, which is making sense to more and more people. Judging by our Main Street experience, it looks like the people are ready to take this step--they are fed up with lies, the arrogance of power, incompetence and manipulation by corporate interests. We just need the politicians who have the guts to get it rolling. " Ed Adelman is a special education teacher in Lebanon, CT. He lives in the town of Hampton, CT. http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3781/1/196/ |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 11:29 PM Meanwhile in Chicago: ..."With police and Secret Service blocking each side of the Drake, the majority of protesters gathered across the street on the southeast corner of Oak and Michigan avenues. Another 25 protesters assembled kitty-corner, raising signs urging passing motorists to honk. Police said there were no arrests at the protest. Munster resident Nick Egnatz, a leader of the Northwest Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War, was joined by about seven other residents of the region wearing shirts or carrying signs proclaiming "Out of Iraq." Egnatz, 60, an Air Force veteran who also represents Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, said protesters would have targeted the museum if they had known Bush was addressing the media there. "Obviously the press conference was scheduled so we could not mobilize the protest," he said. "I've been told Bush is speaking on the second floor (of the Drake), so he should be able to hear us yelling and shouting." Highland resident John Lesiowski, whose daughter, Nadine, 26, is serving her third tour of Army duty in Iraq, said "lies" Bush told about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are enough to impeach him. "I don't like the direction he's taking the country," Lesiowski said. "He ignores the Constitution and is so righteous because he talks to God." .... |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 11:33 PM " "Frankly my dear..." Roger Moore blogs the latest on movies... The lil'est voter The King of the World don't need no stinking actors! And the reviews are in... Pink in the Movies? "I'm a HAZ-ard to MAH-seeeeelf" If Labyrinth changed your life... More... TALK ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT FEATURED DISCUSSION: What do you think of theme park rides and movies? WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: • I'd like to see Miami Vice the ride, but only if you get to dress up like Crockett. A wild boat chas... [more] - Sentinel_Jud Read more comments or post your own MORE MESSAGE BOARDS: NEWS | SPORTS | BUSINESSS ENTERTAINMENT | LIFESTYLE FROM SENTINEL ARTICLES ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOS BLOG: SOUNDBOARD Jim Abbott blogs the latest in music... Kynda member resurfaces with new band Buffett not wasting away An unlikely Deadhead Blue Meridian homecoming Praise for the Heathens More... CONTROL FREAK Previews and reviews of the local gaming scene... FIFA World Cup Tournament (video) Free Play of Prey Bush Age: Train Your President in Minutes a Day! Doctors Don't Save People, Gamers Do (video) Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel More... BLOG: HAL THE TV GUY Check out what's new with the TV Guy... The "Rock Star" blues Who's going to win Emmys? Emmys snub "Lost," Laurie Chappelle's sad show Larry King's big interview More... Attention must be paid Elizabeth Maupin blogs the latest in theater... What's rude? Give me a break A little more about the Fringe A Problem Like Maria, part two Lloyd Richards dies More... Shakespeare's Coffee Rebecca Swain offers a different read on books... More Summer Reading Links Why I'm giving up bacon for good... Cheeky or just offensive? Cover charge and two book minimum Summer lovin' More... Stephen Kiehl | The (Baltimore) Sun Posted July 8, 2006 Pity the conservative rock fan. So many musicians are ganging up on the president. Bruce Springsteen is on tour playing protest songs. The Dixie Chicks recently put out an album with a song -- "Not Ready to Make Nice" -- that finds them standing firm against President Bush. And The Rolling Stones last year released a song that called the president a hypocrite. But to prove that there is still some music out there for conservative rockers, National Review has published a list of the 50 greatest conservative rock songs. The magazine's John J. Miller, who compiled the list, explains the criteria: "The lyrics must convey a conservative idea or sentiment, such as skepticism of government or support for traditional values. And, to be sure, it must be a great rock song." At the top of the list is The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," which Miller calls a theme song for "disillusioned revolutionaries" who have forsaken their naive idealism. Also in the top 10 are "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys (for its pro-abstinence and pro-marriage message), "Gloria" by U2 and "Revolution" by the Beatles. Not surprisingly, liberal rock fans weren't going to concede these tunes without a fight. After the list was posted online, liberal blogs quickly lit up with outrage and offered song-by-song deconstructions of National Review's choices. Offered the Rude Pundit: "The entire list is sad and embarrassing, like watching Grandpa do the Macarena now, thinking that he's still hip, that he's been hip for the last 30 years. Because to come up with 50 songs, the readers and editors of the National Review had to neglect, almost entirely, the politics and lifestyles of nearly every single one of the music acts on the list." At least one of the musicians (John Mellencamp, "Small Town") was an organizer and star of the 2004 Vote for Change tour that raised money to defeat Bush. U2 has not made a secret of its left-leaning politics. And Paul McCartney (whose Beatles have two songs on the list) has spoken out against the war in Iraq. But, in an interview, Miller, who is the National Review's national political reporter, says he separated the artist from the song when making the list. "The claim is not about the artist or their intention. The claim is about their song," Miller says. "I'm looking at the lyrics, just looking at the words on the page, and saying this is what they mean. I Indeed, that's why Miller's list of 50 additional great conservative rock songs included "Let's Roll" by Neil Young, an artist who has a song called "Let's Impeach the President." |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 11:38 PM And here's a review of the latest album by an artist called Peaches, who entitles her latest work Impeach My Bush.A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 06 - 11:44 PM Politics will be focus of CSNY tour CAMDEN, N.J., July 6 (UPI) -- As befits its title -- Freedom of Speech '06 -- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's new tour will be a heavily political affair. "We took advantage of the possibility of bringing so much focus, attention on things that need to be discussed," said Graham Nash. "It's a different buzz with CSNY, with all four of us." Nash says the quartet has rehearsed all of the songs from Young's politically oriented new album "Living With War," including titles such as "Let's Impeach the President" and "Lookin' For a Leader." The 34-date trek, which starts Thursday in Camden, N.J., will also feature older favorites like "Wooden Ships," "Find the Cost of Freedom" and "Ohio." Nash said he's also written a new song, "In Your Name," which deals with the idea of killing in God's name and may be debuted during the tour. It's the first time CSNY has toured together since 2002. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: michaelr Date: 09 Jul 06 - 12:22 AM Amos, just who do you imagine will prosecute this impeachment? It would have to begin in DC, where there's not a spine left. The idea is silly, anyway. The Bush cabal must be indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to 3000 consecutive lifetimes in Guantanamo. Cheers, Michael |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST,sorefingers Date: 09 Jul 06 - 12:42 AM It is time to expose this Guest troll! Elves do your stuff, mix the gue and stir the pot, expose this troll, and let him rot! |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 06 - 04:24 PM uly 9, 2006 By DANIEL BARLOW Staff Writer BRATTLEBORO – Anti-war icon Cindy Sheehan will travel to Vermont later this month to lend her support to the state's grassroots effort to impeach President George Bush for misleading the country into the Iraq war. Sheehan is scheduled to speak at rallies in Brattleboro and Montpelier on July 30 as part of a push for municipalities in Vermont and neighboring states to pass impeachment resolutions against the president. Dan DeWalt, a Newfane selectman who organized a Town Meeting Day impeachment resolution, said Sheehan's appearance at the rallies will be a "call to arms" for the movement to remove Bush from office. "We've sat on the sidelines too long and now it is time to act," DeWalt said. "I never intended to get a part-time job without pay impeaching the president, but that's what happened." Seven Vermont towns, including five in Windham County, have passed resolutions at town meeting this year either calling for investigations into Bush or his outright impeachment for a number of perceived violations of his oath of office. The town of Westminster may soon join those seven. Town resident Benjamin Mitchell is now circulating a petition calling for a special town meeting to vote on the impeachment question. DeWalt, who kicked off the state impeachment movement earlier this year, said the effort had begun as a symbolic gesture against the direction of the country under the Bush administration, but said it has since become a concrete and concerted effort to make his removal from office a reality. "What we saw a few months ago was the embryonic beginning of a revolution," DeWalt said. "Vermont is now part of the national stage on the issue of impeachment and the votes at our town meetings have been inspiring others across the country." |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Peace Date: 09 Jul 06 - 08:48 PM It was gracious of them. Maybe they'd like to keep what's left of your democracy before it's all gone. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 06 - 08:51 PM In addition, perhaps rather than sneering condescendingly, you might want to reflect on how unusual it is for a township to take such hubris on itself. What could possibly be driving them? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 06 - 09:21 PM Bush may have broken law over intelligence Associated Press in Washington Monday July 10, 2006 The Guardian The White House kept intelligence activities secret from the lawmakers responsible for overseeing them until whistleblowers revealed the programmes, the house intelligence committee chairman said yesterday. A Republican congressman, Pete Hoekstra, said he had been told about the secret programmes by whistleblowers and had asked the Bush administration about them, using codenames. Not briefing members of the house and Senate intelligence committees is against the law, Mr Hoekstra said. The committees were briefed after he complained. ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 06 - 10:04 PM A much earlier, but quite articulate Draft of Articles of Impeachment against George Walker Bush, for malfeasance and violation of duty, obligation and law in his conduct of the office of President. Recommended reading if a bit past its sell-by date. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 06 - 10:07 PM An excerpt is provided here from an article written in March Bush's Last, Best Hope: the Democrats A Popular Groundswell for Impeachment By DAVE LINDORFF The prevailing "wisdom" of our corporate media is that impeachment of President Bush is a left-wing fantasy. As a result, there is virtually no coverage in the media of either the majority sentiment for removing Bush from office or even of the key issues that make this president a poster child for impeachment. Take the several polls by Zogby International on the impeachment issue. Last June, Zogby polled Americans across the country and found that some 42 percent favored impeaching the president if it were found that he had lied about the threat posed by Iraq in order to justify an invasion. That is a higher percentage of people in favor of impeachment than there ever was for the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton during his entire impeachment ordeal. Yet the poll was not mentioned by any major media news organization. In November, Zogby repeated the poll. This time, 53 percent of respondents from all over the nation said they thought the president should be impeached and removed from office if he lied about the war. That poll to was totally blacked out. A third poll early this year found 52 percent of Americans saying Bush should be removed from office if he broke the law and had the National Security Agency spy on American citizens without court warrants. Well, of course he did do that-the president has admitted he did so and says he will continue to do it--so the latest poll was really saying that 52 percent of Americans think he should be sent packing. That poll too was largely ignored by the major corporate media. Left-wing fantasy? Are we saying that the majority of Americans are left-wingers? I don't think so. But the media are not the only ones who are trying to dismiss popular sentiment for impeachment. The leadership of the Democratic Party is doing the same thing. While researching our book on impeachment (The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing George W. Bush from Office, St. Martin's Press, due out in late April), my co-author Barbara Olshanshky and I have found that members of Congress-even firebrands like Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)-have been strong-armed behind the scenes by the Democratic National Committee not to introduce an impeachment bill in the House. Rep. John Conyers, the ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, where such a bill would be considered, has submitted three bills that relate to impeachment-a proposal for a special committee to investigate possible impeachable crimes by the administration and bills to censure both the president and the vice president for refusing to answer questions from Congress on impeachment-related issues--but that's as far as the Democratic congressional leadership is willing to go. As the Wall Streeet Journal reported in a March 6 article on the impeachment issue, Democratic Party leaders fear that party support for impeachment could lead to a backlash as happened to Republicans who supported Clinton's impeachment. This is of course nonsense. The effort to impeach Clinton over his sexual escapades was always viewed by the majority of Americans, Democratic and Republican alike, as a farce and an embarrassment. As the Wall Street Journal notes, support for Clinton's impeachment never rose much above a quarter of the electorate--the hard right element of the Republican Party. The issues that are driving popular sentiment for Bush's impeachment are much more serious: * The conspiracy of lies that got the country into a war in Iraq that has already cost some $400 billion and that ultimately may end up costing over $2 trillion, and that has cost the lives of 2300 Americans and over 100,000 Iraqis. * Obstruction of investigations into what the administration knew about the 9-11 attacks before they happened, and why nothing was done to prevent them. * Undermining of basic Constitutional freedoms, from First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech, assembly, press and religion to Fourth Amendment guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure and Sixth Amendment rights to a fair trial, to the even more basic rights of citizenship. * Abuses of power, including the blatant violation of the law in the case of the president's violation of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, the use of over 500 "signing statements" to simply ignore laws passed by Congress, and the ignoring of court orders, as well as the use of government power to attack individuals, as in the case of the outing of underecover CIA agent Valerie Plame in order to punish her whistle-blowing husband, ambassador Joe Wilson. * Trampling of international law through the authorization of policies of torture of captives and the rounding up and deporting of law-abiding residents based solely upon their ethnicity and religion, all of which have made America a pariah in the international community and needlessly inflamed hatred of America across the Muslim world. * A criminally negligent attitude towards governing that has brought us the disaster and needless death of hundreds of people in New Orleans, the fiasco of the Medicare drug "program" for seniors, and the chaos of post-war Iraq. * A criminal know-nothing obstructionism with regard to the urgent crisis of global warming, which even the Pentagon has concluded threatens the national security of the United States far more than any rag-tag band of terrorists. * A culture of corruption in Washington that makes earlier epic scandals like Teapot Dome look penny-ante, with over 60 Republican members of Congress (that's better than one in four!) linked to just one bribing lobbyist and with war-profiteering by Republican-linked corporations running rampant. These are all issues that cry out for action, and for saturation coverage in the nation's media. .... |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 09 Jul 06 - 10:09 PM Well, that certainly missed your expectations, did it not? Sorta' like reading the back of a cereal box for the umpteenth time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 06 - 10:10 PM For some, impeachment should be the least of Mister Walker Bush' problems: "...May 15, 2006 Playing Into the Hands of the Democrats Impeachment is Too Good for Bush By MICKEY Z. There's talk of impeachment making the rounds these days ... and it's not just partisan hyperbole. As Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky explain in their new book, "The Case for Impeachment," the legal argument for removing George W. Bush from office is clear, present, and urgent. However, for those seeking peace and justice, there are two reasons why impeachment should only be judged as a means to an end: 1. Impeachment is too good for him Sure, the planet would breathe a sigh of relief should Dubya get the boot, but why let him off the hook so easily? As Lindorff and Olshansky state: "The evidence of ... constitutional transgressions, violations of federal and international law, abuse of power, and criminal negligence as chief executive ... are so blatant one might think conviction would be a foregone conclusion." Well then, why stop there? "The call for impeachment trivializes the crimes," declares journalist Rosemarie Jackowski. "Where is the demand for war crimes trials?" Good question..." A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 09 Jul 06 - 11:24 PM Amos is on a roll. Again. Does you wife miss you? |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 10 Jul 06 - 12:24 AM I guess this is what can happen when election results are falsified, as happened in both of the last two presidential elections. The majority of voters want him impeached because the majority of voters didn't vote for him. Democracy can be a great thing when it works. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: michaelr Date: 10 Jul 06 - 12:41 AM What I said. They're war criminals, and they're common criminals. And the Democrats are guilty by collusion. But Amos, I ask again: who do you think will prosecute this? Cheers, Michael |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Peace Date: 10 Jul 06 - 12:48 AM Diogenes would have his troubles in the American Congress wouldn't he? |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 10 Jul 06 - 01:17 AM No doubt some votes were falsified in favor of Democrats. However, the rampant and systematic falsification of votes that favored the Republicans created the situation we have now... with the majority of voters knowing we didn't elect George W Bush to be the president of our country. The president works for us, the voters and citizens of the United States. We are his/her boss. He/she is accountable to us. We decide who gets to be president. This is a Democracy. Don't ever forget that. Bush became president through fraudulent election results. And he abused even the votes that he received legitimately. The people of this country are not happy with him. He serves at according to the will of the people. He and his handlers seem to not understand this. Perhaps they will eventually. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 10 Jul 06 - 08:00 PM Hardly my ruling. There is more than ample evidence that it happened. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 06 - 07:54 AM What could be possibly driving them Amos? How about if all of the town councilpersons are Democrats? DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 06 - 07:56 AM Guess I lost my cookie. I'm in NY at the moment and will reset when I get back home. I wrote the last entry. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 11 Jul 06 - 09:38 AM Maybe the statistics (for example the incidence of discrepancy between exit polls and reported numbers) aren't persuasive. Maybe they are...shudder...Democratic statistics. Hell, maybe they are .. dare I say it ... terrorist statistics! Goddamn statistics with their left wing Commy bias. Oughtta be a law... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 11 Jul 06 - 01:24 PM I have yet to see "the ample evidence". Just because you 'feel' the results were falsified doesn't mean it happened. Just because you have yet to see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It just means you have yet to see it. I've seen it. Give me one or two 'conviction' stories, please. Okay? 'Conviction' as in 'convicted' of a crime? Tell me this... Saddam hasn't been convicted yet. Does that mean he is innocent? |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 06 - 03:20 PM Kerry did not see the ample evidence and conceded. If he was that blind and stupid I guess we are better off because he did not win. "Earlier today, I spoke to President Bush, and I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation, and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need, the desperate need for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together. Today, I hope that we can begin the healing. Vote counting In America it is vital that every vote count, and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process. I would not give up this fight if there was a chance we would prevail. But it is now clear that even when all the provisional ballots are counted - which they will be - there won’t be enough outstanding votes for us to be able to win Ohio, and therefore we cannot win this election. " |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 06 - 03:30 PM Maybe Kerry should flipflop on this too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 06 - 10:34 PM Maybe he should - then his record will be perfect. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 11 Jul 06 - 11:43 PM CHARLESTOWN - A national debate on the war in Iraq spilled into Town Hall on Monday night, with members of the public calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. During public forum, several residents and a former state legislator expressed discontent over the Town Council's decision to remove a resident's petition from its June meeting agenda. The request, filed by John V. Hardiman of Indian Trail, asked members of the council to consider a resolution supporting the president's impeachment. Your bitter sarcasms and your practiced nastinesses don;t make the facts of Bush's administration go away or grow any less. Your problem is that you are unable to confront your own betrayal. When your head does pop out of the hypnotic rut is in, it will be painful for a while, but you will at least recover the ability to think for yourself. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 11 Jul 06 - 11:55 PM On Saturday night, April 29th, at the California State Democratic Convention, the hot ticket was to the Bush Impeachment Forum in the Crest Theater. The 900 seats were filled and folks were turned away at the door. The crowd was very enthusiastic and often interrupted the proceedings with cheers and standing ovations. Mike Malloy of Air America Radio was the moderator and clearly popular with the crowd. He gave some background on the history and process of impeachment and then led a forum discussion. Joye Swan from the Progressive Caucus of the Democratic Party, and one of the chief organizers of the event, spoke first. She described the reluctance of moderate democrats to take a stand on impeachment but that may be changing. [The party adopted this impeachment proclamation by unanimous consent at the convention.] Tim Goodrich from Iraq Veterans Against the War then described how he joined the US Air Force for patriotic purposes, not understanding the foreign policy behind his deployment. But he began to have doubts about Bush's leadership when he learned that the Air Force had been conducting intensive and secret bombing of Iraq since September of 2002. At the same time Bush claimed to be pursuing a diplomatic settlement in order to avoid war. Elizabeth de la Vega, a former federal prosecutor, then affirmed that the charges of defrauding Congress about Iraq, torturing prisoners, and wiretapping were all definitely impeachable offenses. The only difference between the fraud that Bush and his team have perpetrated, and the fraud that is prosecuted in courts every day across America, is that Bush's fraud far exceeds the typical fraud case in its extent and the severity of its consequences. Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com and co-founder afterdowningstreet.org, described the current work of the impeachment movement, the city and state resolutions being passed, and the significance of the Section 603 of the Jefferson's Manual which says that impeachment may be initiated by charges transmitted by a state legislature. The crowd cheered when told that Ellen Tenney plans to personally submit an impeachment resolution from Vermont to the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, on Monday May 1st. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 12:01 AM An interesting textbook for the slow of perception. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 12:05 AM Excerpts from http://zzpat.tripod.com/cvb/: Debt Created by Bush and GOP Congress as of: June 30, 2006: $2,681,846,151,710.62 July 9, 2006 An Impeachable Offense Congressman: failure to disclose the intelligence activities to Congress may be a violation of the law WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration was running several intelligence programs, including one major activity, that it kept secret from Congress until whistle-blowers told the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, the committee's chairman said on Sunday. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said on Fox News Sunday he had written a four-page to President George W. Bush in May warning him that the failure to disclose the intelligence activities to Congress may be a violation of the law. July 7, 2006 Repeat after me: Gay soldiers are bad, Nazi's are good. Neo-Nazis infiltrating the US military "Neo-Nazi groups and other extremists are joining the military in large numbers so they can get the best training in the world on weapons, combat tactics and explosives," said Mark Potok, director of the center's Intelligence Project. July 8, 2006 US navy sonar use causes whales to beach themselves In her ruling, US District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper said there is "considerable convincing scientific evidence" that the high-intensity mid-frequency sonar, which the navy uses to detect quiet submarines, can kill and injure whales and other marine life. July 8, 2006 US marines negligent in Iraq massacre investigation WASHINGTON (AFP) - Top US Marine Corps officers in Iraq reportedly failed to properly investigate allegations that their own troops killed 24 civilians in the town of Haditha. July 7, 2006 Gallup: Almost Two-Thirds Want Iraq Withdrawal NEW YORK A new Gallup poll finds that roughly 2 in 3 Americans urge a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, with 31% wanting this to start immediately. July 8, 2006 North Korea: Bigger threat under Bush At his news conference, Bush took pains to counter a question based on intelligence information that North Korea has expanded its nuclear weapons capability in recent years. When a reporter cited such reports. Bush declined to dispute the basis of the question, but challenged the reporter: "Can you verify that?" "We don't know -- maybe you know more than I do -- about increasing the number of nuclear weapons," Bush said. In a series of congressional hearings last year, top U.S. intelligence officials, including then-CIA Director Porter Goss, testified that North Korea's nuclear capability had increased since 2002, when intelligence assessments estimated it possessed one or two nuclear weapons. Goss in the Feb. 16, 2005, congressional appearance said: "They have a greater capability than that assessment. ... It has increased since then." July 9, 2006 Flip flopping amatures Bush offers bilateral talks with N. Korea U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was in Seoul on a tour of regional capitals to coordinate the international response to the North's test-firing of seven missiles on Wednesday. The tests caused an international outrage but also division over whether North Korea should be punished. July 8, 2006 Bush rules out bilateral talks with N Korea But he rejected conducting negotiations one-on-one, insisting that he needed China and other neighbors at the table so that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il did not make the United States appear to be the blockade to an agreement. "One thing I'm not going to let us do is get caught in the trap of sitting at the table alone with the North Koreans," Bush insisted, rejecting the criticism by Democrats who say such talks would be the only way to break the logjam. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 12:08 AM "Constitution Summer represents an emerging coalition of students and young people dedicated to defending the ideals of the Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to checking arbitrary abuses of power and authority, starting with a moderated, legitimate, mainstream, nonpartisan campaign to impeach President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, and their administration. "Constitution Summer's is basing its call for the impeachment of the President and Vice President on four key crimes: 1) illegal domestic spying in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the 4th Amendment; 2) misleading the country into a war of aggression in Iraq based on fraudulent claims; 3) indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, and torture; 4) abuse of executive authority and subversion of the Constitution. "It is the view of the members of Constitution Summer that each of these charges constitutes an impeachable offense, and that each has been substantiated to the extent that articles of impeachment can legitimately be brought. "Constitution Summer is organizing youth and students, who constitute a powerful cultural catalyst, in order to bring this issue further into the mainstream by remaining true to the following: 1) ConstitutionSummer.org will function as a central organizing and publishing tool. 2) We will attach our message to culture through music, comedy, art, and theater. 3) We will remind elected officials of their oath to uphold the Constitution through media, educational events, demonstrations, and public events. 4) Remembering that all politics is local, we will put pressure on local elected officials to represent our voice through the generation of local resolutions and referenda. 5) We will make sure that our elected officials know that we want to be safe and free, and that we will not advance freedom abroad by abandoning it at home. 6) We will remain nonpartisan, issue specific, and true to our purpose and ideals. "Constitution Summer originated at UC Berkeley, Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, Georgetown Law School, Boalt Law School, George Washington University Law School, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, the University of Michigan, and the University of Maryland, and it continues to grow." See http://www.constitutionsummer.org/ A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 12 Jul 06 - 12:33 AM Here you go, Guest... http://uscountvotes.org/ Kerry shouldn't have conceded, but since the Democrats are owned by the same people as the Republicans, I'm not at all surprised that he did. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: CarolC Date: 12 Jul 06 - 01:07 AM This study in particular... http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit_Polls_2004_Edison-Mitofsky.pdf |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: michaelr Date: 12 Jul 06 - 01:28 AM Amos, maybe I didn't make my question quite clear enough. Who in Washington has the political will to seriously get behind a motion to impeach, in your opinion? It cannot be done without Congress appointing a Special Prosecutor, can it? Please try to answer the question. Cheers, Michael |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 09:19 AM Berkeley CA ballot initiative to impeach Bush, Cheney - can voters impeach? John Gibson gets credit for effort, but he failed to shoot down guest Steve Freedkin, chairman of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission. on The Big Story today 6/27/06. Gibson says the Peace and Justice Commission has introduced a ballot item for Berkeley voters to call for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, not surprising from that "hot bed of liberalism." Asked "what good" would that do, Freedkin first sets the record straight and says the ballot initiative is presented by a national organization, Constitution Summer, based primarily in law schools around the country. Their aim is to get a public conversation started so that people can start to understand the Constitution - what's in it, what are their rights, what is the balance of power, and how is this administration exceeding those. Gibson asked for a list of the particulars, but interrupted after the first one to challenge Freedkin, saying he'd take them one at a time. This tactic served two purposes: first, it prevented Freedkin from reciting the laundry list of grievances, which sounds damning when heard (read) altogether: 1) illegal domestic spying in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the 4th Amendment; 2) misleading the country into a war of aggression in Iraq based on fraudulent claims; 3) indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, and torture; 4) abuse of executive authority and subversion of the Constitution... Michael: I don't know the answer; but as things evolve I believe someone will float to the surface. ;>) A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: GUEST Date: 12 Jul 06 - 09:59 AM A good description of Amos is Pious. As in: Professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 12:59 PM Bob Nichols, who is deeply concerned witht he ramifications of uranium-laden munitions among other issues, says, among other things: "Upcoming war crimes trial The chief Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor speaks knowingly and directly across more than 50 years to resolutely instruct American citizens on exactly what our duty is today, right now: "Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience … therefore have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring." [11] The statement was affirmed by the Nuremberg Tribunal and is now international law and, by extension, American law. It is our duty as Americans to prevent crimes against peace and humanity. The fascist administration now controlling America and the U.S. military cannot be allowed to continue these crimes. The world and international law holds us all accountable, and the price is dear. It is time to impeach and imprison members of our government for their war crimes commensurate with their degree of complicity and guilt. If the House will not impeach and the Senate will not put them on trial; then we, all 300 million Americans, have a problem. We all are citizens of this country and the world, and, as such, we must acknowledge the incontrovertible evidence of war crimes by the leaders of the American Expeditionary Forces in Iraq with the use of genocidal weapons. Bush and others crossed the line long ago when they lied to get us into the Iraq War. They continue to lie about the damage being done with uranium weapons. One of the comforts history provides us is a road map out of unthinkable situations, to a more or less tenable, workable future. The injured and maimed and families of the dead are due treatment and/or compensation, the cleanup must be initiated and whole countries rebuilt. That is the true legacy of the neocons, the new American Nazis. What people can do Every single day thousands of American military and government workers handle thousands of "sensitive" papers that "prove" the War Crimes of the American Government's senior political and military leaders. These thousands of people could, if they wanted to, create havoc in the fascist administration by providing these incriminating papers and the "smoking guns" of innumerable crimes they hold to the public: A "paper blizzard" to teach a whole new generation that what's right is right. About 40 years ago, it was thousands of pages of the "Pentagon Papers" that did the trick with the illegal Viet Nam War and President Nixon. Thousands more pages are needed now. The neocon or neolib papers like the disgraced New York Times or the conservative phantom Washington Post no longer will do the right thing. The timid NYT took almost a year to publish the proof of illegal NSA government spying on American citizens. Bush then bragged about the illegal spying on network prime time television. We do not need "timid" now. Far less than that forced Nixon to leave the president's office. Do what you think best." From this article. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 02:47 PM David Swanson, writing for OpEdNews.com, says: July 12, 2006 at 09:19:38 Republican Congressman Says Bush Should Be Removed from Office by David Swanson http://www.opednews.com By David Swanson A radio show reported yesterday that Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul said the following: "I would have trouble arguing that he's been a Constitutional President, and once you violate the Constitution and be proven to do that I think these people should be removed from office." And this: "Congress has generously ignored the Constitution while the President flaunts it, the courts have ignored it and they get in the business of legislating so there's no respect for the rule of law." And this: "When the President signs all these bills and then adds statements after saying I have no intention of following it - he's in a way signing it and vetoing - so in his mind he's vetoing a lot of bills, in our mind under the rule of law he hasn't vetoed a thing." And Paul said the United States had entered a period of "soft fascism." The report of these statements might surprise some people, especially people who rely on the corporate media for their news, but it fits with previous remarks by Congressman Paul, including these wonderful speeches recently made on the floor of the House of Representatives by Rep. Paul and Rep. Walter Jones, a Republican from North Carolina: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/12673 The report also comes from a media outlet that has repeatedly interviewed Paul, and they've posted a link to the audio of the interview here, although you have to join the site to hear it: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/100706impeachbush.htm Rather than do that, I phoned up Congressman Paul's communications director in Washington this morning. More than confirming this report, I wanted to ask Rep. Paul why he would declare that the President should be removed from office, yet fail to introduce an article of impeachment or even sign onto Congressman John Conyers' (D., Mich.) bill, H. Res. 635, to create a preliminary investigation. I also thought I wouldn't mind knowing why Paul used the plural: "...these people should be removed from office." Whom would he include along with Bush? Cheney? Rumsfeld? Rice? Paul did give something of an answer in the interview to why he would not act on his conviction that impeachment was merited, namely he asserted, without any evidence, that the Democrats, if they won a majority, would probably try to impeach Bush for the wrong reasons: politics and revenge. There are a couple of problems with this excuse of Paul's for his inaction: 1. Out here beyond the Beltway it's progressives who couldn't stand Clinton and have no use for defending him and spend their time these days attacking his wife who are pushing impeachment. 2. The Democrats, even if they have a majority, will have to be dragged kicking and screaming to attempt impeachment, having - as they do - significantly less in the way of spine than Congressman Paul, who is probably failing to realize entirely how timid and useless they are. 3. If a president has committed high crimes and misdemeanors - as we all know this one has - then whether some Members of Congress might support impeachment for impure reasons can in no way justify a failure to impeach. In persuading nonprofit groups to work for impeachment it is often necessary to explain to them that supporting such action by Congress is not partisan just because the President belongs to a party. Is it really necessary to explain to Congressman Paul that impeachment is not partisan just because Congress Members belong to parties? This is about defending the Constitution, and either you obey your oath to do so or you violate it." ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: robomatic Date: 12 Jul 06 - 04:12 PM C |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 08:49 PM CONGRESSMAN PAUL: LOOK AT MISDEEDS Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com Texas Congressman Ron Paul wants us to remember the real misdeeds of the President, and not his political party affiliation, if impeachment proceedings move forward. According to an online news site report, Paul was interviewed this weekend by Alex Jones, and laid out his views on the potential for impeachment proceedings, reportedly saying, "I'd be surprised if they win both [houses]," but predicting that if there was a 10 or 15 vote margin, "that would be a political thing - it would be payback time." He cautioned that instead of acting "under the umbrella of partisan vengeance," Congress should seriously consider impeachment, "for ceaselessly breaking the laws of the land," citing Bush's repeated violations of Constitutional protections, from wiretapping to the treatment of detainees at home (as well as Iraqis abroad). He also predicted that the underlying agenda behind the attempts to unify the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a single cooperative unit was becoming clearer each day: "I think the goal is one world government. We have not only the U.N. [but] the WTO, the IMF, the World Bank, then we have all the subsidiaries like NAFTA and hemispheric governments, highways coming in. I just hope and pray that we can wake up enough people." - ST |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 10:43 PM Town of Fairfax Urges Congress to Impeach Bush and Cheney Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2006-07-10 15:50. Impeachment http://www.impeachbush.tv The Town of Fairfax California voted unanimously last night to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney. Their resolution will be sent to representatives in Congress and to the House Judiciary Committee urging them to investigate and impeach the President and Vice President on a variety of charges. The most serious charge was for intentionally misleading Congress about the threat from Iraq as justification for war. Other charges related to the torture and illegal detention of prisoners, and the illegal wiretapping of American citizens. The resolution also tied into local issues by describing how White House actions are negatively impacting Fairfax. The town was hit heavily by floods last winter. The resolution describes how there is less money available for disaster relief, and fewer National Guard troops available for emergency aid, because of the war in Iraq. A sign of how strongly Fairfax supports impeachment is the fact that two resolutions were being worked on independently. A group of Marin County citizens had prepared a resolution and were planning to have it voted on in August after slowly building grass roots support. In the meantime, Millie Barrett of Fairfax, feeling a sense of urgency because of the ongoing war in Iraq, started her own resolution without realizing one was already in progress. She quickly collected 200 signatures and was able to get the resolution on the Town Council agenda for July. When the two groups realized that they were both working on impeachment they immediately joined forces. Millie wanted to add Dick Cheney to her original resolution because many people signing the petition had expressed concern over having Cheney replace Bush. When she learned that the other group's resolution was very similar but included Dick Cheney, she graciously agreed to use it instead of hers. At the meeting Wednesday night in Fairfax, David Glick read the text of the resolution he had prepared. Many people from the town spoke in favor of the resolution charging Bush with violating our Constitution. Two people expressed opposition to the resolution citing concern over whether it was inappropriate town business, or that it would be ineffective. Larry Bragman, Vice Mayor, said that even though the resolution is largely symbolic, it was better to do something than to do nothing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 12 Jul 06 - 11:04 PM LINK TO LIST OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED AND INTRODUCED AROUND THE COUNTRY Here is a two-page citizen's guide to impeachment. Here is a 10-page PDF booklet called A Guide to the Impeachment of George W Bush and Richard Cheney. It includes: What Is Impeachment? / Grounds for Impeachment of Bush and Cheney / Legal Basis for city and State Impeachment Resolutions / Why Cities and States Should Pass Resolutions / Model Resolution. This guide to passing an anti-war resolution is a good model in most details for passing a pro-impeachment resolution as well. Model Impeachment Resolution for City, Town, County, or State Sample letter to city or town council. About Jefferson Manual, Rules, History, Grounds, Impeachable Offenses, and further legal precedents |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 13 Jul 06 - 09:05 AM SANTA CRUZ — City residents unhappy with the way President George W. Bush is leading the country may have the opportunity to vote for his impeachment in November. Such a vote, which a group of community activists is seeking to put on the Santa Cruz ballot Nov. 7, would do nothing to actually remove the president from office. Instead, supporters say it would be something more than an opinion poll that would send a message to Washington, D.C. "He's has broken so many laws, and he doesn't seem to take the laws seriously," said Sherry Conable, a member of Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, one of the local groups organizing the ballot initiative. "He's spied on American people without authorization; he's ignored the Geneva Conventions and the outting of Valerie Plame — all of these things are illegal." Conable and others are asking the City Council to put a measure on the November ballot that calls for Congress to begin an immediate investigation into alleged impeachable offenses by the president. Similar measures are already slated for ballots in Berkeley and communities in Wisconsin and Vermont. At least one Santa Cruz council member, Tim Fitzmaurice, supports the idea, and is working on a formal proposal for the council to consider at its meeting July 25. Support from four of the seven council members is required to get the initiative on the ballot. "Let me count the ways," Fitzmaurice said as reasons for Bush's impeachment. "At the top of my list is the war and the errors and deceptions in the way the war was promoted. "A pre-emptive war is something I find reprehensible." Supporters predict a Bush impeachment question in the general election would be an easy win in this left-leaning city of 55,000 residents. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 13 Jul 06 - 03:58 PM From the Pasadena Weekly: As part of a national day of action to build support for the movement to impeach President Bush, Green Party congressional candidate Bill Paparian will host an impeachment teach-in Wednesday at the Pasadena Hilton hotel. Paparian, a former mayor of Pasadena, will be joined at the event by constitutional law attorney and past ACLU of Southern California President Stephen Rohde, Green Party state Assembly candidate Ricardo Costa and Iraq Veterans Against the War activist Chris McCray. McCray will speak of his experience in Iraq as a cavalry scout for the Army's First Infantry Division. "This imperial president has to be removed from office so we can preserve the Constitution and restore sanity to our country in both foreign and domestic affairs," said Paparian. The Pasadena event and dozens of others throughout the country are being sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Melville House Publishing, which recently published a short book laying out a case for impeachment and produced the brief documentary "How to Impeach a President," which will be screened at all events. |
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Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment From: Amos Date: 13 Jul 06 - 07:35 PM Santa Cruz residents could vote to impeach Bush By Shanna McCord SENTINEL STAFF WRITER SANTA CRUZ — City residents unhappy with the way President George W. Bush is leading the country may have the opportunity to vote for his impeachment in November. Such a vote, which a group of community activists is seeking to put on the Santa Cruz ballot Nov. 7, would do nothing to actually remove the president from office. Instead, supporters say it would be something more than an opinion poll that would send a message to Washington, D.C. "He's has broken so many laws, and he doesn't seem to take the laws seriously," said Sherry Conable, a member of Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, one of the local groups organizing the ballot initiative. "He's spied on American people without authorization; he's ignored the Geneva Conventions and the outting of Valerie Plame — all of these things are illegal." Conable and others are asking the City Council to put a measure on the November ballot that calls for Congress to begin an immediate investigation into alleged impeachable offenses by the president. Similar measures are already slated for ballots in Berkeley and communities in Wisconsin and Vermont. At least one Santa Cruz council member, Tim Fitzmaurice, supports the idea, and is working on a formal proposal for the council to consider at its meeting July 25. Support from four of the seven council members is required to get the initiative on the ballot. |
