August 4, 2008
June 9, 2008
BREAKING: REP. KUCINICH INTROS ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
UPDATE: I just called John Conyers to say, pls support the impeachment process, AND I GOT JOHN CONYERS. 734-675-4084. PLEASE CALL, not just him but also the others mentioned below. He didn't say this, but the fact that he was there answering his own phone makes me think/hope that at least some Dems might do something useful with a tidal wave of public support!
Nothing is inevitable, except defeat for those who give up without a fight.
-- "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1961), script by Irwin Allen & Charles Bennett
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Original story:
Please call Rep. Kucinich's office to thank him and commend his courage, foresight, integrity, and patriotism, at 202-225-5871.
Please call Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office to remind her that, even before any significant formal investigation has occurred, we have substantial grounds to believe that numerous high crimes have been committed by this administration -- and that those who have the power to investigate and prosecute them and fail to do so must be considered accessories. Or, just ask her to please get out of the way of justice. Her San Francisco office: 415-556-4862; DC office: 202-225-4965.
Please call your own House reps to ask them to support the process; you can find them (and your senators) through the link to "Contact your U.S. Congressional reps," which you can always find in the sidebar at left on this blog; you can also e-mail them through this page.
Then contact the media and ask them to COVER this. You can do this through the link to "Contact the media," which you can also always find in the sidebar at left on this blog. Also, here are links to some online outlets: MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, Fox.
Please then go rate this up on YouTube:
Below are just the headings of the 35 Articles of Impeachment, as reported by the Belfast Telegraph, or you can read the full text of the Articles here:
- Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq
- Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression
- Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War
- Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States
- Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression
- Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114
- Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
- Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter
- Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor
- Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes
- Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
- Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources
- Article XIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
- Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq
- Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors
- Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives
- Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy
- Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to " Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture
- Article XX
Imprisoning Children
- Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government
- Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws
- Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
- Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
- Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens
- Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements
- Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply
- Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice
- Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare
- Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency
- Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change
- Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
- Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001
- Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders
July 5, 2007
Happy 4th
For nearly fifty years, I've basically felt proud of my country, despite its many flaws. Yesterday, the patriotic music clanked in my ears like, shall we say, tin drumming.
The best thing about Zogby's polls is they ask you if you consider yourself a citizen of your city or town, your nation, or the planet. I click planet, wish the universes were an option [plural intended].
If you haven't seen Keith Olbermann on the commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, check this out. "J'accuse!" has been in my head for months; KO says it for me, brilliantly.
KO left out that when the White House blew Plame's cover, it also terminated the effectiveness of her unit, whose mission was gathering intelligence on WMD's -- things that make you go hmmm . . .