Best DU OP of the Month

What if huge oil reserves were discovered up dick cheney's *ss?

Would we invade and occupy? Would the ol' face shooter move to an undisclosed location to protect his assets?

Would we drill there, drill now?

As one respondent said, "Shock and Ow!"

Thanks, Philosoraptor!

Google News Hides Bush Impeachment Hits?

According to one source, confirmed to greater or lesser degrees by others, yesterday evening there were 2,172 hits, based on six stories on the wires. When you clicked sorted by date with duplicates included, there were 1,957 distinct outlets carrying the story.

As of 8:49 a.m. today, when you clicked sorted by date with duplicates included, there were only 49 related articles.

Explanations, anyone?

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

UPDATE: Kucinich's 35 Articles are now available in paperback, here. (Thanks, Ben!)

Msg to Institutional Dems:

Thanks, babylonsister! (Click on the image to enlarge.)

Sign Now in Support of Impeachment Hearings

Congressman Robert Wexler has called for impeachment hearings to investigate Dick Cheney. As his website puts it, "There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings."

You can't have a functioning democracy if apparent "high crimes" by some of the highest officers in the land aren't even investigated. You can't have "truth and reconciliation" without truth.

It's high time we knew as much about what our employees in the gummint are up to as they know about us.

In the first five days after Wexler's call for hearings, over 100,000 people signed his petition in support. Please add your signature here.

Sheehan's Delegation to Conyers: Initiate Impeachment Now

[The following was posted at 3:29 p.m. today on democraticunderground.com, live from the delegation led by Cindy Sheehan to Representative John Conyers to demand the impeachment of V.P. Dick Cheney. Conyers is one of the good guys who's been doing the kind of work I think we need done -- e.g., almost single-handedly investigating the irregularities in the 2004 elections. But he is chair of the Judiciary Committee in the House, out of which any impeachment initiative must issue, and he's been quoted as saying he would proceed only if three more Representatives added their support. Let me know if any of this was mentioned in your corporate evening news.]

I am sitting on the floor of a phone booth . . . . Lisa from C-ville is standing in front of it, hoping I will not be noticed.

I have never seen anything like this one, folks. . . .

There are HUNDREDS of people lining the hallway to John Conyers' office. Cindy and a few others are inside, speaking to the staff, we assume. But the scene is incredible -- people have come from all over the country to deliver the message that we cannot tolerate illegal actions and an unConstitutional government.

I will update this as I can . . .

But hello to all from the center of democracy! We are taking it BACK.

Oh -- and CALL!

Phone Chairman Conyers [see contact info at the end of this post] and ask him to start the impeachment of Dick Cheney; and phone your own Congress Member [see contact info at the end of this post] and ask them to immediately call Conyers' office to express their support for impeachment. Your Congress Member might be one of the three needed, not just to keep impeachment activists out of jail but to keep this nation from devolving into dictatorship.

UPDATE: They are NOT HEARING US CALL.
CALL PELOSI. CALL OTHERS. MAKE A RUCKUS because they are not listening and I'm told it's quiet there!!!

Cindy Sheehan just left John Conyers' office and announced that Rep. Conyers is NOT going to move on impeachment.

The crowd is very upset.

Rev. Yearwood announced that the government has failed the people and the people must act NOW. This needs to be spread everywhere.

PEOPLE MUST CALL.

The phone must NOT STOP RINGING. POST THIS EVERYWHERE!!!

Contact info for Conyers: Washington Office: Phone (202) 225-5126; Fax (202) 225-0072; Main District Office: Phone (313) 961-5670; Fax (313) 226-2085; Detroit: Phone (313) 961-5670; Fax (313) 226-2085; (another) Phone (734) 675-4084.

Contact info for Pelosi: Washington Office: Phone (202) 225-4965; Fax (202) 225-8259; Main District Office: Phone (415) 556-4862; Fax (415) 861-1670; (another) Fax (734) 675-4218.

Your own Rep.: Washington: General Phone 202-224-3121; and for additional contact info, see the link in the left hand column of this blog called, "Contact your U.S. Congressional reps."