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“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 26 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
The memory hole is a slot into which government officials deposit politically inconvenient documents and records to be destroyed. The Ministry of Truth is routinely assigned the task of revising old newspaper articles in order to serve the propaganda interests of the government. For example, if there had been embarassing protests, but in fact there were not embarassing protests, the historical record (e.g. an article from a back issue of the Times newspaper) is revised to contain an announcement that Bush Welcomes New American Citizens, or that Bush Honors Armed Forces in Independence Day Message. The original copies of the historical record are deposited into the memory hole. A document placed in the memory hole is supposedly transported to an incinerator from which “not even the ash remains”.
Bush Honors Troops, Celebrates New Citizens in Radio Address
WASHINGTON – President Bush, serving almost seven years as a wartime president, marked the nation’s 232nd birthday by honoring the U.S. armed forces and celebrating the citizenship of new Americans.
Bush spent July 4 at Monticello, President Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia. Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, died at Monticello in 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the document’s signing.
There, Bush witnessed a naturalization event in which more than 70 men and women from 30 countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Norway and Iraq raised their right hands to take the oath of U.S. citizenship.
“These new citizens are proof that there is no American race, just an American creed,” Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. “In the United States, we believe in the rights and dignity of every person. We believe in equal justice, limited government and the rule of law. And we believe in personal responsibility and tolerance towards others. This creed of freedom and equality has lifted the lives of millions of Americans, whether citizens by birth or citizens by choice.”
Bush also cited the sacrifice of U.S. troops, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“These brave Americans make it possible for America to endure as a free society,” Bush said. “So on this Fourth of July, we owe all those who wear the uniform of the United States a special debt of gratitude. And we thank their families for supporting them in this crucial time for our nation.”
Yesterday’s Headline:
AP: Bush welcomes new US citizens on 4th of July
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 26 (2008-07-05)
Independence Day: Let Us Remember Who We Are
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Recent Highlights
I believe we should let George Bush get away with breaking the law becausethe attempt to hold him accountable is really pointless since he’s leaving anyway, and what matters is that he’s not around to commit any more crimes, not whether or not he committed crimes in the past.
Why We Interrupted Bush at Monticello
When Bush opened his mouth to speak I shouted “Defend the Constitution, Impeach Bush!” I repeated that several times, as people nearby knocked me over, cops handcuffed me, people gave me smiles and thumbs up signs. They threw me out and a couple of more defenders of our Constitution behind me, and then a few more, and then a few more. The handcuffed citizens who’d done their duty kept coming down the hill. They did not arrest us but did give us a ride down the mountain where we joined a crowd of protesters in the road who greeted Bush’s limo coming and going.
Why did we do this? Here’s why.
This is something that most people were never taught in history class. Instead, anyone receiving a public education in the U.S.A. is told that the Roman Empire collapsed because it was attacked by barbarians and “sacked.” This supposed “sacking” did take place, but it happened about 500 years after the Praetorian guards sold the empire to a senior Senator, convinced by his wife and daughter “and his parasites…that he deserved the throne.”
This refusal to impeach has left this country with a situation where we actually have only two branches of government, the executive branch and the Supreme Court. This has been the case since September 11, 2001. This Global War on Terror effectively silenced Congress as far as acting as a check on the executive branch. The Democrats were handed what amounted to carte blanche when they captured Congress in 2006.
Because the continued success of government in this country, including, of course, the criminal justice system, depends upon a most fundamental and simple precept: No person is above the law. When I first started as a prosecutor, judges would sometimes phrase it more archaically: The law is no respecter of persons. But however it’s phrased, this basic premise has never changed. In the United States of America, regardless of a person’s station in life or political affiliation, he is entitled to be judged — and must be judged — according to the same laws as every one else.
But no one did. Even when Democrats retook the House and Senate, the first thing they did was declare — almost pridefully — that “impeachment was off the table.” It was like a fire chief announcing that “response to house fires is off the table,” or a district attorney declaring that “rape prosecutions are off the table.”
“This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred,” said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder of the school. “It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth.”
The corporate media does not want to take on this issue and will not be able to handle its actual existence the way it handles the threat of impeachment proceedings. If impeachment hearings get underway, the corporate media will have to deal with the substance of the charges. It will be impossible to simply avoid the matter or treat it dismissively. You know the substance of the charges as well as anyone, but apparently you have not considered what all that information could accomplish.
The blogs are alive with the sound of Impeachment. The notices are rolling into my computer faster than I can open them, sign them and send them out to friends or family. That’s called activism, pushing back against this destructive force called Bush.
I think, perhaps, we are focusing on issues of impeachment through the wrong end of the telescope. We keep asking: how might this, potentially, negatively affect our Dems in the coming election cycle. Maybe we should turn the telescope around, for a wide-angle perspective, and ask: how might impeachment negatively affect every Republican running for office in the upcoming election?
The Speaker’s excuses are frivolous. One does not agree to remain complicit with tyranny on the illusion fact finding might be divisive. Division is the intent of the Framers: To ensure power is not centralized, and divided. Pelosi supports centralizing unchecked power under tyranny.
For this blackout to be broken, Progressive Democrats of America, Move On and every other progressive group need to call for Senator Obama to publicly call for Impeachment.
Brain scans revealed that the politically biased are virtually addicted to lying to themselves to maintain their view that their party and leaders are flawless. People of both political “sides” are equally affected by bias.
When viewing truth that doesn’t suit our ideals, most of us deny it and go on as if it never happened mainly because few of us even understand the way bias affects us and makes us completely irrational.
Millions of Americans suffer from this, and nationalism bias runs even deeper. Most people think that blindly believing what our government tells us is patriotism. That is false.
Most people doubt that our leaders would ever do anything that isn’t in our best interest. Most of us live in a delusional reality based on denial as a result. By definition most of us are in fact “sheeple”.
Vital Links
Full Text of the Articles of Impeachment (PDF)
Full Text Version of the Articles of Impeachment (TXT)
List of the Articles of Impeachment (TXT)
Entire Kucinich Impeachment Video (complete) [thanks to cspanjunkie]
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
“Nothing to see here, move along. Nothing happened. There were no protests. Forget. Forget. Forget.”
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST – 2008-07-05
CNN.com: 1
CNN: Bush heckled at Monticello
FoxNews.com: 1
AP: Bush Honors Troops, Celebrates New Citizens in Radio Address
MSNBC.com: 0
Google News: 1
Bush honors troops, new Americans in radio address
Reuters: 0
AP: 1
AP: Bush Honors Troops, Celebrates New Citizens in Radio Address
they got the headline right, but they still mention those pesky non-person protestors in the subtitle:
WAPO: Bush Welcomes New American Citizens
Antiwar Demonstrators Interrupt Annual Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello
Google News Search: Impeachment: 5,953 – (1,422) – (5)
Number of Days until Rep. Kucinich plans to re-introduce the 35 Articles of Impeachment: 5
Current Co-Sponsers: Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9], Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22], Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2], Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17]
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead
Daily Impeachment Tracker
Day 26 – 2008-07-05
AP: Bush Honors Troops, Celebrates New Citizens in Radio Address
FOXNEWS/AP: Bush Honors Troops, Celebrates New Citizens in Radio Address
VOICE OF AMERICA: Bush Honors Troops, Celebrates New Citizens in Radio Address
WAPO: Bush Welcomes New American Citizens
OEN: Please vote for impeachment in Moveon.org’s poll
OEN: This pathetic U.S. Congress
ADS: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
ADS: Florida Sheriff Advocates Shooting Peace Demonstrators
ADS: Memo to Arianna: Radical Right Wing Destruction of Basic Rights Is Not Centrist
ADS: BUSH FUNDING TERRORISTS IN IRAN
ADS: A Not-So-Glorious Fourth (video)
Day 25 – 2008-07-04
RAWSTORY: Kucinich’s July 4th message: Help me restore ‘rule of law in America’
RAWSTORY: Protesters disrupt Bush’s July 4th address at Monticello
ADS: Why We Interrupted Bush at Monticello (video)
ADS: Ray McGovern’s Response to Obama’s FISA Explanation
ADS: Independence Day: Let Us Remember Who We Are (video)
OEN: NEW Action Plan to Stop War with Iran and Move Impeachment Along!
OEN: The interests of justice require that we postpone the 2008 election
OEN: Barack Obama: A Black Face, for a Racis$t EMPIRE?
DAILY-PROGRESS: Protestors have creative message for Bush
CNN: ‘War criminal!’ protesters yell at Bush
MSNBC: Bush salutes new Americans at July 4 ceremony
FOXNEWS: Protesters Interrupt Bush at Independence Day Ceremony for New Citizens
REUTERS: Bush v. hecklers
AP: Bush welcomes new US citizens on 4th of July
OEN: Impeach Cobbler: Or, How I Celebrated the Fourth
Day 24 – 2008-07-03
NEWS-WITH-VIEWS: THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER
ADS: Bush’s July 4 Speech Transcript
ADS: Coalition Plans to Protest Bush in Charlottesville
ADS: Rabbi Waskow on Bush at Monticello
EMPTY-WHEEL: Dean and Bush and Pardons
BLOG: It’s All About the Oil Baby
BLOG: Questions and Answers
BLOG: Impeach the President, Part II
DOUGS-MOUTHPIECE: 10 Reasons to impeach Bush
FLICKR: Why don’t all Gas Pumps say “Impeach Bush” on them?
Day 23 – 2008-07-02
OEN: IMPEACHMENT: Call to Action
OEN: 101 Reasons Not to Resist Bush’s Power Grab
OEN: Have you checked whtether your rep has read Kucinich’s 35 articles of Bush impeachment?
OEN: So, Barack Is Merely THE Black “BILLARY”?
BUZZFLASH: Barbara’s Daily BuzzFlash Minute for July 2, 2008
CUMBERLAND-TIMES-NEWS: Murder prosecution for Bush, not so preposterous
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Some Ways You Can Help Impeach Bush
ADS: Peace activists stop the virtual killing at music festival
ADS: Hard to Believe: American Mercenaries to Be Subject to Iraqi Law!
ADS: Cheney to Join Bush in Celebrating Constitution (R.I.P.) on Fourth of July
ADS: Some Ways You Can Help Impeach Bush
ADS: China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo
ADS: Alan Morphew Performs His Impeachment Song “No Accountability” (video)
ADS: Surveillance Protest Group Tops Obama Website
TPMCAFE: Impeachment: Conyers “Seriously” Affirms “Duty” On Impeachment Allegations
OEN: Mugabe or Bush? Who should leave rather than lead?
OEN: Sheeple: You are free to do as you’re told
STATION-STOPS: Why We Must Impeach Bush
BLOG: Honk To Impeach; Weekly Bush Protest at the Art Institute of Chicago
OEN: The Coming Attack on Iran: A Perfect Storm of Madness
Day 22 – 2008-07-01
ADS: Bush at Monticello: Tickets and Protests
ADS: Theory on Why Bush Is Coming to Monticello
ADS: The Coming Attack on Iran: A Perfect Storm of Madness
ADS: 75% blame Bush’s policies for deteriorating economy
ADS: …They Ignore You, Then They Laugh at You, Then They Attack You
ADS: Where Do Congress Members Stand (or Sit or Bow and Scrape) on Impeachment?
LA-TIMES: Should Bush be impeached over tainted tomatoes?
BLOG: Whatever it Takes
POPULIST-AMERICA: None Dare Call it Treason
NORTHEAST-IMPEACHMENT-COALITION: FUNDS NEEDED FOR NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT DELEGATION TO DC ! ! !
BLOG: I SUPPORTT IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
PFF: An Appeal to the American Conscience
OEN: Declaration of Impeachment
Day 21 – 2008-06-30
ADS: VIDAL: ‘The United States is not a republic anymore’
RAWSTORY: Judges cite nonsense poem in Guantanamo case
PWW: High crimes charge leveled at Bush, Cheney
BLOG: This is Your Moment. Impeach Bush NOW! Sign the Petition.
ADS: Will Bush bring out red, white, and boos?
CHIMP: Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment: A Three-Part Guide
ALTERNET: The ‘Mortgage Meltdown’ Was No Accident
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: Impeach Bush
PWW: High crimes charge leveled at Bush, Cheney
GLOBAL-RESEARCH: What’s Up with The Democratic Congress?
EDITOR-AND-PUBLISHER: 5th Anniversary of Bush’s ‘Bring Them On’ Statement on Iraq Nears
Day 20 – 2008-06-29
ADS: Monster chickens are coming home to roost
COUNTERCURRENTS: Real Journalists Don’t Make
$5 Million A Year
SCOOP: George W. Bush to Speak at Monticello on July 4
BLOG: Impeach Bush. Villagers, come with your torches for Dick Cheney.
ADS: Quick! There’s No Time Left! Do Nothing for Seven More Months!
ADS: David Swanson at Marquette University
ADS: Preparing the Battlefield
ADS: Hersh: Cheney Trying To Create Casus Belli For War With Iran
STARNEWS: More On Bush
OEN: Independence Day Is Coming – Let’s Make It A Real Day For America’s Independence!
Day 19 – 2008-06-28
NEWS-LEADER: President needs impeachment
INDYBAY: Mumia Abu-Jamal: The Crimes of Kings
OEN: The Un-American Lies of Antonin Scalia
SUN-SENTINEL: Wexler/Kucinich effort to impeach has nothing to do with party politics
CONNIE-TALK: North Carolina Congressional Hopeful Runs On Impeach Bush Platform
OEN: I Hate to Say We Saw it Coming, But
ADS: Neil Young on Impeaching Bush
ADS: Revolution March Promoted by Ron Paul Supporters
ADS: Kucinich won’t rally for Obama until he gets answers
ADS: Primary Season Over, Barack Channels Hillary
OEN: Buying Power: The Sale of the Empire
BUENOS-AIRES: Bush, oil executives, criminally liable for Iraq War, says Congressman
TMPCAFE: Mukasey’s War Crimes Problem In Light of FBI 302
Day 18 – 2008-06-27
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment: A Three-Part Guide
CONCORD-MONITOR: Put impeachment back on the table
TIMBERJAY: The old dog has to want to change its ways
LRC-BLOG: Maybe NOW They’ll Impeach Them
OEN: Call to Action July 4th- Get off the internet, I’ll see you in the streets!
PRESS-GAZETTE: Kucinich has the right idea
DES-MOINES-REGISTER: Media ignore move to impeach Bush
NAPA-VALLEY-REGISTER: It’s time to impeach
ADS: Momentum Building For Bugliosi’s Case Against George W. Bush For Murder
Day 17 – 2008-06-26
OEN: Clinton Impeachment vs Bush Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment Action Is Working!
RAWSTORY: Wexler: McCain’s ‘calculating the value of a terrorist attack’ is ‘eerie’
OEN: America has a Double Standard When It Comes to Kids
TCPALM: Bush’s border neglect is impeachable
ADS: Wexler Pushed for Impeachment Hearings on the Olbermann Show on MSNBC Tonight (video)
ADS: “WE WENT TO WAR FOR THE OIL COMPANIES” Kucinich Tells Congress
TMPCAFE: ‘Backlash Because of Impeachment Investigation’ Is An Urban Myth
ALIBI: Impeachment? What Impeachment?
RAWSTORY: McCain doesn’t want to impeach Bush (video)
ADS: Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee Regarding the Articles of Impeachment
ADS: Robert Wexler on Hannity & Colmes (video)
TMPCAFE: Addington Side Steps Conyers Question on Illegal Presidential Orders, Activity, War Crimes
Day 16 – 2008-06-25
PRWEB: A War Crimes Trial for Bush Administration? Priceless. Web-series launches “A Throbbing Surge”
CAPITOL-TIMES: Baldwin answers call of conscience, backs impeachment
RC-READER: Impeachment Articles Deserved Coverage
OEN: In Defense of Robert Wexler
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: A Nation “On Track” Toward Derailment
M&C: Activists hope to honour President Bush with sewage plant
ST-PETERSBURG-TIMES: A lone congressman still speaks for the people
CONNIE-TALK: Dennis Kucinich Offers Petition To The Public For Impeaching Bush
LAS-VEGAS-SUN: Bush has flagrantly abused his power
ADS: Six Years Later: Boston Globe Admits It’s Blood for Oil
ADS: Bush impeachment debate focuses on subpoenas (video)
ADS: Wexler, Bowman, and Impeachment
WE-OP-ED: Should Congress Move Forward with Impeachment Investigations?
Day 15 – 2008-06-24
ADS: McClellan Testimony Highlights Bush’s Crimes — It’s Time for Genuine Accountability
SCOOP: Wexler on impeachment
HUFFPO: Lou Dobbs Stomps Out the Smoldering Match
POLITICALFORUM: Just Impeach Him Already
IMPEACHMENT-HEARING-ROOM: Impeach Bush And Cheney Before They Can Strike Again
OEN: A Future without Impeachment Paints a Bleak Picture
TMPCAFE: Congress Must Assert Exclusive Rule Making Power Over DC To Void All Presidential Signing Statements
TMPCAFE: Data Mining SASC25 Aggressive Interrogation Techniques
HUFFPO: Time for a Grand Inquest into Bush’s High Crimes
GLOBAL-RESEARCH: Rogue Nation: Time to change the course of U.S. history
Day 14 – 2008-06-23
ADVOCATE: Big Oil gains
OEN: Growing Right-Wing Chorus Backs Impeachment. When Will Pelosi?
BUZZFLASH: Barbara’s Daily BuzzFlash Minute
OEN: An Historic Moment Gone Unnoticed
ADS: The Battle Of Today Is Not For Today Alone
ADS: HEALTH ADVISORY: Invasion of the Impeachophobes
TMPCAFE: American Citizens Must Confront This President’s Illegal Prosecutions
RAWSTORY: Feingold: ‘Farce’ wiretap deal could be hiding ‘impeachable offense’
OEN: America Is Starting To Resemble Germany Before The Reichstag Fire
CONNIETALK: Dennis Kucinich May Be The Bravest American Of The Month
JEFFERSON-POST: Is the dawn coming?
FLICKR: Let’s purge congress of Bush Democrats
AUSTIN-DWI-LAWYER: I lost my temper today
TMPCAFE: Impeach Obama!
OEN: Some things we can do to help impeachment along
Day 13 – 2008-06-22
THEUNION: The value of the impeachment process
OEN: If The Opposite of Pro Is Con, Then The Opposite of Progress…
BILLINGS-GAZETTE: Impeachment articles exist to be used
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: Why do You think that Impeachment is a No-Go?
FASTCOMPANY: A reply letter to Florida Senator Bill Nelson
GATHER: Wexler to hold Town Hall Meeting
NUKESYLO13: Bush/Cheney in New England: “Arrest On Sight!”
RAWSTORY: McGovern: Iran attack coming soon
Day 12 – 2008-06-21
RAWSTORY: Dem Rep. calls for impeachment at McClellan testimony (video)
BUSINESS-AND-MEDIA: Lou Dobbs: Bush Should Be Impeached for Salmonella Outbreak
ADS: Lou Dobbs finds his reason to impeach Bush… food safety (video)
ADS: Major General Taguba’s Comments Add Weight to Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment
ADS: White House Refuses Another Subpoena
ADS: At Congressional Hearing, Conyers Talks About ‘Impeachable Offense’
SCOOP: Kucinich: Impeachment Not “Off the Table”
THE-FREE-PRESS: Support Dennis Kucinich
OEN: Impeach, Convict, Imprison, Sue
Day 11 – 2008-06-20
ADS: McClellan and Impeachment (video)
SELF-RELIANCE: Dianne Feinstein’s Answer to Impeachment
LANCASTER-EAGLE-GAZETTE: Ohioan, patriot delivers articles of impeachment
EVERYTHING-JERSEY: Open impeachment hearings
OREGONIAN: A vote for impeachment
SALEM-NEWS: Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment: A Three-Part Guide
CBSNEWS: McClellan: “White House Has Chosen To Conceal” Plame Details
ALTERNET: Scott McClellan Lays out a Damning Case Against Bush’s White House (video)
THE-REAL-NEWS: McClellan, impeachment and Congress (video)
Day 10 – 2008-06-19
WAPO: Kucinich Vows More Impeachment Articles On the Way (video)
TIMESARGUS: Push Congress on impeachment
CONSORTIUM: Bomb Iran? What’s to Stop Us?
THINKPROGRESS: Taguba: “The current administration has committed war crimes” and needs to “be held to account.’
TIMES-HERALD: Where’s impeachment news?
OEN: We the People on the eve of Countdown to impeachment
TIMES-STANDARD: Impeachment is still on the table
NEWS-LEADER: Bush has bent American system
GJ-FREE-PRESS: Where are the Democrats?
ARGUS-LEADER: Discover truth about Bush
SMIRKINGCHIMP: What Does Treason Have to do with Impeachment?
ADS: Cheney Linked To Torture Tactics
OEN: Force Impeachment – Hit The Streets
GLOBALRESEARCH: Kucinich threatens 60 impeachment articles if Judiciary doesn”t act
YOUR-THREE-CENTS: Kucinich to call for 60 ARTICLES of Impeachment
OEN: Congress Worse Than Bush & Company
INTERNATIONAL-NEWS: Movement is underway to impeach US President George W. Bush
Day 9 – 2008-06-18
OEN: Support Rep. Kucinich’s and the Articles of Impeachment Against George Bush
BLACKAGENDAREPORT: Cynthia McKinney’s Call to Action in Support of Dennis Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment Against Bush
BLACKAGENDAREPORT: Freedom Rider: 35 Crimes
ATLANTICFREEPRESS: When is doing the right thing ” the wrong thing?
RAWSTORY: Kucinich threatens 60 impeachment articles if Judiciary doesn”t act
ADS: Bush”s High Crimes and Misdemeanors
ADS: General Accuses WH of War Crimes
BANGKOKPOST: Whither American accountability? Go after Bush Jr.
Day 8 – 2008-06-17
ADS: Brattleboro Reformer Editorializes for Impeachment
ADS: McKinney Says People Must ‘Flip the Script” Again, Urges Mass Mobilization Supporting Impeachment
HERALDBULLETIN: Never too late to impeach
VENTURACOUNTYSTAR: Impeach Bush, Cheney
ADS: Impeachment on MTV
ADS: Bush Greeted With Cries for Impeachment in Rome, Italy
CONSORTIUMNEWS: Kucinich Comments on Impeachment
OEN: I Thought We Didn’t Negotiate With Terrorists
TMPCAFE: A Question to Democrats: If Not Now, When?
Day 7 – 2008-06-16
ADS: Ducking Impeachment in Congress and the Newsroom
ADS: Philadelphia Inquirer Editorializes on Impeachment
ADS: Wiretapping: Impeachment Not Immunity
ADS: Audio of Questioning of Senator Byron Dorgan About Impeachment (audio)
COURANT: Courant Quiet On Impeachment
ADS: PLEASE SUPPORT CONGRESSMEN ROBERT WEXLER and DENNIS KUCINICH
ADS: Impeachment vs. ‘get out of jail free’ card for Bush, Cheney
ADS: LAW SCHOOL TO ORGANIZE BUSH WAR CRIMES TRIAL
STATESMANJOURNAL: The case for impeaching President Bush
Day 6 – 2008-06-15
ADS: Is Fascism an Impeachable Offense?
ADS: It’s Just Plame Impeachable
METROWEST: Greene: Clear reasons for impeachment
OEN: You Can’t Take a Poll to Decide if the Law Should Be Enforced
AZSTARNET: In support of the call for impeachment
GATHER: To Impeach or Not to Impeach, That is the Question
Day 5 – 2008-06-14
WSWS: Kucinich, the Democrats and the impeachment of Bush
JAVNO: NO INVESTIGATION: Kucinich Impeachment Proposal Refused Due To Fear
IPP: Cindy Sheehan criticizes Pelosi for not supporting impeachment
OEN: Questions for Obama: WHERE do you stand on IMPEACHMENT? Is it “Off the Table” for YOU too?
OEN: POLL: Is the news media doing it’s job?
OEN: Please write to Gwen Ifill: 35 Articles of Impeachment Censored
PEOPLES VOICE: ‘George W. Bush has gotten away with murder’
ADS: Cindy Sheehan: Why Not, Nancy?
ADS: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler takes issue with editorial on impeachment
CONCORD MONITOR: Impeach Bush
OEN: Followup Letter to Congress: Impeach
35 Reasons to Call (202) 225-5126
TMPCAFE: Your DA, State AG Must Prosecute This Sitting President
TMPCAFE: President Must Be Prosecuted For Directing Illegal FBI Information Warfare For Political Objectives
CELEBRITYSATIRE: Congress Responds to Kucinich Impeachment Bill (satire)
Day 4 – 2008-06-13
PROGRESSIVE: It’s Conyers’s Time to Act on Impeachment
DEMOCRACY NOW: Despite Opposition from His Own Party, Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich Vows to Continue Impeachment Effort Against Bush (video/audio)
ADS: Veterans For Peace deliver 23,000 impeachment petitions to House Judiciary Chair Conyers
ADS: Bush Tried to Destroy Medicare
PACKET: Bush actions merit impeachment
SPOKESMAN REVIEW: Why no coverage of impeachment debate?
DESERT SUN: The Bush administration: Is impeachment coming?
BUZZFLASH: Dennis Kucinich Says He’s Not Giving Up on Impeachment: Morality and the Law Require It.
VENTURA COUNTY STAR: Your letters: Time to Impeach
NEWS MINER: Impeachment is Extremely Significant
ONLINE JOURNAL: Kucinich vows new round of impeachment articles against Bush if measure dies
ONLINE JOURNAL: The blogs are alive with the sound of Impeachment!
TPMCAFE: House Must Preemptively Impeach Bush On Iran
DKOS: Instructions: How to make an Impeachment Pie
DKOS: Bush Impeachment Polls
TPMCAFE: Evidence Showing Pelosi Must Recuse Herself On Impeachment
DKOS: Rebutting propaganda @ Dennis’s Articles of Impeachment
Day 3 – 2008-06-12
STARTRIBUNE: Animals aloft are a sign that impeachment might fly
RAWSTORY: O’Reilly, Kucinich spar over impeachment, unite on gas prices (video)
ADS: Dennis Kucinich on the Urban Journal (audio)
ADS: Obama Must Learn From Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment: Election Theft is Real
RAWSTORY: Cafferty: Why won’t Congress consider impeachment? (video)
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Cosponsors Wanted!
ALTERNET: Kucinich’s Mammoth Case for Impeaching Bush
DETROIT FREE PRESS: President’s misdeeds go on record
OEN: Has Kucinich Exposed the Dems Complicity?
TPMCAFE: President Must Be Impeached to Forever Deny Him Any Pardons
DKOS: The 35 Articles of Impeachment
SENTINAL: Why Impeachment Is Good Electoral Strategy
DKOS: TELL PELOSI: Bush impeachment polls as high as Nixon when he resigned
Day 2 – 2008-06-11
WAPO: Kucinich Vows to Keep Up Impeachment Fight
CNN: Kucinich effort to impeach Bush kicked into limbo
RAWSTORY: Kucinich: Judiciary Committee must begin review of impeachment articles
ADS: Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) Supports Effort to Impeach President Bush
BLOG: Americans Want Bush Impeached Far More Than They Ever Supported Clinton Impeachment
TRUTHDIG: Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: PETITION: Put Kucinich on Meet the Press
TMPCAFE: Speaker Must Be Removed For Her Illegal Position on Impeachment Investigation
DKOS: My letter to Conyers addressing his “5 points against impeachment” – and how you can help
Day 1 – 2008-06-10
COUNTDOWN: Olbermann on ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT (video)
DKOS: I believe we should let George Bush get away with breaking the law because…
RAWSTORY: Mainstream media yawns as Kucinich offers impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment: Where Olbermann, Turley, and Fineman Are Wrong
DEMOCRATS.COM: Full Text of Articles of Impeachment
DKOS: Wexler Co-Sponsors First Bush Articles of Impeachment
DKOS: The Purpose of Impeachment
DKOS: Why there is time and reason for impeachment of Bush
DKOS: Daily Kos
Poll: When will corporate media cover the impeachment hearings?
DKOS: Five reasons Impeachment is never too late
Day 0 – 2008-06-09
RAWSTORY: Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles (video)
Pre-Impeachment
ALTERNET: Colbert says Impeach Bush now or you’re a bunch of pussies… (video)
MSNBC: Poll: Do you believe President Bush’s actions justify impeachment? – 89% YES, 700,218 votes
RAWSTORY: Murtha revises: Impeachment is ‘on the table’
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (video)
ALTERNET: George McGovern Calls for Bush and Cheney’s Impeachment
ALTERNET: Olbermann & Maddow: Why Are Democrats Afraid to Impeach Cheney? (video)
ALTERNET: Obama and Clinton believe accountability is “off the table.”
ADS: If the People Want Impeachment, Why Can’t it Happen?
TIMESNEWS: The President “serves at our pleasure” and I’m not pleased
DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND: International Justice: The World Has its Eye on George W. Bush
PBS: Moyers: Tough Talk on Impeachment (video)
How to Help
We need to put serious pressure on Conyers, Pelosi and the rest of the House Judiciary. FAX them. A fax, unlike a voicemail or an email, is a physical piece of paper that CANNOT BE IGNORED or easily deleted. Use FaxZero to send 2 free faxes everyday. [h/t Randgrithr]
Nancy Pelosi: 202-225-4188
Harry Reid: 202-224-7327
Jerrold Nadler: 202-225-6923
John Conyers: 202-225-0072
Sending them the List of the Articles of Impeachment might not be a bad idea. Maybe they just haven’t had a chance to read the list yet. Or maybe they’d like the complete text.
Other Ways to Help
- Write a letter to your local newspaper in suppport of Impeachment.
- Write a letter to your Congressman supporting impeachment.
- Post stories about Impeachment on your blog and other political websites.
- Wear Orange Every Friday! (and ask your friends and family to wear orange)
- Sign the Petition To Impeach Bush
- OEN: Some things we can do to help impeachment along
- ADS: Some Ways You Can Help Impeach Bush
Don’t let the talk of Impeachment die. Dennis will re-introduce in less than 10 days. It’s up to us, the independent bloggers of the internet to keep this story going. The RULE OF LAW demands that we Impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the high crimes and misdemeanors they have committed against the people of this country and the world. We are the media now. Stand up and help Rep. Kucinich. Keep this story alive!
A future without impeachment paints a frighteningly bleak picture, a picture that at this point many of us can see but too few of us are acting to prevent. If ever there was a time to act, now is that time. Congressman Kucinich has promised to re-introduce the 35 Articles of Impeachment against Bush within 30 days of the first introduction if the judiciary committee does not act. That’s just a few short weeks from now. It’s time, right now, to promote the necessity of impeachment as widely as possible. It is imperative that the Bush regime be driven from office and held accountable for its many crimes – it’s time to act now.
At this point the future in unwritten; which one we get is up to us.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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