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ImpeachmentWatch Day 51 (2008-07-30)
Posted on July 30, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
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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 51 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
Impeach Bush crowd dogs Pelosi’s book tour
LATIMES: In pushing the book, Pelosi will run a gauntlet of outraged voters who want to know why she will not allow impeachment proceedings against President Bush. A progressive blog called democrats.com is daring readers to ask her why she won’t Impeach Bush for his numerous crimes, while she’s out on book tour.
Giving readers a list of the speaker’s book tour appearances, democrats.com is urging progressive citizens and journalists to pin her down on why she thinks none of the 35 articles of impeachment offered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) constitute a crime.
Democrats.com is holding a citizen journalism contest. The reward: up to $1,000. The task: get Pelosi to give “a direct and substantive answer to this question” and record it on video or audio tape for playback on democrats.com.”
Nancy Pelosi is now on a national book tour to promote her book “Know your Power: A message to America’s Daughters”. Will protesters follow her everywhere? Will they inform her of her power duty to defend the constution against all enemies — foreign and domestic?
The Time to Act is NOW! — IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY! — UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
Demand that Congress uphold their oath of office! — There is hope for America yet!
Cindy Sheehan for Congress! — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydram :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 51 (2008-07-30)
Impeachment Video of the Day
CALL SPEAKER PELOSI TODAY: NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT IMPEACHMENT BACK ON THE TABLE
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable would make the Republicans want to illegitimately impeach a future Democratic President, and the warfare between the parties would never end.
Pelosi Says She Would Impeach Bush If Somebody Knew of a Crime Bush had Committed
PELOSI: Well, I think that it- I think it was important- When I became speaker- and by the way, a very important position, president, vice president, speaker of the House- I saw it as my responsibility to try to bring a much divided country together to the extent that we could. I thought that impeachment would be divisive for the country. In terms of what we wanted to set out to do, we wanted to raise the minimum wage, give the biggest increase in veterans benefits to veterans in 77 year history, the veteran- pass research in stem cell- the stem cell research, all of that. This week we’re going to pass equal pay for equal work. It has been a long time in coming [applause], pay equity. We’re going to pass legislation for product safety, for toys that children put in them. There’s an agenda that you have to get done, that you have to try to do it in a bipartisan way. The president has to sign it. If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.
Last Friday one of two things indisputably happened. Either a dozen senior Congress members and several well-known expert witnesses went certifiably and collectively insane, or charges of the most extreme executive abuses of power ever heard in the history of this nation were backed up by overwhelming evidence during a six-hour hearing of the House Judiciary Committee focused on the possible need to impeach the President and the Vice President. Either way, a nation with a public communications system worthy of a democracy would have learned the news.
What we actually have in this country is a news media conglomerate that functions as a part of the executive branch of the federal government. Call it the United States Department of Media. But “branch” is not the right word, since the executive branch is all that remains of our government (aside from whatever Dick Cheney is). The legislative and judicial branches have been eliminated. Or, rather, they are constantly and effectively being shut out of the government, in no small part by the Media Department. But “department,” too, is not the right word if one imagines any degree of independent decision making. None of the so-called departments and agencies in the executive government are any longer empowered to make significant decisions independent of the president (and whatever Dick Cheney is). And the Media Department is no exception.
One project of the U.S. Department of Media is the Cover Nothing Network (CNN) on which associate deputy undersecretaries of Media Campbell Brown and Erica Hill reported on Friday that there is not enough time for impeachment and that if the Democrats led the way to impeachment voters would punish them, and that therefore the hearing was a waste of money that could have been better spent publicizing the president kissing babies. I’m not making any of this up.
Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace: “Now, Congressmen, it is your time, and I hear there is not enough time! Now is your time, and I hear it will not be good for one party or the other party! Now is your time, and I hear there is not enough political will around you! When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, or how much time there was, or about any parties’ political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time to standup. Einstein said – ‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.’“
The Declaration of Independence instructs that all just powers of government derive from the consent of the governed. And the core principle of self-government is that the people must know what their government is doing and why intelligently adapt, shape, and direct their political loyalties or energies. James Madison, father of the Constitution, lectured that a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. Democracy resting on popular or congressional ignorance is a farce. In addition, sunshine is the best disinfectant. The executive branch will be deterred from lawlessness, folly, or maladministration by the knowledge that its actions will be made known to the public or Congress in a timely fashion. The executive branch ceased authorizing torture once knowledge of the practice by the United States in the war against international terrorism entered the public domain. A strong presumption favoring transparency in the executive branch is a constitutional imperative.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
“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 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.
H.RES.333 – Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. [2007-04-24]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (27): Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2], Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3], Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1], Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11], Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1], Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9], Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7], Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5], Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17], Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51], Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7], Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18], Rep Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [GA-4], Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9], Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7], Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4], Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8], Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10], Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9], Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10], Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35], Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33], Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6], Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4]
Complete Text – Complete Video
H.RES.1258 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (35 Articles) [2008-06-09]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (7): 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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
Complete Text – Complete Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
H.RES.1345 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (1 Article) [2008-07-10]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (2): Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Complete Text – Complete Video
videos thanks to cspanjunkie.org
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
ABCNEWS: 0
CBSNEWS: 0
FOXNEWS: 1
FOXNEWS: Dems Weigh Punishments for Bush White House Officials for Alleged Misdeeds
MSNBC: 0
CNN: 0
AP: 0
REUTERS: 0
Google News: 0, Impeachment: 5,804 – (590) – (3)
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 51 – 2008-07-30
LATIMES: Impeach Bush crowd dogs Pelosi’s book tour
FOXNEWS: Dems Weigh Punishments for Bush White House Officials for Alleged Misdeeds
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: The non-impeachment of George W. Bush
DETROIT-METRO-TIMES: Impeachment lite
BOSTON.COM: Holding executive branch accountable
INDYBAY: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Defends Her Opposition to Impeachment
KANSAS-CITY-INFOZINE: Pelosi Claims No Bush Crime, No Cause for Impeachment
OEN: Friday’s House Judiciary Hearing on Impeachment: A Victory and a Challenge
IPA: Pelosi Claims No Bush Crime, No Cause for Impeachment
BLACK-AGENDA-REPORT: Freedom Rider: Obama Pardons Bush
OEN: Pelosi Tells The Nation Magazine Why She Won’t Impeach
RAWSTORY: Judiciary Committee approves resolution holding Rove in contempt of Congress
TPMCAFE: Your Bank Helped President Violate FISA
ADS: Should Conyers Impeach or Write Another Book About Bush’s Crimes?
ADS: $1,000 to Ask Pelosi a Question: She’s Coming to a Town Near You
ADS: I Have Contempt for Contempt
ADS: Pelosi v. Fein (video)
ADS: Kucinich Shows Pelosi the Evidence of Bush’s Crimes: Your Move, Nancy!
ADS: Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
ADS: America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran
ADS: Declare the War Over
Day 50 – 2008-07-29
NRO: Impeachment Petition Deadline Midnight Wednesday
OEN: The People, the Press, & the Case for Impeachment
BRADBLOG: Impeachment Hearing: Bush Dead-Enders Make One Last Stand
CONCORD-MONITOR: Impeachment, now
NEWS-TALK-1310: Groups to gather to call for impeachment
BUZZ-FLASH: Why couldn’t Jon Stewart say the ‘I’ word to Speaker Nancy Pelosi?
NOLANCHART: Book Synopsis: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent Bugliosi
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Step 2
DEMOCRATS.COM: Citizen Journalism Contest: Ask Pelosi ‘What is an Impeachable Crime?’
DEMOCRATS.COM: Pelosi Would Impeach Bush If She Had “The Goods”
ADS: Pelosi Says She Would Impeach Bush If Somebody Knew of a Crime He’d Committed
ADS: Milwaukee Pushes for Impeachment (audio)
ADS: Testimony of Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson
ADS: The Origins and Scope of Presidential Impeachment
ADS: Elliott Adams Speaks for Impeachment, Congress Members Scared to Ask Him a Single Followup Question (video)
ADS: EPA tells its staff: Don’t answer watchdogs’ queries
RAWSTORY: Sen. Stevens indicted: 7 false statements counts
RAWSTORY: Nader: Obama supporters are in ‘political slavery’
Day 49 – 2008-07-28
ABCNEWS: Two former Bush Economic Advisers Now Advising Obama
TPMCAFE: Rove Confronted With Second Attempted Citizen’s Arrest
HUFFPO: How to Perform a Citizen’s Arrest of A Bush Administration Official
DEMOCRACY-NOW: House Judiciary Committee Hold Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment
OEN: CNN Anchor Erica Hill Slams Impeachment As Kabuki Theatre. FIRE HER!! (video)
PACIFIC-FP: What Does it Take to Get a Guy Outta Here?!
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
OEN: Impeachment blockading excuse: Fear ye, fear ye the terrorists!
CAPITOL-TIMES: Impeachment town meeting in Madison Monday night
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr scolds Congress on FISA
OEN: NEW ORLEANS 3rd anniv. of Katrina IMPEACH NOW protest?
GLOBAL-RESEARCH: The Bush Administration’s Secret Biowarfare Agenda
DEMOCRATS.COM: Primary Challenge Scares Nadler into Considering Impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Radio: David Swanson Interviews (audio)
ADS: The U.S. Department of Media
ADS: Omnipresent Military
ADS: More MSM Malfeasance — The Conyers Hearing And Tom Brokaw’s So-Called “Interview” Of Obama
ADS: New Zealand Students Offer New Bounty For Arrest of Condoleezza Rice For War Crimes
ADS: The Military-Industrial Complex: It’s Much Later Than You Think
TPMCAFE: Congressman King Attracts Attention To Lack of Imminent Threat
RAWSTORY: Conyers mulling perjury charges for Gonzales
Day 48 – 2008-07-27
ADS: We’ve Opened the Door, How Do We Keep It Open?
OEN: Let’s See How Our “Free Press” Covers Impeachment
OEN: Notes from the Non-Impeachment Hearings
HUFFPO: A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval
COMMON-DREAMS: House Democrats Bash Bush Over Abuse of Executive Power
COMMON-DREAMS: Impeachment Hearings Are the Appropriate and Necessary Next Step
COMMON-DREAMS: The Parade of ‘Shrill, Unserious Extremists’ on Display at Today’s Impeachment Hearings
Day 47 – 2008-07-26
AP: Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum
LA-TIMES: Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
CBSNEWS: House Committee Hears The “I-Word”
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
XINHUA: U.S. House holds hearing to criticize President Bush
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: Ex-SLC mayor to Congress: Impeach Bush
FREEP: Conyers’ hearing impugns but does not impeach Bush
THE-NATION: House Committee Considers the “I” Word
PRESS-TV: Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
PRESS-TV: Sheehan: US leaders abuse executive powers
JURIST: US House committee investigates Bush ‘expansion’ of constitutional powers
OEN: Who do you believe gave the most valuable testimony at the “impeachment” hearing today?
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr, Fein speaking in House today on impeachment
IPA: Impeachment on the Table?
VOANEWS: US Congressional Panel Hears Testimony on Case for Bush Impeachment
ADS: Freeway Blog Now!
ADS: Hearing on Impeachment Videos (video)
ADS: Real News (video)
ADS: Olbermann (video)
ADS: Bugliosi (video)
ADS: Cohen, Holtzman, Fein (video)
ADS: Wexler Wants Real Impeachment Hearing Now
ADS: Impeachment Press Conference (video)
ADS: Kucinich Testifies on Abuses of Executive Power
RAWSTORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing packed to capacity
Day 46 – 2008-07-25
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FREEP: Committee hearing will discuss presidential limits
THE-HILL: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment hearings underway now
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
CLEVELAND-PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich at House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s ‘imperial presidency”
DETROIT-NEWS: Michigan congressman opens critical Bush hearing
CQ-POLITICS: Kucinich Again Calls For Impeachment of Bush
THE-NATION: An Opening for the Constitution
RAW-STORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
INDYBAY: 9am EDT – Friday – Live Broadcast – House Pre-Hearing on Impeachment – ON NO LIES RADIO
OEN: POLL: Should John Conyers Hold An Impeachment Hearing in August?
EXAMINER: House Committee considers impeachment today
OEN: POLL: Can The Bush Family Wealth Be Seized Under The Trading With the Enemies Act?
RAW-STORY: Conyers: Judiciary Committee not holding ‘impeachment hearings’
TPMCAFE: War Crimes Prosecutors Reviewing 9-11 As Pretext For Geneva Violations
TPMCAFE: Rove’s Incomplete Denials To House Judiciary
ADS: Live Blogging Hearing on Impeachment (Not Yet Impeachment Hearing)
ADS: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations (video)
ADS: Tammy Baldwin Says Bush and Cheney Should Be Impeached
ADS: Robert Wexler Demands Impeachment Hearings Now
ADS: Campaigners push for Bush impeachment
ADS: Cynthia Papermaster for Impeachment (video)
ADS: Hear This Barack – NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We’ve Had Enough!
ADS: Cindy Sheehan on Impeachment (video)
ADS: Bruce Fein on Impeachment (video)
ADS: David Swanson on Impeachment (video)
Day 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
ImpeachmentWatch Archives: 1-17 – 18-28 – 29-36
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
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (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
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
Nancy Pelosi’s Table – Youtube – VodPod – Digg – MyBlogLog – FriendFeed – Scribd – ImpeachmentWatch Mobile – Technorati
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She will win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 50 (2008-07-29)
Posted on July 29, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
syndicated at impeachmentwatch.wordpress.com
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 50 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
Pelosi Says She Would Impeach Bush If Somebody Knew of a Crime Bush had Committed
PELOSI: Well, I think that it- I think it was important- When I became speaker- and by the way, a very important position, president, vice president, speaker of the House- I saw it as my responsibility to try to bring a much divided country together to the extent that we could. I thought that impeachment would be divisive for the country. In terms of what we wanted to set out to do, we wanted to raise the minimum wage, give the biggest increase in veterans benefits to veterans in 77 year history, the veteran- pass research in stem cell- the stem cell research, all of that. This week we’re going to pass equal pay for equal work. It has been a long time in coming [applause], pay equity. We’re going to pass legislation for product safety, for toys that children put in them. There’s an agenda that you have to get done, that you have to try to do it in a bipartisan way. The president has to sign it. If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.
Nancy Pelosi is now on a national book tour to promote her book “Know your Power: A message to America’s Daughters”. Will protesters follow her everywhere? Will they inform her of her power duty to defend the constution against all enemies — foreign and domestic?
The Time to Act is NOW! — IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY! — UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
Demand that Congress uphold their oath of office! — There is hope for America yet!
Cindy Sheehan for Congress! — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 50 (2008-07-29)
Impeachment Video of the Day
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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 because the attempt to hold him accountable would make the Republicans want to illegitimately impeach a future Democratic President, and the warfare between the parties would never end.
Last Friday one of two things indisputably happened. Either a dozen senior Congress members and several well-known expert witnesses went certifiably and collectively insane, or charges of the most extreme executive abuses of power ever heard in the history of this nation were backed up by overwhelming evidence during a six-hour hearing of the House Judiciary Committee focused on the possible need to impeach the President and the Vice President. Either way, a nation with a public communications system worthy of a democracy would have learned the news.
What we actually have in this country is a news media conglomerate that functions as a part of the executive branch of the federal government. Call it the United States Department of Media. But “branch” is not the right word, since the executive branch is all that remains of our government (aside from whatever Dick Cheney is). The legislative and judicial branches have been eliminated. Or, rather, they are constantly and effectively being shut out of the government, in no small part by the Media Department. But “department,” too, is not the right word if one imagines any degree of independent decision making. None of the so-called departments and agencies in the executive government are any longer empowered to make significant decisions independent of the president (and whatever Dick Cheney is). And the Media Department is no exception.
One project of the U.S. Department of Media is the Cover Nothing Network (CNN) on which associate deputy undersecretaries of Media Campbell Brown and Erica Hill reported on Friday that there is not enough time for impeachment and that if the Democrats led the way to impeachment voters would punish them, and that therefore the hearing was a waste of money that could have been better spent publicizing the president kissing babies. I’m not making any of this up.
Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace: “Now, Congressmen, it is your time, and I hear there is not enough time! Now is your time, and I hear it will not be good for one party or the other party! Now is your time, and I hear there is not enough political will around you! When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, or how much time there was, or about any parties’ political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time to standup. Einstein said – ‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.’“
The Declaration of Independence instructs that all just powers of government derive from the consent of the governed. And the core principle of self-government is that the people must know what their government is doing and why intelligently adapt, shape, and direct their political loyalties or energies. James Madison, father of the Constitution, lectured that a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. Democracy resting on popular or congressional ignorance is a farce. In addition, sunshine is the best disinfectant. The executive branch will be deterred from lawlessness, folly, or maladministration by the knowledge that its actions will be made known to the public or Congress in a timely fashion. The executive branch ceased authorizing torture once knowledge of the practice by the United States in the war against international terrorism entered the public domain. A strong presumption favoring transparency in the executive branch is a constitutional imperative.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
“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 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.
H.RES.333 – Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. [2007-04-24]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (27): Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2], Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3], Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1], Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11], Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1], Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9], Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7], Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5], Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17], Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51], Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7], Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18], Rep Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [GA-4], Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9], Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7], Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4], Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8], Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10], Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9], Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10], Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35], Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33], Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6], Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4]
Complete Text – Complete Video
H.RES.1258 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (35 Articles) [2008-06-09]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (7): 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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
Complete Text – Complete Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
H.RES.1345 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (1 Article) [2008-07-10]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (2): Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Complete Text – Complete Video
videos thanks to cspanjunkie.org
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
ABCNEWS: 0
CBSNEWS: 0
FOXNEWS: 0
MSNBC: 0
CNN: 0
AP: 0
REUTERS: 0
Google News: 0, Impeachment: 5,870 – (515)
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 50 – 2008-07-29
NRO: Impeachment Petition Deadline Midnight Wednesday
OEN: The People, the Press, & the Case for Impeachment
BRADBLOG: Impeachment Hearing: Bush Dead-Enders Make One Last Stand
CONCORD-MONITOR: Impeachment, now
NEWS-TALK-1310: Groups to gather to call for impeachment
BUZZ-FLASH: Why couldn’t Jon Stewart say the ‘I’ word to Speaker Nancy Pelosi?
NOLANCHART: Book Synopsis: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent Bugliosi
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Step 2
DEMOCRATS.COM: Citizen Journalism Contest: Ask Pelosi ‘What is an Impeachable Crime?’
DEMOCRATS.COM: Pelosi Would Impeach Bush If She Had “The Goods”
ADS: Pelosi Says She Would Impeach Bush If Somebody Knew of a Crime He’d Committed
ADS: Milwaukee Pushes for Impeachment (audio)
ADS: Testimony of Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson
ADS: The Origins and Scope of Presidential Impeachment
ADS: Elliott Adams Speaks for Impeachment, Congress Members Scared to Ask Him a Single Followup Question (video)
ADS: EPA tells its staff: Don’t answer watchdogs’ queries
RAWSTORY: Sen. Stevens indicted: 7 false statements counts
RAWSTORY: Nader: Obama supporters are in ‘political slavery’
Day 49 – 2008-07-28
ABCNEWS: Two former Bush Economic Advisers Now Advising Obama
TPMCAFE: Rove Confronted With Second Attempted Citizen’s Arrest
HUFFPO: How to Perform a Citizen’s Arrest of A Bush Administration Official
DEMOCRACY-NOW: House Judiciary Committee Hold Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment
OEN: CNN Anchor Erica Hill Slams Impeachment As Kabuki Theatre. FIRE HER!! (video)
PACIFIC-FP: What Does it Take to Get a Guy Outta Here?!
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
OEN: Impeachment blockading excuse: Fear ye, fear ye the terrorists!
CAPITOL-TIMES: Impeachment town meeting in Madison Monday night
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr scolds Congress on FISA
OEN: NEW ORLEANS 3rd anniv. of Katrina IMPEACH NOW protest?
GLOBAL-RESEARCH: The Bush Administration’s Secret Biowarfare Agenda
DEMOCRATS.COM: Primary Challenge Scares Nadler into Considering Impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Radio: David Swanson Interviews (audio)
ADS: The U.S. Department of Media
ADS: Omnipresent Military
ADS: More MSM Malfeasance — The Conyers Hearing And Tom Brokaw’s So-Called “Interview” Of Obama
ADS: New Zealand Students Offer New Bounty For Arrest of Condoleezza Rice For War Crimes
ADS: The Military-Industrial Complex: It’s Much Later Than You Think
TPMCAFE: Congressman King Attracts Attention To Lack of Imminent Threat
RAWSTORY: Conyers mulling perjury charges for Gonzales
Day 48 – 2008-07-27
ADS: We’ve Opened the Door, How Do We Keep It Open?
OEN: Let’s See How Our “Free Press” Covers Impeachment
OEN: Notes from the Non-Impeachment Hearings
HUFFPO: A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval
COMMON-DREAMS: House Democrats Bash Bush Over Abuse of Executive Power
COMMON-DREAMS: Impeachment Hearings Are the Appropriate and Necessary Next Step
COMMON-DREAMS: The Parade of ‘Shrill, Unserious Extremists’ on Display at Today’s Impeachment Hearings
Day 47 – 2008-07-26
AP: Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum
LA-TIMES: Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
CBSNEWS: House Committee Hears The “I-Word”
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
XINHUA: U.S. House holds hearing to criticize President Bush
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: Ex-SLC mayor to Congress: Impeach Bush
FREEP: Conyers’ hearing impugns but does not impeach Bush
THE-NATION: House Committee Considers the “I” Word
PRESS-TV: Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
PRESS-TV: Sheehan: US leaders abuse executive powers
JURIST: US House committee investigates Bush ‘expansion’ of constitutional powers
OEN: Who do you believe gave the most valuable testimony at the “impeachment” hearing today?
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr, Fein speaking in House today on impeachment
IPA: Impeachment on the Table?
VOANEWS: US Congressional Panel Hears Testimony on Case for Bush Impeachment
ADS: Freeway Blog Now!
ADS: Hearing on Impeachment Videos (video)
ADS: Real News (video)
ADS: Olbermann (video)
ADS: Bugliosi (video)
ADS: Cohen, Holtzman, Fein (video)
ADS: Wexler Wants Real Impeachment Hearing Now
ADS: Impeachment Press Conference (video)
ADS: Kucinich Testifies on Abuses of Executive Power
RAWSTORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing packed to capacity
Day 46 – 2008-07-25
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FREEP: Committee hearing will discuss presidential limits
THE-HILL: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment hearings underway now
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
CLEVELAND-PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich at House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s ‘imperial presidency”
DETROIT-NEWS: Michigan congressman opens critical Bush hearing
CQ-POLITICS: Kucinich Again Calls For Impeachment of Bush
THE-NATION: An Opening for the Constitution
RAW-STORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
INDYBAY: 9am EDT – Friday – Live Broadcast – House Pre-Hearing on Impeachment – ON NO LIES RADIO
OEN: POLL: Should John Conyers Hold An Impeachment Hearing in August?
EXAMINER: House Committee considers impeachment today
OEN: POLL: Can The Bush Family Wealth Be Seized Under The Trading With the Enemies Act?
RAW-STORY: Conyers: Judiciary Committee not holding ‘impeachment hearings’
TPMCAFE: War Crimes Prosecutors Reviewing 9-11 As Pretext For Geneva Violations
TPMCAFE: Rove’s Incomplete Denials To House Judiciary
ADS: Live Blogging Hearing on Impeachment (Not Yet Impeachment Hearing)
ADS: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations (video)
ADS: Tammy Baldwin Says Bush and Cheney Should Be Impeached
ADS: Robert Wexler Demands Impeachment Hearings Now
ADS: Campaigners push for Bush impeachment
ADS: Cynthia Papermaster for Impeachment (video)
ADS: Hear This Barack – NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We’ve Had Enough!
ADS: Cindy Sheehan on Impeachment (video)
ADS: Bruce Fein on Impeachment (video)
ADS: David Swanson on Impeachment (video)
Day 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
ImpeachmentWatch Archives: 1-17 – 18-28 – 29-36
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
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (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
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
Nancy Pelosi’s Table – Youtube – VodPod – Digg – MyBlogLog – FriendFeed – Scribd – ImpeachmentWatch Mobile – Technorati
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She will win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 49 (2008-07-28)
Posted on July 28, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 49 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
Last Friday one of two things indisputably happened. Either a dozen senior Congress members and several well-known expert witnesses went certifiably and collectively insane, or charges of the most extreme executive abuses of power ever heard in the history of this nation were backed up by overwhelming evidence during a six-hour hearing of the House Judiciary Committee focused on the possible need to impeach the President and the Vice President. Either way, a nation with a public communications system worthy of a democracy would have learned the news.
What we actually have in this country is a news media conglomerate that functions as a part of the executive branch of the federal government. Call it the United States Department of Media. But “branch” is not the right word, since the executive branch is all that remains of our government (aside from whatever Dick Cheney is). The legislative and judicial branches have been eliminated. Or, rather, they are constantly and effectively being shut out of the government, in no small part by the Media Department. But “department,” too, is not the right word if one imagines any degree of independent decision making. None of the so-called departments and agencies in the executive government are any longer empowered to make significant decisions independent of the president (and whatever Dick Cheney is). And the Media Department is no exception.
One project of the U.S. Department of Media is the Cover Nothing Network (CNN) on which associate deputy undersecretaries of Media Campbell Brown and Erica Hill reported on Friday that there is not enough time for impeachment and that if the Democrats led the way to impeachment voters would punish them, and that therefore the hearing was a waste of money that could have been better spent publicizing the president kissing babies. I’m not making any of this up.
The Time to Act is NOW! — IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY! — UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
Demand that Congress uphold their oath of office! — There is hope for America yet!
Cindy Sheehan for Congress! — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 49 (2008-07-28)
Impeachment Video of the Day
Vincent Bugliosi: Impeach Bush Hearing (7-25-08)
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable would make the Republicans want to illegitimately impeach a future Democratic President, and the warfare between the parties would never end.
Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace: “Now, Congressmen, it is your time, and I hear there is not enough time! Now is your time, and I hear it will not be good for one party or the other party! Now is your time, and I hear there is not enough political will around you! When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, or how much time there was, or about any parties’ political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time to standup. Einstein said – ‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.’“
The Declaration of Independence instructs that all just powers of government derive from the consent of the governed. And the core principle of self-government is that the people must know what their government is doing and why intelligently adapt, shape, and direct their political loyalties or energies. James Madison, father of the Constitution, lectured that a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. Democracy resting on popular or congressional ignorance is a farce. In addition, sunshine is the best disinfectant. The executive branch will be deterred from lawlessness, folly, or maladministration by the knowledge that its actions will be made known to the public or Congress in a timely fashion. The executive branch ceased authorizing torture once knowledge of the practice by the United States in the war against international terrorism entered the public domain. A strong presumption favoring transparency in the executive branch is a constitutional imperative.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
“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 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.
H.RES.333 – Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. [2007-04-24]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (27): Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2], Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3], Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1], Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11], Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1], Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9], Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7], Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5], Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17], Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51], Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7], Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18], Rep Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [GA-4], Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9], Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7], Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4], Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8], Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10], Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9], Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10], Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35], Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33], Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6], Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4]
Complete Text – Complete Video
H.RES.1258 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (35 Articles) [2008-06-09]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (7): 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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
Complete Text – Complete Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
H.RES.1345 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (1 Article) [2008-07-10]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (2): Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Complete Text – Complete Video
videos thanks to cspanjunkie.org
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
ABCNEWS: 0
CBSNEWS: 0
FOXNEWS: 0
MSNBC: 0
CNN: 0
AP: 0
REUTERS: 0
Google News: 0, Impeachment: 5,830 – (462) – (449)
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 49 – 2008-07-28
ABCNEWS: Two former Bush Economic Advisers Now Advising Obama
TPMCAFE: Rove Confronted With Second Attempted Citizen’s Arrest
HUFFPO: How to Perform a Citizen’s Arrest of A Bush Administration Official
DEMOCRACY-NOW: House Judiciary Committee Hold Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment
OEN: CNN Anchor Erica Hill Slams Impeachment As Kabuki Theatre. FIRE HER!! (video)
PACIFIC-FP: What Does it Take to Get a Guy Outta Here?!
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
OEN: Impeachment blockading excuse: Fear ye, fear ye the terrorists!
CAPITOL-TIMES: Impeachment town meeting in Madison Monday night
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr scolds Congress on FISA
OEN: NEW ORLEANS 3rd anniv. of Katrina IMPEACH NOW protest?
GLOBAL-RESEARCH: The Bush Administration’s Secret Biowarfare Agenda
DEMOCRATS.COM: Primary Challenge Scares Nadler into Considering Impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Radio: David Swanson Interviews (audio)
ADS: The U.S. Department of Media
ADS: Omnipresent Military
ADS: More MSM Malfeasance — The Conyers Hearing And Tom Brokaw’s So-Called “Interview” Of Obama
ADS: New Zealand Students Offer New Bounty For Arrest of Condoleezza Rice For War Crimes
ADS: The Military-Industrial Complex: It’s Much Later Than You Think
TPMCAFE: Congressman King Attracts Attention To Lack of Imminent Threat
RAWSTORY: Conyers mulling perjury charges for Gonzales
Day 48 – 2008-07-27
ADS: We’ve Opened the Door, How Do We Keep It Open?
OEN: Let’s See How Our “Free Press” Covers Impeachment
OEN: Notes from the Non-Impeachment Hearings
HUFFPO: A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval
COMMON-DREAMS: House Democrats Bash Bush Over Abuse of Executive Power
COMMON-DREAMS: Impeachment Hearings Are the Appropriate and Necessary Next Step
COMMON-DREAMS: The Parade of ‘Shrill, Unserious Extremists’ on Display at Today’s Impeachment Hearings
Day 47 – 2008-07-26
AP: Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum
LA-TIMES: Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
CBSNEWS: House Committee Hears The “I-Word”
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
XINHUA: U.S. House holds hearing to criticize President Bush
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: Ex-SLC mayor to Congress: Impeach Bush
FREEP: Conyers’ hearing impugns but does not impeach Bush
THE-NATION: House Committee Considers the “I” Word
PRESS-TV: Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
PRESS-TV: Sheehan: US leaders abuse executive powers
JURIST: US House committee investigates Bush ‘expansion’ of constitutional powers
OEN: Who do you believe gave the most valuable testimony at the “impeachment” hearing today?
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr, Fein speaking in House today on impeachment
IPA: Impeachment on the Table?
VOANEWS: US Congressional Panel Hears Testimony on Case for Bush Impeachment
ADS: Freeway Blog Now!
ADS: Hearing on Impeachment Videos (video)
ADS: Real News (video)
ADS: Olbermann (video)
ADS: Bugliosi (video)
ADS: Cohen, Holtzman, Fein (video)
ADS: Wexler Wants Real Impeachment Hearing Now
ADS: Impeachment Press Conference (video)
ADS: Kucinich Testifies on Abuses of Executive Power
RAWSTORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing packed to capacity
Day 46 – 2008-07-25
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FREEP: Committee hearing will discuss presidential limits
THE-HILL: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment hearings underway now
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
CLEVELAND-PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich at House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s ‘imperial presidency”
DETROIT-NEWS: Michigan congressman opens critical Bush hearing
CQ-POLITICS: Kucinich Again Calls For Impeachment of Bush
THE-NATION: An Opening for the Constitution
RAW-STORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
INDYBAY: 9am EDT – Friday – Live Broadcast – House Pre-Hearing on Impeachment – ON NO LIES RADIO
OEN: POLL: Should John Conyers Hold An Impeachment Hearing in August?
EXAMINER: House Committee considers impeachment today
OEN: POLL: Can The Bush Family Wealth Be Seized Under The Trading With the Enemies Act?
RAW-STORY: Conyers: Judiciary Committee not holding ‘impeachment hearings’
TPMCAFE: War Crimes Prosecutors Reviewing 9-11 As Pretext For Geneva Violations
TPMCAFE: Rove’s Incomplete Denials To House Judiciary
ADS: Live Blogging Hearing on Impeachment (Not Yet Impeachment Hearing)
ADS: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations (video)
ADS: Tammy Baldwin Says Bush and Cheney Should Be Impeached
ADS: Robert Wexler Demands Impeachment Hearings Now
ADS: Campaigners push for Bush impeachment
ADS: Cynthia Papermaster for Impeachment (video)
ADS: Hear This Barack – NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We’ve Had Enough!
ADS: Cindy Sheehan on Impeachment (video)
ADS: Bruce Fein on Impeachment (video)
ADS: David Swanson on Impeachment (video)
Day 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
ImpeachmentWatch Archives: 1-17 – 18-28 – 29-36
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
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (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
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
Nancy Pelosi’s Table – Youtube – VodPod – Digg – MyBlogLog – FriendFeed – Scribd – ImpeachmentWatch Mobile – Technorati
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She will win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 48 (2008-07-27) – Sunday Funnies
Posted on July 28, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
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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 48 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Impeach Bush & Cheney – Uphold the Rule of Law!
The Declaration of Independence instructs that all just powers of government derive from the consent of the governed. And the core principle of self-government is that the people must know what their government is doing and why intelligently adapt, shape, and direct their political loyalties or energies. James Madison, father of the Constitution, lectured that a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. Democracy resting on popular or congressional ignorance is a farce. In addition, sunshine is the best disinfectant. The executive branch will be deterred from lawlessness, folly, or maladministration by the knowledge that its actions will be made known to the public or Congress in a timely fashion. The executive branch ceased authorizing torture once knowledge of the practice by the United States in the war against international terrorism entered the public domain. A strong presumption favoring transparency in the executive branch is a constitutional imperative. The presumption is at its zenith in matters of war and peace, as Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black underscored in the Pentagon Papers case concerning the Vietnam War; otherwise, the executive branch will otherwise concoct reasons for initiating or maintaining war and cause deaths to heroic American soldiers as senseless as the Charge of the Light Brigade.
The Founding Fathers were virtually unanimous that if permitted to be cloaked with secrecy the executive branch would distort facts and deceive the people and Congress by inflating foreign dangers manifold to justify resort to military force or war. As was related to erstwhile White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, only war holds prospect of crowning a President with fame and leaving his footprints in the sand of time by transforming the political globe or major regions. War also boosts a President’s immediate popularity, heightens his control over information critical to political fortunes, multiplies his opportunities to favor his political friends through appointments and government contracts, and justifies spying on war opponents as enemy combatants or potential traitors.
The Time to Act is NOW! — IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY! — UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
Demand that Congress uphold their oath of office! — There is hope for America yet!
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 48 (2008-07-27) – Sunday Funnies
Impeachment Video of the Day
Hearing on Limits of Executive Power: Bruce Fein
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable would make the Republicans want to illegitimately impeach a future Democratic President, and the warfare between the parties would never end.
Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace: “Now, Congressmen, it is your time, and I hear there is not enough time! Now is your time, and I hear it will not be good for one party or the other party! Now is your time, and I hear there is not enough political will around you! When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, or how much time there was, or about any parties’ political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time to standup. Einstein said – ‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.’“
Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
LA TIMES: They lined up by the hundreds to be a witness to history at the Judiciary Committee’s unofficial impeachment hearings of George W. Bush today.
It wasn’t called that of course. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-S.F.) had balked at a real impeachment hearing. Something about fearing a voter backlash from the public, already in a bad mood about Congress’ inaction on core issues.
But today’s hearing by the House Judiciary Committee — billed as an inquiry to the Bush administration’s use of executive power — was ripe with opportunity for those who want to evict the president from office.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
“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 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.
H.RES.333 – Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. [2007-04-24]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (27): Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2], Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3], Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1], Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11], Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1], Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9], Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7], Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5], Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17], Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51], Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7], Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18], Rep Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [GA-4], Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9], Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7], Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4], Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8], Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10], Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9], Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10], Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35], Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33], Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6], Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4]
Complete Text – Complete Video
H.RES.1258 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (35 Articles) [2008-06-09]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (7): 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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
Complete Text – Complete Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
H.RES.1345 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (1 Article) [2008-07-10]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers (2): Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Complete Text – Complete Video
videos thanks to cspanjunkie.org
Impeach Bush & Cheney – Uphold the Rule of Law!
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
ABCNEWS: 0
CBSNEWS: 0
CNN: 0
MSNBC: 0
FOXNEWS: 0
AP: 0
REUTERS: 0
Google News: 0, Impeachment: 5,793 – (454) – (449)
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
Impeach Bush & Cheney – Uphold the Rule of Law!
Daily Impeachment Tracker
Day 48 – 2008-07-27
ADS: We’ve Opened the Door, How Do We Keep It Open?
OEN: Let’s See How Our “Free Press” Covers Impeachment
OEN: Notes from the Non-Impeachment Hearings
HUFFPO: A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval
COMMON-DREAMS: House Democrats Bash Bush Over Abuse of Executive Power
COMMON-DREAMS: Impeachment Hearings Are the Appropriate and Necessary Next Step
COMMON-DREAMS: The Parade of ‘Shrill, Unserious Extremists’ on Display at Today’s Impeachment Hearings
Day 47 – 2008-07-26
AP: Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum
LA-TIMES: Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
CBSNEWS: House Committee Hears The “I-Word”
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
XINHUA: U.S. House holds hearing to criticize President Bush
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: Ex-SLC mayor to Congress: Impeach Bush
FREEP: Conyers’ hearing impugns but does not impeach Bush
THE-NATION: House Committee Considers the “I” Word
PRESS-TV: Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
PRESS-TV: Sheehan: US leaders abuse executive powers
JURIST: US House committee investigates Bush ‘expansion’ of constitutional powers
OEN: Who do you believe gave the most valuable testimony at the “impeachment” hearing today?
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr, Fein speaking in House today on impeachment
IPA: Impeachment on the Table?
VOANEWS: US Congressional Panel Hears Testimony on Case for Bush Impeachment
ADS: Freeway Blog Now!
ADS: Hearing on Impeachment Videos (video)
ADS: Real News (video)
ADS: Olbermann (video)
ADS: Bugliosi (video)
ADS: Cohen, Holtzman, Fein (video)
ADS: Wexler Wants Real Impeachment Hearing Now
ADS: Impeachment Press Conference (video)
ADS: Kucinich Testifies on Abuses of Executive Power
RAWSTORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing packed to capacity
Day 46 – 2008-07-25
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FREEP: Committee hearing will discuss presidential limits
THE-HILL: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment hearings underway now
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
CLEVELAND-PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich at House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s ‘imperial presidency”
DETROIT-NEWS: Michigan congressman opens critical Bush hearing
CQ-POLITICS: Kucinich Again Calls For Impeachment of Bush
THE-NATION: An Opening for the Constitution
RAW-STORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
INDYBAY: 9am EDT – Friday – Live Broadcast – House Pre-Hearing on Impeachment – ON NO LIES RADIO
OEN: POLL: Should John Conyers Hold An Impeachment Hearing in August?
EXAMINER: House Committee considers impeachment today
OEN: POLL: Can The Bush Family Wealth Be Seized Under The Trading With the Enemies Act?
RAW-STORY: Conyers: Judiciary Committee not holding ‘impeachment hearings’
TPMCAFE: War Crimes Prosecutors Reviewing 9-11 As Pretext For Geneva Violations
TPMCAFE: Rove’s Incomplete Denials To House Judiciary
ADS: Live Blogging Hearing on Impeachment (Not Yet Impeachment Hearing)
ADS: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations (video)
ADS: Tammy Baldwin Says Bush and Cheney Should Be Impeached
ADS: Robert Wexler Demands Impeachment Hearings Now
ADS: Campaigners push for Bush impeachment
ADS: Cynthia Papermaster for Impeachment (video)
ADS: Hear This Barack – NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We’ve Had Enough!
ADS: Cindy Sheehan on Impeachment (video)
ADS: Bruce Fein on Impeachment (video)
ADS: David Swanson on Impeachment (video)
Day 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
ImpeachmentWatch Archives: 1-17 – 18-28 – 29-36
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
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (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
Impeach Bush & Cheney – Uphold the Rule of Law!
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.
Impeach Bush & Cheney – Uphold the Rule of Law!
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
Nancy Pelosi’s Table – Youtube – VodPod – Digg – MyBlogLog – FriendFeed – Scribd – ImpeachmentWatch Mobile – Technorati
Join Cindy at CindyForCongress.org
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She will win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 47 (2008-07-26)
Posted on July 26, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
syndicated at impeachmentwatch.wordpress.com
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 47 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
LA TIMES: They lined up by the hundreds to be a witness to history at the Judiciary Committee’s unofficial impeachment hearings of George W. Bush today.
It wasn’t called that of course. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-S.F.) had balked at a real impeachment hearing. Something about fearing a voter backlash from the public, already in a bad mood about Congress’ inaction on core issues.
But today’s hearing by the House Judiciary Committee — billed as an inquiry to the Bush administration’s use of executive power — was ripe with opportunity for those who want to evict the president from office.
The Time to Act is NOW! — IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY!– UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
Demand that Congress uphold their oath of office! — There is hope for America yet!
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 47 (2008-07-26)
Impeachment Video of the Day
Cohen, Holtzman, Fein
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable would make the Republicans want to illegitimately impeach a future Democratic President, and the warfare between the parties would never end.
Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace: “Now, Congressmen, it is your time, and I hear there is not enough time! Now is your time, and I hear it will not be good for one party or the other party! Now is your time, and I hear there is not enough political will around you! When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, or how much time there was, or about any parties’ political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time to standup. Einstein said – ‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.’“
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
“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 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.
H.RES.1258 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (35 Articles) [2008-06-09]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
Complete Text – Complete Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
H.RES.1345 – Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. (1 Article) [2008-07-10]
Sponser: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Co-Sponsers: Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Complete Text – Complete Video
videos thanks to www.cspanjunkie.org
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
CNN: 0
MSNBC: 0
FOXNEWS: 1
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
REUTERS: 0
Google News: 0, Impeachment: 5,855 – (419)
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 47 – 2008-07-26
AP: Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum
LA-TIMES: Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE: Panel holds ‘non-impeachment hearing’
CBSNEWS: House Committee Hears The “I-Word”
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
XINHUA: U.S. House holds hearing to criticize President Bush
SALT-LAKE-TRIBUNE: Ex-SLC mayor to Congress: Impeach Bush
FREEP: Conyers’ hearing impugns but does not impeach Bush
THE-NATION: House Committee Considers the “I” Word
PRESS-TV: Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
PRESS-TV: Sheehan: US leaders abuse executive powers
JURIST: US House committee investigates Bush ‘expansion’ of constitutional powers
OEN: Who do you believe gave the most valuable testimony at the “impeachment” hearing today?
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Barr, Fein speaking in House today on impeachment
IPA: Impeachment on the Table?
VOANEWS: US Congressional Panel Hears Testimony on Case for Bush Impeachment
ADS: Freeway Blog Now!
ADS: Hearing on Impeachment Videos (video)
ADS: Real News (video)
ADS: Olbermann (video)
ADS: Bugliosi (video)
ADS: Cohen, Holtzman, Fein (video)
ADS: Wexler Wants Real Impeachment Hearing Now
ADS: Impeachment Press Conference (video)
ADS: Kucinich Testifies on Abuses of Executive Power
RAWSTORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing packed to capacity
Day 46 – 2008-07-25
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FREEP: Committee hearing will discuss presidential limits
THE-HILL: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment hearings underway now
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
CLEVELAND-PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich at House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s ‘imperial presidency”
DETROIT-NEWS: Michigan congressman opens critical Bush hearing
CQ-POLITICS: Kucinich Again Calls For Impeachment of Bush
THE-NATION: An Opening for the Constitution
RAW-STORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
INDYBAY: 9am EDT – Friday – Live Broadcast – House Pre-Hearing on Impeachment – ON NO LIES RADIO
OEN: POLL: Should John Conyers Hold An Impeachment Hearing in August?
EXAMINER: House Committee considers impeachment today
OEN: POLL: Can The Bush Family Wealth Be Seized Under The Trading With the Enemies Act?
RAW-STORY: Conyers: Judiciary Committee not holding ‘impeachment hearings’
TPMCAFE: War Crimes Prosecutors Reviewing 9-11 As Pretext For Geneva Violations
TPMCAFE: Rove’s Incomplete Denials To House Judiciary
ADS: Live Blogging Hearing on Impeachment (Not Yet Impeachment Hearing)
ADS: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations (video)
ADS: Tammy Baldwin Says Bush and Cheney Should Be Impeached
ADS: Robert Wexler Demands Impeachment Hearings Now
ADS: Campaigners push for Bush impeachment
ADS: Cynthia Papermaster for Impeachment (video)
ADS: Hear This Barack – NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We’ve Had Enough!
ADS: Cindy Sheehan on Impeachment (video)
ADS: Bruce Fein on Impeachment (video)
ADS: David Swanson on Impeachment (video)
Day 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
ImpeachmentWatch Archives: 1-17 – 18-28 – 29-36
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
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (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
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
Nancy Pelosi’s Table – Youtube – VodPod – Digg – MyBlogLog – FriendFeed – Scribd – ImpeachmentWatch Mobile – Technorati
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She will win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 46 (2008-07-25)
Posted on July 25, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
syndicated at impeachmentwatch.wordpress.com
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 46 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace, and a descendant of American revolutionary Sam Adams, will deliver this prepared testimony, in which, if his 5 minutes allow him to reach his conclusion, he will say:
“For us veterans, when our time came, we volunteered our very lives for this republic; for the principle of freedom for all, for equal opportunity for all, to defend the Constitution and the principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence, and to guarantee the opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Now, Congressmen, it is your time, and I hear there is not enough time! Now is your time, and I hear it will not be good for one party or the other party! Now is your time, and I hear there is not enough political will around you! When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, or how much time there was, or about any parties’ political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time to standup. Einstein said – ‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.’“
This will not be easy. If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.
The point is this: history is full of examples where people who had right on their side fought against tremendous odds and were victorious. And it is also full of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined. The future is unwritten. WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US.
Wear Orange Every Friday – Support ImpeachmentI’m wearing my orange, are you wearing yours?
House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings RIGHT NOW regarding “The Bush Administration and Executive Power”. David Swanson is live blogging, CSPAN has live video and audio. Pacifica Radio is also covering the event, including an interview with David Swanson after the hearings have ended.
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 46 (2008-07-25)
Impeachment Video of the Day
Dennis Kucinich testifies before House Judiciary Committee
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable would make the Republicans want to illegitimately impeach a future Democratic President, and the warfare between the parties would never end.
Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
At 10 a.m. on Friday July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This is not yet a true impeachment hearing, but it is our opportunity to push for one, and it represents a tremendous victory after years of effort by millions of Americans who want to keep the Constitution alive. This never would have happened without your hard work. And we can’t let up now!
The National Impeachment Network is organizing a rally and asking everyone who can to take a day off for justice and meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 25th in front of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Independence Avenue side. Bring impeachment shirts and posters!
Louis T. McFadden (1876-1936): An American Hero – Dr. Ron Paul, the Republican candidate for the 2008 presidential nomination, is not the first U.S. politician to point to the abuses of the Federal Reserve System and call for its abolishment. Similar pleas to get rid of the Fed were made by Reps. Wright Patman (1893-1976) and Henry Gonzales (1916-2000), both Democratic congressmen from Texas and chairmen of the House Banking Committee.
Few recall, however, how controversial the Fed was when it was first proposed and then maneuvered through a recessing Congress just before Christmas 1913. Rep. Charles Lindbergh, Sr., R-MN and father of the future aviator, called the Federal Reserve Act “the worst legislative crime of the ages.”
Turley was particularly concerned about a recent statement by law professor Cass Sunstein, an Obama adviser, that only “egregious” crimes by Bush officials should be prosecuted by an Obama administration.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
“Did we just see accountability go out the window for good?” Olbermann asked Turley.
“There are very few obligations that a president has to do under the Constitution, but one of them is not to violate the laws that he is supposed to enforce,” explained Turley. “And what really concerns me about Cass Sunstein’s statement is that I don’t know what a non-egregious crime by a president or by an administration might be. I think that all crimes committed by the government, particularly the president, are egregious.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
From the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) of early October 2002, the Bush Administration knew the case against Iraq was weak and circumstantial, at best. Yet they continued to beat the drums for war with exaggerated threats (“a mushroom cloud”) to mislead the U.S. into war. Such deliberate fraud resulting in unnecessary, avoidable deaths and suffering to U.S. citizens is a felony capital crime punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty. Deliberately causing the unnecessary deaths of U.S. military personnel also constitutes treason against the United States.
The post-World War II Nuremberg Trials declared waging a preventive war of aggression to be “the supreme international crime.” Bush’s unnecessary bombing and invasion of Iraq was such a preventive war of aggression. In its wake, U.S. forces have tortured; kidnapped for torture (extraordinary rendition); used napalm (Mark-77 firebombs), depleted uranium, white phosphorous, cluster bombs, and many other indiscriminate weapons of mass destruction that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians; and caused over four million Iraqi refugees (ethnic cleansing). All of these are war crimes punishable by death.
It is up to the blogosphere to spread this far and wide, and to manhandle the media. The hope of the Democratic leadership, which could no longer ignore relentless pressure to begin hearings, is that hearings will attract no notice and, with no one knowing or understanding the import of what is going on, the impeachment genie, which rises and stretches when the huge numbers of people who think Bush should be impeached, but who are hopeless that it will ever happen, are given hope that it can and start picking up phones and banners to make it so. Polls vary, but in none does the past sentiment for the impeachment of Clinton come close to that for the impeachment of Bush, and you all know I’m no fan of Slick Willie who perfected the Triangulation Machine.
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: “There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
In arguing against prosecutions for Bush lawbreaking, Ford said that Bush officials already have been subjected to accountability for their lawbreaking: “‘I think that accountability was brought in 2006 when [the GOP] lost in the House and the Senate,’ Ford said. ‘And we have only eight more months of George W. Bush . . .'”
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.
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
In this case, the mainstream media (MSM) did not conduct any of its own reporting or writing, instead it presented the public with an Associated Press (AP) report, which lacked depth and context regarding Kucinich’s argument. The paltry word count aside, the article was rarely found in print, but left to be discovered on the websites of major media players, designated to an obscure link on the margins. The only remnants of the media coverage can be found in an exact and precise Google search, which will lead readers to the brief article.
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.
“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.
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.
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.”
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?
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.
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
1 Article of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-07-10]
– Full Video [h/t cspanjunkie]
35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-06-09]
– [PDF]
– [LIST]
Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 [h/t cspanjunkie]
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
CNN.com: 0
FoxNews.com: 1
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
MSNBC.com: 0
Google News: 0
Reuters: 0
AP: 0
Google News Search: Impeachment: 4,918 – (204)
35 Articles of Impeachment – 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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
1 Article of Impeachment – Current Co-Sponsers: Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
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 46 – 2008-07-25
FOXNEWS: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
CBSNEWS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
FREEP: Committee hearing will discuss presidential limits
THE-HILL: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
OEN: Impeachment hearings underway now
FOXNEWS: Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
CLEVELAND-PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich at House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s ‘imperial presidency”
DETROIT-NEWS: Michigan congressman opens critical Bush hearing
CQ-POLITICS: Kucinich Again Calls For Impeachment of Bush
THE-NATION: An Opening for the Constitution
RAW-STORY: ‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
INDYBAY: 9am EDT – Friday – Live Broadcast – House Pre-Hearing on Impeachment – ON NO LIES RADIO
OEN: POLL: Should John Conyers Hold An Impeachment Hearing in August?
EXAMINER: House Committee considers impeachment today
OEN: POLL: Can The Bush Family Wealth Be Seized Under The Trading With the Enemies Act?
RAW-STORY: Conyers: Judiciary Committee not holding ‘impeachment hearings’
TPMCAFE: War Crimes Prosecutors Reviewing 9-11 As Pretext For Geneva Violations
TPMCAFE: Rove’s Incomplete Denials To House Judiciary
ADS: Live Blogging Hearing on Impeachment (Not Yet Impeachment Hearing)
ADS: Congress Hears Ringing Call for Impeachment
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations (video)
ADS: Tammy Baldwin Says Bush and Cheney Should Be Impeached
ADS: Robert Wexler Demands Impeachment Hearings Now
ADS: Campaigners push for Bush impeachment
ADS: Cynthia Papermaster for Impeachment (video)
ADS: Hear This Barack – NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We’ve Had Enough!
ADS: Cindy Sheehan on Impeachment (video)
ADS: Bruce Fein on Impeachment (video)
ADS: David Swanson on Impeachment (video)
Day 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
CONNIE-TALK:
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
Day 36 – 2008-07-15
ADS: An Open Letter to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ADS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
ADS: IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN HOUSE WITH READING BY CLERK TODAY
ADS: Thank Pelosi and Conyers If . . . (video)
ADS: Speaker Pelosi will be attending Netroots Nation, will you?
RAW-STORY: Undeterred, Kucinich to introduce another impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Conyers may hold hearings, but plans no action on impeachment
POLITICKER: Kucinich may get shot to make impeachment case before recess
CQ POLITICS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
DAILY-HERALD: Congress has duty on impeachment
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: FISA – Obama, the Democrats and the Mass Media Betray US Again
Day 35 – 2008-07-14
ADS: National Impeachment Network DC Lobbying Report
ADS: New York Times FINALLY Notices Bugliosi’s Book
ADS: “Netroots Nation” Keeps Impeachment “Off the Table”
ADS: International Criminal Court Charges President With War Crimes (alas Sudan)
ADS: Why Won’t Jerry Impeach Dubya? Now a primary concern.
ADS: Washington for Impeachment Rallies Thursday 7/17, 9 AM at Rep. Jim McDermott’s Office
ADS: Cotati CA Council Votes to Impeach Bush, Cheney
ADS: The (Mock) Trial of Karl Rove Is Coming to Virginia Beach VA this Friday, July 18
ADS: Treason, BRIBERY, or Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors
OEN: Should ACLU Release Another Impeachment Pamphlet?
RAWSTORY: Report: Bush close to approving Israeli Iran attack
POLITICAL-CORTEX: Now is the Time to Impeach George W. Bush!
CONNIE-TALK: Kucinich Changes Pelosi’s Tune, Slightly
Day 34 – 2008-07-13
ADS: What questions do you have for Nancy Pelosi?
ADS: Watch the New York Times Marginalize Majority Positions
ADS: David Swanson on the Paul Berenson Show
ADS: Watch Vincent Bugliosi Discuss “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder”
ADS: 9-11 Preventable
CONCORD-MONITOR: Impeach them
HELI: AMERICA’S LAST CHANCE: IMPEACH BUSH
EXISTENTIALIST-COWBOY: Impeach, Remove, and Try George W. Bush for War Crimes and Mass Murder!
SALON: Beware Bush’s preemptive strike on torture
Day 33 – 2008-07-12
INDYBAY: Nancy Pelosi putting impeachment on the table? Cindy Sheehan responds
JAVNO: Pelosi Announces Bush Impeachment Possibility
INDYBAY: Ellsberg: NO Executive Privilege in Impeachment Hearnings; Bush Can Not Stop Testimony (audio)
DAILYSTAR: Bush builds upon legacy of ineptitude
GLOBALRESEARCH: Rep Dennis Kucinich on the Global Research News Hour
CONSORTIUMNEWS: Kucinich Pushes on Impeachment
ADS: Intl Cmtee of Red Cross Proposes War Crimes Charges (video)
ADS: Why US War Resisters Deserve Refuge in Canada
ADS: Bugliosi on MSNBC (video)
ADS: To Impeach or Not to Impeach: That is the Question for Rep. Conyers
ADS: A Note to the Peace Movement
ADS: Court Documents Shed Light on CIA Illegal Operations in Central Asia Using Islam & Madrassas
ADS: Unity or Solidarity
OEN: FISA, Is All Lost?
OEN: Seven Republican Members of House Judiciary Call for Impeachment out of Duty to the Constitution?
Day 32 – 2008-07-11
FOXNEWS: Kucinich Tries to Impeach Bush Again
FREEP: Bid to impeach Bush may be heard
OEN: Impeach Bush for High Crimes says Rep. Dennis Kucinich
AP: Congress mostly going through the motions for now
OEN: Conyers Floats Inherent Contempt for Rove and Pelosi Shifts on Kucinich Impeachment Resolution
RAW-STORY: Kucinich impeach bill charges Bush ‘fabricated threats’; Pelosi hints at possible hearing
OEN: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Change Your Attitude Towards Congress (poll)
ADS: Kucinich to Present Case for Impeachment to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: What Dennis Has Done
ADS: Ask Conyers to Allow Kucinich to Present Impeachment Articles to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Impeachment and Inherent Contempt
ADS: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
TMPCAFE: Judiciary Taking Your Messages on Impeachment
Day 31 – 2008-07-10
JAVNO: Kucinich Again Tries To Impeach Bush
HUFFPO: Stalling on Impeachment (video)
OEN: MyBarackObama.com Refuses “Protect Our Constitution” Group
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to reveal text of impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Rove disses Congress, refuses subpoena to testify
TMPCAFE: Habeas Cases Should Give Americans Pause For Reflection
ADS: Congress Members’ View of Impeachment Improving Dramatically
ADS: Congressman Conyers Meets with Impeachment Advocates
ADS: NOTES ON CONYERS MEETING JULY 1, 2008, WITH MILWAUKEE IMPEACHMENT ACTIVISTS
ADS: SPY ON THEM
Day 30 – 2008-07-09
WAPO: Kucinich Bringing Back Impeachment This Week
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich to Introduce New Article of Impeachment Against Bush Thursday
ITHACA-TIMES: Residents Thank Hinchey For Signing Impeachment Bill
BEST-SYNDICATION: Dennis Kucinich Asks For Publics Help In Impeachment
WORLD-NET-DAILY: Why not a new American Revolution
PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich to take yet another crack at impeachment (video)
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to bring single article of impeachment for misleading US into war
ADS: Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday
ADS: Cotati CA May Call for Bush-Cheney Impeachment
ADS: Hold Karl Rove in Contempt (video)
RAW-STORY: Constitutional expert Turley on FISA bill: ‘The fix is in’ (video)
Day 29 – 2008-07-08
OEN: Should John Conyers Hold Impeachment Hearings Anyway?
GATHER: IMPEACHMENT IS TOO GOOD FOR HIM
PRESS-DEMOCRAT: Impeaching Bush on council agenda
RAW-STORY: As FISA nears toward vote, Feingold warns against immunity
RAW-STORY: ‘Science fiction like’ weapons on tap for political conventions (video)
ADS: The Fateful Vote to Impeach — Time Magazine, August 5, 1974
ADS: Nationwide Protests at Canadian Consulates Wednesday
ADS: G8 summit: Gordon Brown has eight-course dinner before food crisis talks
ADS: Bush Arrested at Monticello (video)
ADS: Pelosi Opposing Contempt for Rove
ADS: National Assembly offers blueprint for antiwar action
Day 18-28 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
Day 1-17 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
Nancy Pelosi’s Table – Youtube – VodPod – Digg – MyBlogLog – FriendFeed – Scribd – ImpeachmentWatch Mobile – Technorati
Cindy Sheehan Will Be on Ballot and she will win. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She can win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 45 (2008-07-24)
Posted on July 24, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
syndicated at impeachmentwatch.wordpress.com
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 45 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
From the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) of early October 2002, the Bush Administration knew the case against Iraq was weak and circumstantial, at best. Yet they continued to beat the drums for war with exaggerated threats (“a mushroom cloud”) to mislead the U.S. into war. Such deliberate fraud resulting in unnecessary, avoidable deaths and suffering to U.S. citizens is a felony capital crime punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty. Deliberately causing the unnecessary deaths of U.S. military personnel also constitutes treason against the United States.
The post-World War II Nuremberg Trials declared waging a preventive war of aggression to be “the supreme international crime.” Bush’s unnecessary bombing and invasion of Iraq was such a preventive war of aggression. In its wake, U.S. forces have tortured; kidnapped for torture (extraordinary rendition); used napalm (Mark-77 firebombs), depleted uranium, white phosphorous, cluster bombs, and many other indiscriminate weapons of mass destruction that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians; and caused over four million Iraqi refugees (ethnic cleansing). All of these are war crimes punishable by death.
Tomorrow, July 25th, 2008, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. — It’s also Orange Friday — I’ll be wearing my orange, will you be wearing yours?
Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot and then elected. — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 45 (2008-07-24)
Impeachment Video of the Day
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable should have been made long ago, and since it wasn’t, it’s now most likely useless.
Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
At 10 a.m. on Friday July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This is not yet a true impeachment hearing, but it is our opportunity to push for one, and it represents a tremendous victory after years of effort by millions of Americans who want to keep the Constitution alive. This never would have happened without your hard work. And we can’t let up now!
The National Impeachment Network is organizing a rally and asking everyone who can to take a day off for justice and meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 25th in front of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Independence Avenue side. Bring impeachment shirts and posters!
Louis T. McFadden (1876-1936): An American Hero – Dr. Ron Paul, the Republican candidate for the 2008 presidential nomination, is not the first U.S. politician to point to the abuses of the Federal Reserve System and call for its abolishment. Similar pleas to get rid of the Fed were made by Reps. Wright Patman (1893-1976) and Henry Gonzales (1916-2000), both Democratic congressmen from Texas and chairmen of the House Banking Committee.
Few recall, however, how controversial the Fed was when it was first proposed and then maneuvered through a recessing Congress just before Christmas 1913. Rep. Charles Lindbergh, Sr., R-MN and father of the future aviator, called the Federal Reserve Act “the worst legislative crime of the ages.”
Turley was particularly concerned about a recent statement by law professor Cass Sunstein, an Obama adviser, that only “egregious” crimes by Bush officials should be prosecuted by an Obama administration.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
“Did we just see accountability go out the window for good?” Olbermann asked Turley.
“There are very few obligations that a president has to do under the Constitution, but one of them is not to violate the laws that he is supposed to enforce,” explained Turley. “And what really concerns me about Cass Sunstein’s statement is that I don’t know what a non-egregious crime by a president or by an administration might be. I think that all crimes committed by the government, particularly the president, are egregious.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
It is up to the blogosphere to spread this far and wide, and to manhandle the media. The hope of the Democratic leadership, which could no longer ignore relentless pressure to begin hearings, is that hearings will attract no notice and, with no one knowing or understanding the import of what is going on, the impeachment genie, which rises and stretches when the huge numbers of people who think Bush should be impeached, but who are hopeless that it will ever happen, are given hope that it can and start picking up phones and banners to make it so. Polls vary, but in none does the past sentiment for the impeachment of Clinton come close to that for the impeachment of Bush, and you all know I’m no fan of Slick Willie who perfected the Triangulation Machine.
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: “There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
In arguing against prosecutions for Bush lawbreaking, Ford said that Bush officials already have been subjected to accountability for their lawbreaking: “‘I think that accountability was brought in 2006 when [the GOP] lost in the House and the Senate,’ Ford said. ‘And we have only eight more months of George W. Bush . . .'”
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.
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
In this case, the mainstream media (MSM) did not conduct any of its own reporting or writing, instead it presented the public with an Associated Press (AP) report, which lacked depth and context regarding Kucinich’s argument. The paltry word count aside, the article was rarely found in print, but left to be discovered on the websites of major media players, designated to an obscure link on the margins. The only remnants of the media coverage can be found in an exact and precise Google search, which will lead readers to the brief article.
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.
“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.
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.
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.”
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?
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.
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
1 Article of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-07-10]
– Full Video [h/t cspanjunkie]
35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-06-09]
– [PDF]
– [LIST]
Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 [h/t cspanjunkie]
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
CNN.com: 0
FoxNews.com: 0
MSNBC.com: 0
Google News: 0
Reuters: 0
AP: 0
Google News Search: Impeachment: 4,767
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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
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 45 – 2008-07-24
THE-NATION: Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
OEN: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Impeachment Hearings
THIRD-PARTY-WATCH: Nader: Why can’t I testify on Bush/Cheney impeachment?
OEN: Conyers Tries To Kill Impeachment Hearings Before They Start
INDYBAY: ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN interviewed by Peter B. Collins on IMPEACHMENT (audio)
UN-OBSERVER: As close to impeachment hearings as we’ve seen so far!
BUZZ-FLASH: Ed Ciaccio: Why Bush’s Impeachment Is Necessary
OEN: The Democratic Majority: Enabling a Rogue Presidency and Stonewalling the American People
OEN: Do you want Impeachment? CALL THE MEDIA TODAY!!
RAW-STORY: With so many Bush scandals, Slate makes detailed diagram
SLATE: Crimes and Misdemeanors (interactive Venn Diagram)
COUNTERPUNCH: Shutting Out Ralph Nader
DEMOCRACY-NOW: Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes (video/audio/transcript)
HUFF-PO: Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress
INDYBAY: Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
GATHER: ImpeachBush.Org – Please forward this message to your Congressman
RAW-STORY: 100,000 signatures in ‘Send Rove to Jail’ campaign
TPMCAFE: Conyers Takes Witness Oath Off the Table
ADS: No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
ADS: We’re a Nation of Lemmings
ADS: NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC
CONSORTIUM-NEWS: Rove End-Runs House Democrats
ADS: Willie Nelson agrees to Farm Aid-type event in support of Impeachment
Day 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
Day 36 – 2008-07-15
ADS: An Open Letter to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ADS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
ADS: IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN HOUSE WITH READING BY CLERK TODAY
ADS: Thank Pelosi and Conyers If . . . (video)
ADS: Speaker Pelosi will be attending Netroots Nation, will you?
RAW-STORY: Undeterred, Kucinich to introduce another impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Conyers may hold hearings, but plans no action on impeachment
POLITICKER: Kucinich may get shot to make impeachment case before recess
CQ POLITICS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
DAILY-HERALD: Congress has duty on impeachment
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: FISA – Obama, the Democrats and the Mass Media Betray US Again
Day 35 – 2008-07-14
ADS: National Impeachment Network DC Lobbying Report
ADS: New York Times FINALLY Notices Bugliosi’s Book
ADS: “Netroots Nation” Keeps Impeachment “Off the Table”
ADS: International Criminal Court Charges President With War Crimes (alas Sudan)
ADS: Why Won’t Jerry Impeach Dubya? Now a primary concern.
ADS: Washington for Impeachment Rallies Thursday 7/17, 9 AM at Rep. Jim McDermott’s Office
ADS: Cotati CA Council Votes to Impeach Bush, Cheney
ADS: The (Mock) Trial of Karl Rove Is Coming to Virginia Beach VA this Friday, July 18
ADS: Treason, BRIBERY, or Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors
OEN: Should ACLU Release Another Impeachment Pamphlet?
RAWSTORY: Report: Bush close to approving Israeli Iran attack
POLITICAL-CORTEX: Now is the Time to Impeach George W. Bush!
CONNIE-TALK: Kucinich Changes Pelosi’s Tune, Slightly
Day 34 – 2008-07-13
ADS: What questions do you have for Nancy Pelosi?
ADS: Watch the New York Times Marginalize Majority Positions
ADS: David Swanson on the Paul Berenson Show
ADS: Watch Vincent Bugliosi Discuss “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder”
ADS: 9-11 Preventable
CONCORD-MONITOR: Impeach them
HELI: AMERICA’S LAST CHANCE: IMPEACH BUSH
EXISTENTIALIST-COWBOY: Impeach, Remove, and Try George W. Bush for War Crimes and Mass Murder!
SALON: Beware Bush’s preemptive strike on torture
Day 33 – 2008-07-12
INDYBAY: Nancy Pelosi putting impeachment on the table? Cindy Sheehan responds
JAVNO: Pelosi Announces Bush Impeachment Possibility
INDYBAY: Ellsberg: NO Executive Privilege in Impeachment Hearnings; Bush Can Not Stop Testimony (audio)
DAILYSTAR: Bush builds upon legacy of ineptitude
GLOBALRESEARCH: Rep Dennis Kucinich on the Global Research News Hour
CONSORTIUMNEWS: Kucinich Pushes on Impeachment
ADS: Intl Cmtee of Red Cross Proposes War Crimes Charges (video)
ADS: Why US War Resisters Deserve Refuge in Canada
ADS: Bugliosi on MSNBC (video)
ADS: To Impeach or Not to Impeach: That is the Question for Rep. Conyers
ADS: A Note to the Peace Movement
ADS: Court Documents Shed Light on CIA Illegal Operations in Central Asia Using Islam & Madrassas
ADS: Unity or Solidarity
OEN: FISA, Is All Lost?
OEN: Seven Republican Members of House Judiciary Call for Impeachment out of Duty to the Constitution?
Day 32 – 2008-07-11
FOXNEWS: Kucinich Tries to Impeach Bush Again
FREEP: Bid to impeach Bush may be heard
OEN: Impeach Bush for High Crimes says Rep. Dennis Kucinich
AP: Congress mostly going through the motions for now
OEN: Conyers Floats Inherent Contempt for Rove and Pelosi Shifts on Kucinich Impeachment Resolution
RAW-STORY: Kucinich impeach bill charges Bush ‘fabricated threats’; Pelosi hints at possible hearing
OEN: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Change Your Attitude Towards Congress (poll)
ADS: Kucinich to Present Case for Impeachment to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: What Dennis Has Done
ADS: Ask Conyers to Allow Kucinich to Present Impeachment Articles to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Impeachment and Inherent Contempt
ADS: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
TMPCAFE: Judiciary Taking Your Messages on Impeachment
Day 31 – 2008-07-10
JAVNO: Kucinich Again Tries To Impeach Bush
HUFFPO: Stalling on Impeachment (video)
OEN: MyBarackObama.com Refuses “Protect Our Constitution” Group
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to reveal text of impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Rove disses Congress, refuses subpoena to testify
TMPCAFE: Habeas Cases Should Give Americans Pause For Reflection
ADS: Congress Members’ View of Impeachment Improving Dramatically
ADS: Congressman Conyers Meets with Impeachment Advocates
ADS: NOTES ON CONYERS MEETING JULY 1, 2008, WITH MILWAUKEE IMPEACHMENT ACTIVISTS
ADS: SPY ON THEM
Day 30 – 2008-07-09
WAPO: Kucinich Bringing Back Impeachment This Week
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich to Introduce New Article of Impeachment Against Bush Thursday
ITHACA-TIMES: Residents Thank Hinchey For Signing Impeachment Bill
BEST-SYNDICATION: Dennis Kucinich Asks For Publics Help In Impeachment
WORLD-NET-DAILY: Why not a new American Revolution
PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich to take yet another crack at impeachment (video)
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to bring single article of impeachment for misleading US into war
ADS: Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday
ADS: Cotati CA May Call for Bush-Cheney Impeachment
ADS: Hold Karl Rove in Contempt (video)
RAW-STORY: Constitutional expert Turley on FISA bill: ‘The fix is in’ (video)
Day 29 – 2008-07-08
OEN: Should John Conyers Hold Impeachment Hearings Anyway?
GATHER: IMPEACHMENT IS TOO GOOD FOR HIM
PRESS-DEMOCRAT: Impeaching Bush on council agenda
RAW-STORY: As FISA nears toward vote, Feingold warns against immunity
RAW-STORY: ‘Science fiction like’ weapons on tap for political conventions (video)
ADS: The Fateful Vote to Impeach — Time Magazine, August 5, 1974
ADS: Nationwide Protests at Canadian Consulates Wednesday
ADS: G8 summit: Gordon Brown has eight-course dinner before food crisis talks
ADS: Bush Arrested at Monticello (video)
ADS: Pelosi Opposing Contempt for Rove
ADS: National Assembly offers blueprint for antiwar action
Day 18-28 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
Day 1-17 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
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Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot and then elected. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She can win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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Arrest Bush, Cheney and Blair
Posted on July 23, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
ImpeachmentWatch Day 44 (2008-07-23)
Posted on July 23, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
banned from Daily Kos syndicated at impeachmentwatch.wordpress.com
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 44 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
Turley was particularly concerned about a recent statement by law professor Cass Sunstein, an Obama adviser, that only “egregious” crimes by Bush officials should be prosecuted by an Obama administration.
“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we’re going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”
“Did we just see accountability go out the window for good?” Olbermann asked Turley.
“There are very few obligations that a president has to do under the Constitution, but one of them is not to violate the laws that he is supposed to enforce,” explained Turley. “And what really concerns me about Cass Sunstein’s statement is that I don’t know what a non-egregious crime by a president or by an administration might be. I think that all crimes committed by the government, particularly the president, are egregious.”
Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, “I don’t understand why some Democrats can’t just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we’ll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they’re crimes. They’re all egregious.“
Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot and then elected. — Let’s Table the Speaker
buddydrama :: ImpeachmentWatch Day 44 (2008-07-23)
Impeachment Video of the Day
Obama will let “Bush’s Crimes Remain Buried For All Time
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable should have been made long ago, and since it wasn’t, it’s now most likely useless.
Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
At 10 a.m. on Friday July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This is not yet a true impeachment hearing, but it is our opportunity to push for one, and it represents a tremendous victory after years of effort by millions of Americans who want to keep the Constitution alive. This never would have happened without your hard work. And we can’t let up now!
The National Impeachment Network is organizing a rally and asking everyone who can to take a day off for justice and meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 25th in front of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Independence Avenue side. Bring impeachment shirts and posters!
Louis T. McFadden (1876-1936): An American Hero – Dr. Ron Paul, the Republican candidate for the 2008 presidential nomination, is not the first U.S. politician to point to the abuses of the Federal Reserve System and call for its abolishment. Similar pleas to get rid of the Fed were made by Reps. Wright Patman (1893-1976) and Henry Gonzales (1916-2000), both Democratic congressmen from Texas and chairmen of the House Banking Committee.
Few recall, however, how controversial the Fed was when it was first proposed and then maneuvered through a recessing Congress just before Christmas 1913. Rep. Charles Lindbergh, Sr., R-MN and father of the future aviator, called the Federal Reserve Act “the worst legislative crime of the ages.”
It is up to the blogosphere to spread this far and wide, and to manhandle the media. The hope of the Democratic leadership, which could no longer ignore relentless pressure to begin hearings, is that hearings will attract no notice and, with no one knowing or understanding the import of what is going on, the impeachment genie, which rises and stretches when the huge numbers of people who think Bush should be impeached, but who are hopeless that it will ever happen, are given hope that it can and start picking up phones and banners to make it so. Polls vary, but in none does the past sentiment for the impeachment of Clinton come close to that for the impeachment of Bush, and you all know I’m no fan of Slick Willie who perfected the Triangulation Machine.
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: “There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
In arguing against prosecutions for Bush lawbreaking, Ford said that Bush officials already have been subjected to accountability for their lawbreaking: “‘I think that accountability was brought in 2006 when [the GOP] lost in the House and the Senate,’ Ford said. ‘And we have only eight more months of George W. Bush . . .'”
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.
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
In this case, the mainstream media (MSM) did not conduct any of its own reporting or writing, instead it presented the public with an Associated Press (AP) report, which lacked depth and context regarding Kucinich’s argument. The paltry word count aside, the article was rarely found in print, but left to be discovered on the websites of major media players, designated to an obscure link on the margins. The only remnants of the media coverage can be found in an exact and precise Google search, which will lead readers to the brief article.
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.
“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.
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.
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.”
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?
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.
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
1 Article of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-07-10]
– Full Video [h/t cspanjunkie]
35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-06-09]
– [PDF]
– [LIST]
Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 [h/t cspanjunkie]
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
CNN.com: 0
FoxNews.com: 0
MSNBC.com: 0
Google News: 0
Reuters: 0
AP: 0
Google News Search: Impeachment: 3,822 – (30) – (447)
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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
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 44 – 2008-07-23
MORNING-CALL: Support impeachment of George ‘the tyrant’
Kucinich Impeachment Resolution To Be Heard Friday
OEN: Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25
OEN: Hey America! Pelosi Handed You a Booby Prize! What Are You Going To Do With It?
RAW-STORY: Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
GATHER: A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: ACLU Defends Constitution Without Apparently Having Read It
ADS: DC, NATIONAL MALL: IMPEACH FOR PEACE PICNIC THIS SUNDAY! COME PARTY AND BODY-SPELL “IMPEACH!”
ADS: Just the Fax, Ma’am (Here are the steps to fax a letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee)
ADS: Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law
ADS: MSNBC Live Vote on Bush Impeachment; Over 630,000 Voted Yes!
ADS: George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%
ADS: Story on Rocky Anderson’s Upcoming Testimony Avoids the I Word
TMPCAFE: DCAA Auditors Threatened: Is Congress Still Asleep?
Day 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
Day 36 – 2008-07-15
ADS: An Open Letter to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ADS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
ADS: IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN HOUSE WITH READING BY CLERK TODAY
ADS: Thank Pelosi and Conyers If . . . (video)
ADS: Speaker Pelosi will be attending Netroots Nation, will you?
RAW-STORY: Undeterred, Kucinich to introduce another impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Conyers may hold hearings, but plans no action on impeachment
POLITICKER: Kucinich may get shot to make impeachment case before recess
CQ POLITICS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
DAILY-HERALD: Congress has duty on impeachment
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: FISA – Obama, the Democrats and the Mass Media Betray US Again
Day 35 – 2008-07-14
ADS: National Impeachment Network DC Lobbying Report
ADS: New York Times FINALLY Notices Bugliosi’s Book
ADS: “Netroots Nation” Keeps Impeachment “Off the Table”
ADS: International Criminal Court Charges President With War Crimes (alas Sudan)
ADS: Why Won’t Jerry Impeach Dubya? Now a primary concern.
ADS: Washington for Impeachment Rallies Thursday 7/17, 9 AM at Rep. Jim McDermott’s Office
ADS: Cotati CA Council Votes to Impeach Bush, Cheney
ADS: The (Mock) Trial of Karl Rove Is Coming to Virginia Beach VA this Friday, July 18
ADS: Treason, BRIBERY, or Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors
OEN: Should ACLU Release Another Impeachment Pamphlet?
RAWSTORY: Report: Bush close to approving Israeli Iran attack
POLITICAL-CORTEX: Now is the Time to Impeach George W. Bush!
CONNIE-TALK: Kucinich Changes Pelosi’s Tune, Slightly
Day 34 – 2008-07-13
ADS: What questions do you have for Nancy Pelosi?
ADS: Watch the New York Times Marginalize Majority Positions
ADS: David Swanson on the Paul Berenson Show
ADS: Watch Vincent Bugliosi Discuss “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder”
ADS: 9-11 Preventable
CONCORD-MONITOR: Impeach them
HELI: AMERICA’S LAST CHANCE: IMPEACH BUSH
EXISTENTIALIST-COWBOY: Impeach, Remove, and Try George W. Bush for War Crimes and Mass Murder!
SALON: Beware Bush’s preemptive strike on torture
Day 33 – 2008-07-12
INDYBAY: Nancy Pelosi putting impeachment on the table? Cindy Sheehan responds
JAVNO: Pelosi Announces Bush Impeachment Possibility
INDYBAY: Ellsberg: NO Executive Privilege in Impeachment Hearnings; Bush Can Not Stop Testimony (audio)
DAILYSTAR: Bush builds upon legacy of ineptitude
GLOBALRESEARCH: Rep Dennis Kucinich on the Global Research News Hour
CONSORTIUMNEWS: Kucinich Pushes on Impeachment
ADS: Intl Cmtee of Red Cross Proposes War Crimes Charges (video)
ADS: Why US War Resisters Deserve Refuge in Canada
ADS: Bugliosi on MSNBC (video)
ADS: To Impeach or Not to Impeach: That is the Question for Rep. Conyers
ADS: A Note to the Peace Movement
ADS: Court Documents Shed Light on CIA Illegal Operations in Central Asia Using Islam & Madrassas
ADS: Unity or Solidarity
OEN: FISA, Is All Lost?
OEN: Seven Republican Members of House Judiciary Call for Impeachment out of Duty to the Constitution?
Day 32 – 2008-07-11
FOXNEWS: Kucinich Tries to Impeach Bush Again
FREEP: Bid to impeach Bush may be heard
OEN: Impeach Bush for High Crimes says Rep. Dennis Kucinich
AP: Congress mostly going through the motions for now
OEN: Conyers Floats Inherent Contempt for Rove and Pelosi Shifts on Kucinich Impeachment Resolution
RAW-STORY: Kucinich impeach bill charges Bush ‘fabricated threats’; Pelosi hints at possible hearing
OEN: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Change Your Attitude Towards Congress (poll)
ADS: Kucinich to Present Case for Impeachment to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: What Dennis Has Done
ADS: Ask Conyers to Allow Kucinich to Present Impeachment Articles to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Impeachment and Inherent Contempt
ADS: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
TMPCAFE: Judiciary Taking Your Messages on Impeachment
Day 31 – 2008-07-10
JAVNO: Kucinich Again Tries To Impeach Bush
HUFFPO: Stalling on Impeachment (video)
OEN: MyBarackObama.com Refuses “Protect Our Constitution” Group
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to reveal text of impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Rove disses Congress, refuses subpoena to testify
TMPCAFE: Habeas Cases Should Give Americans Pause For Reflection
ADS: Congress Members’ View of Impeachment Improving Dramatically
ADS: Congressman Conyers Meets with Impeachment Advocates
ADS: NOTES ON CONYERS MEETING JULY 1, 2008, WITH MILWAUKEE IMPEACHMENT ACTIVISTS
ADS: SPY ON THEM
Day 30 – 2008-07-09
WAPO: Kucinich Bringing Back Impeachment This Week
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich to Introduce New Article of Impeachment Against Bush Thursday
ITHACA-TIMES: Residents Thank Hinchey For Signing Impeachment Bill
BEST-SYNDICATION: Dennis Kucinich Asks For Publics Help In Impeachment
WORLD-NET-DAILY: Why not a new American Revolution
PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich to take yet another crack at impeachment (video)
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to bring single article of impeachment for misleading US into war
ADS: Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday
ADS: Cotati CA May Call for Bush-Cheney Impeachment
ADS: Hold Karl Rove in Contempt (video)
RAW-STORY: Constitutional expert Turley on FISA bill: ‘The fix is in’ (video)
Day 29 – 2008-07-08
OEN: Should John Conyers Hold Impeachment Hearings Anyway?
GATHER: IMPEACHMENT IS TOO GOOD FOR HIM
PRESS-DEMOCRAT: Impeaching Bush on council agenda
RAW-STORY: As FISA nears toward vote, Feingold warns against immunity
RAW-STORY: ‘Science fiction like’ weapons on tap for political conventions (video)
ADS: The Fateful Vote to Impeach — Time Magazine, August 5, 1974
ADS: Nationwide Protests at Canadian Consulates Wednesday
ADS: G8 summit: Gordon Brown has eight-course dinner before food crisis talks
ADS: Bush Arrested at Monticello (video)
ADS: Pelosi Opposing Contempt for Rove
ADS: National Assembly offers blueprint for antiwar action
Day 18-28 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
Day 1-17 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
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Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot and then elected. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She can win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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The Downing Street Memo 6th Anniversary
Posted on July 23, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
As originally reported in the The Sunday Times, May 1, 2005
SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL – UK EYES ONLY
DAVID MANNING
From: Matthew Rycroft
Date: 23 July 2002
S 195 /02
cc: Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Attorney-General, Sir Richard Wilson, John Scarlett, Francis Richards, CDS, C, Jonathan Powell, Sally Morgan, Alastair Campbell
IRAQ: PRIME MINISTER’S MEETING, 23 JULY
Copy addressees and you met the Prime Minister on 23 July to discuss Iraq.
This record is extremely sensitive. No further copies should be made. It should be shown only to those with a genuine need to know its contents.
John Scarlett summarised the intelligence and latest JIC assessment. Saddam’s regime was tough and based on extreme fear. The only way to overthrow it was likely to be by massive military action. Saddam was worried and expected an attack, probably by air and land, but he was not convinced that it would be immediate or overwhelming. His regime expected their neighbours to line up with the US. Saddam knew that regular army morale was poor. Real support for Saddam among the public was probably narrowly based.
C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime’s record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.
CDS said that military planners would brief CENTCOM on 1-2 August, Rumsfeld on 3 August and Bush on 4 August.
The two broad US options were:
(a) Generated Start. A slow build-up of 250,000 US troops, a short (72 hour) air campaign, then a move up to Baghdad from the south. Lead time of 90 days (30 days preparation plus 60 days deployment to Kuwait).
(b) Running Start. Use forces already in theatre (3 x 6,000), continuous air campaign, initiated by an Iraqi casus belli. Total lead time of 60 days with the air campaign beginning even earlier. A hazardous option.
The US saw the UK (and Kuwait) as essential, with basing in Diego Garcia and Cyprus critical for either option. Turkey and other Gulf states were also important, but less vital. The three main options for UK involvement were:
(i) Basing in Diego Garcia and Cyprus, plus three SF squadrons.
(ii) As above, with maritime and air assets in addition.
(iii) As above, plus a land contribution of up to 40,000, perhaps with a discrete role in Northern Iraq entering from Turkey, tying down two Iraqi divisions.
The Defence Secretary said that the US had already begun “spikes of activity” to put pressure on the regime. No decisions had been taken, but he thought the most likely timing in US minds for military action to begin was January, with the timeline beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections.
The Foreign Secretary said he would discuss this with Colin Powell this week. It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force.
The Attorney-General said that the desire for regime change was not a legal base for military action. There were three possible legal bases: self-defence, humanitarian intervention, or UNSC authorisation. The first and second could not be the base in this case. Relying on UNSCR 1205 of three years ago would be difficult. The situation might of course change.
The Prime Minister said that it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the UN inspectors. Regime change and WMD were linked in the sense that it was the regime that was producing the WMD. There were different strategies for dealing with Libya and Iran. If the political context were right, people would support regime change. The two key issues were whether the military plan worked and whether we had the political strategy to give the military plan the space to work.
On the first, CDS said that we did not know yet if the US battleplan was workable. The military were continuing to ask lots of questions.
For instance, what were the consequences, if Saddam used WMD on day one, or if Baghdad did not collapse and urban warfighting began? You said that Saddam could also use his WMD on Kuwait. Or on Israel, added the Defence Secretary.
The Foreign Secretary thought the US would not go ahead with a military plan unless convinced that it was a winning strategy. On this, US and UK interests converged. But on the political strategy, there could be US/UK differences. Despite US resistance, we should explore discreetly the ultimatum. Saddam would continue to play hard-ball with the UN.
John Scarlett assessed that Saddam would allow the inspectors back in only when he thought the threat of military action was real.
The Defence Secretary said that if the Prime Minister wanted UK military involvement, he would need to decide this early. He cautioned that many in the US did not think it worth going down the ultimatum route. It would be important for the Prime Minister to set out the political context to Bush.
Conclusions:
(a) We should work on the assumption that the UK would take part in any military action. But we needed a fuller picture of US planning before we could take any firm decisions. CDS should tell the US military that we were considering a range of options.
(b) The Prime Minister would revert on the question of whether funds could be spent in preparation for this operation.
(c) CDS would send the Prime Minister full details of the proposed military campaign and possible UK contributions by the end of the week.
(d) The Foreign Secretary would send the Prime Minister the background on the UN inspectors, and discreetly work up the ultimatum to Saddam.
He would also send the Prime Minister advice on the positions of countries in the region especially Turkey, and of the key EU member states.
(e) John Scarlett would send the Prime Minister a full intelligence update.
(f) We must not ignore the legal issues: the Attorney-General would consider legal advice with FCO/MOD legal advisers.
(I have written separately to commission this follow-up work.)
MATTHEW RYCROFT
(Rycroft was a Downing Street foreign policy aide)
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ImpeachmentWatch Day 43 (2008-07-22)
Posted on July 22, 2008 by impeachmentwatch
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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 43 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Why isn’t Impeachment on Nancy Pelosi’s Table?
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.
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.”
Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot and then elected. — Let’s Table the Speaker
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Impeachment Video of the Day
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 because the attempt to hold him accountable wouldn’t be as useful as waiting for Barack Obama to maybe become President so he could maybe investigate Bush then.
Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
At 10 a.m. on Friday July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This is not yet a true impeachment hearing, but it is our opportunity to push for one, and it represents a tremendous victory after years of effort by millions of Americans who want to keep the Constitution alive. This never would have happened without your hard work. And we can’t let up now!
The National Impeachment Network is organizing a rally and asking everyone who can to take a day off for justice and meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 25th in front of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Independence Avenue side. Bring impeachment shirts and posters!
Louis T. McFadden (1876-1936): An American Hero – Dr. Ron Paul, the Republican candidate for the 2008 presidential nomination, is not the first U.S. politician to point to the abuses of the Federal Reserve System and call for its abolishment. Similar pleas to get rid of the Fed were made by Reps. Wright Patman (1893-1976) and Henry Gonzales (1916-2000), both Democratic congressmen from Texas and chairmen of the House Banking Committee.
Few recall, however, how controversial the Fed was when it was first proposed and then maneuvered through a recessing Congress just before Christmas 1913. Rep. Charles Lindbergh, Sr., R-MN and father of the future aviator, called the Federal Reserve Act “the worst legislative crime of the ages.”
It is up to the blogosphere to spread this far and wide, and to manhandle the media. The hope of the Democratic leadership, which could no longer ignore relentless pressure to begin hearings, is that hearings will attract no notice and, with no one knowing or understanding the import of what is going on, the impeachment genie, which rises and stretches when the huge numbers of people who think Bush should be impeached, but who are hopeless that it will ever happen, are given hope that it can and start picking up phones and banners to make it so. Polls vary, but in none does the past sentiment for the impeachment of Clinton come close to that for the impeachment of Bush, and you all know I’m no fan of Slick Willie who perfected the Triangulation Machine.
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: “There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”
Former Congressman Harold Ford appeared at the Netroots Nation conference, argued that Bush officials shouldn’t be held accountable for crimes they committed while in office, and then insisted that Democrats shouldn’t be expected to defend civil liberties and Constitutional rights because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
In arguing against prosecutions for Bush lawbreaking, Ford said that Bush officials already have been subjected to accountability for their lawbreaking: “‘I think that accountability was brought in 2006 when [the GOP] lost in the House and the Senate,’ Ford said. ‘And we have only eight more months of George W. Bush . . .'”
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.
Here’s how the propaganda model works: Take an issue that is at odds with how elite policy makers view the world, say Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bid to impeach President Bush in early June 2008, and evaluate the media coverage of the event. Kucinich’s attempt to impeach the President elicited a mere 132 words in every major media outlet including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN.com.
In this case, the mainstream media (MSM) did not conduct any of its own reporting or writing, instead it presented the public with an Associated Press (AP) report, which lacked depth and context regarding Kucinich’s argument. The paltry word count aside, the article was rarely found in print, but left to be discovered on the websites of major media players, designated to an obscure link on the margins. The only remnants of the media coverage can be found in an exact and precise Google search, which will lead readers to the brief article.
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.
“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?
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.
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
1 Article of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-07-10]
– Full Text
– Full Video [h/t cspanjunkie]
35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush [2008-06-09]
– Full Text
– [PDF]
– [LIST]
Video: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 [h/t cspanjunkie]
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for’. I agree with the second part” — Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 10:00 am PST
CNN.com: 0
FoxNews.com: 0
MSNBC.com: 0
Google News: 0
Reuters: 0
AP: 0
Google News Search: Impeachment: 3,822 – (30) – (447)
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], Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
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 43 – 2008-07-22
CITIZEN-TIMES: We should hold Bush accountable for his actions
PAKISTAN-DAILY: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers plans George W Bush impeachment substitute
MARKET-ORACLE: McFadden’s Attempts to Abolish the Federal Reserve System
CATOOSA-COUNTY-NEWS: Better late than never – Impeach Bush and Cheney
DEMOCRATS.COM: Support the Kucinich Impeachment Hearing on Friday
ADS: Liliana Segura Talks Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail (video)
ADS: Glen Greenwald Speaks for Impeachment on Democracy Now!
ADS: Tell Bob Barr to Speak Up for Impeachment on Friday
ADS: TSA to Use Full-Body Imaging This Fall at Chicago O’Hare
ADS: Nancy Pelosi, How Do You Plead?
ADS: Bush Lied, Knew He Was Lying, Thought It Was Funny, and Killed Over a Million People
ADS: Bush Is NOT Complying With Supreme Court’s Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Day 42 – 2008-07-21
HERALD-NEWS: Unfathomable that Bush has escaped impeachment
METROWEST: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: Open Discussion Thread: How can we Stop Martial Law?
MODESTO-BEE: Impeach Bush and his administration
BEYOND CHRON: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation
OEN: Impeach the Puppet Masters
ADS: Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations
ADS: Adam Kokesh on John Conyers (video)
ADS: White House Issued FISA Fact Sheet; Failed to Mention Constitutional Prohibition Against Ex Post Facto Laws (Art. I, Sec. 9)
TPMCAFE: Alleged War Crimes Evidence: Communication Between DC-DOJ and Remote US Attorney-DoJ Leadership
TPMCAFE: Propaganda To Discredit Andover Dean’s Call For War Crimes Indictments of American Officials
TPMCAFE: Limited Coverage of Turley’s Call For International War Crimes Tribunal To Investigate US
Day 41 – 2008-07-20
STATESMAN-JOURNAL: Obama should have backed impeachment
METROWEST DAILY-NEWS: No reason to delay impeachment
OEN: More Important Than Impeachment
ADS: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
ADS: The Pentagonization of U.S. Life (video)
ADS: Harold Ford Advocates Letting Bush and Cheney Off Because “the Constitution doesn’t poll very well.”
ADS: If You Live in Keith Ellison’s District
ADS: When Their Lips Are Moving (video)
ADS: Pelosi Tells Netroots Nation She Opposes Impeachment Because She’s BiPartisan
ADS: Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney
ADS: Bush’s “Imperialism Lite”
Day 40 – 2008-07-19
SALON: Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
STATESMAN: “Where is our (expletive) impeachment?”
WASHINGTON TIMES: Protesters greet Pelosi
NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE: LIVE from Austin: Ask the Speaker
ADS: About 40 Protest Rove Visit To Virginia Beach
ADS: Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot
ADS: Silence of the Lambs
ADS: How They’ll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail
OEN: Executive Privilege, Why Aren’t They Hollering “Cover-up?”
MIDDLE-EAST ONLINE: Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
BUZZ-FLASH: BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 18, 2008
ARAB-AMERICAN NEWS: Kucinich: Impeach Bush, create Department of Peace
Day 39 – 2008-07-18
CNN: Pelosi: Bush ‘a total failure’
CAPITOL-HILL-BLUES: Bush and Pelosi: Both are failures
LATIMES: Bush impeachment article to get hearing
BRADBLOG: Nine House Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearing, 10 Republicans Abstain, Measure Passes 238-180…
REUTERS: Hearing set on “imperial Bush presidency”
OEN: Corporate Media Blackouts Continue as Iran War Looms and Impeachment Moves Ahead
MORNING-JOURNAL: House Democrats give Kucinich a sandbox to play at Bush-bashing
OEN: Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action
OEN: Pelosi Secures Her “BUT”
OROVILLE-MR: Letter: Where are impeachment stories?
BALTIMORE-CHRONICLE: I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on Terror
DETROIT-FREE-PRESS: Conyers to hold hearing on Bush administration
OEN: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release
RAW-STORY: Legal scholar: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
ADS: GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
ADS: Put Rove in Jail (video)
ADS: O-BUMMER
ADS: What Do YOU Want to Know? Ask Nancy Pelosi
ADS: Don’t Attack Iran! Die-in at Pelosi’s Home!
ADS: Maryland ACLU on Police Spying on Peace Activists (video)
ADS: A Brief Chronology of the Bush-Cheney Impeachment Movement
Day 38 – 2008-07-17
DKOS: 9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
TPMCAFE: DoJ Again Tampers With Wrong Civilian Population
RAWSTORY: Turley: Impeachment hearings must consider evidence Bush committed crimes
OEN: Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings
THE-NATION: Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
PRESS-TV: House to hear Bush impeachment article
SCOOP: Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich
ADS: Impeachment Begins: Be on Capitol Hill on Friday July 25th
ADS: John Dean Says Bush Could Pardon Himself
ADS: ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan President – How about Bush? (video)
ADS: Impeachment of Bush worth pursuing
ADS: Rove Says White House Won’t Allow Him to Obey the Law
ADS: Keith Olbermann Discussing Inherent Contempt Tonight (video)
Day 37 – 2008-07-16
LA TIMES: Congressional panel to review Kucinich’s call to impeach Bush
AP: Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush
OEN: Trying To Get A Good? Representative To Impeach
OEN: The US Is On The Verge Of Utter Financial Collapse And Martial Law
OEN: Rulers May Repeat A Tragedy More Horrible Than 9/11
OEN: More, Utopia and civilization
OEN: POLL: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention?
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: Murdering God: Of Shotguns, American Capitalism, and Moral Expediency
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich May Get Impeachment Hearing, But Committee Won’t Vote to Remove Bush
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich: ‘How Many More Hearings to Prove Pres. Bush Violated Constitution?’
OEN: The $20 Dollars To Impeach Campaign
ADS: Hearing on Impeachable Offenses Scheduled for July 25th in House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
ADS: EPA Official confirms “Cover-up” directed by White House and Cheney
ADS: Kucinich’s Fight to Impeach Bush: Part I (video)
ADS: New Definition of Oversight
ADS: Truthout Interview of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (video)
ADS: Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win
ADS: Kucinich Says Unidentified Foreign Official Wants to Speak at Impeachment Talks
TPMCAFE: AG Letter on Plame Investigation Documents Demostrates Lack of Comity
TMPCAFE: Growing Support for Constitutional Amendment To Popularly Elect Speaker
TMPCAFE: President Throws Mukasey, Pelosi Under Bus On War Crimes
Day 36 – 2008-07-15
ADS: An Open Letter to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ADS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
ADS: IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN HOUSE WITH READING BY CLERK TODAY
ADS: Thank Pelosi and Conyers If . . . (video)
ADS: Speaker Pelosi will be attending Netroots Nation, will you?
ADS: The Power of a Raw Story
RAW-STORY: Undeterred, Kucinich to introduce another impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Conyers may hold hearings, but plans no action on impeachment
POLITICKER: Kucinich may get shot to make impeachment case before recess
CQ POLITICS: Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution
DAILY-HERALD: Congress has duty on impeachment
AMERICAN-CHRONICLE: FISA – Obama, the Democrats and the Mass Media Betray US Again
Day 35 – 2008-07-14
ADS: National Impeachment Network DC Lobbying Report
ADS: New York Times FINALLY Notices Bugliosi’s Book
ADS: “Netroots Nation” Keeps Impeachment “Off the Table”
ADS: International Criminal Court Charges President With War Crimes (alas Sudan)
ADS: Why Won’t Jerry Impeach Dubya? Now a primary concern.
ADS: Washington for Impeachment Rallies Thursday 7/17, 9 AM at Rep. Jim McDermott’s Office
ADS: Cotati CA Council Votes to Impeach Bush, Cheney
ADS: The (Mock) Trial of Karl Rove Is Coming to Virginia Beach VA this Friday, July 18
ADS: Treason, BRIBERY, or Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors
OEN: Should ACLU Release Another Impeachment Pamphlet?
RAWSTORY: Report: Bush close to approving Israeli Iran attack
POLITICAL-CORTEX: Now is the Time to Impeach George W. Bush!
CONNIE-TALK: Kucinich Changes Pelosi’s Tune, Slightly
Day 34 – 2008-07-13
ADS: What questions do you have for Nancy Pelosi?
ADS: Watch the New York Times Marginalize Majority Positions
ADS: David Swanson on the Paul Berenson Show
ADS: Watch Vincent Bugliosi Discuss “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder”
ADS: 9-11 Preventable
CONCORD-MONITOR: Impeach them
HELI: AMERICA’S LAST CHANCE: IMPEACH BUSH
EXISTENTIALIST-COWBOY: Impeach, Remove, and Try George W. Bush for War Crimes and Mass Murder!
SALON: Beware Bush’s preemptive strike on torture
Day 33 – 2008-07-12
INDYBAY: Nancy Pelosi putting impeachment on the table? Cindy Sheehan responds
JAVNO: Pelosi Announces Bush Impeachment Possibility
INDYBAY: Ellsberg: NO Executive Privilege in Impeachment Hearnings; Bush Can Not Stop Testimony (audio)
DAILYSTAR: Bush builds upon legacy of ineptitude
GLOBALRESEARCH: Rep Dennis Kucinich on the Global Research News Hour
CONSORTIUMNEWS: Kucinich Pushes on Impeachment
ADS: Intl Cmtee of Red Cross Proposes War Crimes Charges (video)
ADS: Why US War Resisters Deserve Refuge in Canada
ADS: Bugliosi on MSNBC (video)
ADS: To Impeach or Not to Impeach: That is the Question for Rep. Conyers
ADS: A Note to the Peace Movement
ADS: Court Documents Shed Light on CIA Illegal Operations in Central Asia Using Islam & Madrassas
ADS: Unity or Solidarity
OEN: FISA, Is All Lost?
OEN: Seven Republican Members of House Judiciary Call for Impeachment out of Duty to the Constitution?
Day 32 – 2008-07-11
FOXNEWS: Kucinich Tries to Impeach Bush Again
FREEP: Bid to impeach Bush may be heard
OEN: Impeach Bush for High Crimes says Rep. Dennis Kucinich
AP: Congress mostly going through the motions for now
OEN: Conyers Floats Inherent Contempt for Rove and Pelosi Shifts on Kucinich Impeachment Resolution
RAW-STORY: Kucinich impeach bill charges Bush ‘fabricated threats’; Pelosi hints at possible hearing
OEN: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Change Your Attitude Towards Congress (poll)
ADS: Kucinich to Present Case for Impeachment to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: What Dennis Has Done
ADS: Ask Conyers to Allow Kucinich to Present Impeachment Articles to House Judiciary Committee
ADS: Impeachment and Inherent Contempt
ADS: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
ADS: Sullivan Files Ballot Petitions to Challenge Nadler in Key Democratic Primary on Issue of Impeachment
TMPCAFE: Judiciary Taking Your Messages on Impeachment
Day 31 – 2008-07-10
JAVNO: Kucinich Again Tries To Impeach Bush
HUFFPO: Stalling on Impeachment (video)
OEN: MyBarackObama.com Refuses “Protect Our Constitution” Group
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to reveal text of impeachment article
RAW-STORY: Rove disses Congress, refuses subpoena to testify
TMPCAFE: Habeas Cases Should Give Americans Pause For Reflection
ADS: Congress Members’ View of Impeachment Improving Dramatically
ADS: Congressman Conyers Meets with Impeachment Advocates
ADS: NOTES ON CONYERS MEETING JULY 1, 2008, WITH MILWAUKEE IMPEACHMENT ACTIVISTS
ADS: SPY ON THEM
Day 30 – 2008-07-09
WAPO: Kucinich Bringing Back Impeachment This Week
PUBLIC-RECORD: Kucinich to Introduce New Article of Impeachment Against Bush Thursday
ITHACA-TIMES: Residents Thank Hinchey For Signing Impeachment Bill
BEST-SYNDICATION: Dennis Kucinich Asks For Publics Help In Impeachment
WORLD-NET-DAILY: Why not a new American Revolution
PLAIN-DEALER: Kucinich to take yet another crack at impeachment (video)
RAW-STORY: Kucinich to bring single article of impeachment for misleading US into war
ADS: Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday
ADS: Cotati CA May Call for Bush-Cheney Impeachment
ADS: Hold Karl Rove in Contempt (video)
RAW-STORY: Constitutional expert Turley on FISA bill: ‘The fix is in’ (video)
Day 29 – 2008-07-08
OEN: Should John Conyers Hold Impeachment Hearings Anyway?
GATHER: IMPEACHMENT IS TOO GOOD FOR HIM
PRESS-DEMOCRAT: Impeaching Bush on council agenda
RAW-STORY: As FISA nears toward vote, Feingold warns against immunity
RAW-STORY: ‘Science fiction like’ weapons on tap for political conventions (video)
ADS: The Fateful Vote to Impeach — Time Magazine, August 5, 1974
ADS: Nationwide Protests at Canadian Consulates Wednesday
ADS: G8 summit: Gordon Brown has eight-course dinner before food crisis talks
ADS: Bush Arrested at Monticello (video)
ADS: Pelosi Opposing Contempt for Rove
ADS: National Assembly offers blueprint for antiwar action
Day 18-28 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
Day 1-17 archived in previous versions of ImpeachmentWatch
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 has re-introduced the articles of impeachment. 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. 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.
Learn More about Impeachment [h/t Revisionist]
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Help Get Cindy Sheehan on the Ballot and then elected. – Removing the Speaker of the House who “took impeachment off the table” will be an important first step to holding the war criminals accountable for their crimes. Cindy Sheehan is running as an Independant against Nancy Pelosi in a very liberal district. She can win. The Speaker of the House can be defeated. It has happened before.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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