ImpeachPAC.org & AfterDowningStreet.org – 2006-03-28 08:15:34
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Towns, Cities Pass Resolutions Urging Impeachment
Brattleboro, Vermont, has joined nine other towns and cities, five state Democratic parties, and 19 local Democratic committees in passing resolutions urging the impeachment of President Bush and — in most cases — Vice President Cheney.
“Hopefully if enough towns start passing these somebody will take action,” Brattleboro Town Representative Dora Bouboulis told the Burlington Free Press. “It’s about starting a movement and helping them have the courage to act.”
According to ImpeachPAC President Bob Fertik, “Congress and the national media dismiss the majority of Americans who support impeachment as powerless and irrelevant. But ordinary Americans refuse to remain powerless, and they are using the basic tools of Democracy — like Town Hall Meetings and local resolutions — to begin impeachment from the bottom up.
These local efforts have already persuaded several Members of Congress to support John Conyers’ bill to investigate President Bush’s impeachable offenses. We hope this movement will ultimately persuade all 435 Members of Congress to perform their Constitutional duty to hold President Bush accountable for his innumerable High Crimes.”
ImpeachPAC Washington Director David Swanson added, “This week we are going to see the Senate Intelligence Committee again effectively refuse to investigate Bush’s misleading pre-war statements, the Senate Judiciary Committee take up the topic of Censure, and the Senate and the media face the issue of the permanent U.S. military bases being built along an oil pipeline in Iraq.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Congress Members is planning a push for an open House debate on the war, and the Supreme Court tomorrow begins hearing arguments on the question of Bush’s claimed right to detain people indefinitely without charge or access to counsel.
All of this is happening in the context of Bush’s recent admission that he has no intention of ever pulling all US troops out of Iraq. People across the political spectrum are opposing this war and are taking offense at this President and Vice President routinely behaving as if they were above the law. We’re building a movement for impeachment to restore the rule of law and end this administration’s illegal adventure in Iraq.”
ImpeachPAC (PO Box 721066 Jackson Hts NY 11372) is working with Progressive Democrats of America and local activists to pass similar resolutions around the country, and has created a kit to assist local organizations in the task:
http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions
Impeachment has become a live topic in the US media, including the Washington Post, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and the Vermont Guardian.
Forums are being held around the country on the topic of impeachment, as in this video:
New Video of Forum on War and Impeachment:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/9700
New Topic for the Washington Post’s Front Page: Impeachment:
Editorial Page Editor of Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
“Their callousness about other people’s children aside, it’s not just Cheney and Bush whom I hold responsible for the deaths of more than 2,300 hundred Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis.
It’s also men like Sen. John Kerry and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vietnam veterans who had seen young men die in combat. They knew better than to take the nation to war on the wings of a lie. That they did was not only unjust; it was immoral.”
Bob Fertik writes, “Something remarkable happened Monday: the Corporate Media finally got sick of Bush’s endless lies about Iraq, and started to tell the truth. The immediate cause was a front-page New York Times story about the “White House Memo,” which proved Bush was determined to invade Iraq no matter what.
Now we have reached a turning point in our “long march” for Truth. Everyone in the world knows in their heart that Bush lied. Soon everyone will say it out loud: Bush Lied. When millions of Americans say those two simple words — and the media finally joins us — Bush’s reign of fear will come to a crashing halt. Let’s make that happen now.”
http://www.democrats.com/white-house-memo
David Swanson writes, “There is something about this week that feels better than the average one for bringing a child into the world. I have hope that others will have hope, and that this will let them press hard for action. And there is something about bringing a child into the world that makes me want to push harder for a full measure of truth, and not be satisfied with the thrill of seeing bits of truth squeeze through. Someone said: He not busy being born, is busy dying. That certainly goes for democracies.”
Brattleboro VT has joined nine other towns and cities, five state Democratic parties, and 19 local Democratic committees in passing resolutions urging the impeachment of George Bush and — in most cases — Dick Cheney. ImpeachPAC is working with Progressive Democrats of America and local activists to pass similar resolutions around the country, and has created a kit to assist local organizations in the task. Take a look and give it a try. Put your town on the map of the impeachment movement!
http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions
Led by the spiritual descendants of the Green Mountain Boys (including carpenter/musician Dan DeWalt), Vermont is making real progress towards impeachment. Their next goal is to persuade their state legislature to formally adopt an impeachment resolution. Send this link to everyone you know in Vermont:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/862004571?ltl=1143521278
Funds raised by ImpeachPAC: $63,316 from 1,656 donors
Candidates Endorsed by ImpeachPAC: 3
http://impeachpac.org/candidates
Congress Members sponsoring H Res 635: 33
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/635
Senators Supporting Censure: 3
http://www.democrats.com
Americans Favoring Impeachment: between 26 and 53%
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/polling
Tell Senators on Judiciary Committee to Support Censure on Friday
The Senate Judiciary Committee will take up Senator Feingold’s censure proposal on Friday. FireDogLake.com has come up with the idea of faxing members of the Senate Judiciary Committee with these words at the top of your fax: “U.S. Constitution: Do Not Shred.”
Here are the FAX numbers for the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Arlen Specter, Chairman – Pennsylvania – Fax (202) 228-1229
Orrin G. Hatch – Utah – Fax (202) 224-6331
Patrick J. Leahy – Vermont – Fax (202) 224-3479
Charles E. Grassley – Iowa – Fax (515) 288-5097
Edward M. Kennedy – Massachusetts – Fax (202) 224-2417
Jon Kyl – Arizona – Fax (202) 224-2207
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. – Delaware – Fax (202) 224-0139
Mike DeWine – Ohio – Fax (202) 224-6519
Herbert Kohl – Wisconsin – Fax (202) 224-9787
Jeff Sessions – Alabama – Fax (202) 224-3149
Dianne Feinstein – California – Fax (202) 228-3954
Lindsey Graham – South Carolina – Fax (864) 250-4322
Russell D. Feingold – Wisconsin – Fax (202) 224-2725
John Cornyn – Texas – Fax (972) 239-2110
Charles E. Schumer – New York – Fax (202) 228-3027
Sam Brownback – Kansas – Fax (202) 228-1265
Richard J. Durbin – Illinois – Fax (202) 228-0400
Tom Coburn – Oklahoma – Fax (202) 224-6008
You can sign up for an eFax 30-day trial and fax for free here:
http://home.efax.com/s/r/gen-efax-plus5?VID=31629&CMP=AFC-fax4free
Tell The Committee Chairman To Speak Up
Senator Arlen Specter will chair the hearing on censure. Specter has repeatedly denounced Bush’s illegal wiretapping. But he refuses to do anything to stop Bush from doing it!
Call/fax/email his offices (numbers below) with this simple message:
Speak Up Specter! Censure Bush for illegal wiretapping!
Senate switchboard: 888-355-3588
D.C. office direct line: 202-224-4254
D.C. office fax: 202-228-1229
Two Months Later, Better Than Never,
New York Times Covers White House Memo
AfterDowningStreet.org began demanding coverage of the White House Memo almost two months ago. Finally, the New York Times has written about it, and acknowldged that — contrary to Bush’s claims — Bush was intent on going to war and not attempting in any way to avoid it.
Read Jonathan Schwarz on Bush/Blair Excuses in Face of Evidence
Read Bob Fertik on how the New York Times is still lying for Bush
http://www.democrats.com/node/8337
Read Editor and Publisher on what Bush and Blair were saying publicly at time of White House Memo
Bi-Partisan Group of Congress Members to Call for Debate on War
A bi-partisan group in the House of Representatives has sent around this “Dear Colleague” letter asking other Members of Congress to join in calling for an open floor debate on the war.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/opendebate.pdf
Urge your Congress Member to sign on!
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=8621401&type=CO
There Is Blood on Our Hands
“We the People” must accept the responsibility for the killing of innocent civilians. Our tax dollars are used to fund the illegal war in Iraq and we must now act, collectively, to put an end to this.
http://bloodonourhands.us.com/demonstrate
A New Book: “This Can’t Be Happening”
In the United States, our best journalism is published in books now and talked about on the radio and the internet. If you get your news from a television or a newspaper, you live in another world. This no doubt contributes to how divided we are politically. Dave Lindorff’s and Barbara Olshansky’s book could help bridge this national divide.
The genius of this book is in its brevity. Lindorff and Olshansky have boiled the list of Bush and Cheney’s documented crimes down to an amazingly concise summary, one that however gives a real flavor of the goings on in this criminal administration. I work on these issues and still learned a great deal by reading this book. If each of us who knows some of this and is able to process it easily buys ten copies to give to people who get their news from TV, this clear crisp book might just help save this country. — David Swanson
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/id16.html
UPCOMING EVENTS
Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush:
The Evidence, and What the Constitution Dictates
March 28, 7:30 p.m.
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now hosts a panel discussion featuring Michael Ratner, Bill Goodman, Shayana Kadidal, and Maria Lahood, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights and authors of a new book, Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush (Melville House). At The Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, NYC (corner of Bleecker and Lafayette Streets) Admission is free — seating is limited — first come, first served LINK
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on Censure
March 31, 9:30 a.m.
Senate Dirksen 226
March to Redeem the Soul of America
April 1 – 14, 2006 in Texas: Irving – Dallas – Waco – Crawford
ConsumersforPeace.org, Crawford Peace House, Dallas Peace Center, Texas Peace Action
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MARCH FOR PEACE IN IRAQ & JUSTICE AT HOME
April 1, Atlanta will host the largest anti-war march in the history of the South. The date, APRIL FIRST, links the 3rd anniversary of the war, March 20, with the 38th anniversary of Dr. King’s death, April 4. Activists are organizing contingents from Birmingham, Alabama; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Memphis & Nashville, Tennessee; Tallahassee, Florida and all corners of Georgia.
Guantanamo on Capitol Hill
On April 6, 5pm
A reading of the Tricycle Theater’s production of Guantánamo in the Rayburn House Office Building, The House of Congress, Capitol Hill, Washington DC.
Easter in Crawford, Texas
April 10-16
Join Cindy in Crawford. Everyone’s welcome!
• Sign up for these events, find others, and create your own at
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/event
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http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?caltype=39&lcountry=&state=&search=Search
And PDA:
http://pdamerica.org/events/main-list.php
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A KIT FOR PASSING IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTIONS
http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions
David Swanson
202-329-7847
david@davidswanson.org
http://www.democrats.com Washington Director
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org Co-Founder
http://www.pdamerica.org Board Member
http://www.impeachpac.org Washington Director
New York Times Covers White House Memo
AfterDowningStreet.org began demanding coverage of the White House Memo almost two months ago. Finally, the New York Times has written about it:
NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President.
