While Shopping Here for Obama or McCain T-Shirts: Read 35 Impeachment Articles against President Bush
Jun 11 '08 (Updated Jul 12 '08)
The Bottom Line Action-packed, not entertaining news about the American Republic's end, if we do not act. Brave Dennis Kucinich's Resolution needs to be widely discussed now, followed by indictments after November.
For today, Tuesday, June 10, 2008, I simply want to commend Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich for taking the time yesterday to read, before the U.S. Congress, 35 detailed particulars of a proposal to Impeach President George W. Bush for High Crimes and Misdemeanors under the Our Constitution. [The entire reading (taking over four hours was repeated for the Record by Clerks of the House this evening). Former Representative Cynthia McKinney had first proposed Impeachment of President Bush in 2006. Kucinich, a year ago, sent a similar bill of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney to the House Judiciary Committee. ] The bill may be considered by the full House tomorrow, but neither Democratic Leader Denny Hoyer nor Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated any support. Neither Reuters nor the N.Y Times online bothered to give the event a headline, and aside from Keith Olbermann and a mention by Dan Abrams on MSNBC, the networks seemed to ignore the matter.
We are much more concerned with the price of gas, and trivia about the
Election Nominees than we are about the coming end of the American
Republic, or the end of the World as we have known it.
A news report did come over the wire that Representative Kucinich's website, containing the text of his proposal, had been possibly sabotaged early this morning. Fortunately, other websites had picked up the bill of particulars.
I come from east of Cleveland, where Kucinich has his district, and I can remember walking in the waters of Lake Erie, near "Indian Creek," where the body of a Toledo gangster was found floating when I was a boy. Nothing much has changed, except I wouldn't walk in the water there anymore. Aside from "Dennis the Menace" as Kucinich is called by his detractors, Ohio has become pretty toxic since I grew up there.
It comes down to this: Unless, we begin value the Constitution, and forget the Media sideshows and horse races, I will no longer want to walk through America much more either. We do get the Government we choose and deserve. For a long time, at least the last eight -- perhaps 30 years, now, we have been choosing fascism as our form of governance at almost every opportunity.
More on this subject, in days to come. Meanwhile, check out the impressive history of malfeasance and incompetence Kucinich has gathered on our 43rd President:
Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio
In the United States House of Representatives
Monday, June 9th, 2008
A Resolution
INDEX
Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.
Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.
Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.
Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.
Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.
Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114.
Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.
Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor.
Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes.
Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.
Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources.
Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries.
Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq.
Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors.
Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives.
Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy.
Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture.
Article XX
Imprisoning Children.
Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government.
Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws.
Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.
Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.
Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.
Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements.
Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply.
Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice.
Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare.
Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency.
Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.
Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001.
Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders.
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ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
Resolved, that President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.
In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the following abuses of power.
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FOR THE FULL TEXT, GIVING THE DETAILED EVIDENCE, GO TO THE FOLLOWING SITE:
http://www.democrats.com/files/amomentoftruth.pdf
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EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY. AND KEEP EMAILING THEM. WHETHER IT IS TOO LATE TO IMPEACH BUSH AND CHANEY OR NOT AT THIS POINT, A NEW ADMINISTRATION SHOULD INDICT EVERYONE THE EVIDENCE WILL INDICATE, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE BUSH-CHANEY GANG, AND THE 7O NEWLY REVEALED REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS WHO WERE PART OF THE ABRAMOFF WAR PROFITEERING SCHEMES.
The Windfall Profits Tax Bill on the Oil Companies which failed in the Senate would have been only a band-aid on the massive sore the the above indictment represents.
And as far as the Election Debates we are likely to have between now and November, we can buy the T-shirts anytime.
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UPDATE: Thursday, June 12, 2008 -- Yesterday afternoon, Representative Kucinich asked the House of Representatives that his his Impeachment resolution be sent to the Judiciary Committee for action. Twenty-four Republicans joined all the House Democrats present to approve his motion: 251-166. The resolution is now in the Judiciary constitutional law subcommittee.
Now it is up to us and everyone we know to contact the members of the full Judiciary Committee to begin examining and laying out the evidence in hearings:
If you would like to help Kucinich, please contact members of the House Judiciary Committee and demand a hearing on the articles of impeachment:
Committee Email: http://judiciary.house.gov/contact.aspx
Committee Phone: 202-225-3951
John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) Chair 202-225-5126
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) 202-225-5635
Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) 202-225-1510
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) 202-225-3072
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) 202-225-7931
Howard Coble (R-NC) 202-225-3065
Trent Franks (R-AZ) 202-225-4576
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UPDATE: Tuesday, July 8, 2008: While it is unlikely, indeed probably impossible, for these articles to be brought before the House now for a vote, their introduction and presence in the Judiciary Committee will contribute to the widespread reform needed in our governance procedures. For instance, this morning a Commission, chaired by former Secretary of State James Baker, recommended a repeal of the "War Powers Act," and a return to a procedure more in keeping with our Constitution.
UPDATE: Saturday, July 11, 2008: Two days ago, Speaker of the House changed her stance on Impeachment, that it was "off the table," a position that she has maintained since she became the first woman Speaker in our history, nearly two years ago. She now says that Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers may indeed hold hearings on Representative Dennis Kucinich's Impeachment Articles.
Keep those phone calls, Emails and telegrams going to the representatives I've listed above. They hold the power to restore the Constitution of the United States, and literally save the Republic.
I don't think that I exaggerate.
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