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Let’s do more than talk about the latest bad news, lets organize to counter the cointelpro stooges and kick some evil bastard ass.

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John Conyers is starting a town hall meeting tour where he is attempting to silence the public on Impeachment. He started the meeting by asking all those holding Impeachment signs to put them down.

The following is a report from a DUer

On impeachment: It is not practical right now. It will never succeed, as they don’t have the votes. They would just tie up the legislative process for 4-6 months if they got bogged down in impeachment and they wouldn’t get anything done. Then, of course, people would say they didn’t get anything done and throw them out.

Instead Conyers will pursue what he calls, get this “A New American Agenda”
where they will pursue anything but Impeachment…

*international law issues and how our country does not follow may of them
*reintroduce legislation to establish the Department of Peace
*We need to work on a single-payer, universal health care bill
*Reform the new bankruptcy law
*We need to do something about Darfur.
*We need to reform the criminal justice system.
*We need to create a whole new paradigm — we need to change what the U.S. means to the world.
*Go back to the civil rights movement: jobs, justice, peace.

I doubt I need to state the obvious, but does anyone thing anything will be accomplished with Bush in office? This is more stalling.

Conyers is holding his “A New American Agenda” meetings around the country, I suggest that everyone attend them but when he asks you to put your Impeachment signs down, say NO!

IMPEACHMENT IS OUR POSITIVE AGENDA.

How can anyone who is sworn to uphold our constitution think they should just overlook blatant violations of the law and just move on to other things?

We cannot allow John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi to lead our country into stupidity.

I think we should give our Congress a ‘Christmas in Iraq’ by visiting them this Christmas season and giving them a Christmas like the Iraqis and our troops are experiencing. Show up at their local offices with pictures of the carnage they helped create. Visit their homes with a crowd, signs and read the stories of the reality in Iraq over a loudspeaker. Why should they enjoy a peaceful holiday while they are still ruining the lives of so many?

As some celebrate the birth of Christ, wouldn’t it be nice to act in his behalf? Would Jesus be sitting at home enjoying his wealth and privilege meanwhile being responsible for the killing of so many? Take the time to stand outside your congresspersons home reminding them just who they are celebrating. Shout loudly “Thou shall not kill” Thou shall not steal!! Demand Impeachment and cutting the funding off to Halliburton and the other looters.
Let them know that we are not going away. This outrage will only grow until they answer to the will of the people.

There must be thousands of anti-bush bloggers… why can’t we all work together? Anti-war patriots need to stop following cointelpro ‘leaders’ and start organizing our own actions.

Wouldn’t it be cool if every one of them put up a “March on DC to Impeach” banner. Haven’t you had enough of the Saturday afternoon protests that go nowhere? Who organizes a march when Congress isn’t even in town?

And this time, we’ll have none of that Nixon waving goodbye bullshit, we demand an open hearing, with Bush & co testifying under oath, in public- cross examined by Congress and members of the public. We demand the truth, and this time, we’re staying until the crooks and liars and are held accountable!

I’m just one person, would you please consider emailing a few anti-bush sites and asking them if they’ll post a banner too? Got better graphic arts skills than me, by all means make another and offer it up (- ;

What would MLK do if he were alive today? What about John Lennon? Funny how they were shot, and now we have a bunch of posers in their place, leading another Saturday march to nowhere.

Beirut has music blasting thru the walls of the Presidential Palace- why can’t we do that?

We could have a Woodstock 2007: Impeach for World Peace Concert in DC- with a whole range of peace artists from rap to country to rock. Can anyone out there contact: Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson, Chuck D, Dixie Chicks, Green Day, Billy Bragg, Immortal Technique, John Mellencamp, Merle Haggard, Ani Difranco, Paris, Jynkz, et al….

It is time for an open-ended march on DC,
if not now, when?

Are all of the above singers sellouts? I don’t think so. Are they cowards? No- not that either. Maybe they are all just waiting for someone to organize it.

The corporate media is full of it- here is the Guardian UK’s headline:

Move to bring genocide case against Ahmadinejad as Iran president repeats call to wipe out Israel

Here is Ahmadinejad’s quote (from the same article):

“Thanks to people’s wishes and God’s will, the trend for the existence of the Zionist regime is downwards and this is what God has promised and what all nations want.”

“The trend for the existence of the Zionist regime is downwards” is a far cry from “Wipe out Israel”. It could even be interpreted that Ahmadinejad is not so concerned with Israel the state, as he is with the current regime ruling Israel.

He also said:

“Israel is about to crash. The Soviet Union disappeared, and this will also be the fate of the Zionist regime.”

Did someone “wipe out” the Soviet Union? No- it collapsed from within.

Are editors across the globe stupid or consciously manipulative?

It is clear that the new Congress is not going to change a damn thing. Pelosi and Conyers have both said impeachment is off the table. “[Impeachment] is a waste of time,” Mrs. Pelosi said. “Making them lame ducks is good enough for me.”

What about her sworn oath to uphold the Constitution. By taking impeachment off the table, Pelosi is openly declaring herself a traitor, loyal to Bush over the Constitution. Impeachment is not an option, it is the rule of law. Bush & Co broke the law, they must be held accountable - period.

Demand more from the politicians. I don’t believe they will listen to letters, faxes and phone calls- it’s time that We The People put some real heat on Congress, by showing up in DC and not leaving until they have done their job.

And if they refuse, we throw them all out.

Which brings me to the point- United for Peace and Justice has organized another Saturday afternnon march… anyone think it’ll accomplish anything? Of course not, especially since it’s the Saturday AFTER the State of the Union speech.

UFPJ’s march is Jan 27th, the chimp’s SotU address is scheduled for Tues Jan 23rd. Could it be that they are worried about a Mosh like event occuring?

Wouldn’t it be cool if every pro-impeach blogger put up a “March on DC to Impeach” the rat bastards banner on their website? The Impeach Bush Coalition has been contacted- do they support a massive march on DC? If not- why?

Mike Rivero at www.WhatReallyHappened.com is exactly right.

What we should do is gather in DC when the new Congress meets and tell them flat out that WE THE PEOPLE refuse to allow anything else to be done until the liars who tricked us into war are impeached, removed from office, and tried for war crimes.

We The People sent the new Congress to DC with a clear mandate. REMIND THEM OF THAT. Practice snarling now. Make a point of opposing any new legislation, no matter what it is. Stop every Congressional action in its tracks. Bring all congressional business to a dead halt until they deal with the task YOU SENT THEM TO WASHINGTON TO DEAL WITH.

Here is the campsite

Fascism cannot occur unless the opposition is totally disorganized. Why is the left so disorganized? What is preventing all the big name stars and intellectuals like from organizing a march until the nightmare is over. Why do we have ANSWER and World Can’t Wait taking turns organizing a weekend march every spring and fall. F*#k the weekend march- stay as long as it takes!

In the Ukraine protestors stayed for weeks, chanting “Police, Join the people”. The cops did leave their posts and the PM was forced to step down. (more…)

This is only a snapshot of 1 year’s funding, but still…

Vietnam 1974:

Congress cut funding to South Vietnam for the upcoming fiscal year from a proposed 1.26 billion to 700 million dollars.

Iraq 2006:

[Congress] voted for a bill which went into effect on Oct. 1 that appropriated $70 billion… [There is a new bill that] some are now estimating as an additional $160 billion for the war in Iraq, bringing the total for the fiscal year to $230 billion.

One year of Vietnam = $1.26 Billion
One year of Iraq = $230 Billion

Is it just inflation?

Let’s see, if you bought a brand new car in 1974 for $1260 (not feasible, but for the sake of transparent, easy math) , then a comparable car today would cost about $230,000.

Somebody’s getting the shaft- and it ain’t the military-industrial complex.

This is a short post to highlight one simple fact- John Conyers is an establishment shill- a fraud that has betrayed every American that supported his ‘investigations’.

From Conyers’ report, The Constitution in Crisis:

Our investigation has found that while the allegations set forth in this Report rise to the level of impeachable misconduct by the President, the Vice President, and other high ranking officials within the Administration, more information and investigatory authority is needed before recommendations can be made concerning specific Articles of Impeachment.

link : scroll down to Chapter 4, page 13

So last year Conyers do-nothing excuse was “more information and investigatory authority is needed”. Now that the democrats will have control of the House, “they aren’t even going to issue subpoenas.”

They aren’t even going to issue subpoenas! They aren’t going to investigate anything!

Wake up America- the Democrats in DC are establishment whores that are enabling BushCo to get away with murder. Conyers led the investigations into the Election Fraud, Downing Street Memo and Illegal Wiretapping- all led nowhere. Supposedly because the Republicans had control of the House… but now that’s been exposed- they led nowhere because Conyers is a Fraud.

Atlanta Progressive News has copy of Cynthia’s final floor speech in which she introduces articles of Impeachment but as it turns out she was not allowed to read on the US House Floor….

We have a President who has misgoverned and a Congress that has refused to hold him accountable. It is a grave situation and I believe the stakes for our country are high.

No American is above the law, and if we allow a President to violate, at the most basic and fundamental level, the trust of the people and then continue to govern, without a process for holding him accountable, what does that say about our commitment to the truth? To the Constitution? To our democracy?…

I am not willing to put any political party before my principles.

This, instead, is about beginning the long road back to regaining the high standards of truth and democracy upon which our great country was founded.

Mr. Speaker:

Under the standards set by the United States Constitution, President Bush, along with Vice President Cheney, and Secretary of State Rice, should be subject to the process of impeachment, and I have filed H. Res.1106 in the House of Representatives.

To my fellow Americans, as I leave this Congress, it is in your hands to hold your representatives accountable, and to show those with the courage to stand for what is right, that they do not stand alone.

gnn.tv has the best up to date coverage and behind the scenes…
and it might be a surprise to some that it looks as if John Conyers is not even planning on pursuing investigations.

Will other members of congress support the action Congresswoman McKinney has brought forth?

At the table in what could be considered her impeachment “war room” the question is brought up a number of times.

Mike, an advisor to McKinney, mentions, “Conyers was supposed to have investigations. They were chomping at the bit 6 months ago to do subpoenas.”

McKinney quietly replies, “Now they say they aren’t even going to issue subpoenas.”

hold Congress’ feet to the fire. 50,000 telegrams to Congress forced them to hold impeachment hearings on Nixon….

Click here to print out this poster…

…fax it to…

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s Fax # 202-225-8259

Congressman John Conyers’ Fax # 202-225-0072

…and to other Members of Congress!

It is generally understood that the recent overthrow of Republican control of congress was a direct result of the war in Iraq. As if taking Impeachment off the table wasn’t enough, now Democratic ‘leaders’ are promising to stay the course in Iraq. Americans are tired of destroying an innocent nation, killing hundreds of thousands and poisoning possibly millions with Depleted Uranium just so Halliburton can continue it’s looting.

The problem however, is that the Democratic leadership doesn’t feel the same way about humanity as the rest of us. They think that We the People put them in power so that they could get more corporate donations than the Republicans.

Congressman Kucinich has been leading the effort to educate Americans as well as his fellow Congressmen, that Congress has no power over Bush’s war but to cut off his allowance…

Congress can debate and pass legislation for redeployment, phased redeployment, or an over the horizon presence. Congress can vote for a resolution to end the war and a resolution to bring the troops home. However, none of this will have any legal effect. Each appropriations approval was a vote to continue the Iraq war.

Instead of taking a hint after the recent election, Bush has instead asked for even more money for Iraq than last year…

In the spring of 2007 a new Supplemental Appropriations bill, estimated in published reports at $130 billion will be brought to Congress. Added to the $70 billion bridge fund, this equals $200 billion for Iraq in FY2007 alone. Compare this with $117.6 Billion for all missions in FY06.

and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are prepared to give him anything he asks for…

“We’re not going to do anything to limit funding or cut off funds,” says Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

“We will not cut off funding for the troops,” Pelosi said. “Absolutely not,” she said.

and this is Nancy Pelosi’s reasoning??!!

“Let me remove all doubt in anyone’s mind; as long as our troops are in harm’s way, Democrats will be there to support them”

As Congressman Kucinich states

Well, we have abandoned the troops in the field already. We have abandoned them to lies about why the war was being fought. We have abandoned them to getting shot from all sides. We have left them in a type of hell while we profess a strange love for them by keeping them there.

Kucinich explains that there is plenty of money to bring the troops home…

The money’s there to bring the troops home and that money is continued in the so-called bridge fund that was passed September 30th, 2006. We have the money to bring the troops home. The idea that the troops will be stranded is false and is being spread by people who want to keep the war and the war spending going.

and I have news for Steny Hoyer…

“None of us want to fail; none of us want to see Iraq as a failure,”

Iraq is a failure. Invading a nation to steal their resources meanwhile killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people is a failure of humanity. Bush being in office, and Democrats continuing his ‘policies’ is a failure of our own Democracy.

It is time for the American people to wake Congress up. Never before has it been so evident that they live in a bubble. They think they can do whatever they want with our once great nation and no one can stop them. It is time to get in Congress’ face.

Find out what your Congressperson is doing for their Christmas break, and make sure they don’t have a Merry Christmas this year. They do not deserve one. Why should they enjoy an extended vacation in their plush homes while Iraqi women and children continue to be murdered?

Take a trip to your local Congressperson’s office and let them know how you feel about allowing this massacre to continue simply so Cheney can have a happy Christmas. Tell them how you feel about allowing war criminals to continue their policies in office when they should have been impeached already and sent to the Hague.

Demand they Impeach Bush and Cheney as soon as they return to DC. Stand outside their office and scream, whatever you can do to let them know that We the People will not be silenced!