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February 7, 2006

Bush Spying on Political Opponents

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Spying — ben @ 8:18 am

America needs 435 guys like this to run for congress. Paul Craig Roberts:

The purpose of the FISA court is to ensure that administrations do not spy for partisan political reasons. The warrant requirement is to ensure that a panel of independent federal judges hears a legitimate reason for the spying, thus protecting a president from the temptation to abuse the powers of government. The only reason for the Bush administration to evade the court is that the Bush administration had no legitimate reasons for its spying. This should be obvious even to a naif.

Why is it that no elected officials are capable of speaking this simple truth?

They didn’t go thru FISA because they were spying regular Americans- not al Qaida- FISA wouldn’t have approved. It’s been verified that the gov’t has been spying on Catholic workers, peace groups, the Truth Project, & even Quakers… perhaps they were also spying on Dennis Kucinich, Ralph Nader and others during the 2002 and 2004 election season.

This is exactly the reason Nixon was going to be impeached, for spying on political oppponents. Why can’t the Democrats in DC speak to this? It’s been long enough… now they had the big hearing where Gonzales wasn’t even sworn in. The Mercury News on Gonzales’ testimony:

The administration’s response boils down to this: Trust us, we’re spying on terrorists. The answer is inadequate, particularly for an administration whose reservoir of trust with the American people is dangerously close to empty.

Now “Magic Bullet” Specter says to wait a few weeks for another hearing… this is such BUllSHit. It’s all been exposed- there is no need for further investigation- Gonzales lied in his confirmation hearing!

  • They’ve been spying on political oppenents since 2002.
  • They withheld this information from the public before the 2004 election.
  • Bush lied to his supporters on the campaign trail.
  • Bush knowingly disregarded the Constitution and broke the law by ordering spying without a warrant.
  • Bush admitted to an impeachable offense on national tv.

They have no legal justification- period.

No person is above the law, not even the president. Therefore, if we are to be a country governed by law, the entire Bush Administration must be impeached.

What is wrong with the 535 politicians in DC? Are they incompetent, complicit or afraid?

It’s almost like they’re stalling, just hold out a bit more and that next terrorist attack will occur. jokingly?, I predict multiple attacks, perhaps occurring over several days (maximum fear), coordinated by a team of “Iranian, Syrians and Venezuelans” with a few poor Americans as accomplices. This will allow BushCo to bomb all three countries and give him license to round up all dissidents, most of whom are poor.

January 29, 2006

RFID Tags: In case you hadn’t heard

Filed under: US Govt, Spooky technology, Spying — ben @ 12:01 am

This article pretty much sums it up:

Could we be constantly tracked through our clothes, shoes or even our cash in the future?

I’m not talking about having a microchip surgically implanted beneath your skin, which is what Applied Digital Systems of Palm Beach, Fla., would like to do. Nor am I talking about John Poindexter’s creepy Total Information Awareness spy-veillance system, which I wrote about last week.

Instead, in the future, we could be tracked because we’ll be wearing, eating and carrying objects that are carefully designed to do so.

The generic name for this technology is RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification. RFID tags are miniscule microchips, which already have shrunk to half the size of a grain of sand. They listen for a radio query and respond by transmitting their unique ID code. Most RFID tags have no batteries: They use the power from the initial radio signal to transmit their response.

After this was written, Congress passed the new National ID Card Bill. In a year, all US Driver’s licenses will have RFID chips… the police state will be complete.

January 24, 2006

Jonathan Turley at Conyers’ NSA Hearing: Bush Committed a Crime

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 8:49 am

Former NSA Lawyer Jonathan Turley at the NSA Hearing (C-span)
Audio #1 (more to follow): Bush Committed a Crime

Please download this mp3 audio to share with others. Do you work at a business with a sound system… ;)
more download options at archive.org
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Professor Turley (rough transcript):

President Bush has for many years asserted authority that is both absolute and in my view, quite dangerous.
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January 21, 2006

Why did Bush hire Death Squads Negroponte to Spy On US ?

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Republicans, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 6:38 pm

It’s been exposed that Bush and Co have been spying on Peace Groups. Not spying to stop al-Qaeda, but spying to silence dissent. These are the tactics of a dictator. Constitutional scholars agree that Bush broke the law, clearly violating the Constitution.

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” ~Patrick Henry

Bush blatantly lied when he said they were only spying on al-Qaeda. In fact, they plugged into the nation’s main telecommunication arteries in a massive data-mining operation, scooping up everything and doing a pattern analysis, “searching for terrorists”.

Bush says it’s to protect us, but he also says his tax cuts for the rich were a good thing, that he didn’t really know Ken Lay, that the war in Iraq has made us safer, and lots of other lies.

How can anyone continue to believe this proven pathological liar?

So this is all bad enough… but to top it off,
Bush appointed Death Squads Negroponte as the Top Spymaster. He has access to all the NSA spying data, with limited Congressional Oversight.

Negroponte gained his nickname in the 80’s when he oversaw Honduran Death Squads for Pappy Bush (Reagan was a puppet like W).

According to The New York Times, Negroponte carried out “the covert strategy of the Reagan administration to crush the [opposition]”

In 2005 Dubya appointed him Ambassador to Iraq, where rumors of Death Squads surfaced soon after, and were confirmed in a Knight-Ridder article in Dec.

Now he’s the top spy in America, with every tool and technology available, he has the ability to, “impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”

Why would a President hire someone nicknamed Death Squads Negroponte to spy on his own citizens?

January 16, 2006

Gore’s Constitutional Crisis Speech: More Propaganda

Filed under: US Govt, Democrats, Spying — ben @ 12:29 pm

from Gore’s big speech on the Constitutional Crisis:

The President and I agree on one thing. The threat from terrorism is all too real. There is simply no question that we continue to face new challenges in the wake of the attack on September 11th and that we must be ever-vigilant in protecting our citizens from harm.

Terror terror everywhere. Orwell, 1984- the gov’t terrorized it’s own citizens into accepting the police state. Face it people, Gore is just another establishment ho. Even though he’s bashing Bush now, after the next terror attack, you can expect Gore to back Bush all the way.

A special counsel should immediately be appointed by the Attorney General to remedy the obvious conflict of interest that prevents him from investigating what many believe are serious violations of law by the President.

But according to scholars, we already know Bush broke the law, and continues to do so. Gore’s call for an investigation is just more stalling BUllSHit. We don’t need an investigation, we need articles of impeachment.

Gore did the same thing for the 2004 election, came out and blasted the Patriot Act, then told Democrats to back Kerry who was actually for expanding the Patriot Act. It’s like a con-artist’s sleight of hand- boldly say one thing, then point followers the wrong way.

If Gore was for real, he’d mention the new Secret Service Uniformed Division BushCo is trying to establish in the new Patriot Act, coming up soon. Two Republicans warn that BushCo is willing to introduce martial law to stay in power- Gore didn’t mention that.

If this were Clinton and sex, the Republicans would be screaming for impeachment, but instead it’s Bush spying on Americans like a tinpot dictator, lying about it like a high school dropout, starting a war killing thousands… and the best the Dems can manage it, let’s appt another phony investigator that will string this thing along til the next phony election. Isn’t the imbalance obvious? Why aren’t there any Dems with teeth? There are, they just never make it to DC.

January 12, 2006

Dictators Spy on Peace Groups

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 3:04 pm

Why is it that nobody in the media, even the alternative press, can bring themselves to say it. Bush is truly acting like a dictator- boldy declaring he broke the law and will continue to do so…. and Congress and the media are all pretending that it’s Business as Usual. It’s high time the alternative press start calling out Congress on their silent, stalling complicity.

Of course they say the spying is to protect us, just as Orwell predicted.
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Bush says spying legal, Legal Scholars say he’s lying again

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 12:44 pm

Just because Bush says his domestic spying program is legal and justified does not make it so. While the Constitutional scholars didn’t say, “he’s lying”, they did say that his program is “blatantly unlawful” - which is basically calling him a liar, diplomatically.

that Mr. Bush’s warrantless domestic wiretapping program is legal, as contended by his lawyers - simply cannot be taken seriously.

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January 11, 2006

Latest Impeach Flyers all in one post

Filed under: Iraq, US Govt, flyers, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 9:57 am

Why aren’t the big name progressive blogs trying to inform the non net-reading public? Why don’t they all post imformative impeach flyers for office workers across America to print out and post in the lunchroom. Why aren’t they all organizing for Jan 31? If not now, when?

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modified for this 24×18 (or 11 x 8.5) Flyer - (268k)

Reasons to Leave Iraq Now- PDF
webpage version:
Comprehensive shredding of Rep/Dem reasons to stay the course.

January 8, 2006

Senator Frank Church: The NSA could enable a dictator to impose total tyranny

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, flyers, Democrats, Cointelpro, Spying — ben @ 12:10 pm

Senator Frank Church chaired the Senate Hearings on the FBI’s Cointelpro operation, which spied upon & attempted to INFILTRATE, DISRUPT & DISCREDIT the peace movement, even Martin Luther King Jr.

if a dictator ever took over, the NSA “could enable [him] to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”

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January 6, 2006

Is Abramoff Scandal in our face Blackmail?

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 12:42 pm

Call me cynical, but no matter what is getting front page coverage in the mainstream media, there’s almost always something bigger behind the scenes. Right now I believe that’s two things,

See the pics and videos from Miami 2003- imagine these guys roaming the country, with a few dozen at every campaign stop during the leadup to the next ‘election’.

“Where the people fear the government
you have tyranny;
Where the government fears the people
you have liberty.”

–Thomas Jefferson

So what if this Abramoff scandal is actually the mobsters threatening Congress- if a Critter speaks out about Illegal Spying, Iraq, Katrina, Impeachment, or the new “Patriot” Act they’ll be named in the Abramoff scandal.

This is pure speculation, but the timing combined with astounding silence from Congress… how can they all be silent while Bush attempts to toss out the Constitution like this? Is it because they’re all going to be behind the Gestapo lines…. even Cynthia…? Or are they being threatened, blackmailed by the Abramoff scandal? First the media reported that Abramoff could name 20 CongressCritters, then 60… Now the Repubs say 40-45 Dem Senators have taken money from Jack- ie, all of them. Is this threat to the spineless Critters? If so, it seems to be working.

From the public there are loud calls for impeachment everywhere, yet Rep Moran says Impeachment is not going to happen. Whatever happened to integrity, where you did what was right no matter what. If the law dictates that you Impeach, fight for it dammit! If they don’t, each and every Critter is a worthless sack of BUllSHit.

Diebold machines have been exposed as being easily hackable, the results reversed without a trace- throwing Florida, Ohio, the entire 2004 election in doubt. And that’s not just for Bush but all of Congress too. There were several Senate races with fishy results and probably dozens of House races…. but all our “Reps” are silent except for Conyers’ petition drive…wtf?!!!

This spy scandal would have changed the results of the 2004 election, but Bush “asked” (bribed/blackmailed) the New York Times into not running the story. Why isn’t every Democratic Congressman shouting about this?!

FLYERS

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get this AUDIO for MLK Day Jan 17th.

January 3, 2006

Rove’s Talking Point for Dems: Wait til Nov

Filed under: headline news, Republicans, Democrats, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 3:07 pm

Impeach Now or let them continue spying on Peace Groups, adding to their list.

Impeach Now or let them pass the New “Patriot” Act, which gives Bush and the crooks in Congress a Federal Gestapo to protect them.

Bush & Cheney want you to wait til November…

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January 2, 2006

A Gestapo Administration: A Former Reagan Official on Bush’s Nazi tactics

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 2:09 pm

Quit fooling yourselves Democrats- we cannot live with a Nazi dictator for three years then hope to have a fair election in 2008.

Asst. Treasury Sec. for Reagan, Paul Craig Roberts writes:

Caught in gratuitous and illegal spying on American citizens, the Bush administration has defended its illegal activity and set the Justice (sic) Department on the trail of the person or persons who informed the New York Times of Bush’s violation of law. Note the astounding paradox: The Bush administration is caught red-handed in blatant illegality and responds by trying to arrest the patriot who exposed the administration’s illegal behavior.

Bush has actually declared it treasonous to reveal his illegal behavior! His propagandists, who masquerade as news organizations, have taken up the line: To reveal wrong-doing by the Bush administration is to give aid and comfort to the enemy.

Exactly. CNN is supposedly the “liberal media”, and I hear news breaks like this all_the_time, “Bush said the domestic spying is essential, and it’s within the law… and that’s the news” what a joke.

Before the illegal spying scandal, just earlier that week it came out that the Pentagon hired Lockheed-Martin to spy on Peace Groups- infiltrating the groups and inciting violence at protests, getting real protestors, innocent young Americans, beaten and arrested while the agents snuck away behind police lines. These are fascist, Nazi tactics- period.

What will the federal courts do? When Hitler challenged the German judicial system, it collapsed and accepted that Hitler was the law. Hitler’s claims were based on nothing but his claims, just as the claim for extra-legal power for Bush is based on nothing but memos written by his political appointees.

Just like Hitler, Bush gets up there and says ~ “I have this authority under Article 2 of the Constitution” - it’s total f#$king BUllSHit, but he says it… and our Congress goes on vacation!!!

September 11, 2001, played into neoconservative hands exactly as the 1933 Reichstag fire played into Hitler’s hands. Fear, hysteria, and national emergency are proven tools of political power grabs. Now that the federal courts are beginning to show some resistance to Bush’s claims of power, will another terrorist attack allow the Bush administration to complete its coup?

That’s exactly what’s at stake here.

People need to realize that not one single member of Congress seems willing to speak out like Mr. Roberts. It’s not just the Repubs, its all of them- they all must go- waiting till Nov is what Karl Rove wants you to do. Don’t listen to Rove and his henchmen, Impeach NOW!

Surround the Capitol Jan 31st and chant,
Police, join the people!
24 x 18 (or 11.5 x 8) flyer

January 1, 2006

Congress Rushed Back to DC for Terri Schiavo

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Republicans, Democrats, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 3:11 pm

But in the case of President admitting to an impeachable offense, spying on his own citizens like any tinpot dictator would…. and our CongressCritters are going to continue their vacation? Think about it.

This Congress is proving their utter complicity… it’s almost like the good Dems are standing down, it’d be easier for some Americans to digest- that the entire Congress is corrupt- not just the Repubs. So instead of a Repub vs Dem fight amongst the citizens, it becomes an us vs them thing.

We the People must remove this corrupt government. Waiting til 2006 elections is not a good option. But at $6 Billion a month Halliburton and friends have probably hired “PR firms” to push the idea- impeach after the election. Stall all the way, then steal it again….

Innocent people are dying everyday while BushCo cronies gorge at the trough.

Via Puppet Bush, the neocons are trying to assert dictatorial powers, spying on citizens to create “the list” of dissenters to be silenced.

They must stopped as soon as possible- not “wait til the next election”.


(hat tip to a DUer for the great analogy)
(PS- I’m not on DemUnderground- kicked off during the ‘04 primaries for saying Kerry was a setup- good people post at DU, but i think it’s run by Cointelpro)

Bush’s claim is that we should trust him because he’s got to protect us. After he read The Pet Goat on 911 morning? Who the f*$k would trust this SOB? I think it far more likely that he’s spying on us to protect himself, not Americans. Did you see how much he cared about the people of New Orleans….? And just like 9/11, he was on vacation the entire month before it hit- funny coincidence, eh.

I wish to stress The Urgency of the situation:

1. Hitler used the Reichstag fire to pass the Enabling Act and grab power.
2. Hitler used the claim of protecting his nation to launch a pre-emptive attack on Poland.
3. Under the guise of protection, Hitler rounded up dissenters.

Bush used 9/11 to pass the “Patriot” Act, then the pre-emptive attack on Iraq… he’s already done two- perhaps number three is not far behind? You know he’s got Nazi connections right?

The new “Patriot” Act is just what Bush needs, his own Gestapo. A federal police force that travels the country…. You think I’m nuts? Watch the videos of the goons at the Miami FTAA protests- special thugs that follow orders like trained dogs.

Helllllloooo People! Time to start the Revolution! If we don’t do it now, they’re going to round people up and put them in concentration camps. And just like in Germany, most Americans just don’t want to believe it, and they don’t see any camps in their neighborhood, so lets just pretend they are icky rumors, like that 9/11 truth movement and the lone gunemen wackos.

Note to Howard Zinn, Cindy Sheehan and other Patriots:
So you’re not a billionaire, but you’ve got some cash- why not go down to Lafayette Park with a few big tents and a bunch of friends, esp some with cameras, laptops, etc… Make a statement that we are here to protest grievances against this government- God given rights enshrined in the 1st Amendment, rights that no tinpot dictator and lapdog congress can take away.

Go and dare them to arrest you- have bloggers & v(ideo)loggers cover the event so the whole world will see it real-time. The time is ripe- people will join you and the numbers will swell. But don’t lay down and obstruct the sidewalk, that gives them a reason to arrest you. Instead, just set up your tents and say we’re not leaving until this corrupt President and Congress are removed from office. Millions would join you if they could afford it.

If they try to arrest you and you’re not doing anything wrong… what are they going to say- you’re terrorists? They have nothing on you, and you can ask the cops if they took an oath to defend the Constitution…. get it all on video and to the net asap.

ps- While you’re camping, don’t forget to play “out the agents” quite often (- ;

December 31, 2005

Bush Broke the Law and Lied to the American People: Now is the time for an extended protest

Filed under: Katrina, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 12:41 pm

from the NY Times:

“President Bush broke the law and lied to the American people when he unilaterally authorized secret wiretaps of U.S. citizens,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. “But rather than focus on this constitutional crisis, Attorney General Gonzales is cracking down on critics of his friend and boss. Our nation is strengthened, not weakened, by those whistle-blowers who are courageous enough to speak out on violations of the law.”

What’s frequently “overlooked” is that this spying is exactly what Hitler, Stalin and other dictators did. It’s what dictators have to do to remain in power. And now our President is doing that and telling us to trust him. After all that’s been exposed… trust this guy that still says “Saddam wouldn’t let the inspectors in”?!

This is madness, this idiot puppet “President” is blatantly assuming dictatorial powers (for his neocon masters)… where are America’s leaders? Where are all those “Leaders” in Congress, it’s like they’re all afraid or something….

What we need is Patriotic Americans in several large cities to start protesting, people willing to stay as long as it takes. These one day protests are just not cutting it. Time to camp out in numbers. Is freedom worth it?

I’ve been trying to start a Protest in DC the week before the SOTU
Cindy Sheehan has called for a Protest in DC at the SOTU Jan 31st
World Can’t wait is organizing a march for that weekend, Feb 4th.
Katrina Survivors are going to DC FEb 8-9th just $50 a ticket

Why not just combine them all, start showing up before the SOTU, and stay right on thru Feb until this cabal is ousted? If only someone would pony up some cash for tent housing, then they could afford to stay.


“Now is the time- it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.” — MLK

(Get this Martin Luther King Jr. Speech for MLK Day this Jan 17th!)

December 26, 2005

Bush attempting to establish himself above the law

Filed under: misc, US Govt, headline news, Republicans, Democrats, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 1:08 pm

Dictator: a ruler who is unconstrained by law

re: the illegal spying
Bush is trying to establish himself above the law. He just slapped Congress in the face then, rather than apologizing, he lied about it and told them he was going to continue the illegal spying whether they like it or not. He’s asking Congress to roll over once again, let him admit to an impeachable offense, then let him off the hook again- this time proving to all that Bush is above the law, in effect crowning him America’s first dictator. Perhaps thats even why they did it- to showboat their power to the elite, while the masses of sheep are distracted by gadgets, tv, viagra… there’s a diversion for everyone.

Spying on Americans without a warrant is expressly forbidden in the Constitution. Bush admitted to authorizing this unconstitutional act more than 30 times. This means Bush broke the law. There is no grey area here, Bush broke the law- period.

What’s worse is that Bush knows he was breaking the law, and then continued to lie about it at his press conference Dec 19th when he claimed that he had this authority under the Constitution- an outright lie to America on national television.

Proof: During a series of campaign speeches in 2004, Bush talked about wiretaps and claimed that a court order was always used in cases of domestic spying. We know now that this was untrue- Bush deliberately lied to his supporters on the campaign trail.

To all Bush Supporters: he looked in your face and lied to you.

But more importantly, this video proof of Bush on the campaign trail proves that he knew it was against the law to spy on Americans without a warrant… and he did it anyway as he lied to his followers.

Bush also lied when he said they were only monitoring international phone calls. A leak to NY Times reporter exposed that in fact, the NSA had tapped into the main arteries of America’s telecommunications system. Supposedly looking for patterns of terrorist activity, they were monitoring all phone and email traffic in America.

Maybe they didn’t authorize rogue agents to use this tool to identify dissenters… but they opened the door for such abuse to take place. That is a High Crime worthy of Impeachment.

NOWHERE in the Constitution does it mention Censure in regards to a President. Nowhere. Censure is for Congress to shame one of it’s own, Impeachment is to be used in the case of a renegade President. Bush swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. He broke that oath in a very serious manner and he must be impeached, or the rule of law is dead.

Censure is also BUllSHit for this reason- the repubs will sign on, then claim that’s good enough, any calls for impeachment will be brushed aside as, “we already censured him.” Censure is not good enough.

At this point, there is no need for an investigation. ZERO. All the evidence is in public. The President admitted to an impeachable offense on national tv.

If Congress does not hold Bush accountable, then they are telling the world that Bush is above the law- that he is dictator.

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Plan of Action

We The People
remind Congress that they too took an oath to defend the Constitution, from both enemies foreign and domestic. If they side with their buddy Bush, then they too are traitors and will be tried alongside Bush, Cheney & the Neocons when we finally arrest them.

1. Call or Fax (this pdf) Congress and let them know, impeachment or else. Imagine if Kos, TPM, other progressive sites picked up on this, so many thousands of faxes could be sent…)
2. Organize State Of The Union MOSH II protest, gather in DC to put the pressure on Congress the week before the SOTU.
3. Jan 31st, surround the capitol building, project truth videos to the riot cops, remind them that they too took an oath to defend the Constitution.

One more thing… just say no to candlelight vigils- it’s time to be loud and rockin’ - check out these two samples from the upcoming Public Enemy reunion with special guest Paris.

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impeach pdf flyer


impeach t-shirt

or print your own cuckoo bananas shirt on an iron-on t-shirt transfer

more impeach t-shirts

December 24, 2005

NSA Spying larger than Bush said!

Filed under: headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 12:19 pm

The NSA Spying on Americans without warrants was much larger than Bush said, in fact they were:

tapping directly into some of the U.S. telecommunication system’s main arteries.

BushCo was not spying on terrorists, they were spying on everyone, doing “pattern analysis”… spying on every American looking for patterns that might lead to a terrorist. This is sooo opening the door for someone to plant evidence against dissenters, thus tagging individuals that are a threat to this mafia called the US gov’t, as “terrorists”… this is a major power grab.

If Congress allows Bush to break the law and lie about it with a series of lame excuses, then they are crowning him above the law, America’s first dictator, the village idiot.

This pattern analysis program had the government asking for who-called-who, when and where type info, exactly the information the Israeli firm Comverse Infosys had(s) the contract for, as per Carl Cameron’s Fox News Report on Israel spying in the US. In other words, it’s entirely possible that it’s Israeli spies are passing the gov’t information determining which Americans are labeled “terrorists”. Scary. Watch all four parts of that Fox news story, then consider alongside today’s revelation…. S.C.A.R.Y.

Strike now while the iron is hot. Gather in DC at then end of January for the State of the Union, pressure Congress to impeach Bush or We the People Impeach them all.

Bush declares he’s above the law

Filed under: misc, headline news, Republicans, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 8:55 am

I’m not the only one stating that Bush has declared himself above the law….

Jay Bookman in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution:

In asserting his right to ignore the law, President Bush has slapped Congress right across the face and told them they better like it.

Congress can now mutter “Yes, sir” and cower in its corner like a whipped dog, as it has for most of the past five years, or it can fight back to defend its institutional authority. Either choice will mark a turning point in U.S. history.

Well put. Wake Up America! Pull yer head out of the stupid sitcoms and realize that a 21st century fascist dictatorship is trying to assert itself. The wannabe dictator shamelessly lied on national tv, everyone paying attention saw it… will he get away with it and become dictator, or will we demand the rule of law prevail?

27 yr CIA Veteran Ray McGovern:

Whether authorizing torture or wiretaps, [Bush] reserves the right to act irrespective of domestic or international law.

The question is whether Congress and the courts will acquiese in this usurpation of their own powers, or whether there are still enough men and women in those branches of government determined to honor their oath to defend the Constitution of the United States “from all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

A glimmer of hope from

Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, who told reporters:

“I took an oath of office to the Constitution. I didn’t take an oath of office to my party or to my president.”

What is Congress going to do about it? Probably nothing, unless We put the heat on them.

Note to Progressives: Ever notice how all the big name progressive blogs have tons of ads… What would it take to get these bloggers to advertise a DC protest- they won’t earn any money, but they could help give birth to world peace. Are y’all capitalists working for cash, or patriots working for peace? It’s time to show your true colors. Please consider posting an Impeach Now banner, link to any Impeach Bush Now page you desire- just focus on Impeachment NOW- before the next attack.

December 23, 2005

Impeach Bush: March on SOTU if Congress Fails to Act

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 1:55 pm

I sincerely believe that this moment in time will be remembered as Bush’s naked grab for power

re: The Illegal Spying- He’s declared that he’s above the law and if he gets away with it, then he’s free to continue breaking the law, because he’ll just lie about it later- to a weak-kneed Congress that is far too eager to bend over.

Bush broke the law spying on Americans
no warrants because they weren’t spying on terrorists. They were spying on dissenters- that’s why they didn’t get a warrant.

I wouldn’t go counting on any politicians to stand up to this mob- in true mafia fashion, it seems they have something on everyone. So we must do it ourselves… I made this IMPEACH BUSH NOW page to hopefully inspire a non-ANSWER/UFPJ protest from Now til the State of the Union.

Please pass this idea on, perhaps put up an Impeach Now banner on your site… we must not allow the media to bury this, including the movement to Censure… It’s not in the Constitution, it’s just a way for the Cointelpro agents to diffuse the anger and let Bush get away with it- again.


Aren’t there any millionaires that understand the gravity of the situation?

We must Impeach Bush and investigate this criminal cabal that has a stranglehold on our government. Isn’t there anyone with money willing step forward and start organizing The Tent City.

The Ukraine had a tent city with self-monitored security, food vendors, heated sleeping tents and common areas… Why can’t America do the same thing- right now- not when the weather’s better- right now before they attack Iran.

It’s not that hard- Put the call out:

  • Food Vendors: Come to DC
  • Unemployed Americans: Come to DC and get a job working in our tent city- housing provided.
  • Construction workers, security guards, all Americans- come to DC and we’ll find work for you.

Now I’m not talking long term… just a month or two. We need someone with some money to buy a bunch of 2×4s, canvas, stakes, cordless drills… thousands of tents could go up in a day… and after we reclaim the government, there will be millions more jobs available nationwide. Is it really that hard to believe? It’s simple, we reclaim the Billionaire tax cuts, and the Billions in bonuses to denfense contractors, the Billions ‘lost’ in Iraq, the Billions stolen by Halliburton and others war profiteers… and turn that into jobs for all.

What are we waiting for? It seems like “the left” is paralyzed, waiting for the Bush cabal to make the next move. Why? The time is ripe now, everyone is outraged…

If not now, then when? Will it be better after the next terrorist attack?

Hey Wealthy Americans….. imagine a coordinated effort of patriotic techies with wireless cameras, laptops, digital projectors, etc… ready to broadcast the revolution directly to the web… and to the Riot cops in the line. What if the cops can be reached- with patriotic songs and video available on the web now- it doesn’t have to be violent, if we can educate the cops and get them to turn away from the dark side…. It all comes down to money. Isn’t there a single millionaire with a heart out there… the time is ripe.

If not now, when?

If not you, who?

December 20, 2005

Why Domestic Spying is such a threat

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 8:10 pm

Spying Without Warrants

Sure, Bush claims he’s only spying on terrorists, but then again, just ago MSNBC reported that the Pentagon was spying on peace groups, even quakers. Does that sound like a gov’t looking for terrorists, or a military-industrial complex looking for ‘troublemakers’ that might interfere with their plans?

The tv pundits have yet to touch on the issue of why spying without warrants is such a threat - because it opens the door to a Gestapo. Spying on anyone, anytime… the new “Patriot” Act sets up a secret police and new powers to arrest anyone they want. John “Death Squads” Negroponte is the top spy… the guy that ran death squads in Honduras has unchecked spying power, he’s above Congress. We’ve got national id cards with barcodes and radio tag tracking devices… to protect, or enslave?

Is there a military-industrial complex profitting from war? Is there an oil mafia spearheaded by the PNAC gang, anxious to gain a strategic foothold in the Middle East, to protect “our interests” and Israel? Would they have the motivation to keep this war going at all costs- including arresting dissenters… they killed a hundred thousand- taking out dissenters is nothing to them.

What are Bush and Co capable of?
They Exploited 9/11
Give Billions to cronies
Take billions from the poor
Lied to start an illegal war
Exposed our Troops to Depleted Uranium
Criminal failure in New Orleans
War Crimes in Iraq

Would this criminal cabal use a Gestapo to stay in power? YES!

Bush is trying to undo the Posse Comitatus Act, to allow the use of military on our own citizens… after the next “terrorist” attack or “natural” disaster you can expect more “incompetence” with blackwater mercenaries guarding the rich, while the poor shot for “looting”. They are trying to start a race war in America, trying to incite riots so they can declare martial law to “protect” us.

It is imperative that Americans realize that THIS IS IT. If Bush gets away with this, ‘I say it’s legal so it’s legal’ bull…. let’s just say it would be a terrible step towards dictatorship. We must reign in this corrupt cabal before the next attack, before they’re able to pass the new patriot act….

What would it take to get all the “progressive” blogs and news sites to stop business as usual… to focus on impeachment, on a rally in DC (and/or Crawford) right now- just like Ukraine, where we stay as long as it takes- or until the State of the Union when Bush and Congress are all in one place… we make Mosh II a reality. Thousands show up in such numbers, putting women and children and lots of video cameras in front, the police will magically realize that they’re not billionaires, and that their life would be better too, so they part and let us through to interupt Bush’s speech on live TV

If Congress fails to impeach this would-be-dictator, then they must be impeached as well. Ukraine had a tent city, with food, water, elec, toilets…. don’t we have at least one millionaire on our side? We can bus Katrina refugees….

Bush swore to uphold The Constitution, that means no spying on Americans without warrants. Bush violated that fundamental right, then asked the New York Times not to run the story before the election. These are impeachable offenses- period. We don’t need no stinkin investigation- we demand impeachment now!

Congress swore to uphold the Constitution, which includes holding the executive branch accountable. If they fail to do so, then they have violated that oath and must be removed from office.

The argument of ‘it’s a republican congress so impeachment is never going to happen’ if pure bullshit. If they feel the heat, they will have no choice or they may face a trial themselves. They’re just like bush, they want to save their ass… so let’s offer them a plea bargain- act now and we may let you off the hook…

December 17, 2005

Bush Did Not “Uphold and Defend” The Constitution

Filed under: US Govt, headline news, Impeach, Spying — ben @ 5:06 pm

Bush acknowledged that he authorized eavesdropping on Americans without a warrant, something expressly illegal according to the Constitution.

Bush swore “to uphold and defend” the Constitution - he has done the opposite.

His argument is that we must trust him, they’re only spying on terrorists…

‘Hypothetical’ scenario: Out of the thousands of CEOs in America, there is at least one greedy bastard. This SOB could lose millions of dollars if a certain lawsuit is successful, he needs to stop that damned lawyer.

This CEO finds a corrupt cop (not that hard) - a quick $20,000 transfer and the CEO’s hitman can get the GPS data from the lawyer’s cell phone - obatined without a warrant thanks to Bush’s illegal order - then run him off the road to make it look like an accident.

So even if Bush were an absolute angel (not needing to protect his ass), there is still room for abuse- that’s why they have warrants, so there can be no abuses.

Bush would have you believe this scenario is not even close to USA 2006. Bush also said there was no doubt about the WMDs.

Think about these two big news stories this week
Spying on peace groups (not terrorists, but dissenters- that’s something Hitler would do.)
Spying on Americans without a warrant

Bush said he authorized this domestic spying program “using constitutional authority vested in me as commander-in-chief.” Of course that what he says- he’s covering his ass. He didn’t mention the “lone wolf” provision that allows him to classify an American an “enemy combatant” even though there is no connection to terrorist groups.

Bush says we should trust him. Suuuure. This SOB lied to start a war, and now we should trust you with spying on us, on those millions of Americans that would love to watch him on tv, in prison, easting slop, on the chain gang. I think the Bush family should lose their personal fortune… the Cheneys too.

Supposedly even Republicans are not to happy with the illegal spying… “There is no doubt that this is inappropriate,” said Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) whose Committee will be holding hearings on these abuses as soon the Senate returns in January.

The stage is set for a massive peaceful protest in DC, we force Congress to Impeach Bush, or we Mosh. No UFPJ or ANSWER organizers, just a spontaneous gathering, it worked in the Ukraine… we stay as long as it takes, or until the end of January, we’ll have our own State of the Union celebration.

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