Mikael of ImpeachforPeace Empowering citizens to hold our elected (or otherwise in power) servants accountable

By LARRY O’DELL, Associated Press Writer Sat Feb 24, 6:11 PM ET

RICHMOND, Va. – Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express “profound regret” for the state’s role in slavery.

Sponsors of the resolution say they know of no other state that has apologized for slavery, although Missouri lawmakers are considering such a measure. The resolution does not carry the weight of law but sends an important symbolic message, supporters said.

“This session will be remembered for a lot of things, but 20 years hence I suspect one of those things will be the fact that we came together and passed this resolution,” said Delegate A. Donald McEachin, a Democrat who sponsored it in the House of Delegates.

The resolution passed the House 96-0 and cleared the 40-member Senate on a unanimous voice vote. It does not require Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s approval.

The measure also expressed regret for “the exploitation of Native Americans.”

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Protests and other action steps, guerrilla media events like BeachImpeach, sit-ins, blogging, freeway blogging, Impeachment yard signs, bumper stickers & pins, letters to the editor, calls, e-mails and letters to your Congresspersons, calling out for impeachment on YouTube and MySpace, etc. are all very important ways of producing pressure on the House of Representatives to impeach Bush, Cheney, Rice and Gonzalez, et al.

Here are four resources that we of www.ImpeachforPeace.org feel can really make an even bigger and more effective difference:

1). The individual DIY Impeachment Memorial which applies pressure on the House of Representatives directly by each citizen:
http://impeachforpeace.org/ImpeachNow.html

2). Get Impeachment Resolutions passed by your City Council, your State House, your State Senate, local Democratic Party organization, Labor Union, School Board, Student Council, etc:
http://impeachpac.org/resolutions

3). Sign up for a “Pledge to Impeach” promising to make sacrifices & DEMAND impeachment or else you will boycott, walk out, stand down, stop spending or whatever it takes until impeachment is accomplished:
http://pledgetoimpeach.org/

4). The least publicized yet potentially most powerful angle is Operation Support and Defend being implemented by Veterans for Peace. Nobody can effectively criticize those that have served and are still committed to honor the oath they swore. We should all be asking Veterans for Peace what we can do to help them with this effort to hold these domestic enemies to the Constitution that have infested our White House and the halls of Congress:
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/defend_and_support_constitution.vp.html

I strongly encourage you to continue discussing the “Why?” impeach in every public forum you can and to do everything else you are doing to put Justice back on “the table”, but these four activities are the most powerful “How?” tools at our disposal that we know of to make sure we are soon talking about the “When?” in the past tense.

Keep up your work, recruit, cajol and encourage others to do the same! Pressure must be applied from all angles.

Mikael Rudolph
(612) 302-9252
www.ImpeachforPeace.org
www.ImpeachforPeace.org/blog