Impeachment part of system of checks, balances April 22, 2007 – By LIZA EARLE A call for impeachment investigations passed in 38 out of 40 Vermont town meetings because it’s common sense. It’s not extreme. What is extreme is the abuse of executive power, including misleading us into war, the policy of torture and disregard…
Editorial: Hollow victory for impeachment call Published: Sunday, April 22, 2007 The Senate’s quick vote Friday urging Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney puts Vermont at the leading edge of progressive politics in the national debate over the Iraq war, but does so at the price of the kind of participatory democracy…
by Carol Wolman, opednews.com US citizenship is a precious gift, making a person one of “We the People”, with sovereignty, the right to self-rule. Our Founding Fathers (and mothers) fought a bloody revolution to secure this right. The US was the FIRST country in modern times to replace monarchy or oligarchy – rule by kings…
By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Today’s topic is credibility – specifically, recent claims by certain high-ranking present, former and perhaps soon-to-be-former Bush administration officials. The aim is to answer a simple question: Should we believe these three Bush loyalists if they tell us that rain falls down instead of up, or should we look out…
