Elections are the distraction, not Impeachment

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by Dan Monte of the Sonoma County Impeachment Coalition

The 2008 elections are the distraction, not impeachment.

Impeachment is not a distraction for our military that sees our once
invincible force being destroyed.

Impeachment is not a distraction for the families of the 380,000 soldiers
and private mercenaries that are occupying Iraq.

Impeachment is not a distraction for the families of the 6,000 who have
died in Iraq, American and coalition forces and mercenaries. Nobody asks
anymore of the many who have died in Afghanistan.

Impeachment is not a distraction for the families of the nearly 1,000,000
dead in the Middle East because of this administration.

Impeachment is not a distraction for the 70 million people of Iran that
this administration is threatening with aggressive war.

Impeachment is not a distraction for the millions whose votes were not
counted or who were kept from voting in the 2000 and 2004 elections.

Impeachment is not a distraction for those whose great grandchildren will
be indebted by the money stolen by this administration.

They now can jail us without trial and torture us without prohibition.

They now can convict and execute us on secret evidence at sham trials.

Never forget this Congress that after we gave them the power to stand up
and defend us against this tyranny is too distracted to do so.

Why should we think of 2008 when you, Congress, will then tell us to think
of 2010? You will never be forgotten for your failure of 2007.

5 Comments

  1. You may or may not agree with me but please take a moment to read what I am

    thinking. I’m going to be blunt and hit topics that usually end up in heated

    debates. Before I go on I’d like for all to read and understand this quote from

    one of our very own forefathers who is probably rolling in his grave with anger

    at how our country turned out. Benjamin Franklin!! Yes it was he that said–

    “Any society that gives/trades Liberty for security will deserve neither and

    lose both.” We should heed these words because from what I’m seeing… we are

    running out of time and freedom.

    Now I’d like for all you to ask yourselves…why Impeach one old RICH tyrant

    just to probably and most likely get a younger rich tyrant who was a friend or

    family member of the one you just impeached? Why did I use the word rich? well

    its a funny thing but money has a way of corrupting the mind and morals. Not

    true for everyone but most cases I would say yes. So you must be wondering now,

    whats the point I’m trying to throw out? Well I answer that with another

    question. Why not impeach/throw out our entire political personal nation wide

    from President to senator to congressmen etc. AND replace those corrupted and

    stale fools who have humiliated us in front of the ENTIRE world with just normal

    simple everyday hardworking Americans. Sure the idea is VERY challenging but

    what we need is a clean slate and fresh people untouched by the old corrupted

    geezers in power. I love this country…to see it fall from grace hurts me.

  2. August Red Alert!! Plot to overthrow the U.S.A and Constitution

    August 20, the criminals are meeting in Montebello, Quebec to plot the overthrow of the U.S.A and destroy our Constitution.
    Carry signs with Traitor, Impeach, or Treason printed on them.

    Impeach Bush! -North America Union- is Treason! News snuffed, Secret deal!! U.S.A ends 2010.
    Lying King George behind our backs and under the smoke of his own war has given the United States his legacy of Treason.
    The North America Union is being implemented without Congress consent or without any public vote or comment. North America Union replaces our Democratic Republic, United States of America; it will be fully implemented in 2010. When our soldiers come home from war, they will return to North America Union, not the United States of America, how are you going to explain that to them? King George has ruled that the U.S.A be abolished!!
    This is it folks, every American who has ever pledged their Allegiance to the Flag, every American who has pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States of America, has to step forward. Now!
    Demand your elected representatives to control this dictator and to bring him and his conspirators to Justice for Treason.
    Demand your Congress representatives to confirm their allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America. Mark any neo-con Republican or Democrat who side with Bush and his North American Union as Traitors and run them out of office!! Now!
    July 4, 2007
    -A Patriot’s Message- The hammer falls on the Constitution of the United States of America. Our freedom and Democracy, our sovereignty as a nation is coming to an end (2010).
    The politically appointed neoconservatives in Justice sneer at Habeas Corpus; Geneva Convention; worker, consumer, investor and environment protection; education; affirmative action; individual rights and “entitlements” like Social Security and health care.
    The corporate neo-con conspirators (Establishment) have their own agenda of a New World Order; W.T.O; N.A.F.T.A; N.A.U; immigration; globalization and “free trade”; military seizure of foreign oil fields; employing a private army of mercenaries and propagandist; “dealing” with Afghanistan Opium drug lords harboring Osama Bin Laden and financing Al Qaeda.
    The ideal corporate model is “Communism” where individual freedom and democracy are mute. The board of directors rule. The corporate neo-cons hate our regulatory government, Constitution and Individual Rights.
    Our Federal Government is purposely bankrupt by war/trade debt and the ideal corporate nation, China, are carrying trillions of dollars of our debt. Communist China and their junior corporate American partner’s technically own the “U.S.A” resulting in “Globalization” and loss of sovereignty. Mission accomplished. The surge strategy is not to win the war but to pump oil and further indebt U.S.A to Communist China. Patriots, sign on! Impeach Bush, Cheney and nullify their Supreme Court appointments!
    Lawrence Baker (your name)
    (Your representatives)
    Sen. Boxer
    Sen. Feinstein
    Rep. Eshoo

    All representatives- We are starting a list. I demand that you reaffirm your allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America and begin impeachment procedure against Bush, Cheney. If you do not, you will be branded a traitor. You’re either with U.S or against U.S.
    Impeaching Bush, Cheney would not only save and cleanse the U.S.A but also bring our citizens together. Once again Americans would have pride and respect for their country. Impeachment of these neo-con criminals would vindicate the U.S.A with the rest of the world.
    If these evil criminals win, they rule with slavery, secrecy, lies, fear, hate, torture, terror and violence.
    Our Founding Fathers knew that this element would always try to destroy the U.S.A that is why we have a Constitution to keep this element in check. After 2010 under N.A.U. rule (after the people find out; neo-con corporate media guilty) there will be violence and war which will play into their hands, evil thrives in that environment.(Mexican Army)
    What about the economy? (shake, shake) our economy is already destroyed, the economy is an inside game. We can compete as Americans, after we purge our government of the traitor politicians; do not let their defeatist strategy scare you. We can do it! All we need is enough courage. The longer we wait, the harder it will be to get it done. DO IT NOW PEACEFULLY!!

  3. A resolution to impeach must be introduced in the House. One has been introduced to impeach Cheney (H. Res. 333 introduced by Dennis Kucinich which now has 13 cosigners along with Kucinich and an additional vocal supporter in Jesse Jackson, Jr). It was forwarded to the House Judiciary Committee headed by John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI).

    H. Res. 333 has now advanced to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Liberties and Civil Rights where it is being discussed. That subcommittee, headed by Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) has an 8-5 Democratic majority. If they recommend it back to the House Judiciary Committee, then it would be debated and hopefully voted upon. If passed by simple majority in the HJC, then it proceeds to the floor of the full House of Representatives.

    If a vote is taken and a simple majority agrees that an impeachment trial should commence, then it goes to the Senate where an impeachment trial would take place. In Nixon’s case, he resigned before the trial in the Senate began at the strong urging of a cadre of Republican Senators who famously made ‘the walk’ from Congress to the White House to convince that Dick he must step down. In Clinton’s case, the trial in the Senate resulted in Clinton being acquitted but censured (reprimanded).

    For an impeachment conviction 2/3 of the Senate (67 votes out of the 100 in the Senate) would be needed to convict and remove from office. It is the strong belief of ImpeachforPeace.org that once the impeachable offenses were forced onto the front pages and nightly news top stories by impeachment hearings in the House, the Senate would have to choose to either drop support for Bush and Cheney, or be exposed as criminal aiders and abetters and get washed out in the next election cycle.

    The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over impeachment. Impeachment is the people’s work through the ‘People’s House’. This is why we MUST get this done. It is our only avenue of repair of the grave damage done to our nation by these cretins.

    Thus our teeshirts read: “We the People IMPEACH”.

    The one impeached cannot grant or be granted a pardon, in fact, there is no pardon for an impeachment conviction. Nixon resigned – that is why he was able to be pardoned by subsequent President Gerald Ford.

    Insurrection is not the answer. Demanding that our Representatives obey their oaths and do their jobs IS the answer. If the system fails us, then our Democratic Republic is diseased – possibly fatally.

  4. My understanding is that the impeachment process goes like this: Cynthia McKinnery introduced the legislation, but she is no longer in Congress. Someone else needs to introduce the bill. From there it has to be discussed and debaated and then put to a vote in either the House or the Senate (which ever side introduced the bill) Then it moves over to the other side and the process begins again. The voting process can be held off indefinitely if anyone wants to fillibuster. Let’s assume that all this can be accomplished anytime soon (which it can not) and it becomes a fact. GWB’s handpicked Supreme Court justice(s) begin the battle to have it overturned. Or something like that. Or GWB, the dictator/decider decides to grant himself a pardon. He set us up. Pray that we have another election. The only alternative I see is for we, the people to storm the White House and take him out ourselves. Sad.

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