From Rockford Register Star:

Manzullo: 'Yes" vote was to kill impeachment motion

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 41 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:04:06 AM

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Indeed, what's going on is nothing but an attempt to kill and bury anything that would promote justice.

I hate saying this, but I have lost all hope, and whatever measures there are will be meaningless in the face of the forces lined-up to complete the total destruction of this country.

Not that I'm not supportive, or don't wish to see measures even presented, I will back any measure, fight any fight, to stop these evil bastards from completing their plans, but things have gone too far to stop the destruction that's about to take place.

Impeachment would be the mildest of punishments that should be enacted against those that have created these disasters. The people responsible for these crimes should be placed in deep solitary so they could scream their insanity into a dark void until they perished from this Earth. As it is, they now have the upper-hand.

by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:26:00 AM

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he's tap tap tap dancing away.  When election time comes he'll be covered either way!  Oh what a tangled web we weave!

by Ralph Lopez (66 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 13 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:41:34 PM

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Is to submit letters to the editor.

And it doesn't matter where we do it, just that we do it. College newsletter editors, local papers, underground press: Wherever we can do it, submit.
Post to blogs, dial in to radio talk shows, etc.

Even dial in to radio talk shows to voice, in the air, your upset with a "news" station that doesn't give hte impeachment matters air time.

Because hopefully, as news gets out, the transparency afforded by Congressional hearings concerning the rush to war based on a lie, and the criminal matters implied by that, will stop the next attack on Iran. And all the offshoots of that, which we have been so worried about (WW III, Depression, etc).

by Kathryn Smith (110 articles, 2 quicklinks, 43 diaries, 542 comments [23 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:31:35 PM

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I'm sorry, but I have zero confidence in major newspapers. Maybe if it's a small to mid-sized paper not connected to any of the big media conglomerates, but as far as MSM outlets, one they're bought off and won't publish anything they've been told not to, and two, they're so discredited now most people don't believe a word they say even if they read them.

As far as contacting newspapers they're down on my list. Contacting representatives is only slightly higher because they're main purpose is to get re-elected and each contact they multiply by a factor of 13,000 for every phone call. So they figure there are 12,999 lazy-lunks that feel the way you do who were just too lazy to call.

But how I really feel would probably get me a visit from the "men in black".

by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:00:54 PM

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I am here to tell you that, understandable as the skepticism is, in my experience Letters to the Editor (LTE's) are not nearly as censored as articles and their content.

The function of LTE's is to represent a wide cross-sector of public opinion. Hence it is to the editor's own best interest to represent that cross-sector, as compared to the newspaper's own position.

With more than 100 letters printed in my name since only seven years ago (and probably a lot more, maybe as many as 150), I can tell you that there may be a lot more hope than you think. I am responding, Mr M, because you are far from alone in your feeling about this . I think it's very important that people know.

I always do advocate going with the smaller newspapers first, and the college newsletter editors.

Be sure to submit a separate version to the mainstream papers: They want the sole copyrite. So while smaller newspapers will usually print carbon-copied letters, the major papers will not. That's a tip.

WIht LTE's as the most-read pages in the newspaper, and with politicians reading them as indicators of public opinion, we are short-circuiting our own best interest by closing the doors of possibility, based on very understandable discouragement and skepticism.

With the state of affairs as serious as they are, we must not give up even a shred of hope. We must go for whatever works. LTE"s have lots of outreach: Go for it!

Thank you all and have a good day.

by Kathryn Smith (110 articles, 2 quicklinks, 43 diaries, 542 comments [23 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:38:49 AM

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Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment?

by AllDems08 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 90 comments) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:35:12 PM

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HOW CAN THE GUILTY IMPEACH THE GUILTY, THE HOUSE, SENATE , AND BUSH ARE ALL GUILTY,  OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND ALL THATS BEEN HAPPENING, WITH ALL THESE NEW LAWS BEING  PASSED,AN BEING PUT IN PLACE ARE TO PROTECT THE GOVERNMENT FROM WE THE PEOPLE, AND YOU NOTICED I SAID THE GOVERNMENT, NOT OUR GOVERNMENT. THEY KNOW THE TIME IS GETTING CLOSE, OUR ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IS NOT FAR OFF,    WHERE MARSHAL LAW WILL HAVE TO BE IMPOSED, THIS WILL LEAD TO A NEW CIVIL WAR, AND IF NOT WAR TOTAL CHAOS. AND WHERE YOU HAVE 300,000,000 CITIZENS POINT THEIR FINGERS AT YOU AS THE REASON. , YOU SURE BETTER HAVE A PLAN B , SO THAT WHAT THE CLOSED DOOR SESSION WAS FOR.   

by RICH SHA (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 106 comments) on Saturday, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:22:30 AM

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President Bush has been a "total failure" in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Is she surprised at this?

Until I see evidence to the contrary, my working hypothesis is the current regime has evidence of criminality against many Congressmen. Blackmail and bribery lie at the bottom of this. The FBI must have much of the information involved in this. The FBI presented Bush with 423,000 pages of evidence, which he turned over to McCain. Can we find one patriot who will publish these pages?

Any Congressman who voted for toture, preemptive war, the Military Commissions Act etc is guilty of crimes against humanity. Can we find a judicial system willing to prosecute them?

Impeachment is fine and dandy with me. Putting Rove in prison for contempt would tickle me pink. The point is to let everyone know that someday some way he will be brought to book for his crimes. 

by Jason Paz (68 articles, 88 quicklinks, 112 diaries, 1385 comments [97 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Saturday, Jul 19, 2008 at 8:05:26 PM

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