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July 17, 2008 at 07:16:58

Headlined on 7/17/08:
Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings

by Ralph Lopez     Page 1 of 2 page(s)

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In a stunning development which fell with the silence of a feather yesterday, nine Republicans broke with their iron-fisted party to put country first, and voted to send Rep. Dennis Kucinich's article of impeachment HR 1345 to the Judiciary, where Chairman John Conyers will hold a hearings on abuses of power by the Bush administration, according to the Congressional Quaterly's CQToday. The final vote was: Yea 238 - Nay 180.

The Nine Republicans are:



Congressman Kevin Brady (TX)

Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (MD)

Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC) 

Congressman Don Manzullo (IL)

Congressman Tim Murphy (PA)

Congressman Ron Paul (TX)

Congressman Dave Reichert (WA)

Congressman Christopher Shays (CT) 

Congressman Mike Turner (OH)

One of the Republicans, Walter Jones, represents Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, one of the largest Marine bases in the country, and one which has borne heavily the sacrifice of the Iraq War.

CQ said of Conyers' hearings:

The anticipated hearing would review more than a year of committee inquiry into such matters as the firing of U.S. attorneys, the leak of the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Plame and the information provided to Congress in the run-up to the Iraq War.


Kucinich has promised a surprise foreign official as a witness in the hearing. His article focuses on administration claims that Saddam possessed WMD in the run-up to the Iraq war, and that there was a connection between Hussein and 9/11. In addition to many other sources, Kucinich's article relies heavily on the famous Downing Street Memo (DSM), the transcript of a gathering of the British Prime Minister's senior ministers on July 23, 2002. The DSM includes such passages as:

C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.


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Mr MCurrently I'm a cartoonist and contributing writer for The New Orleans Levee.

Smoke and mirrors

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 (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 1262 comments) on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 10:26:00 AM
 


Ralph is the author of a new book "Truth in the Age of Bushism."
Ralph LopezRalph is the author of a new book "Truth in the Age of Bushism."

Hi Cheryl OMG that is so funny

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 (34 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 9 comments) on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8:41:34 PM
 


This quote summarizes the nature of my concerns and the content of personal experiences which stir my activism:

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves". --Paul Revere, House of Commons

Kathryn SmithThis quote summarizes the nature of my concerns and the content of personal experiences which stir my activism:

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves". --Paul Revere, House of Commons

I think the most important thing we can do

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 (90 articles, 2 quicklinks, 37 diaries, 347 comments) on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 5:31:35 PM
 


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Mr MCurrently I'm a cartoonist and contributing writer for The New Orleans Levee.

Waste of time ...

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 (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 1262 comments) on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 11:00:54 PM
 


This quote summarizes the nature of my concerns and the content of personal experiences which stir my activism:

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves". --Paul Revere, House of Commons

Kathryn SmithThis quote summarizes the nature of my concerns and the content of personal experiences which stir my activism:

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves". --Paul Revere, House of Commons

With more than 100 letters to the editor printed in my name

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 (90 articles, 2 quicklinks, 37 diaries, 347 comments) on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:38:49 AM
 


NOBODY WITH TO MUCH TRUTH IT HURTS
RICH SHANOBODY WITH TO MUCH TRUTH IT HURTS

IMPEACHMENT

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, July 19, 2008 at 5:22:30 AM
 


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Jason PazThe articles reflect additional thoughts that expand on the author's ten volumes Genesis Begins the Millennia. The work begins in 1995 with a fictional account of ordinary Israelis absorbed with everyday events. There are extraordinary happenings the characters gradually recognize as portents of the Messianic Age. Volumes four and five show why the Messiah decided to delay His arrival.
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Never Give the Rascals a Free Ride

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 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 72 comments) on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:05:26 PM
 

 

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