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Tonight, June 12th, from 7-8 p.m. ET, I'll have the pleasure of interviewing, with your help, Vincent Bugliosi, author of "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder." Let's figure out how to do this together. Go to: http://thepeoplespeakradio.net to learn more. Go to http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/listen-live to listen live. You'll find instructions there to enter a paltalk chat room where you can post questions. You can also phone in and ask your questions on the air. Call in tollfree from anywhere in the United States or Canada at 888-228-4494 or anywhere else in the world at 877-489-6350. Got that? It's free. You talking with Bush's future prosecutor. Following the show, the audio file will be posted at http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008 and you can find there now the recordings of numerous shows with amazing guests, including Cindy Sheehan, Lincoln Chafee, Brad Friedman, Shirin Ebadi, Phil Donahue, Mark Crispin Miller, William Odom, Byron DeLear, etc.
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DAVID SWANSON is a co-founder of After Downing Street, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997.
I wonder if the Congressional voting record is connected
To the reason why Congress refuses to impeach, try Bush for murder, etc.
Because if We the People, especially en masse, knew what each individual member of Congress had voted for----torture with immunity from prosecution as war criminal in the REpublican Congress, and gag orders/warrantless wiretapping/capital punishment in absence of Congressional oversight in the Patriot Act by overwhelming majority in all partisanships---then they too would be out of a job. In fact, they might even be sitting in jail if it became known who was/is involvede in the 9-11 cover-up. They must be quaking in their boots!
What can we do about this? Ideas? Thanks, everybody.
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Kathryn Smith (93 articles, 2 quicklinks, 38 diaries, 361 comments)
on Friday, June 13, 2008 at 12:01:59 AM
if We the People, especially en masse, knew what each individual member of Congress had voted for----torture with immunity from prosecution as war criminal in the REpublican Congress,
Can you be specific? Are you talking about immunity provisions in the Military Commissions Act of 2006?
I'm wondering if those provisions might be unconstitutional along with other parts of the Act such as the suspension of habeus corpus was.
David, your show with Vincent looks good and important and if it were happening at another time I'd be interested but at the moment I am choosing to focus on impeachment and on getting my head around Kucinich's 35 articles.
There is no statute of limitations on murder or war crimes unless the Congress (with specific statutory immunities) or the Presidential pardon power get involved.
For the moment US citizens have the impeachment ball and peace is being given a chance. Peace is worth being given every chance. But peace is not the inevitable natural order its a choice and peace with others always requires the willingness of others to cooperate.
The time may come though when the balls of certain overpriviledged , unrepentent scoundrels that condone torture and immunity for torture are no longer where they'd like them to be.
As I recall Churchill wasn't particularly interested in trials at Nuremburg. It was the Americans that wanted justice to be seen to be done.
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Brett Paatsch (0 articles, 2 quicklinks, 22 diaries, 1010 comments)
on Friday, June 13, 2008 at 1:08:07 AM
Given what we both assume is true, that George Bush defrauded the nation with the bogus case for preemptive war with Iraq, will he be still able to assert a defensible claim of immunity or privilege?
Secondly, who must have the standing to bring a case to court? Must it be the U.S. attorney general? Given his status as an appointee, how does the political element bring confliction to the process? Will a McCain appointee ignore the case, and, just as significantly, won't an Obama appointee, in the light of Obama's promises to unite the nation, likely be required by Obama to "stand down" in order to bring the "healing" necessary for a new spirit of bipartisanship (which I, for one, don't cherish)?
In short, what is the legal process, and how will the political environment affect it?
Thank you, Sir.
Yours Truly,
Stephen D. Clark
Portsmouth, NH
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Stephen Clark (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments)
on Friday, June 13, 2008 at 5:18:31 PM
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