Please continue to check back for the latest updates and post your thoughts and messages to these vets in the comment section.

Thus far - and no surprise - this is not receiving attention from the corporate media. CNN did, however, manage to post in their breaking news section that Abe Vigoda is still alive, well thank God, now I can get on with my day.

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:50:50 AM

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I was joking, here are a few more of CNN's headlines as I was speaking to Elliott Adams, president of VFP and Vietnam veteran, who was standing on the ledge of the National Archives Building in an attempt to save the Constitution:

CNN: 11:00 AM Latest News

• Ex-ballplayer awaits verdict in cat killing
• SI: Cheerleaders ditch skimpy uniforms
• Black John McCain is voting for Obama
• Bicycling in the buff is 'OK,' cops say
• 6 relationship decisions we've made for you
• Abe Vigoda still alive, thank you very much
• Spears' breastfeeding pic being peddled

Compare to OpEdNews Headlines

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:02:09 PM

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of the finest selfless service to country that is characteristic of most serving in the military, both past and present.

by John Sanchez Jr. (9 articles, 0 quicklinks, 25 diaries, 1793 comments [148 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:24:21 PM

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They should have stormed Congress the moment Pelosi opened her mouth as Speaker.

by daveys (9 articles, 0 quicklinks, 22 diaries, 272 comments [20 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:45:29 PM

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Why the snotty comment directed at these Vets? This is hardly the first action they've taken on the issue and it won't be their last. In fact, Elliott Adams himself testified in defense of the Constitution at Conyers (albeit bogus) hearings in July. How 'bout you?

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:14:35 PM

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Was I snotty?  Sorry.  I've been screaming and marching with The World Can't Wait.org Drive Out The Bush Regime since day one.

by daveys (9 articles, 0 quicklinks, 22 diaries, 272 comments [20 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:44:50 PM

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for the reply daveys. just seemed like an odd subject line to apply to a group of vets who've been giving so much for so long.

keep yelling ;-)

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:58:15 PM

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If it makes you feel any better, I've spread this article around a bit, and shamed CNN in an email about how their unwillingness to report such a historic moment only further broadcasts their desire to shield such impeachment initatives from the uneducated public.

Which is really a huge mistake considering over a million people have signed a petition for the immediate impeachment of President Bush.

by Curtis Kline (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:05:11 PM

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terribly thankful that these few people can still exhibit courage and faith in American ideals while the rest of America watches American Idol, feeds the dog and runs to the store for a beer.

It's staggering to me that most Americans are typically brainwashed by mainstream media to believe what "they," whoever "they" really are, wants them to believe.

Belief that change from within will take place is similar to believing that the earth is flat or that the sun revolves around it.

by jeff prager (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 188 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:00:02 PM

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VETERANS TO IMPEACH AND VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR. THEY SWORE TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AS FAR AS THE WAR, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW VIETNAM RALLIES STARTED WITH NO NEWS COVERAGE AND THEN NEGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE AS IF THEY ALL WERE POT SMOKERS AND DRUGGIES. IT TOOK YEARS BUT WE DID IT. I DON'T THINK IT IS QUITE THE SAME AS VIETNAM OPENED THE ROAD TO OPEN DISAGREEMENT TO A WAR DECISION AND WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOUND OUT THEY  WERE LIED TO, IT HIT THE FAN. AS A PAST VETERANS BENEFITS COUNCELOR, I AM FLAT AGAINST ANY WAR AS THEY HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET WHAT WAS PROMISED. THIS GROUP IS COMING BACK WITH PTSD AND NO HELP AVAILABLE. I TELL THEM TO FIND A VIETNAM GROUP AND THEY WILL TELL THEM WHERE TO FIND GOOD HELP. I AM WITH ALL OF THEM IN MY HEART AND WITH LOVE. AS FAR AS OUR CONSTITUTION, IT HAS BEEN GONE AS LONG AS BUSH/CHENEY HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE. CONGRESS HAS SAT ON THEIR HANDS PLAYING COWARD AND HELPLESS WHILE THE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN PEE'D ON. I BLAME BOTH PARTIES. BUSH SWORE TO UP HOLD OUR CONSTITUTION AND HE DIDN'T. IMPEACH IS NICE COMPARED TO WHAT HE AND CHENEY DESERVE. I AM TELLING ALL OF THESE VETERANS TO GO TO VETERANS GROUPS STARTING WITH VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AMERICAN LEGION, VFW AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET SUPPORT AND COVERAGE FROM THEM IN THEIR OWN NEWPAPERS. VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA STARTED BECAUSE THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WOULDN'T SUPPORT THEIR CONCERNS. THEY, TOO WERE TREATED SHABBY. I WAS RAISED BY A VETERAN OF WWll AND TO HIM, A VETERAN WAS A VETERAN WAS A VETERAN. IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT, NOT THE VETERANS THAT FOLLOWED ORDERS.  NEAR THE END OF VIETNAM, HE EVEN TURNED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE WAR WAS WRONG AND WE WERE LIED TO.  IF I HEAR OF ANYTHING IN THE SEATTLE AREA, I WILL BE GLAD TO GO AND ATTEND AND GIVE BACKING TO OUR VETERANS. I LEARNED IN THE 60'S TO NEVER LISTEN TO OFFICERS SAY HOW THE WAR WAS GOING AND HOW IT WAS JUSTIFIED. THIS WAR ISN'T JUSTIFIED, NO WAY, NO HOW. PEACE MY HERO'S

by sandy valencour (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 38 comments [11 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:59:34 PM

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There just might be hope for some sort of positive action!

Bush sure can't be waking up happy each morning with so much falling apart around him!

by sometimes blinded (4 articles, 106 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 617 comments [51 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:09:07 PM

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     I truly wish I could be there supporting the men and women who want to see our Constituion obeyed and  remove men like George Bush from politics.  I supported Ron Paul because he is a man of his word, believes in the Constituion and has preached the same message for years.  Live by what our Founding Fathers gave us to maintain our freedom and obey the US Constitution.  Lets get it back people!!!!!  Remember one thing.  There is no right way to do the wrong thing.  George Bush has broke that rule over and over again.  The sad thing is, the two canidates who are running for President are no better. 

by Todd Taylor (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:04:17 PM

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Treason is the reason for this bad financhal season.

Dirty Dick and his Connecticut hick were responsable for 911

Bush in the White house Bush in the WTC as security head and Bush on the insurance board that paid the blood money to their friend. The famaly Bush took simple insurance fraud and turned it into mass murder and TREASON! And they couldnt have done it with out the help of most people in both Houses arrest them all!

by Kungfublood (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:16:47 PM

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While our poor excuse for a president is giving his farewell BS speech to the UN General Assembly, true patriots are speaking out to defend our Constitution. The whole world knows Bush is a hypocrite and a war criminal, but our Congress and the corporate media continue to say the emperor has clothes, in the face of bare ass lies. We need to hold this administration accountable with straight talk of truth to power. I salute the true patriotic veterans up on the ledge.

by Ramon Puga (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 30 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:19:03 PM

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As an enlightened and Constitutional minded true American, I have great pride for these Vets. If only more Patriots of the Constitution had the courage  these brave Americans have, none of us would be in this mess to begin with. Unfortunately we have become a nation of complacent sheep looking for handouts and willfully giving up our freedoms for false security. I commend and salute these TRUE patriots in their successfully exhibit of their first amendment rights. It is amazing the fascist and totalitarian regime like actions that the Bush administration along with their counterparts in crime ( The Federal Reserve PRIVATE ) have brought upon this once ... a long time ago, great nation.  Wake up people and smell surveillance, the warrantless wiretapping, the street corner cameras, the e-mail censoring and screening, the suspension of "Posse comitatus" ( allowing US military to invade and act against US citizens and peaceful protests and civil disobedience and on and on. How much more bastardizing of what's left of the Constitution will you all allow big brother and his elite friends like the Rockefellers, Rothschilds and the rest of the Federal reserve and global elite family to get away with. Don't you think the last century was long enough?

When will we all draw the line in the sand!

Blessing and peace be with these true patriots.

 Ed Beard Jr.

by Ed Beard Jr. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 6 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:03:56 AM

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Cheryl-  thank you for alerting us all to these brave vets' actions -- how can we help, where can we donate, get their message out, etc.??!  Sounds like the action will be over by this morning, but it would be great for more people to know about this great patriotic action.

 -X

by Xylem Galadhon (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:10:25 AM

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First, contact the media and ask them to cover the story or report on it. AP did send out a brief article that any newssite can use. Here is a link to media contact info posted by F.A.I.R. here

You can donate to Veterans for Peace to support their continued efforts - these men and women work year round on many campaigns in the pursuit of peace. Here is their donate page.

Forward this article to all your list serves so people can learn what they've done since the corporate owned media has abandoned them. Ask your friends and family to leave a comment here for them to read when they come down.

Thanks for asking. Will continue to update.

cheryl

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:59:19 AM

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Once again it is the volunteer militia that has to take things into their own hands and show what must be done.   I realize that most of you reading this have been pushing for this just as I have but we have been some what limited by our medium(the internet).    The really sad part of this very patriotic movement is that the so-called "free press" will not even mention this either in newsprint or on the air.   If they do make any mention of it they will lie as to what they are doing or who is doing this.   While I was in the Navy I always considered saluting to be somewhat silly, however, these patriots deserve a very big and smart salute from all of us!

by Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 540 comments [10 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:07:51 AM

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/09/arrest-bush-che.html

by Kathlyn Stone (46 articles, 227 quicklinks, 27 diaries, 690 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:01:25 AM

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Is there a test one takes for being clueless to become a reporter these days?

This idiot asks "There have been times when our Constitution was really in trouble, you really don't think this is one of them do you?" and the topper, "What do you mean they're violation it (Constitution), how so?"

And as if the questions weren't bad enough they were asked in a very condescending manner.

It's interviews like this that show how our media is not our media at all, but simply a branch of a governmental propaganda wing.

But what standard does someone say they're a member of the press and does not recognize how our Constitution has not been violated by this administration? Do they live in closets? On another planet? Are their brains so devoid as to wake-up every day with a clean slate learning how to talk and walk all over again before they take a step out the door?

Kudos to the Col. for not losing her temper with this idiot, for if it were me, I would have beat this idiot over the head with his own mic.

by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:01:56 AM

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Not sure Mr. M. but I think the questions were being posed as devil's advocate type questions to give Col. Wright the opportunity to respond to the thinking of the uninformed. He definitely was not a corporate media type. Think he was on our side, just had a different way of going about things.

As for Col. Wright keeping her cool - the Colonel's been up against the likes of O'Reilly. This was nothing.

Thanks for reading/commenting

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:28:25 AM

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Thank you for your excellent updates. As a VFP member, I relied on your reporting to track the progress. We should add the MSM along with Pelosi to our impeachment list.

Sincerely,

Tom

www.tomsongs.org

VFP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TBOSPoZt5s

by TomSongs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:00:30 AM

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just embedded it into the article.

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (30 articles, 42 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 485 comments [8 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:41:32 AM

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I am thrilled to read of this action.  I am very encouraged and moved by these vets, among them our friend Ann Wright, who has joined the Grandmothers Against the War rallies and vigils on many occasions.  When we grannies (later known as the Granny Peace Brigade) attempted to enlist in the military at the Times Square Recruiting Station on October 17, 2005, we felt somewhat alone in our efforts.  We were arrested, jailed and put on trial for six days -- we were acquitted, thank God.  Since then, more and more people have engaged in peaceful non-violent civil disobedience.  We like to think we inspird a little of it.  This very creative action by the Vets for Peace is heart-warming indeed, and I send my congratulations.

by Joan Wile (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 25 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:22:59 PM

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I've been supporting Ron Paul for two years now. His message was defend the Constitution, stop the wars, close the foreign bases and quit interfering in forein governments. Trade, talk and be friends with all. Elimante the Federal Reserve (foreign banking cartel) and it's enforcement strongarm the IRS. We are moving into a corporate fascis state, with FEMA prisons and the use of the military on the streets of America.  All hell will be breaking out around the country. May God help us against this tyranny.

by ronheri (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 257 comments [45 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:40:53 PM

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WOW, Abe Vigoda is still alive? Really? Jesus, I feel so much better now.

by Kathy Stuart (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 39 comments [9 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:21:45 PM

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Taking the oath to defend the Constitution from ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, is the American military's first duty.  The second duty is to live it like you believed it when you raised your hand.

Arrest the War Criminals in the White House and Congress and the Supreme Court. 

by ed kriner (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 36 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:44:24 AM

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