When it comes to defending the Constitution from the saboteurs of freedom and democracy in the Bush administration, my hero is Conyers.
Not Congressman Conyers. He had a shot at the title during 2005, when he was holding informal hearings on the administration’s impeachable crimes, and in 2006, when he published a book laying out the case for impeachment, but he lost his chance when he buckled under pressure from then minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who about a year ago began insisting that should the Democrats take over Congress, impeachment would be “off the table.”
Rep. Conyers, who as chairman of the judiciary committee of the House would be in charge of impeachment hearings, has made it clear that he believes the president should be impeached, but he has not stood up to Speaker Pelosi, or challenged her absurd position on impeachment.
No, I’m referring to Conyers’ wife, Monica.
As president pro tempore of the Detroit City Council and a political leader in her own right, Monica Conyers clearly isn’t swayed by Pelosi. Indeed, last week she sponsored a resolution in the Detroit City Council which passed unanimously. That resolution doesn’t mince words. It calls for the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney for defrauding the public to justify launching a war of aggression against Iraq. It also calls for their impeachment for ordering illegal spying on Americans, for ordering torture, and for doing away with habeas corpus.
Here is the full text of the resolution, which was drawn up by the Detroit chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and which was endorsed by the Gray Panthers, Veterans for Peace, the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Latinos Unidos and Michigan Impeach.org:
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to defraud the United States of America by intentionally misleading Congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States Code, Section 1805; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the torture of prisoners in violation of the “Federal Torture Act” Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the “supreme Law of the Land”; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an “enemy combatant”, all in subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, In all of this George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the City of Detroit and of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the Speaker of the House according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII;
Be it resolved that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.
The city council resolution is to be presented to Congress as a petition.
I hope it is also put “on the table” at the Conyers household, where I suspect Monica Conyers will be exerting considerable pressure on her significant other to do something about it.
After all, just a year ago, he was saying those same things himself.
Dave Lindorff, a columnist for Counterpunch, is author of several recent books ("This Can't Be Happening! Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy" and "Killing Time: An Investigation into the Death Penalty Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal"). His latest book, coauthored with Barbara Olshanshky, is "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office (St. Martin's Press, May 2006). His writing is available at http://www.thiscantbehappening.net
The Military Commissions Act, destroying over 800 years of Habeas Corpus, has not been repealed.
With a resounding mandate not only have you not even slowed the occupation of Iraq but managed to insult the majority of the people's will by increasing and prolonging this disaster.
Now you come dangling the "impeachment" carrot in front of us when we've witness enough evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors, from ENRON, to Downing Street Memos, to AbuGraid, to Jeff Gannon, to Abramoff, to Plame, to Haliburtin, to illegal wiretapping, to election fraud, to Gonzales and on and on and on, to impeach the whole fucking lot of them a hundred times over for a long time!
... and to date what have you done?
ENOUGH!!! Take your "impeachment carrot" and shove it up your ASS!!! DO FUCKING SOMETHING OR STFU!!!
I've trusted you for the last time. I don't care how many people write glowing articles about how couragous you are. You're nothing till you stand before the cameras and damn the consequences and tell the fucking TRUTH!
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Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 1696 comments)
on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 7:17:04 PM
Action HEROES do things like David -- not like LOUD mouths!
David – some jerks can shoot their mouth off and talk about action, but I don’t see this jerk writing 125 articles. As for as I’m concerned you are fighting your ass off with your weapon of choice. In fact – I wonder who this loud mouth is?
Probably Karl Rove. Ha! That little shit G.W. deserves another little shit like Karl to drive him and his administration right into the bowels of HELL as the VERY, V E R Y WORST administration in the history of the WORLD.
After I read Cindy Sheehan’s recent article, May 28th, 2007, OpEdNews.Com, titled, Good Riddance Attention Whore, I was driven to write a reply to her which I will include, below:
"CINDY
I see that you have had your butt kicked from all directions. And – NO – Casey did not NOT die in vain!
This is one of the most crucial times in our American history. It may very well be our collapse as THE Great nation of the world.
But it did NOT start with this disgusting G. W. Bush or his IRAQI War. It began way back when Old Man Kennedy made a deal with the devil to get his son elected president. The mob fixed several elections in the 1960’s and made the presidential election go to John F. Kennedy.
But – when it came time to "Pay the Piper" the Old man Kennedy failed to have his son pay the respect and loyal return of kindness and favors to the mob. In fact – both Kennedy sons were kicking the crap out of the mob.
WELL WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!! BOTH WERE KILLED. If you make a deal with the DEVIL – what would you expect??
Lee Harvey Oswald my ass!?!?!?
CAN YOU RIG A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION??? PUHL….LEEEEEZE!!!! DO NOT INSULT MY OR OUR American INTELLIGENCE!
WAS LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON INVOLVED IN THE KENNEDY ASSINATIONS? I don’t know – but I would not be a bit surprised .
And Johnson went on to kill many, many, many more of our kids in Vietnam. Why did we fight that war and why did Johnson escalate the Vietnam War – even more?
Was it because they knew they could win it? HELL NO! They (the politicians) never let our kids and their officers fight the Vietnam War – in order to win it! They never allowed them (our kids) to bomb Hanoi. At least – that enemy (real or fabricated) had an honest to God country from which they came to fight our kids.
I believe the Vietnam War was a fabrication of the Military/Corporate/Political Complex operating with corrupt business executives, Military leaders, and politicians – who wanted a boost in the economy. And the Military wanted to "Play War" and enjoy the thing they were trained many years to do. These Arrogant Pentagon mongering bastards want to be able to make the most of their careers. They want to try to be remembered for some of those famous Patton and General Douglas MacArthur quotes. Like "God Help me, but I do so love the smell of Napalm in the morning".
KISS MY ASS – What a legacy for our children?!?!? What insipid and unadulterated Bull Shit!?!?!?!
Then of course – there is that "Ole Boys’ Club" of the ulterior benefits of war to the high raking Generals and Admirals, who get thousands and millions of military dollars in payoffs for their blessings of these various weapons and many other programs – paid for by the BIG CORPORATIONS. And then the greedy bastards get hired after their retirements to work for the very same BIG CORPORATIONS.
THE PHILOSOPHY THAT WAR CREATES A LONG LASTING BOOMING ECONOMY IS SALAIOUS BULL SHIT! This will be absolutely contested by the Military/Corporate/Political Complex. But – then – these days they lie to us in front of our faces and intimidate us and everyone else into believing the Emperor has indeed a wonderful set of the finest clothing on.
There is a powerful argument against wars bringing prosperity. I believe we can remember the horrible economies during and after the Vietnam War years; the months of 18 to 21% interest; the housing market going to hell and housing loosing 25-50% of their value; the market failure.
They say that many eyewitnesses have claimed to see these American G.I. Prisoners of War (POW’s) still in North Vietnam into the 1970’s and 1980’s and 1990’s, etc. They believe there is potentially as many as 500 of the original Americans still a live TODAY!
When did we loose our innocence? The book goes on to say that Nixon was made fully aware of the 700 American Prisoners of War in North Vietnam after the war. In fact -- North Vietnam back-mailed Nixon for some $4.6 billion in reparations for damages from the war. "But as the Watergate scandal broke, Nixon and Kissinger reneged on the arrangement, and around 700 prisoners were kept in Vietnam." (based on Coast to Coast AM interview with George Noory, May 29th, 2007). In the end – Nixon and his many consultants elected to FORGET our men (POW’s), who are in those prison camps.
Ah – Nixon – what a guy this bum was?!?!
"Stewart said she has worked for 20 years in Washington DC to uncover the truth about the POWs, and there has been much intelligence that has referenced the missing soldiers. Specifically, Hendon noted spy satellite photographs, one of which (see below) showed "USA" spelled out in 12 ft. tall letters in a rice field, along with a 24 ft. tall "Walking K" – an "escape and evasion" code only known to US pilots in N. Laos.
Hendon commented that in the early 80's, Reagan tried to get the POWs back, but advisors talked him out of it. By 1992, an investigation chaired by McCain and Kerry concluded, there were no American refugees left in Vietnam. Stewart and Hendon believe there could be as many as 500-600 POWs still alive there, and that the US government is engaged in a cover-up of the evidence for their existence." (based on interview on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory on May 29th, 2007).
Recently – the Hells Angel’s placed a copy of this book in G.W. Bush, Junior’s hands when they went to Washington D.C. You and I can imagine what little good will come from this.
When did we loose our innocence? Well maybe it was before this time when our government poisoned all of those American soldiers from the Atom Bomb Fall Out or when our government administered diseases to many other soldiers.
Well then is the Iraqi War MORE winnable than the Vietnam War – where we got our asses beat??? You have got to be crapping me. The convoluted Iraqi situation is at least 10 times less winnable and less resolvable than Vietnam. What a MESS. Our kids don’t know who they are or where they coming from.
They (our KIDS) are setting ducks for these bastards.
If you want to sense the fatalistic frustration, despair, and urgency in the words and comments of some of our young people fighting in Iraq, please read the article, by Micheal Kamber, dated May 27th, 2007, in the New York Times, titled
DOUBTS GROW AS G.I.’S IN IRAQ FIND ALLIES IN ENEMY RANKS. via site (www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/world/middleeast/28cnd-delta.html).
G.W. and his Ole OIL BUDDIES are stealing millions every week based on what I have heard. These Intimidating BASTARDS don’t want to get of the BILLION DOLLAR IRAQI OIL TIT.
They ( G.W. and the other assholes) could care less about how many of our kids get killed or how many Iraqi’s get murdered. Can’t people smell and see and sense what these corrupt slimey crooks are doing???
Notwithstanding this – G.W., junior sold some $900,000 in personal stocks when he was on the Board of Directors for Harken Oil & Gas only a couple of weeks before the company headed for bankruptcy was bought by Spectrum Oil through G. W.’s very quick dealings through his political (Presidential father, G. H. Bush), and other to put this illicit deal together, etc. Harken really appreciated it because they gave him $300,000 in stocks and options and a fee of $120,000 more.
Was all this the criminal act of "INSIDER TRADING" done by G.W., junior? If you or I had done this – we would still be in JAIL. And this was his seed money to start his Presidential run before all his other criminal acts and lies.
Would you are I get this past a Securities Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) investagation? Well – I’m sure he used his Ole Man again – because there has never been an S.E.C. investigation. If your daddy is the President you can get away with anything!!!
But – one thing is for sure. This kind of information makes you sick at your stomach and then comes along a blatant arrogant lair and crook like G.W., junior.
My God O Mighty – this little smirking puke pisses in our faces and tells us that he is not doing what we plainly see him doing to us. He has NO business being the President and of course – should not be there – because he and his crooks stole the elections of 2000 and 2004.
BUT DISPITE THIS LITTLE JERK – YOU -- Cindy CHALLENGED THEIR ARROGANCE AND THEIR INCOMPETENCY OF LEADERSHIP AND their MANAGEMENT STYLE "BY INTIMIDATION". You really got under his skin. While the rest of us set on our asses and watched these bullies rape America and The American Way of Life.
I know my wife and I and one hell of a lot of American Patriots are very proud of you! You did the best you could.
BUT – WE STILL HAVE TO GET RID OF THE MAD MAN IN THE WHITEHOUSE. WE MUST IMPEACH THIS ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THEY RUIN AMERICA.
Sincerely,
Joseph & Linda Tucker"
God Bless -- and keep up the FIGHT!!!
Joe
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GraffittiUSA (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 7 comments)
on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 1:42:57 PM
Action HEROES do things like David -- not like LOUD mouths!
David – some jerks can shoot their mouth off and talk about action, but I don’t see this jerk writing 125 articles. As for as I’m concerned you are fighting your ass off with your weapon of choice. In fact – I wonder who this loud mouth is?
Probably Karl Rove. Ha! That little shit G.W. deserves another little shit like Karl
to drive him and his administration right into the bowels of HELL as the VERY, V E R Y WORST administration in the history of the WORLD.
After I read Cindy Sheehan’s recent article, May 28th, 2007, OpEdNews.Com, titled, Good Riddance Attention Whore, I was driven to write a reply to her which I will include, below:
“CINDY
I see that you have had your butt kicked from all directions. And – NO – Casey did not NOT die in vain!
This is one of the most crucial times in our American history. It may very well be our collapse as THE Great nation of the world.
But it did NOT start with this disgusting G. W. Bush or his IRAQI War. It began way back when Old Man Kennedy made a deal with the devil to get his son elected president. The mob fixed several elections in the 1960’s and made the presidential election go to John F. Kennedy.
But – when it came time to “Pay the Piper” the Old man Kennedy failed to have his son pay the respect and loyal return of kindness and favors to the mob. In fact – both Kennedy sons were kicking the crap out of the mob.
WELL WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!! BOTH WERE KILLED. If you make a deal with the DEVIL – what would you expect??
Lee Harvey Oswald my ass!?!?!?
CAN YOU RIG A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION??? PUHL….LEEEEEZE!!!! DO NOT INSULT MY OR OUR American INTELLIGENCE!
WAS LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON INVOLVED IN THE KENNEDY ASSINATIONS? I don’t know – but I would not be a bit surprised .
And Johnson went on to kill many, many, many more of our kids in Vietnam. Why did we fight that war and why did Johnson escalate the Vietnam War – even more?
Was it because they knew they could win it? HELL NO! They (the politicians) never let our kids and their officers fight the Vietnam War – in order to win it! They never allowed them (our kids) to bomb Hanoi. At least – that enemy (real or fabricated) had an honest to God country from which they came to fight our kids.
I believe the Vietnam War was a fabrication of the Military/Corporate/Political Complex operating with corrupt business executives, Military leaders, and politicians – who wanted a boost in the economy. And the Military wanted to “Play War” and enjoy the thing they were trained many years to do. These Arrogant Pentagon mongering bastards want to be able to make the most of their careers. They want to try to be remembered for some of those famous Patton and General Douglas MacArthur quotes. Like “God Help me, but I do so love the smell of Napalm in the morning”.
KISS MY ASS – What a legacy for our children?!?!? What insipid and unadulterated Bull Shit!?!?!?!
Then of course – there is that “Ole Boys’ Club” of the ulterior benefits of war to the high raking Generals and Admirals, who get thousands and millions of military dollars in payoffs for their blessings of these various weapons and many other programs – paid for by the BIG CORPORATIONS. And then the greedy bastards get hired after their retirements to work for the very same BIG CORPORATIONS.
THE PHILOSOPHY THAT WAR CREATES A LONG LASTING BOOMING ECONOMY IS SALAIOUS BULL SHIT! This will be absolutely contested by the Military/Corporate/Political Complex. But – then – these days they lie to us in front of our faces and intimidate us and everyone else into believing the Emperor has indeed a wonderful set of the finest clothing on.
There is a powerful argument against wars bringing prosperity. I believe we can remember the horrible economies during and after the Vietnam War years; the months of 18 to 21% interest; the housing market going to hell and housing loosing 25-50% of their value; the market failure.
They say that many eyewitnesses have claimed to see these American G.I. Prisoners of War (POW’s) still in North Vietnam into the 1970’s and 1980’s and 1990’s, etc. They believe there is potentially as many as 500 of the original Americans still a live TODAY!
When did we loose our INNOCENCE? The book goes on to say that Nixon was made fully aware of the 700 American Prisoners of War in North Vietnam after the war. In fact -- North Vietnam back-mailed Nixon for some $4.6 billion in reparations for damages from the war. “But as the Watergate scandal broke, Nixon and Kissinger reneged on the arrangement, and around 700 prisoners were kept in Vietnam.” (based on Coast to Coast AM interview with George Noory, May 29th, 2007). In the end – Nixon and his many consultants elected to FORGET our men (POW’s), who are in those prison camps.
Ah – Nixon – what a guy this bum was?!?!
“Stewart said she has worked for 20 years in Washington DC to uncover the truth about the POWs, and there has been much intelligence that has referenced the missing soldiers. Specifically, Hendon noted spy satellite photographs, one of which (see below) showed "USA" spelled out in 12 ft. tall letters in a rice field, along with a 24 ft. tall "Walking K" – an "escape and evasion" code only known to US pilots in N. Laos.
Hendon commented that in the early 80's, Reagan tried to get the POWs back, but advisors talked him out of it. By 1992, an investigation chaired by McCain and Kerry concluded, there were no American refugees left in Vietnam. Stewart and Hendon believe there could be as many as 500-600 POWs still alive there, and that the US government is engaged in a cover-up of the evidence for their existence.” (based on interview on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory on May 29th, 2007).
Recently – the Hells Angel’s placed a copy of this book in G.W. Bush, Junior’s hands when they went to Washington D.C. You and I can imagine what little good will come from this.
When did we loose our INNOCENCE? Well maybe it was before this time when our government poisoned all of those American soldiers from the Atom Bomb Fall Out or when our government administered diseases to many other soldiers.
Well then is the Iraqi War MORE winnable than the Vietnam War – where we got our asses beat??? You have got to be crapping me. The convoluted Iraqi situation is at least 10 times less winnable and less resolvable than Vietnam. What a MESS. Our kids don’t know who they are or where they coming from.
They (our KIDS) are setting ducks for these bastards.
If you want to sense the fatalistic frustration, despair, and urgency in the words and comments of some of our young people fighting in Iraq, please read the article, by Micheal Kamber, dated May 27th, 2007, in the New York Times, titled
DOUBTS GROW AS G.I.’S IN IRAQ FIND ALLIES IN ENEMY RANKS. via site (www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/world/middleeast/28cnd-delta.html).
G.W. and his Ole OIL BUDDIES are stealing millions every week based on what I have heard. These Intimidating BASTARDS don’t want to get of the BILLION DOLLAR IRAQI OIL TIT.
They ( G.W. and the other assholes) could care less about how many of our kids get killed or how many Iraqi’s get murdered. Can’t people smell and see and sense what these corrupt slimey crooks are doing???
Notwithstanding this – G.W., junior sold some $900,000 in personal stocks when he was on the Board of Directors for Harken Oil & Gas only a couple of weeks before the company headed for bankruptcy was bought by Spectrum Oil through G. W.’s very quick dealings through his political (Presidential father, G. H. Bush), and other to put this illicit deal together, etc. Harken really appreciated it because they gave him $300,000 in stocks and options and a fee of $120,000 more.
Was all this the criminal act of “INSIDER TRADING” done by G.W., junior? If you or I had done this – we would still be in JAIL. And this was his seed money to start his Presidential run before all his other criminal acts and lies.
Would you are I get this past a Securities Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) investagation? Well – I’m sure he used his Ole Man again – because there has never been an S.E.C. investigation. If your daddy is the President you can get away with anything!!!
But – one thing is for sure. This kind of information makes you sick at your stomach and then comes along a blatant arrogant lair and crook like G.W., junior.
My God O Mighty – this little smirking puke pisses in our faces and tells us that he is not doing what we plainly see him doing to us. He has NO business being the President and of course – should not be there – because he and his crooks stole the elections of 2000 and 2004.
BUT DISPITE THIS LITTLE JERK – YOU -- Cindy CHALLENGED THEIR ARROGANCE AND THEIR INCOMPETENCY OF LEADERSHIP AND their MANAGEMENT STYLE “BY INTIMIDATION”. You really got under his skin. While the rest of us set on our asses and watched these bullies rape America and The American Way of Life.
I know my wife and I and one hell of a lot of American Patriots are very proud of you! You did the best you could.
BUT – WE STILL HAVE TO GET RID OF THE MAD MAN IN THE WHITEHOUSE. WE MUST IMPEACH THIS ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THEY RUIN AMERICA.
Sincerely,
Joseph & Linda Tucker”
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GraffittiUSA (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 7 comments)
on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 2:02:11 PM
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