Once, when my children were young, one of them rushed into me and said: “Mama, so-and-so, said the ‘K’ word.” I don’t remember which one of my children was the tattler, or which one was the tattlee, but I remember the ‘k” word. I could never figure out what the “k” word was, because neither of the children would say that very naughty word.
If all one did was listen or watch the corporate media, one would think that “Impeachment” was a naughty word. I did appear on some cable shows over the summer (before my activism transformed into a Congressional campaign) and was able to outline the rationale for impeachment, but since then, there has been a virtual black-out on the word, or concept.
On January 1st, about 400 Impeachment Activists hit the Rose Parade with impeachment posters and huge banners. There was some local coverage, but the coverage seemed to surround the issue of “politics is ruining the parade” than the issue of accountability. When we marched at the end of the parade with our large copy of the Preamble of the Constitution and our signs and banners, we were the victims of a lot of violence and rage---name calling up to and including projectiles being thrown at us.
A couple of months ago, I called for America to send handwritten letters to Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, via my campaign office. Today was the day that we delivered them to her office. We took over 8,000 letters and over 3,000 signatures on petitions to her office. We had a coalition of Americans represented in the 11,000 total and we had there present: Greens, Progressive Democrats, Peace and Freedom party members, community leaders and activists, and Independents joining hands and hearts to demand what we all think is one of the overriding issues of our time: holding George Bush and Dick Cheney accountable for their crimes against the peace; crimes against humanity; and crimes against the very fabric of what makes America a nation of laws: our Constitution.
Although we had some activists there with cameras and we will be able to put the event up on YouTube, there was not a single representative from the corporate media there to hear from Green Party Presidential hopeful, Cynthia McKinney who was the first Congress rep to introduce articles of impeachment against George Bush before her term expired in 2006.
Not one person from the media came out to hear Minister Christopher Mohammed (from San Francisco’s Bayview Hunter’s Point community) outline the local connection between Speaker Pelosi and her refusal to do her Constitutional duty to impeach George and Dick: she is complicit in the crimes and foxes don’t police the hen house.
That’s okay if the media didn’t show up: it says more about them, then us and we had dozens of patriotic Americans who did show up to help us deliver thousands of letters and we know those people (and more) were there with us in spirit.
Like Cynthia said: we must never give up! When I am elected to Congress and start serving my term, George and Dick will have 17 days to go and I will introduce Articles of Impeachment every day and will not allow them to go riding off into the sunset to enjoy their retirement when they have ruined the lives of millions of people here and all over the world.
The founders of our Representative Republic thought that the “I” word was so important, they included the word six times in the Constitution and the “G” (God) word or “PP” (political parties) word zero times.
Either we have the rule of law or we don’t.
There is still time to support Congressman Bob Wexler (D-Fl) in his efforts to get H Res 799 (Impeachment Articles against Dick) out of committee and off the table and onto the House Floor where they truly belong.
Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, who was KIA in Iraq on 04/04/04. She is a co-founder and President of Gold Star Families for Peace and the author of two books: Not One More Mother's Child and Dear President Bush.
I try to find the bright side if there is one regarding the utter lack of mainstream media coverage of any of these issues and events. The bright side here, is their disrespect to what the media was created to be - for the people, they have inadvertantly launched a new media revolution via us and the internet.
Keep up the amazing work you are doing Cindy. We support you.
Always remind yourself that *they know* and then end with, that's ok because *we know...*
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Cheri Roberts (16 articles, 15 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 435 comments)
on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 12:05:19 AM
Sadly we has such corrupt and poor politicians we have already seen two Presidents brought up for impeachment in resent history. The general public knows how long it takes for Congress and then Senate to do anything much less impeachment. By the time they got around to impeachment the criminals will be gone anyway. Yes they are criminals, but it is too much trouble to uphold the laws of your land.
I think most people understand that impeachment much like most of the laws of your country are no longer worth following. It is just too much trouble to enforce some laws so they go ignored.
Consequentially no one really knows what laws to follow. Your politicians understand they can and do ignore your laws. There is some confusion as to which laws even your politicians can and cannot ignore. Some go to prison for taking bribes and some don't.
All in all I think President Bush with his crime crew was a good politician. He knew just what laws he could ignore without be impeached or going to jail.
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Gallaher (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 797 comments)
on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 12:12:36 PM
A former Republican, I voted regime change day Nov. 7, waiting for the 'First 100 hours'.
Not only are the candidates avoiding the war, the two leading Democratic candidates have lowered the bar. It has gotten to the point where Rush Limbaugh kindly pointed out that it was also due to a Republican congress who helped Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as a Democratic president.
We know we are at war because of oil. People are beginning to take matters into their own hands. People have been buying hybrids, and plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles are showing up on the market. I ask everyone in favor of impeachment to make of list of all their friends of who owns an SUV. I respect you, Cindy, for posting on your Camp Casey site to carpool or drive an electric vehicle to the camp. I ask everyone to consider that in their personal life.
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Barker (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 120 comments)
on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 12:35:16 PM
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