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Time to Censure Bush and Cheney

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On 'Meet the Press' this morning, I announced that I will introduce two censure resolutions aimed at holding President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and other administration officials responsible for the destructive path down which they've taken our country.  It's clear to me, and millions of Americans, that the time has come for accountability – on everything from the disastrous war in Iraq, to refusing, time and time again, to follow the rule of law.  Members of Congress can no longer stand by and allow the White House to shred the Constitution, and thumb their noses at the American people.

Over recent months and years, we've learned that this President, and his administration, have used mistruths, spin, lofty-rhetoric, hyped-up intelligence reports, and scare tactics to drag this country into a war that can only be described as the worst foreign policy mistake in our nation's history.  In addition, the administration, in an attempt to justify this mistake, has repeatedly distorted the situation on the ground in Iraq.  As a result, the administration has dangerously weakened us in our efforts to fight those who attacked us on 9/11.

What's equally dangerous is the blatant disregard President Bush has shown for the rule of law on which our country was founded.  Last year I introduced a resolution to censure President Bush for his failure to abide by the Constitution when he implemented his illegal domestic wiretapping program and for misleading the public about whether his administration was following the law.  With your help, public scrutiny in this program was raised and the administration couldn't ignore it any longer.  Earlier this year, the program was finally terminated and brought under the jurisdiction of the FISA statute.

Unfortunately, failing to abide by the law is a pattern for this President.  From illegal domestic wiretapping, to the President's dubious signing statements, to redefining torture, to the current U.S. Attorney scandal, the list goes on and on.  There are so many good reasons for the deep frustration so many of you and I feel about the direction of our country.

As I have said before, I believe the President and Vice President have likely committed what our Founding Fathers would have thought of as "high crimes and misdemeanors."  However, at this time I do not believe it is in our nation's best interest to put important issues facing our country on the back burner to go through months and months of a divisive impeachment process.  Some may disagree with that, but at a minimum we can agree that censure resolutions, holding the President and his administration accountable for the actions I've outlined above, are needed.

History must show that when confronted with an administration which does not recognize the separation of powers, which continually acts as if the executive branch is above the laws of our land, the American people and their elected officials stood up, in one voice, and demanded accountability.

I've heard from people in Wisconsin and across the country in recent months on what we can do to hold this administration accountable for its actions surrounding the Iraq war and its deliberate disregard for the law.  Please click here to read more about my two censure proposals, tackling both issues, and give me feedback on both topics.  I need your help to develop these resolutions so all of our voices are heard.  I look forward to reading your thoughts and I'll be sure to keep everyone posted in the coming days. I'm going to be looking to each and every one of you for help in developing these resolutions and in pushing them forward.

 

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Censure Bush and Cheney

Censure?  f*ck that! Let's dump the bastards off!!  But you have to have people with guts to do this.  America's pretty short on bravery presently. 

 

tedbohne

by tedbohne (87 articles, 103 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 119 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:39:34 AM

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Reply: Smart Aleck comment on Censure Bush and Cheney

Profane language and canned response to a reasonable suggestion.  Sen. Feingold has consistently stood up to the Bush/Cheney bully pulpit in spite being slimed by sleese-bag GOP operatives.  Looks like an auto reply from the RNC. 

    Senator Feingold is willing to tell the truth to power.  We sure could use more like him. 

by Disillusionist (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 2:18:24 PM

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Reply: Senate cannot impeach

The US Senate cannot start the impeachment process. That can only be done in the House of Representatives. Once impeached, the Senate votes to convict and remove from office.

However, the US Senate can censure on its own, even though that censure is not enough to remove from office.

by Bleeding Heart Liberal (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 48 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 5:53:21 PM

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More games from the Democrats

I had alot of respect for Feingold but this is not about accountability. Russ is a hypocrite. Russ opposes Impeachment and then sponsors a couple of resolutions and claims it will hold the Administration "accountable".

The founding fathers gave us the power of impeachment to hold Bush and othes accountable. Rather than waste time on meaningless resoultions Russ should be over at the House twisting Democrat leadership to get the Impeachment process going.

by tginmn (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 69 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM

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An incredibly cowardly position. This is a textbook

illustration of what it means to lack the courage of one's convictions. Feingold is saying that Bush & Cheney are flagrantly violating the Constitution -- but that it's still somehow "not in the national interest" to remove them from office.

How is that even possible? Who cares if impeaching the gangsters would be "divisive?" By definition, it would have to be divisive. ANY time you have criminals in the White House,you can't expect that they would pleasantly agree to be removed from office, or that their supporters, on whose behalf they are looting the public till, would allow their figureheads to be removed without a struggle.

Feingold is just trying to have it both ways. It's pathetic.

by Richard Mynick (2 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1552 comments [255 recommended, 5 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:43:12 AM

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Impeachment, not censure

Censuring the Bush Administration is equivilant to slapping a criminal on the wrist for mass murder. Failure to impeach is complicity in the crimes being committed, and if we are unable to impeach, I fear for those of us who continue to live in a country where impeachment is too troublesome a response to the most egregious violations of the law. Why are we afraid of dissent? Impeachment would be an immensely educational and healing process for this country, and it would teach future presidents that they cannot get away with criminal acts without consequence.

by D. L. Corvin (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:56:14 AM

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Feingold is History

Mr. Feingold, get used to the name.  Your days as a Senator are numbered.  You had the audacious temerity to declare that impeachment should remain off the table and now you suggest that "censure" is what is necessary!  What constitution are you reading from.  You are in violation of your oath of office to the Constitution of the United States of America.  Your oath, above all considerations--party, personal, ideological--requires you to protect and defend the Constitution, but, no, you are smarter than two centuries worth of statesman.  Be gone, Feingold!  You are wasting our time and imperiling our constitional government.  Be gone for all the good you have done us!  Be gone for your rank hypocrisy and mealy-mouthed centrist, triangulating, cowardice!  Just get the hell out of here, sir; your days in office are done!

James R. Brett, Ph.D.

The American Liberalism Project

 

by James Brett (130 articles, 96 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 189 comments [17 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:59:57 AM

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Feingold's Folly

In the Senate, Feingold was our only hope. Now he's shown himself the true cautious, careful, cowardly politician we had once thought he might not be. Can you believe he was once talked about as a presidential candidate for '08? We had thought he might be the one to lead the charge, to carry the flag of democracy, but he is no different than any of the other schmucks in the "world's greatest deliberative body". There is no other Senator, with the possible though very unlikely exception of Chuck Hagel, to pick up the standard. To whom do we look now? The answer: in the House, John Conyers. We must barrage the good congressman and his fellow judicial committee members with faxes and phone calls in order to persuade three more of them to join the fight for impeachment:

FAX Numbers for House Judiciary Committee Members

(**Denotes co-sponsor of HR 333)

Tammy Baldwin
202-225-6942

Howard L. Berman
202-225-3196

Rick Boucher
202-225-0442

John Conyers, Jr.
202-225-0072

Artur Davis
202-226-9567

William D. Delahunt
202-225-5658

Keith Ellison**
202-225-4886

Luis V. Gutierrez
202-225-7810

Sheila Jackson-Lee
202-225-3317

Hank Johnson**
202-226-0691

Zoe Lofgren
202-225-3336

Martin “Marty” T. Meehan
202-226-0771

Jerrold Nadler
202-225-6923

Linda T. Sanchez
202-226-1012

Adam Schiff
202-225-5828

Robert “Bobby” C. Scott
202-225-8354

Brad Sherman
202-225-5879

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
202-225-8456

Maxine Waters**
202-225-7854

Melvin L. Watt
202-225-1512

Anthony Weiner
202-226-7253

Robert Wexler
202-225-5974

by Todd Huffman, M.D. (80 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 109 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:16:42 PM

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OK, Russ

Remind everyone that impeachment starts in the House and you're just one of 100 Senators, and a lonely one at that. I'm working with blogdom, online newspapers and everyone I can think of to say the I-word. But I also commend you for sticking your neck out. This is what I wrote CultureKitchen, and so far I am getting worse than you. Silence is so deadly, wouldn't you agree?

We’ve got ourselves a problem. To use Bruce Fein’s word, let’s don’t be “invertebrate” about it.
What’s our problem? It’s a misbegotten war which is doing harm in this world. And the world is watching. So straighten up and stand straight. Take a deep breath. And remember that only action will be enough to show we are up to our own high standards.
If you want impeachment, say it. No weasel words about finding the right time. Whoever sits in the White House after the election can’t help but care about that issue, so be so advised when “hopefuls” ask for your support. However proceedings unfold, we must agree that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have let us down, and we want them to understand they aren’t doing the job of a president and vice-president.
It’s going to take some starch. It’s easy enough to sit looking at a monitor and letting your itchy fingers scratch out frustration. But telling a soldier’s kin how you feel may cause some flak. Not the kind of flak the poor soldier is taking. Think of him and try to be as brave as he is.
The scribes with their four-syllable words are going to be the hardest to wean from their elocution. Just say it. IMPEACH! The old bumper sticker might help them. WHEN CLINTON LIED, NO ONE DIED!
I personally advise against irrational exuberance. By that I mean, let’s don’t get sidetracked into instant philosophy. Wars may always be among us. Well, maybe. Let’s don’t make it this ill-conceived war, however.
And stay clear of wallowing in worry. Bad guys may want to hurt us. Saddam won’t. Osama might, but he isn’t in Iraq. Terrorism is first of all a state of mind. Standing tall, breathing deep, and patting yourself on the back for being a good American just may keep you clear-headed enough to advocate for the folks who live in the United States of America.
And don’t get fuzzy about your belief in the basic tenets of our society. We are the can do, knowhow folks.
If you haven’t seen Bill Moyers journal on PBS (July 14), go to the internet and listen to Bruce Fein explain how the administration crossed the line and how they need to be held accountable. And John Nichols chimed right in with how important it is to get the ship of state back on keel before someone inherits the storm.
Now that I’ve got that off my chest, I wonder just who you are. Young. Old. Man. Woman. Rich. Poor. From dark to light, you look the same to me as I sit at my monitor. If you followed me this far, I’ve got something else to say.
Asking for impeachment and getting it is just the start. I do hope you will realize getting all that materiel and those many servicewomen and servicemen home safely will be no small task. But it will happen if we want it to. Good night and good luck!

 

by Margaret Bassett (45 articles, 2909 quicklinks, 42 diaries, 1851 comments [99 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:41:03 PM

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OK, RUSS - ONE MORE TIME - DE JA VUE

Pardon this Independent for being a bit "gun shy" (pun intended) BUT.....

WE'VE BEEN SCREAMING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC ENABLERS TO STOP IT.

If they did just that - if we could TRUST THE FACT that THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP COUNCIL isn't burning that candle at both ends.

THEN PERHAPS...JUST PERHAPS....this would have a validation at the grassroots level.

INCOMPETENCE IS REWARDED BY THEIR PASSIVE-AGRESSIVE POSITIONS ON TRADE AND FOREIGN POLICY. THEY ARE THE PROBLEM. NOT THE SOLUTION.

THEY ARE CAUSING GRAVE DAMAGE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FAMILIES.

The SHEER INEPTITUDE shown by Bush et al would be certain ground for dismissal and possible criminal charges IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.

WHY is the "People's Business" LESS IMPORTANT FOR QUALITY SERVICE?

There ya go.....here's what the "public masses" want:

NO MORE 'BUSINESS AS USUAL'.

by mommadona (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:47:05 PM

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CENSURE? HELL, NO. IMPEACHMENT? HELL, YES!!

It is waaaayyyy past time for censure. What the hell is that? Another symbolic gesture, another opportunity for grandstanding on both sides of the aisle? 


IT'S TIME TO GET REAL: IMPEACH CHENEY, IMPEACH BUSH, DO IT NOW!

by bruce jones (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:51:33 PM

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CENSURE??? WTF??

Ummm, I hate to be the one to bring this up, but it's not about impeachment, it's certainly not about the civilized gesture of 'censure'..  Do you really think criminals worry about 'censure'?  

These people were behind or the stooges in front of 9-11, the anthrax attacks, lying about the reasons for war, too many violations of the Constitution to mention, and the murder of Paul Wellstone and JFK, Jr.   They'll get rid of anyone who will stand up and oppose them and make it look like an 'accident' or terrorism.

They need to be put in leg irons and marched out of the West Wing. Now. It's time for the military to do it's duty and protect this country from domestic enemies..  

 

 

by Dawn Owens (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 8 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 1:19:29 PM

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Censure

What good would censure do?  Just another meaningless chest pounding that Bush and Cheney will ignore like they do the Constitution, Rule of Law and the will of the people. Impeachment is the only thing that will stop these two criminals. 

 

Under Section Four of U.S.18 US Congress now stands guilty of misprision of a felony by doing nothing to file charges against Bush and Chaney for their illegal acts    

Whomever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony
 cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not
 as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other
 person in civil or military authority under the United States,
 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three
 years, or both.”

 

It is beyond question that laws have been broken and felonies committed. By not acting Congress is, in itself, breaking the law. One would that starting impeachment proceedings would be considered reporting Bush and Cheney’ criminal acts to the proper authority.

 

 

by walley (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 108 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 1:46:39 PM

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Reply: Thank you & PLEASE

Thank you and Please can you point us toward a more complete citation RE this: (?)

"Under Section Four of U.S.18....."

US Congress now stands guilty of misprision of a felony by doing nothing to file charges against Bush and Chaney for their illegal acts


I want to forward that reference to the congress creeps from my state - one of whom is a county former sheriff whose big claim to fame is one high profile bust (the Green River Killer) - yet now that he is rubbing elbows with the perps who committed 9/11 and all their subsequent crimes - he is providing cover for them. "Rule of Law" my ass!

We the People HAVE to begin holding some feet to the fire. The law IS on our side. We have to DEMAND it be recognized AND enforced exactly as written. It is all written down in black and white, codified and unequivocal.

I continue to contend that if a government, whose very duty is IS to make and enforce the laws of the land, not only ignores but breaks the law, then that government de facto forfeits all claim to legitimacy. The government that does not observe and enforce the law by which it derives its legitimacy is no government at all.

by mrk * (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 311 comments [12 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 2:50:43 PM

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Reply: Citation

That is the complete citation.  You can easily find it using any search engine. It is written in very plain language that even the mental defectives on Capitol Hill should understand. I also found reference to misprision of treason and as time allows I will do my best to research it.

by walley (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 108 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 3:20:35 PM

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Reply: Misprision of treason

This is also part of U.S. 18 USC and should be considered when addressing our useless members of Congress

 

 

 

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 115 > § 2382

§ 2382. Misprision of Treason

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.

by walley (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 108 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 3:51:32 PM

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Executive Orders

There seems to be no limit to the Bush power grabs.

What he can’t get legislatively he’s seizing by Executive Order.

Goggle the White House website for particulars, but be aware that what George W. Bush says, and what he does is the difference between democracy and tyranny. Most of these Executive Orders are so disingenuous, complicated and convoluted, it takes a Chinese Lawyer to decypher what they mean.

Google: Executive Orders Issued by President George W. Bush

 

Executive Orders Issued by President George W. Bush

Date

Executive Order

2007

 

Jul. 18

Executive Order: Establishing An Interagency Working Group on Import Safety

Jul. 17

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

Jun. 29

Executive Order: Further Amending Executive Order 13381, as Amended, to Extend Its Duration by One Year

Jun. 29

Executive Order: Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 with Respect to Turkmenistan

Jun. 20

Executive Order: Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines in Ethically Responsible Ways

May 17

Executive Order: National Security Professional Development

May 16

Executive Order: Protecting American Taxpayers From Payment of Contingency Fees

May 14

Fact Sheet: Twenty in Ten: Strengthening Energy Security and Addressing Climate Change

May 14

Executive Order: Cooperation Among Agencies in Protecting the Environment with Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Motor Vehicles, Nonroad Vehicles, and Nonroad Engines

May 9

Executive Order: Establishment of Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq

Apr. 18

Executive Order: 2007 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Apr. 4

Executive Order: Establishing An Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Metro-North Railroad and Its Maintenance of Way Employees Represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Apr. 2

Executive Order: Renaming a National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Mar. 7

Executive Order: Extending Privileges and Immunities to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations

Mar. 6

Executive Order: Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and a Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes

Feb. 14

Executive Order Trial of Alien Unlawful Enemy Combatants by Military Commission

Jan. 26

Executive Order: Further Amendment to Executive Order 13285, Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation

Jan. 24

Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management

Jan. 18

Executive Order: Further Amendment to Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review

2006

 

Dec. 28

Executive Order: Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on January 2, 2007

Dec. 21

Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec. 20

Executive Order: National Aeronautics Research and Development

Dec. 14

Executive Order: Amendment to Executive Order 13317, Volunteers for Prosperity

Dec. 6

Executive Order Establishing An Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Metro-North Railroad and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

Dec. 5

Executive Order: Strengthening Surface Transportation Security

Dec. 1

Executive Order: Assignment of Certain Pay-Related Functions

Nov. 3

Executive Order: Amendment to Executive Order 13402, Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft

Oct. 31

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Oct. 13

Executive Order: Blocking Property of and Prohibiting Transactions with the Government of Sudan

Aug. 29

Executive Order: Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims

Aug. 22

Executive Order: Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs

Jul. 3

Executive Order: Establishing An Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

Jun. 29

Executive Order Amending Executive Order 13381, as Amended, to Extend Its Duration by One Year

Jun. 26

Executive Order: Public Alert and Warning System

Jun. 23

Executive Order: Protecting the Property Rights of the American People

Jun. 19

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus

Jun. 7

Executive Order: Task Force on New Americans

May 12

Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Orders 11030, 13279, 13339, 13381, and 13389, and Revocation of Executive Order 13011

May 10

Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft

Apr. 27

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Persons in Connection with the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur Region

Apr. 27

Executive Order: Responsibilities of Federal Departments and Agencies with Respect to Volunteer Community Service

Apr. 26

Executive Order Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection with the National Emergency with Respect to Syria

Apr. 18

Executive Order: National Mathematics Advisory Panel

Mar. 7

Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Feb. 8

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Côte D'Ivoire

Jan. 13

Executive Order: Designating the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a Public International Organization Entitled to Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

2005

 

Dec. 22

Executive Order: Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense

Dec. 22

Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec. 14

Executive Order: Improving Agency Disclosure of Information

Nov. 23

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Process or Institutions in Zimbabwe

Nov. 1

Executive Order: Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council

Nov. 1

Executive Order: Establishment of a Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region

Oct. 25

Executive Order: Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans

Oct. 14

Executive Order: 2005 Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States

Sept. 30

Executive Order: Further Amendment to Executive Order 13369, Relating to the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform

Sept. 30

Executive Order: Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders

Jul. 27

Executive Order: Assignment of Functions Relating to Original Appointments as Commissioned Officers and Chief Warrant Officer Appointments in the Armed Forces

Jul. 15

Executive Order: Amending Executive Orders 12139 and 12949 in Light of Establishment of the Office of Director of National Intelligence

Jun. 29

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters

Jun. 28

Executive Order: Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information

Jun. 17

Executive Order: Implementing Amendments to Agreement on Border Environment Cooperation Commission and North American Development Bank

Jun. 16

Executive Order: Amendment to Executive Order 13369, Relating to the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform

May 12

Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 12788 Relating to the Defense Economic Adjustment Program

Apr. 13

Executive Order: Designating the African Union as a Public International Organization Entitled to Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

Apr. 13

Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 12863

Apr. 1

Executive Order: Amendment to E.O. 13295 Relating to Certain Influenza Viruses and Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

Mar. 14

Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 12293

Mar. 10

Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 11926 Relating to the Vice Presidential Service Badge

Feb. 16

Executive Order: Clarification of Certain Executive Orders Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions

Jan. 27

Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 13285

Jan. 13

Executive Order: Providing An Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget

Jan. 7

Personnel Announcement

Jan. 7

Executive Order: President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform

2004

 

Dec. 30

Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec. 21

Executive Order: United States-Mexico Border Health Commission

Dec. 17

Executive Order: Committee on Ocean Policy

Dec. 3

Executive Order: 2004 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Nov. 29

Executive Order: Modifying the Protection Granted to the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Property in Which Iraq Has An Interest and Protecting the Central Bank of Iraq

Nov. 29

Executive Order: Establishing the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals

Nov. 29

Executive Order: Designation of Additional Officers for the Department of Homeland Security Order of Succession

Oct. 21

Executive Order: Service-Disabled Veterans Executive Order

Oct. 21

Executive Order: Central San Joaquin Valley

Oct. 19

Executive Order: Notice Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia

Sept. 28

Executive Order: Assignment of Functions Relating to Certain Appointments, Promotions, and Commissions in the Armed Forces

Sept. 20

Message to the Congress of the United States

Sept. 20

Executive Order: Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12543 With Respect to the Policies and Actions of the Government of Libya and Revocation of Related Executive Orders

Aug. 27

Executive Order: Strengthened Management of the Intelligence Community

Aug. 27

Executive Order National Counterterrorism Center

Aug. 27

Executive Order Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans

Aug. 27

Executive Order Establishing the President's Board on Safeguarding Americans' Civil Liberties

Aug. 26

Executive Order Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation

Jul. 29

Executive Order

Jul. 23

Executive Order: Amending the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to Serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel

Jul. 23

Executive Order Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods From Liberia

Jul. 22

Executive Order: Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness

Jul. 15

President Bush Signs Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act

Jul. 8

Executive Order Delegation of Certain Waiver, Determination, Certification, Recommendation, and Reporting Functions

Jul. 8

Executive Order Assigning Foreign Affairs Functions and Implementing the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act

Jul. 7

Executive Order: Amending Executive Order 13261 on the Order of Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency

Jun. 24

Notice Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans

Jun. 6

Executive Order Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on June 11, 2004

Jun. 1

Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Commerce and Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

May 20

Executive Order: Further Amendment to Executive Order 11023, Providing for the Performance by the Secretary of Commerce of Certain Functions Relating to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

May 18

Executive Order: Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of National Significance for the Great Lakes

May 13

Executive Order: Increasing Economic Opportunity and Business Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

May 11

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by rabblerowzer (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 227 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 2:37:03 PM

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To impeach or not to impeach

I can't quite figure out the logic of this debate on whether to impeach or get some work done in Congress. The argument seems to be that Congress can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

Forgive my ignorance -- I'm just a Canadian -- but don't you folks have 400+ congressmen and 100 senators? That's a helluva lotta political manpower. Seems to me you could impeach half the US population and withdraw from Iraq -- all with one hand tied behind your back.

What does Feingold know that you don't?

This is just a wild guess, but I think there must be a lot of blackmailing going on in Washington -- people's political careers being threatened if real action against your president and vice-president is seriously undertaken. It's the only reason I can come up with for all this footdragging.

I'm not trying to incite armed revolution -- heaven forbid! -- but the second amendment does appear to suggest that your constitution clearly recognizes the real possibility of just the kind of situation that's has taken shape under the Bush-Cheney administration.

With the exception of Tony Blair, John Howard, and Harpo, my Bush-worshipping prime minister, virtually no one beyond the borders of the US has ever taken the "war on terror" seriously as a legitimate war as defined by international law. It is merely a way for Bush to define himself as a "war president" so that he can claim the power to excecute war measures within the US.

I must confess bewilderment about this whole past six years. The streets of America should be filled with millions of alarmed Americans by now. The MSM should have awoken by now. But as an American correspondent of mine recently wrote, the malls are filled with shoppers, the beaches are filled with bathers, and life goes on as if everything were normal.

by delia (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 112 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 3:12:53 PM

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Reply: Strange situation of America

Al Gore's book, Assault on Reason is a good place to get answers to what is go in on in the U.S. Political Bizzaro World. All answers are absolutes. Brains are all washed out and free to infiltrate. Resistance is equilant to crazy behavior. Please send the life boats.

by Disillusionist (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 3:49:15 PM

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Give me a break!

Get real, Leftists!  There is only one American who does not worship President Bush!  Do you shop at Wal-Mart?  You proudly support Fascism.  Do you approve of Michael Moore's new movie?  You proudly support Fascism - how many Africans have to starve so Mr Sicko himself can abuse food?  Do you drive an SUV?  You are a Fascist.  Do you brag about the size of your home(s) and oversized appliances?

The only American left to defend the Constitution is Cindy Sheehan, whom even the Democratic Party has deserted.  You are so busy being  a Fascist in your life that it is no wonder the Congress has a lower approval rating than even the president.

I want to see our rights restored, and as long as Americans exploit slave labor by shopping at Wal-Mart, support sanctioned starvation of billions by praising Sicko, and abuse the planet every way they can it will not happen.

Even family planning is no longer on your lips.  The population continues to explode, as growth and development continue to destroy more habitat.

For the record I live in a modest home, drive less than six thousand miles, eat less than six pounds of meat ( that works out to a half a pound a month), and have no children.  I plan on one child and adoption.

Tell me I'm wrong.

by Barker (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 120 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 3:33:15 PM

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Reply: You ARE Wrong

You ARE wrong AND quite probably stupid if your little blurt above is any indication:

You have not constructed a decent argument.

You don't know how to present a cohesive rebuttal.  

You demonstrate no understanding of the basics of logic.

I am not volunteering to school you in any of the above - THAT is YOUR responsibility, which by your demonstration above, you have quite obviously shirked.

Speaking of "responsibility" ... you might begin by investigating the far reaching implications of the MEAT you consume.

Better yet - maybe you should stay off your mom's computer and concentrate on obtaining your G.E.D.



by mrk * (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 311 comments [12 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 5:01:06 PM

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Reply: You are right

The author of the above seems to be out of touch with reality. Yes some of what she expounded upon has some validity but saying that those of us who post comments on this site are fascists shows that she has no idea what the word means.  If she doesn’t understand that the actions we support would go a long way to correct the problems she has expounded upon she has very little ability to understand what is the basic cause of most of them. We all live in our own worlds but hers seems to be devoid of logical thought.

by walley (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 108 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 6:06:33 PM

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9/11

Those who attacked you on 9/11, Sir, were the criminals inside the White House.  You know well that these massmurderes must be removed and executed for this crime. But you want to divert our attention. Your article is a whitewash.We have been diverted and cheated and lied to enough. Fed up with peoplle like you who hide the truth. O.K.? By the way, can you give us a hint about when and where the next 9/11 is going to occur? And who the bogeyman is going to be? Thank you,Sir.

by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 7:15:48 PM

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IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY

Let's see--According to you, Senator Feingold, Bush and Cheney are "...refusing, time and time again, to follow the rule of law...the White House..shred(s)the Constitution...repeatedly distorted the situation on the ground in Iraq...blatant disregard President Bush has shown for the rule of law... failing to abide by the law is a pattern for this President. From illegal domestic wiretapping, to the President's dubious signing statements, to redefining torture ...have likely committed...'high crimes and misdemeanors'. Senator, you have to be kidding or you are smoking happy weed if you think that the slaughter of innocents in Iraq committed by the Bush/Cheney cabal is simply a matter to be dealt with by a school boy lecture in the form of censure. Join those that support the impeachment of Bush and Cheney for the "high crimes and misdemeanors" that you claim are likely to have been committed or quit the post that you have been elected to.

by william c carlotti (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 7:24:17 PM

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Praising with faint criticism could well be worse than

damning with faint praise.

Senator this isn't serious. Its like going to a gun fight not even with a knife but with a waggly finger.

 


 

by Brett Paatsch (0 articles, 3 quicklinks, 23 diaries, 1308 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 7:29:21 PM

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Good on, Feingold!

Feingold can't try Bush for impeachment  until the house takes the first step. Meanwhile, the senate can add the censure to Bush's descent into the bowels of ignominious history.  This will bring more negative attention to Bush and his remaining supporters, further shaming them and pushing them to reconsider their positions on the war and, ultimately, impeachment.

Anything that further hilights Bush/Cheney  crime and corruption is a step in the right direction.

by Rob Kall (953 articles, 4177 quicklinks, 374 diaries, 2087 comments [45 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 8:35:03 PM

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Reply: Yes and no.

When Senator Feingold just recently downplayed impeachment and in effect substituted a censure as a 'cure', it threw water on the accountability movement.


Censure will be a good step, but his 'dissing' of the need for impeachment is in direct violation of his oath of office "to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC".

Impeachment is the only appropriate measure that remains.

Use it or lose it.

www.ImpeachforPeace.org

by Mikael Rudolph (50 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 79 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 12:25:23 AM

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Reply: Enough already ...

Mr Kall,

Maybe it's your statesmanship, but that boat for many left the dock long ago.

Murders don't give a sh*t about "statesmanship", "censures", "all-night Pajama Parties", "votes of no confidence", nor anything else you do except stopping them from taking all that's good in life and dragging it into their Black Hole where souls whitter and die.

Read the outrage in these comments. There's a dam wanting to burst.

I don't think I'm being an alarmist. I live in New Orleans, Katrina was their testing grounds for the domestic warfare to come. And what better place to ignite the next "False flag" attack? The nations "bread-basket" flows through New Orleans, along with a good portion of it's energy.

The people Feingold wants to "censure", killed over 3,000 innocent people on September 11, 2001, and if you are not at at least suspicious of that possibility, then there is no need to go any further, they have committed the most egregious crimes ever committed by any modern government, with massive implications to haunt us for generations to come, if we get that far, and all we get is a call for a "censure"?

No, no ....no, no, no, no. No more. Enough already ... it's going to get ugly no matter now, there is too much on the line and the hour is getting late. Either they move to impeach, indict, imprison, it will only get uglier.

by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 12:51:51 AM

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What Would Censure Accomplish?

Ninety-five percent of the time, I find myself agreeing with Rob, but on this day I do not.

Of course, as we all know, the Senate cannot impeach, only convict. Senator Feingold, if he wanted to have any impact at all, would have done far better to simply have called upon the House and the House Judiciary Committee to impeach Chimp McFlightsuit and Dick Vader. To threaten censure, as the wise commenter posted earlier, is as impotent an action as pointing a waggly finger, or some other body part.

Nearly half of the country - according to polls - supports the idea of impeaching Bush. More than half supports impeaching Cheney. We don't need more empty gestures. What we need is impeachment! Get some Senators to go on the record as urging the House to impeach, and then you'd see some attention given to the idea by the MSM!

But everyone knows that a censure carries little real weight. Somehow I can't see Bush, having just been censured, withdrawing into the Oval Office while his secretary gathers his cabinet to hear Bush announce his resignation, which he will then tender to those daring Democratic defenders of the Constitution and all that is good in America.

If anything, censure would take the momentum away from the growing grassroots campaign to impeach. Not that Feingold would ever get enough votes to actually pass a censure motion, but if he were to do so, the Senate would see its job as complete, its hands washed, its guilty conscience over voting to authorize Bush to use military force in Iraq cleansed. In the House, supporters of impeachment, knowing the Senate would never convict having just settled for censure, would find their thunder stolen, the momentum brought to a sudden halt. No more co-sponsors. No more debate. To impeach with no chance of conviction would be pointless.

The only useful thing a Senator can do right now is to publicly urge the House, especially those representatives from his or her own state, to sign-on as co-sponsors of HR 333. Chimp and Vader would just laugh at a censure, and carry on with their plans to attack Iran, or Pakistan, or whereever else "the evildoers" are hiding out (besides the White House).

 

by Todd Huffman, M.D. (80 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 109 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 9:13:50 PM

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Reply: more...

"The only useful thing a Senator can do right now is to publicly urge the House, especially those representatives from his or her own state, to sign-on as co-sponsors of HR 333."

Something more the Senate could do is to hold hearings, as was done with Watergate. They can also propose bills. The Senate, on 2/3 vote, can expell a member -- if Cheney insists he is a member of the Senate then could he be expelled? I don't know, but it might be worth a try.

Without researching it I'm not sure what else the senate could do, but I'll bet there is a fair bit -- not just sitting there waiting for the house to do something and then reacting to it. The senate hearings is what brought Nixon down more than anything else: that's where all the dirt came out publically. By the time the house took up the issue it was almost anti-climactic, and it was only the likelyhood of their vote to impeach which brought Nizon's resignation -- the bulk of the work had been in the senate.

Censure? If it's just a vote it won't do anything; but a full investigatory hearing is worth doing. Why doesn't Feingold propose a full hearing?

by Blue Pilgrim (0 articles, 3 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 997 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 1:50:20 AM

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Sorry I'm not buying this

Dear Mr. Feingold,

One does not allow criminals to go unnamed and unpunished because you have "important" work to do in the Senate.   You have only one job to do in the Senate.  You took an oath to uphold that job.  Your job is to preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States.  Nothing is more important than that.  Nothing else takes presidence over that.  That is your number one responsibility and that's why your oath of office only refers to that one sacred responsibility.   Apparently no one in the Senate  understands what their job is.  We do not want a government run by liars, cheats, murderers, and thieves.  We want them gone.  We don't want them making any more decisions or issuing any more directives.   Do your job Senator.  Do  your job.  For God sakes, stand up and fight for your country. 

http://www.gpln.com/oneissue.htm 

 

by Mark A. Goldman (81 articles, 2 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 243 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 9:22:02 PM

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Neither Censure

not impeachment can happen soon enough. They both may be made quite irrelevant.


Tarpley

by richard (0 articles, 5 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 1359 comments [400 recommended, 8 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 9:24:23 PM

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apologies

I must learn how to do links....


Ah well. Go to url for Webster Tarpley article 


by richard (0 articles, 5 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 1359 comments [400 recommended, 8 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 9:29:51 PM

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wh--aaaat? "censure" ??????

Censure.... CENSURE???..... wtf?

Or we could send them a nice Hallmark Greeting Card: "please don't do that any more"  

Boy, that oughta shape them up!

Mr Feingold, get your head out of your underwear! These guys need a FIRING SQUAD, not a "censure".  GET A BLOODY CLUE!!

THIS IS JUST MORE PROOF THAT WE NEED TO ELECT ALL THIRD PARTY PEOPLE TO 'OUR' CONGRESS --- VOTE ALL OF THEM O-U-T AND TAKE BACK OUR NATION, OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR GOVERNMENT!! 

 Go to hell, Mr Feingold, along with the rest of the wussie, two-faced, dinking, double-talking, traitors-to-american-citizens in congress AND all the Candidates who SECRETLY SUPPORT the Cheny/Bush Project for World Domination --- while PRETENDING to want to 'stop the war".

LIARS!!   

 

 I can't believe my eyes: "time to censure bush & cheney

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by mary-ann (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 55 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 10:25:25 PM

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Headlines

Can you just see the headlines?:

"Feingold Today Called For Bush Censure. Bush Cowering In Oval Office"

"Feingold Promises Tomorrow To Throw Wet Noodles At White House. Bush Sure To Resign"

 

by Todd Huffman, M.D. (80 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 109 comments) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 10:37:51 PM

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Censoring the Pres & VP

Censoring these criminals will not stop them from staging an "incident", declaring martial law and completing their revolutionary transformation of our nation into a dictatorship with the aid of their private army of blackwater goons. The total destruction and exhaustion of our military and its exportation overseas was not incompetence. It was calculation. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, ONLY IMPEACHEMENT CAN STOP THEM!!!

by Arthur M. Howard-Scotoni (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 40 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:28:49 PM

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Get it and Get it RIGHT!!

In case you hadn't gotten the message yet, Mr. Feingold, the American public wants ACTION, not rhetoric!! Our country is chin-deep in the manure this administration has spread, and we cannot afford the luxury of 'waiting out the term.' With every new week, there are more atrocities and crimes committed by the Bush Gang. We're hanging by a thread, Mr. Feingold! Do you even like the US? Do you want to see our nation continue past next week? Please!! We're about to be destroyed - not from terrorists, but by our very own elected (sic) leader!! How on earth can you stand by and let that happen?? Trust me on this. The American public will be in a lynch-mob mood if you fail to do your duty, that which you were elected to do. If you don't protect our Constitution BEFORE anything else, your neck will figuratively be the next in the noose, along with every other cowardly member of Congress. How DARE you say that we have other things that must be taken care of first??!! If it's so hard for you to understand your job, maybe you should go back to high school and take a civics class. I'm sure Bush's "No Senator Left Behind" educational system has room for you. We are not in the mood for much more discussion on the subject. We expect RESULTS, Mr. Feingold. You have a job to do, and you need to deliver results.

by PLR (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 7 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 12:36:42 AM

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Pathetic.

As innapropriate and insufficient a response as taking away your teen's XBox after he burned down his school.

by Charlie L (2 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 747 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 1:10:35 AM

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censure.... oh please!!!

give us a break. impeach the bastards.  what the hell are you waiting for???

by Debbie Scally (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 98 comments [5 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 1:31:58 AM

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Crime and Punishment

Just one more question for you to answer as a man of Law , Sir. How should a big time criminal and massmurderer who has directly killed 3000 people on one day be punished? Is censuring and letting him loose would be the right thing? And what if this massmurderer is a war criminal also with the blood of millions on his hands?How do they deal with  massmurderers in Texas? They put them to death, no? So, why don't you propose the right and adequate and appropriate punishment? May be, I dare suppose, because you corrupt politicians have yourselves participated in those crimes and have a share of the guilt. Am I right or wrong? I am only an ordinary dummy with a faint notion of common sense and logic. Pease help me figure out things in my head, thank you, sir.

by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 7:48:06 AM

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Censure?

Sen Feingold

Perhaps there is more to your censure resolution than meets the eye - perhaps it will have some legal ramification that evades most of us. However, at this time your motion of censure seems effectively an assertion that this Executive's sins fall short, in your view, of impeachment.

I must warn you, your opinion is not a popular one; conservatives despise it (because they despise you and the horse you rode in on) - the rest of us feel it is high-time congress appointed an Independent Investigator to pry into this opaque Executive and establish whether our current situation is a consequence of mendacity or incompetence.

You could censure incompetence, I suppose. In view of the death toll, you must impeach mendacity.

by cam (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 55 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 7:57:49 AM

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Impeach!

40 lashes with a wet noodle Mr. president, you've been very naughty...

C,mon!  let's get real. He's a mass murderer. He should be tried by a world

court and it should be televised around the world.

by Bob Gormley (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 1094 comments [65 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 7:59:40 AM

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The question I pose

As a person who already lived under mass murderers and narrowly escaped I   read the article and  the comments with an increasing discontent.  There are good things here: the fact that senator Feingold is our author, the fact that he  wants to do something, the fact that most of the people here in the comments understand the stakes and understand what we all are facing. All those things are good things. But what is surprising and alarming is that there seem to be an enormous gap between the desires of the good people and.. the  way their representatives act. If Sen Feingold  understands what we all are facing why cannot he proclaim on the Senate floor that the President is a mass  murderer and  why cannot he  appeal to the people?    He should just explain to us  why he cannot do that.  If, on the other hand we all here understand that, do we realise that  we all, including the senator are at mortal danger?  If we do,  Opednews can ask the author, senator it is to  unequivocally support the Emergency Convention of the Demparty NOW on one issue- Democracy in Danger.

Political careers make sense only if the political  climate allows it. Sen Feingold should realize that if  we get  the dictatorship he would not be a senator  no matter what. The question is  simple: Sen Feingols came here on Opednews. Does he want to exercise leadership for the good cause. If yes, we all welcome him. If no-  he jjust tells us what a good guy he is- sorry, Russ, we have our own problems. 

That's the question I pose.

by Mark Sashine (72 articles, 19 quicklinks, 269 diaries, 4101 comments [131 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 9:12:20 AM

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We need a new "Decider"

President Bush's Executive Order: Revoking the Right to Dissent?

The Presidential order gives the administration the power to freeze assets of any person or entity considered to be "undermining" efforts to stabilize Iraq.

Bush’s latest Executive Order seems excessively open to interpretation.

Does the order mean that any Congressional Democrat who speaks out against Bush Policy on CSPAN, can have his assets frozen? What if you’re overheard in coffee shop badmouthing Bush? Could Bush freeze your assets?

Who will finally decide the “Decider” has decided way beyond what was his to decide?

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by rabblerowzer (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 227 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 10:27:06 AM

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Censure resolution

You may be interested in my post on your resolution at znewz1.blogspot.com. It's the second or third post down. Thanks.

by Paul Conant (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 3 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 3:15:09 PM

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Yesterday Feingold was your darling

Yesterday, Feingold was the bright light and darling of the contributors to OpEd News.

Today he proposes the appropriate and sensible measure-censure- for reprimanding Bush and Cheney and he is called out like crazy.

Do you people think that YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE'S WITH AN OPINION ON THESE MATTERS?

OR DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE'S WHOSE OPINIONS COUNT?

YOU HAVE BEEN TOUTING FEINGOLD AND IN THE SPRING EVEN THE CENSURE RESOLUTION.

WHAT HAS CHANGED?

SHOW SOME INTEGRITY !!!!!!!!! 

by Robert Chapman (28 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 556 comments) on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 3:44:05 PM

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Censure is not enough, Mr. Feingold

Will censure of Bush and/or Cheney be enough to save our Constitution and prevent future White House denizens from misbehaving the way the Bush Administration has? I don't think so. Censure is a wrist-slap. Beginning the impeachment process in the House, whether or not it is completed and conviction occurs in the Senate, is a sign to post-Bush despots. The sign says to those that would travel the Bush path, "Don't go there!"

by Rrrandy-Steve (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 16 comments) on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 3:15:57 AM

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