12 June, 2008

Let's Invite Congress to Throw an Impeachment Party

Found this in my inbox this evening. How can I resist?

Last night, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush. Many of the articles -- which are listed at the bottom of this E-mail -- echoed calls and allegations we have been making since the launch of the American Freedom Campaign last July.

The next step is for the House to refer the articles to the House Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary Committee will then determine -- by majority vote -- whether the grounds for impeachment exist. An objective review of the articles would undoubtedly demonstrate that many, if not most, of the articles prepared by Rep. Kucinich are backed up by sufficient grounds to proceed with the impeachment process.

Now is the time to let your U.S. representative know that you strongly support impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee and further proceedings on the House Floor.

Please take a moment to let your U.S. representative know that you support the impeachment of George W. Bush by clicking on the following link:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=24900

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The founders of our country feared more than anything else the prospect of an executive who put his own power and desires above the Constitution. Congress was given the power of impeachment so that it could remove any president who committed the high crime of violating the Constitution during his (or her) term in office.

A strong case can be made that no president in the history of this country is more deserving of impeachment than George W. Bush. If he is not impeached, the bar for impeachment will have been raised so high that it might as well no longer exist. Future presidents will know that they can violate the Constitution at will, confident in the fact that Congress does not have the courage as an institution to do anything about it.

We cannot allow this to happen. Please send an E-mail to your representative today urging immediate action on the impeachment of George W. Bush.


Look, if Congress can impeach a President over a blow job, surely they can impeach a President whose fuckery can generate 35 articles of impeachment. Thirty-five. Send your Congresscritter an email and let them know this shit's got to stop, won't you?

Here's incentive:

Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.


Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.


Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.


Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.


Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.


Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114.


Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.


Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.


Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor


Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes


Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq


Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources


Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries


Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency


Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq


Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors


Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives


Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy


Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture


Article XX
Imprisoning Children


Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government


Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws


Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act


Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment


Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens


Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements


Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply


Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice


Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965


Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare


Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency


Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change


Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.


Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001


Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders


Stark, isn't it? Reminds one of just how appalling this administration is. It's long past time we impeach this rotten son of a bitch.

3 comments:

Woozle said...

Already on that ^_^ ...Now that I've read the actual articles, I'm realizing I probably didn't word my additional text strongly enough.

Oh, and I was inspired by Terry Eagleton to become a card-carrying rationalist like Richard Dawkins. Let me know if anybody else wants one; I might set up a script or something (I used HTML to generate the card, so it's just a matter of filling in your particulars and then printing the page on card-stock).

Chaos Lee said...

At this point, it seems a pointless exercise in terms of actual consequences. Not that I'm against any kind of hell we can give our elected retard. I just wish someone would have the nuts to do this in 2004. Oh yeah, everyone was still running scared and eating bullshit sandwiches like they quiche and asking for more.

Woozle said...

I think of it as an experiment in anthropology: just what does it take to get ostriches to reject Bush? Mine still seems to think he was just maligned -- "given a hard time" by the press.

Yeah, I know. The mind boggles.

So I'm just wondering... if they actually impeach him, with all the lurid details being read out in official-sounding tones from the Senate floor, will this make a difference? Or will ostriches explain it away yet again as just more partisan liberal persecution?

If not, what would they accept as evidence?

Just how much reality can you rub in an ostrich's face before they start to acknowledge it?