What Should Bush and Cheney be Impeached for? Tell Us.

siriusmaju.com

Although I believe that trying Bush and Cheney for the illegal wiretapping crimes they have committed will be more likely to get a conviction, I would LIKE to see them tried for lying the US into a war, and the illegal invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation.
But ultimately, ANYTHING WILL DO! JUST GET THEM OUT!

IMPEACH
INVESTIGATE
INDICT
IMPRISON BUSH/CHENEY!
PELOSI IN '07!
siri
Sovereign Citizen of the Former United States of America

Thank you BuzzFlash for opening the valve that let this torrent of Truthful Outrage gush freely! I think it has all been said here already, yet must be said again, and again, shouted repetitively from the rooftops, shouted over and over into legislative ears, be spoken loudly, and unrelentingly in public!

Oh, one I think not yet mentioned: For planning the destruction of New Orleans! The "war games" style mock up of hurricane disaster that was done the year before set the plans in motion, including setting the charges on the levee sometime during the year before Katrina, "just in case", then placing a barge there so it could seem as if the barge, which had no reason to be there otherwise, could seem to have been pushed through by high wind and waves....except that barge had drifted elsewhere by the time they knew the levee wasn't going to be breached, and they set off the charges (at least 7) and blew the levee onto the houses of all the people below, people who by then KNEW that they had made it through the storm.

NOW, it must be DONE!!! And this, IN SPITE OF THE DEMOCRATS!!!

(If there is a mist in the air Sat., set for misting the marchers on the Pentagon, it won't have anything to do with the weather, just false flags flying! Colloidal silver is an effective virus killer, even for "birdflu" made especially for BushCo........)

By way of warning, the following:

As a warning, calling for extreme vigilance, take heed of what happened here in New Mexico to SJR5, the bill in the NM Senate which had overwhelming statewide support, to impeach Bush and Cheney. It appears that the DNC interfered, causing 9 Democrats to put it down, with the Senate President, who represents OUR district, leading the move to kill the bill.

It was a Republican Senator, Ortiz y Pino, who introduced the bill, and spoke eloquently about the real need for impeachment, as well as for the necessity, if it is to come before the US House at all, for the initiation of the impeachment process to come from outside DC.

The original attempt to stall out or kill the bill had been a move to send it through 3 committees before it could have a chance to reach the Senate floor. In each of the 3 Committee hearings, this plan was foiled by the overwhelming support shown by citizens; all testimony from a wide-ranging sampling of people, from young to old, "fringe" to mainstream, and including several who identified themselves as having been long-time Republican voters, gave STRONG testimony for the need to impeach! The "standing room only" spilled out into the hall outside the hearing room with citizens come to witness for SJR5 in the hearings. No one came to testify ANYthing against the impeachment and several Republicans on the committees absented themselves just before each Committee vote. Only one Committee member during the entire process gave any comment opposing the impeachment, and this from Sen. Rod Adair, his comments quite weak, trivial and straying off topic.

The support for impeachment was/(is) so amazingly strong that SJR5 sailed through the 3 Committees rather than even being slowed down by such an arduous assignment, much less stalled out by it.

The following, I wrote that night (Friday)/early next morning to someone in NM who had gone to Santa Fe as a witness for impeachment during the Rules Committee Hearing.

>>Hearing it Friday morning from a trusted friend sharing this computer room, of the senate chicanery not beaten back, yet not sounding "over and done", I left it for the day, where it had seemed there could still be some hope to come. Through the hours finding busy-ness elsewhere, not letting it take hold 'til just before newstime toward evening; going online just enough for every word of the report from Desi Brown and others; the darkening saga of betrayal exponentially deep, exponentially wide ranging, world encompassing, this cowardly, closeted scheming of betrayal insidiously spun.

For what threat did they turn backward, reaching downward to have it, when distracted by some scheming offer (or threat?),.... of seeming safety? $$$ safety?, in decorum? WHAT?!! Turning backwards in reaching for a souless glamour of trickery proferred to them glimmering from shadows, its glitter enticing, dealt out simply for turning their backs counterclockwise on The Many to gain it. Turning in sly quiet against The Many come forward speaking the voice of We The People, come to stand upholding Truth in Principle, standing up to the call from the mentors of decency who bequeathed and entrusted to us inalienably, to sustain and to hold in perpetuity for all the generations to come, the Rights of our freedom, bequeathing us the responsibility to Be Free------------ The Many come standing up in and for the responsibility to be Free.....

The Democrats of Grant County, who sent Ben Altamirano to represent us in Santa Fe, voted unanimously in full support of the impeachment resolution embodied by SJR 5. We are told though, "it was Ben Altamirano, not Republicans, who originated the maneuver that resulted in the bill being kept from the Senate Floor: "The vote was 26-13 to uphold Senate Majority Leader Ben Altamirano's ruling yesterday. Altamirano ruled on a voice vote not to accept the committee report of the Senate Judiciary Committee."

His betrayal was of MUCH more than his constituents!

There was NOTHING Democratic in that manipulated maneuver. Ben Altamirano betrayed us, posing as our elected representative, he played cat and mouse to keep us fooled while stringing us along until the trump card in his hand of treachery could be played. I am sure we are not the only group in this from whom the choice and promise of Democracy was stolen through the betrayal of voting against a constituency who voted overwhelmingly FOR SJR5. We WILL, surely, have a new Senator in Santa Fe next year. Perhaps we should all insist that a candidate should sign a binding pledge swearing to uphold the will of his/her constituents!
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Someone had caught it early-on that Sen. Ben Altamirano planned to work against the bill and reported it to a local and rather large list-serve group, saying this was his reasoning for having it assigned to 3 committees, figuring it would not work itself THROUGH in time to make it to the Senate floor during this legislative session. Altamirano then acted incensed about this, claiming to be in support of SJR5, and complaining about such reportage coming out without it having first been discussed with him. The contact he received from citizens was in overwhelming support of SJR5 and he "corrected" the early report of him acting in opposition to his constituency, evidently to keep us from correcting HIM publicly before he had accomplished the object of his betrayal of us, the killing of SJR5.... So, he, with knowledge and foresight, strung us along, replying as if wounded by our belief in the early report of his plans to betray us, yet betray us, he did!

In the earlier phases, Sen. Altamirano's office had reported that among the first day's call-ins about SJR5, out of 2,000 calls, only one had spoken against, all the rest spoke strongly FOR.

Here in Grant County, the Dem party had speakers and discussion followed by a vote. The attendance was much greater than usual for that meeting and the vote was unanimous for SJR5 and impeachment. (not counting the Repubs. who had slipped in for this particular meeting of the Grant County Dems.)

My earliest suspicions about this insidious betrayal were of interference from Rove and Rove's minions.... It has seeped out since then, underneath the "hush it all up" cover, a very unofficial reporting from undeclared points and sources, that it was the DNC who demanded that NM should not succeed in sending a call for impeachment to DC. Silence decended. There has been NOTHING reported about any of it since then that we have been able to see.

With the impeachment of Bush and Cheney being posed in other states, more of them coming into it day by day, if it is to succeed, it must get past this interference in State governments that is coming from BOTH the DNC AND Republican operatives. We may have had the best chance of any other state here in NM because of such overwhelming citizen support for it, support coming from both Democratic and Republican registered voters who stood up in unprecedented numbers, and with there also having been NO support shown within the state for opposing it.

Someone needs to look into this! It is not "legal", nor ethical for the DNC, any more than it is for Rovian operatives, to be interefering in State Government processes. The dinosaurs of the DNC do not even represent a majority of the Democratic party, but still are a part, representing a national POLITICAL PARTY and have no business dictating THEIR will to be done by our state senators instead of, and treacherously in opposition to, the will of their constituencies, aka, We The People of the State of New Mexico!

The following came out on the list serve the morning of March 9 (though obviously Desi Brown did not get the "straight goods" since he didn't even know it had been Ben Altamirano, not the Republicans who had initiated the kill) I must (vigorously!!) applaud the statement issued by Sen Grubesic!!!

>>According to Steve Terrell reporting at
http://blogs.freenewmexican.com/terrell

it was Ben Altamirano, not Republicans, who originated the maneuver that resulted in the bill being kept from the Senate Floor:

"The vote was 26-13 to uphold Senate Majority Leader Ben Altamirano's ruling yesterday. Altamirano ruled on a voice vote not to accept the committee report of the Senate Judiciary Committee."

I don't know why Desi (Brown) is saying otherwise, but I think people should know the truth and Terrell is usually accurate.

Desi Brown, legislative aid to Senator Ortiz y Pino has this perspective to offer:

Hello to all,

We must regrettably inform everyone that SJR5 has formally been killed before it could technically reach the Senate Floor today.

Explanation of Events:

- Yesterday, the Republicans noticed a lack of a large number of Democrats on the Senate floor; they called for a voice vote to adopt the Judicial Committee Report concerning SJR5 (which they are allowed to do). The Dems were caught off guard and lost the voice vote. Luckily, Senator Ortiz y Pino was able to challenge this and request that a 'hands' vote be done today.
- Today, that vote was called for by Majority Leader Senator Michael Sanchez at a time when there was a clear
majority of Democrats on the Senate floor.
- The Republicans quickly called their missing members to the floor which helped their cause.
- The Democrats simply imploded.
- The vote to 'adopt' the Judiciary Committee Report - which is mandatory in order for a bill to be heard on the floor,
was 26-13 with 17 Republicans and 9 Democrats voting against adoption and only 13 Democrats voting to adopt it.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SENATOR JOHN T.L. GRUBESIC MARCH 8, 2007

This country was founded by rebels. This country was forged in violence, ferocity, dissent and uproar. This country is vanishing before our eyes, not because we are blind, but because we are willing participants in its destruction. Today on the Senate floor you witnessed an excellent example. The Impeachment Resolution died quietly with no debate whatsoever. The dignity of the New Mexico State Senate was maintained as we followed carefully designed rules of procedure to ensure that nothing disrupted the workings of this austere body. We did a great job of making it appear that government was working.

However, we have to ask, which government and on whose behalf? The action taken by the Senate was not the action taken by a body that protects the freedoms of a sovereign people. The action was a carefully orchestrated option designed to protect the integrity of an institution and perpetuate the well oiled workings of government. A government that has evidently forgotten that we serve at the pleasure of those we govern.

It is clear, that from the highest levels of government in our country down to our State, very few of us want to deal with the unpleasant political mess that impeachment could become. Our actions today showed where our priorities are, we forgot that the Constitution was not designed to serve government, but to protect the people. There should have been a debate, argument, uproar. Instead, we quietly gutted the sovereign power of the people with polite political procedure.
When future generations look back on our time, the shock will not be because of the violent, impolite nature of the fight that preceded the destruction of Constitutional government, but by the meekness with which we watched it die.

andrushka
I, at first, was for impeachment. I have changed my mind and am definitely for High Court trials for war crimes. That the whole lot (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, yes he too, Rice, Gonzales, Rove and, and..... Just like Nuremberg after World War II be judged and CONDEMNED for a long term in prison (Guantanamo?)

How do I impeach thee----let me count the ways:
I impeach thee for bamboozling the American public (tho not me) in a trumped-up case for war;
I impeach thee for imperial hubris ("it'd be easier if it were a dictatorship---long as I was the dictator--heh heh");
I impeach thee for the blatant slaughter of the English language---on occasions too numerous to mention;
I impeach thee for unbridled greed (much blood for oil);
I impeach thee for theocratic hypocricy (no Christian thou);
I impeach thee for endless cronyism (heckuva job Brownie,'Berto,
Rummy, et al.);
I impeach thee for blatant murder (of the Constitution);
I impeach thee for Uncompassionate Conservatism;
I impeach thee for making Darth Cheney our SlaveMaster;
I impeach thee for stomping on the Bill of Rights (endless disregard of inherent freedoms, liberties, and more signing statements than ever before in history);
I impeach thee for thy cowardice--ditching service in Vietnam for a cushy deployment defending Texas from the Commies and dirty hippies, and getting stinking drunk and snorting coke with your college buddies;
I impeach thee for being a little tin pot dictator ("Bring 'em on; I'm the decider!");
I impeach thee for single-handedly bringing down the government of the United States with your sociopathic narcissism;
I impeach thee for draining the United States Treasury and giving all the money to your Halliburton buddies;
And, in closing, I impeach thee for the treasonous act of giving Darth Cheney the go-ahead to out a covert NOC CIA agent as punishment for her husband telling the truth about your lies for war.

Is that enough? If not, I impeach thee for being just plain stupid.

Why stop with one impeachment? You know the GOP senators will block the first attempt. And the second and third. So the Dems should break up the articles of impeachment into sections, and submit one for each felony this fascist regime has committed. Start with the FISA violations. Eventually, the administration and their GOP cronies will have to cave as it becomes blindingly clear that the Bush White House is the most criminal in history, and that nothing else is going to get done until we remove the blight.

are you sure aipac wants these crooks impeached?because aipac controls this government......................................

All the talk of impeachment is ridiculous. Stop it!!! Stop It , Now!!! You must realize that these idiots have already dug a hole that they, or any future GOPers, will not be able to dig out of, in at least 1 to 2 generations. Anytime the GOPers get close to winning, all the 3-D [(damn, dumb, democrat) if they're not careful] party has to do is remind them of the Bush years. High Oil Prices due to a pre-emptive war? Debt and unfunded liabilites that are not repayable? They may never recover. The perfect storm that they have created will screw the people of this country for at least 2 generations, maybe longer. Remember Herbert Hoover? It took the GOP 70 years to get back the Congress and the White House after Hoover left office.

Oh, my dears, there will be no impeachment. Such blatant acts of treason, such casual commission of crimes with only the most cursory attempts at concealment, bespeaks a high level of confidence that there will be no consequences suffered. I believe we will be extremely lucky to even be rid of Bush in 2009.

the full and detailed list is too long to post here. to simplfy let me just quote the the simple list the constitution provides as a basis for impeachment:

1. Treason
2. Bribery
3. other high Crimes
4. Misdemeanors

i was shocked to hear somebody ask the question, as if it isn't totally obvious this man is professional criminal of enormous capacity.

the question is not whether to impeach. the only question that remains is how to dispose of the body after the execution that would come from the death sentence given following his conviction at the criminal court that would surely try him after he was removed from office.

regan

1. Crimes against humanity
2. Lying to The People in order to start a war against innocents
3. Subverting the U.S. Constitution

* Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.
* Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.
* Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.
* Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
* First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
* First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
* First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.
* After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.
* Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history.
* In first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.
*Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history.
* Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
* Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
* Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.
* Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in US history.
* Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
* Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
* Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
* Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
* Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
* My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.
* Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleeza Rice has an Exxon oil tanker named after her).
* First president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt.
* Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.
* First president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation.
* Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
* Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.
* First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.
* First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board.
* Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
* Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
* Withdrew from the World Court of Law.
* Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
* First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).
* All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
* My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
* Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
* First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
* First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
* First US president to establish a secret shadow government.
* Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
* With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.
* First US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
* First US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
* Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
* Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.
* Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.
* Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capital building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects.
* In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.
* Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
* In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.
* Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

Excerpt from "The Surreal Politics of Premeditated War"
by R.W. Behan
Published on Sunday, December 3, 2006

The wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq were not simply justified and honorable retaliations to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. They couldn’t possibly have been that, because both of them were premeditated—conceived, planned, and prepared long before September 11, 2001.

(Yes, there have been premeditated military incursions in the past—Panama, Grenada, and Kosovo come to mind—but none was of the magnitude and duration of the Afghan and Iraqi wars. Never before have we unleashed full scale combat, unprovoked, on sovereign foreign nations and then installed permanent military bases to occupy them.)

Though it has not been addressed in the mass media, the factual story of the President’s premeditated wars is clearly visible, and when the story is read at one sitting, the dreamlike quality of our politics is apparent.

The story to follow will not be a great revelation to anyone who has read, perhaps a bit more than casually, about our recent political, military, and diplomatic past, and has spent some time searching the Internet for corroboration and details. On the other hand, it is far from common knowledge, because in the manufactured reality crafted by the Bush Administration, it does not exist.

Two strands of history converged in the Bush years. One led to the invasion of Afghanistan, the other to the invasion of Iraq, and the strands came together on September 11, 2001.

The opening chapter of the story reveals a photograph dating to the Reagan years of Donald Rumsfeld cordially shaking hands with Saddam Hussein. We supported Saddam in his war with Iran. But history convulses: on January 26, 1998, Mr. Rumsfeld and 17 others, members of the Project for a New American Century, wrote a letter to President Clinton, urging the military overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime. If we fail to do so, they were candid in asserting, “a significant portion of the world’s supply of oil will be put at hazard.”

This could be considered the fountainhead of our surreal politics. The PNAC proposed premeditated war explicitly, in a bizarre retrogression to the centuries of unapologetic European imperialism. Since World War II and the birth of the United Nations, however, the world has been seeking to surpass imperialism, struggling to settle international difficulties peaceably—and here was an open, sad, and radical rebuff.

(In addition to Mr. Rumsfeld, 10 others of the signatories would serve in the Bush Administration: Elliott Abrams, Richard Armitage, John Bolton, Paula Dobriansky, Robert Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, Richard Perle, William Schneider, Jr., Robert Zoellick, and Paul Wolfowitz.)

When George W. Bush took office, a concern for the “significant portion of the world’s oil supply” was never far from view, because the Administration’s personal linkages to the oil industry were intimate, historic, and numerous. The president and vice president were just the first examples: eight cabinet secretaries and the national security advisor were recruited directly from the oil industry, and so were 32 others in the secretariats of Defense, State, Energy, Agriculture, Interior, and the Office of Management and Budget.

The Bush Administration came to power anxious, we know from published sources, to fulfill the PNAC’s vision of regime change in Iraq.

In his second week in office, President Bush appointed Vice President Cheney to chair a National Energy Policy Development Group. The supersecret “Energy Task Force,” as it came to known, was composed of officials from the relevant federal agencies and beyond question heavily attended by energy industry executives and lobbyists. (The full membership has yet to be revealed, but Enron’s Kenneth Lay was conspicuously present.)

One brute fact had to be apparent to the Task Force: in the Caspian Basin, and beneath the Iraqi deserts there are 125 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, and the potential for 433 billion barrels more. Anyone controlling that much oil could break OPEC’s stranglehold overnight.

By early March, 2001, the Task Force was poring over maps of the Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, tanker terminals, and oil exploration blocks. It studied an inventory of “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts”—dozens of oil companies from 30 different countries, in various stages of exploring and developing Iraqi crude. (These documents were forced into view several years later by a citizen group, Judicial Watch, with a Freedom of Information Act proceeding. It wasn’t easy—the Bush Administration appealed the lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court—but the maps and documents can now be seen and downloaded at : http://www.judicialwatch.org/iraqi-oil-maps.shtml.)

Not a single U.S. oil company, however, was among the “suitors,” and that was intolerable. Mr. Cheney’s task force concluded, “By any estimation, Middle East oil producers will remain central to world security. The Gulf will be a primary focus of U.S. international energy policy.”

Condoleezza Rice’s National Security Council, meanwhile, was directed by a top secret memo to “cooperate fully with the Energy Task Force as it considered melding two seemingly unrelated areas of policy.” The NSC was ordered to support “the review of operational policies towards rogue states such as Iraq and actions regarding the capture of new and existing oil and gas fields.”

The Bush Administration seemed clearly to be drawing a bead on Iraqi oil—long before the “global war on terror” was envisioned and marketed. But how could the “capture of new and existing oil fields” be made to seem less aggressive, less baldly in violation of international law?

At the State Department, a policy-development initiative called “The Future of Iraq” was undertaken which would accomplish this. The date was April, 2002, almost a full year before the invasion. The “Oil and Energy Working Group” provided the cover. Iraq, it said in its final report:, “should be opened to international oil companies as quickly as possible after the war…the country should establish a conducive business environment to attract investment in oil and gas resources.”

“Capture” would take the form of “investment,” and the vehicle for doing so would be the “production sharing agreement.” In exchange for investing in development costs, oil companies would “share” in the subsequent production. What would happen, though, if the companies’ investments were only minimal, but their shares of the production were disproportionately, obscenely large?

That’s the way it will work out. Production sharing agreements (PSA’s) are in place covering 75% of the undeveloped Iraqi fields, and the oil companies, soon to sign the contracts, will earn as much 162% on their “investments.” The “foreign suitors” are not quite so foreign now: the players on the inside tracks are Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, BP-Amoco and Royal Dutch-Shell.

The use of PSA’s, instead of alternative methods of financing infrastructure, however, will cost the Iraqi people hundreds of billions of dollars in just the first few years of the “investment” program.

PSA’s are favored by the oil companies because the term “production sharing agreement” is a euphemism for legalized theft. PSA’s were not adopted voluntarily by the Iraqis, however: their use was specified by the U.S. State Department and institutionalized by Paul Bremer’s Coalition Provisional Authority.

Steven King could not have written a more scary horror story than what has transpired since the 2000 "election" was stolen by the neocon thugs. No American wants a callow ignoramus for head of state, yet, that's what we've got. He'd be comical if he weren't so deep-down evil. Bad as he is, cheney, rumsfeld, ashcroft, wolfowitz, gonzalez, and others make bush look like a choir boy. Their crimes against our people, Nature, and the world are far too numerous to mention here, so I'll list the worst ones. 1. Treason 2.War crimes, 3. War profiteering 4.Crimes against humanity 5. Gross violation of Constitutional laws and federal statutes. I know there are many others, and there may be some disagreement over which crimes are the worst, but I think a solid case for the foregoing can be made with a minimum of delay, and conviction is all but certain, given the available evidence. Make no mistake; this pit of vipers CANNOT be given a walk for their evils, and they MUST BE PUNISHED, or else the concept of the United States of America, as a nation of laws and justice for all will be rendered moot. The bush regime has gone far past the point where forgiveness can be considered-so much so that it would be immoral NOT to prosecute and punish the sorry bastards.

Here's my Impeachment song/tutorial:
IMPEACH

"It's Time To Clean The Whitehouse Out"

However much we may wish to rid ourselves of Bush and Cheyney, it just isn't going to happen. With the current composition of the Senate, no matter what they have done and continue to do, we are stuck until the next election. Ultimately, Americans got what they asked for, by selecting two sociopaths and a Congress which was equally criminal, incompetent, and totally unconcerned with what was in the interest of the citizens of the United States.

Our public education system totally fails to prepare its consumers to engage in critical, rational analysis, which has led to an apathetic citizenry which either votes with its emotions, or doesn't vote at all. We continue to install leaders (Executive and Congressional) whose loyalties and commitment rest entirely with what they perceive to be in their personal self interest.

There is a long term solution to these problems, but it would take a massive commitment on the part of every citizen to implement, because it would require constitutional amendment(s) to bring it to life:

1. End the use of the Electoral College, with the popular vote determining the winner of presidential elections

2. Just as state governors can be recalled, provide a mechanism for recall election of the President, and his/her Cabinet, as well as for members of Congress.

3. Require all citizens to become registered voters at age 18, with no declaration of political party.

4. Implement Internet voting, making it a misdemeanor to not vote (in national level elections)

5. End Civil Service immunity from termination, with continued employment dependent on performance.

6. End Teacher tenure, again making continued employment dependent on performance.

6. End all campaign expenditures from external sources, with funds coming from directly from Federal or State taxes. This would also require a fixed, equal amount of free time for TV advertising, based on the contested position.

While I don't expect any of this to happen, until we are all forced to exercise our citizenship responsibilities, we will continue to get exactly what we deserve.

(I already have a T-shirt saying "IMPEACH CHENEY FIRST". This is strategically vital.)

My cherished fantasy for Bush is impeachment on two counts of perjury. In January of 2001 and again in January of 2004, George W. Bush publicly made the most solemn oath to defend the Constitution and to see that its laws were faithfully executed. If he was mentally competent to take that oath, he perjured himself.

Illegal spying in violation of FISA and the Fourth Amendment, openly confessed to, openly promoted in signing statements, known to involve phone calls, phone records, internet use, bank records, and observation of legal nonviolent activities.

Illegal detentions in violation of the Fourth Amendment, International law, U.S. Law, and a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Rounding up of thousands of citizens and legal residents for detention or deportation.

Torture, maintenance of secret camps, and extraordinary rendition, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, International Law, US Law, and openly promoted in signing statement and administration policy papers.

Illegal war – launched illegally under international law, launched in violation of the U.S. Constitution which requires that the Congress declare war, and launched on the basis of feloniously misleading Congress and the American public.

Use of a variety of illegal weapons.

Illegal targeting of civilians, journalists, and hospitals.

Illegal seizure of another nation's resources.

Illegal use of funds in Iraq that had been appropriated for Afghanistan.

Leaking of classified information in order to mislead the Congress and the public, and in order to punish truth tellers.

Leaking of identity of an undercover agent.

Retribution against whistleblowers.

Use of signing statements to reverse 750 laws passed by Congress.

Production of phony news reports at home and abroad.

Dereliction of duty in neglecting global warming, hurricanes, hunger, AIDS, and warnings of 9-11 attacks.

Facilitating Israel's attacks on Lebanon.

Obstruction of investigations by 9-11 Commission and Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald.

Stealing elections.

http://democrats.com/node/9531

Is that this simply must be stopped. They started with Reagan and tried again with Bush. There must be a solid, hard line drawn in the sand that there are simply some things that the the U.S. Presidency, Vice Presidency and in fact the U.S. government cannot be used for. If we do not do something now then there is no telling what can and will happen in the future. The most compelling reason for Impeachment is simply that we must save our country and save it for good.

Gremlin-

Why should Bush and Cheney be impeached? Because neither has the good sense just to drop dead.

Bush cut six million from Army Corps funds for levee maintenance before Katrina. Cost: $50 billion, benefit: Halliburton.
Bush cut millions from Veteran's benefits before the Walter Reed scandal.
Bush enabled Enron to steal $35 billion from families in California.
Bush holds people incommunicado and tortures.
Bush cut money from school lunches to fund tax cuts for the rich.
Bush refused Saddam's offer to allow the US Army to search Iraq.
Bush refused Iran's offer to cease uranium enrichment.

Bush ended Clinton's deal with North Korea to stop Nuclear Weapon construction, resulting in North Korea setting off a nuke, and then Bush reinstated Clinton's agreement.

Bush changed the Clean Air Act to allow more mercury emissions.
Bush changed the Clean Water Act to allow more animal waste, herbicides and pesticides in our rivers.
All that is in addition to war for no reason, which is murder.
Finally, Bush abolished the Bill of Rights.

It's difficult to impeach a President who was never legally elected, but stole the election TWICE! Cheney was in the crooked theft, as well!

That should be sufficient grounds for removal from these sacred offices!

Impeaching Bush and Cheney will go a long way in restoring our image around the world. It will send a message to all world leaders (good and bad) that the American people have come to their senses and we aren’t going to take it any more.

It’s the best way I can think of to end the war in Iraq. If we impeach them for starting an illegal war, then it gives us a perfect reason to pull out now. At the same time it will show everyone that Bush and Cheney are not above the law and are being punished by the laws of our land. We then proceed to talk to all concerned and help Iraq rebuild their country, without Halliburton, of course.

If during the impeachment trial the torture of American (i.e. John Lynd) and Iraqi citizens, secret prisons around the world, kidnapping citizens off the streets and torturing them for information (i.e. Khaled El-Masri) comes to light. Or the creation of and the abuse of the Patriot Act, illegal wiretapping of American citizens, exposing secret agents for personal gain, or that American citizens can be arrested without a warrant, with no right to an attorney or habeas corpus, comes to light then . . . well, I call it justice.

Removal from office would be a good thing, provided that we don't get Rice or Cheney or any of the other neocons to take their place.

War Crimes, particularly after office, would be a good thing, too.

Failing all other remedies, folks, it's Second Amendment time.

IMPEACHMENT, HELL NO!!

Got to go through CONgress for that. They only whine about war criminals, while fully funding them.
DAMN THEIR EYES.

I want war crimes tribunals.

US Army Field Manual 27-10 Law of Land Warfare

363. Duty to Restore and Maintain Public Order

The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into the hands of the occupant, the latter shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country. (HR, art. 43.)

Fiat justitia; ruat coelum

He did not protect the American people on 911. Sat a read a book for 7 minutes and then went and hid.

He did not protect the American people on 8/29. And fished, ate cake and strumbed a guitar while people died.

He lied on his resume about his experiance.

Watch the none verbal between him and Condi, She called him her husband.

The troops coming home mangled not getting the care that they need.

For the good and welfare of all living beings, that's what.

I probably can't give you three good reasons for impeaching the scoundrels that no one else hasn't already hit upon, but I do believe there's one reason that qualifies as the sine qua non in making impeachment so vitally important to the nation and its future. It can be summed up in one word: precedent. Legally, precedents can sometimes be the quintessential Pandora's Boxes.

Consider for a moment the danger of allowing this administration's outrages to enter the history books unpunished. Bush, as we all know, has run roughshod over the Constitution in establishing his "unitary presidency." He's done this largely by arrogating powers to himself that lawfully belong to Congress. Having thereby exceeded his office, and let's presume, gotten away with it, why would any future Chief Executive shrink from claiming the same right to the same "unitary"-type administration? Given the addictive nature of power, wouldn't it be rather dicey to presume that all our future presidents will be upright and trustworthy enough to eschew an option that would ensure him/her an increased dose of it?

And this argument, of course, addresses only one example of Bush's skullduggeries. If there is to be no accountability, we can only expect--at some point--more of the same. Think of that. . .more Bushes and Cheneys using their office to cheat, deceive, and exploit the nation. Let's not allow it to have been all for fun and profit.

lufinn
lets do a little ethical evaluation, folks.
nonpartisan, just call 'em as you see 'em.

who is this guy in history? see if you can guess.

pre election, he embraced the wealthiest families in his country with major interests in military and munitions manufacture.

raised public resentment falsely against other nations after a terrorist strike within his own country.

once elected, through a questionable election, elevated his position's power and autonomy through manipulation of elected representatives.

created false reports of actions of other countries and urged war upon them based upon the fraud.

actually attacked other countries who had, in reality, done nothing he had accused.

caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilian war casualties, not to mention soldiers on both sides.

pushed legislation through government to enable himself to bypass elected representatives with his own signature instead of a vote.

created new government agencies for the surveillance of citizens in the name of national security.

used the press to invoke patriotism and nationalism in his cause, and questioning the loyalty and patriotism of dissenters.

revoked constitutional protections of citizens based on fear of terrorists promulgated by himself.

made his country a pariah in the world community.

ignored the Geneva conventions, publicly touting his cause required exceptions to the international treaty.

ran secret prisons, and tortured prisoners.

ran up a national debt his nation could never repay.

did all this with no remorse.

can you guess who this is?

there are two correct answers.

Adolf Hitler and George w Bush.

SURPRISE!!!

Zero, read and weep.

1. Your Congress approved the war. The UN approved the war.
Congress approved a resolution for the President to use force IF negotiations did not succeed. Bush himself insisted war was a "last resort." The UN did NOT approve the war; President Poopypants refused to go back to the UN to seek a resolution before launching Operation Clusterf__k.

2. That CIA agent was not covert - Desk job.

The CIA agent WAS covert. Valerie Plame was a NOC (Non official cover) doing research on Iranian weapons of mass destruction (GREAT WORK, JUNIOR!!!!) Her company, Brewster Jennings was outed as well thus placing potentially thousands of individuals in jeopardy. Besides if the CIA didn't think what was done was illegal why the hell did they refer it to the Justice Department and Sister Screamin' Jesus John Ashcroft decide it was valid enough to refer to a grand jury.

3. You don't ware a uniform than you're an illegal enemy combatant and you have no rights.

Then what the hell do you do with them? You might as well set them free since no charges have been brought against any of them. Of course they have rights, that's what the Supreme Court said last year.

4. I am sure that Bush was there directly involved. War crimes occurs in all wars.

War crimes MIGHT occur during wars but that doesn't make them right. That's why you have the Nuremberg trials and other such tribunals. Denying access to evidence, tweaking testimony and, above all, torture doesn't help the cause. These people either know something or they don't. by the way, how's Osama doing?

5. Illegal enemy combatants can be held indefinitely or until the war is over.

So pull the troops out, declare victory, and put the people on trial. How tough is that. Hell, at least you haven't tried to blame Clinton.

6. Extraordinary Rendition was signed into law by Clinton.

Ah damn, I knew this was too good to be true. I have no idea in the world what you're talking about but the reassuring thing is that neither do you.

7. Do you have proof? Maybe the democrats won 2006 by cheating too since it was so close.

Sure, just ask George Allen, Max Baucus, etc. BUT, I digress. Point of fact; the Dems last year won by a more sizble margin than the Rethugs did in '94.

8. Your bank, doctor and merchants spy on you more. I could not careless that govt listen to my mundane conversations unless you have something to hide yourself?

Good to see you're one of those anti big government cons. Now that you don't care how about can you maybe not care a little less that the ports aren't secure.

Try not to let all that detail make your explode. Hell, if your knuckles drag as much as i think they do you should be OK.

BuckHarrisBurris

Why not impeach that Supreme(ly criminal) Court? After all, it was that bunch that stole an election and put the little creep, Bush, in office!
Come to think of it, since we are the sovereign here, why not hang those bastards for the treasonous creeps they are? Isn't it a treasonable offense to interfere with the sovereign in the performance of his rights?

BuckHarrisBurris
Why are you on ther president's case? Why complain about Cheney? After all, it was (the highly rewarded) Wolfowitz who was the proud architect of the war? And dear little Richard Perle helped mightily. And Feith and a few more of that ilk. And, of course, the innocent Libby, and ....
Why are you always thinkink badly of our president and his vice president and Karl Rove and why bring up Enron and Halliburton and .....
This is typical. Partial truths are, after all, lies! Aren't they?
Now let's see what we didn't see!
Truth here isn't hidden unless we refuse to look..

bbh

1. Graft. There can be NO doubt that Halliburton was issued all of those billions of dollars worth of jobs - WITHOUT even having to bid - because of Cheney's influence. Period.

2. STOLEN unlimited power. Refusal to comply with the Congress' or the Courts' orders to turn over documents, NOT spy on ordinary citizens in an inexcusable way;750+ "signing statements" putting himself(Bush)above the law.

3. Violating state and US law by obstructing fair elections in the years 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.

How do you know the administration is lying? Their lips are moving!Killing 3000 people in WTC demolition. Lying to start a war with Iraq. Treason in outing an undercover CIA agent. Firing US Attorneys for political reasons. Mistreating soldiers in V.A. hospitals. Intimidating the media(don't ask me how, but they must be either threatening them or bribing them). Outright ignorance should be impeachable. Dodging the draft. Racism.We may also have to oust all the Dems we voted for if they don't start doing what we've asked them to do. I don't even have time to complete the list. Maybe I'll come back later.
ltfcrazy

For crimes against the state.
Misuse of tax payers dollars,
The R.I.C.O act
And for making real Americans ashamed

Subversion of the Constitution.

Outside of all the obvious crimes they have committed what about the fact that they and their energy cartel have robbed the American people blind for over 6 years and are continuing their theft even today. They should be forced to repay every American citizen the thousands of dollars per year they have stolen for their exxon mobil masters. All of this was done by the way with the full knowledge and assistance of the MSM. Impeachment is too good for these slimeballs.

Impeach? I'm afraid the punishment for the crimes Bush/Cheney have committed go far beyond impeachment. What is the punishment for war crimes? What is the punishment for treason? What is the punishment for divulging state secrets? We all know what the punishment for these crimes are, and that is what should be done to Bush and Cheney.

Impeachment? Let me count the ways, starting with the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of voters and the stolen election(s). Let's continue to deliberately impeding a criminal investigation by sandbagging the 9/11 Commission, resulting in a completely erroneous and defective report that ignored crucial testimony and witnesses and came to unbelievable conclusions; utilizing the Patriot Act to circumvent the Constitution, and illegally spying on the American public; fabricating evidence and conspiring to hoodwink Congress and the public into supporting the illegal invasion of a sovereign nation that had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11, resulting in the combined deaths of at least a million Iraqis and over 3000 Americans. Outing a CIA agent in order to punish an honest patriot for debunking the lies that were used to lead us into war. Thease are acts of high treason and misdemeanors, and do not take into account the myriad other acts by which our rights have been stripped, our country pillaged, and our reputation destroyed.

In addition to all the obvious reasons -- the lies, the unnecessary war, creating a debt that out great-grandchildren will have to live with -- they have not upheld the Constitution in many, many ways. To name one, the Constitution states that the President cannot be a Felon. George W. Bush is a FELON! I was living in Houston, Texas during the early 70's and I clearly remember hearing on the TV news and reading in the newspaper about George Bush, Jr., the son of Rep George Bush, being stopped for a traffic violation by the Houston City Police. According to the news reports he was arrested, charged and convicted of "Possession of Cocaine". However, because of his father's connections, etc. he was not sent to prison, but instead sentenced to "community service".

This violation of the Constitution, plus the fact that he was AWOL during the Vietnam War, and the other "obvious reasons" should be enough.

But, will someone please explain to me why this Congress hesitates going forward with Impeachment? What this Administration has done pales in comparision to what Nixon did -- and certainly what Clinton did to warrant impeachment charges being filed against them.

I have called for the impeachment and prosecution of the criminal gang almost from the beginning of the hijacked 2000 election. As you rightly point out, it is quite difficult to pick a meager 3 out of 1000s of reasons to impeach these looters, rapists and mass-murderers. In any event, here are the top three on my list:

(1) Enabling 9-11, then using it to subvert the rule of law in this country.
(2) Violating the U.S. Constitution again and again, lying to the nation about manufactured crises, and violating international law by invading a sovereign nation without any provocation.
(3) Participation in the worst form of state terror by causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocents Afghans and Iraqis, and well over 3000 young Americans from the "cannon fodder" pool.

The list could, of course, go on and on. For humanity's sake, STOP THE KILLERS!

Monish Chatterjee