Holiday Impeachment Cards

Seasons Greetings!
This holiday season you can give your friends and family the gift that keeps on giving. You can help them deck the halls of congress with colorful impeachment petitions! Impeach for Peace has created holiday impeachment cards that allow your friends and family to initiate the impeachment process. Impeach for Peace created the Holiday Impeachment image, and researched a company that will allow you to send jumbo sized postcards along with a personalized message using your web browser. The first card you send is free! The cost of sending additional holiday greetings ranges from $1.11 to $1.87/card depending on how many you send. (Impeach for Peace receives no funds from these holiday greetings.)
 
Great for Christmas, Quanza, Haunakha, or Solstice.
 
To send your festive holiday greetings, follow these instructions. To learn more about this legal method of initition impeachment, as well as how this method has been used in the past,click here.

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• Go to: http://www.amazingmail.com/signup.php • Click the "Sign-up" button near the bottom of their webpage. • Click on this link -->http://ImpeachforPeace.org/images/DIYPostcard.jpeg *You should now have a second browser window open showing the image that will appear on the holiday greeting.* • Use your browser's "Save As" function to save this image to your computer (depending on the browser/computer, you can right/left click the image to get this function, or use the pull down menu titled "File"). • Return to the amazingmail browser window and click on the "Start a Postcard Mailing" link located at the upper left-hand corner. • Click on the right arrow button located next to the words "5.5 x 11.5." (This is the Jumbo card) • Click on the "Choose File" button, located in the middle column. • Locate the image you saved on your computer.The file name should be "DIYPostcard.jpg" • Click the right arrow button next to the word "Continue." (Be very patient, this website can be extremely slow to respond) • After the file is done uploding, showing will be a preview of the card. Click on the "Continue" button. • Click on the right arrow button next to the words "Leave the Image Area Blank" • Type a message to your friends/family introducing them to the DIY Impeachment. For example: Happy Holidays! What better gift to give this holiday season than the restoration of our democracy? Over this past year, Bush has become an even greater threat to our Constitution. Lucky for us, the rules of the US House of Representatives allow for individual citizens like you and I to initiate the impeachment process directly! Just follow the instructions on the reverse side of this card. This process was successfully used to impeach in the past. For more information about this memorial (or how to give your own gift of impeachment), go to ImpeachforPeace.org. Have a merry impeachment this season! • Format your text however you'd like it and click the "Continue" button. *On this page you can either import the addresses of the individuals to whom you would like to send your card, or your can add them individually.* • To import addresses, click on the right arrow key next to the words "Import Addresses" and follow the directions. • To add addresses individually, click on the right arrow key next to "Add a New Address." Fill in the contact information for the recipient and click "Save." Repeat the previous two steps until all of your recipients have been added. Then click the "Continue" button. • Choose the correct return address in this window and click "Continue." • Click on the right arrow button next to the words "Leave the Accent Image Blank." • Choose the date you would like for the postcard to be mailed, and click "Continue." • Choose the postage type, and click "Continue." • Click the box that reads "I have reviewed the PDF file and would like to send my mailing," and click "Continue." • On this "Purchase Cards" screen, click "Continue" . • Fill in your billing information and click "Continue." • On the "Confirm Purchase" page, click "Continue."

Congratulations for spreading holiday cheer and restoring our democracy!

[Video] Minneapolis Rally to Stop Impeachment, Encourage Torture

From Patriots for Corporate Rights, a pro-Bush organization -- We gathered again publicly in support of our beloved President George W. Bush! About a dozen loyal Bushies gathered in Uptown Minneapolis in front of the Walker Library from 11:30 am to around 3 in the afternoon.

Here's video of our pro-war, pro-torture, anti-U.S. Constitution rally, chanting such things as:
"Give up your rights!,Abolish Congress, abolish the Courts, the Unitary Executive is all we need, TRUST BUSH!, TRUST BUSH!, TRUST BUSH!" and "Two, Four, Six, Eight, We Want a Police State!".

Moonbats like the people at ImpeachForPeace.org (home of the Commie Pinko "Do-It-Yourself Impeachment") are trying to impeach this great man. They don't understand that our President needs to be able to arrest, detain indefinitely, and torture Americans and members of other less worthy nations. They fail to grasp that our Commander in Chief must be allowed to preemptively invade any country He decides may be a threat to our own - or just have resources that can benefit the multi-national corporations he represents! In short, they doubt that our Chief Executive is above the law!

Our first rally in February and was so succesfull (http://corporaterights.org/blog/?p=3), Patriots for Corporate Rights came together again in support of this wonderful Administration! We're also attempting to stop the impeachment resolution currently in the House Judiciary that is threatening to impeach Cheney. We succesfully expressed our outrage at those who would dare to enforce laws that our President has decided are not important!

Malcolm Bosman & William Bernard Lyon
http://CorporateRights.org

[Audio] Kucinich's Impeachment Call To Action. Please Help Him!

In this audio clip, Rep. Dennis Kucinich describes the process of how he'll force the issue of impeachment on the floor of the U.S. House. He does this to inform the public so that the public can assist in the process. The likely scenario is that a congressperson will immediately make a parliamentary move to 'table' the motion. The vote on whether to 'table' the impeachment motion WILL BE THE IMPORTANT VOTE. If the motion is tabled, it's dead. So, Kucinich is calling on every citizen (yes, that means you) to contact their representative to tell them to vote NOT to table the impeachment motion, but to let it be discussed on the floor of the U.S. House! Call Congress Toll Free at 800 828 0498.

St. Paul Does Nothing, Bush's Impeachable Crimes Continue...

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'

The following describes Impeach for Peace's (IfP) attempt to encourage Rep. Betty McCollum to sign H. Res. 333 calling on the impeachment of Richard B. Cheney. Specifically, this describes my attempt to pressure her congressional district to pass a resolution calling on Rep. McCollum to co-sign 333.

This event is yet another example of what is wrong with the Democratic Party. The Democrats have shown over and over again how they are unwilling to stand up for what is right. I could blame it on their fear of what right wing media might think. I could blame it in this case on “Minnesota nice.” I could blame it on their pursuit of the politically moderate vote (although this assumes that the politically moderate and the right wing media don't favor accountability). Whatever their reason, the result is behaving exactly how the current Republican Party would have them act. Voters on the left side of the spectrum see those who are part of the Democratic machinery as being spineless. And, for whatever reason, those who are part of that machinery don’t care, or are unaware of the bold actions they need to take. Their political base, therefore, are not inspired to show up and vote for them -- and who can blame them. Much of the base either fails to vote at all or split the progressive vote by voting for the Green Party. I could accuse J.P. Barone (Chariperson of McCollum's Congressional District) of purposefully leaving the impeachment resolution off the agenda, but there is no way to know. What I do know is that J.P. Barone is part of the problem. He is obviously more interested in supporting the Democratic Party than supporting the needs of the people that Party is supposed the represent. His actions subsequently accomplish neither. Somehow when people become part of the Democratic machinery, they lose sight of where their allegiance should lie. I am not sure what the solution to this is, but, at least for my part, it’s holding them accountable.

Let's start back in June when DFL (Democratic Farm Labor, i.e., Democratic Party Minnesota) 5th Congressional District nearly unanimously voted on a similar resolution calling on their Representative, Keith Ellison, to sign 333. Subsequent to the passage of that resolution, Rep. Ellison did co-sign 333. This encouraged me to attempt to replicate our success in my own district. Granted, we should not have to go to such lengths to get our representatives to honor their oaths of office.

So I wrote an e-mail to the chairperson of the DFL 4th Congressional District, J.P. Barone. He informed me that guests were welcome to speak at their executive committee meetings, and the next one was on August 21, 2007. Many members of Impeach for Peace came to the meeting in support of the resolutions that I had created. I presented the resolutions and gave a speech about the need for local action, given the lack of oversight of the Bush administration being conducted at the national and state level. I told them how the 5th Congressional District had passed a similar resolution. I also noted that there exists a majority support in the nation and 76% support among Democrats. After I was done with my presentation, J.P. Barone immediately expressed his lack of interest in passing such a resolution. He expressed concern over whether their committee had jurisdiction and also whether the 4th Congressional District should be passing this type of resolution, given his view that the 4th Congressional Districts function is to act as a cheerleader for the Democratic candidates. His last area of concern was whether or not passing such a resolution would be strategic in getting Democratic candidates elected in 2008. He did concede that there is little doubt in his mind as to the existence of impeachable offenses. What followed was a debate amongst the committee members primarily around whether or not they had jurisdiction to pass such a resolution. They suggested waiting until January and starting from square one with the caucus process. I expressed that, “Rome was burning,” and that the situation demanded more immediate action. I also suggested that the super majority support among Democrats empowered them to act on their behalf. Ultimately, when they voted whether or not to consider the measure themselves or to refer the resolution to the larger central committee, they voted against considering it but to have the central committee consider it in September. The central committee meeting comprises a larger group of members than the executive committee.

September 17, 2007, I arrived at the central committee meeting (of which J.P. Barone is also Chair). I again gave my presentation, and J.P. Barone mentioned his reasons why the resolution might not be appropriate. Once again, a debate among the members ensued with similar arguments as in the executive committee meeting. One of the members who was more familiar with procedure assured the committee that they did indeed have jurisdiction to pass such a resolution and also expressed a belief that it is the committee's responsibility to pressure their representative on issues. While people fell on various sides of the issue, one concern that came up during the debate was that the resolution had not been listed in the agenda for the meeting. It was expressed by a member that, had it been listed, many members who were not present may have shown up. Another member remarked that it was not IfP’s fault that the resolution had not been on the agenda since I had gone to the trouble of passing it by the executive committee the previous month, and that the resolution should not pay the consequence for this failure. The secretary spoke out defending himself, stating that he had sent out the agenda, but that his role is to pass along the agenda as given to him by the Chairperson, J.P. Barone. At this point, J.P. Barone admitted that he had not put it in the agenda but dismissed the inaction as an oversight. When it came down to the vote, they decided to first vote on whether their committee wished to consider the matter at all. The vote was nine members in favor, nineteen members opposed and three abstaining. It was revealed after the vote that at least two of the members had voted against the resolution because it had not been on the agenda. I also do not know how many members may have shown up to vote had they been informed by the agenda of this topic's consideration. I asked J.P. Barone if the measure could be reconsidered at the next meeting, given its failure to appear on the agenda. Despite his firm insistence that a parliamentary procedure be strictly followed up until this point, J.P. Barone unilaterally decided, “No, it had already been voted on.”

Now, despite my efforts, I am forced to live in a district that has become complicit in the crimes of the Bush administration. However, my pursuit in getting Rep. Betty McCollum to sign H. Res. 333 is not over. Stay tuned.

Jodin Morey
Cofounder, Impeach for Peace

[Video/Oped] Iraq: It's Nancy Pelosi's War

When asked about her position on impeachment, Nancy Pelosi responded, "I've always said impeachment's off the table. This is President Bush's war, it's Vice President Cheney's war, and now it's become the war of the Republicans in congress."

Some might see her response as including a non sequitur. What does insisting that Bush and the Republicans own an unjustified illegal war have to do with impeachment being off the table? However, for those of us who have been following the Democratic leadership's justifications for failing to hold this administration accountable, it makes perfect sense. Pelosi and the Democratic leadership believes that by leaving Bush/Cheney in office, and by continuing 'their' war, they'll drive down Republican support and win the elections in 2008. In other words, Pelosi doesn't hold Bush/Cheney accountable because that might stop the war in Iraq. And the war in Iraq is a good political tool for winning elections.

Therefore, I submit that by failing to pursue accountability, the rule of law, constitutional reinstitution, and subsequently the end to the Iraq war, Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership now own this war.

Pelosi Has Put Impeachment Back on the Congressional Table

According to the U.S. House Congressional Record on August 3, 2007...

The SPEAKER presented a petition [...] of the Town of New Salem, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Link

Also, back in July 26, 2007 ....

Also, a petition of the City of Middletown Common Council, New York, relative to Resolution No. 167.07 calling on the Congress of the United States to formally and properly investigate these charges and determine if impeachment is warranted, and if found to be so warranted to vote to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Link

Also, back in July 19, 2007 ....

The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution petitioning the Congress of the United States to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. [...] Also, a petition of the Town of Leyden, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution calling on the Congress of the United States to investigate the charges and vote to impeach President George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney as provided in the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. [...] Also, a petition of the Delaware County Democratic Committee, New York, relative to a Resolution to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. [...] Also, a petition of the Town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution calling on the Impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the Town of Colrain, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the Town of Shutesbury, Massachusetts, relative to a petition to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Link

Also, back in June 13/20 ....

Also, a petition of the Town of Lanesborough, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the City Council of Oberlin, Ohio, relative to Resolution No. R07-06 petitioning the Congress of the United States initiate impeachment proceedings of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the Town of Whately, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Link

Also, a petition of the Town of Woodstock, New York, relative to Resolution No. 171-07 requesting an investigation of the activities of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney to the end that they may be impeached and removed from office; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the Town of Shelburne, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution calling upon the United States House of Representatives to investgate charges and vote to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the Town of Colrain, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution calling upon the United States House of Representatives to investigate charges and vote to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a petition of the Town of Leverett, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution requesting the investigation of the activities of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney to the end that they may both be impeached and removed from office; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Link

SO WHAT'S THE HOLD UP! Why only for New York, Ohio, Delaware, and Massachusetts? Why none for her own State California, which I know has been screaming for impeachment. And why none for me? I sent her a petition to put in the congressional record. Actually, I know of millions that have been sent in! Contact Pelosi and tell her to follow through with the process. Congressional Switchboard:
1-800-828-0498.

[Video] Student Tasered for Asking Kerry about Impeachment

"As the person who filmed this event. I would like to say that although Andrew may appear to be a conspiracy theorist, he still was accosted by the police after Senator Kerry said he wanted to hear the question. If Accent Speakers Bureau had allowed all those standing in line to ask questions, this never would have happened. Unless of course the police would have stepped in anyway."

[VIDEO] Comparing Bush's & Nixon's War Progress Speeches

This video Compares Bush's September 13, 2007 speech on the Iraq War with Nixon's November 1969 Speech on the Vietnam War. Courtesy of http://ImpeachforPeace.org

Minneapolis City Council Member Remington exhorts colleagues to pass impeachment resolution

downtownjournal.com
Time to impeach Bush and Cheney
By Ralph Remington


It is high time that all progressive elected officials who take their jobs seriously demand impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.


This president and his vice president have condoned illegal wiretapping, readings of private e-mails and phone calls, and spying on the American people under the guise of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They've used surveillance to kidnap people and throw them into dungeons abroad without any political or legal accountability. They have condoned torture at both Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. They have been implicated in the outing of a CIA officer in retaliation for the exposure of going to war under false premises. They have ignored Congressional authority on several occasions. They lied to the American public about the reasons for taking our sons and daughters, mothers, and fathers to war. They have spent over $700 billion on a war in a time when over 45 million Americans are without health care; while at the same time cutting the benefits of veterans who have returned from fighting their "War of Choice".


They have established a presidency and executive branch that does not respect the rule of law. Bush is, in fact, sneering at the American people and in effect saying, "I am King". Together Bush and Cheney have flouted the agreement of transparency with the American people.


Our cities, counties, and states are vulnerable because we have allowed a virtual king to be created in Washington, D.C. If we now have a king at the head of our democratically elected government then we elected officials, on the local, state and national levels are defunct. Our purpose and our jobs are nothing more than ceremonial.


Congress has allowed the Executive branch of our government to overreach, in the name of politics and fear over what impact impeachment proceedings will have on the upcoming elections in '08. This is not what our founders intended. It doesn't matter if we're approaching an election year or not. We cannot allow the Executive branch to take on more power than it has ever had. This is doubly important as we approach a new election because our new executive leaders will inherit more expansive powers than any other President or Vice President in the history of the United States of America; powers that the founders never intended for them to have, be they Democrat or Republican.


Politicians and political staff are even getting confused. People are refusing to oppose Bush because they wrongly think that they've taken an oath to the President. When former White House counsel, Harriet Meirs, didn't appear before Congress she cited executive privilege. But what she and others fail to realize is that they haven't taken an oath of loyalty to the president regardless of what he does, they've taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. Those are two entirely different things. Bush and Cheney have blatantly obstructed a congressional investigation.


And, finally, the commutation of Scooter Libby speaks to a cover-up of gigantic proportions. We should all be out in the streets. As musician Gil Scott Heron said, "The revolution will not be televised". Bush and Cheney should be impeached for political crimes perpetrated in combination.


As John Nichols from The Nation Magazine recently stated, "Nancy Pelosi is disregarding her oath of office. She should change course now." The Judiciary Committee should begin impeachment proceedings as soon as possible.


We in city council and at the state legislature should not disregard our oaths. There are some who say that this doesn't have anything to do with local government. They are missing the point. If the president, as the leading representative of our democracy is an outlaw and we, other elected officials, allow that state of affairs to continue, we are also outlaws. The Minneapolis City Council needs to construct a resolution to recommend impeachment immediately, before it's too late. Our own collective integrity demands it!


(Original Article)

Click Here to Pressure the Other Minneapolis City Council Members to Impeach

BREAKING: Kucinich (D-OH) to Submit Your Impeachment Petitions into the Congressional Record

In a meeting Thursday, July 26th, 2007, members of ImpeachForPeace.org and After Downing Street met with Congressman Dennis Kucinich in his Washington DC office to present the Congressman with thousands of "Do It Yourself Impeachments" collected over the past few months. DIY Impeachment Memorials are actually a little known and rarely used part of the Rules of the House of Representatives ("Jefferson's Manual"), which empowers individual citizens to initiate the impeachment against any federal official themselves. These Memorials support the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.
 
During our meeting, Congressman Kucinich agreed to place all signers of the DIY Impeachment Memorials specifically referencing Cheney into the Congressional record. Rep. Kucinich also agreed to enter into the record the names of signers of regular petitions to impeach Cheney. Because there is a limit to the number of pages that a representative can submit to the Congressional Record each day, Rep. Kucinich stated he will continue to submit petitions every day until all the names are submitted. The most powerful statement for impeachment is the submission of a Memorial, however, so if you have not yet sent a Memorial for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney to ImpeachForPeace.org, please do so! Go to http://impeachforpeace.org/ImpeachNow.html and download the Memorial. Then send it to the address listed on the cover letter.

"Jefferson's Manual" is an interpretive guide to parliamentary procedure, and is included (along with the Constitution) in the bound volumes of the Rules of the House of Representatives. It is ratified by each congress (including the current one), and has been updated continuously through the history of our democracy. The section covering impeachment lists the acceptable vehicles for bringing impeachment motions to the floor of the House.
 
Before the House Judiciary Committee can put together the Articles of Impeachment, someone must initiate the impeachment procedure. Most often, this occurs when members of the House pass a resolution. Another method outlined in the manual, however, is for individual citizens to submit a memorial for impeachment.

Since then, Kucinich held a press conference informing the public of this.

Enter your name into the Congressional Record

For more on the DIY Impeachment process, see this YouTube video

Help Final Push to Impeachment

It's time! ImpeachForPeace.org is traveling to Washington DC at the end of this month to deliver thousands of Do-It-Yourself Impeachment Memorials to
key representatives in the House!

Support for impeachment is building. As of this writing, 14 reps are supporting Dennis Kucinich's resolution to impeach Dick Cheney (H. Res. 333).


Even if you've sent them to your congressperson before, Click here to send us your DIY Memorials before we go.

You may not realize that the only thing standing between where we are today and a nationally televised impeachment investigation is the House Judiciary passing this resolution, which is currently awaiting consideration in their
committee. The head of this committee, John Conyers, has said recently that he supports the national impeachment movement.


All we need to push it over the edge is public support, and that's where we come in.

Video of our trip will be posted on our website shortly upon our return. We'll let you know when it's up!

Click here to be a part of this!

Here's a funny video about this unique strategy

[Breaking] Rep. KEITH ELLISON (D-MN) SIGNS IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION 333

ImpeachforPeace.org
by Mikael Rudolph with Jodin Morey

An aide called www.ImpeachforPeace.org from the offices of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) this morning saying that Rep. Ellison has cosigned House Resolution 333 as authored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) calling for impeachment hearings to commence against Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

Members of ImpeachforPeace had met with Rep. Ellison in April at which time he had said that "Impeachment Should Be on the Table", but that he needed to hear clearly from his consituents as to their will in this matter before cosigning the impeachment bill authored by the Representative Kucinich who he described as "a good friend".

Rep. Ellison's signature, along with that of Rep. James McDermott (D-WA), who also added his name to the resolution this week, brought the number of cosigners of H. Res. 333 to ten. Ellison is notably the second member of the House Judiciary Committee to cosign, along with Maxine Waters (D-CA). The HJC is where the bill sits for now, waiting for enough citizen support and pressure to be brought to a vote. A vote resulting in a simple majority of the 38 members of the HJC would initiate impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives against Vice President Cheney for lying to lead us into the invasion and occupation of Iraq, among other charges.

Resolutions in support of H. Res. 333 and calling for Rep. Ellison to cosign were resoundingly passed at the Minnesota 5th District Democratic Farmer-Labor Party Central meeting last week after a presentation by ImpeachforPeace.

Tens of thousands of Minneapolis citizens - constituents of Rep. Ellison - had roared their approval as black-hooded, orange clad 'detainees' in chains preceded the ImpeachforPeace.org banner in both the May Day and the Pride Festival Parades.

A stack of single page Do-It Yourself Impeachment Memorials over a foot and a half tall was collected at the ImpeachforPeace table during the Pride Festival in Loring Park last weekend alone. DIY Impeachment Memorial forms are available to be downloaded, filled out and mailed to IFP and IFP members will be hand delivering thousands of completed forms to the HJC in July.

It is the view of ImpeachforPeace that the Bush Administration has many times over proven themselves to be domestic enemies to the U. S. Constitution and that Rep. Ellison has simply honored his oath to 'support and defend the Constitution of the United States against enemies both foreign AND DOMESTIC' by adding his name to this resolution.

It is also the view of ImpeachforPeace that those civil servants at every level of our government from City Council and Mayor up through State Congress and the U.S. Congress who have yet to make a public stand against the Bush Administration from their citizen-appointed seat of power are in violation of their oaths of office until they do.

To view a partial list of impeachable offenses committed by and still being committed by Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush Administration, visit the IFP Evidence Page.

Contact your Representative today to express your view on impeachment by calling the Capital Switchboard at: (202) 224-3121

Minneapolis Citizens: Help us Impeach Bush, City Council

A CALL TO ACTION BY WE THE PEOPLE

Dear Minneapolis citizens,
Please take 2 minutes to contact your city councilperson and ask him/her to support and pass a resolution for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. During the June 13th forum with speakers from ImpeachforPeace.org, Cam Gordon, Green Party City Councilman explained the strategic process for making it more feasible to get the Impeachment Resolution on the City Council agenda. If we inundate the city council with phone calls and emails every day, they will realize there is a strong grassroots movement of constituents behind this issue. Until then, they will simply believe that there are more important things to deal with (like the victimization of the poor).

Resolutions have already passed in 75 cities, 23 statewide and national political committees, the state legislature in Vermont and has been introduced in 9 state legislatures and 17 state legislatures are considering introducing impeachment resolutions.
Some local elected officials may claim that this is a federal issue, but the policies made by the current administration are reducing our LGA (Local Government Aid) which we see affecting our local services.
Including unfunded promises made for Medicare, Social Security, and Federal retirement programs, US taxpayers now have a total debt of $59 TRILLION. That's $516,000 for every US household. (USA Today)

Here is the contact info for city council people:
Minneapolis City Council contact information
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/

WARD 1, Paul Ostrow, 612-673-2201, paul.ostrow@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 2, Cam Gordon, 612-6730-2202, cam.Gordon@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 3, Diane Hofstede, 612-673-2203, diane.hofstede@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 4, Barbara Johnson, 612-673-2204, barbara.johnson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 5, Don Samuels, 612-673-2205, don.samuels@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 6, Robert Lilligren, 612-673-2206, robert.lilligren@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 7, Lisa Goodman, 612-673-2207, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-goodman.asp
WARD 8, Elizabeth Glidden, 612-673-2208, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-glidden.asp
WARD 9, Gary Shiff, 612-673-2209, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-schiff.asp
WARD 10, Ralph Remington, 612-673-2210, ralph.remington@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 11, Scott Benson, 612-673-2211, scott.benson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 12, Sandy Colvin Ray, 612-673-2212, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-roy.asp
WARD 13, Betsy Hodges, 612-673-2213, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-hodges.asp

We also need organizations and businesses to sign a letter of support for the Impeachment resolution. They can be mailed to:
City Hall
ATTN: Minneapolis City Council
350 S. 5th St.
Rm #307
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Here are the 10 reasons for impeachment:
Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney
I ask Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the following reasons:

1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.

2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.

4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.

5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.

6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.

7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.

9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.
Source: Democrats.com

Here is a copy of the resolution we want placed on the agenda and considered for a vote:

Resolution to Impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to
defraud the United States of America by intentionally misleading Congress
and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the National Security
Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without
seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States
Code, Section 1805; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the
torture of prisoners in violation of the "Federal Torture Act" Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the "supreme Law of the Land"; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant", all in subversion of law; and


WHEREAS, In all of this George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of ________(insert your City/Town/State)___________ and of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the Speaker of the House according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII;


Be it resolved that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant

impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States;

Be it resolved further by the City of _________ , That our senators and representatives in the United States Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress of the United States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities of the
George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, to the end that they may be impeached and removed from such office.

Be it resolved further, That the Clerk of the City of _________ be, and is hereby, instructed to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, under the seal of the City of _____________, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the City of _________, as a petition, and request that this petition be delivered to the Office of the Clerk and entered in the United States Congressional Journal. The copies shall be marked with the word "Petition" at the top of the document and contain the original authorizing signature of the ____(insert "Town Clerk" or whomever signs for the City)_____.

For grassroots democracy,
Danene Provencher
Green Party of MN Politics Co-Chair
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As a follow-up to our wildly successful impeachment Town Hall meeting with Minneapolis City Council Members Cam Gordon and Elizabeth Glidden, we're attending the Minneapolis City Council Meeting Friday, June 29th.

ImpeachForPeace.org is asking you to show up at the Minneapolis City Council (350 S 5th St, Rm 317) at 8:30am. We suggest you wear impeachment shirts, buttons, etc. Signs are also aloud. Some people might wish to demonstrate outside the building, while others will likely want to attend the meeting itself. Cam Gordon mentioned that any disruption of the meeting might lead to those disruptors being removed from the meeting. Even so, ImpeachForPeace.org organizers did overhear some people speak of civil disobedience by standing up during the proceedings and loudly expressing their desire for the council to pass an impeachment resolution.

For details, contact Jodin Morey of Impeach for Peace:
use our contact page:
http://impeachforpeace.org/comments.htm

Impeach for Peace in Indiana...

A new chapter of Impeach for Peace is forming in Indiana. Wish to join the movement? Contact this chapter and let them know you're interested in taking action!

Green Party Pressures its own in MN on Impeachment

From Michael Cavlan, Green Party Candidate for U.S. Senate from Minnesota (IfP does not endorse any political candidates running for office).
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IFPer's,

This is a copy of the email currently being posted on a variety of Green Party listserves. The national and Minnesota Green Parties have passed resolutions calling for Cheney and Bush's Impeachment.

Greens are now contacting Cam Gordon to carry forward a Resolution for Impeachment to the Minneapolis City Council, thereby reflecting the will of the Green party membership in Minnesota.

Cam's office phone # contact and e-mail are included. Please feel fee to contact Councilmember Cam Gordon yourself and have friends and allies also contact him on this issue.

Feel free to spread [this] around and have as many people contact him as possible. Minneapolis residents preferably and constituents of Ward Two (Riverside, Seward) would be preferable. If you have any contacts in the Somali community, that would be nice. I will work on my contacts.

Thank You

Michael Cavlan
Mineapolis Minnesota
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Greens for impeachment,
The discussion for impeachment is appreciated and I also advocate that Cam Gordon submit a resolution for impeachment to the Mpls City Council. Unfortunately our opinions on some listserver may not be enough and we need to contact Cam directly to insist that he represent the Greens on this issue. Note that the GP at the national level supports impeachment (http://www.gp.org) as does now the GP state level who recently passed a resolution on this (exact wording below):

Impeachment of Bush-Cheney:
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Minnesota calls for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Spread Cam's contact info to all of the impeachment groups and other Greens and progressives who may want to help "lobby" Cam. Afterall, we supported him financially and with volunteer efforts to help him get elected and now we want him to represent US on a grassroots level. Time to blaze the trail and get this on the council's agenda.
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Cam's Contact info:
Cam.Gordon@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
612-673-2202

Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel Supports Impeachment

Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel Supports Impeachment

I had the privilege of meeting Presidential candidate and former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel at the National Impeachment Summit in New York earlier this year. At that time, he was considering his position on impeachment, and his campaign said they would inform me of his position as it was formulated.

Today, I spoke with Gravel's Press Secretary and received a statement. He said, "Senator Gravel does support impeachment in the event that any wrongdoing has occurred at the executive level of President or Vice President. At this time the senator's focus is firmly on the Iraq war, stopping the torture, and bringing the troops home now."

Gravel's position is further clarified by this statement from his campaign's website, "Senator Gravel supports a congressional inquiry into whether or not George Bush has indeed overstepped his authority as president and broken the law. The inquiry would focus on the accumulation of any and all evidence that indicates wrongdoing and could then be used in criminal proceedings against the president."

These statements were made despite his failure, during the recent presidential debate, to raise his hand when asked if he or any of the other presidential candidates were "willing to enter into Congressman Kucinich's effort to impeach Vice President Cheney."

George Bush and Condoleezza Rice have stated that they will ignore the Congress regarding the war, and that they plan on remaining in Iraq through their term in office. Also, historically it's been shown that a President can find funds for war despite a lack of designated war funding from Congress. It's Impeach for Peace's position that in light of these facts, the only path towards brining our troops home is through the accountability that is impeachment. So, I applaud Gravel's statements in support of impeachment, and hope that his focus on bringing the troops home leads him to become an even louder proponent of peace through justice.

Mike Gravel's Campaign Website can be found at:
http://www.gravel2008.us

-Jodin Morey
Co-founder: Impeach for Peace
Author of the Do-It-Yourself Impeachment

"Impeachment Should Be on the Table": Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)

~ Ellison at his swearing in ceremony (reuters)


Exclusive for ImpeachforPeace.org by Mikael Rudolph


Four members of ImpeachforPeace.org met with the Honorable Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN 5th) in his Minneapolis offices Saturday morning, April 22nd to discuss the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Early in the meeting, Ellison made clear that his opinion hasn't changed since he introduced a Resolution for the impeachment of President Bush as a Minnesota State Legislator by saying: "Impeachment should be on the table".

In Washington D.C. attending sessions of Congress during the week, Ellison regularly travels home to be with his wife Kim and four children each weekend, taking some time to meet with his constituents as well.



~ from the Ellison Campaign Website

Running a bit late, Ellison explained that he had just gotten a haircut because he "wanted to look good for our meeting", turning his head side to side to show off his barber's work. One member of IFP quipped: "It was well worth the wait".

As everyone settled into their chairs and the laughter subsided, the mood quickly grew more serious as the topic of Ellison's vote for the Veterans’ Health & Iraq War Accountability Supplemental was discussed, which some in the local and national peace movement felt was a betrayal of Ellison's commitment to seeking an immediate end to the Iraq War. A sharply critical letter from an IFP member not present was read and a framed graphic called "The Impeachment Casualty Candle" was set up on the table as a reminder to everyone present of the ultimate price already paid by so many of our troops and the high stakes still facing many American families, not to mention Iraqi families:


~ Graphic courtesy Sgt. Daniel Fearn, "The Impeachment Grunt"

(IFP website reader's responses to his vote on the 'Supplemental' can be found in the comments following this article of March 27th, 2007: War Critic Rep. Ellison (D-MN) Explains 'Yes' Vote on War Funding Supplemental)

Ellison heard the criticism and handled it well, acknowledging and empathizing with the frustrations and anger of those who want the war over and our troops home immediately yet he made it clear that many in the Peace Movement had communicated to him that they understood and supported the strategy of confronting and isolating what even the President's own Intelligence Agencies have identified as failed Iraq policies by passing a bill with a plan to end the war at some point.

Ellison called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who had gathered just enough of a consensus among fellow House Democrats to pass the measure, "a remarkable leader" who is quickly proving herself to be a gifted "cat herder" of the various caucuses in the Democratic Party.

The topic quickly shifted to impeachment, with Rep. Ellison affirming that he is "with the impeachment movement", yet making clear that in order for him to consider supporting impeachment hearings, the charges spoken into the Congressional Record must be strongly grounded in verifiable facts and evidence as well as understood by and backed by the majority of the American people.

Not eager to be assailed by the radical right's bevy of partisan media shills as "the poster child for loonie leftists", Ellison said that the most important thing he and his fellow members of Congress need from constituents is that they "keep the drumbeat up" for impeachment.

Ellison named fellow Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) as "a good friend", saying "we talk every day" during the week in Washington. With Kucinich reputedly poised to introduce Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney this week, Ellison was measured in his commitment to join Kucinich. He made clear that he was supportive of the idea, but not if it only becomes a symbolic gesture. Ellison is only interested in seeing impeachment proceedings actually becoming a reality.

Stressing that he had not yet seen what specific charges Kucinich is intending to bring up against the Vice President, Ellison, formerly a criminal defense attorney, seemed as committed to guaranteeing the habeas corpus for Cheney that the Vice President regularly denies others.

Looking at his blackberry, Ellison said "maybe I'll give Dennis a call this weekend".

Noting that he has an activist's heart, when asked what efforts and strategies in support of impeachment might be most effective, Ellison suggested ... (Read More)

VIDEO-Pro-War Organization Celebrates Torture, Opposes Impeachment

Patriots for Corporate Rights (corporaterights.org) believe they are celebrating America by "standing up against moonbats who dare to dissent and protest torture and the war." They also obviously oppose impeachment.

VIDEO-Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag

ImpeachforPeace.org put together this mock celebration of war, whose real aim is to point out the autrocity of the war in Iraq. It's put to a version of the "Vietnam Song," which was redone by Chumbawamba under the title, "Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag." Chumbawamba was kind enough to give IfP permission to use their music in connection with this video. It ends with a call to action for everyone to send in a "Do-It-Yourself Impeachment." It only takes a few minutes, but may help stop this presidency, and this war.

Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney

Washington Post -- Looks like he's reached his boiling point.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney.

Kucinich has made ending the war in Iraq the central theme of his campaign. He has even taken aim at the leading Democratic presidential candidates in the field for their votes on authorizing the war.


Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to impeach the president, vice president and "all civil Officers of the United States" for "treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." (More)

Kucinich ALSO says he's pursuing impeachment of Bush! Well let's help him out. Sacks and sacks of mail are about to arrive in Dennis Kucinich's office initiating impeachment via the House of Representative's own rules. This legal document is as binding as if a State or if the House itself passed the impeachment resolution (H.R. 635).


Kucinich says he is building his case for impeachment, and is working to build the support of his peers in Congress. He says he intends to impeach. He said he needs us to keep building the groundswell of support for impeachment all over the country. He asks that we send him copies of all the resolutions passed in various States, local Legislative Districts, County Districts and of any petitions with signatures, so that he can present them to the floor of the House. He said he felt that our framing the issue of impeachment in terms of the Constitution is a principled choice, and ultimately more effective than just acting on anger. Here's video of Kucinich addressing the impeachment issue:


Let's answer Kucinich's call with a petition that has it's precedent in history, and it's legitimacy in the Rules of the House of Representatives.

There's a little known and rarely used clause of the "Jefferson Manual" in the rules for the House of Representatives which sets forth the various ways in which a president can be impeached. Only the House Judiciary Committee puts together the Articles of Impeachment, but before that happens, someone has to initiate the process.

That's where we come in. In addition to a House Resolution (635), or the State-by-State method, one of the ways to get impeachment going is for individual citizens like you and me to submit a memorial. ImpeachforPeace.org has created a new memorial based on one which was successful in impeaching a federal official in the past. You can find it on their website as a PDF.

You can initiate the impeachment process and simultaneously help Kucinich to follow through with the process. Do-It-Yourself by downloading the memorial, filling in the relevant information (your name, state, etc.), and sending it in. We're not only having you send them to Dennis now, but also to Impeach for Peace. That way, we can collect them all in one place, and deliver them all simultaneously (with cameras rolling) in July. Be a part of history.

Help Kucinich Impeach Bush

Minneapolis April 28 Impeachment Event - With Canoes

Help us with ImpeachForPeace.org's Minneapolis A-28 event! We will spell out "IMPEACH" with canoes on Saturday morning, April 28th, and again with bedsheets that evening. Be a part of this effort to tell the world that the Twin Cities are serious about impeachment!



To participate in the first event, gather at 10:30 a.m. at the Lake Calhoun Pavilion at 3000 Calhoun Parkway East in Minneapolis. Allow time to find parking. Wear light colored/bright colors to stand out from the lake water. Be on time!

To pay for canoe rental, we’ll need your help. It costs $10 per hour to rent a canoe, and we hope to have two people per canoe. (It may take us as much as two hours, which means the cost may be as much as $10 per person.)

Also, if you know anyone who lives at Lake Place or Lake Calhoun Beach Club Apartments, please contact us! We need to use a lakefront, top floor apartment as a vantage point from which to take a photograph.



Then, that evening, show up at Riverside Park at 7:00 p.m. This is the West side of the Mississippi riverbank, beneath the Route 122 bridge near the UofM Campus.
Here's the Map

We'll need 65 twin bedsheets (preferably white) and as many flashlights as you can carry to form the word "IMPEACH" and underlight the sheets so that they're visible to the jets landing at the airport and the cameras capturing the image.

In order to do this, we’ll need 85 people in the morning and 150 in the evening to commit in advance to these nationally important events! Sign up here:
http://volunteerforchange.org/org/show/547

You won't regret helping to contribute to the restoration of law and the constitution!

Help Kucinich to Impeach Bush

Kucinich says he's pursuing impeachment? Well let's help him out. Sacks and sacks of mail are about to arrive in Dennis Kucinich's office initiating impeachment via the House of Representative's own rules. This legal document is as binding as if a State or if the House itself passed the impeachment resolution (H.R. 635).

Kucinich says he is building his case for impeachment, and is working to build the support of his peers in Congress. He says he intends to impeach. He said he needs us to keep building the groundswell of support for impeachment all over the country. He asks that we send him copies of all the resolutions passed in various States, local Legislative Districts, County Districts and of any petitions with signatures, so that he can present them to the floor of the House. He said he felt that our framing the issue of impeachment in terms of the Constitution is a principled choice, and ultimately more effective than just acting on anger. Here's video of Kucinich addressing the impeachment issue:


Let's answer Kucinich's call with a petition that has it's precedent in history, and it's legitimacy in the Rules of the House of Representatives.

There's a little known and rarely used clause of the "Jefferson Manual" in the rules for the House of Representatives which sets forth the various ways in which a president can be impeached. Only the House Judiciary Committee puts together the Articles of Impeachment, but before that happens, someone has to initiate the process.

That's where we come in. In addition to a House Resolution (635), or the State-by-State method, one of the ways to get impeachment going is for individual citizens like you and me to submit a memorial. ImpeachforPeace.org has created a new memorial based on one which was successful in impeaching a federal official in the past. You can find it on their website as a PDF.

You can initiate the impeachment process and simultaneously help Kucinich to follow through with the process. Do-It-Yourself by downloading the memorial, filling in the relevant information (your name, state, etc.), and sending it in. We're not only having you send them to Dennis now, but also to Impeach for Peace. That way, we can collect them all in one place, and deliver them all simultaneously (with cameras rolling) in July. Be a part of history.

Help Kucinich Impeach Bush

Bush's Impeachable Offenses, Part 5 -- Signing Statements, Freedoms, etc.

The following is the final installment in a series enumerating the impeachable offenses of George W. Bush. That is, until another major impeachable offense becomes known.

ILLEGAL USE OF SIGNING STATEMENTS.

Charge:

George W. Bush has attached signing statements to more than 100 bills before signing them, within which he has made over 1,100 challenges to provisions of laws passed by Congress. This figure exceeds the total number of such challenges by all previous presidents combined, and Bush has used this practice to exempt himself, as President of the United States, from enforcing or from being held accountable to provisions of the said laws. By declining to veto bills, and instead attaching signing statements challenging laws passed by Congress, he has violated Article 1, Section 7 and Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution. These articles of the Constitution dictate that the president has the option of signing or vetoing a bill, and upon signing the bill to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed."

March 20, 2001 - Jan. 12, 2007
Bush issues at least 126 signing statements challenging over 1,149 laws (Christopher Kelley, Ph.D). The exact number of signing statements is unknown as the administration refuses to release this information. Examples of signing statements include:
March 9, 2006: Bush signed the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, which contained requirements for congressional oversight of executive use of the act's powers. In a statement immediately following the signing ceremony, however, it was revealed that Bush "did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers." (Boston Globe, March 24, 2006) Subsequently, by the FBI's own admission they abused this power given to them. "As many as 600 of these violations could be 'cases of serious misconduct' involving the improper use of 'national security letters' to compel telephone companies, banks and credit institutions to produce records." (Washington Post, March 21, 2007)

Dec. 5, 2005 & Jan. 6, 2006: Two Detainee Treatment (Torture) Acts were signed into law accompanied by a signing statement. Part of the signing statement read, ''The executive branch shall construe [the law] in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President . . . as Commander in Chief." When asked about the statement, a senior administration official said "the president intended to reserve the right to use harsher methods in special situations involving national security." David Golove, a New York University law professor who specializes in executive power issues, said "The signing statement is saying 'I will only comply with this law when I want to, and if something arises in the war on terrorism where I think it's important to torture or engage in cruel, inhuman, and degrading conduct, I have the authority to do so and nothing in this law is going to stop me." (Boston Globe, Jan. 4, 2006)

Days after the disaster, Bush looks on.
Oct. 4, 2006: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law setting minimum standards for the job of FEMA Director. This was in direct response to the botched job done by Michael Brown, Bush's choice to lead the agency, who had been a politically connected hire with no prior experience in emergency management. The law said the president must nominate someone who has "a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of emergency management" and "not less than five years of executive leadership." At the signing ceremony, Bush signed the bill without any hint of objection, but included a signing statement saying the law "purports to limit the qualifications of the pool of persons from whom the president may select the appointee in a manner that rules out a large portion of those persons best qualified by experience and knowledge to fill the office. The executive branch shall construe section 503(c)(2) in a manner consistent with the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. " (Boston Globe, Oct. 6, 2006)
Two senator's responded to Bush's signing statement in a letter, "We were dismayed ... by the `signing statement' in which you express your intention to disregard provisions in the law intended to protect against further mistakes such as those that plagued the 2005 hurricane response." (Boston Globe, Oct. 12, 2006)

READ MORE ...

Graduate Student to Walk from Chicago to D.C. Calling for Peace Through Impeachment of Bush & Cheney

Mikael Rudolph - ImpeachforPeace.org
April 2nd, 2007


Mario Penalver, a graduate student in the Humanities Program at the University of Chicago, is walking the seven hundred miles from Chicago, Illinois to Washington D.C. to demand an end to the Iraq War and in protest of the impending attack on Iran. Penalver calls for this to be done through the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney as the chief architects of these acts of aggression in violation of international treaties and for other crimes, misdemeanors and abuses of office.

In an e-mail to World Can't Wait and Impeach for Peace last week, Peñalver said:

"There must be some basic understanding amongst us, as organizers, as leaders of impeachment, as to why all our actions must face the doors of the White House. I could state that understanding in my own words. But I would rather begin with the words of one far greater than I, one whose method has proven itself in the history of civil rights. "I'm here," Martin Luther Kind said from a Birmingham jail, "because injustice is here."
 
Marching to DC is the pinnacle of our efforts because that is where our voices have stopped. Our efforts, in protest - in letter-writing campaigns, in our optimism at the polls - have stopped at the doors of the White House, in which stands one man with his ears covered and his mind set on defiance of the national conscience. How can we continue in our local processes, when those processes, in and of themselves, find no resolve where they matter most?"

Peñalver has committed to embark on his quest on Thursday, June 21st and arrive in our nation's capital by Friday, September 21st.

In accordance with an idea from impeachment activist Sgt. Daniel Fearn through ImpeachforPeace.org, Mr. Peñalver will be carrying with him a small rock, which he will place in a location to be determined near the White House - possibly in the Constitutional Gardens as a memorial to the Constitution of the United States. It is Peñalver's assertion that the Constitution - the citizen rights of which were suspended by Patriot Acts I & II and the Military Commissions Act - is dead. Anyone wishing to meet Mario Peñalver in Washington D.C. and lay a stone with his on September 21st is invited and encouraged to do so.

One stone is insignificant. Piles of stones, or cairns, historically indicate important locations established at critical times. If a hundred people join him, it will be a pile. If a hundred thousand add their rock, a monumental mound will be established.



Anyone wishing to host Mr. Peñalver along the way, providing him with lodging, food, water and other necessities or to arrange for a press conference or speaking engagement along the route can contact ImpeachforPeace.org at: minneapolis@ImpeachforPeace.org

Here is a rough travel route, subject to change as speaking engagements are arranged: March People Mario

Travel progress updates of Mario Peñalver's pilgrimage will be available online at March People Path.

Mario Peñalver's personal statement:

WHY WASHINGTON?

While faced with the threat of unparalleled destruction and the onslaught of a second war, our efforts against the Bush administration require more than failed attempts and variations of the same old thing. So far, four years later, our demands for the war’s end have gone unheeded. Four years have past, and still, our demands for the war’s end have gone unheeded.

There must be some basic understanding amongst us, as organizers, as leaders of impeachment, as to why all our actions must face the doors of the White House. We could state that understanding in our own words, but we would rather begin with the words of one far greater than us. "I'm here," Martin Luther King wrote from a Birmingham jail, "because injustice is here."

Marching to DC is the pinnacle of our efforts because that is where our voices have stopped. Our efforts—in protest, in letter-writing campaigns, in our optimism at the polls—have stopped at the doors of the White House, in which stands the only man between us, and troop withdrawal. How can we continue in our local processes when those processes, in and of them selves, find no resolve where they matter most?

Part of the answer is in the question. We must understand as organizations, from those dealing with domestic violence to those fighting drug use in our urban slums, from those defending public schools to those fighting global warming, that all of these fights are fights against a common foe. A ramshackle school, is a vote against Bush. A victim of domestic violence or drug abuse, is a vote against Bush. A melted glacier and a flooded city, are a vote against Bush. Another dead soldier, another country fallen, another occupied city, are votes against Bush.

More importantly (and to answer the other half of the question), when we realize that it is a common foe in the way of our separate ends, we cannot also continue in our actions if these actions show little positive effect on the problem. We have a tumor in our Body. It’s lied, it’s stolen, it’s avoided the subject, it’s ducked our demands, it is hidden from accountability… It’s fighting and fighting and killing and killing, and it won’t stop, until surgeons come—with precision and diligence—to open the body, and remove it.

Tumors don’t respond when you ask them to. They don’t stop when you demand it. They don’t respond kindly to words. You can hope, pray, write a letter, make a statement, list your demands, sign a petition, wave a flag, spell your name in the sand. But these are not the jobs of surgeons.

We are surgeons, the same surgeons who stood in the streets of Birmingham when its black churches were on fire. The same surgeons who stood in a phalanx before the British army and demanded “India for the Indians.” The same surgeons who stood in the ancient Temple of Jerusalem and refused to obey the self-righteous demands of the Pharisees. We are surgeons whose only faculty is to face the root of injustice that plagues our every corner of the nation. It cannot be fought and dealt with when we remain in the periphery of symptom. We are destined to face the source of symptom, and so our every effort, our every occupation, must face that source until it is uprooted and removed.

That is why we must leave behind our fractured interests for the sake of a common foe. That is why we must go to Washington. Not a single act of ours outside that end will ever lead to victory so long as it remains outside.

We, organizers of the national “March of the People,” believe our president is still in office because he knows some how that his opponents will not succeed in the task of unity. Some how, we think he’d wager money on the fact that liberal (or so-called “liberal”) America will remain as it always has been since the early days of the Iraq War: inconsistent, disconnected, and indecisive. While its surgeons remain fractured in their means and ends, busy fighting weeds and rarely pulling roots, our tumor grows, until one day when there is nothing left to take.

Some believe the issue of the president is different from other issues. We’ve been told that we need to look towards other interests besides the removal of our president. As the argument goes, we are faced with one of many problems in the fight of injustice, so why choose this one, over, say, financial disparities, homophobia, or a fight against cancer. We, students have degrees to finish: What about those?

But avoiding our common effort to redirect the billions spent in waging Bush’s war, we avoid the common fact that if billions were NOT spent on that war, we could afford support for the poor, a fight against hate-crimes, better research for cancer. And as for our degrees, we could finally afford them. In 2003 the military budget for this country was over $355 billion dollars. Today that budget will reach 482. Now forgive us when we say that the Bush policy of “more money, more guns” is a policy that also tells us something else: what Bush thinks of domestic violence victims, cancer research, or our fights for urban renewal.

You know what we think Bush is saying when he spends nearly half a trillion dollars on the military? We think he’s telling us exactly where we can put that degree of ours.

It is impossible for us to see any injustice in our country and not see the face of incompetence and deceit in the highest seat of office. This is the connection that is made when we walk to the Capital. By walking there, we pass through the ruins of infection left by the man who disregards his people. It is high time we banded together, to remind our president that no person, even the president, is beyond the Voice of the People.

As organizers of the longest march in American history, we recognize that there are those who will be unable to join a march of such time and distance, whether for financial reasons, or due to physical limitations of any kind. To those who must stay at home, we ask for their participation in a national strike, a means by which they can join in camaraderie with their fellow protesters and force upon our leaders the Voice of the People, a voice long forgotten since the beginning of the Iraq War. It is also an effective means by which we can put a non-violent pressure on the man standing between us and peace.

We are here, above all else, to end the bloodshed and the disillusionment of the political system. When it so happens that standing between us and that goal is one man, we as organizers feel obligated to do everything in our power to remove that one man. All else, we say, is just detail.

~ Mario Peñalver

Missouri & Texas Introduce Impeachment Bills

TEXAS: Yellow Rose Peace Bus -- "Texas State Representative Lon Burnam introduced HCR. No. 154: Submitting charges to the United States House of Representatives constituting proof that the president of the United States has violated his oath of office." MISSOURI: Rep. Nasheed, Jamilah sponsored and Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford cosponsored a bill calling for the impeachment of George Bush.

Contact these reps before they become dug-in on a position:

Missouri: SPEAKER-Rod Jetton 156-R (573) 751-5912 Rod.Jetton@house.mo.gov _________________________ Joe Aull (573) 751-2204 Jim Avery (573) 751-2150 Brian Baker (573) 751-2175 Judy Baker (573) 751-1169 Carl Bearden (573) 751-2949 Walt Bivins (573) 751-9766 Craig C. Bland (573) 751-2124 John L. Bowman (573) 751-4726 Ellen Brandom (573) 751-5471 Rachel L. Bringer (573) 751-9818 Jason Brown (573) 751-6593 Michael R. Brown (573) 751-7639 Mark J. Bruns (573) 751-0665 John P. Burnett (573) 751-3310 Ron Casey (573) 751-4787 Maria Chappelle-Nadal (573) 751-4265 Nathan Cooper (573) 751-1443 Robert Wayne Cooper (573) 751-1119 Shannon Cooper (573) 751-1484 Michael George Corcoran (573) 751-0855 Stanley Cox (573) 751-9774 Jane Cunningham (573) 751-1186 Mike Cunningham (573) 751-3819 Shalonn "KiKi" Curls (573) 751-3158 Bruce Darrough (573) 751-9760 Michael Daus (573) 751-6736 Cynthia Davis (573) 751-9768 David Day (573) 751-1446 Bill Deeken (573) 751-2412 Tom Dempsey (573) 751-1141 Charles Denison (573) 751-2210 Mike Dethrow (573) 751-1066 Bob Dixon (573) 751-9809 Margaret Donnelly (573) 751-0100 Curt Dougherty (573) 751-6535 Gary Dusenberg (573) 751-1487 Talibdin El-Amin (573) 751-2198 Edgar G. H. Emery (573) 751-2165 Doug Ervin (573) 751-2238 Sally Faith (573) 751-1452 Joe Fallert (573) 751-7735 Kathlyn Fares (573) 751-1285 Barney Joe Fisher (573) 751-5388 Timothy Flook (573) 751-1218 Michael Frame (573) 751-4822 Ward Franz (573) 751-1455 Doug Funderburk (573) 751-2176 Tony George (573) 751-2135 Jason Grill (573) 751-4066 Jeff Grisamore (573) 751-1456 Jim Guest (573) 751-0246 Belinda Harris (573) 751-2398 Jeff Harris (573) 751-9753 Esther Haywood (573) 751-4468 Steve Hobbs (573) 751-9458 Steve Hodges (573) 751-4085 Jason R. Holsman (573) 751-6607 Theodore Hoskins (573) 751-0169 Rodney R. Hubbard (573) 751-2383 Leonard Hughes (573) 751-1501 Steve Hunter (573) 751-5458 Allen Icet (573) 751-1247 Connie "LaJoyce" Johnson (573) 751-7605 Kenneth Jones (573) 751-2134 Timothy W. Jones (573) 751-0562 Van Kelly (573) 751-2205 Gayle Kingery (573) 751-4039 Sam Komo (573) 751-6625 Fred Kratky (573) 751-4220 Will Kraus (573) 751-1459 J. C. Kuessner (573) 751-2112 Sara Lampe (573) 751-1460 Jim Lembke (573) 751-2315 Paul LeVota (573) 751-9759 Albert Joseph Liese (573) 751-1832 Scott A. Lipke (573) 751-6662 Tom Loehner (573) 751-1344 Beth Low (573) 751-4485 Jenee' M. Lowe (573) 751-2437 B.J. Marsh (573) 751-0136 Bob May (573) 751-5713 Rebecca Payne McClanahan (573) 751-4042 Michael McGhee (573) 751-1462 Tim Meadows (573) 751-1311 Kate Meiners (573) 751-9469 Danielle Moore (573) 751-5226 Brian Munzlinger (573) 751-7985 Scott Muschany (573) 751-1544 Bob Nance (573) 751-1468 Jamilah Nasheed (573) 751-4415 Brian D. Nieves (573) 751-0549 Jerry Nolte (573) 751-1470 Charlie Norr (573) 751-4082 Robert F. Onder, Jr., M.D. (573) 751-3572 Jeanette Mott Oxford (573) 751-4567 Sam Page (573) 751-9762 Michael Parson (573) 751-1347 David Pearce (573) 751-2272 Darrell Pollock (573) 751-4451 Dr. Charles R. Portwood (573) 751-9765 Bryan Pratt (573) 751-8636 John Quinn (573) 751-2917 Paul Quinn (573) 751-4028 Ron Richard (573) 751-2173 Edward Robb (573) 751-1471 Brad Robinson (573) 751-2317 Jeff Roorda (573) 751-2504 Martin T. Rucker (573) 751-9460 Marilyn Ruestman (573) 751-9801 Don Ruzicka (573) 751-4077 Ray Salva (573) 751-5701 Therese Sander (573) 751-6566 David Sater (573) 751-1480 Luke Scavuzzo (573) 751-4072 Robert Schaaf (573) 751-2183 Rodney Schad (573) 751-2077 Dwight Scharnhorst (573) 751-4392 Ed Schieffer (573) 751-9459 Charles Schlottach (573) 751-6668 Vicki Schneider (573) 751-2433 Shane Schoeller (573) 751-2948 Sue Schoemehl (573) 751-9804 Tom Self (573) 751-3971 Tom Shively (573) 751-4065 Ryan Silvey Trent Skaggs (573) 751-2199 Jason Smith (573) 751-1688 Joe Smith (573) 751-2250 Michael Spreng (573) 751-9628 Neal C. St. Onge (573) 751-5568 Bryan P. Stevenson (573) 751-7082 Rachel Storch (573) 751-1400 Rick Stream (573) 751-4069 Mike Sutherland (573) 751-2689 Terry Swinger (573) 751-2264 Mike Talboy (573) 751-1309 Mike Thomson (573) 751-9465 Kevin Threlkeld (573) 751-0538 Steven Tilley (573) 751-1488 Tom Todd (573) 751-4095 Jim Viebrock (573) 751-2381 Thomas Villa (573) 751-0438 Michael Vogt (573) 751-9472 Maynard Wallace (573) 751-2042 Regina Walsh (573) 751-6845 Juanita Head Walton (573) 751-5538 Jay Wasson (573) 751-1503 Don Wells (573) 751-1490 Raymond 'Ray' Weter (573) 751-2565 James Whorton (573) 751-1649 Edward Wildberger (573) 751-9755 Kevin Wilson (573) 751-9781 Larry Wilson (573) 751-1167 Terry L Witte (573) 751-9614 Dennis Wood (573) 751-2492 Billy Pat Wright (573) 751-1494 Robin Wright-Jones (573) 751-6800 Patricia M. Yaeger (573) 751-0220 Brian Yates (573) 751-0907 Terry Young (573) 751-9851 Jake Zimmerman (573) 751-4163 Clint Zweifel (573) 751-5365

Texas: House Committee on State Affairs (Where the resolution currently is sitting) Chair: Rep. David Swinford (512) 463-0470 EMAIL Vice Chair: Rep. Ken Paxton (512) 463-0356 EMAIL Budget & Oversight Chair: Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale (512) 463-0661 EMAIL Rep. Wayne Christian (512) 463-0556 EMAIL Rep. Byron Cook (512) 463-0730 EMAIL Rep. Jessica Farrar (512) 463-0620 EMAIL Rep. Dan Flynn (512) 463-0880 EMAIL Rep. Tan Parker (512) 463-0688 EMAIL Rep. Marc Veasey (512) 463-0716 EMAIL