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Post by bugsalive2 on Jun 11, 2005 21:21:46 GMT -5
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Post by SpecueLatin on Jun 15, 2005 1:55:54 GMT -5
Is this the Off/Topic board.. or the "At the Root of the Matter" board? As the crawlies march double-time..
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jun 19, 2005 19:33:36 GMT -5
Hello,
Our own government, with the help of the Massad, murdered close to 3000 people, not counting the ones they murdered in Iraq and Afganistan, or the American soldiers that have died from depleted uranium and the bad Anthrax vaccination.
It also gave George W. the opportunity to implement the Department of Homeland Security. This department wasn't created to protect the American citizens from terrorism, but to insulate the Government from the citizens.
Bugs Alive
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Post by Hope on Jun 19, 2005 23:01:00 GMT -5
www.votetoimpeach.org/The grassroots movement for impeachment has made itself into a force too powerful to ignore. Yesterday (June 16) Congressman John Conyers held a hearing at the Capitol followed by a rally at the White House demanding the Bush Administration answer the questions raised by the Downing Street Memorandum. It is hardly news to those who have been working to demand impeachment of Bush and other officials of the administration for High Crimes and Misdemeanors that the administration lied to the people of the United States in their pre-planned and duplicitous rush to war. But for the politicians and media who have tried to ignore the plain reality of this criminal conduct, the truth is becoming unavoidable. The hearing was broadcast coast to coast by Pacifica radio, which also invited a representative from ImpeachBush.org to provide commentary on the impact of the Downing Street Memo as evidence of impeachable offenses. AfterDowningStreet.org is a coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups, which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war. More About Us... www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jun 20, 2005 9:23:49 GMT -5
Hello,
No offices were available so 222 Congressmen met in the basement of the Congressional Building and signed a pledge to begin impeachment proceedings for George W. Bush.
Bugs Alive
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Post by Hope on Jun 21, 2005 22:29:32 GMT -5
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jun 22, 2005 18:19:23 GMT -5
Hope,
That picture is so cool. It's relatively easy to bring impeachment charges against a president. As you know, they must be filed in the House of Representatives. With the Representatives being elected officials, it isn't too hard to get a majority there. But, in the Senate it's very hard to get a 2/3 majority. The Senators know that the President can keep them from being reelected, unless they are very powerful. In my opinion, Bush is guilty of murder, and he isn't fit for any public office. Hopefully we can put the idiot through some of those major contortions depicted in the photograph.
Respectfully Yours, Bugs Alive
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Post by adapted on Jun 23, 2005 2:04:31 GMT -5
If history is any teacher, it instructs us in the incremental process that elitists use to implement their totalitarian agenda. The first step is to use an incessant, highly orchestrated propaganda. For all practical purposes, the major media in the United States is providing that propaganda. At the national level, there is hardly any investigative journalism going on. Instead, the national press corps has become little more than lazy lackeys for the White House. The second step is to lay the foundation for totalitarianism by passing legislation that may later be used against the citizenry. And that is exactly what the Bush administration has very successfully accomplished. It very adroitly succeeded where the Clinton administration failed. For example, most conservatives would be surprised to learn that the Patriot Act and Department of Homeland Security was the brainchild of one William Jefferson Clinton. However, a recalcitrant Republican Congress denied Clinton the opportunity to implement these plans. Of course, with the Republican, G.W. Bush, serving as President, that same Republican Congress was all too eager to pass these bills into law. The third step is to demonize and marginalize anyone and everyone who opposes the government's plans and ambitions. Such opponents are characterized as "unpatriotic," "obstructionist," "uncompassionate," or even "ungodly." Once again, the Bush minions have very skillfully done just that. Anyone who dares to oppose or even question Bush must be regarded as enemies of America or even as enemies of God. Of course, the last step is to begin using the power and force of government to physically silence or remove those who are determined to require such treatment. And, as Germany's National Socialists proved, by the time this happens, there is no one around who is capable of coming to the assistance of such people. For those who are willing to objectively analyze Bush's actions and policies, the truth is clearly seen: this President has systematically put in place laws, policies, and bureaucracies that can, are, and will continue to strip the American citizenry of the constitutional protections of their liberties. Following are examples of freedoms which President Bush and his fellow Republicans in Congress have already expunged (as reported by the Associated Press): * FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political institutions even if no criminal activity is suspected. * FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-public immigration hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and has encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records questions. * FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information related to a terror investigation. * RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes. * FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause. * RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial. * RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being charged or being able to confront witnesses against them. These rights have already been lost! Whether individual Americans have been personally subjected to the resultant tyranny or not doesn't change the fact that they have already lost these freedoms! This fact, alone, should be enough for any studious lover-of-liberty to be outraged! That good men are compliant and unconcerned regarding G.W. Bush's propensity to trample constitutional freedoms bespeaks a great ignorance or a great apathy, or both! (article by Chuck Baldwin) The Patriot Act The sunseted Title II sections will expire on Dec. 31, 2005, unless Congress affirmatively votes to renew them. action.aclu.org/reformthepatriotact/sunsets.htmlaction.aclu.org/reformthepatriotact/
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Post by adapted on Jun 29, 2005 7:15:54 GMT -5
When Cowboy's Administration says it wants to make permanent the freedom-stealing provisions of the Patriot Act, they're telling those of us who believe in privacy, due process and the right to dissent that IT'S TIME TO SURRENDER OUR FREEDOM.
When they put the full force of the federal government behind the first-ever abortion ban, they're telling those of us who believe in reproductive rights that IT'S TIME TO SURRENDER OUR FREEDOM.
When they press for government-funded "faith-based initiatives" that put taxpayer funds to work advancing religious discrimination, they're telling those of us who believe in religious liberty that IT'S TIME TO SURRENDER OUR FREEDOM.
When they undermine equal rights for lesbians and gay men as a divisive political tactic, they're telling those of us who believe equality belongs to each and every one of us that IT'S TIME TO SURRENDER OUR FREEDOM.
But here's what we need to remember:
In assaulting liberties that millions of Americans hold dear, Cowboy and his allies are on the wrong side of the law...the wrong side of core American values...and the wrong side of liberty.
Make no mistake about it. The results of the 2004 elections strengthened the hand of those who seek to constrict our rights and constrain our freedoms. And the risks we face don't just come from opponents of civil liberties eager to seize the moment. They come as well from those politicians who claim to be friends of liberty, but yield to timidity when freedom needs them the most.
It's hard to imagine a situation in which our civil liberties could be more in jeopardy than they are right now.
Our fundamental freedoms are at risk whenever out-of-control government officials begin stockpiling power and start to see themselves as somehow above the law. One transgression leads to another and the risks to our freedom start to multiply.
It's time now for all of us to speak out when our leaders demonstrate an arrogant disregard for the rule of law and the notion of government accountability.
Nothing demostrates this more profoundly than the new powers granted to the Executive Branch when Congress hastily passed the USA Patriot Act in October of 2001. And, incredibly enough, Cowboy and his allies want us to believe that the only problems with the original Patriot Act is that it didn't go far enough in invading our privacy and in overwhelming the checks and balances that are at the heart of our democracy.
For over four years now, our own government has claimed the kind of unchecked power and lack of due process that challenge the most fundamental principles of freedom and democracy. AND NOW, THEY WANT TO MAKE EVERY ONE OF THOSE POWERS PERMANENT.
There is no other way to put it. THEY WANT US TO SURRENDER OUR FREEDOM. They want us to stand aside as important civil liberties are defined out of existence---or curtailed so severely as to render them meaningless.
They will continue coming after our freedoms under the cover of the war on terror. They will also stage a full-court press in support of their dangerous social agenda. With their political opponents weakened and with the knowledge that they will never have to face the voters again, they see A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
They won't let it go to waste. They are moving rapidly on everything from funding religion to making abortion illegal to outlawing same-sex marriage.
The fact is, left unchecked, their unrelenting assault on civil liberties could change the face of our democracy.
Cowboy's Administration is aggressively pushing a social agenda fueled by HIS OWN personal religious beliefs. From abortion rights to same-sex marriage to government-funded religion, they'll continue their efforts to make America over into A COUNTRY THAT DICTATES ITS CITIZENS' MORAL CHOICES.
NO ISSUE WE FACE IN THE SECOND TERM of his Administration WILL BE OF GREATER CONSEQUENCE THAN OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND DEFEND THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, EXPECT COWBOY'S ADMINISTRATION TO EXPAND ALREADY EXISTING FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS AS AN EXPRESSION OF "AMERICAN VALUES. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE EXTREME RELIGIOUS RIGHT IS MOVING ON IN A BIG, BIG WAY.
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself" Matt. 22:19
Acceptance, not judgement and dictatorship.
THINK ON THIS:
"First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out -- because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out -- because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak out for me."
- Pastor Martin Niemoller, Berlin, 1939. Niemoller was a pastor in the German Confessing Church who spent eight and one-half years in a Nazi concentration camp. You Can Make A Difference.
Every voice is needed to preserve and defend civil liberties. Throughout history individual people have contributed to the movements that resulted in the rights and privileges we enjoy today.
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Post by adapted on Jun 29, 2005 7:51:04 GMT -5
;D Congress is now aware of the overwhelming opposition to the Patriot Act thanks to activists who have spoken out. Now, listen up! Several Representatives have introduced legislation that would ensure that the civil liberties board created last year is INDEPENDENT and not merely stacked with White House appointees who can be fired at whim. *The current Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is housed at the White House and its members are APPOINTED BY COWBOY GEORGE. They CAN be fired at whim. LET'S CHANGE THIS!!!! New legislation would give greater neutrality to the existing board by requiring a bipartisan representation and rotating membership, and by giving members a fixed term of office. GO TO THIS LINK AND SEND AN ONLINE MESSAGE TO YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND TO YOUR STATE'S SENATORS: secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?id=229 Nope, that isn't a link & it won't get you anywhere Bear with me (foghorn moment, "HONK-HONK"). It may take a few days, but I'll fix this. I urge everyone to visit this page, fill out the required fields and send that bad baby forward to make a difference. (No, just wait till the fog clears. I'll be back) HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THE PETITION: Subject: Please support an independent Civil Liberties Oversight Dear [Decision Maker], As your constituent, I urge you to co-sponsor and support the Protection of Civil Liberties Act (HR 1310). This legislation would uphold our commitment to civil liberties and preserve the rights on which our nation was founded. Sincerely, [Your Name] [Your Address] [City, State ZIP] ...I will return.
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Post by adapted on Jun 29, 2005 9:02:23 GMT -5
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jun 29, 2005 17:13:52 GMT -5
Hello Everybody, Here's a portion of an article about the Downing Street Memo. For the entire article there's a link at the bottom. Downing St. Memo is Evidence for Bush Impeachment. "The invasion and occupation of Iraq has caused the deaths of over 1,600 U.S. military personnel, as well as untold suffering and tens of thousands of civilian dead in Iraq," said David Cobb, the Green Party's 2004 candidate for President of the United States. "The Downing Street Memo confirms what we already knew -- that a conspiracy to deceive the American people led us into the war, and that this conspiracy constitutes 'high crimes and misdemeanors' according to the U.S. Constitution." "It was already apparent, long before the Downing Street Memo, that President Bush's case for invading Iraq was based on fraud," said Rebecca Rotzler, co-chair of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee. "All of the reasons for invasion that Mr. Bush listed in his January 28, 2003 State of the Union address -- Iraqi WMDs, collusion between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, evidence that Saddam had sought nuclear weapons materials from Africa, nuclear aluminum rods, Iraq's supposed threat to the U.S. and to other nations -- are now known to be false. The Downing Street Memo shows that the intelligence supporting an invasion was fixed, with the complicity of the Bush and Blair administrations as early as July 2002." Green Party leaders also noted that Ahmed Chalabi, whose false testimony to U.S. intelligence officials on Iraqi WMDs formed much of the basis of the claim that Saddam Hussein was an international threat, is now serving as interim Iraqi Oil Minister, with the Bush Administration's approval; and that John Bolton, now under consideration for appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., repeatedly manipulated intelligence and lied to the U.S. media and the U.N. about Iraqi weapons materials. "Americans should be protesting in every way possible against the continued occupation of Iraq, and for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney," said Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States. "But this has also been a bipartisan war all along, and every Democrat and Republican in Congress who has supported it despite evidence of deceit from the very beginning also deserves removal from office." Here's the link for the entire article. www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_06_09.htmlBugs Alive
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jun 29, 2005 22:43:32 GMT -5
The Project for the New American Century. The People versus the Powerful is the oldest story in human history. At no point in history have the Powerful wielded so much control. At no point in history has the active and informed involvement of the People, all of them, been more absolutely required. William Rivers Pitt: 02/25/03
The Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a Washington-based think tank created in 1997. Above all else, PNAC desires and demands one thing: The establishment of a global American empire to bend the will of all nations. They chafe at the idea that the United States, the last remaining superpower, does not do more by way of economic and military force to bring the rest of the world under the umbrella of a new socio-economic Pax Americana.
The fundamental essence of PNAC's ideology can be found in a White Paper produced in September of 2000 entitled "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century." In it, PNAC outlines what is required of America to create the global empire they envision. According to PNAC, America must: * Reposition permanently based forces to Southern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East; * Modernize U.S. forces, including enhancing our fighter aircraft, submarine and surface fleet capabilities; * Develop and deploy a global missile defense system, and develop a strategic dominance of space; * Control the "International Commons" of cyberspace; * Increase defense spending to a minimum of 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, up from the 3 percent currently spent.
Most ominously, this PNAC document described four "Core Missions" for the American military. The two central requirements are for American forces to "fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars," and to "perform the 'constabulary' duties associated with shaping the security environment in critical regions." Note well that PNAC does not want America to be prepared to fight simultaneous major wars. That is old school. In order to bring this plan to fruition, the military must fight these wars one way or the other to establish American dominance for all to see.
Why is this important? After all, wacky think tanks are a cottage industry in Washington, DC. They are a dime a dozen. In what way does PNAC stand above the other groups that would set American foreign policy if they could? Two events brought PNAC into the mainstream of American government: the disputed election of George W. Bush, and the attacks of September 11th. When Bush assumed the Presidency, the men who created and nurtured the imperial dreams of PNAC became the men who run the Pentagon, the Defense Department and the White House. When the Towers came down, these men saw, at long last, their chance to turn their White Papers into substantive policy.
Vice President Dick Cheney is a founding member of PNAC, along with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is the ideological father of the group. Bruce Jackson, a PNAC director, served as a Pentagon official for Ronald Reagan before leaving government service to take a leading position with the weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
PNAC is staffed by men who previously served with groups like Friends of the Democratic Center in Central America, which supported America's bloody gamesmanship in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and with groups like The Committee for the Present Danger, which spent years advocating that a nuclear war with the Soviet Union was "winnable."
PNAC has recently given birth to a new group, The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which met with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in order to formulate a plan to "educate" the American populace about the need for war in Iraq. CLI has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to support the Iraqi National Congress and the Iraqi heir presumptive, Ahmed Chalabi. Chalabi was sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court in 1992 to 22 years in prison for bank fraud after the collapse of Petra Bank, which he founded in 1977. Chalabi has not set foot in Iraq since 1956, but his Enron-like business credentials apparently make him a good match for the Bush administration's plans.
PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses" report is the institutionalization of plans and ideologies that have been formulated for decades by the men currently running American government. The PNAC Statement of Principles is signed by Cheney, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld, as well as by Eliot Abrams, Jeb Bush, Bush's special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, and many others. William Kristol, famed conservative writer for the Weekly Standard, is also a co-founder of the group. The Weekly Standard is owned by Ruppert Murdoch, who also owns international media giant Fox News.
The desire for these freshly empowered PNAC men to extend American hegemony by force of arms across the globe has been there since day one of the Bush administration, and is in no small part a central reason for the Florida electoral battle in 2000. Note that while many have said that Gore and Bush are ideologically identical, Mr. Gore had no ties whatsoever to the fellows at PNAC. George W. Bush had to win that election by any means necessary, and PNAC signatory Jeb Bush was in the perfect position to ensure the rise to prominence of his fellow imperialists. Desire for such action, however, is by no means translatable into workable policy. Americans enjoy their comforts, but don't cotton to the idea of being some sort of Neo-Rome.
On September 11th, the fellows from PNAC saw a door of opportunity open wide before them, and stormed right through it.
Bush released on September 20th 2001 the "National Security Strategy of the United States of America." It is an ideological match to PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses" report issued a year earlier. In many places, it uses exactly the same language to describe America's new place in the world.
Recall that PNAC demanded an increase in defense spending to at least 3.8% of GDP. Bush's proposed budget for next year asks for $379 billion in defense spending, almost exactly 3.8% of GDP.
In August of 2002, Defense Policy Board chairman and PNAC member Richard Perle heard a policy briefing from a think tank associated with the Rand Corporation. According to the Washington Post and The Nation, the final slide of this presentation described "Iraq as the tactical pivot, Saudi Arabia as the strategic pivot, and Egypt as the prize" in a war that would purportedly be about ridding the world of Saddam Hussein's weapons. Bush has deployed massive forces into the Mideast region, while simultaneously engaging American forces in the Philippines and playing nuclear chicken with North Korea. Somewhere in all this lurks at least one of the "major theater wars" desired by the September 2000 PNAC report.
Iraq is but the beginning, a pretense for a wider conflict. Donald Kagan, a central member of PNAC, sees America establishing permanent military bases in Iraq after the war. This is purportedly a measure to defend the peace in the Middle East, and to make sure the oil flows. The nations in that region, however, will see this for what it is: a jump-off point for American forces to invade any nation in that region they choose to. The American people, anxiously awaiting some sort of exit plan after America defeats Iraq, will see too late that no exit is planned.
All of the horses are traveling together at speed here. The defense contractors who sup on American tax revenue will be handsomely paid for arming this new American empire. The corporations that own the news media will sell this eternal war at a profit, as viewership goes through the stratosphere when there is combat to be shown. Those within the administration who believe that the defense of Israel is contingent upon laying waste to every possible aggressor in the region will have their dreams fulfilled. The PNAC men who wish for a global Pax Americana at gunpoint will see their plans unfold. Through it all, the bankrollers from the WTO and the IMF will be able to dictate financial terms to the entire planet. This last aspect of the plan is pivotal, and is best described in the newly revised version of Greg Palast's masterpiece, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy."
There will be adverse side effects. The siege mentality average Americans are suffering as they smother behind yards of plastic sheeting and duct tape will increase by orders of magnitude as our aggressions bring forth new terrorist attacks against the homeland. These attacks will require the implementation of the newly drafted Patriot Act II, an augmentation of the previous Act that has profoundly sharper teeth. The sun will set on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The American economy will be ravaged by the need for increased defense spending, and by the aforementioned "constabulary" duties in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Former allies will turn on us. Germany, France and the other nations resisting this Iraq war are fully aware of this game plan. They are not acting out of cowardice or because they love Saddam Hussein, but because they mean to resist this rising American empire, lest they face economic and military serfdom at the hands of George W. Bush. Richard Perle has already stated that France is no longer an American ally.
As the eagle spreads its wings, our rhetoric and their resistance will become more agitated and dangerous.
Many people, of course, will die. They will die from war and from want, from famine and disease. At home, the social fabric will be torn in ways that make the Reagan nightmares of crack addiction, homelessness and AIDS seem tame by comparison.
This is the price to be paid for empire, and the men of PNAC who now control the fate and future of America are more than willing to pay it. For them, the benefits far outweigh the liabilities.
The plan was running smoothly until those two icebergs collided. Millions and millions of ordinary people are making it very difficult for Bush's international allies to keep to the script. PNAC may have designs for the control of the "International Commons" of the Internet, but for now it is the staging ground for a movement that would see empire take a back seat to a wise peace, human rights, equal protection under the law, and the preponderance of a justice that will, if properly applied, do away forever with the anger and hatred that gives birth to terrorism in the first place. Tommaso Palladini of Milan perhaps said it best as he marched with his countrymen in Rome. "You fight terrorism," he said, "by creating more justice in the world."
The People versus the Powerful is the oldest story in human history. At no point in history have the Powerful wielded so much control. At no point in history has the active and informed involvement of the People, all of them, been more absolutely required. The tide can be stopped, and the men who desire empire by the sword can be thwarted. It has already begun, but it must not cease. These are men of will, and they do not intend to fail.
William Rivers Pitt is a New York Times bestselling author of two books - "War On Iraq" (with Scott Ritter) available now from Context Books, and "The Greatest Sedition is Silence," available in May 2003 from Pluto Press. He teaches high school in Boston, MA. Scott Lowery contributed research to this report. Posted by: Bugs Alive
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Post by Administration on Jul 1, 2005 21:52:15 GMT -5
Revelation
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jul 5, 2005 12:37:31 GMT -5
June 25, 2005 BUSH'S IMPEACHABLE OFFENCES Compiled by "Son of a Bush" 1) The now famous Downing Street Memo, along with the testimony of former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil constitute direct evidence of a decision by Bush to invade a sovereign foreign nation on entirely specious grounds. 2) The decision to deploy chemical weapons in Fallujah came from Rumsfeld who no doubt covered his ass by receiving assent from Bush to use these banned weapons 3) The decision by Bush to dig up dirt on UN diplomats when the General Assembly was considering his ill-fated war resolution 4) Authorizing torture of POW's - a direct violation of the protocols of the Geneva Convention 5) Holding so called "non-combatant civilians" for an indefinite period of time ,depriving them of their day in court ,acess to counsel, and acess to family members who could plead their cause to the public. 6) Kidnapping so called "terror suspects" , placing them on Rendition Airways, and sending them to countries like Uzbekistan who boil these ,untried,unconvicted people alive. 7) foreknowledge of 9/11 by Bush, Rice, and the top Neocons at the Pentagon . The only ones warned were Fmr. SF. Mayor Willie Brown, Salman Rushdie (Via Scotland Yard) and Ariel Sharon, who cancelled his trip to NYC scheduled for the weekend prior to 9/11. 8) Engaging in a massive voter suppression campaign in the state of Ohio to secure a second term by fraudulent means. Such activities carry criminal sanctions as outlined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 9) Covering up the involvement of Mossad in 9/11. The fellow that secreted these spies and explosives experts out of country and back into Israel , Michael Chertoff, was promoted from Criminal Division of the Justice Dept to lead the Dept. of Homeland Security.! 10) The attempt to quash the testimony of Sibel Edmonds using the bogus shield of the States Secret Act. 11) Engaging in a sytematic campaign of depriving political dissidents of their 1st ammendment rights to condem Bush administration policy. Protesters are removed out of crowds and summarily placed in jail. The Secret Service, under orders of the President, conduct "Harassment and intimidation Interviews" of anti -Bush political activists. 12) Conspiring with Ken Lay to rip-off the the people of California by creating false energy shortages,thus creating the causus belli for charging energy consumers illegal, confiscatory rates. 13) Conspiring to rig the vote count in the state of Fl. by hacking optical scan machines and E-voting machines and covering up the latter by passing legislation in the state of Fl to prevent post-election examination of E-voting machines. 14) Illegally transferring $700 million from the budget for the war in Afghanistan for war preparations in Iraq in July 2002, without Congressional Approval. This is a Constitutional violation. 15) The "outing" of CIA operative Valerie Plame. This info is what I can recover off the top of my head. Clearly an impeachment inquiry by the US House Judiciary Committeee is an action clearly overdue. Some of the allegations are violations of international law. They fall under the impeachment clause as well . An additional action of filing criminal referral to the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague is also an absolute must if the United States wants to gain the esteem of the citizens of the entire world. www.uruknet.info/?p=m13042&l=i&size=1&hd=0Posted by: Bugs Alive
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Post by adapted on Jul 6, 2005 3:44:42 GMT -5
Some of these impeachable offenses are more general, as well as repetitive of some of the ones in your more detailed list, professor. It's all so uttterly despicable, I say, they're worth reiterating. We The People need them drilled into our heads. 1. Trying to suspend the constitutional Writ of Habeas Corpus 2. Ramming the totalitarian U.S.A. Patriot Act through Congress 3. The mass-round-up and incarceration of foreigners 4. Kangaroo courts 5. Depriving at least two United States citizens of their constitutional rights by means of military incarceration 6. Interference with the constitutional right of defendants in criminal cases to lawyers 7. Violating and subverting the Posse Comitatus Act 8. Unlawful and unreasonable searches and seizures 9. Violating the First Amendments rights of the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government for redress of grievances 10. Packing the federal judiciary with hand-picked judges belonging to the totalitarian Federalist Society and undermining the judicial independence of the Constitution's Article III federal court system 11. Violating the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act 12. Violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 13. Reinstitution of the infamous "Cointelpro" Program 14. Violating the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention against Torture, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 15. Instituting the totalitarian Total Information Awareness Program 16. Establishing a totalitarian Northern Military Command for the United States of America itself ******************************************** THE FOLLOWING WAS DRAFTED BY FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, RAMSEY CLARK: Articles of Impeachment of George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE II, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General John David Ashcroft have committed violations and subversions of the Constitution of the United States of America in an attempt to carry out with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes and deprivations of the civil rights of the people of the United States and other nations, by assuming powers of an imperial executive unaccountable to law and usurping powers of the Congress, the Judiciary and those reserved to the people of the United States, by the following acts: 1) Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of tens of thousands of Iraqis, and hundreds of U.S. G.I.s. 2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war. 3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable. 4) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression. 4) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 5) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks. 6) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community. 7) Acting to strip United States citizens of their constitutional and human rights, ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the Executive of a citizen as an "enemy combatant." 8) Ordering indefinite detention of non-citizens in the United States and elsewhere, and without charge, at the discretionary designation of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Defense. 9) Ordering and authorizing the Attorney General to override judicial orders of release of detainees under INS jurisdiction, even where the judicial officer after full hearing determines a detainee is wrongfully held by the government. 10) Authorizing secret military tribunals and summary execution of persons who are not citizens who are designated solely at the discretion of the Executive who acts as indicting official, prosecutor and as the only avenue of appellate relief. 11) Refusing to provide public disclosure of the identities and locations of persons who have been arrested, detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government in the United States, including in response to Congressional inquiry. 12) Use of secret arrests of persons within the United States and elsewhere and denial of the right to public trials. 13) Authorizing the monitoring of confidential attorney-client privileged communications by the government, even in the absence of a court order and even where an incarcerated person has not been charged with a crime. 14) Ordering and authorizing the seizure of assets of persons in the United States, prior to hearing or trial, for lawful or innocent association with any entity that at the discretionary designation of the Executive has been deemed "terrorist." 15) Institutionalization of racial and religious profiling and authorization of domestic spying by federal law enforcement on persons based on their engagement in noncriminal religious and political activity. 16) Refusal to provide information and records necessary and appropriate for the constitutional right of legislative oversight of executive functions. 17) Rejecting treaties protective of peace and human rights and abrogation of the obligations of the United States under, and withdrawal from, international treaties and obligations without consent of the legislative branch, and including termination of the ABM treaty between the United States and Russia, and rescission of the authorizing signature from the Treaty of Rome which served as the basis for the International Criminal Court. Cowboy is accused of Crimes Against Peace, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. No crimes are greater threats to the Constitution of the United States, the United Nation Charter, the rule of law or the future of humanity.
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Post by bugsalive2 on Jul 8, 2005 13:07:20 GMT -5
Hello Everybody,
Our President is not a conservative. He's a neocon, a new, modified version of a conservative. He pretended to be pro-life, but one and one half to three million Iraqis were murdered, and one half to three quarter million of them were children. Does it look like the President is pro-life?
He pretended to support family values, but was responsible for the deaths of six thousand American service personnel, many of them were married with children, and most of them would have been, eventually. Many more have died or are suffering from depleted uranium exposure or the bad anthrax vaccinations. Does this look like the man values the family?
He sacrificed these lives, the lives of the Iraqis, and the lives of the Afgans, after declaring war on terror that was perpetrated by members of our own government when it deliberately destroyed the world trade center. Our own President is clearly one of the world's worse terrorists.
The President declared war without the approval of Congress, as an excuse to invade Afganistan. He wanted an oil pipeline across their country, and Bridas Corporation and the Taliban stood in the way. He invaded Iraq, allegedly because the Iraqis possessed weapons of mass destruction, but they had none. The War on Terror was staged in order to fight Israel's wars, to control mideast oil, and to create a police state. And the resulting Patriot Acts carved deeply into our personal liberties.
He pretended to oppose illicit drugs, but some of his family members made millions on Chinese opium, and Afganistan is presently producing their largest opium crop. He pretended to oppose the street gangs, but almost all of the street gang members are illegal mexican aliens. We have thirty million illegal mexicans in this country, and our President is turning his back on it. Does it appear that the President opposes street violence, or does it appear that he's in favor of the violence so he can put a Federali on every street corner with an AK-47?
Right now our Government is planning to invade Iran. Russia supports Iran and promised Iran new missile laden submarines. Our president promised to protect Taiwan from the Red Chinese with whatever force that is necessary, and he agreed to sell them submarines, destroyers, and aircraft. Selling offensive weapons to Taiwan is clearly a treaty violation. Red China is beefing up its military with new weaponry, and it appears that we are quickly headed for World War Three.
Our President is not a conservative. He's a criminal and a madman. The President, Vice President, and Secretary of Defense must be impeached if we are to get this country on track and stop this insanity.
Respectfully Yours, Bugs Alive
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Post by adapted on Aug 23, 2005 1:34:04 GMT -5
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Post by Observer on Aug 23, 2005 19:11:13 GMT -5
Honestly no offence intended but can'[t you guys take a break from this politcal stuff? Everyone here knows how you feel, you chastize jeff for pushing the Schwartz deal down our throats yet isn't this the same as what you are doing with your Bush bashing? I honestly mean no hurtfulness to any of you but enough is enough. This may be offtopic section but you have gotten your views across many times over now and youve made your point. Even those of us who are not fans of the president are tired of this. Please think about what you are doing and the vibes you spread to the board. Thank you.
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Post by bugsalive2 on Aug 23, 2005 23:04:55 GMT -5
Observer,
You're right about one thing. This is the off-topic board. If you don't like what I write, make it easy on yourself, and don't read it!! Jeff deserves everything he gets, not only for taking up for a madman that has murdered millions of innocent people, but also with a quack doctor that is exploiting the people of this message board and feeding them a bunch of nonsense.
Bugs Alive
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