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Please Help Send Karl Rove to Jail
From Secretary of State Project
- Friday, August 8, 2008
In 2004, plans were put into motion to crack down on voter registration drives in poor and minority communities, suppressing votes and stripping citizens of a constitutional right. Evidence points to Karl Rove as the mastermind behind this plan and it's time he was held accountable. Join the Secretary of State Project and thousands of Americans in urging the House to take a stand against Rove today.
Don Hazen Executive Editor, AlterNet.org

Karl Rove has gone too far. It's time to make him pay.
The GOP's master trickster has his fingerprints all over a dirty scheme to suppress our votes. It's exactly the kind of scheme that the Secretary of State Project was formed to fight. And right now, we have a unique chance to hold Rove accountable for his acts.
Click here to help send Karl Rove to jail.
For those not following Rove's story, here's a bit of background. In 2004, Justice Department lawyers started getting strange instructions from Washington -- crack down on voter registration drives. But not all registration drives, mind you; just ones that registered poor and minority voters. The idea was to harass progressive organizations and keep poor and minority citizens from getting to the polls.
Many Justice Department lawyers, Republicans and Democrats alike, balked at these unscrupulous orders. They (rightly) refused to carry out a partisan witch hunt. And wouldn't you know it, Washington started cracking down on THEM -- firing a host of them and passing up others for promotion, in what came to be known as the U.S. Attorneys Scandal.
But who gave the vote-suppression orders in the first place? All signs point to Karl Rove. A long trail of evidence indicates that Rove cooked up and executed the whole scheme. To uncover the truth, the House of Representatives has launched an investigation. They sent Rove a subpoena. He ignored it. Repeatedly.
Now, the House is considering a measure to hold Rove in contempt of Congress. Last Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted, 20-14, to hold Rove in contempt. The vote now goes to the full House. If found guilty, he could go to jail. No, it's not enough punishment for his years and years of crimes, but it's a huge start.
Join hundreds of thousands of Americans urging the House to take a stand against Rove and his dirty tricks.
By holding Rove in contempt, we'll send a loud and clear signal to all Bush's cronies -- America's elections must be free and fair. Voter suppression will not be tolerated.
After you sign the petition, consider making a contribution to the Secretary of State Project and our candidates. Support from donors like you helped us raise $500,000 in 2006 and win 5 of our 7 elections. Help us continue building the movement against voter suppression, stolen elections and dirty tricksters like Karl Rove.
Becky Bond, Treasurer Secretary of State Project
Paid for by the Secretary of State Project, www.secstateproject.org, Becky Bond, Treasurer, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
(Your-Rights.com received no compensation for this posting.)
See also: Another petition to send Karl Rove to jail
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Federal Court: U.S. Can Jail Civilians Indefinitely WITHOUT Being Charged with a Crime
From DemocracyNow!
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A federal appeals court has ruled President Bush can order the indefinite jailing of civilians imprisoned in the United States WITHOUT Charges.
The five-to-four decision effectively reverses last year's ruling that the administration cannot label US residents an "Unlawful Enemy Combatant" and jail them indefinitely without charge. The ruling came in the case of the only person still held as an enemy combatant on US soil. Ali al-Marri was arrested six years ago at his home in Peoria, Illinois, where he lived with his wife and five children. He was initially charged with credit card fraud and lying to federal agents.
In June 2003, President Bush declared him an enemy combatant and ordered him into military custody. He has spent the last four years in solitary confinement at a Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina.
Al-Marri's attorney Jonathan Hafetz said, "This decision means the president can pick up any person in the country – citizen or legal resident – and lock them up for years without the most basic safeguard in the Constitution, the right to a criminal trial."
Editors note:
On October 17, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). Even elected officials, like Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who publicly acknowledged that the MCA is "patently unconstitutional on its face," voted for it.
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 authorizes the President to detain anyone, including U.S. Citizens, without charge by designating them enemy combatants or unlawful enemy combatants.
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 authorizes the President to determine what constitutes torture.
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 authorizes the use of evidence obtained by coercion (TORTURE) and the use of hearsay.
Some people can't believe this is really happening. When confronted with information such as this, people sometimes respond with some type of apathetic comment such as, "As long as it doesn't directly effect me..." or the most incredulous statement, "It's THEIR country, I just live in it." For these people, this is just about the best ammo a person can get to help convince them that yes, it does DIRECTLY effect them! The President CAN point a finger at THEM and put them in JAIL FOREVER... JUST BECAUSE!!!
Yes, it does directly effect everyone because according to the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the President gets to define the meaning of "Unlawful Enemy Combatant." It is also the President (or his attorney General) who gets to decide who falls within the classification of "Unlawful Enemy Combatant." So... that effectively leaves out NO ONE! We are ALL effected!
Hmm... Isn't this how it works in dictatorship type societies such as China or Russia?
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U.S. Imperialist Agenda and the Deepening Crisis in Iraq
From Fire This Time
- Sunday, July 6, 2008 By Alison Bodine
September 3rd was the last time US President George Bush set foot on Iraqi soil, bloodied and wrecked after over 4 years of US occupation. At this time he had a few words to share with the people of Iraq and the world:
"When we begin to draw down troops from Iraq, it will be from a position of strength and success, not from the position of fear and failure."
For the people of Iraq who have endured an estimated 1.2 million deaths (UK-based ORB polling agency), and countless humiliations since the March 2003 military invasion, the idea of ever seeing the US leave seems distant or impossible, let alone from a position of "success" and "strength." The US has a long-term plan for their continued occupation of Iraq and it includes continued death and destruction for the people of Iraq and a rising massive humanitarian crisis.
How the US is turning Iraq into a permanent military base
In a declaration of principles signed by George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on November 26th 2007 the ground work was laid for a long-term agreement on future cooperation between the US and Iraq. In the political, economic and security (military) sphere the US and the installed Iraqi Prime Minister are starting to plan for an "enduring" relationship to last well into the future. The plan will include United States support for the "democratic regime in Iraq against domestic and external dangers," according to Al-Maliki. It also includes plans to protect the US-drafted Iraqi constitution, give preferential treatment to US investments and continued support for a strategic partnership. This is the beginnings of their plans for "enduring" occupation.
Another part of continued US presence in Iraq are the 14 "enduring" (read: permanent) bases whose construction began as soon as the US invaded. These bases are long-term encampments for US forces in Iraq and outposts for military and government policy advisors that will remain in Iraq beyond any troop withdrawal or formal end to the occupation of Iraq.
To compliment US bases and the continued occupation, the US has also built a $740Million Embassy in Iraq, the largest in the world. It will eventually staff an estimated 4,000 regular employees, contractors, local Iraqi employees and visitors. It will also house 619 apartments and 27 separate buildings behind the well-secured walls of the "Green Zone" in Baghdad and serve as the main base for representing US interests in Iraq.
After 4 and a half years of occupation the US has not established anything close to stability or the assurance of a successful US proxy regime in Iraq. They know that after a troop withdrawal there will be an internal struggle in Iraq and that it is very possible that its' outcome will not be in favour of the US. As an insurance plan for all the work they have done to fuel US interests in Iraq, they now have the military bases and US Embassy at their back.
Mercenaries and Continued Occupation
Continued US presence in Iraq would not be possible without the assistance of 120,000 mercenaries in Iraq, the contract employees of military corporations such as Blackwater USA, DynCorp International and Armor Group. According to US "Order 17", issued in 2004, all mercenaries operating in Iraq are exempt from obeying Iraqi law. In this way mercenaries are allowed to operate without rule of law or accountability to anyone, except the corporations that employ them. This has meant numerous tragedies, with the lives and dignities of Iraqi people disappearing under the radar.
After a September 16th shooting in which 17 Iraqi civilians were needlessly killed by a Blackwater guard in a Baghdad square, this provision and the legal loop-hole allowing them to escape charges under US law came under fire from people internationally. As a way to avoid further embarrassment and scrutiny the US government signed a new agreement in December 2007. This agreement means that contract mercenaries are now accountable under US law. Unfortunately, this still does not mean that they will be charged and they are still not held accountable under Iraqi law.
Human Crisis: Daily Life in Iraq
Over the past four years of US-led occupation, the human crisis has deepened in Iraq. Iraqi woman and children have felt the greatest impact from the presence of hundreds of thousands of foreign military troops taking away their basic human rights to housing, food, water, education and a future with guns, bombs and tanks.
According to the Iraq Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, over 1.6 million children under the age of 12 have become homeless in Iraq. This is almost 70 percent of the 2.2 million homeless and internally displaced persons in Iraq. To make the situation even worse, internally displaced Iraqi's are not finding the infrastructure and basic aid that they need anywhere in Iraq. As one example, the Basra province in Southern Iraq can no longer handle families and children seeking refuge. A senior Iraqi official in the Basra Governing Council, Hassan Abdul-Kareem, explained to IRIN News Service. "We cannot cope with any more families seeking refuge in our province, whatever their reasons. The governorate is seriously affected by the high number of displaced families, health services have deteriorated, schools are overcrowded and we aren't even able to offer a good service to our locals. Things have become worse since the high influx of new arrivals,"
The situation has also deteriorated for girls hoping to attend school in Iraq. Families and mothers are worried about sending their girls to school for fear that they will be raped or killed. They are also needed to stay at home as one-million families are now headed by widows whose husbands have been killed by the occupation and the violence it has created (Aljazeera News: "Debating the US troop 'surge').
The Heavy Costs of the Occupation
Everyday the US spends $280Million towards death and destruction in Iraq. According to the American Friends Services Committee, a US based peace and justice organization, if you include not just the immediate costs of the war, but also ongoing factors such as long-term health care for veterans, interest on debt and replacement of military hardware, that number grows to $720Million a day. The American Friends Services Committee also broke down these numbers into what the money could have bought for social service in the US including: homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity. The US-Congressional report entitled "The Hidden Costs of the Iraq War," stated the cast of the war from 2002 to present as being $1.3Trillion.
Not only does this money mean the destruction of civil society and human life in Iraq, it has also been another part of the deepening economic crisis in the US. This crisis has been marked most recently by the devaluation of the US dollar, the crisis in mortgage and the banking market and the continued growth of poverty in the US. The crisis that the US has created in Iraq is directly tied to the crisis in the US and the disgusting amount of money spent to fuel death and destruction.
Resistance to the occupation: in Iraq and World-wide
For over four years the US has been relying on its' consolidation of the occupation to demoralize the Iraqi people, and the movement of resistance against their continued presence in Iraq. Contrary to their hopes, the number of demonstrations, strikes and attacks on occupying forces has increased drastically as the occupation has continued. The US is now confronted with a deep political, social and military crisis. This is why they need permanent presence in Iraq. This is also why the people of Iraq will keep fighting any way that they can for their land, lives and dignity.
The continued struggle of the Iraqi people against the occupation and the US crisis in Iraq has also meant that its own enlisted fighters, the US military forces, are demoralizing. US Army suicide rates are at a record high of 18.4 per 100,000 active duty soldiers, according to military reports. A CBS News investigation also showed that military veterans aged 20-24, meaning those whom have served during the so-called "War on Terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan, had the highest suicide rate among all veterans, estimated between two and four times higher than civilians the same age. The US cannot fight without a willing army, and suicides rates are only one of the signs that the US is loosing ground with the troops.
If the Iraqi's kick the US out of Iraq it will mean a weakening of the position of the US and Israel that would accelerate the struggle of people all over the Middle East against Imperialism. In this new era of war and occupation which emerged as the "War on Terror" following Sept 11th 2001, we must come together as poor and working people against the occupation of Iraq. As peace and human loving people, we have no other choice but to work to build a united and effective antiwar movement to end this brutal war and echo the demands of the Iraqi people for life and self-determination!
US Out Now!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Self-determination for all oppressed nations!
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Habeas Corpus Civil Right Restored by U.S. Supreme Court
Thursday, June 12, 2008 By your-rights.com
The United States Supreme Court has restored one of Americans most basic Civil Rights, the writ of Habeas corpus.
President George W. Bush said his administration will review the courts decision and attempt to circumvent the ruling. Not shy about appearing fascist anymore, Senate Republicans vow to amend the U.S. Constitution to strip it of Habeas corpus!
For pointing out how currupt the Grand old Perverts (GOP) are, GOP officials accuse AP, newspapers of liberal bias for pointing out their corruption!
It is so nice to see some sun shine on the men behind the curtain. The sun shining on the Republicans has the same effect as sunlight on Vampires. Same thing really, just a different name. Just watch them squirm in the light of the truth. They can't stand it.
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Lakota activists declare secession from US
From WIKINEWS
- Friday, December 21, 2007
Activists from the Lakota Indian Tribe, an Indian nation on United States soil, have signed and delivered a document purporting to withdraw or cancel all treaties with the U.S. and formally establish independence from the country.
"We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us. This is according to the laws of the United States, specifically article six of the constitution. It is also within the laws on treaties passed at the Vienna Convention and put into effect by the US and the rest of the international community in 1980. We are legally within our rights to be free and independent," said Russell Means, an activist for Native American rights to reporters at a press conference on Wednesday in Washington, D.C..
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Impeachment: If not now, when?
From Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Saturday, November 24, 2007 By LINDA BOYD
Lawmakers need to stand up for the Constitution and support impeachment
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
On Nov. 6, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney on the floor of the House of Representatives. For one shining moment the will of the majority of Americans and the promise of this nation's founders were truly represented.
The detailed charges were solemnly read from the House podium and televised on C-Span. House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer made a motion to table the bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lobbied hard for votes to table.
In a stunning turnaround, House Republicans changed strategy and voted decisively to prevent tabling the impeachment resolution.
Pelosi was defied by 85 Democratic members who voted against tabling the impeachment resolution. This includes John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and six committee members. The resolution was quickly voted back to the Judiciary Committee, where it is not resting quietly.
Judiciary Committee member Bob Wexler wrote, "The American people are served well with a legitimate and thorough impeachment inquiry. I will urge the Judiciary Committee to schedule impeachment hearings immediately and not let this issue languish as it has over the last six months. Only through hearings can we begin to correct the abuses of Dick Cheney and the Bush administration."
Impeachment is squarely on the table, and momentum is building. A year ago, almost no elected official breathed the word impeachment. Now impeachment has hit the House floor, and our electeds have gone on record. Millions of Americans are demanding an end to executive abuse of power.
After six years of state of emergency, the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, continual war and occupations, our Constitution is deeply in crisis. Americans are in danger of losing our system of government and civil rights if they do not roll back the Bush administration's assault on the rule of law.
Allowing Cheney and George W. Bush to finish their terms without being impeached means future presidents are free to copy their lawless behavior. Of course many important issues deserve the attention of Congress. But the Constitution is the foundation of our democracy, not just an issue. Without the Constitution, we have nothing.
Polls show that 74 percent of Democrats and the majority of American adults support impeaching Cheney. "Never in our history have the high crimes and misdemeanors been so flagrant, and the people of our country know it," writes local author Richard Behan.
Kucinich has targeted Cheney first, but investigations will implicate the president as well. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50 percent of respondents say they "strongly disapprove" of the president. Richard Nixon had reached the previous high, 48 percent, just before an impeachment inquiry was launched in 1974. With these numbers, why aren't Bush and Cheney gone already?
The vice president is accused of:
- purposely manipulating intelligence to fabricate a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in order to justify an attack on Iraq;
- deceiving Congress about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida;
- threatening aggression against the Republic of Iran, absent any real threat to the United States.
These violations of the Constitution and international treaty are just the tip of the iceberg. More articles of impeachment can be added at any time, and ample evidence to convict is on the public record. Representatives need to introduce articles regarding:
- illegal war, in violation of both international treaty and the Constitution;
- widespread domestic wiretapping in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a felony. Bush already has admitted to this;
- condoning torture in violation of federal laws and international treaties;
- rescinding habeas corpus, the cornerstone of Western law since the Magna Carta;
- obstruction of justice regarding U.S. attorney firings;
- subversion of the Constitution, abuse of signing statements and rescinding habeas corpus.
It's astounding that our representatives to Congress carry on with business as usual knowing that Americans lack habeas corpus and a working code of law. I want my representative, Dave Reichert, to block the doors of the House until habeas is restored as a basic human right in this nation!
In light of Bush's steady drumbeat for war with Iran, Kucinich said he will consider an impeachment resolution against him.
"Impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran," he says.
"The most conservative principle of the Founding Fathers was distrust of unchecked power. Centuries of experience substantiated that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Constitution embraced a separation of powers to keep the legislative, executive and judicial branches in equilibrium," Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer and associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration, said in the October 2006 edition of Washington Monthly.
If Congress were serious about oversight, there already would be dozens of bills and resolutions calling for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. The "Unitary Executive Theory" violates the principle of balance of power in the Constitution. The president cites this "unitary" power in hundreds of signing statements that say he can ignore laws passed by Congress.
The First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are all now subject to the caprice of government officials. The Military Commissions Act allows U.S. citizens to be detained without due process if they are declared enemy combatants. Without our permission, this country has become an exporter of torture.
Congress has failed to provide oversight and exercise its authority to rein in a criminal administration. Only swift action on impeachment can redeem it now. The people have done the heavy work of bringing impeachment forward. Representatives need only ask if the allegations are serious enough to warrant investigations.
George Bush and Dick Cheney promote an imperial presidency. They assert that the executive is the most powerful branch of government, undermining the judiciary and Congress in violation of the Constitution's bedrock principle of shared power among three co-equal branches. This subverts the very nature of our system of government.
"This is an attempt by the president to have the final word on his own constitutional powers, which eliminates the checks and balances that keep the country a democracy. ... That's a big problem because that's essentially a dictatorship," Fein said.
Washington For Impeachment and Citizens to Impeach Bush and Cheney are working to inform the public, collect signatures to petitions, provide forums, and lobby representatives. Washington was the second state to sponsor a bill for impeachment in the state Legislature.
Washington State Democratic organizations have passed resolutions in 11 Democratic legislative districts, five counties and the Washington State Democratic Central Committee. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, has received impeachment resolutions from almost every legislative district within his congressional district. When will he represent the will of his constituents and honor his oath to protect the Constitution?
The national movement to impeach is a non-partisan effort to restore the Constitution and the rule of law. People across the political spectrum can unite to preserve the Constitution and civil liberties given to us by the founders. Impeachment is the peaceful, orderly, constitutionally prescribed way to rid ourselves of a lawless administration.
The issue is not about removing Bush and Cheney as much as it is about preserving the Constitution and redeeming the office of the executive. The Constitution is the contract of governance between the people and the government. What happens when major portions of the contract are violated?
Congress has failed to call the president and vice president to account, so citizens must turn up the heat. Members of Congress who fail to demand investigations are covering for criminals. Every elected official has sworn an oath to "support and protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic." Anything less than impeachment and a full repudiation of the Bush administration's crimes and violations of the law is a dereliction of duty and a betrayal of the public trust.
If we want our democracy back, we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work to clean out the House.
Linda Boyd is director of Washington For Impeachment, washingtonforimpeachment.org. Citizens to Impeach Bush and Cheney, in Olympia: citizensimpeach.org
Related:
A Time For Anger, A Call To Action
EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED - Constitutional Crisis (video)
The BEST Reasons to IMPEACH BUSH and CHENEY!
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It's Treason: Dems Stay Silent on Bush White House Crimes
From AlterNet
- Friday, November 16, 2007 By Richard W. Behan
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. --Article III, Section 3, United States Constitution (emphasis added)
The mainstream Democrats -- represented, say, by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Biden, and Christopher Dodd -- have not levied war against the United States. Their treason lies instead in committing the second offense: They adhere to enemies of the country, giving them aid and comfort.
The enemies are President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. Like no other president and vice president in history, these men attacked their country.
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Alex Jones Issues His Most Dire Warning - Martial Law Is Imminent
From 911oz.com
- Wednesday, August 22, 2007
On 16th August, radio talk show host Alex Jones went on air to give what he described as his most important broadcast message.
Throughout the US there has been increased talk in the media of special measures to be implemented in the event of a natural or man made disaster. A KLSA news report from 16 August has the following headline:
"Homeland Security Enlists Clergy to Quell Public Unrest if Martial Law Ever Declared."
Related:
Economic Collapse As Precursor To Open Plan For Martial Law?
Tommy Franks: Martial Law Will Replace Constitution After Next Terror Attack
Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans -- This is just plain scary!
All Hail Our Imperial Emperor, Lord Bush! Heil Bush! Heil Bush! - Hitler George Bush Movie Documentary
FOLLOW THE 'READ MORE' LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO!
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EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED - Constitutional Crisis (video)
From TUMC Seattle
- Tuesday, August 7, 2007
EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED - Constitutional Crisis
IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE HELP disseminate this information TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!
WATCH THIS VIDEO ON THE INTERNET, ONLY on Thursday, August 9, 2007, at 10:00 pm PACIFIC time.
The video from the emergency meeting that was held in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday, August 1st, will be shown on Seattle's Local Public Access Channel, SCANTV.ORG, ONLY on Thursday, August 9, 2007, at 10:00 pm PACIFIC time on cable channel 77.
If you check the schedule the show will be aired during the time slot labeled "Social Justice Television (Political), Length: 0:58"
If you will read these two articles, you will understand this issue is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE!
"Once this (latest Bush Executive Order) becomes law, he has all the tools Hitler and Stalin had to keep their respective populations in utter subjection to their will." Read the complete article: 30 days to absolute tyranny ...EVEN LESS TIME NOW!!!
WE DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME written by Rev. Rich Lang of the Trinity United Methodist Church. Rev. Rich Lang is one of the speakers featured in the video!
The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 elections
A powerful Senate committee wants government regulators to find cutting edge technologies that can censor audio and video that flows over the internet -- bye, bye investigative reporting by alternative media and this web page you are now reading, also!
"First they came for the terrorists but I wasn't a terrorist so I stayed silent and went about my business.
Then they came for those suspected of terrorism, but I certainly wasn't a suspect so I stayed silent and went about my business.
Then they came for those who defended those who were suspected of terrorism, but I wasn't defending such people so I stayed silent and went about my business.
Then, one day, they came and began to "suspect" me, so I stayed very, very silent and went about my business.
And that is how I lost my soul."
Here is more information about these issues:
Friday, July 20, 2007 JEFF KOSSEFF The Oregonian Staff WASHINGTON -- Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents. On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED. "I just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress the right of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of the United States after a significant terrorist attack," DeFazio says. Homeland Security Committee staffers told his office that the White House initially approved his request, but it was later quashed. DeFazio doesn't know who did it or why. "We're talking about the continuity of the government of the United States of America," DeFazio says. "I would think that would be relevant to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the Homeland Security Committee." Bush administration spokesman Trey Bohn declined to say why DeFazio was denied access: "We do not comment through the press on the process that this access entails. It is important to keep in mind that much of the information related to the continuity of government is highly sensitive." Norm Ornstein, a legal scholar who studies government continuity at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he "cannot think of one good reason" to deny access to a member of Congress who serves on the Homeland Security Committee. "I find it inexplicable and probably reflective of the usual, knee-jerk overextension of executive power that we see from this White House," Ornstein said. This is the first time DeFazio has been denied access to documents. DeFazio has asked Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., to help him access the documents. "Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right," DeFazio said.
LA Cops attack crowd - specifically smash every camera they find - but they don't get them all
Cops shoot protester in the head with a rubber bullet - then laugh about it (until the video gets out)
Cheney Determined To Strike In US With WMD This Summer
US Police State: Congress Approves Extensive Wiretapping
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
The outrageous gutting of FISA-- the foreign intelligence surveillance act. And by "foreign" they now mean domestic. Because if you are inside the US making an international call, the government can now monitor that call with only the approval of Alberto Gonzales, the Torture Guy.
Bush Executive Order: Criminalizing the Antiwar Movement
Bush Anoints Himself as the Insurer of Constitutional Government in Emergency
Bush To Be Dictator In A Catastrophic Emergency
Plan Iraq - Permanent Occupation
Bush Directive for a "Catastrophic Emergency" in America: Building a Justification for Waging War on Iran?
We ARE In A Constitutional Crisis
lord bush
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Justice Should be Color-Blind
From Cindy Sheehan
- Friday, July 27, 2007
Justice Should be Color-Blind Journey for Humanity and Accountability Day 16 Cindy Sheehan
Justice should be color-blind, but we all know that it still is not.
There are many perhaps thousands if not millions, historically, cases disputing the blindness of justice but when I think about this contradiction a few cases jump to my mind.
The incident in Georgia where the young man was given a sentence of ten years in prison for consensual sexual contact between minors is one example. Paris Hilton got a slap in the wrist for breaking parole, but she's white and rich. White, rich people rarely have to pay for their crimes.
Black people in New Orleans were shot or arrested for "looting" after Katrina and if white people did the same thing, they were only trying to "survive."
Mexican illegal immigration is now being blamed for all of our economic woes in America when the blame lies with the military industrial war economy and such entities as Wal-Mart sending our jobs and manufacturing to Asia. In previous times of economic challenges, the Irish and Chinese were blamed.
Now, incredibly, I am being accused of being a racist for demanding that Congressman John Conyers do his job as is Ray McGovern. When I think of the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, I don't think of a black man, I think of a legislator that should do his/her job whatever color their skin is.
Why does everything have to be divided along lines in this country? As Rev. Yearwood (who is black and is challenging Rep Conyers to do his job, too). We need to look at the human and not their political party, religion, color, or economic status.
When I have challenged George Bush, does that make me a self-hating Caucasian?
When I challenge Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress, does that make me a female chauvinist pig?
Bringing up the race issue in this case is irrelevant and sleazy. It's like being labeled an anti-Semite because one is against the policies of Israel toward Palestine, or being called anti-American because we are against the anti-humanitarian policies of the Bush regime.
I have stood with Cynthia McKinney when she was up for re-election because I believe she is a woman of principle, even when it wasn't popular to do so. I have stood and been a guest of other members of the Black Caucus in Congress because we all stand for peace. I believe the Democrats used the anti-war left of which I am a leading member to regain both houses of Congress and many, including John Conyers appeared at events and in photos with me, and to know label this a "white activist" vs. black man is further proof of this exploitation of the anti-war movement.
It is not personal for me with Rep. Conyers or racist. I think the white power elite who has always had the say and authority to enforce or disobey laws at will and has a monopoly about what happens politically in this country since people with my indoor sexual plumbing weren't allowed to vote and people with the color of John Conyers' skin were only counted as 3/5s of a person, need to finally be brought to justice.
There has never been an equality of justice in this country. No one in the Bush regime has ever had to be held to account for the death and destruction they have caused. Their domestic politics have left every child behind, but particularly in disadvantaged communities where we all know there is an inherently racist poverty draft.
Rep. John Conyers was not targeted for the color of his skin, but for his betrayal of the American public and the Constitution.
No matter what color they are, the Bush Crime mob needs to go to prison and no matter what color he is, John Conyers needs to do his job.
When does having a thirst for justice and a yearning for peace make one racist? When the country is run by the Orwellian Rove masters, I guess.
Go to www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org for more information on our Journey for Humanity and Accountability or to donate to defray our expenses.
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IMPEACH? WE THE PEOPLE MUST SOON DECIDE!
Monday, July 23, 2007 By Your-Rights.com
PLEASE read the reference materials in this article!
It is time for everyone to take a very serious look at life and what life means to you. You must decide, in a very short time, if you value the lives of not only your spouse, your children, relatives, friends and neighbors; but also the lives of other people living in American and around the world that you have never met.
You must also ask yourself if you value the suffrage and loss of life that many, many people before us have sacrificed in order to uphold the Constitution of the United States and to defend our democratic process and values.
What you must decide is if the lives of these people are important enough to make sure that Bush and his followers cannot achieve their dreams of empire. The desires for world domination are unmistakably their motivations.
Leaving very little to the imagination, seeing their plot performed before our very eyes is like reading a poorly written fiction. For they are all around us, so abundant and clear, one must be very naive and ignorant to not see the signs of tyranny encroaching upon every aspect of our lives.
If you value your freedoms to live, work, travel, raise your family and most importantly, to be free without fear; to be able to accomplish your dreams, then it is time to make this decision.
As George W. Bush himself once said, "Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." This too, is what you must decide and you must decide this very soon. But before you decide, lets examine the definitions of a few words from Wiktionary.org.
terrorist (plural terrorists) - One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; originally applied to an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
- Anyone who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle, frequently in an attempt to coerce a more powerful opponent, such as a government.
terrorism (uncountable) - The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response from the victim in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.
- Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives.
- A psychological strategy of war for gaining political or religious ends by deliberately creating a climate of fear among the population of a state.
terror
- Extreme or intense fear.
- Something that causes such fear.
torture (plural tortures)
- Certain, clearly defined acts perpetrated against helpless prisoners, to force them to suffer excruciating pain and discomfort.
- Cruel and outrageous acts that terrorize helpless prisoners to force or coerce them to react in a way that satisfies the torturer.
- Allowing large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.
- Any act committed by an official of a government against a prisoner of war which could cause undue pain, as clearly defined by many international agreements.
- In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
- (mainly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!
treason (plural treasons)
- The crime of betraying one's government.
- "Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character... Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place -- the Temple Bar being a favourite spot -- after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them." 1952: James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work: (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
- Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
Now that we have refreshed our memory with what these terms mean. It is time to think about the decision everyone must make.
Not only must you make this decision very soon, but you also must discern whom are the real terrorists. Are the real terrorists the ones killing our troops in Iraq or are they the ones trying to intimidate the American population with clear intentions of dictatorship cited throughout one presidential directive after another?
After you make your decision, it is then your civil duty to call, write and e-mail your representative to let them know where you stand! Use House.gov to find your representative's addresses. House switchboard: (202) 224-3121 -- TTY: (202) 225-1904
John Conyers says: "3 More Congress Members and I'll Impeach." Have your representative sign on to Dennis Kucinich's IMPEACHMENT bill, H.RES.333!!!
Remember the bullies from grade school? The Bush administration is no different! Stand up for your Constitutional rights! Don't let Bush and his bullies intimidate you! IMPEACH!!! DO IT NOW!!!
Do this not only for the reasons mentioned above, but do it also for your grand children's grandchildren! Do it for the future of our planet!
Your decision to be a responsible American and take action or to display your apathy through inaction will directly effect the lives of generations to come!
We are either going to sink or swim. Which one are YOU going to do?
There are grammatical errors in the above text which remain on purpose to reflect that the author was a product of the American public education system.
The following text is from the Call to drive out the Bush regime:
And there is a way. We are talking about something on a scale that can really make a huge change in this country and in the world.
We need more than fighting Bush's outrages one at a time, constantly losing ground to the whole onslaught.
We must, and can, aim to create a political situation where the Bush regime's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society is reversed.
We, in our millions, must and can take responsibility to change the course of history.
Acting in this way, we join with and give support and heart to people all over the globe who so urgently need and want this regime to be stopped.
This will not be easy. If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will to try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.
History is full of examples where people who had right on their side fought against tremendous odds and were victorious. And it is also full of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined.
The future is unwritten.
WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US !
Need more help to decide? If you don't read all of the references, at least skim through them! There is A LOT of information about what is going on in them!!!
REFERENCES:
The BEST Reasons to IMPEACH BUSH, CHENEY! IMPEACH BUSH, CHENEY NOW!!!
Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran!
Help Restore HABEAS CORPUS! - The MOST IMPORTANT Action You Can Take!
Bush Abolishes Fifth Amendment!
Bush Outlaws War Protest - Citizens Face Full Asset Seizure!
Congressman Denied Access To Post-Attack Continuity Plans!
US Justice ties abuse of power to the events of September 11, Patriot act and persistent fear mongering!
New Executive Order Stomps on the Fifth Amendment!
Bush is strategically setting the board for an American checkmate!
The Militarization & Annexation of North America!
About Iraq:
Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined
U.S. Intel Officer: Al Qaeda Leadership Allowed To Operate Freely
No Evidence of Iran's role in violence and instability in Iraq
Great sites to stay abreast of what our New Dictator is doing!
http://impeachforpeace.org/
http://blacklistednews.com/
http://digg.com/politics/
http://infowars.com/
http://gnn.tv/
http://prisonplanet.com/
http://911blogger.com/
UPDATED!
1,000,000 AMERICANS TELL CONGRESS: TIME'S UP - IMPEACH BUSH!
We need more signatures and phones calls folks... Come on. If we can't do this simple thing how are we ever going to change anything about our government... They are just going to keep on doing what they are keeping on doing.... Let's make this happen... We all want this... Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter... Let's get the warmongering communists out of office!
IF YOU CANT BE THERE CALL!!!!
On July 23rd phone John Conyers at 202-225-5126 or send him a fax with one click.
BE ACTIVE, GET IMPEACHMENT BACK ON THE TABLE Email Palosi here Or call, call, call!!!!! 1-202-225-0100 For high crimes & misdemeanors
Click here to find your congress person
For more information go to: www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org, www.impeachbush.org, www.afterdowningstreet.org
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Help Restore HABEAS CORPUS! - The MOST IMPORTANT Action You Can Take!
Friday, July 20, 2007 By Your-Rights.com
( NOTE: Please click on the bold links on this page. They are references that everyone should see! )
YOU WILL CARE about Habeas Corpus when you really need it, but by then, it will PROBABLY BE TO LATE for you to do anything about it!!!
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe (1749-1832) It was very odd to celebrate Independence Day without Habeas corpus!
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison (1751-1836) Let's also not forget what our wonderful President once said:
"There ought to be limits to freedom." -- George W. Bush, May 21, 1999 Apparently George Bush wasn't kidding when he said that! Take a look at the liberties we have lost since Bush has been President!
HABEAS CORPUS "Habeas Corpus is the name of a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action." -- Wikipedia HELP RESTORE HABEAS CORPUS! PLEASE click the link to learn more about what you can do to help!
The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007
Despite the opposition, Congress is trying to restore some of our rights.
"This is the key protection that people have if they're held in violation of the law," said Erwin Chemerinsky, a Duke University law professor who has criticized the administration's actions on civil liberties. "If there's no habeas corpus, and if the government wants to pick you or me off the street and hold us indefinitely, how do we get our release?" -- SF Gate Please help Congress reinstate Habeas Corpus so that American citizens ( THIS INCLUDES YOU ) can't be held without charges or without representation of an attorney!!!
"What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage." -- Bruce Barton (1886-1967) Alberto Gonzales: "I Haven't Really Thought About" Habeas Corpus
"The Constitution doesn't say every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas," Gonzales told Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 17. -- huffingtonpost
Freedom is ANYTHING BUT FREE!
"Today, consent of the governed is a presumptive aspect of all democracies. Indeed, any government that cannot plausibly claim to rule by consent of the governed tends not to enjoy the benefit of the doubt about their legitimacy, either by their own people or the peoples of other nations." -- Wikipedia A lot of people in the United States feel that our country is no longer ruled by consent of the governed. They feel that OUR GOVERNMENT IS CHANGING from a Democracy into a Totalitarian and Militaristic state which uses a hateful brand of Theocracy as a means of social engineering and social control to manipulate the citizens.
When Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers of the United States created the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution they included language or terms which stated that the United States would be ruled by consent of the governed and that there would be separation of church and state. They made every effort to make sure that the United States would NOT be ruled by Theocracy as the Bush administration would like!
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." -- Harry S. Truman Take a good, hard look at what is going on in the United States and around the world. It doesn't get any more real than this! We are either going to sink or swim. Which one are YOU going to do?
PLEASE HELP RESTORE HABEAS CORPUS! PLEASE click the link to learn more about what you can do to help!
Something simple you can do to help restore Habeas Corpus:
PLEASE help others learn about what is going on! One easy way to do this is to simply e-mail the link to this article. If everyone does this, then all of us together may be able to influence congress enough to restore this most important Right!
Mailing this to people will not only inform them of their plight, but it will ENABLE them to do something about it!
( If you wish to mail this article to people, click on the 'PERMALINK' link below, then, after the page loads... just copy the address from the locaiton bar into your e-mail messages. You can also just right click on 'PERMALINK' and then click on 'copy link locaiton' or similar text, then paste the address into your e-mails. )
Something else you can do:
Randomly engage people you see in conversation about Habeas Corpus! I would bet that a large percentage of people, depending on whom you ask, probably have never even heard of it! Make sure to let them know what they can do to help restore Habeas Corpus!
References:
All Hail Our Imperial Emperor, Lord Bush! Heil Bush! Heil Bush!
How Can Bush Free Iraq When He Brings Tyranny to America?
Rules 'hiding' TRILLIONS in American debt: Liability $516,348 per U.S. household
Americans Unready to Revolt, Despite Revolting Conditions
GEORGE W. BUSH TO BE DICTATOR DURING UPCOMING PLANNED CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY
Free Speech, How far will you go?
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006)
Tags: Habeas Corpus
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GEORGE W. BUSH TO BE DICTATOR DURING UPCOMING PLANNED CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY
From Your-Rights.com
- Friday, July 20, 2007
UPDATED: Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran.
Russian News Agency: "White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official"
( READ THIS, ALSO! and WATCH THIS MOVIE! )
How Can Bush Free Iraq When He Brings Tyranny to America?
Here's the not-so-secret game plan in case you haven't been paying attention.
Since as early as September, 2006 it was reported by Col. Sam Gardiner on CNN's "Situation room" that the United States is ALREADY at war with Iran! If you REMEMBER the Vietnam war, the CIA was covertly conducting war operations in Vietnam long before we officially entered the war through the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
The United States has been criticized for trying to shut down North Korea and Iran's nuclear programs while simultaneously supporting the nuclear programs of India and Israel.
Dick Cheney and others have been stating that a nuclear attack on the U.S. is looming, highly probable.
Unmentioned by any major media source, the U.S. Government HAS BEEN WAR-GAMING a simulated nuclear attack on the United States for the better part of a week.
Part of the war-gaming has been to determine how Americans will react through the use of extremely advanced computer modeling using over 2 million computer modeled "people." Most likely modeling the best way to implement MARTIAL LAW in the United States with the least amount of resistance!
Here's part of what Bush's declaration says:
"Catastrophic Emergency" means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions;"
Read this comment from Digg.com:
Notice the very last paragraph: (24) Security. This directive and the information contained herein shall be protected from unauthorized disclosure, provided that, except for Annex A, the Annexes attached to this directive are classified and shall be accorded appropriate handling, consistent with applicable Executive Orders.
In other words, there is a lot more to this [that] they are not going to tell us. Oh, you know, things like the locations of the internment camps, and who will be in charge for martial law if there is an attack that takes out Washington D.C. and/or the President. Professor Robert Pastor says the North American Union is JUST A CRISIS AWAY.
Pastor "believes a new 9/11 crisis could be the catalyst to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada."
"The memoirs of Jean Monnet, regarded as the architect of European unity, finally disclosed he had used a strategy of deceit, knowing his plan to form a European Union would never succeed if it were openly disclosed." ( Dr. Robert A. Pastor served as co-chair and a member of the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations' Independent Task Force on the Future of North America.)
Remember all those supposedly embedded terrorists hiding inside the United States getting ready to make Jihad? Well, when they rise up OR the next time something like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, or JUST ABOUT ANYTHING that Bush whims it to be... George W. Bush will DECLARE MARTIAL LAW and then TAKE OVER the entire U.S. Government, becoming the DICTATOR in Chief. Do you remember how Hitler took power? As dictator, he will annex Canada and Mexico creating the North American Union and then TYRANNY will RULE THE LAND because of those who traded Liberty for Security.
Police spies have been infiltrating peaceful anti-war activist groups and even shooting tear gas and RUBBER BULLETS at protesters!
If you are thinking that we can just rise up and retake our country from Dictator George after he has taken over, think again. You see, they have already thought of that, too! Just the other day, it was written that George W. Bush has contracted with Haliburton to build detention camps INSIDE the United States. This is nothing new, Alex Jones has been documenting how the FEMA detention camps have been operating.
This may not happen tomorrow or next week, but it has already been steadily happening, just like clockwork!
This is just around the corner if we don't do something to stop it! CAN'T YOU SEE IT UNFOLDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES?!?!?!
Poll shows 39% of Americans support impeachment
GEORGE W. BUSH AND DICK CHENEY MUST BE IMPEACHED NOW!!! OR WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!
9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!!!
THE NEXT TERROR ATTACK WILL BE, TOO!!!
George W. Bush Declares Himself Dictator During A Catastrophic Emergency
Bush Wants Full Control Of Government During Catastrophic Attack
Search Digg for "Bush dictator"
Tags: New World Order, North American Union, 9/11, Tyranny
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54 PERCENT of Americans APPROVE of impeaching Cheney
From Your-Rights.om
- Tuesday, July 10, 2007
54 PERCENT of Americans APPROVE of impeaching Cheney!!!
Poll: Americans Evenly Divided On Impeachment Of Bush, Majority For Targeting Cheney
A Mass Movement for Resignation?
Lets put this support for impeachment to use!
CALL YOUR REPRESENTITIVE in Congress (202) 224-3121 - TTY: (202) 225-1904, and make them sign on to Dennis Kucinich's IMPEACHEMENT Bill!
This is our BIG CHANCE to get Congress to get behind the voters!
IMPEACH CHENEY NOW!!!
Dick Cheney, in contradiction with the US Constitution, says the Office of the Vice President (Cheney's office) is NOT part of the Executive Branch!
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UPDATED: The MAJOR STORY the Main Stream Media (MSM) Failed to Report!
From The Randi Rhodes Show
- Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The scoop: EITHER Osama bin Laden or The Saudi Royals chartered the flights that took the bin Ladens out of the US POST 9/11!
This story, from an Australian newspaper, is ABSENT from the U.S. Main Stream Media! The question is WHY dosen't the MSM want the American people to know about this MAJOR STORY?!
But WAIT! There's a LOT more about this story along with a PHOTO of the plane, here:
Sheiks on a Plane: FBI Docs Expose Anatomy of a Cover-Up
Related:
TERROR FLIGHT SCHOOL OWNER'S NEW PARTNER: Drug Smuggler Caught in O.J. Simpson Sting
Also, Dick Cheney, in contradiction with the US Constitution, says the Office of the Vice President (Cheney's office) is NOT part of the Executive Branch!
54 PERCENT of Americans APPROVE of impeaching Cheney!!!
Poll: Americans Evenly Divided On Impeachment Of Bush, Majority For Targeting Cheney
A Mass Movement for Resignation?
Lets put this support for impeachment to use!
CALL YOUR REPRESENTITIVE in Congress (202) 224-3121 - TTY: (202) 225-1904, and make them sign on to Dennis Kucinich's IMPEACHEMENT Bill!
This is our BIG CHANCE to get Congress to get behind the voters!
IMPEACH CHENEY NOW!!!
Tags: 9/11, impeach, cheney, fbi
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With LESS FREEDOM, Independence Day is NOT as much fun! What does Independence Day mean to you?
From Your-Rights.com
- Wednesday, July 4, 2007
( NOTE: Please click on the bold links on this page. They are references that everyone should see! )
It was very odd to celebrate Independence Day without Habeas corpus!
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe (1749-1832) While you are doing all that flag waving, please don't forget about the people who made it possible for you to wave that flag!
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison (1751-1836) Let's also not forget what our wonderful President once said:
"There ought to be limits to freedom." -- George W. Bush, May 21, 1999 Apparently George Bush wasn't kidding when he said that! Take a look at the liberties we have lost since Bush has been President!
Parents v. Seattle "Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 551 U.S. ___ (2007), decided together with Meredith v. Jefferson, is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that prohibited the use of race as the sole factor in order to integrate public schools and declined to recognize racial balancing as a compelling state interest." -- Wikipedia
"Justice Stephen Breyer, ... said Roberts' opinion undermined the promise of integrated schools that the court laid out 53 years ago in its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education." -- Wave3 HABEAS CORPUS "Habeas Corpus is the name of a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action." -- Wikipedia HELP RESTORE HABEAS CORPUS! PLEASE click the link to learn more about what you can do to help!
The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007
Despite the opposition, Congress is trying to restore some of our rights.
"This is the key protection that people have if they're held in violation of the law," said Erwin Chemerinsky, a Duke University law professor who has criticized the administration's actions on civil liberties. "If there's no habeas corpus, and if the government wants to pick you or me off the street and hold us indefinitely, how do we get our release?" -- SF Gate Please help Congress reinstate Habeas Corpus so that American citizens ( this includes YOU ) can't be held without charges or without representation of an attorney!
YOU WILL CARE about Habeas Corpus when you really need it, but by then, it will PROBABLY BE TO LATE for you to do much, if anything, about it!
"What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage." -- Bruce Barton (1886-1967) Alberto Gonzales: "I Haven't Really Thought About" Habeas Corpus
"The Constitution doesn't say every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas," Gonzales told Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 17. -- huffingtonpost When Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers of the United States created the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution they included language or terms which stated that the United States would be ruled by consent of the governed and that there would be separation of church and state. They made every effort to make sure that the United States would NOT be ruled by Theocracy as the Bush administration would like!
As Americans, we owe our Freedoms, Rights and Liberties to these men! Freedom is ANYTHING BUT FREE!
"Today, consent of the governed is a presumptive aspect of all democracies. Indeed, any government that cannot plausibly claim to rule by consent of the governed tends not to enjoy the benefit of the doubt about their legitimacy, either by their own people or the peoples of other nations." -- Wikipedia A lot of people in the United States feel that our country is no longer ruled by consent of the governed. They feel that our Government is slowly changing from a Democracy into a Totalitarian and Militaristic state which uses Theocracy as a means of social engineering and social control to manipulate the citizens.
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." -- Harry S. Truman Take a good, hard look at what is going on in the United States and around the world. It doesn't get any more real than this! We are either going to sink or swim. Which one are YOU going to do?
THE BANDITS are TAKING AWAY our rights and PILLAGING our wealth!
Don't just believe what you read here! Hear it right from the horses mouth:
Video: George H.W. Bush's New World Order speech
Professor Robert Pastor says the North American Union is JUST A CRISIS AWAY.
Pastor "believes a new 9/11 crisis could be the catalyst to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada."
"The memoirs of Jean Monnet, regarded as the architect of European unity, finally disclosed he had used a strategy of deceit, knowing his plan to form a European Union would never succeed if it were openly disclosed." Dr. Robert A. Pastor served as co-chair and a member of the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations' Independent Task Force on the Future of North America.
Now that you know who Dr. Robert A. Pastor is, do you believe what he is saying? If ANYONE on this planet knows about what is going on, this is the person!
Do you Remember the Freudian Slip of Richard N Haass, the current President of the Council on Foreign Relations? Was this a simple slip of the tongue or is there more to this?
We must be ever vigilant or the freedoms we all hold so dear may be taken away through Bush's "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive"! This might even be the end to U.S. Sovereignty! It's up to us! WE MUST MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN!
It's easy to see how some of this stuff may sound a bit like conspiracy theories, but remember, it is only a conspiracy THEORY if you can't prove it exists. Once proven it is a real, live, full fledged CONSPIRACY! If you do some simple research yo | |