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Posted: Sun May 13th, 2007 08:33 am

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This is important. It is a major reason which explains why there will be no impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

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Posted: Sun May 13th, 2007 09:01 am

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One War Criminal Down, A Fistful to Go

By Paul Craig Roberts

Because of Blair’s support for the European Union, Blair could find himself hauled before the International Criminal Court. The US government has been careful to keep itself outside international law. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and a number of others are regarded as outlaws, but there is no marshall with the authority to arrest them and hold them accountable. Only Congress can do that.

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt277.html

If these people actually believe a presidential election a year-and-a-half from now will significantly alter how the country is run, they have almost surely wasted their money. As Andrew Bacevich, author of The New American Militarism, puts it: "None of the Democrats vying to replace President Bush is doing so with the promise of reviving the system of check and balances.... The aim of the party out of power is not to cut the presidency down to size but to seize it, not to reduce the prerogatives of the executive branch but to regain them."

I don't get it. Why do reasonable peope IGNORE the obvious?

http://kucinich.us/node/3696

http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm

Supporting Documents for H Res 333

Synopsis of Resolution

Text of Resolution as Introduced in the House of Representatives

Letter to Vice President Cheney

Brief summary of impeachment procedure

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Posted: Wed May 23rd, 2007 01:07 pm

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Why Bush Hasn’t Been Impeached

Congress, The Media and Most of The American People Have Yet To Turn Decisively Against Bush because To Do So Would Be To Turn Against Some Part of Themselves.

Democrats, and for that matter Americans of all political persuasions, seem content to watch Bush slowly bleed to death.

What?

How about an update?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Impeach+Kucinich

Kucinich video asks if it's time to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush

Ron Brynaert
Published: Monday March 19, 2007

http://www.libertyunites.us/video_kucinich_impeachment_press_conference_4_25_07-896.html
Kucinich Impeachment Press Conference 4 25 07
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/kucinich_impeach_cheney/

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, citing the “very real” possibility that the U.S. would wage war with Iran and accusing Cheney of “fabricat[ing] intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to justify the Iraq war,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Kucinich2008

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Abrams' last involvement with attempting to destabilize a foreign government led to criminal charges.

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"Buying the War," Now it's Iran

By William Bunch

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Posted: Wed May 23rd, 2007 04:29 pm

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Buying the War

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How Can Bush Bring Freedom and Democracy to Iraq When He Brings Tyranny to America?

by Paul Craig Roberts

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Posted: Mon Jun 4th, 2007 02:38 pm

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UPDATE: Ex-Marine Won’t STFU About Iraq, So Marines Re-Enlisting Him To Dishonorably Discharge Him

Edit: Real Marines abide by the Military Code of Justice - Criminals don't.

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/02/crew-the-bushcheney-white-house-does-not-want-you-to-know-who-meets-with-them/

The Bush administration has changed the rules over record-keeping to prevent access to visitor records. They've usurped the role of the Secret Service, which is covered by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Instead, Bush and Cheney claim visitor records are under their jurisdiction, thus exempt from FOIA. CREW is not accepting that determination, hence our lawsuits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/opinion/03sun2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

The Associated Press reported that Mr. Cheney’s office ordered the Secret Service last September to destroy all records of visitors to the official vice presidential mansion — right after The Washington Post sued for access to the logs. That move was made in secret, naturally. It came out only because of another lawsuit, filed by a private group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, seeking the names of conservative religious figures who visited the vice president’s residence.

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Could al Qaeda Attack Trigger War With Iran?

Analysis by Gareth Porter

06/05/07 - -- - WASHINGTON, Jun 5 (IPS) - Following revelations of a George W. Bush administration policy to hold Iran responsible for any al Qaeda attack on the U.S. that could be portrayed as planned on Iranian soil, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinksi warned last week that Washington might use such an incident as a pretext to bomb Iran.

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For six and one-half years the Bush Regime has relied on coercion, intimidation, war, and threats of war. Diplomacy and good will have been shunned. The regime’s blatant warmongering has resurrected the nuclear arms race. China and Russia regard America’s drive for world hegemony with great alarm. China has put nuclear ICBMs on mobile platforms to increase their survivability in event of an American attack. Russia has developed new multi-warhead ICBMs, which can penetrate any known missile defense, and new cruise missiles that Putin says will be targeted on Europe if the US persists in its aggressive military encirclement of Russia.

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Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight.

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Two actions in particular have changed the Russian-US relationship from tepid to openly hostile. The first was when Putin announced that Russia’s four largest oil fields would not be open to foreign development. (Russia has been consolidating its oil wealth under state-run Gazprom) And, second, when the Russian Treasury began to convert Russia’s dollar reserves into gold and rubles. Both of these are regarded as high-crimes by US corporate chieftains and western elites. Their response was swift.

John Edwards and Jack Kemp were appointed to lead a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) task force which concocted the basic pretext for an all-out assault on the Putin. This is where the idea that Putin is “rolling back democracy” began; it’s a feeble excuse for political antagonism. In their article “Russia’s Wrong Direction”, Edwards and Kemp state that a “strategic partnership” with Russia is no longer possible. They note that the government has become increasingly “authoritarian” and that the society is growing less “open and pluralistic”. Blah, blah, blah. No one in the Washington really cares about democracy. (Just look at our “good friends” in Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan) What they’re afraid of is Putin ditching the dollar and controlling his own oil. That’s what counts. Bush also wants Putin to support sanctions against Iran and rubber stamp a Security Council resolution to separate Kosovo form Serbia. (Since when does the UN have the right to redraw national borders? Was the creation of Israel such a stunning success that the Security Council wants to try its luck again?)

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http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/

A Neo-Conservative International Targets Iran
June 9th, 2007

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A Slap in the Face of the Crawford Caligula

by Chris Floyd

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The photos you see here show you what will happen if we nuke Iran. We will maim and murder countless Asians from Iran to Japan. We will poison the soil, the crops, the cattle, the people, for generations to come.

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We apparently no longer have the gene for political rebellion. It has been bred out of most of us. And those of us that urge a Second American Revolution are seen as fringe, nutty subversives.

So what do Americans have – other than a terribly bleak future? Where is hope in our dismal world?

In a bizarre twist of history that further illustrates just how impotent Americans have become, virtually all citizens are either unaware of or unreceptive to the ultimate escape route that the Framers of our Constitution gave us. They anticipated that Americans could become quite dissatisfied with the federal government. They feared that the political system could become incredibly corrupted by moneyed interests. They were right.

So here we sit over 200 years after our nation was created unwilling to use what is explicitly given to us in Article V of the Constitution – the option to have a convention outside the control of Congress, the President and the Supreme Court to make proposals for constitutional amendments. Do we really believe in the rule of law? If so, then we should understand that the supreme law of the land – what is in our Constitution – is the ultimate way to obtain the deep political and government reforms to restore true democracy and economic fairness to our society.

Make no mistake: an Article V convention has been stubbornly opposed by virtually all groups with political and economic power. This is most evidenced by the blatant refusal of Congress to obey the Constitution and give us an Article V convention, even though the single explicit requirement for a convention has been met. This fact alone should tell rational people that they are being screwed and oppressed. The rule of law is trumped by the rule of delusion. Our lawmakers are lawbreakers.

Let's have a look at Article V before continuing the reading of this article?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Article+V

http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=3080

Article V: The Amendment Process

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Before moving on I am reminded of a quote from Patrick Henry:
I smell a rat.

That was in reference to the cabal of wanna be dictators pretending to be 'Federalists', you know, the one's who forced the Constitution (Slave Contract) down the throats of unsuspecting victims?

Words, words, words. What really matters are deeds. Be nice?

A revolution is now working and it is a nice one. There may be no good reason to push it along at any faster rate. What is also happening, unfortunately, along side the peaceful revolution are crimes against humanity perpetrated by powerful people in their effort to maintain their power. They, the criminals, are truly pathetic. Don't feed the trolls.

That is simple.

Can an Article V convention manage to sever the link between the 'legal' criminals and the people who only want to live and let live?

If so, then, give it a go. If not, then, why bother?

A. Impeach every 'legal' criminal now and on into the future (the current example is Kucinich impeaching Dick Cheney). Sever the connection between the biggest 'legal' criminal and the innocent people first - move on down the list.

B. Start constructing and utilizing a more accurate currency. There is no law, on earth, that can stop people from this vital endeavor. This kills the power of falsehood at the root.

C. Improve the 'law of the land'. I am, myself, convinced that this will require a move back to jury trials where each individual can veto any law during any test of law; however - a constitutional convention could focus attention upon this simple return to democratic equity.

I'll read the link further to find out if the person writing the article on Article V has something specific in mind when considering a change in the rule book (the one currently being ignored).

Come learn more about the effort to get an Article V convention at http://www.foavc.org and become a member. Do not keep witnessing the unraveling of American society, voting for lesser evil candidates, and believing the propaganda that putting different Democrats or Republicans in office will actually improve things for most of us. Choose peaceful rebellion by using what our Constitution gives us. Fight self-delusion.

Research needed?

http://www.foavc.org/

---- To refrain from supporting any specific amendment proposal that may be proposed at an Article V Convention.
What is the point?

More checks and balances for the sake of checks and balances? If the existing checks and balances are not working, then, why is the fix - more checks and balances?

It sounds at least a bit dishonest to support something from no possition other than 'just because'.

Is it me?

How about looking for a specific gripe inspiring someone to bring about this check to balance against something specific?

http://www.foavc.org/faq/summary%20of%20amendment%20subjects.pdf

Anti-polygamy (Defense of Marriage)
Apportionment (One person, One Vote)

Apportionment and Presidential electors (Electoral College)

Apportionment/state schools

Balanced budget

Conflicting state and federal statutes

Court of Union

Direct election of senators

General (No subject specified by applying state)

General (Direct election of senators)

Independent state schools

Interstate taxation

Judicial review of statutes

Limited congressional terms (Term Limits)

Limited judicial terms (Term Limits)

Limited presidential term (Term Limits)

Limited taxation (Repeal of Income Tax, 16^{th Amendment)}

Line item veto

Mode of amendment

National Recovery Plan

Pension for the elderly

Presidential electors (Electoral College)

Presiding officer of Senate

Reading Bible in school

Repeal of prohibition

Revenue sharing

Right to life (Abortion)

School attendance

School prayer

Secular school funding (Home Schools)

Sedition laws

Selection of federal judges

Supreme Court authority

Tax refund

Taxation of debts

Taxation of securities

Taxation on debts

Taxes on vehicles and fuel

Treaty powers

Treaty procedures

Unconditional federal funds

Unconditional public funds

Validity of 14th Amendment

Wage/hours regulation

World Government

I suggest a reading of Common Sense (and Crisis) by Thomas Paine:

http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/commonsense/sense2.htm

To say that the constitution of England is an UNION of three powers, reciprocally CHECKING each other, is farcical; either the words have no meaning, or they are flat contradictions.

First. — That the King it not to be trusted without being looked after; or in other words, that a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.

Secondly. — That the Commons, by being appointed for that purpose, are either wiser or more worthy of confidence than the Crown.

But as the same constitution which gives the Commons a power to check the King by withholding the supplies, gives afterwards the King a power to check the Commons, by empowering him to reject their other bills; it again supposes that the King is wiser than those whom it has already supposed to be wiser than him. A mere absurdity!

There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of Monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest judgment is required. The state of a king shuts him from the World, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly; wherefore the different parts, by unnaturally opposing and destroying each other, prove the whole character to be absurd and useless.

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WHEN language has been butchered and bled of meaning, how do we understand "public power"?

Create and maintain a more accurate currency.

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