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Time's Up, Congress!« Thread Started on Jul 23, 2007, 5:14am

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Time's Up, Congress!« Thread Started on Jul 23, 2007, 5:14am

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Time's Up, Congress!« Thread Started on Jul 23, 2007, 5:14am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Time's Up, Congress!Impeach Now!Journey for Humanity and Accountability, Day 14Cindy SheehanOur Constitution established a tri-partite system ofgovernment, with the notion that each branch ofgovernment would act as a check on the other two.Unfortunately, for the last six years, the Republicansin Congress have largely viewed themselves asdefenders of the Bush Administration, instead of avital check on overreaching by the Executive Branch.By doing so, I believe they have acted to thedetriment of our Constitutional form of government.We have seen so many transgressions by thisAdministration that it is easy to forget last week'sscandal amid this week's new outrage. I am hopefulthat compiling all of these events of the last fewyears will help wake all of us up to the gravity ofthese matters and the cumulative damage to ourcountry.Congressman John Conyers, Constitution in CrisisJuly 31, 2006 Congressman Conyers wrote this brilliant and stingingindictment of BushCo almost a year ago. The bookletoutlines and expounds on the crimes of the BushRegime, and my question for him the last time we metin May, was: What has the President and Vice Presidentdone since the Dems regained both houses of Congressin January to miraculously become “innocent” oftreason and other high crimes and misdemeanors?Today we march from Arlington to Congress.We arrived in DC yesterday from Crawford, Tx after twoweeks of our journey. Twenty-five (sometimes a little more, sometimes alittle less) of us have traveled from town to townwhere we were almost universally welcomed with a smallamount of protest mostly in the form of thefoul-mouthed and gnarly-breathed, Gathering of Eagles(they call us “hippies” “dirty”). All along the way wehave encountered our fellow Americans who are sick andfed up with the crimes of BushCo and the slaughter inthe Middle East. Today we will march from Arlington Cemetery whereabsolutely no desecration is planned by our group, butwhere desecration has been committed on a daily basisby the neocon war mongers who use our troops unwisely,illegally, immorally and for monetary and politicalexpediency.When we arrive at Congressman John Conyer’s (D-Mi,Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee) officetoday we will arrive with over one million signatureson petitions to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney.We will arrive with the sentiments of the majority ofAmericans on our side. We will arrive with a thirstfor justice and armed with the truth and compassionfor our children serving in Iraq and our brothers andsisters who have had to suffer there under thecorporate greed of US war profiteers.The other day in San Diego, Rep. Conyers told anaudience that he would go forward with impeachment if3 other members joined him, well he has 15 othermembers already signed on H(Res) 333 which is Articlesof Impeachment for Dastardly Dick introduced by Rep.Dennis Kucinich. Both Rep. Conyers and Speaker Pelosineed to be reminded of what their constitutionalduties are and must be forced to act now before it istoo late. I wonder how many more of our troops andIraqis they are willing to sacrifice on the altar ofpartisan politics?Today there will be dozens of us who will sit-inCongressman Conyer’s office until he agrees to do theright thing and we will risk arrest if he doesn’t. Weare doing it because we profoundly believe thataccountability in the form of impeachment isimperative to restore the rule of law and to protectthe future from an executive branch that has run amok. We march for peace. We sit for accountability. On Tuesday, July 24th, I may become a candidate inCalifornia’s 8th district. The balls’ in Congress’court now. I hope they come through for us.Go to www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org for more infoon our Journey for Humanity and Accountability or todonate to help with expenses.
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