Thursday, March 22, 2007

Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney from Democracy Rising - Ask Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the following reasons:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We're Still Wrapped Around Their Fingers
Baltimore Sun
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-li.popcol22mar22,0,7504785.column?track=rss
Hot Springs, Ark. Camelot Records & Tapes, circa 1984. My father and I are on our weekend ritual of record shopping. And on this Saturday afternoon, Daddy is perplexed by my choices, even a little upset. There isn't a black artist among the three 45s I choose, and the one LP I select is Synchronicity by the Police.

Ghosts in the Hit Machine: 10 Hidden Gems from the Police Commemorate Their 30th Anniversary
Vh1
http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1554452/20070312/police.jhtml

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