Posted on 07/20/2006 4:29:46 PM PDT by SJackson
The most powerful men the world has ever known are George Bush and Dick Cheney men who make war but avoided combat when they had a chance to fight. They are not merely hypocrites, however. Their hypocrisy is attached to policy, and that policy is a danger to the nation.
Bush and Cheney must be impeached for their high crimes and removed from office. Their wars on Afghanistan and Iraq are illegal wars of aggression outlawed by the U.N. Charter, the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.
Throughout human history, those who kill, bully, scheme, lie and cheat are usually the people who gain power over communities of humans. We call these people "rulers." For the last 600 years men and women fought to restrain out-of-control, absolute monarchs with their arbitrary powers to start wars, rape, murder, steal, starve, destroy and tax.
Since the Enlightenment, citizens have fought for the idea that humans should come together, either selected or elected, to discuss and adopt a body of law. Those laws would then "rule" the community. Their fight was successful. In many nations today kings, queens, prime ministers and presidents lead their nations, but laws limit their power.
The British struggled for 400 years to place the concept of impeachment in their body of laws. The revolutionaries, who fought against the British to found our nation, placed the concept of impeachment front and center in our Constitution. Jefferson, Adams, Washington and others argued that all citizens and political leaders are always beneath the law. No one has the power to operate above the law. Therefore, if a person is elected or appointed to a government position, he or she must follow the laws or be removed from office by impeachment.We have lost the rule of law and the fairness of law. Bush and Cheney have placed themselves above the law. They have started two wars of aggression, organized the torture of prisoners, set up secret prisons, conducted warrantless wiretaps on Americans, and broken the nuclear disarmament treaty. The list goes on.
Today our family members can be effectively prosecuted for things like the violation of traffic laws. But Bush and Cheney, who started illegal wars and are causing the deaths of tens of thousands of people, go scot-free and stay in power. There has been no accountability for our highest leaders when they break the law. The concepts of fairness and justice at the highest levels in our nation are broken.
On top of this, one of the most sacred values in a republic, free and fair elections, has been tarnished. We now have questionable election outcomes in 2000 and 2004, leaving us with an uncertainly whether Bush was fairly elected.
You and I, as citizens, and our nation, as a member of the world of nations, are in an untenable situation. But the founding fathers and mothers provide us with a "repair." It is the impeachment process. You and I must rise up and demand that our elected representatives commence the impeachment process in the U.S. House of Representatives. Let the House investigate the allegations of law breaking. If they believe law breaking has taken place, let the Senate then decide whether Bush and Cheney will be removed from office.Where to start? Today, groups in nearly 50 cities across America will be conducting impeachment teach-ins sponsored by the nonpartisan Center for Constitutional Rights.
Please join us this evening at the teach-in hosted by the Madison Area Peace Coalition. It will start at 7 in Room 2650 of the UW-Madison Humanities Building on campus. There will be a film on the Center for Constitutional Right's recent book, "Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush,"followed by discussions by UW Madison law Professor David Schwartz, attorney and activist Ben Manski and the audience.
You can make a difference. No one else is going to restore the rule of law for ourselves and our kids. We either restore the rule of law now or it will be gone. Join us tonight and decide if it is time for you to take action.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Geez, what an asshat.
Scream, "Impeach Rice!"
Didn't Bubba just say he would suit up and grab a rifle for Israel?
"The most powerful men the world has ever known are George Bush and Dick Cheney men who make war but avoided combat when they had a chance to fight. "
Wonder if CLinton can make it. I thought he was a war hero. Oh wait, he dodged the draft and went to Europe.
I guess as soon as Buzz puts down the bong, he'll get around to building his website.Congratulations! Your site is now ready for use! This page is a temporary placeholder for your site until you are ready to upload your web files.
what a waste of space.....
Oh. My. HECK.
"...President Paulson..."
Remember Pat Paulsen's presidential runs? They were hysterical.
Bwahahaha. Impeach them if you can. Then see who you get.
Try reading the constitution.
Just more infantile paybacks from the left, that's all they are about nowadays.
Embarassing to a former professor. Grade "F"
Probably be a pretty good place to pick up fat, domineering chicks.
...with greasy hair.
Whew...certifiable. Afghanistan was 'illegal' too? LOL.
Somebody ought to start a campaign to repeal the 22nd Amendment, just for the amusement that will inevitably ensue when these guys get wind of it and squeal like wieners on the grill.
Rule of law???? LOL! What a joke.
Why do we have people on here like this? If anyone needed to be impeached it was kkklinton and algore....they both wouldn't make up for a complete happy meal....
The Democrats used that phrase a lot when Clinton was impeached. They kept using that as a reply to "he's not above the law". I never quite understood what it meant.
The objective is to impeach Bush and Cheney even when they are *out* of office - what a coup even if impossible!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.