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I am calling for the immediate removal of Nancy Pelosi, D-CA and Harry Reed, D-NV from their positions in the House and Senate, respectively. The reason is treason by High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Specifically Domestic Terrorism, misfeasance and malfeasance in office detrimental to the security of the nation. Following removal, they should be tried, and if found guilty, punished in accordance with the laws of the land. The reason for this is the recent actions by both leaders with respect to not allowing valid legislation to be properly argued in congress. Further, they have lied to their constituents and fellow...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court ordered reinstatement Monday for 33 janitors in Los Angeles who were fired because their Social Security numbers did not match the government's database, a ruling that could strengthen unions' case against a Bush administration proposal to pressure employers to get rid of suspected illegal immigrants. The decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco did not address the legality of the administration's so-called no-match rule, which a federal judge blocked in October. That rule would threaten employers with civil fines and criminal prosecution unless they fired workers who failed...

House Speaker Michael Madigan is circulating a memo to legislative candidates spelling out how they can discuss whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached - with talking points that compare corruption under the governor to a tumor that must be removed. The 14-page rundown of Blagojevich's alleged "misdeeds and malfeasance" is sure to deepen the feud between the two Democrats and lend substance to talk of impeachment. A memo sent to some House Democratic candidates, obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press, offers detailed talking points on the merits of impeachment. "One thing we learned from the (imprisoned former Republican Gov.)...

BRATTLEBORO (ruthlandherald.com) — Brattleboro residents will vote at town meeting on whether President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be indicted and arrested for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont. The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put the controversial item on the Town Meeting Day warning. According to Town Clerk Annette Cappy, organizers of the Bush-Cheney issue gathered enough signatures, and it was up to the Select Board whether Brattleboro voters would consider the issue in March. Cappy said residents will get to vote on the matter by...

(CBS) The former Democratic nominee for president who ran against a president later driven from office under threat of impeachment, today said that impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney is "the rightful course for an American patriot." George McGovern, a former South Dakota Senator who ran on the Democratic ticket in 1972 as an anti-war advocate, wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that, while he steered clear of calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon in the '70s - fearing it would appear as "an expression of personal vengeance" against his opponent who...

There could be some discord during the Tournament of Roses Parade as demonstrators promise to raise issues during the holiday spectacle that has been going on for more than a century. Human rights advocates plan to protest a float honoring the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and anti-war activists, including "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan, intend to rally for peace. The theme of this year's New Year's Day parade is "Passport to the World's Celebrations." It will feature 46 floats, 21 marching bands and 18 equestrian units...

OK, so apparently there is an Anti-War Protest scheduled for this Saturday (Oct. 27th) at Lake Eola. This is part of a larger protest nationally. Please check the following links: Orlando Meetup Group This poor fellow appears to be the only one planning to march around here. National Site Kinda makes it seem larger than it really is. If any FReepers in the area have some time available to head downtown for a counter-FReep, that would be great. Unfortunately I have to work Saturday or I would go down there just to see these misguided people. I always look for...

'Hundreds' cancel trips, homeowner threatens to move out Telluride: Some of the ski fans who have patronized Telluride, Colo., now are calling the ritzy resort "the land of radical liberals" and canceling planned vacations there because the town board voted to approve an ordinance calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. One ski club of 175 people already has made plans to go elsewhere, another skier has threatened to sell his home there and another critic predicted the town soon would bow to Mecca. "It's huge, unbelievable," said Telluride Mayor John Pryor. "Ski groups are canceling...

Lawmakers may investigate Spitzer staffBy CHRIS CAROLA, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 19 minutes ago New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks at a news conference, with Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., in the background, at the Erie Canal Harbor development site in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, July 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Don Heupel) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A state Senate committee with subpoena power may investigate an alleged plot by two of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's aides to smear the governor's Republican nemesis, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said Wednesday. The two Spitzer aides had refused to be interviewed during Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's...

Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., a member of the House of Representatives so Constitutionally-minded that he wrote a book on the subject, responded as a founding father would have to the news that President Bush had commuted the 30-month prison sentence of former White House insider I. "Scooter" Libby. How so? By calling for consideration of the impeachment of the president for abusing the pardoning – and the related commutation of sentences -- privileges of his office. "In her first weeks as leader of the Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew the notion of impeachment proceedings against either President Bush or...

I'm listening to the wimpy Cisco Cotto interview Jesse Jackson Jr who is calling for Bush's outster because of the Scooty Libby thing. Cisco is actually hammering and basically laughing at Jesse Jackson. JJ keeps saying that Plame was covert and that Wilson didn't lie.. which Cisco laughed at, basically saying that's not true. Cisco then called JJ on voting against Clinton's impeachment even though Clinton actually committed crimes. Cisco said JJ can't even connect Libby to Bush. Cisco asked JJ why there was no outrage when Clinton pardoned Mark Rich (JJ's answer was because Bush's mistake was making this...

For high crimes and misdemeanors, proceedings resembling impeachment are long over due. Start the process now! If it cannot be done domestically then Americans must turn to the international community. The United Nations Security Council must be compelled to authorize action. Everyone in the United States knows it, but surprisingly few will stand up to support it. None of this is secret. The leadership of this regime is guilty of inciting and committing terroristic violence. Add to that; its flagrant abuses of spirituality to consolidate power, institutionalized misogyny, racism and sectarianism. This administration does not respond to its people....

Kucinich seeks Cheney impeachment; Americans to rally on Saturday, April 28 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has just introduced Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. Article I The Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney, has purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the U.S. Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests. Article II The Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney, has...

CALIFORNIA FAVORS BUSH PLAN: MIX OF AMNESTY, ENFORCEMENT The Field Poll found 83 percent of Californians support the idea of letting longtime illegal residents remain in this country and apply for citizenship if they have a job, learn English and pay any back taxes. The number is up from 75 percent a year ago.

George Bush and Dick Cheney have lied the nation into a war of aggression, are spying in open violation of the law, and have sanctioned the use of torture. These are high crimes and misdemeanors that demand accountability through the Constitutional mechanism of impeachment. Since Congress doesn't seem to get it, we're calling on all Americans who stand for truth, freedom, and justice to join us on April 28 and spell it out for them: IMPEACH! Let's put the word IMPEACH! everywhere on April 28. If you're in Miami you'll be able to voice your opinion directly to George Bush...

Republican (in name only) Senator Chuck Hagel, darling and hero of the leftist media, appeared on 'This Week' yesterday. It was there that he used the "I" word....impeachment. Hagel's all upset about the war and says some see impeachment of the president as an option to stop said war. Of course, Hagel is running for president...and whenever he criticizes George Bush the media considers him the most important, solid, hard-core Republican ever. This is all despite the fact that 99% of Americans outside of Nebraska have never heard of Chuck Hagel and couldn't pick him out of a lineup. The...

WASHINGTON — Some lawmakers who complain that President Bush is flouting Congress and the public with his Iraq policies are considering impeachment an option, a Republican senator said Sunday. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of the war, stopped short of calling for Bush's impeachment. But he made clear that some lawmakers viewed that as an option should Bush choose to push ahead despite public sentiment against the war. "Any president who says 'I don't care' or 'I will not respond to what the people of this country are saying...

ITHACA — Hours before attending a rally protesting the ongoing Iraq war, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey used a community forum Saturday at the Ithaca Town Hall to decry President Bush's foreign policy. More than 50 people gathered to hear Hinchey, D-22nd Dist., comment on a number of initiatives congressional Democrats are planning to advance, such as increasing the minimum wage, stopping tax breaks for oil companies and halting oil drilling on public lands. But as the forum continued, many of the audience's questions kept returning to the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq and even the idea of...

More than 1,000 people gathered yesterday at Ocean Beach in San Francisco to spell out the message "IMPEACH!" "America is a great country," said event organizer Brad Newsham. "But President Bush has betrayed our faith. He misled us into a disastrous war, and is trampling on our Constitution. He has to go. Now. I hope Nancy Pelosi is listening today." Ocean Beach is located in the congressional district of Pelosi, the new speaker of the House. (Story continues below)

John Gibson just stated that Rep. Conyers has announced that since Speaker Pelosi said that impeachment is 'off the table' that there will be no impeachment of President Bush.

Cock-a-hoop Democrats clamour to impeach Bush By Alex Massie in Washington Last Updated: 2:16am GMT 09/11/2006 Democratic voters were last night pressing for the impeachment of President George W Bush for his conduct over the Iraq war. With the Democrats preparing to control both houses of Congress, they have extensive powers to investigate the president, including the appointment of a special counsel. Many Democrats are keen to press home their new-found advantage by investigating the president's conduct in the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and any role he may have played in exposing the identity of the CIA...

Democrats and liberal judges say terrorists have the same rights as you. Democrats will impeach President Bush for spying on terrorists. Democrats will cancel the Patriot Act, terrorists surveillance and missile defense programs. Stop obstruction and the filibuster. Vote for a Republican majority! If you're not an extremist, you're not a democrat. Take the red pill (R). Take the blue pill (D). VOTE!

Telling the history of our time in song. MIDI - ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001)

A federal district judge in Detroit has ruled that the Bush administration's NSA surveillance of phone conversations is unconstitutional.

"BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - The left-leaning city of Berkeley will let voters decide whether to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The City Council voted Tuesday night to put the advisory measure on the Nov. 7 ballot."

In reference to this FreeRepublic thread , I open this poll with the following question:Since the Berkely City Council think of themselves as the usurpers of the legislative branch of the U.S. Government, should the members of the Berkely City Council be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors", or for treason against the United States?Only one response allowed per pollee, please.

Manchester – Former President Bill Clinton said yesterday he and his wife believe the national Democratic Party should “leave Iowa and New Hampshire alone” and stop tinkering with the 2008 early caucus-primary calendar. Clinton’s strong endorsement for the state’s first-in-the-nation primary came as the Democratic National Committee appears poised to change the early nominating calendar. The DNC rules committee last week voted to add a caucus between Iowa’s leadoff caucus and New Hampshire’s primary, and a primary immediately after New Hampshire — for a total of four events in 18 days in January 2008. Clinton called the move a mistake.

As Republicans have become increasingly nervous about whether they will be able to maintain control of the House in the midterm elections, they have resorted to the straw-man strategy of identifying a parade of horrors to come if Democrats gain the majority. Among these is the assertion that I, as the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, would immediately begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush. I will not do that. I readily admit that I have been quite vigorous, if not relentless, in questioning the administration. The allegations I have raised are grave, serious, well known, and based on...

SPRINGFIELD -- Leave it to the Democratic-controlled state Legislature to find an obscure way to attempt to oust President Bush. State Rep. Karen Yarbrough (D-Maywood) has sponsored a resolution calling on the General Assembly to submit charges to the U.S. House so its lawmakers could begin impeachment proceedings. It would be the first state legislature to pass such a resolution, though the measure faces a dim future in a Republican-controlled Congress. "This is absolutely ridiculous," said John McGovern, a spokesman for U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Only the U.S. House can formally initiate impeachment proceedings. Yarbrough is hoping...

Effort to impeach Bush backfires on Newfane (pop 1,680) By Philip Sherwell in Vermont (Filed: 09/04/2006) After approving funds for pavement repairs and discussing new property tax assessments, the burghers of the New England community of Newfane (population 1,680) turned their attention to weightier political matters. Among the usual community affairs on the agenda at the annual town meeting was a motion of impeachment. And the target was not locally elected officials, but George W Bush, the President of the United States. Impeacher: Dan DeWalt with his tally of war dead As befits the traditionally liberal state of Vermont, the...

A Franklin County Judge is under fire, not just from angry residents, but now the governor of Ohio is asking lawmakers to take the judge off the bench. Judge John A. Connor is getting harsh criticism for the sentence he gave a convicted sex predator, and now the national media is taking the story across the country. The governor's office issued a statement late Wednesday that read, "Judge Connor's sentence is flat-out wrong," and that the "state legislature should act immediately" with it's authority to "remove a sitting judge." It all began when a Hilliard man was arrested for 20...

Sen. Russ Feingold said Sunday that Congress needs to censure President Bush as a possible first step towards impeachment for authorizing the wiretapping of terrorists based in America, adding that Bush's alleged lawbreaking was "much more serious, clearly, than anything Bill Clinton ever did." "This conduct is right in the strike zone of the concept of high crimes and misdemeanors," Feingold told ABC's "This Week." "What the president did, by consciously and intentionally violating the Constitution and the laws of this country with this illegal wiretapping, has to be answered." Feingold announced that he will introduce on Monday a resolution...

ANNAPOLIS -- A Republican lawmaker yesterday tried to remove a Baltimore Circuit Court judge for striking down the state's 33-year-old ban on homosexual "marriage," despite requests from party leaders to take no action. "We are guardians of the public trust," said Delegate Don Dwyer Jr., Anne Arundel County Republican. "It is our duty, our obligation and our responsibility to hold the courts accountable when the court has violated the trust of the public." Mr. Dwyer, who has led Republicans is their unsuccessful attempt to pass a constitutional amendment in Maryland banning same-sex "marriage," charged Baltimore Circuit Judge M. Brooke Murdock...

NEWFANE -- Among votes to approve the budget and education spending at Town Meeting, residents will wade into national waters and vote from the floor for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. Selectboard member Dan DeWalt wrote the Town Meeting resolution and gathered enough signatures to get the question on to the ballot. The vote for impeachment will be taken from the floor. DeWalt said he was not going to bring any evidence to Newfane's meeting, claiming that the people of the town know enough about Bush's presidency to vote on the resolution. If voters approve the resolution, DeWalt...

Former Vice President Al Gore gave another one of his famous anti-Bush speeches(1) last week before an enthusiastic audience of left-wing extremists called the 'Liberty Coalition' at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and a more annoying compilation of unsubstantiated accusations I've not heard in recent times.

  Secretary Chertoff Announces New Members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council For Immediate Release Contact: DHS Press Office, 202-282-8010 January 10, 2006 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today the appointment of Elliott Broidy, Tom Foley and John Magaw to serve on his Homeland Security Advisory Council. The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), as established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, is the Secretary’s primary council and is comprised of experts from state and local governments, first responder communities, academia and the private sector. Members of the Council provide advice and recommendations to Secretary...

He denies it all now. It is unclear why he would have asserted it all in this phone call, however, if it were not true. Of course, there could be any number of reasons. But this case bears monitoring. "Infiltration from the south feared: Terrorist smuggling denied by admitted drug runner," from The Brownsville Herald, with thanks to Richard: Officials are pointing to records in a South Texas drug case with alleged terrorist ties that they say underscores the lack of preparedness here. The attorney for a jailed Gulf Cartel member cited in the incident, however, says his client was...

WASHINGTON -- 2005 was already the year of the demagogue, having been dominated for months by the endlessly echoed falsehood that the president ``lied us into war.'' But the year ends with yet another round of demagoguery.Administration critics, political and media, charge that by ordering surveillance on communications of suspected al Qaeda agents in the United States, the president had clearly violated the law. Some even suggest that Bush has thereby so trampled the Constitution that impeachment should now be considered. (Barbara Boxer, Jonathan Alter, John Dean and various luminaries of the left have already begun floating the idea.) The...

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 9738 responses Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial. 89% No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors." 3% No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching. 7% I don't know. 1%

Bush administration officials yesterday angered lawmakers by refusing to take a position on illegal aliens obtaining U.S. driver's licenses and avoiding questions about its decision to recognize Mexican identification cards. Officials testifying before the House Select Committee on Homeland Security said they are reviewing what documentation is secure and reliable, but evaded direct questions on the matricula consular cards now accepted by California and New Mexico to obtain driver's licenses. Critics say the cards issued by the Mexican Embassy are easily falsified and used by illegal aliens to establish residency. Stewart Verdery, Homeland Security assistant secretary, was asked directly whether...

Arabic belongings have turned up along the Texas-Mexican border - including juice boxes with Arabic writing and a 9/11-like image of a plane hitting a building - according to Sen. John Cornyn. "I will tell you that with my own eyes I have seen [this material in] Border Patrol anecdotal reports," the Texas Republican tells Human Events. Cornyn is chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship. "Two examples," he said, were, "[photos of] juice boxes with Arabic writing on them that were collected by agents around the Laredo area." Cornyn said he was shown another picture...

A CALL TO IMPEACH CLINTON IN ABSENTIA by Mia T, 11.17.05         id you see it? More to the point, did the American press? bill clinton made page one of Aljazeera today. The reportage was a schizophrenic mix of schadenfreude and agitprop. It was the story of an impeached ex-president of America trashing America--to standing Os--in the Arab state of Dubai--in the middle of a war zone--only several hundred miles from the American troops. And, if that weren't enough, the traitor pocketed $200,000 from the Arabs for his efforts. Having failed to snare the Nobel Peace...

Now on to what Libby HAS been accused of. He has been accused of lying to a grand jury (perjury) and making false statements to the special prosecutor (obstruction.) If he's found guilty, then he should serve time. Simple. If he's found innocent, he should be returned to his job as Cheney's chief of staff. Simple. That's America: innocent until proven guilty. What amazes me more than anything is the agony of the left, as if their hero, Bill Clinton, did not commit these exact crimes during his tenure as President. The left circled the wagons during the Lewinsky debacle,...

The raison d'etre of the Bush administration is war in the Middle East in order to protect America from terrorism and to ensure America's oil supply. On both counts, the Bush administration has failed catastrophically. Bush's single-minded focus on the "war against terrorism" has compounded a natural disaster and turned it into the greatest calamity in American history. The United States has lost its largest and most strategic port and thousands of lives, and 80 percent of one of America's most historic cities is underwater. If terrorists had achieved this result, it would rank as the greatest terrorist success in...

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 11:48 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton: Bush Ruined Bill's FEMA 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was better organized to deal with disasters like Hurricane Katrina while her husband was president - an approach, she said, that was "rejected" by President Bush. "FEMA was the lead agency during the Clinton administration; it was in charge," Mrs. Clinton boasted during a conference call with reporters. "James D. Witt, the director, understood how to deal with emergencies."

Immigration reform seen as a tough sell for Bush Web Posted: 08/08/2005 12:00 AM CDT Gary MartinExpress-News Washington Bureau CRAWFORD — Despite the momentum from recent legislative victories, President Bush faces an uphill battle in his push to move immigration reform and a guest-worker provision through Congress when lawmakers return this fall, political experts say. Republican opposition in the House to a temporary-worker program is mounting, forcing the president and GOP proponents to shift their focus to less controversial measures like border enforcement. But the president signaled this past week he is not backing off his call for a guest-worker...

I posted last week on the possibility that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer would display at his office some of Steven Pearcy's anti-american artwork. Today News 10 did a story on it. You can read up on the details and see a picture of the painting there. It is basically a map of The US painted like an American flag in a toilet. On the side it reads "T'anks to Mr. Bush" The attorney general says he is just promoting free speech. But a display like this has no place in a government office. Anyway, in responce I have started...

The Senate voted yesterday against fulfilling its pledge from last year to hire 2,000 more Border Patrol agents and fund 8,000 new detention beds for illegal aliens in fiscal 2006, as some potential presidential candidates weighed in on border security and illegal immigration. [snip] Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, who had made a splash recently with comments about cracking down on illegal immigration, voted against both amendments, as did Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic nominee, and Democratic Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who has said he plans to run. Mrs. Clinton's office didn't...

DHL Agrees to End Cigarette Deliveries to IndividualsBy Michael Gormley Associated Press Writer Published: Jul 5, 2005 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - One of the world's largest package delivery companies will stop delivering cigarettes to individual consumers nationwide under an agreement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer said DHL is the first major shipping company to agree to the ban and negotiations continue with other companies and the U.S. Postal Service. The agreement follows a March deal in which major credit card companies began refusing to participate in Internet sale of cigarettes nationwide. The agreement with Spitzer and the...