To the Investigators

Hey guys, just remember the oath of office you took. America is the Constitution. It is not just the executive branch. Hope you like the site.

Patrick Henry Democrats

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com...
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A party that is described as fumbling, confused and scared is unlikely to win elections even if they endorse the wholesale round-up of hippies and the nuking of Mecca. People will listen to us if we can first convince them that we know who we are and what we believe in.

I'm of the mind to adopt "give me liberty or give me death" as my personal motto. If I have to kowtow to a bunch of childish Republican panic artists who have deluded themselves into believing that fighting radical Islam requires turning America into a police state, then it's just not worth it.
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http://digbysblog.blogspot.com...

Did Ya' Ever Wonder...

[From a Friend:]
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..where is the 757 <http://no757.batcave.net/>that supposedly hit the Pentagon? And apparently all 3 WTC buildings were clearly pulverized <http://www.reopen911.org/Core.htm#freefall> and fell at the speed of gravity, as opposed to "pancaked" floors, but no one wants to talk about it anymore. Why is that?
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Back Conyers in Ramp-up to Impeachment:

Let's start saving our republic by demanding Accountability and Justice:

http://www.johnconyers.com/index.asp...
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Join me to demand censure for Bush and Cheney in addition to the creation of a Special Committee to investigate impeaching the Bush Administration for its widespread abuses of power.
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http://www.johnconyers.com/index.asp...

Huh?

This is a re-post from August:

(image courtesy of http://www.commoncause.org)

Military Corporatism video by Knife Party

I found a link to this movie on the St. Pete for Peace Website:

http://www.knife-party.net/movs/barry.mov

Thought Provoking.

ACLU Calls For Special Counsel: Add Your Voice

https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?...
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"President Bush’s disregard and disrespect for the Constitution are evident, but in America, we are all bound by the rule of law," said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director. "The president took an oath to ‘preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.’ He cannot use a claim of seeking to preserve our nation to undermine the rules that serve as our foundation. The Attorney General, who may have been involved with the formulation of this policy, must appoint an outside special counsel to let justice be served."
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Use the form below to send an email to your senators telling them to insist that the Department of Justice appoint a special counsel to investigate and prosecute any and all crimes committed. For extra impact you can also call the Senate directly at (202) 224-3121.
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https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?...

Ohio: The New "Fatherland"?

As Americans, we should all be concerned when our freedom is threatened in any of our States:

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5580743/detail.html
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Bill Would Allow Arrests For No Reason In Public Place
Citizens Would Also Have To Show ID

UPDATED: 7:22 pm EST December 19, 2005

CLEVELAND -- A bill on Gov. Bob Taft's desk right now is drawing a lot of criticism, NewsChannel5 reported.

One state representative said it resembles Gestapo-style tactics of government, and there could be changes coming on the streets of Ohio's small towns and big cities.

The Ohio Patriot Act has made it to the Taft's desk, and with the stroke of a pen, it would most likely become the toughest terrorism bill in the country. The lengthy piece of legislation would let police arrest people in public places who will not give their names, address and birth dates, even if they are not doing anything wrong.
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http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5580743/detail.html

True Conservatives say "Enough"!

Conservative, in a good light, means "Careful regarding Change". It is a quality traditionally prevalent in the halls of power. In its best sense, it is a safeguard against reckless endeavors. True Conservatives are now realizing the constitutional mess that this radical corporatist administration has gotten us into:

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Barrons...

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Putting the president above the Congress is an invitation to tyranny. The president has no powers except those specified in the Constitution and those enacted by law. President Bush is stretching the power of commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy by indicating that he can order the military and its agencies, such as the National Security Agency, to do whatever furthers the defense of the country from terrorists, regardless of whether actual force is involved.

Surely the "strict constructionists" on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary eventually will point out what a stretch this is. The most important presidential responsibility under Article II is that he must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." That includes following the requirements of laws that limit executive power. There's not much fidelity in an executive who debates and lobbies Congress to shape a law to his liking and then goes beyond its writ.

Willful disregard of a law is potentially an impeachable offense.
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http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Barrons...

Rebuttal for a Dittohead Chain-Letter

Recently somebody left a printout in our Break-room. It was a political editorial allegedly printed in a local newspaper.

It was the general "false revolutionary" ideology in a nutshell. Some of its points were:

· If you don't like the flag, leave.
· If you don't speak English, leave.
· Political Correctness killed Christmas.
· People who question the current administration's policies are whiners.
· If you are a whiner, leave.
· America is Christian according to documented proof.
· Immigrants are a threat to America.

The general feeling of the article was that immigrants are bad, that somebody is attacking Christianity and Christmas, that people complaining and whining is bothersome, that the only acceptable culture in America is Cowboy Hats, Pickup Trucks, guns and Nascar, (and that we should all shop at Wal-Mart and be happy with the pitiful non-union wages we are earning nowadays, being as most of those union jobs moved overseas to China when our own government sold us out by "deregulating").

What that printout didn't have was ANY kind of solutions. It contained griping about non-existent problems that have been dreamed up by such geniuses as Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'reilly, with the eager backing of the corporate elite (who want to further lower our wages and benefits, further weaken our system of education and healthcare, and further drive us towards slavery; and conscript us into corporate colonial wars overseas whose only benefactors will be that corporate elite, and whose victims will be us, with increased risk of terrorist attacks in retaliation here and abroad and a major degradation of our economy).

What that printout was chock full of was malice toward the poorest people in our country. "Blame the weak" is cowardly. You blame the weak, while the leaders of Enron, Halliburton, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and Wal-Mart fleece you and destroy your own communities.

What that printout contained was a sales - pitch for the virtual corporation called the Church. Don't try to force your religion on me. Jesus himself is reported to have said that we should attend to spiritual matters in private; and that those who put on airs of “holiness” while they do evil (or are complicit in it or condone it) are hypocrites.

I say, anyone who professes to be a Christian, and yet backs campaigns of plunder and murder overseas, bigotry here at home, and hatred of ANYONE, is an outright phony.

The First Amendment contains language intended to prevent anyone from forcing their religion on us. This is so we all can worship (or not worship) as we see fit.

What that printout attempted to do, was to sell the idea that criticizing the status quo is un-patriotic. It also attempted to sell the idea that conformity and compliance with the corporate power-structure is the only acceptable form of patriotism. It is Not. It is cowardice.

What that printout completely ignores is the spirit of American citizenship. You can't just wave a flag and go along with whatever lies the robber-barons are selling you and expect to be able to keep the freedom our ancestors worked so hard to achieve for us. Do you think that the rich gave us those good paying jobs in the 1950's and 1960's? Think again. It was Labor Unions. It was the Blood of the Labor Movement. What did the rich do regarding Labor Unions? They launched an all out war against them. They combined that campaign with the Cold War against the Soviet Union. Now they call anyone who talks about Unions a "communist". Ever wonder why?

Whoever wrote that dittohead chain-letter does not want you to wonder about such things. He wants you to hate immigrants, hate liberals, hate dissent, renounce democracy, which is YOUR SOVEREIGNTY in this America (rants about "political correctness" are the beginnings of this) and he wants you to walk in lockstep with the rest of the brainwashed herd like a bunch of stupid lemmings.

I say, don't be a lemming. Question authority. They're only in it to fleece you like a sheep.

Oh, I almost forgot. I think that it was an excellent idea to leave that dittohead chain-letter in the break-room. People need to be talking (and debating) about stuff like this.



Find out what YOU can do as a Citizen. www.AmericanWisdom.org

Senate Saves ANWR for now

Kudos to Sen. Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold, Diane Feinstein, Maria Kantwell, all others who voted this bill down. The fact that ANWR was slipped into this bill in the first place should make the whole ideas of omnibus bills and virtual omnibus bills a subject for debate.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_go_co/arctic_drilling
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The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a must-pass defense spending bill where supporters positioned the quarter-century-old environmental issue..
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_go_co/arctic_drilling

Bush Spying on US, DNC Freedom of Information Act Request

Sign on to this FOIA request to Pressure them to 'fess up:
http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/12/did_george_bush.php
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George Bush is using the National Security Agency to conduct surveillance on American citizens without the consent of any court. After initially refusing to confirm the story, the President has admitted to personally overseeing this domestic spying program for years and he says he intends to continue the program.
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http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/12/did_george_bush.php

Cowardly Democrats Keep losing

If more democrats had spoken out against the terrorist lies regarding potential mushroom clouds over Manhattan, had spoken out against the Executive Power-grab in 2002, relinquishing Congress' authority to declare War against Iraq, had spoken out against these things during the 2004 campaigns, the People of the United States would have a government that better represented, judged and executed policy in their best interests today. We would have a government that more truly supports and defends the Constitution.

If more Democrats begin standing up and speaking for truth and integrity, the organism called America will begin recovering and healing from the corruption and cronyism of Corporatism. The American People are waiting for the Democratic Party to produce leaders of integrity and courage.

The lack of courage and the selling-out of the democratic party by the DLC, and the selection of a boring, insincere presidential candidate (Clark or Dean could have won) (Kerry laughing off Bush's "need some wood?" retort during the debates was visual proof that the whole thing was a sham), assured that the Democrats would lose in 2004.

Elected Democrats! Stand up! Call the crooks out on their BS! Demand Accountability! Expose the corruption! Millions of former dittoheads will take notice and return to the true "Party of the People". They will turn around and crush those who lied to them. Lying to us is not wise.

There should be a GIANT SPOTLIGHT on the Democratic Party right now. There should be direct mailings direct to the homes of any Populists, Libertarians, Dittoheads, Rugged individualists. The rallying point for America right now should be to effect a major cleanup and strengthening of the Democratic Party, exposing such Corporatists in its Ranks as Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton for the Elitist Tories that they are, and clearing the way for true representatives of the people to take the reins of leadership in America, as they rightly should. Jim Hightower says the Party Motto should be "We're on Your Side". I think this is a good idea. We can use that motto and simultaneously expose and debunk the corporatist lies of the so-called Republican Party. I'm a republican (but not on the side of the fascists who call themselves "republicans" today). I'm a republican who stands for the support and defense of the Constitution that is sworn in the oath of office of every person serving in our Federal Governent.

What is our rallying point? The Democratic Party. Through it, we can begin to rescue our Constitutional Democratic Republic, which has been hijacked. Let's take it over, NOW.

Demand Censure Pending Impeachment.

What begins with Censure could end with Impeachment.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/
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CONYERS INTRODUCES BILLS TO CENSURE BUSH AND CHENEY

CONYERS INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE A SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE CRIMES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT
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http://www.opednews.com/articles/

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
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“I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.”

“Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.”

“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml

With all due respect to the position of the Office of the President of the United States, you swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Breaking that oath is a betrayal of the public trust, and is an impeachable offense. I urge you, in all good conscience, to step down.

I urge the legislature to initiate impeachment proceedings based on this and other obvious offenses.

U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Senate Toll-Free Number: [IF FUNCTIONAL] (877) SOB-USOB [yes, this is right] or 888-818-6641 or 888-355-3588.

War on Citizens

Being as these yahoos like to pull out the "We're at War" excuse for wiping their butts with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, How 'bout we schedule legislative debates on the subject of a proposed declaration of war? This "We're at War" BS is just an excuse for tyrants to inflict their tyranny on us.

"And I'm telling you that when you hire a lobbyist, you hire the guy who gives you the most bang for your buck."

Other terms that should be used to replace the euphamism "lobbying" are bribery, influence-peddling, corruption, graft and conspiracy.

Here's a candid look at some business-as-usual lobby activity in Florida recently:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/special_reports/

Big Bush is Watching You

http://www.mtv.com/news/
"Bush Gave U.S. Agency Authorization To Spy On Americans"
http://www.mtv.com/news/

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/
"Defense Department calls South Florida peace groups `threats'"
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/


Can you Say "CoIntelpro"? No? How about "Gestapo"? "Stasi"? "KGB"? This is a direct attack on the Bill of Rights.

Speak out against the Patriot Act and other Police-State measures.

U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Senate: 888-818-6641 or 888-355-3588

Pro-Life = Opposed to Death Penalty

Our governments are too corrupt to be entrusted with the death penalty. The death penalty should be unconditionally abolished in all courts, civil, criminal and military.

"The plane is in Trouble. What will you do to speak to the pilot?"

"Race is often the language class speaks."

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Support or Participate in Wellstone Action Activist and Candidate Training

What do Al Franken, Bill Bradley, Russ Feingold, Jim Hightower, Robert Reich, Robert Redford, Peter Yarrow and Walter Mondale have in common? They are all founding members of Wellstone Action.

Wellstone Action, created by the surviving sons of the late Senator Paul Wellstone (a former college professor who pioneered modern grassroots organizing and outreach), is dedicated to training political organizers and future candidates who believe in living wages, fair taxes, affordable health care, protecting the environment, retirement security, civil rights and preventing domestic violence.

If you're serious about taking our republic back from the corporate aristocracy, about returning our republic to the principle of rule by the people and not rule by the lobbyists; if you're determined to help return our marketplace to a situation of fair commerce instead of the current system of corrupt cronyist cheating and stealing (how else can you explain the Monopolized "Mainstream" Media, Halliburton, Enron, Worldcomm and their Ilk); If you're serious about making a difference, involvement with Wellstone Action should be one of your tools.

Senator Paul Wellstone, an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration's planned upcoming invasion of Iraq, would have done a lot more for us, the citizens of the constitutional republic known as the United States of America, had he, his wife and daughter (along with five other people) not been killed in December, 2002.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/25/plane.crash.minn/
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1027-03.htm

His legacy lives on.

Make a difference! Get involved!

Wellstone Action
P.O. box 14386
St. Paul, MN 55114
www.wellstone.org

Marks of a True Patriot

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5771057.html
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I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not include adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms,'' said Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., who was the only senator to vote against the original version of the Patriot Act.
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5771057.html

To restore legitimacy to the Democratic Party, I encourage people to take a good look at Russ Feingold. He co-sponsored the BCRA with John McCain for campaign finance reform and he was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act and the War in Iraq. To preserve the legislative branch, which is under a severe attack from "radi-cons", we need men of courage. They are rare in Congress. Feingold stands out as such a man.

Hillary Clinton Attacks Free Speech

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=3&aid=55396
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Clinton is co-sponsoring a bill that would make it a crime to destroy a flag on federal property, intimidate anyone by burning a flag or burning someone else's flag.
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http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=3&aid=55396

Posturing or not, I don't trust ANYONE who would support an incipient attack on the First Amendment. What other reason could there be for this law, which is completely un-necessary in view of all the other laws on the books that protect property.

Soldiers died for the CONSTITUTION and BILL of RIGHTS that the Flag represented, Including Freedom of Speech.

This Bill is in keeping with the DLC's tradition of selling out the country, resulting in a mass-exodus of millions of populists and libertarians (today's Lumpenproletariat) from the Left to the Right. This incident is further evidence that Hillary Clinton is clearly NOT a viable candidate for the People of the United States of America (unless your faith and hope are so low that all you wish for is four years of additional corporatism with a smiley-face hastily painted on).

Hillary, DLC, Sell-outs! Have a nice day :>

My Current pick: Russ Feingold '08 (and a LOT of additional activism)