"IMPEACH HIM" (email I sent to all Senator's May 13)

[hiley]

I am writing today to implore you to do something about President Bush and his tactics for going to Iraq immediately and stop the use of all depleted uranium weapons.
The memo that was leaked 13 days ago, begs for immediate action against President Bush and his entire Administration.
By Greg Palast

Here it is. The smoking gun. The memo that has "IMPEACH HIM" written all over it.

The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq, following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

Read that again: "The intelligence and facts were being fixed...."

For years, after each damning report on BBC TV, viewers inevitably ask me, "Isn't this grounds for impeachment?" -- vote rigging, a blind eye to terror and the bin Ladens before 9-11, and so on. Evil, stupidity and self-dealing are shameful but not impeachable. What's needed is a "high crime or misdemeanor."

And if this ain't it, nothing is.

The memo uncovered this week by the Times, goes on to describe an elaborate plan by George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to hoodwink the planet into supporting an attack on Iraq knowing full well the evidence for war was a phony.

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http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=426&row=0


SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL - UK EYES ONLY
DAVID MANNING
From: Matthew Rycroft
Date: 23 July 2002
S 195 /02

cc: Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Attorney-General, Sir Richard Wilson, John Scarlett, Francis Richards, CDS, C, Jonathan Powell, Sally Morgan, Alastair Campbell

IRAQ: PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING, 23 JULY

Copy addressees and you met the Prime Minister on 23 July to discuss Iraq.

This record is extremely sensitive. No further copies should be made. It should be shown only to those with a genuine need to know its contents.

John Scarlett summarised the intelligence and latest JIC assessment. Saddam's regime was tough and based on extreme fear. The only way to overthrow it was likely to be by massive military action. Saddam was worried and expected an attack, probably by air and land, but he was not convinced that it would be immediate or overwhelming. His regime expected their neighbours to line up with the US. Saddam knew that regular army morale was poor. Real support for Saddam among the public was probably narrowly based.

C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military
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http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=426&row=0

Depleted Uranium Weapons use has to be stopped immediately, the use of these weapons is a War Crime.
Look at the pictures on this link I provide and know this is happening to American children as well, just not in as great of numbers as Iraqi children.

These mid-wives are purported to have said they no longer look forward to births as.... "We don't know what's going to come out."
http://www.web-light.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html

"You Must be the Change you Wish to see in the world"
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
http://www.gandhiproject.org/project/project.html

Sincerely,

__________________
If you don't have time to send something like this to all the Senators as I did you can do actions at http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/index.html

There is also a diary about the downingstreetmemo web site at
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/13/162016/251

[Solly Mack]

1. Good for you! I sent some emails to House members today

Not sure what good they will do but dammit, we have to try.

[hiley]

2. that's right, we do have to try!

:applause:

Actually, what happened was I wrote to Congressman John Boozman, my Representative (R) and I became so infuriated while writing the ass that I spent around 3 and half hours sending the same email to all of the Senate !
Probably, would not take others as long to send all the emails but I was sick, so it was slow going.
solidarity

[Cleita]

3. Even if everyone wrote to their representative and senators, it

might help them to get the lead out of their asses and doing what is needed to prod the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings.

[Solly Mack]

4. That's my thinking. The more letters and emails, the better the chance

they'll listen.

I used to write an email a month. That got old cause I got fed up. Now it's more like 1 every 3 months. I think it's time to go 1 a week.

[merh]

5. What a great idea, hiley!

I'm with you, time to contact everyone we can, to make them pay attention to us, time to stop the criminals before they can commit more crimes.

I will model my email/letter/fax after yours, thank you for the links. Thanks hiley, for the encouragement! :hug:
((((((((((((((((solidarity)))))))))))))))) :grouphug:

If anyone else wants to send out emails, please remember that you can find all sorts of contact information in the Activism Forum.
calimary has a specific thread full of resources just for this purpose.

DUERS: THE FIVE-STAR ACTIVISTS' RESOURCE THREAD, UPDATED 7/9/04
Just an opening note:

The following is the very latest compilation of contact information for the media, congress, and various other relevant organizations and groups. It is the result of a lot of excellent work and resourcefulness on the part of many DUers. It's the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection that I've been able to assemble.

This is by no means the last word. This collection is an evolving work, as new resources are needed and discovered. If you find some new, relevant info, by all means add it in!

The purpose for this is to have everything we need for emailing, faxing, phoning, and snail mailing purposes - all easily located in ONE master thread. From time to time, I've added a few choice comments and testimonials from other DUers regarding the critical importance of making your opinions known to the media and to policy makers and others in positions of influence or leadership, for motivational purposes.

Please note, this thread is NEW AND IMPROVED, and is meant to REPLACE earlier similar threads.

After all...

IF THEY THINK WE DON'T CARE, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x8816

[EFerrari]

6. 'Way to go, hiley!

I'm taking Skinner's advice and am mostly offline today.

But, bookmarking and will do first thing in the a.m.

If they think we'll just rollover, they don't know us very well, do they?

:hug:

/typin

[phish420]

7. DUn

that media blaster is a beautiful thing! Thank you.

[merh]

8. nominated

:grouphug:

[hiley]

9. thanks merh, we need solidarity to stop the war machine

of bush and PNAC followers.
'WAR CRIMES'
51 House members call on Gonzales to appoint special counsel on alleged U.S. 'war crimes'
RAW STORY
Congressman John Conyers will be issuing a letter cosigned by roughly 50 House members calling for a special prosecutor to investigate claims that the U.S. has violated the War Crimes Act at secret detention facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, RAW STORY has learned.

The following letter will be issued shortly.

snip---- To see the letter go to Raw Story !
1. Rep. Tammy Baldwin
2. Rep. Sanford Bishop
3. Rep. Earl Blumenauer
4. Rep. Corrine Brown
5. Rep. Julia Carson
6. Rep. John Conyers
7. Rep. Elijah Cummings
8. Rep. A. Davis
9. Rep. S. Davis
10. Rep. Diana DeGette
11. Rep. Anna Eshoo
12. Rep. Barney Frank
13. Rep. Raul Grijalva
14. Rep. Luis Guitierrez
15. Rep. Maurice Hinchey
16. Rep. Michael Honda
17. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
18. Rep. Ron Kind
19. Rep. Dennis Kucinich
20. Rep. Barbara Lee
21. Rep. Zoe Lofgren
22. Rep. Carolyn Maloney
23. Rep. Betty McCollum
24. Rep. Jim McDermott
25. Rep. James McGovern
26. Rep. Gregory Meeks
27. Rep. James Moran
28. Rep. Jerrold Nadler
29. Rep. James Oberstar
30. Rep. John Olver
31. Rep. Frank Pallone
32. Rep. Donald Payne
33. Rep. Tom Price
34. Rep. Martin Sabo
35. Rep. Linda Sanchez
36. Rep. Bernard Sanders
37. Rep. Janice Schakowsky
38. Rep. Bobby Scott
39. Rep. Jose Serrano
40. Rep. Louise Slaughter
41. Rep. Hilda Solis
42. Rep. Fortney Stark
43. Rep. Ellen Tauscher
44. Rep. Mark Udall
45. Rep. Chris VanHollen
46. Rep. Maxine Waters
47. Rep. Diane Watson
48. Rep. Melvin Watt
49. Rep. Robert Wexler
50. Rep. Lynn Woolsey
51. Rep. David Wu

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/conyers_war_crimes_513

Everything about the War is Illegal, from the invasion, occupation and the torture policies to the weapons used.
They lied to the US citizens and the World , many of us knew that is what they were doing in the first place however we must not give up.
The Downing Street Memo can be used repeatedly to bang US Senators' with, and the American people.
Facts have to be faced and soon before bush starts a war on Iran or Syria...

[hiley]

32. Why Congressman Conyers called for Special Investigation

– First, there is a chance, however remote, that they will do the right thing. Although Mr Aschcroft did not see fit to appoint a single special counsel during his tenure, including clear cut conflicts involving Enron, Haliburton and Westar, there is always the chance that Mr. Gonzales will actually fairly apply the law (as Ms. Reno did quite frequently under President Clinton).

– Second, even if they refuse, there is at least an element of accountability. When I see abuses, I can choose to either shrug my shoulders and regret that Gore or Kerry was not elected (at least not officially), or I can call the Administration to task so that their failure to undertake an investigation or respond to an inquiry constitutes yet another element of their abuse of power. While the Administration frequently does ignore the requests of a single congressman, it is significantly more difficult to ignore the requests of 50 or 80 congressional representatives.

– Third, by publicizing the wrongdoing, it helps educate the public, who in turn can provide me and the media with additional information that can help further congressional and public understanding. Simply by reading responses to these posts I have been apprized of much critical information that has helped further my understanding, and in turn has led to further inquiries.
snip---more at http://www.conyersblog.us/

Whenever someone as outstanding as Congressman Conyers fights the system, we must fight with him, on the War Crimes, and the Downing Street Memo.

[dzika]

10. Great letter!

Everyone should send one. The White House has REFUSED to comment on this memo.

We deserve a response. We can not allow this to be swept under the rug.

Thanks for posting!

[hiley]

11. Next, I am printing, copying and mailing to all Senators

"If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain
that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise
despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that
they are helpless and ineffectual." : Frank Herbert


"Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people."

(August 1765) John Adams

Lets Not Forget: Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President


By Neil Mackay
15 September 2002: A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
The blueprint, uncovered by the Sunday Herald, for the creation of a 'global Pax Americana' was drawn up for Dick Cheney (now vice- president), Donald Rumsfeld (defence secretary), Paul Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld's deputy), George W Bush's younger brother Jeb and Lewis Libby (Cheney's chief of staff). The document, entitled Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century, was written in September 2000 by the neo-conservative think-tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC).

The plan shows Bush's cabinet intended to take military control of the Gulf region whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power. It says: 'The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.'

snip---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1221.htm

[understandinglife]

12. Nominated. And, MNA Day 3 is only 8 more deaths away.

American Deaths Since war began (3/19/03): 1622
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties /

Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us

[RedEarth]

13. Not only send this information to Senators, but also to the media ....

I also think all of us in conversations with others, email mails to others, etc......bring up whether or not bush should be impeached. If the word impeachment starts circulating enough then the seed might be planted that bush and the rest of the repubs are corrupt and need to be either impeached or voted out of office. The tactic the repubs use is to keep talking constantly about anything the public might perceive as negative(doesn't even have to be true) and eventually it sways voters.

[Wizard777]

14. Here! Here! Bully idea that is. n/t

[savannahana]

15. fantastic good job, hiley !! - nominated

and i'll be back to check out some of the "how-to" info i'm seeing here
(((((thank you, merh)))))

hiley, thank you for helping to keep us inspired, and showing us the way to use and direct our voices -- no one and nothing has taken away our voices

and i'm not going to add "yet" to that statement, because if we *use* all that is still within our individual power, neither we nor the next person has to lose anything more ....... nothing but good can come from making ourselves heard, intelligently and relentlessly

so here's to the *voice of the people*
and to all those who show us how to raise it up
to make the joyful noise of a *justice shout*

:patriot: :hug: hiley :hug: :patriot:

[fooj]

21. TRUTH IS OUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: Those evil, maniacal madmen fear nothing but TRUTH!



Peace.

[BamaBecky]

16. Impeachment is too kind for this President! There are high crimes

that also need to be addressed/investigated. The God awful truth is, as we sit here pondering what should be done, we know full well that the track record for getting these crimes addressed......is a shameful history littered with COVER UPS.........:patriot:

[hiley]

17. Impeachment is to kind

perhaps a start though!
If Americans opened their eyes to reality that is Bush and Company a War Tribunal would be next. Here is one that has already taken place having to do with Afghanistan..

International Criminal Tribunal For Afghanistan at Tokyo
Final Written Opinion of Judge Niloufer Bhagwat 10mar04
THE PEOPLE

Versus

GEORGE WALKER BUSH
President of the United States of America


The Prosecution has presented a formidable Indictment against the Defendant, George Walker Bush, President of the United States and Commander -in-Chief of US military forces for serious crimes ; waging a war of aggression on Afghanistan, war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Afghan people, against prisoners of war ; and the use of radioactive depleted uranium weapons of mass destruction , against the people of Afghanistan ; with serious fall out effects on the military personnel of the United States ,UK and other forces deployed ; and on countries, in and around the region .

snip-----
6. 11th September 2001 attacks in the United States had no connection with Afghanistan .

The prosecution has questioned the factual and legal basis of this defense , submitting at page 17 of its Indictment that -

"….. it is not etablished that the 9.11 incidents were the acts of Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda ……..the letter to the Chairman of the UN Security Council which the United States sent on October 7 ,2001 and another letter which the United Kingdom sent of October 4, 2001 and the videotape released on December 13 are inadequate as defences .Therefore the criminal activities of Osama bin Laden and the members of the al Qaeda have never been established enough to prosecute them for 9.11 incidents".

snip----
http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/Afghanistan-Criminal-Tribunal10mar04.htm

[fooj]

18. Time to take out the trash?

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of tbe people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
-Albert Einstein


Peace.

[hiley]

19. One government is as bad as the other...

America's Depleted Uranium Weapons Have Devastated Iraq

Severe radioactive pollution and disease have been inflicted on Iraq through the use of weapons hardened with depleted uranium, and Iraqi authorities must seek redress from the occupying powers. The discovery of Iraqi sites with depleted uranium is garnering little attention in the Iraqi media, despite the fact that the Environment Ministry from time to time reports evidence of uranium pollution in Baghdad and Basra, and in other regions of the country. These reports point to the many damaged military vehicles left in areas scarred by battle in 2003. Much of this wreckage remains polluted by uranium, and is collected and sold in surrounding areas as junk. The Environment Ministry has also pointed to the presence of uranium in tree trunks. This is not the first time that the issue of pollution from depleted uranium has been a problem here. The previous regime appealed to international organizations for help in addressing the dangers of these pollutants, and accused the World Health Organization of procrastination, after American forces attacked Iraq during the First Gulf War in 1991 with over 94,000 missiles coated with depleted uranium.Depleted uranium has become a permanent fixture in the Iraqi environment, and the question today is what are the consequences of radioactive contamination to public health in Iraq, and why isn't this issue being raised by the authorities?
Since their occupation of the country in 2003, the Americans have brought with them more than just the "fruits of democracy and freedom." What the purpose of the American project in Iraq and the region is, only Allah knows, but local and international authorities are behaving as though Iraqis and their environment are immune from the harm that results from the use of these types of weapons. http://www.watchingamerica.com/azzaman000005.html

[XOKCowboy]

20. It Will Never Happen...

Not that I don't agree, I do but as long as the Republicans control Congress it's a dead issue.

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade. We've got to get busy and work on 2006. It's our only chance.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

22. LOL!

You act as if the Democratic Party is relying heavily on the chance that Bush will be impeached.

Nobody but for a few loony leftist DU'ers think there's a possibility of impeachment -- so you're certainly not raining on "everyone's parade", if anyone's parade at all.

[hiley]

24. SeveneightyWhoa

You do realize you are not only calling me a "Looney Leftist DUer" but you are also laughing in the face of other humans .
Every person is someone or have you not learned this yet ?

Depleted Uranium Weapons use has to be stopped immediately, the use of these weapons is a War Crime.
Look at the pictures on this link I provide and know this is happening to American children as well, just not in as great of numbers as Iraqi children.

These mid-wives are purported to have said they no longer look forward to births as.... "We don't know what's going to come out."
http://www.web-light.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html

"You Must be the Change you Wish to see in the world"
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
http://www.gandhiproject.org/project/project.html

[SeveneightyWhoa]

25. Sorry..

I use that term a bit too lightly. :)

I'm a loony leftist on many things, so maybe there's some self-loathing going on here.

[hiley]

26. forgiven

peace..
hiley

[hiley]

23. Now is the time for patriots to act.

That noise you hear? It's the sound of America's Founders spinning in their graves. And well they should, for this scenario is precisely the massive concentration of power they most feared. All branches of the government are now in the hands of the same party (meaning, effectively, there virtually are no branches any longer).

The so-called opposition party facilitates Republican rule through the flattery of imitation, when it hasn't gone into hiding instead. The public is frightened and ill-informed. And now this. To this hall of shame list must be added a mainstream press which a week ago seemed only biased and intimidated, but now appears entirely complicit. We are now living precisely the nightmare of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and the rest. It must stop. We cannot have a prayer of an informed public curbing the worst excesses of American government if, in fact, that public is not informed. Sad as it is, if we ever hope to reclaim American democracy, it appears we must now fight for outrageous news to be aired, if we ever expect that news to outrage.

Notwithstanding our worst horrors and fears these last four years, American democracy is in deeper trouble than we knew. Now is the time for patriots to act.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8834.htm

XOKCowboy,
"We've got to get busy and work on 2006"
I believe it is completely possible to do more than one at a time.

Name Withheld Pending Notification

By Cindy Sheehan

05/08/05 "ICH" - - When I woke up this morning, the "official" death count in Iraq was 1576. The first thing I do in the morning after I boot up my computer is to check the DoD website to see if any more of our nation's precious children were killed in this horror of a nonsensical war. I was talking to another Gold Star Mom, Celeste Zappala, today and she sadly advised me that the count rose to 1579 (note: the official count is now 1594) while she was out to lunch.

Celeste and I and too many other moms know what the significance of "Pending Notification" means: it means that there are people in our country going through their lives right now not even knowing that they are about to be ambushed with the most devastating news of their lives: "We regret to inform you…"

snip----
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8779.htm

[Catherine Vincent]

27. Kick!

:-)

[burrowowl]

28. Get to Representives first

It is the Huse that is charged with starting impeachment proceedings. Good job though!:toast:

[johnaries]

36. Yes, email the House Reps. The House votes to start

impeachment. The Senate carries out the hearings. So we need to start with the House members.

[G_j]

29. yes!!

I think we could all write demanding impeachment.
Whatever happens, let it be known we will not remain silent.

[Swamp Rat]

30. Good for you hiley!

:thumbsup:

[hiley]

31. Conyers looks for news in the wrong place

By Sylvester Brown Jr.
Of the Post-Dispatch
05/15/2005

Sylvester Brown Jr.
Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, is peeved. He can't understand why an explosive story published early this month in England hasn't received more attention here.

On May 1, The Sunday Times of London reported the British government and the United States government secretly conspired to attack Iraq in 20
snip---
Dear Congressman:

Thank you for your letter. The issues you've raised are of dire importance to the public interest and all of us constituting the "mainstream media." However, due to our changing demographics, evolving technology and the rapid growth of our industry, it is not an advantageous time to pursue "real news."

With all due respect, the genre has changed. In your day, news was just news. Guys like Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Bob Woodward worked for news organizations that focused solely on ... well, news. Today, the same organizations that deliver information also deliver music, books, coffee, refrigerators, ball games, concerts, fun parks and weapons of mass destruction. Viacom owns CBS and MTV. NBC is owned by GE (a huge defense contractor). And ABC is the property of Disney.

In a very real sense, Mr. Conyers, Disneyland is today's news.
snip---
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/sylvesterbrownjr/story/B0259EF0FBA1541986257001001ED2DF?OpenDocument

http://www.conyersblog.us/

[bush_is_wacko]

33. Great letter!

I have to say. I wrote letters to my Senators as well. The gist of them was pretty much the same. Basically, do your duty and serve your constituents the way you are supposed to. It is time that this "president" was removed from office and prosecuted, along with ANY government/administration official or employee that participated in this conspiracy AND anyone who STILL insists on burying their heads in the sand about it. If you are not willing to investigate and prosecute the matter fully I consider you to be complicit in the conspiracy and believe you should be prosecuted for your part as well.

I also added that IMO there is NO concievable reason to hand out pardons to ANY participant this time around. They ALL belong behind bars and that includes the president.

[merh]

34. The downing street memo

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/index.html

[mzmolly]

35. .

:kick: Good on you!

[dxstone]

37. Hiley, you are an inspiration!

And what boundless energy... you go girl!
I don't know if they can be impeached as things stand, but that's no reason NOT to keep the pressure on now...
Same w/the question of Gonzales; these guys have been terribly masterful in their placement of their various chess pieces, making such efforts seem pointless... but again, that's no real rational argument against doing all you CAN do, while you still can...
You are inspirational in that regard; I've gotta get a few letters out there myself soon... I've just been feeling so damn exhausted of late...
Am I the ONLY one feeling totally BUSHED lately???...

Anyway, I will get to it soon... thanks for the nudge nudge!
(Wink wink!) :hi:
D