Berkeley council calls for impeachment of Bush

[Robbien]

With little fanfare, the Berkeley City Council at its Tuesday meeting joined three other California cities in calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

In a resolution that will be sent to U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., the Berkeley council accused the president and vice president of, among other things: defrauding the country and Congress regarding the Iraq war; authorizing torture in violation of the Geneva Conventions; ordering secret surveillance of U.S. citizens; and failing to quickly respond to the Gulf Coast hurricane.

The council unanimously approved the resolution and also took a step toward giving residents a voice. The Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission will give a recommendation about whether the city should ask voters for their opinion in an advisory ballot measure.

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Berkeley joined San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Arcata in calling for the impeachment.


"Even in Berkeley," DeVries said, "it's a strong change from where we were 18 months ago when this issue came up. I believe the council (then) said no."

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14434125.htm

[Buzz Clik]

1. yeah, well, when the Texas legislature calls for impeachment...

... that will be a story.

[CountAllVotes]

2. sure took Berkeley long enough to do this!

Glad to know they woke the hell up!

:thumbsup: Berkeley (I was getting worried about you ...).


:dem: :kick:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Didn't Berkeley talk about doing this four years ago or so...

and people reacted like Berkeley declared allegience to the Taliban or something?