Washington D.C. Suburb's Council Votes to Urge Congress to Impeach Bush, Cheney

[Breeze54]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290567,00.html">Washington D.C. Suburb's Council Votes to Urge Congress to Impeach Bush, Cheney

TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Tuesday, July 24, 2007

The Takoma Park city council unanimously approved a resolution Monday urging Congress to go forward
with impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

The nonbinding resolution accuses Bush and Cheney of abuses that include misleading the nation on
the war in Iraq, allowing the torture of prisoners and overstepping the powers of the executive branch.
It follows similar resolutions passed in other cities and towns nationally, including Detroit and San Francisco.

All five council members present voted for the measure and Mayor Kathy Porter also expressed support.

Organizers say while the measure carries no legal authority, they hope it will encourage Maryland's
delegation in Congress to take action. It was the first impeachment measure passed in the Washington
region, according to its backers.

"We are just trying to make enough of a splash so that they will make a splash," said Lisa
Moscatiello, a Takoma Park musician who began a petition drive in March.

Takoma Park, a city of about 18,000 people on the Washington border in Montgomery County, has a history
of liberal but largely symbolic causes. In the 1980s, the city declared itself a nuclear free zone,
meaning the city can't invest in businesses connected to the manufacture of nuclear weapons.

[Lerkfish]

1. they must hate Conyers...what a circus! I'm embarrassed!

:sarcasm:

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. Remember this??

Introduction by Rep. John Conyers, Jr.

"Scandals such as Watergate and Iran-Contra are widely considered
to be constitutional crises. They were in the sense that the executive
branch was acting in violation of the law and in tension with the Majority
Party in the Congress. But the system of checks and balances put in
place by the founding fathers worked, the abuses were investigated, and
actions were taken – even if presidential pardons ultimately prevented a
full measure of justice.

The situation we find ourselves in today under the administration
of George W. Bush is systemically different. The alleged acts of
wrongdoing my staff has documented– which include making misleading
statements about the decision to go to war; manipulating intelligence;
facilitating and countenancing torture; using classified information to
out a CIA agent; and violating federal surveillance and privacy laws – are
quite serious. However, the current Majority Party has shown little
inclination to engage in basic oversight, let alone question the
Administration directly. The media, though showing some signs of
aggressiveness as of late, is increasingly concentrated and all too often
unwilling to risk the enmity or legal challenge from the party in charge.
At the same time, unlike previous threats to civil liberties posed by the
Civil War (suspension of habeas corpus and eviction of the Jews from
portions of the Southern States); World War I (anti-immigrant “Palmer
Raids”); World War II (internment of Japanese Americans); and the
Vietnam War (COINTELPRO); the risks to our citizens’ rights today are
potentially more grave, as the war on terror has no specific end point."

I was so impressed with it that I loaded it up on my own site. All 402 pages of it. Where did this Mr. Conyers go??

http://www.offrampbums.com/downloads/conyers.pdf

[Breeze54]

4. Yes I do and

I'm also scratching my head, with sadness. :(

[bleedingheart]

2. doesn't matter..."we don't have the votes and we are keeping our powder extra dry"

yup...that's it...that's the ticket...

:sarcasm: