I have had enough of the games. No more excuses. No more debating whether "evolution is just a theory".
Damn.
Bushco had this planned for a long, long time.
They have executed their plan knowing that they could use all sorts of distraction tactics (which will be the subject of another diary later) and obfuscation techniques (none of which are anything more or less than a kindergartener can explain in simple sentences).
End rant.
Letter below.
Let us go for outright impeachment on the basis of reality.
Dennis Kucinich, if you have the gutz and not one other Dem does, the fine. FINE.
Go for it!
My letter to Nancy Pelosi:
Madam Speaker,
I am writing to you because I must. I am so distraught by all I have learned of the Bush Administration. I am heart-sick.
The lies and distortion, the manipulations... I am sure you know.
But, I cannot, for the life of me, understand why you have "taken impeachment off the table" - as I have often read, on-line as well as in newspapers and magazines (Newsweek). The Moyers show last night was a blow to my confidence in every aspect of our system of laws. I am no longer sure that America will be "the home of the free".
In fact, I am feeling that it will not be, unless the horrors created by this mendacious administration are addressed - and promptly.
It is my heart-felt hope that you intend to bring your considerable power to bear upon these criminals now in charge of our nation. But I have grown cynical. I am not so sure of your stance. Are you awaiting a moment to strike - or have you been bought-off, too?
I really do not know.
I do know that you are a tough lady, who has garnered power against many odds. I know you are a mother. I know you are a Californian. I know you are a Democrat. I hope you are not swayed by compromise.
The pay-offs of the Abramoff gaming, the lobbying, the money-first-people-last - the commoditization of human beings - of citizens - is horrifying. Especially in a nation that was founded on principles of respect for the individual. There is no respect for any citizen in the machinations of the government that I see, working for its own beneficiaries, today.
Are you going to hold these thieves and grafters accountable? Are you going to let them play out their hand - and then call them on their lack of cards? Are we going to awaken one day and find ourselves bankrupt in every way: morally, financially, spiritually.
Will we go down in history as a lesson of "what not to do"?
The idea that you would let these criminals off the hook turns my stomach. Literally, I am rendered sick and hopeless, just thinking of the future. My only solace is that I did not have children.
Sadly, I saw this coming long ago.
I hope you see that the only way that our nation can move forward is to not build our new houses on the layers of sand: Those built by Iran Contra obfuscation, financing Saddam's WMD to off-set Iran's "threat to our nation", or playing in other countries theatre as if it were our right.
I hope you do the right thing, and bring these criminals and their horrific enterprises to light. Sunlight (transparency) is always the best disinfectant.
This letter will be posted on Daily Kos.
For I have become a Kossack.
Proudly,
Liah