Rep. Nadler still undecided/Honk-to-Impeach Friday

The Town Hall Meeting/Impeachment Forum I have been yammering on about is happening this Sunday in NYC (details below the fold).  Congressman Nadler is one of the invited speakers and as of this morning his scheduler still did not know if Rep. Nadler will be attending.  If you are as interested as I am in hearing what he has to say about this issue, please call his office and ask him to attend.  And if you find anything out about his plans please email me or info-at-AskNadler2Impeach.org and let us know.  Congressman Nadler's schedulers can be reached at the Manhattan office 212.367.7350 and in DC at 202.225.5635.

If you're not working or otherwise busy, please join us for a Honk-to-Impeach outside Rep. Nadler's Manhattan office Friday afternoon.  We'll be on the southwest corner of Varick and King Streets (right by the entrance to the 1 train) at 3:00 pm for an hour or longer if the weather is warm.  Bring a sign and a thumbs up for the honkers.

The Town Hall Meeting/Impeachment Forum is this Sunday, March 9th, from 4-6pm at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South.  The focus of the forum is to address the question Is Impeachment Necessary to Protect the Constitution? It will feature Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, Harper's contributor Scott Horton, and John Nirenberg, who walked 458 miles from Boston to DC to raise the question of impeachment with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, as speakers.  

This forum presents an excellent opportunity to learn more about impeachment and to bring a friend, neighbor, co-worker or family member who might benefit from hearing from the experts.  AskNadler2Impeach.org is pleased to be able to present these excellent speakers for free thanks to the generosity of individual contributors and support from the Village Independent Democrats, the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, Democracy for NYC, and Progressive Democrats of New York CD 14 and CD 8.

Please help spread the word.  A pdf version of this notice, suitable for printing, can be downloaded at: asknadler2impeach.org.  Feel free one and all to post printed copies in your buildings and in stores around your neighborhood.  You can also link to AskNadler2Impeach.org in your emails where people can sign the petition and find out more about this group.  

For information call 212.340.9548 or email info at asknadler2impeach.org.

Most important, put the date on your calendar, and be sure to attend!  And, yep, for those outside of New York, it will be taped and possibly webcast.

AskNadler2Impeach.org has launched a website to host a petition asking Nadler to support Rep. Robert Wexler's call for impeachment hearings in the HJC.  Please go here to sign the petition.

•  Weiner

  For those who have been following these diaries re NYC and impeachment, still no word from Rep. Weiner re coming through on his December promise to sign Rep. Wexler's letter to Conyers.

  by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 06:39:22 PM PDT

  •  Hey...wish I could be there with you!

    What about the press?  I hope you have coverage.  How's it looking?

    I'll call both Nadler and Weiner tomorrow.

    by victoria2dc on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:01:55 PM PDT

    •  thanks, vicki

      but sad to say, except for radio, it looks like the same old black out.  bruce fein will be on with rob kall tomorrow evening at 8 pm.  here's the info:  Rob on the Radio: Thurs. 8-9 EST - Guest Bruce Fein Impeachment expert, republican lawyer during Watergate, now supporting impeachment of Bush and Cheney.  Listen on AM 1360 in S. Jersey and Philly, or *** listen online here.

      by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:11:28 PM PDT

•  Honk Honk Honk

  Hooooooonnnnnnk !

  Just warming up for Friday !

  by indycam on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 06:40:56 PM PDT

  •  does this mean

    that you'll be there???

    by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 06:47:53 PM PDT

    •  2,965 mi Santa Cruz to NYC .

      In spirit 100% .

      by indycam on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:01:21 PM PDT

      •  i'll think of santa cruz

        while freezing my you know whats off on a breezy new york street corner.  maybe you'll send us your good weather?  at any rate, thanks for the support!

        by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:11:46 PM PDT

        •  I spent 20 years on Oahu ,

          20 warm moist sunny beautiful years ,
          the mainland isn't my idea of "good weather" .

          Conchita , you have a warm weather name , please don't
          freeze your whatevers , OK ?
           

          by indycam on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:24:04 PM PDT

          •  aloha

            i spent nearly 3 years living in lovely rainy manoa valley.  the mainland isn't my idea of good weather either.  had i not gotten so entrenched in manhattan i would have returned to hawai'i after grad school.  sad to say, twenty years later i am still here...

            by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:29:30 PM PDT

            •  Manoa ?

              We might have been neighbors !
              What street ?

              manoa valley/manhattan
              two places that could not be "farther apart" ?

              "twenty years later i am still here..."
              Hawaii calls .
              Your home in the islands calls to you .

              "entrenched in manhattan"
              I've never heard anyone say "entrenched in Hawaii" .

              by indycam on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:37:11 PM PDT

              •  parker place

                about a half a block in from the rudolf steiner school where the #6 bus stops.  parker place is just above the prep school (can't remember the name).  i used to be able to cut through their athletic field to get down to uh, except during extreme rainy season when the path would become a river. i LOVED living in manoa.  only place i like as much on the island is lanikai.

                and where was your ohana?

                by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:42:28 PM PDT

                •  Pati dr ,

                  Sea view ,
                  Clement st ,
                  I forget the name of the street , but just below UH .
                  and a few others .

                  "rudolf steiner school" in manoa ?

                  by indycam on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:53:50 PM PDT

                  •  actually, you just reminded me

                    i lived on seaview for one semester.  it's not a bad street, but parker place was heaven.  the rudolf steiner school is on the corner right at the top of the hill just above uh where you enter the mountain valley.  if you go right you go around to the back of safeway.  if you straight on manoa you end up at the front of the  safeway shopping center.  i used to work in the artgallery/frame shop there.

                    by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:14:35 PM PDT

                    •  Same seaview house ?

                      Same seaview room ?
                      Two houses on one lot ,
                      the lower house , two stories ,
                      two mango trees in the back yard ,
                      rooms rented by John ?

                      by indycam on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 09:50:25 AM PDT

                      •  it would be stranger than strange

                        but not the same house.  this was a duplex and i subrented from marilyn and her two adolescent daughters.  they were a lovely family to live with and i have often wondered where those girls are now.  no mango trees that i remember.  we were so close to uh, that you could see it from my lanai, but it was also nearly 5 degrees warmer there than in the lush green of the crater floor.  on parker place my room included a view across manoa valley at the different layers of green and in the winter months i could see rivers and waterfalls and there were rainbows nearly every afternoon.  it was so cool in the winter that i slept in a flannel nightgown.  in the back yard there was a papaya tree and a natural amphitheatre.  robert cazimero was friendly with one of my housemates and sang there one night at a party.  we also hosted some amazing hula performances.  i was blessed.  the property was large enough to hold one five bedroom house with four baths and a smaller home with two bedrooms and a fabulous open air bath and shower. the larger house had a large stone paved lanai that stretched the length of the house, a verandah really.  it was magic. the last time i was in honolulu i wandered down parker place and couldn't find either house.  then i realized that someone had torn down the smaller house in the front yard and built a larger tudor in it's place that blocked the view of the larger house.  this conversation has taken me to a time in my past that i treasure.  thanks so much for bringing me back there.

                        did you eat and shop at down-to-earth?  

                        by conchita on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 06:30:08 PM PDT

                        •  down-to-earth

                          All the time .

                          Island manapua factory ?

                          "included a view across manoa valley"
                          I had one of those on Paty dr .

                          by indycam on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 09:22:33 PM PDT

            •  Yeah... I can't imagine

              being in NY.  I know that there are things in NY that you can't get anywhere else, but I can't imagine waking up to the noise and the no mountains landscape every day.

              by victoria2dc on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:05:59 PM PDT

      •  Yeah... me too!

        Definitely in spirit!

        by victoria2dc on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:02:41 PM PDT

•  Love your tenacity!

  Do Democrats love democracy?  Stay tuned to find out....

  Gotta try to ambush Tom Udall, my critter, on this matter.  He's out there trying to move up to the Senate -- a stand on impeachment is the least we ought to expect.

  by Dallasdoc on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 06:42:29 PM PDT

  •  Please do.

    This is only going to happen if we make it happen.  Leave it up to them and....  Well, then again, there are Reps. like Pete Stark who want to do the right thing.

    by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 06:44:33 PM PDT

  •  Yeah.. try, please!

    I have his brother here in CO who is also running for Allard's seat in the Senate.  I don't like him and I'm sure he'll be another Ken Salazar, but it's slightly better than Allard... a man who voted with Bush 100% of the time.  

    by victoria2dc on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:09:06 PM PDT

•  Stark

  Forgot to mention above that Pete Stark from CA became the 26th member of Congress to sponsor H. Res. 333.  This was in response to polling his constituents as he shares in this letter:

     I’d like to thank the thousands of people who took the time to respond to my constituent survey and invite folks to review the preliminary results below. If you have not yet completed the survey, you are encouraged to make your voice heard in the final online tally.

     As your Representative in Congress, I work hard to advance your values. Thankfully, your priorities are a pleasure to stand up for. Survey results confirm our community cares deeply about our children, families, and schools.

     Based on preliminary results, I have already taken several important actions. First, I co-sponsored House Resolution 333. If passed, this resolution would impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. Doing so is necessary before we can impeach President George Bush.

     Second, I will redouble efforts to work with colleagues to move forward legislation that would allow the millions of uninsured people age 55 through 64 to buy into Medicare. Third, I will continue to oppose retroactive immunity for the telecommunications companies that complied with the Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program.

     You are invited to attend March, April, and May town meetings and continue to make your voice heard.
     Sincerely,
     Pete

  Interesting that Pete Stark is holding town meetings whereas Rep. Nadler can't decide to show up at one his constituents have organized because he refused to do it himself.

  by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 06:43:06 PM PDT

  •  Well... Nadler needs to go.

    Is there anyone who might run against him?  How in the hell do we make these people accountable?  

    by victoria2dc on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:10:38 PM PDT

    •  let me tell you a story as soon as march 9

      is over and the town hall is done.

      by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 08:15:36 PM PDT

•  I'm down here in the wonderful state of Kentucky

  but if you don't mind I'd still like to give a big HONK, HONK.

  by Steve Everett on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:11:31 PM PDT

  •  'preciate it! nt

    by conchita on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 07:12:20 PM PDT