Rachel Corrie... through her own eyes

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Monday March 16, 2009 · 5:49 PM PDT

2009/03/16 · 17:49

Crossposted at P U L S E and Docudharma.

On March 16, 2003, I was a graduate student at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT. That morning I recall hearing on Democracy Now! that an Evergreen State College student was run over by an Israeli bulldozer. The girl's name was Rachel Corrie.

Corrie was defending property belonging to Samir Nasrallah, a local pharmacist. Eyewitness accounts say the bulldozer ran over Corrie twice. The driver claims he didn't know Corrie was there... That's pure rubbish. We all know it was deliberate.

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 10:54 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 10:54

H/t to Huffington Post's "Off the Bus" for finding this one. Here's Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann at Minnesota Republican 6th Congressional District Debate sponsored by the Taxpayers League, circa November 2005.

I'm speechless. Just completely and utterly speechess.

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Matt Yglesias: A Case for Liberal Internationalism

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 · 5:06 AM PDT

2008/07/16 · 05:06

His colleagues call him "Big Media Matt." That's because Matthew Yglesias is a respected voice of the liberal blogosphere. The 28 year-old Yglesias has accomplished much. He graduated magna cum laude, from Harvard, served as editor-in-chief at The Harvard Independent, and upon graduating, he became a writing fellow at The American Prospect. Yglesias began blogging in 2002, focusing on American politics, public policy, and foreign policy. Yglesias now writes for The Atlantic Monthly and blogs at the Atlantic blog.

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Monday May 26, 2008 · 7:01 PM PDT

2008/05/26 · 19:01

Crossposted at Blue Hampshire and Docudharma.

Memorial Day weekend has come and gone. All weekend, I saw veterans honored on television, the newspapers, parades, etc. I saw more than my share of yellow ribbons, American flags, 21-gun salutes and more. But something was missing, something I wish would be covered every Memorial Day, voices of dissent, especially from those who served our country.

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Tuesday April 29, 2008 · 7:36 AM PDT

2008/04/29 · 07:36

This is a good video.... albeit it's from April 3. Here's an unedited exchange between a FOX News ~~producer~~ flunkie Porter Berry and Father Pfleger, friend of Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

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Thursday April 17, 2008 · 5:38 AM PDT

2008/04/17 · 05:38

Now that's a landslide.

The NH House of Representatives tabled HR.24, the resolution petitioning Congress to commence impeachment procedures. A motion was made to table the resolution, 227 approved, 95 opposed, the motion carried. WMUR Channel 9 has the obit.

Growing up in New Hampshire most of my life, I'm not surprised it was this lopsided. I knew it would be a uphill battle on all levels. Ninety-five patriots did the right thing today. The other 227.... all I can say now is they're on the wrong side of the issue. This was a time to rise above politics and do the right thing. Instead political expediency and fear got the best of them. Kudos to state representative Betty Hall (D-Brookline), the 95 members of the House who voted for it, and all the organizers who believed.

Betty Hall: NH Impeachment Hero

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Monday April 07, 2008 · 9:00 AM PDT

2008/04/07 · 09:00

Crossposted at Blue Hampshire

“The Heroes in our nation's history who fought for liberty never calculated the odds. The just did what was right, and the legacy of their heroism is all around us. ... The didn't stop to ask whether they could really succeed; they just stood up against injustice because there was no other alternative. And they succeeded."

Former U.S. Congresswoman, Elizabeth Holtzman in “The Impeachment of George W. Bush.”

New Hampshire state representative Betty Hall (D-Brookline) isn't calculating the odds, nor is she questioning whether or not HR.24 can succeed. She's standing up to President George W. Bush and Vice-president Dick Cheney because there's no other alternative: U.S. Congress will not do stop the Bush Administration's abuse of power. History may not look too kindly on our Congress but perhaps there will be a footnote for one New Hampshirite's courageous stand. I caught up with Betty Hall and discussed the myths of investigations into impeachment, HR.24 efforts, and why NH Democrats should support it. Enjoy!

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Friday March 28, 2008 · 8:26 AM PDT

2008/03/28 · 08:26

Today on Democracy Now! co-host Amy Goodman asked Sen. Barack Obama after a NYC event why he is not calling for a total withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in accordance with the 70 percent of Iraqis who say they want the US out.

Here's the link to today's segment. Or you can read the transcripts below the fold.

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The Brattleboro Indictment Resolution: Is it legal nonsense?

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Saturday March 01, 2008 · 2:56 PM PST

2008/03/01 · 14:56

On Tuesday March 4 voters in Brattleboro, VT will vote on a non-binding resolution calling for the following:

"Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictment for consideration by other municipalities? And shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them."

According to the organizers the resolution a largely symbolic gesture. One organizer wrote, "it was born simply out of the devastating realization that our Constitution and entire system of government were
— and still are — under assault, and that such extraordinary circumstances sometimes call for extraordinary measures." Now organizers claim the initiative now has real legal teeth. How legal is it?

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Sunday December 30, 2007 · 11:51 AM PST

2007/12/30 · 11:51

Crossposted at Docudharma

Brattleboro, Vermont is in the heart of the Vermont impeachment movement. Brattleboro was one of the first five towns to pass the popular impeachment resolution and now activists want to take it to another level... if you can call it that.

According to Dave Gram of AP:

A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Vice President Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they visit the southeastern Vermont community.
"This petition is as radical as the Declaration of Independence, and it draws on that tradition in claiming a universal jurisdiction when governments fail to do what they're supposed to do," said Kurt Daims, 54, a retired machinist leading the drive

Huh?

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Tuesday November 27, 2007 · 8:31 AM PST

2007/11/27 · 08:31

Wow. Just as we expected, this teach-in delivered! For those of you on the fence re: investigations on impeachment, watch the following YouTubes, ESPECIALLY John Nichols of The Nation.

According to Paul Heintz of the Brattleboro Reformer

"Though billed as a "teach in" and held at Dartmouth College, impressionable students were far outnumbered by gray-haired veterans of a movement that began in southern Vermont and has since spread throughout New England."

I'd say that's accurate.

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Thursday November 01, 2007 · 8:48 AM PDT

2007/11/01 · 08:48

Vermonters are not going down without a fight on impeachment. Despite 34 Vermont towns in favor of investigations into impeachment and a very reluctant Congressman in Peter Welch, a latest poll shows that Vermonters still favor impeachment regardless of how much time is left in the Bush Administration.

According to Vermont's CBS affiliate, WCAX,

A poll conducted for Channel 3 News posed the same question to 400 likely voters. 61% said they would be in favor of Congress beginning impeachment proceedings against President Bush. 33% opposed it, and 6% were not sure.

The numbers for Vice President Cheney were slightly different. 64% favor impeachment, while 31% oppose it.

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