cross-posted at political flesh feast
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 4 of ImpeachmentWatch, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Today is the first Post-Impeachment Orange Friday. I'm wearing my orange, are you wearing yours?
The World Can't Wait: This will not be easy. If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.
The point is this: history is full of examples where people who had right on their side fought against tremendous odds and were victorious. And it is also full of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined. The future is unwritten. WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US.
The World Can't Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime! - Wear Orange, Every Friday until they're gone.
Impeachment Video of the Day
Nattering Nancy of Negativism [via ads]
Recent Highlights
I believe we should let George Bush get away with breaking the law because the attempt to hold him accountable diverts people's much-needed attention to getting a Democrat in the White House.
Now.
Not to delay.
Not to cower.
Not to bend to the will of Nancy Pelosi.
But to stand up tall for the Constitution as head of the House Judiciary Committee.
By introducing 35 thoughtful and detailed articles of impeachment against President Bush on June 9, Dennis Kucinich has put Conyers on the spot.
It’s "to be, or not to be" time.
And Conyers knows what’s right. He himself introduced a bill to explore grounds for impeaching Bush—but that was in 2005, before the Democrats came to power.
a 17-member delegation of Veterans For Peace presented some 23,000 petitions to Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Conyers, chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, is the Member of Congress with the authority to call for impeachment hearings.
Gore Vidal: I wish to draw the attention of the blog world to Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s articles of impeachment presented to the House in order that two faithless public servants be removed from office for crimes against the American people. As I listened to Rep. Kucinich invoke the great engine of impeachment—he listed some 35 crimes by these two faithless officials—we heard, like great bells tolling, the voice of the Constitution itself speak out ringingly against those who had tried to destroy it.
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi long ago made it known that impeachment is 'off the table.' This is a joke," Cafferty said. "We have a president who has abused the power of his office over and over and over again. It’s what got the Democrats elected to the majority in Congress in 2006. (video)
Vital Links
Full Text of the Articles of Impeachment (PDF)
List of the Articles of Impeachment (TXT)
Entire Kucinich Impeachment Video (complete) [thanks to cspanjunkie]
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote, 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for'. I agree with the second part" -- Seven
Mainstream Story Counts
front pages as of 11:00 am PST - 2008-06-13
CNN.com: 0
FoxNews.com: 0
MSNBC.com: 0
Google News: 0
Reuters: 0
AP: 0
Google News Search: Impeachment: 5,100
Number of Days until Rep. Kucinich plans to re-introduce the 35 Articles of Impeachment: 26
Current Co-Sponsers: Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19], Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6], Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret Mead
Daily Impeachment Tracker
Day 4 - 2008-06-13
PROGRESSIVE: It’s Conyers’s Time to Act on Impeachment
DEMOCRACY NOW: Despite Opposition from His Own Party, Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich Vows to Continue Impeachment Effort Against Bush
ADS: Veterans For Peace deliver 23,000 impeachment petitions to House Judiciary Chair Conyers
ADS: Bush Tried to Destroy Medicare
Day 3 - 2008-06-12
STARTRIBUNE: Animals aloft are a sign that impeachment might fly
RAWSTORY: O'Reilly, Kucinich spar over impeachment, unite on gas prices (video)
ADS: Dennis Kucinich on the Urban Journal (audio)
ADS: Obama Must Learn From Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment: Election Theft is Real
RAWSTORY: Cafferty: Why won't Congress consider impeachment? (video)
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment Cosponsors Wanted!
ALTERNET: Kucinich's Mammoth Case for Impeaching Bush
Day 2 - 2008-06-11
WAPO: Kucinich Vows to Keep Up Impeachment Fight
CNN: Kucinich effort to impeach Bush kicked into limbo
RAWSTORY: Kucinich: Judiciary Committee must begin review of impeachment articles
ADS: Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) Supports Effort to Impeach President Bush
BLOG: Americans Want Bush Impeached Far More Than They Ever Supported Clinton Impeachment
TRUTHDIG: Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: PETITION: Put Kucinich on Meet the Press
Day 1 - 2008-06-10
COUNTDOWN: Olbermann on ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT (video)
DKOS: I believe we should let George Bush get away with breaking the law because...
RAWSTORY: Mainstream media yawns as Kucinich offers impeachment
DEMOCRATS.COM: Impeachment: Where Olbermann, Turley, and Fineman Are Wrong
DEMOCRATS.COM: Full Text of Articles of Impeachment
DKOS: Wexler Co-Sponsors First Bush Articles of Impeachment
Day 0 - 2008-06-09
RAWSTORY: Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles (video)
Pre-Impeachment
ALTERNET: Colbert says Impeach Bush now or you're a bunch of pussies... (video)
MSNBC: Poll: Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? - 89% YES, 700,218 votes
RAWSTORY: Murtha revises: Impeachment is 'on the table'
ALTERNET: Why Is Impeachment Important? (video)
ALTERNET: George McGovern Calls for Bush and Cheney's Impeachment
ALTERNET: Olbermann & Maddow: Why Are Democrats Afraid to Impeach Cheney? (video)
ALTERNET: Obama and Clinton believe accountability is "off the table."
Be the change that you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi