My recent Letter to the editor described the Downing St. Memo, then concluded:
What exactly is a "high crime or misdemeanor" - the grounds for impeachment as provided in the US Constitution?
A High Crime is a term describing a crime committed by a person in high office, not a "serious crime." A misdemeanor is literally any wrongful, unethical act - even if not a crime.
His attempts to sell us the war based on WMD and danger to the USA are now revealed as "fixed".
His purging of CIA because of "Bad Intelligence" is revealed as a lie, a partisan purging of the agency to put "yes men" in place, or to build the case for a future conflict possibly in Iran.
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People have started making "comments" to me, like "He's our President , right or wrong"
Another offered "I can't understand how a man over 5 years of age could be a liberal".
My favorite though was "People want to Kill you"..
I don't believe that violence was the intent, but more an attempt to intimidate me into silence.
The last I checked, this is America! I have the right to free speech!
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" (Edmund Burke)
This is America in 2005, not Germany in 1935!
I will NOT remain silent; you will not intimidate me into remaining silent while fascists spew evil lies!
I will continue speaking out, you will not intimidate me, I will speak out, until they take free speech away from us all!
Fascism : Philosophy of government that stresses the primacy and glory of the state, unquestioning obedience to its leader, subordination of the individual will to the state's authority, and harsh suppression of dissent. Martial virtues are celebrated, while liberal and democratic values are disparaged.
