Vermont Town Backs Bush Impeachment

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2006/mar/07/030705390.html

NEWFANE, Vt. (AP) - In a white-clapboard town hall, circa 1832, voters gathered Tuesday to conduct their community's business and to call for the impeachment of President Bush.

"In the U.S. presently there are only a few places where citizens can act in this fashion and have a say in our nation," said select board member Dan DeWalt, who drafted the impeachment article that was placed on the warning - or official agenda - for the annual town meeting, a proud Yankee tradition in New England.

"It absolutely affects us locally," Dewalt said. "It's our sons and daughters, our mothers and fathers, who are dying" in the war in Iraq.

The article, approved 121-29 in balloting by paper, calls on Vermont's lone member of the House, independent Rep. Bernie Sanders, to file articles of impeachment against the president, alleging that Bush misled the nation into the Iraq war and engaged in illegal domestic spying.

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[TomInTib]

1. OK, we have San Francisco and Newfane, VT...

now let's work towards the middle.

[leQ]

17. i'd love to put mason city iowa on the map (eom)

[onehandle]

2. Good enough for me. Pack your bags, smirk. nt

[xultar]

3. ...

:spray:

[orleans]

15. "..."? here's the down side to that article: it ain't happening...

"Sanders issued a statement saying that although the Bush administration "has been a disaster for our country, and a number of actions that he has taken may very well not have been legal," given the reality that the Republicans control the House and the Senate, "it would be impractical to talk about impeachment." "

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2006/mar/07/030705390.html

[Tab]

4. That's a hoot

and doesn't surprise me. I grew up near Newfane - very very small, quaint town. I'm glad they did that.

[WI_DEM]

5. Newfane, Vt believes in the constitution

Thank you!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Sounds like my kind of town!

I wonder if they'd have use for a violinist?

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Hmmm..how's the job market in Newfane?

Love to live there! My kinda people.

[redwitch]

8. don't know about the job market.

but they have a great antiques flea market!

[Skink]

9. See this crazy talk is what happens when gay folks are given rights

[Pirate Smile]

10. AP: Four Vermont Towns Back Bush Impeachment

By DAVID GRAM
Associated Press Writer

March 7, 2006, 8:56 PM EST


NEWFANE, Vt. -- In a white-clapboard town hall, built circa 1832, voters gathered Tuesday to conduct their community's business and to call for the impeachment of President Bush.

"In the U.S. presently there are only a few places where citizens can act in this fashion and have a say in our nation," said select board member Dan DeWalt, who drafted the impeachment article that was placed on the warning -- or official agenda -- for the annual town meeting, a proud Yankee tradition in New England.

"It absolutely affects us locally," Dewalt said. "It's our sons and daughters, our mothers and fathers, who are dying" in the war in Iraq.

The article, approved 121-29 in balloting by paper, calls on Vermont's lone member of the House, independent Rep. Bernie Sanders, to file articles of impeachment against the president, alleging that Bush misled the nation into the Iraq war and engaged in illegal domestic spying.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-vermont-impeach-bush,0,3276141.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[rodeodance]

11. The People have done their duty--now it is time for Bernie to do his!

......The article, approved 121-29 in balloting by paper, calls on Vermont's lone member of the House, independent Rep. Bernie Sanders, to file articles of impeachment against the president, alleging that Bush misled the nation into the Iraq war and engaged in illegal domestic spying.

[MUAD_DIB]

14. What percentage of the population would have to vote

in order to have Bernie file articles of impeachment?

[fishnfla]

12. Now thats town hall meeting

not those hand-picked, carefully screened campaign jobs

[Botany]

13. Ya Vermont!

A pebble has been kicked down the hillside ....
will it gather more rocks along it's way?
Or will it come to stop and it's energy be
expended for nothing?

So from the small towns of Vermont that gave us the
patriots in the American Revolution and sent so many
of it's sons to die in order to preserve the union
will this spark catch?

And will that spark catch a fire of real democracy?

[rodeodance]

16. cnn just did a few minutes news item about this (link below)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=605428&mesg_id=605518

[paineinthearse]

18. Proud 5th

Reminder to all northeast towns with town meeting form of government.

GET ACTIVE TODAY, MAKE PREPERATIONS TO DO THE SAME!

[wordpix2]

20. won't work in my repuke town---but we're slowly making a little headway

[Joey Liberal]

19. Bush will want to invade Vermont n.t

[ClayZ]

21. Both Sides Now

Fill up the middle.


http://impeachbush.meetup.com/members/

[texpatriot2004]

22. I love Vermont. nm

[DrZeeLit]

23. I love my state! Paper ballots! Hand Counted!Town Meeting Day! Civility!

No billboards! Clean air!
I could go on and on.
Bernie, Patrick and even Jim J.
I'll take the lot of them over the current bunch of crooks in power.

Yeah, I know, it's cold outside. But ... I'm INSIDE...smiling!

[ozone_man]

26. Yeah, life is pretty good here.

And that March sun is nice. Woah, it's bright. B-)

And Progressive Bob Kiss, the new mayor of Burlington. :hi:

[Glenda]

24. kick

:kick:

[Lefty48197]

25. Thank God for Vermont!

.

[earth mom]

27. Vermonters ROCK!

:applause: