TX Paper Prints Impeachment Column

[babylonsister]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=7936

September 22nd, 2006 2:08 pm
Alan Northcutt, guest column: Time to mention the forbidden "I" word

Waco Tribune

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. — Thomas Jefferson

A growing number of Americans now believe that true patriots will defend Democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law against a president who is violating these principles.

Thus U.S. House Resolution 635, calling for a select committee to investigate grounds for impeachment of George W. Bush, has 37 sponsors.

State legislatures, which may present charges directly to the U.S. House, have pending resolutions in Illinois, California and Vermont.

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The grounds for the impeachment process are solid and certainly more substantial in terms of “high crimes and misdemeanors” than those of the recent impeachment of Bill Clinton for issues of his personal life.

The country cannot wait for the end of Bush’s term. Impeachment proceedings must begin for the head of this lawless regime in order to restore the rule of law and replace endless war with diplomacy.

[yella_dawg]

1. Wow!

Bunnypant's "hometown" paper.

[truthisfreedom]

2. excellent. K&R.

[tbyg52]

3. Woo hoo!!! And *when*

are people gonna get the attribution of that quote right?
It's not Jefferson. It's Zinn.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/146858.htm
(Doesn't this newspaper have a fact checker?)

That said, hooray for them for printing it, and Mr. Northcutt for writing it!!!!!

[LA lady]

4. Thank you

I bet I have corrected this on dozens of posts.

[SouthernLiberal]

13. What Jefferson DID say.....

Of course, our third President didn't say that dissent is the highest form of patriotism.. what he did say was:

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Not different in sentiment... but grittier.

[tbyg52]

19. Hey Southern Liberal!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

Yep, Jefferson was even blunter. Probably why *that* one doesn't get quoted as often. ;)

Oh, and do you notice that when *that* one is quoted, the "tyrants" part often gets left out.....?!

[mcscajun]

14. Here's another good link for you in correcting the attribution error

http://www.monticello.org/library/reference/spurious.html

I've been guilty of it myself, sad to say, and I'm such a stickler for accuracy. I hang my head.

[tbyg52]

20. Hey, it's floating around

with Jefferson's name on it much more than with Zinn's. I don't even remember why I got curious about it.

[az chela]

5. Way to go Waco!!!!!

Now we have to get the rest of the states to get behind this.
No more needless killing!!!!!
PEACE NOW
I am sending a copy of this to our governor,Janet Napolitano

[midnight]

8. I grew up in AZ. I was wondering how Janet Napolitano

has been doing as the Gov.?

[az chela]

9. She is the best governor we have had since I have lived here

And thats over 30 years

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Anne Richards is workin' from above.

and Molly Ivins will probably expand on this one. Love it, love it.

[dogman]

7. What do you expect?

Rove's strategy includes inciting the base with fear of impeachment of their hero.

[struggle4progress]

10. Article is well written, by a Waco local

Alan Northcutt, guest column: Time to mention the forbidden "I" word
Friday, September 22, 2006
... For action information: www.friendsofpeace.org
Alan Northcutt is a Waco physician
http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2006/09/22/09222006wacnorthcutt.html

[peacetalksforall]

11. Thanks. Finally somethng uplifting. Whatever happened to

State movements to impeach?

[mcscajun]

15. It's right there in the OP

State legislatures, which may present charges directly to the U.S. House, have pending resolutions in Illinois, California and Vermont.

All "Pending" so far; until and unless one passes, it's just wind. Once one passes, it MUST be brought to the floor of the US House of Representatives.

[samsingh]

12. i hope they're talking bush and not President Clinton.

[barbtries]

16. high time,

past time.

[az chela]

17. Just sent this to our governor,jon,kyl,and Rick Renzi

I am going to send it to mccain and anyone else I can find an email address for in washington.I hope the rest of you do the same.Also sent it to everyone in my address book.Lets keep this going.Thanks for posting this.great job!!!

[Pierzin]

18. Can We Get a Big AMEN!!! YES!! That's the spirit! Tonight I was...

thinking, Have I written to enough representatives or congresspeople demanding tht they impeach the emperor!???? For that is what he thinks he is, as we all know. We need him out of office NOW, if not sooner, before he does more harm!!!
Nice post, thanks for telling us about it.

[calimary]

23. "AMEN!"

It's about time.

This should be EVERYWHERE. It just needs to happen. It's just time. LONG PAST time.

[a la izquierda]

21. Forgive me for being bitter...

but Oklahoma does not have a Democratic Senator. We have Tom freakin' Coburn and some other guy equally as revolting. I don't see how writing to either of them is going to do me any good. The US representative from my district of Oklahoma is as worthless to me as the other two.
God, getting anything done in this state is hopeless, unless its on the local level.

[a la izquierda]

22. Forgive me for being bitter...

but Oklahoma does not have a Democratic Senator. We have Tom freakin' Coburn and some other guy equally as revolting. I don't see how writing to either of them is going to do me any good. The US representative from my district of Oklahoma is as worthless to me as the other two.
God, getting anything done in this state is hopeless, unless its on the local level.

[wiggs]

24. What happened to some states' efforts to start the impeachment process?nt

[texpatriot2004]

25. Impeachment...it's happening nm