That Makes 80 Towns and Cities for Impeachment......

[marmar]

from the Times Herald-Record, via AfterDowningStreet:


That Makes 80 Towns and Cities for Impeachment
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2007-06-18 00:36. Impeachment

Middletown (New York) council votes to impeach
From Times Herald-Record

President Bush and Vice President Cheney be warned, the Common Council of the City of Middletown has hereby resolved to ask some other elected officials to investigate you.
The council passed a resolution last week titled “Middletown Resolution to Investigate Charges of Impeachable Offenses Against George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney.” There are nine paragraphs that detail various offenses.

For example, “Whereas George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney admitted to ordering NSA electronic surveillance of American citizens without warrants from the FISA Court of Review...”
This set off a chain of events: paper was torn, words exchanged. An alderman was disgusted, others not so much. Then everybody voted.

It passed 5-2. Aldermen John VanderVoort, R-2nd Ward, and Ray Depew, R-3rd Ward, voted against it; Aldermen Joel Sierra, D-4th Ward, and Thomas Burr, R-1st Ward, were absent.
“I cannot believe we’ve gotten to this point,” Depew said before the vote. “I’m disgusted to be an alderman tonight.” He then ripped his copy of the resolution in two.
Copies of the resolution will now go to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, state Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, D-C-Forestburgh, Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/23731

[demnan]

1. Yes and let me link back to an excellent thread

that got mailed to me too late to recommend:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1122502&mesg_id=1122502

Pelosi's open email address: [e-mail]

Also a shameless plug:

If you can join us at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA this weekend 1-4 pm we're having a forum on impeachment you can check out the link below for further details.

Thanks,

Nancy

Virginians for Peace and Accountability

[partylessinOhio]

2. The people are speaking across America but Congress doesn't care.

They are carrying on business as usual.

[Mind_your_head]

4. Ah-well, what do the opinions of a few hundred million people matter

When you've got MILLIONS OF CORPORATE DOLLARS at your fingertips....if you only OBEY! HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..........

[never_get_over_it]

3. And hmmmm how many towns and cities

passed resolutions to impeach Bill Clinton because you know lying about a BJ is SO MUCH worse than ignoring warnings about 9/11, lying us into war, warrantless wiretaps, outing a CIA agent, stealing both the 2000 and 2004 elections and God only knows how many Congressional races in in 02 and 06 and on and on and on...

So how many people DIED when Clinton lied about a BJ?

[Mind_your_head]

5. They were just practicing for the 'real thing'....which we have now.

.

[Mind_your_head]

6. So, let's 'do it'....Impeach

n/t

[slipslidingaway]

7. HR 333, "The Judiciary Committee has not yet scheduled a

hearing on the resolution. Absent a positive referral from the Judiciary Committee, the only way the resolution could reach the floor of the House is with the approval of the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Failure of the Judiciary Committee and Speaker Pelosi to act favorably would result in the resolution remaining in committee indefinitely, where it would never receive a vote."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_House_Resolution_333

[EFerrari]

8. Go, David!

K&R

[G_j]

9. K&R!

[annm4peace]

10. Minneapolis City Council won't support Impeachment

I can't get into what happened at the meeting at this time..in fact I was so upset I had to walk out after the 2 most liberal City Council people spoke and one is a Green party member. Anyhow, 2 council members met with the public at Wolves' Den on Franklin in Minneapolis last Wednesday. They started by telling us that the would not bring up the Resolution for Impeachment to the City Council because they know it wouldn't pass and it would just be a waste of time for them. It was very disheartening that they would say this. They don't even want to try. The resolution is simple and already written up. All these cities that are much more moderate have passed the City Resolution for Impeacement. I hope those of you who read this post and live in Minneapolis, ask your Council person if they would support a City Resolution for Impeachment.

[oge]

11. Another Upstate New York Impeachment Vote

In addition to impeachment resolutions passed by municipalities, party committees have been on this (and underreported, surprise). For example, the Democratic Committee of rural Delaware County, NY, resolved to impeach:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2007
DELAWARE COUNTY DEMOCRATS VOTE TO IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY
Delhi, New York -- On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, the Democratic Committee of Delaware County voted in favor of a resolution calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
The resolution, introduced by committee member John Ryan of the Town of Meredith, passed by a two-to-one margin. In passing the measure, the committee emphasized that Bush and Cheney’s actions have broken U.S. law and gone against the U.S. Constitution. Bush and Cheney, the resolution notes, have deliberately misled the nation about the threat from Iraq, have condoned the use of torture, have approved illegal electronic surveillance, and have ordered indefinite detention without legal counsel. “All of these actions undermine the very principles this nation was built on,” observed Ryan. “They threaten America’s way of life and make us a weaker country.”
The committee has submitted the resolution, in the form of a petition, to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for further action. “Fortunately, the founders of the Constitution foresaw the possibility of executive misbehavior and built in a way for this country’s representatives to make sure that the president be held accountable,” said committee member Dick Stinson of the Town of Kortright. “This is essential for democracy to work for the people of our country.”
MEDIA CONTACTS:
John Ryan; telephone: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]
Dick Stinson; telephone: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]

[progressoid]

12. At this rate, we'll be ready to impeach in...oh...18 months or so.

While this is a great statement, we are going to need a lot more action. And soon. which I don't see happening.

Sorry to pee in the Wheaties here.

[Uncle Joe]

13. Thanks for the thread marmar.

Kicked and recommended.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. What happened to the state of Vermont's resolutions? I know it passed one house, but has it come up

for a vote in the other?