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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:45 PM
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Brattleboro, Vermont; a town Bush and Cheney MUST visit
On Hostile Ground, a Provocative Question
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/us/29vermont.html?_r=1&ex=1356670800&en=caf5aabc9637465f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: in one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes.

A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put on the agenda of a town meeting in March a measure that would make Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they ever visit the community. As president, Mr. Bush has been to every state except Vermont.

The town meeting, an annual exercise in which residents gather to vote on things like fire department budgets and municipal policy, requires about 1,000 signatures to place a binding item on the agenda.

The measure asks, “Shall the Selectboard instruct the town attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictment for consideration by other municipalities?”

Kurt Daims, a retired machinist leading the drive, has been circulating documents claiming that the community acquires a “universal jurisdiction” to take such steps “when governments breach their highest duties.”
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:49 PM
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1. This was posted earlier but you make a point
Can we get someone to forcefully drive them there?
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:53 PM
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2. I missed the earlier post n/t
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 09:59 AM
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6. Doesn't need to be done forcefully.
Just tell dimwad that the town will be presenting him with an award to honor him and Cheney.

Tell Cheney that his pacer needs to be recharged once a month and the only place it can be done is in Vermont. Or tell him that the blood he needs to drink can only be found there.
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:35 PM
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8. LOL!!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:53 PM
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3. I've been to Brattleboro, Vermont..
mighty fine town. At least one town as a whole knows what's up.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:57 PM
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4. I LOVE VERMONT
used to live there.

fond memories
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 11:32 PM
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5. We all should pitch in and buy Cheney and Bush
a nice vacation package to Brattleboro. Won't have to even worry about finding a decent hotel.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 10:04 AM
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7. vermont is the only state in the union that
bush hasn't been to. We hope to keep it that way.
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 07:33 PM
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9. We should send them there...
Measure that would make Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they ever visit the community.

Wouldn't you just love it?
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