Interesting that Impeachment has so much support when the so-called opposition party has taken it "off the table" and the topic is off-limits in the Main Stream Media.
Keep bringing it up...signs, bumper stickers, buttons, internet posts/articles, etc. Who knows? maybe the idea will catch on with someone who can help move it along.
Someone like Reid or Pelosi. Oh my, nevermind. I must be delusional...

Hey Vern
That was one of the best statements about the Iraq situation I have read.

jjohnjj: I drive in the right-hand lane, as close to 55 as the trucks will let me. I figure about fifty cars pass by me and get a chance to read my sign as they go by.

Nice thought, but you're probably just pissing people off :-)

Not that it will affect Bush and Co in the slightest but if our new PM ..Gordon Brown breaks and runs with our own troops from Iraq then it might cause a tiny ripple in the US policy position (unlikely, I admit); more likely that Brown, after showing for UK consumption that he is no one's lap dog (as was Blair) quietly takes up position under Bush's table waiting for scraps of concession.

IMPEACH THE BASTARDS..ALL OF THEM AND PUT THEM ON WAR CRIMES TRIAL INCLUDING BLAIR.

Al Capone's operations and crimes, though despictable, never damaged the whole of our Country as this current Administration did and keep doing..that should tell us something - Cheney must go first

Rothenberg has put it perfectly, but why does it take so long for Americans to react to obvious facts:

I WROTE POSTS ABOUT THIS VERY IDEA, AT LEAST 4 MONTHS AGO!!!

An attempt at impeachment would be a good thing (as Martha Stewart says) not so much because it would succeed, but rather because it would alert and invigerate the people regarding the real level of public action that will be necessary to confront the Empire behind "Vichy America".

In other words, impeachment should be tried so that when it is crushed by the two-party global corporate Empire actually ruling Vichy America it will become clear that what is really needed is not the toy of impeachment, but the real weapon of revolution against this guileful and disguised ruling elite global corporate Empire which is already fully controlling America as an occupying Empire.

Only by trying the polite means of impeachment will the majority of people come to the realization that the serious means of revolution is really required to confront the global corporate Empire.

There is no GWOT (Global War on Terrorism) --- it's only a ploy to further enable global corporate fascism, but there is a real need for a GWOC (Global War on Corporate Empire) --- and this can only begin once the niceties of more polite political myths like impeachment have been tried and crushed by the iron boot of the two-party and MSM global corporate Empire behind this facade of "Vichy America" have been exposed as unresponsive to doing it "nice and easy" (as Tina Turner sings), and then proceeding to doing it "nice and hard". As Raul Julia said in the old Robert Redford movie "Havana" about the real need to acutally REVOLT against the fascist empire of Batista, "They will not leave by asking NICELY"

The other reason impeachment is "off the table" is because if Bush and Cheney are both successfully impeached, Pelosi becomes the POTUS, and the neocon pundits and talking heads will have a field day, saying that's what she was after all along, the uppity bitch. Not words I'd care to use, but for Limbaugh they are his daily bread.

I had heard that several states, including New Mexico and Vermont, were considering legislation to call for impeachment from the government of one of the states, which is also a viable path to impeachment. Has anyone heard any more about this? Are they dead in the water?

entelechy: you live in your planet. I'll live in mine.

We'll see what happens to the predators. Hm.

I disagree also with the likelihood you mention. That is just your opinion. You might think you speak for the generation, but actions speak so much louder.

Peace,
Ken Hausle

RE: A BEAUTIFULLY LAID OUT TRIAL, INDICTMENT, and ACT OF NATIONAL ATONEMENT...

...in exile.

Re: amacd July 30th, 2007 6:26 pm

No, they will not leave when asked nor will it be done nicely....so at what point do we go beyond the asking? We can't even get Lugosi and Company to put IT back "on the table" by our asking....so how can we turn up the heat handle on them beyond the "ask" point?

Thank you Vern, Jefferson's Guardian, and all you CDers who obviously still love this country.

Thanks you also, jjohnjj for the sign idea. I don't really give a big rat's ass if it does "piss off" the locals.

Michael Moore was right on target when he said, "...we screwed up in 2000....but in 2004 we said, 'we want more of this moron'..."

Impeach Now...and if not Now, When?

Bobbi Dykema Katsanis: you say:

"I had heard that several states, including New Mexico and Vermont, were considering legislation to call for impeachment from the government of one of the states, which is also a viable path to impeachment ..."

Is this true? Can a state really impeach a president? I knew nothing about it - anyone else know anything about it? If true, seems like a great route to success to me -

I know several states and a lot of municipalities (81, last I heard) have passed resolutions supporting impeachment, but that's not the same thing as being able to actually start the process -

Cheney/Bush know they are headed for impeachment, so what can they do to defend themselves? What worked before could work again. Just prior to 9/11 Bush's polls were way down, but afterward shot up to the 90s as the nation rallied around their Commander In Chief. So, since they operate Alqaeda as a strategic tool, another terrorist attack would again make Bush a national hero, the people so terrified they fail to see it. All Cheney & Bush need to do is politely step aside and let Alqueda create the excuse they need to do what they have been yearning to do ever since occupying the White House - become dictators for the New American Century or else Armageddon. That is a criminal conspiracy and should be treated as such - IF the Justice Department has the stomach to do its duty for the nation's survival.

Vichy America! How so damn true!

We get the government we deserve.

I agree wholeheartedly with Rothenberg's analysis and call to use the Constitutional impeachment process - although I feel it should be Bush, Cheney and Gonzales impeached together, and the House indictment bills should be for torture and felonious domestic wiretapping done by NSA without a warrant, in addition to their roles in fomenting the invasion and ocupation of Iraq through the use of false intelligence and fraudulent fear mongering.

While he makes some nice points, I don't see where redefining Bush's war as "the armed assault it was - billed as shock & awe" completely solves a looming practical problem: how can it be an impeachable "high crime" to do the act that both the House and Senate authorized the President to do when they passed the 2002 Iraq War Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution?

First things first. Repeal the AUMF.

If Bush does not then immediately commence withdrawing the troops, you can then impeach him for both the prior fraud and present, continuing illegal use of US armed forces abroad without Congressional approval.

If you don't first repeal the AUMF (like Congress should also immediately repeal its immunity from prosecuting granted to torturers in the Military Commissions Act), then you leave a "legal loophole" in the impeachment process that is a mile wide, with Chief Justice Roberts as the presiding official poised to make the key ruling in the matter.

So first, repeal the 2002 AUMF.

Give the Robert Byrd/Hillary Clinton bill a clean debate and a clean vote.

You might even find the repeal passing the Senate with a greater than 2/3 margin, which would really set the stage.

Bill from Saginaw

Bill

The AUMF is pure window dressing, and nothing more. Bush et al have committed far more crimes against the Constitution than just the invasion of Iraq.

Several courts have ruled he violated various laws, and a former prosecutor has written a book drawing up an indictment against them.

He has committed more high crimes and felonies than Hitler.

Ken Hausle,

Neat graphics. But you maunder on and on without a basic grasp of our human reality here on this planet of predation where humanity is driven by its instinctive appetites and attitudes. The Revolution is to control and pacify them for mutual aid and to live in peace and balance with the Earth. But under the Cheney/Bush Armageddon conspiracy it appears that lofty goal may be beyond human achievement. Madness and self-extinction are a very real probability. I certainly favor Impeachment, but so far, Congress lacks the courage to initiate it. Thus, so far, corporate fascism and World War Three are impending. We "live in interesting times" and likely the last times on a living Earth.

THANKS, SHANE ---

QUOTE . . . .

Shane July 30th, 2007 12:05 pm
General Strike, Sep 11! Red, White and Blue Flu Day. Reportedly suggested by the TruthMove administrator, you can find more information here:
http://www.truthmove.org/forum/topic/567
UNQUOTE

Yes -- limited work strikes, the car being pulled over/not buying gas -- all peaceful methods which Ghandi would approve.

It would seem that while posters ask, "What can we do?" they seem to not see the truthout suggestion -- either by error or intent?

There is growing strength now for IMPEACHING GONZO . . .
a NY Times Editorial the other day, for one.

As RALPH NADER POINTED OUT the other day in an Op-Ed piece . . . when you say impeach Gonzo what you are really saying is that everything he did was directed by Cheney/Bush and that they are impeachable. Let's get to it.

As for Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- so what if she were President for a few months or even a year? The important thing is to get Cheney/Bush out of the White House.
In act, I hear that Jim Baker was given an office in the White House by Bush -- let's get him out, too!!!

entelechy: I'll give you my opinion.

Maybe.

Or maybe there are other possibilities we have yet to imagine. I'm trying to not only imagine the possibilites but then doing what I can to act upon this imagination to learn more.

Peace,
Ken Hausle
* I support HRes333 - IMPEACH/CONVICT/DUMP/WHATEVER - time for a REAL change in the interest of the People - All People

Here are my evolving ideas in more detail if you are curious: http://kjh-es.com/index.html cause I'm not sure how much longer this "Common Dreams" thing is going to last......(at least for me..)

Does everyone here know you can click on the "blue" names and be redirected to somewhere else that might be interesting (or maybe not). Anyhow, I appreciate this feature......

Marius002, I tend to think you are correct in thinking that the last, very distasteful use of impeachment HAS made people more cautious of its' future use. However, the tool was given for a reason and my thoughts are that if we don't use it for a president who went to war under false pretenses, politically punished his enemies publicly in a destructive way, makes a class of people ABOVE the law, suspends Habeus Corpus for a set of ill-conceived reasons, and otherwise mocks the constitution, then WHEN should it be used?

My sense is that what is at stake here is the true allegiance to the constitution.

Again, if you haven't been there, go to PBS and listen to Bill Moyer's excellent piece on impeachment:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html

There are people like this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=gordonbloyershow

That just don't get it.

Everybody that can, please let him know what's at stake.

I see that Rep. Inslee is nipping at the heels with the Goszo inpeachment...

conscience,

Great ideas. I hope there is time.

There is an irony.... if that is the right word. That it always seems the people who care... who have answers are like street people looking through the bakery window at all the nice pastries they could never afford to purchase. Maybe the only way the poor street people will ever be able to possess the pastries is to steal them!! Go into the bakery and do whatever you have to do and steal the damn pastries!
And why not they have been proudly displayed through the window as if they were available to anyone. And yet we like the street people lack the capital to walk into the bakery and lay down the money. And yet somebody is buying the damn pastries so somebody has money somewhere. Maybe instead of
stealing the pastries we could strong arm a rich person bring him into the bakery and make him buy us a pastry. That could work couldn't it. Your probably reading this blog and wondering what is this guys point where is he going with this dialogue? The point is there is no point its all just words and it looks like it might have an answer or an interesting antedote. Maybe if we read it it will amuse or inform us. Sort of like the logic of our government. No point no logic just words,white flour and sugar it never quite satisfies all we get is less healthy if we contine to consume it. Just like a damn jelly donut. That wasn't where I was really going with this story I just got side tracked. Sort of like Iraq. No good end to the story. Just side tracked and no damn jelly donut either.

CBolin,

Not yet, but if he gets his Armageddon, he will indeed.

Let me add this, which is probably my last post on Common Dreams for some time, I use my REAL name (at least one that matches my "birth certificate"). Some have suggested, and I agree, this should be a more common practice. That is why I started doing this consistently. It made sense. It was a good idea.

It shows that I'm putting myself out there, and I don't care who knows. I want others to be exposed to MY ideas. Once the idea is out, then it ain't mine anymore, and that is fine with me.

Same should go with corporate entities. They DO NOT own the ideas, but gracious, "these entities which judicially have been "deemed" personally alive", are nothing more than made-up constructions. They are NOT alive. People live.

Peace,
Ken Hausle

QUOTE:

entelechy July 30th, 2007 8:50 pm

Cheney/Bush know they are headed for impeachment, so what can they do to defend themselves? What worked before could work again. Just prior to 9/11 Bush's polls were way down, but afterward shot up to the 90s as the nation rallied around their Commander In Chief. So, since they operate Alqaeda as a strategic tool, another terrorist attack would again make Bush a national hero, the people so terrified they fail to see it. All Cheney & Bush need to do is politely step aside and let Alqueda create the excuse they need to do what they have been yearning to do ever since occupying the White House - become dictators for the New American Century or else Armageddon. That is a criminal conspiracy and should be treated as such - IF the Justice Department has the stomach to do its duty for the nation's survival.

END QUOTE

I agree with all you said except for 2 things. I see no signs that Cheney/Bush think they are going to be impeached...and they're not going to be impeached, no matter what.

I have to turn the channel whenever I see pro-war Pelosi all smiles and snuggling up with Dictator Bush. What a sickening display. Cheney rarely shows himself anyway so one doesn't have to look at his nasty-face puss. The other thing is that the inJustice Department is and has been complicit with and enablers of (just like most of the Dems) all this since 2000. So the inJustice Dept is not about to do anything differently than they have been doing for the last 6+ years. And because of what you said makes me keep asking:

Will there even be a 2008 "election?" Doubtful in my opinion. Why? Because Rove and Cheney have been and are carefully installing a dictatorship---with the help of the Bush-Enabler Dems and Repugs---with this Bush as the puppet dictator. Therefore, why would they create a dictatorship and then leave? That makes no sense to me. That's why I don't think they're going anywhere in 2009.

Most people seem to live in this "politics as usual" world of pre-2000 and they don't want to think about the possibility that Cheney/Bush aren't leaving after two terms. Most people seem to want to think or pretend that they will leave per "politics as usual." They may leave but based on everything I've seen since 2000 (which isn't at all "politics as usual"), I wouldn't bet on it and it's rather wishful thinking at this point.

I would like to see impeachment too, but I would argue that a faster way to end the Iraq conflict is a binding congressional resolution stating that the invasion was wholly unnecessary and therefore illegal as defined by international law. That America bears primary responsibility for the death and human suffering that has ensued, and that our SOLE military objective will be to reduce the killing and bloodletting. That the Defense Department needs to submit a plan to congress immediately spelling out how that objective can be best achieved.

Ken Hausle,

Chuckle, that's cute - like two halves of the human brain, the planet divides between two opposing camps: dictatorial corporate predation versus cooperative environmental balance.

Today, the actions of Bush's Armageddon conspiracy is speaking much louder than the cowardly Congress' inaction. Will the people speak?

eduardov - thank-you for this telling anecdote and overall insightful post. Plus, I so second this sentiment:

"and the American people might thus regain a hand in the making of their own reality."

The characterization I've just come up with to describe the shameful but not unexpected Iraq crime is as follows:

"w & chains inc. - murder for oil"

Wow. What a country!

Peace,
Ken Hausle
* I support HRes333 as Step 1 - Impeach/Convict Cheney, then move on to step 2

Some of us have been screaming this for... how many years now? THERE IS NO WAR, never was. Illegal invasion followed by illegal occupation. Let's see loyalbushies run around trying to defend that one with their ever more insane rants.

Sergeant At Arms - you are ordered by WE THE PEOPLE to arrest each and every administration official responsible for aggressively, illegally invading and occupying a sovereign nation on false pretenses as part of a personal agenda that is un-Constitutional, anti-Democracy, and in opposition of fundamental American philosophy.

Vern, yes, a wonderful set of questions concisely asked, in addition to the brief and to the point aritcle by Rothenberg.

It is clear that if there is no impeachment before the term runs out, then this is not a democracy, and we will either continue to muddle along until something really bad happens, or something really bad will happen. Without impeachment, we are heading nowhere good fast.

I can't believe we have an "opposition party" that has either sold out for power perks, or because of being blackmailed. We need a critical mass of whistle-blowers and courageous people in positions to effect justice, to blow whistles, come out of their shells, and be part of a velvet epiphany.

I fear that a general strike would not work.

Things haven't gotten THAT Bad. Folks are too scared or lazy or whatever to do something like that.

We can't even get folks out there to participate in demonstrations.

If you haven't listened to Dan Carlins' COMMON SENSE podcast you can download it from ITUNES

What you need to do is to contact your representatives
and urge them to start a fillibuster the day before the summer shutdown that runs thru it and simply do not go on vacation. If they dont shut down the 2 idiots and their minions will not be able to pull any more crap consistent with their m.o.

erma,

I agree 100% with your analysis. Alqaeda is Cheney/Bush's "indispensable enemy" to be used as a strategic tool of opportunity. Thus, another terrorist attack would serve to justify Cheney/Bush's dictatorship, giving them the emergency they need to cancel the elections and thus completely nullify the Constitution.

If the Democratic controlled Congress has no intention of impeaching Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzales, etc. and if a confused and intimidated public cannot force them to do so, is there any alternative, or is the USA doomed to suffer under corporate fascism, and has World War Three then become inevitable?!

I was at the local bar last night having a beer with my daughter. There was a total of 7 people there including myself. I announced the Red, White and Blue Flu -- general stike Sept. 10 and 11. My daughter thought it was a cool name and a great idea. Good there was a couple of empty bar stools between me and a fellow drinker. He said he'd been in Iraq for a couple years. I asked where and said the invasion was illegal and immoral. Other comments were exchanged. He said he was 32 years old and fought to keep us free. The debate continued and everyone, mostly locals were listening to the exchange. I told him I had marched with Vets for Peace. Anyways, the bartender said I had to leave, but not a word to him. So my daughter and I left.

why should Pelosi start the impeachment process against the John Gotti and Sammy "the Bull" Graviano of the WHite HOuse when she's probably been bribed by the guilty that be. She's on their payroll. Think about it. And i predict her politcal career is over but will become a lobbyist when she's allowed. She's as crooked as the "Bush Family." La Costra NOstra forever.

I was at the local bar last night having a beer with my daughter. There was a total of 7 people there including myself. I announced the Red, White and Blue Flu -- general stike Sept. 10 and 11. My daughter thought it was a cool name and a great idea. Good there was a couple of empty bar stools between me and a fellow drinker. He said he'd been in Iraq for a couple years. I asked where and said the invasion was illegal and immoral. Other comments were exchanged. He said he was 32 years old and fought to keep us free. The debate continued and everyone, mostly locals were listening to the exchange. I told him I had marched with Vets for Peace. Anyways, the bartender said I had to leave, but not a word to him. So my daughter and I left.

why should Pelosi start the impeachment process against the John Gotti and Sammy "the Bull" Graviano of the WHite HOuse when she's probably been bribed by the guilty that be. She's on their payroll. Think about it. And i predict her politcal career is over but will become a lobbyist when she's allowed. She's as crooked as the "Bush Family." La Costra NOstra forever.

why should Pelosi start the impeachment process against the John Gotti and Sammy "the Bull" Graviano of the WHite HOuse when she's probably been bribed by the guilty that be. She's on their payroll. Think about it. And i predict her politcal career is over but will become a lobbyist when she's allowed. She's as crooked as the "Bush Family." La Costra NOstra forever.

I was at the local bar last night having a beer with my daughter. There was a total of 7 people there including myself. I announced the Red, White and Blue Flu -- general stike Sept. 10 and 11. My daughter thought it was a cool name and a great idea. Good there was a couple of empty bar stools between me and a fellow drinker. He said he'd been in Iraq for a couple years. I asked where and said the invasion was illegal and immoral. Other comments were exchanged. He said he was 32 years old and fought to keep us free. The debate continued and everyone, mostly locals were listening to the exchange. I told him I had marched with Vets for Peace. Anyways, the bartender said I had to leave, but not a word to him. So my daughter and I left.

MollyJ
There is an an entire class of people above the law! poor people can't afford good lawyers and rich ones can. Simplistic but true.
It's true, Habeus corpus was repealed, but we only have to fear the government if we are unwilling to stand againt it. Solhenitsyn(?) regretted for years that during the stalinist purges and gulags, that when the police came for the people, the neighbors watched in fear. Lets make a pact, That police will never be able do that to our neighbors because we will not let them.

I have a large paper sign (11x17) that says "Impeachment is Good for Democracy". It sits taped inside the back window of my station wagon during my 25 minute freeway commute to and from work, five days a week.

I drive in the right-hand lane, as close to 55 as the trucks will let me. I figure about fifty cars pass by me and get a chance to read my sign as they go by. That's about 500 people a week.

We must all take what we learn here at Common Dreams and repeat it to our local communities, through the newspapers, talk radio, signage... whatever works.

That will stiffen Congress's backbone faster than blogging and letters to Washington.

I was at the local bar last night having a beer with my daughter. There was a total of 7 people there including myself. I announced the Red, White and Blue Flu -- general stike Sept. 10 and 11. My daughter thought it was a cool name and a great idea. Good there was a couple of empty bar stools between me and a fellow drinker. He said he'd been in Iraq for a couple years. I asked where and said the invasion was illegal and immoral. Other comments were exchanged. He said he was 32 years old and fought to keep us free. The debate continued and everyone, mostly locals were listening to the exchange. I told him I had marched with Vets for Peace. Anyways, the bartender said I had to leave, but not a word to him. So my daughter and I left.

Sorry folks for the repeated comment, but my computer wouldn't submit.

Fine article, Mr. Rothenberg, especially your framing of our invasion and occupation not as a war but as an unwarranted "assault" on Iraq. Kudos, too, to Vern and to Jefferson's Guardian for the questions and concerns raised in their postings.

It's ironic that the House is thus far reluctant to impeach. Our representatives seem to be persuaded that because their popularity is at such a low ebb -- lower even than the President's abysmal ranking in the polls -- they will sink even lower if they dare to impeach. That's a misreading of our politics.

Both houses of Congress changed hands in the last election largely because a majority of the American people wanted to subject this arrogant, ignorant, incompetent and corrupt administration to the oversight and accountability that have been lacking for the last six years. Because the majorities have been too slim to effect a change in policy, the electorate has been frustrated, waiting for an accountability moment . . . that never came. That's why the Congress is held in such low esteem.

Only impeachment will bring about the change the electorate yearns for. John Nichols is right. Impeachment is not a crisis; it's the cure for the crisis. As the impeachment process unfolds, as the wrongdoing is exposed, momentum will build to remove from power those whose policy has so weakened this country at home and abroad.

Nanoo (at first I had typed it "nonoo" so I hope this edit goes through),

The bartender asked you to leave because it seems to me these days, for many folks at least, when difficult to comprehend issues are discussed publically, it makes them most uncomfortable. I wonder why. Honestly, why can't folks just talk in peace.

Regardless, there is likely a good chance that some others just sitting in the background are now thinking about what you discussed.

I know that I appreciate courage to speak one's mind. It takes much more courage than just "righting" about it.

Peace,
Ken Hausle

Since the Clinton's are projected to be next president, with all the skeletons in their closets,I honestly believe the dems have cut a deal with their counterparts not to impeach Bush; then they'll leave the Clintons alone once they regain power. At this point, this backward, twisted logic is about all that makes the least bit of sense.

Our Founding Fathers never intended impeachment to be either rare or extreme. It was meant to be used forcefully and as often as necessary to check the excesses of power, or deliberate corruption, of the temporary occupants of the White House.

We cannot hope to rejuvenate a decaying democracy unless we have the fortitude to endure the unpleasant political process of impeachment. Yes, it is unpleasant. Citizens will square-off one against the other, tempers will flare, friends will disagree and scream, and issues will be discussed and debated. But, ultimately, the country will be better off for it.

Despite what Mr. Bush proclaimed when he said, "The Constitution is just a damn piece of paper" (paraphrased), the document is the living fabric of what the United States once was, and should be again. It's the law of the land from which every idea, proclamation, and action that we take as a people should be judged and governed by. Certainly, it's been high-jacked, since the 1886 case of Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company, where the U.S. Supreme Court essentially decided that a private corporation is a person and entitled to the legal rights and protections the Constitution affords to any person. Because the Constitution makes no mention of corporations (as Thomas Jefferson wished it to, as a deterrent to monopolistic power), it is a fairly clear case of the Court taking it upon itself to rewrite the Constitution. Multiple decisions since have built upon this mistaken notion.

As unpleasant as it may be, it's (impeachment) a necessary first step to bringing the Constitution back to "We the People", as the Framers of that great document intended.

I would like to see Bush and Cheney impeached for their arrogance and utter disregard for other people's rights and, indeed, the whole legal system. The following anecdote reveals this arrogance in its clearest light. Some reporters were asking questions to a Bush administration official, who was puzzled at the tone and direction of the questions. He finally said more or less the following, "the problem with you people is that you live in the reality-based world. we don't; we make reality."

The surest path to impeachment would be to find enough whistle blowers inside the Bush administration, people who are as appalled as some of us are about "reality making." For this, an investigative reporter or reporters are needed, the present day equivalents of Woodward and Bernstein. Perhaps Michael Moore could fit the part, if he could be persuaded to do a documentary on the crimes and misdemeanors of this administration. The way to go is to try to contact Moore and encourage him to get started on this project. The rest will fall of its own weight, I think, and the American people might thus regain a hand in the making of their own reality.

Good luck.