If the Dems do win the presidency, they better make sure all their parking tickets are paid because the Repubs will use the first mistake or misdemeanor to begin the next impeachment and the Dems will not object too much.

The Republicans play mean and the Dems play scared.

Since not one major candidate that I can recall has talked about the need to rescind all of the new unitary executive powers claimed by Bush/Cheney, not restoring the Bill of Rights and the power of congress through the most constitutional way tells me that so far they want to have the same dictatorial powers.

I'm glad I signed Wexler's petition,

IMPEACH THE CREEPS

Now and forever.

If the legislative branch doesn't check the executive now, it sets a precedent for an impotent legislature and a all powerful executive branch. We gotta impeach AND PROSECUTE the dirtbags.

eseflyer: I'm afraid I don't share your confidence about the internet and rapid communication being able to help ordinary Americans get their government back from the corrupt special interests and the oligarchy here. I think the main problem is that the majority population has been well-conditioned into passivity. That has happened mainly during the past three decades, so Americans under 40 don't know what organizing and effective protesting is all about. Yes, college students are again organizing on the campuses, but the oligarchy has been truly ingenius in devising ways to tamp down protest here, largely through the mass media which either ignores or ridicules protest. More often the former.

bakunin said:

"ezeflyer: I think that until recently direct democracy has only functioned in small countries or regions in which representatives of any sort never can be far from those who choose them."

That's before there was the internet and instant information and communications technology. Politicians are on their way to becoming obsolete. Please see:
http://nationalinitiative.us/

Or that the clean ones have a fight on their hands.

I just emailed the democratic party, and went up one side and down the other on their failure to uphold the constitution, and hold those who have committed crimes to account. Like it will do any good, but at least i had a chance to vent.
It's time to kick all their sorry asses out, and get some decent people to run your country. This whole sorry situation is way out of hand. The only explanation in my opinion, is that the whole lot of them are dirty.

White House recycles backup tapes and loses millions of e-mails:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-news/?p=1915

They only "Wellstone" people as a last resort (because it can backfire). It serves their goals better if they can discredit the person so completely and utterly that no one will take them seriously.

RE: - Does anyone here really believe that Wexler, Pelosi, or even Santa Claus is going to impeach Cheney, Bush or anyone?

I don't think Santa Claus can impeach anybody. Canadians who live on Canadian soil, sadly, do not have the right.

I like the creative ways you all have of expressing my hatred of Cheney. Keep it coming. Something half Voldemort half 40's vampire would be a good part - maybe for the next Resident Evil movie.

RE: - Romney is a flash in the pan and of no consequence. The US media is not reporting the events that are important and influencing American voters by filtering the news."

They all filter the news. If they didn't, the NDP would get much more air time.

Good news that Romney is a flash in the pan, he scares me!

When Amy Goodman interviewed Conyers last August about impeaching Cheney, Conyers basically said there was not enough time or votes.
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/8/28/conyers_on_impeachment_of_bush_cheney
Whether he truly believes what he said is hard to know, but there it is. This present congress is not going to start impeachment hearings. Period. Pretty sad.

ezeflyer: I think that until recently direct democracy has only functioned in small countries or regions in which representatives of any sort never can be far from those who choose them. Once a representative makes a pact with special interests and withdraws from the electorate that elected him or her, tyranny and corruption begin. I think things are too far gone in this country for us to be able to devise in time a direct democracy that could save the entity called the United States of Americn. I'm not sure we want to save the entity United States of America in any case.

AIR WATER EARTH: Most excellent posting. It's almost a dark version of Don Quixote, isn't it? This militaristic high-cost thrashing about in pursuit of the quixotic enemy called "evil" when the real dangers to health, democracy, and a sustainable earth are being everywhere nurtured within this nation's bosom, and looted treasury. There's also the "little" matter of karmic blowback, too, which according to the astro-logos is not far from boomeranging back to the source that propelled it.

bakunin said:

"...abandon the corporate fascist project currently underway in favor of a restoration of government by and for the people..."

For government to be by and for the people, it has to be run directly by the people, not by corruptible representatives. Otherwise government becomes a vicious circle of corruption by oligarchy. Direct democracy is the only proven way to prevent boom and bust in government.

buffalo_ken January 17th, 2008 8:23 am

"Anyhow, I have never thought they did it to "embarrass Pelosi" because this makes no sense (she is doing this fine on her own and all this action of the Republicans did was keep the impeachment resolution alive)."

Thanks for giving me your take on it. It didn't make any sense to me either. The only context in which it would make sense is if everyone in Washington knows why the Democrats keep refusing to impeach, insider knowledge the Democrats don't want the public to find out about.

Lobo Gris

airwaterearth Great post. Peace

When the s__t finally hits the fan bigtime in this country, and it will sooner rather than later, there will be a crisis that could be resolved quickly or there could be a prolonged and very bloody civil war. The more peaceful scenario involves key elements of the US military deciding to abandon the corporate fascist project currently underway in favor of a restoration of government by and for the people. In a country as vast as this one, it is probably only the military, the sane elements in the military, who could stave off the bloody chaos which will ensue otherwise. I am not very hopeful at all that the nicer scenario will happen, and for that reason I hope to abandon the sinking ship before it goes down. Smart people always have an alternative country to go to and hope that they have the antenae to read the signs accurately enough to get out in time.

Lobo Gris - Back in November when the Republican's voted in mass to send the impeachment resolution to committee, at that time, I thought they did it because they actually WANT impeachment to happen. They just didn't want to appear as if they were supporting it because how would they explain that to their Fox News base. You know in DC everyone wants to cover their ass all the time and true motives are essentially never communicated with any integrity. Its all a big game.

Anyhow, I have never thought they did it to "embarrass Pelosi" because this makes no sense (she is doing this fine on her own and all this action of the Republicans did was keep the impeachment resolution alive). Even so everyone seemed to buy this "embarrassment" explanation "hook, line, and sinker", and I figured there was no value in me speculating on the Repub's motives. DC is all about back-room politics isn't? But as has been the case since the 06 elections, nothing keeps happening on the Democratic side, so what is there to lose at this point in a bit of speculation.

My take on it is that many Republicans also recognize that their party as well as this country has been taken over by thieves and criminals of the highest order, and they recognize the peril. If this speculation is accurate, it only makes Nancy "the queen b" Pelosi and "Butt-Kissing-of-the-system" Conyers more despicable. In fact, it makes ALL the democrats except for those like Wexler and Kucinich, who seem to have held onto a bit of principle, more despicable. For awhile now, I've thought in Congress that the Democrats are a bigger problem than the Republicans. I can't stand the sham from posers and pretenders who think they know better.

Anyhow, I agree that something smells in DC. In fact this smell is so offensive that it is deadly. The whole federal city of DC is stinking and rotten to the core. At this moment, I think the best tactic is to simply start disregarding the federal government in all ways possible. Let them implode upon themselves by their own demented volition.

Hi folks. I'm still here.

And I'm wondering about this part of the article: "At the Republican National Committee, press secretary Alex Conant dismissed Wexler's impeachment call as a "publicity stunt."

"Wexler is a partisan bomb-thrower hoping to earn points with the far Left," Conant said. "His absurd calls for impeachment hearings are little more than a vain attempt to make himself relevant."

An RNC press whore (sorry, that's just my take on it) calls Wexler a bomb-thrower for wanting to put a stop to BushDick's shenanigans? Ain't that just the sweetest kind of irony?

Please remember: Friends don't let friends watch FOXNews.

The timeline is irrelevant. Cheney and Bush must be impeached to set the precedent that abuse of power at the highest levels will not be tolerated...especially when it has been so flagrant and repetitive. The "Peoples' House" must act. By failing to impeach, Congress sets the opposite precedent and puts yet another nail (the final one?) in the coffin of our constitution.

"Wexler is a partisan bomb-thrower hoping to earn points with the far Left," Conant said. "His absurd calls for impeachment hearings are little more than a vain attempt to make himself relevant."

Yes, this is what Republicans will have to get used to. Out goes the old. In comes the new. If you want to remain relevant, you have to be up to date with the issues of the day.
The Republican Party is not relevant any more. It will now become a permanent minority party because the only thing they stand for is maintaining the status quo (THEIR status quo). They are in politics for one resaon only: themselves, and people start to see that.
And really, referring to people who believe in democracy and accountability as 'The Far Left', that surely indicates that you are becoming completely out of touch. Ditch the Republicans completely !!

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"dhopjan January 16th, 2008 11:43 pm

What is wrong with Nancy Pelosi. She is my congresswoman and I am very disappointed."

I hope you will remember that in November and vote for Cindy Sheehan.

Lobo Gris

"The House voted on Nov. 6 on a resolution by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) to bring articles of impeachment against Cheney for pushing for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, repeatedly suggesting that there ties between al Qaeda and the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and advocating military action to overthrow Iran.

When Republicans, in a bid to embarrass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders, voted for the measure, the House was thrown into a brief deadlock. The measure was eventually approved and sent to the Judiciary Committee, where Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has declined to take action, despite pressure from Wexler and liberal activists outside Congress."

How could Republicans voting for the measure embarrass Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders? Something smells really rotten here.

Lobo Gris

Can it get worse?

Yes it can.

Bush and Cheney have shown the way with the help of the lawyer John Yoo and his giving unlimited power to the presidency, of how to turn the US into a dictatorship.

Yes it can get worse.

You have to set an example for future administrations. Are they going to be allowed to abuse power and get away with it, or are they going to have to live up to the Constitution and obey all laws.

Never before have we experience such abuses of power and sell outs as exercised by this administration. They range from fabricating and assaulting on science at these crucial times, zealotic prevention of stem cell research that has robbed hope from millions of those with incurable disorders engaging in dreadful foreign policies including an ill conceived war in Iraq, despite multiple warnings of the consequences, and the list goes on.

Nonetheless, impeaching Cheney in lieu of Bush is inconceivable. Their horrific records merit removal of both men from office. However, since this requires a 2/3 majority of the senate, this will never happen given their moral bankrupsy. Remember they had approved the some of most unfit justices in our history for life long appointments among countless other abuses, while the spineless democrats stood by and watched.

"When Republicans, in a bid to embarrass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi..."

No need to bid, Nancy is an embarrassment all by herself.

"...where Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has declined to take action, despite pressure..."

What a coward! That is what the Democrats best represent, cowardice!
Why is Denis Kucinich a Democrat?

Bush and Cheney are no more conservatives than Al Qaeda is Islamic.

Liberals, moderates and conservatives are united in their desire to remove these men from office; they know our country, our world, our future, and the futures of our children are at stake.

I agree, airwaterearth; for our own sakes and the sake of Earth.

I hope that you are all posting at sites that are not as liberal as Common dreams.

This is an example of what you can do and this was for a column about Romney's win in Michigan:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011502605_Comments.html#

colleenca wrote:
"Cheney should be impeached.

The immorality is too great and too corrosive to be ignored.

Kucinich was bared from the Democratic debate because he speaks about impeaching Cheney

Romney is a flash in the pan and of no consequence. The US media is not reporting the events that are important and influencing American voters by filtering the news."

16 people recomended what I wrote..which is a small number ..but that is what must be done...and when you get a chance talk about the impeaching of Cheney wiht people outside your own political group.

I've also been trying to understand how Cheney has gained so much power and gone so unchallenged.

I think the military is divided...and some of them will support Cheney and there is a fear of causing such a split in the military .. Thats my best guess...Also almost all the people in politically powerful positions have done some things that are illegal and maybe an inpeachment would uncover that.

What is wrong with Nancy Pelosi. She is my congresswoman and I am very disappointed. Remember what they tried to impeach Clinton for?????

How many more congress people have to 'call' for Cheney's impeachment before the process starts? This is getting kind of old. We want something new! No more calls, no more words, no more dragging this out. Impeach Cheney -now- before he walks off scott free.

As an outsider, an Australian, with our own problems similar in many respects to yours, I observe this.

Head of industry and government have lost their way. If perhaps there was a time when leaders acted in the true interests of their constituents and in accordance with higher philosophical principles, those days have well and truly passed.

The self-interested behaviour of today's leaders is something which they barely take the trouble to conceal. Bush for example took it upon himself to excuse Scooter Libby from serving his sentence. He gave no reason other than to say that this is what he believed was appropriate (or some such nothing of a justification - feel free to do your research on the precise wording, as in truth I concede, it does matter).

Your nation, your community needs to commence impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney not in order to punish Mr Cheney himself. It is an important step of many others your people need to take to deter others in positions of power to act in their own self-interest, or with reckless disregard to the public interest rather than dutifully for the genuine benefit of their constituents. I am not inviting a paternalism here when I say "for the genuine benefit", either, I'm suggesting utmost good faith (uberimmai fidae - as it is known in insurance law, but this type of standard certainly applies in this context too).

Today I see a world that is a runaway train on a wrong and fatal track. There was once a time, not long ago, when it seemed the enemy was external: a foreign sovereign and easily identifiable nation. Germany, for instance. They were Nazis. They wore Hugo Boss designed black uniforms with red swastika armbands. Their leader had a bushy stunted moustache. They were evil and their boundaries were precisely identifiable.

Today it is not that easy. Because the enemy is within, it is amorphous, it is sometimes a government, a corporation and sometimes without realising it is you or me. The weapons the enemy is using it doesn't even realise it is using: car exhaust, water wastage, reproduction, purchase of commodities that saps our increasingly limited resources unnecessarily and produces enormous pollution. As a politician it would be far easier to deny all this, and point to a stubbled dark foreigner who speaks some "gechachen, tktktk" language and accuse them of all the evil imaginable.

That is at the very least what Cheney did along with Bush and Rumsfeld and those others. They cheated us by wasting our money on defending against an imagined enemy while allowing the true enemy to make even greater headway into seeing the destruction of those conditions of our planet which make it possible for us to live at all, yet alone comfortably.

In those six years the true enemy has made substantial inroads, many lives have been lost (humans, animals and plantlife) unnecessarily along the way. The damage is real and devastating and all indicators, even the mainstream now, acknowledge our future is looking grim.

Impeach Cheney and the lot of them for possibly profiteering from a needless war instead of defending us from the true enemy.

If you fail to do this, there is no reason that the next lot should be vigilant to keep their eye on the ball at this critical moment in human survival on this planet (including for the welfare of residents of USA).

The Bushies are shredding the constitution and setting dangerous precedents. The majority of Dems want those precedents in place when they win the next election. Think what they could do, and would do, for the corporations. Bush and company have proved the wisdon of the Founding Fathers who built checks and balances into the constitution. Meanwhile John Q. Public is treated to lies and eye candy by the media.

Democracy was nice while it lasted.

"HOLLYWOOD is waiting for Cheney's term to expire so they can save money on massive make-up jobs and simply hire an obvious monster to play all appropriate roles. Rumor has it Cheney's personal agent would prefer to establish his career in kinder and gentler role-playing, given his resume as chief assistant to so notable a compassionate conservative. However, Hollywood is adamant that his facial features make him a natural for darker roles." (Siouxrose)

TFF!

IMPeachment, a little compassion for a little monster.

Lawlessness, anarchy, vigilantism, gang rule, taking matters into our own hands with chaotic results are all in the future of this country. The near future. You can bet on it.

Dennis fans should check this out http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/16/breaking_the_sound_barrier
God bless Amy Goodman over at Democracy Now found a way to include Dennis in the Nevada MF nbc debates. There is a clear difference it his version as opposed to theirs. No one can say it better than Kucinich. Go Dennis, Go Cindy, Thank you Amy. Texrey

WHy the Democratic leadership will not start impeachment proceedings? Because they too are complicit.

Is anyone here naive enough to think for even a nano-second that there is any difference between Republicans or Democrats?

Does anyone here really believe that Wexler, Pelosi, or even Santa Claus is going to impeach Cheney, Bush or anyone?

Does anyone hear really think that we will see any of the rogues' gallery of criminals at either the pentagon, white house, state department or anywhere else for that matter face justice?

Does anybody here think this country, at its highest levels of government, even cares about what you, I or the constitution understand to be "Justice"?

If you do...Have I got a bridge you're gonna love!!!! It's a bargain! Really!

cranky_chatter, fifteen minutes is much too long. it would only take five. on the other hand, a much slower, longer, drawn-out torture might be more gratifying. again, selling television rights to the spectacle, pay-per-view of course, sold out stadium, concessions, a book deal, then donate to the third party, led by kucinich. of course, the real question would be who gets to do the torture? ah, more money, sell lotto tickets.

ezeflyer, conyers won't act, pelosi won't act. obviously, if we're being spied upon, it only stands to reason that the democratic "leaders" have gotten themselves in a pickle over something they've said in private, too dumb to know they were being spied upon as well.

galen, the other option would be the above mentioned plane crash, seemingly one of the methods enjoyed most by the opposition, save for the well-known and much publicized assassinations of several prominent democratic/civil rights leaders in this country.

moonraven, welcome back.

HOLLYWOOD is waiting for Cheney's term to expire so they can save money on massive make-up jobs and simply hire an obvious monster to play all appropriate roles. Rumor has it Cheney's personal agent would prefer to establish his career in kinder and gentler role-playing, given his resume as chief assistant to so notable a compassionate conservative. However, Hollywood is adamant that his facial features make him a natural for darker roles.

Thanks for the link Buffalo ken. Awesome. Must be read by all.

Well, Gosh, we had Sen. Paul Wellstone. What happened to him?

Oh Yeah, that's right. He got "Wellstoned" in that "accidental" plane crash.

There is no major person of influence who will put their lives on the line to bring down Cheney and co.. We need a hero, who is also a martyr to take on the 'Powers that Be'. Pelosi, Reid and company know who they are dealing with, more so then you and I. They know they are 'gangsters'! So coming out against 'the cabal' is equivalent to signing a death warrant for yourself!

Ok folks time to step up! www.wexlerwantshearings.com

Six months wages for fifteen minutes alone with Dick Cheney. Is that too much to ask?

Hey ricshev, what are you doing for this country, besides being a consumer? Did ya have enough to eat for Xmas? Have you signed Wexlers petition?I know what Dennis is doing, and I stand behind him. Cindy too! Now I gotta send some more cash. I guess we'll just go broke together.If it wasn't for Dennis, this article would still be in someones dreams, not common dreams. Edwards, Obama, and Hilary are JUST PLAIN WRONG for this country, Dennis is right. You get to choose your, I get to choose mine. Thanks Texrey

Buffalo ken, if the information in the link you provided has real veracity then we need to step up our efforts. I will be providing it to not only the Congress but all of my friends and acquaintances as well. This may be the bombshell that gets things off the dime.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_080112_twenty_five_u_s__mil.htm

Impeachment is much too good for Cheney.

He should be waterboarded and then put in front of a firing squad.

The Democrats do not understand the first rule of politics. Thou shalt nail the ass of your opponents party to any scandal real or imagined.

In this case a thumbtack would do the job.

please start supporting third parties.

Wexler's video of his speech in Congress(transcript of it available there too along with Kucinich's bill):

http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/

RE: Any bets Wexler will be found in the near future dead in a sleazy motel room with a needle in his arm, and a drug addicted prostitute who comes forward to slur his name?

For a Canuck you are pretty jaded. Then again, Nader said on The Hour that the Pentagon spread rumours that he was gay in an attempt to discredit him (back when he was just working for auto safety).

Someone should put the petition up on babble (rabble.ca) or tell Ish about it (straightgood.com)

Any wagers as to whether Karlheinz Schreiber will bring up Cheney's name!

RE: - Meanwhile let's hope Cheney's next Hormuz stunt to get a war going flops too–now that Bush has run around and distributed a whole lot more arms to the Middle East.

I wonder why it failed. Who bothered to look into it to reveal it as the fraud it is? Seems that we are started to expect fraud.

Aljazeera stories tend to make it into the mainstream news once in a while too.

Anyone see the latest Linda McQuaig article on the Republican debate?

Son kicking me off.

IMPEACH!
The Dirty Rat.
Dick The Heartless
GAS-BAG
CHENEY
Heavy on the chains please!

YES THIS IS EXCTLY WHAT WE ALL MUST DO!!!!! TRY OUR BEST TO GET THESE PROCEEDINGS UNDERWAY. I HAVE CHANGED MY MIND AND THIS IS NOT A WASTED EFFORT!

I think we need impechment to get the truth out to more people.
If you support Rep Wexler's action, call, say thank-you, and encourage his action. Rep Wexler's WA DC office phone: (202) 225-3001

Call Rep Conyers, chair of the Judiciary Committee, too - WA DC office phone (202) 225-5126

A grand success in the ongoing effort to marginalize the interests of the public at large by mischaracterizing the public's position as fringe.

By simple deduction, then, our governing authorities are a right wing fringe. A math proof as simple as A = B = C.

It's quite impressive that this system of deception and repression of the interests of the public and disregard for the common good has had such tremendous success here for so long.

It's no wonder visitors from repressive foreign countries are so impressed with the extreme degree of control exercised over the public here.

NOT Only Chimpeach, but strip them of their land and holdings, worldwide!!!
I also am from Michigan and Conyers is a blck hoochie moma fraud, look what that scum sucker has done to MI, same with senator baldytop combover, do something right instead of the perverted views of your repulican corpRAT slavemasters, ya freakin spineless whiner, America is looked at as stronger when True democracy does such things as Pull us out of Vietnam, look at the way we get along with them now, of course look at the hands out to the Communist in China begging them to finance this WAR, and Tax ENSLAVE our greatgrandchildren,,,,,what Leadership??!!! like CITIBANKS a SCAM

I'm from Michigan and I already wrote a letter to Conyers - I am just as disgusted as all of the above commenters. When he was in the minority and had no power to bring anything real about - he made a big show of holding mock impeachment hearings. Now when he has the ability to actually do something - he sits on his hands. We now know what an empty publicity stunt those mock hearings were, and how empty his rhetoric really is.

Brand Cheney will be retired soon.

Can we sue him when he is out of office?

I prefer to focus on the issues represented by these political brand names.

A citizens's duty when he or she knows that the top executives in the government have committed impeachable offences is to continuously pressure his or her representative in the HOuse of Representatives until that representative agrees to support impeachment. So call your congressperson every day or two and tell them they must impeach Bush and Cheney.

Make the world a better place,
punch dick cheney in the face.

sources: http://en.wikipedia.org

"Unitary" executive theory vs. "Checks & Balances" ...

Proponents of separation of powers believe that it [Checks & Balances] protects democracy and forestalls tyranny*.

Opponents of separation of powers, such as Professor Charles M. Hardin, have pointed out that, regardless of whether it [Checks & Balances] accomplishes this end, it also slows down the process of governing, promotes executive dictatorship and unaccountability, and tends to marginalize the legislature. (familiar?)

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* In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding vast, if not absolute power through a state or in an organization. The term carries connotations of a harsh and cruel ruler who places his/her own interests or the interests of a small oligarchy over the best interests of the general population which they govern or control. This mode of rule is referred to as tyranny.

see:
for Unitary executive theory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_executive_theory

for Checks & Balances:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers

Now is a good time to call or write the senators and congresspeople - telling them to impeach the bastards!

It can only help the situation!

KEM: Either or would do....

Perhaps this article speaks to some of the dirt that runs oh so deep....

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_080112_twenty_five_u_s__mil.htm

I don't remember the Democrats being able to poopoo the impeachment of Bill Clinton. The daddy party always knows best, I guess. Us little kiddies should know better than to call them on their decisions. Impeachment hearings? How about murder trials for the lot of 'em.

Meanwhile let's hope Cheney's next Hormuz stunt to get a war going flops too--now that Bush has run around and distributed a whole lot more arms to the Middle East.

It doesn't matter if impeachment doesn't get enough votes in the House. What matters is that we know WHO votes against throwing out this war criminal.

skeezyks, I understand plane rides were free for dissidents in Pinochet's Chile.

John Conyers is a disgrace. He is a complete sell out and has lost all credibility as far as I am concerned. Another "Man of the People" corrupted, bought and paid for, what a waste!

Doom n Gloom - Conyers has been in Detroit for a long time. He was born there. I doubt anyone from the outside could jeopardize his incumbency and anyone from the inside would meet stiff resistance with a very low probability of success. In my mind, it just goes to show that even the supposedly "progressive" congressfolks have been CORRUPTED by the sickness of DC, Inc. and/or are full of fear.

The only explanation I have at this time is that the dirt is so deep and will tarnish so many that they are just trying to "wish" it away. But Disneyland is not real and cancer almost always eventually kills if not treated.

Why won't Conyer's act? Perhaps he remembers how Paul Wellstone died in the airplane "accident" just before the 2002 "elections".

We'll most likely never know if this had any bearing on his decision to kill the bill in committee, but if so, it smacks of the same kind of "leadership" that Dennis Kucinich exhibited when he endorsed John Kerry in the general election in 2004.

"Wexler's speech was met by applause from spectators in the House gallery, resulting in a warning to them to be quiet."

Someone should have shouted out, "This is the Peoples' House!"

And... "Wexler said he would enter into the Congressional Record the maximum number of names each day over the next few month until every person's name is recorded."

Well, just to make it easier and quicker for the "Watchers," my name is on that list. Please get the spelling right. It's Mike McDonnell.

Heck, I can't afford to fly anywhere anyway.

The question is, how do you motivate Conyers to take action? Petitions and phone calls to Washingtion have not moved him. He must be made to realize that he will pay the price of losing his seat in Congress for his inaction. How difficult could it be for people to start calling residents of his district directly and explain how his inaction on impeachment is hurting them? All that is needed here is a little organizational leadership. How about the formation of a Progressive Lobby to get it done? Where are the progressive leaders?

Hi Galen, maybe. It doesn't have to be a 'sleazy' motel does it? How about a star suite at the MGM in Vegas and a good lookin cocktail waitress who can suck the chrome off a trailer ball hitch?

"The truth does not have a timeline." Actually, it does! More records of the misdeeds of this administration are "lost," "misplaced" and "accidentally destroyed" with each passing day. To recover ANY evidence, one must act quickly or the entire Bush era will be lost to a seven-level wipe.

Wow! Of course, the democrats will do nothing as long as Nancy "off the table" Pelosi is taking orders from 1600 Pennsylvania ave.

They should impeach her first.

Vmulier: At least I understand and enjoy kabuki.

They're bought off or blackmailed. Conyers, Pelosi, and the lot of them. That is the only plausible explanation. They're bought off or blackmailed into playing the role of the Washington Generals -- the team that gets paid to always lose. At the federal level, our "democracy" is nothing more than kabuki theater.

Unfortunately what may give is any hope of salvaging the founding principles of this country. Of course, they've been shitted on anyhow for a long while now, so perhaps its for the best.

""The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson.

I applaud Wexler in this effort, but I don't understand what is going on with Conyers either. I would like to know. Conyers is from Detroit isn't he? Could GM or some other auto industry influence be behind his apparent obstinate refusal to do what is in the People's interest? Is he trying to use this as some sort of bargaining chip? The only explanations I've heard so far have been the same old lame demoncrat lie about distracting from all the important tasks at hand. The joke just keeps on getting bigger and the hole keeps getting deeper. Pretty soon something is going to give.

Any bets Wexler will be found in the near future dead in a sleazy motel room with a needle in his arm, and a drug addicted prostitute who comes forward to slur his name?

Any takers?

Unlike the Kennedy's assassinations and the assassination of MLK and Malcomb we know who the gunslingers are. The congress is busy inventing new reasons not to anything to rock the boat as usual- why the hell should we not uphold the constitution is the face of historic levels of abuse and manipulation for greed and power?

At the Republican National Committee, press secretary Alex Conant dismissed Wexler's impeachment call as a "publicity stunt."

"Wexler is a partisan bomb-thrower hoping to earn points with the far Left," Conant said. "His absurd calls for impeachment hearings are little more than a vain attempt to make himself relevant."

No stupid Alex, is about holding them accountable for their crimes!

Mr. Conyers, MOVE IT! The safety of our country and the future of our country and the protection of our Constitution must be more important than some of the trivial bills that are represented before the House.
An indication of the poweer these Fascists are wielding was in the debate in Las Vegas yesterday. Imagine excluding people from the debate that they feared could hurt their cause? Even having a court order overturned!!

Finally, some other folks beyond Kucinich are willing to put their own on the line for the truth. Let's hope more Representatives step up to the plate too. This is an issue of truth and justice, not electoral politics!

I can't fathom why Conyers won't act. Impeachment is the best way I see of airing all the Repug atrocities prior to the election, to Dems benefit. What do they have on Conyers, Pelosi and Reid? Or how big a bribe has the oligarchy promised them?

"The truth does not have a timeline." Thank you, Rep. Wexler. The **Honorable** Rep. Wexler.