How Badly Do You Want It?
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Cindy Sheehan, George Will, and Loving Your Enemies
By David Swanson
Peace activist and gold star mother Cindy Sheehan and spokesman for a war-based oligarchy George Will both published columns this weekend arguing that non-Americans are human beings. Sheehan’s column was written in response to an Associated Press article that provided evidence that Americans disagree with this claim. Will’s column, meanwhile, adds to this evidence by demonstrating a failure to understand the very point he’s arguing for.
I had a conversation this
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To Impeach or Not to Impeach: A Debate (AUDIO)
By David Swanson
There are those who believe that Bush and Cheney have committed impeachable offenses but that we should not try to impeach them. In this discussion, Bob McAdams lays out the arguments.
Then there are those, like myself, who think we need to put everything we’ve got into impeachment now. Here’s my case.
Meanwhile, there are a lot of people who see both sides and want to hash it out and mull it over, as in this
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What Would Lennon Do?
By David Swanson
Let’s Impeach Them (Bush Is Over)
With Thanks to John Lennon, Yoko Ono, George Mason, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson
So let’s impeach them.
They lied about war.
If we don’t impeach them,
What the hell are laws for?
So let’s impeach them.
They lied and they spied.
They tortured and murdered.
Now where will they hide?
CHORDS: / D – / Em – / A7 – / D – / G – / Am – / D – / G – /
{Refrain}
We’ll remove
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Why Congress Must Reauthorize the Use of the Constitution
By David Swanson
It is at least conceivable that Congressman Jack Murtha and company are backing off on requiring that Bush and Cheney send only prepared, equipped, and rested men and women to the slaughter for more than one reason. One reason, of course, is that Fox News has called Murtha and company traitors. But there could be a second reason. Someone somewhere may just have pointed out that Congress has enacted these limitations before and Bush has undone them with a signing statement.
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Peace Activists Just Threw Out a Prime Minister: Too Bad It Was Italy's
By David Swanson
Prime Minister Richard Cheney may be glancing around with more nervousness and menace than usual after recent news reports, not just from the Libby trial, but also from Italy, where the peace movement has just thrown out a prime minister.
In 1987-88 and various times since, I lived in northern Italy near a town called Vicenza. This is not Venezia, otherwise known as Venice. This is Vicenza. It’s inland from Venice. It’s a medium-sized and absolutely beautiful town
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