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Pelosi Senza Cuore
By David Swanson
“Look,” Pelosi said, “I had, for five months, people sitting outside my home, going into my garden in San Francisco, angering neighbors, hanging their clothes from trees, building all kinds of things—Buddhas? I don’t know what they were—couches, sofas, chairs, permanent living facilities on my front sidewalk. If they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering, but because they have ‘Impeach Bush’ across their chest, it’s
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Ode to Dick Cheney's Popularity
Those 11 percent
They must be heaven sent
‘Cause the other 89
Can’t give Hoyer a spine
Or Pelosi’s table a dent.
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John Bruhns: A Veteran's Story
By David Swanson
John Bruhns came back from Iraq strongly opposed to the occupation he’d been a part of, believing the Bush administration had misused his patriotism. He began speaking out, and after he won Moveon.org’s Video Vets contest he was hired as the Legislative Representative of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI). Bruhns met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He spoke at events with them in the Capitol and lobbied for legislation.
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Kucinich to Move Impeachment of Bush After Cheney
By David Swanson
Congressman Dennis Kucinich said on a conference call Monday evening that after moving to impeach Vice President Cheney on Tuesday he will also introduce, at a future date, a resolution to impeach President Bush. Or rather, he would have said that on the conference call if not for several technical SNAFUs.
The call was advertised as a one-way call on which only Kucinich could speak, but Kucinich was unable to get through because of the incredible number of people on the call (I
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Peace and Impeachment in Los Angeles
By David Swanson
This past Friday night and Saturday, Ann Wright and I spoke at four events in the Los Angeles area on the topics of peace and impeachment. I flew home, but Ann intended to keep going at the same pace for another week or more without ever leaving L.A. The people of Santa Barbara and Oxnard and Venice and Santa Monica turned out in large numbers on Friday and Saturday nights and even Saturday morning to talk about what they could do to end the occupation of Iraq and the illegitimate
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David Swanson at Jonesborough
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Part 2:
David Swanson, cofounder of AfterDowningStreet.org spoke in Jonesborough, Tenn., on October 27, 2007, preceding a march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons. The text of Swanson’s remarks is at http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/28066 , a newspaper story is here http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/28121 and photos of the event are here http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=image/tid/98
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Who Killed the Constitution?
An interactive exploration of what went wrong, who is responsible, and how to fix it.
http://www.btc-usa.org
Join John Nichols and David Swanson in Colorado
WHERE:
First Plymouth
Congregational Church
3501 S. Colorado Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80118
303-988-1295
WHEN:
November 17, 2007
3:00 pm Registration
3:30 pm Panel Discussion: How Can a Citizen Work to Throw the Bums Out
5:15 pm Murder-Mystery Dinner Theater
6:30 pm Evening Speakers
Speakers:
John Nichols, Washington Correspondent to The Nation,
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Depleted Uranium and Depleted Democracy
By David Swanson
Remarks at October 27, 2007, rally in Jonesborough, Tenn., preceding march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons.
There are those who think Congress should keep shelling out our grandchildren’s money to continue our occupation of Iraq, and there are those who think Congress should pass a bill opposing the occupation. And they are both wrong. Any decent bill on any issue, much less this one, will be vetoed. The way to stop funding the occupation
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Lt. Governor John Garamendi, SB City Councilmember Helene Schneider, AfterDowningStreet.org's David Swanson
Until 2005 multimillionaires could make the Forbes 400 richest Americans, but for 2006 it took $1.3 Billion. The economy’s doing great for a few folks. Cheney says the US won’t let Iran “go nuclear” and we accuse them “directing missions in Iraq.” The run-up to the Iran War is the same as the Iraq War and we buy it. Sen. Chris Dodd calls for new leadership in the Senate, and Verizon and AT&T give over $42,000 to Sen. Jay Rockerfeller to buy legal immunity
What Is Rahm Emmanuel Talking About?
By David Swanson
Here’s a recent transcript
Congressman Rahm Emanuel is chairman of the Democratic Caucus. Congressman, people out there are wondering why did they elect the Democrats to end the war in if the war is still going?
REP. RAHM EMANUEL, (D) DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: First of all, they elected – first of all, let’s go to the presumption of the question, Chris. They elected the democrats for a host of reasons, including the war but also to change things that were happening
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Events in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Venice, Los Angeles
Friday, November 2
6:30 p.m. – Impeach Bush and Cheney Meetup http://impeachbush.meetup.com/378 with Ann Wright, David Swanson, and Augustin Aguayo. Veteran’s Memorial Building, 112 West Cabrillo Boulevard, Auditorium, first floor, Santa Barbara, CA. Contact DinahMason@aol.com, 805-895-8030. Here’s flyer.
Saturday, November 3
11:00 a.m. – Ann Wright and David Swanson, North Oxnard United Methodist Church, 2300 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA. Contact Cindy 805-895-4026.
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It Was Never About Children's Health
By David Swanson
Beginning last November and ever since, I have repeated a standard conversation with many Congress Members and staffers. It starts out with me urging them to impeach Bush and Cheney. They then stress all their other priorities that this would supposedly distract from, including often children’s health insurance (SCHIP). I then tell them that any decent bill on any issue will be vetoed. They then get a very clever strategerizing look in their eyes and say something like
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123 Silent Congress Members
By David Swanson
Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary.
Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuano; Carson; Christensen; Clay; Cleaver; Clyburn; Conyers; Cooper; Cummings; Davis, Danny; Davis, Susan; DeFazio; DeGette; Delahunt; DeLauro; Dingell; Doggett; Doyle; Eshoo; Farr; Fattah; Filner; Ford; Frank; Green; Grijalva; Gutierrez; Hastings; Hinchey; Holt;
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Sen. Reid Struggles for Reason to Oppose Impeachment
By David Swanson
Christiane Brown (KJFK, Reno) interviews Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in this audio clip from last week and presses him on why he admits impeachable offenses have been commited but opposes impeachment. Reid says that impeaching Bush would just give you Cheney, but Brown points out that Cheney can be impeached too (in fact, the only impeachment bill in Congress right now is to impeach Cheney). Reid says there’s not enough time, but
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