Impeachment

By David Swanson

Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, together with his staff, produces incredibly valuable research and analysis, with infinite patience and futility.

“Dear Secretary, As requested eight times previous….”

One doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Congressman Waxman has destroyed a small forest writing letters to the Bush Administration, asking for documents that are never produced, subpoenaing witnesses read more

Wouldn’t it be nice….

if there were a page where you could see the titles of Dennis Kucinich’s 35 articles of impeachment against Bush, and where is you clicked on a title it took you to the full text, plus the video of Dennis reading that article, plus documentation of the facts in the article, plus links to blogs about that article, and updates on the particular offenses since the introduction of the article?

And what if you could add comments and links to the page yourself?

And read more

By David Swanson

Who even remembered that Bush lied to the public and the Congress (by the way, that’s a felony) during his effort to destroy Medicare? Well, Congressman Dennis Kucinich remembered. He made that act into Article Number 30 of his 35 articles of impeachment. But there’s no reason he couldn’t have pulled out a dozen other similar incidents or even patterns of incidents. There is every reason to take him seriously when he threatens to come back in a month with read more

By David Swanson

Yes, bases have replaced taxes as one of life’s two certainties. For plenty of corporations and even privileged individuals in the United States and elsewhere, taxes are no more. But U.S. military bases are everywhere. And you can call them enduring. You can call them lasting. You can call them substantial. You can even call them humanitarian aid missions. But the damn things are permanent, and there aren’t too many corners of the globe in which you can hide read more

By David Swanson

This show was previously scheduled and postponed. Tonight it’s on for real. Listen and phone in!

Tonight, June 12th, from 7-8 p.m. ET, I’ll have the pleasure of interviewing, with your help, Vincent Bugliosi, author of “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.” Let’s figure out how to do this together. Go to: http://thepeoplespeakradio.net to learn more. Go to read more

By David Swanson

Ooops. Scratch that. It was not a local official. No need to get excited. No need to end the practice or hold the criminal accountable. No need to mention the scandal in news reports. It’s actually President George W. Bush. There’s nothing to see here. Move along. Shop. Eat. Vote. Sleep. Perish.

Or take seriously the following article of impeachment introduced on Monday evening by Congressman Dennis Kucinich:

Article XX
IMPRISONING CHILDREN

In his conduct read more