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Just got this email from Impeachbush.org. Right Now: Veterans Climb Government Building, Call for Arrest of Bush and Cheney
Impeachment movement challenges Bush at every turn
 The enormous banner hanging from the National Archive building... right now! Right now, five military veterans -- from Veterans for Peace -- are occupying a 35-foot high ledge at the National Archive Building and have raised a 22x8-foot banner reading, "DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. ARREST BUSH AND CHENEY: WAR CRIMINALS!" The veterans currently risking arrest have declared their intention to stay on the ledge, fasting for 24 hours "in remembrance of those who have perished and those still suffering from the crimes of the Bush administration," according to a written statement. On the ledge, the veterans have brought with them a portable PA system, and they are broadcasting recorded statements from prominent Americans for the impeachment and/or arrest of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. Other impeachment activists are at the entrance of the National Archives distributing "Citizens Arrest Warrants" to those waiting in line. This is the type of boldness that activists have displayed across the country to bring much-needed attention to this movement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Impeachment on the move Every week and month, the Bush administration seems to add to its long list of impeachable crimes. This month's crime: the handing over of $700 billion of tax-payer dollars to his buddies on Wall Street. ImpeachBush.org has launched a nationwide initiative called VoteNoBailout to stop Bush's bailout legislation. Since yesterday, over 56,000 letters have been sent to Congress saying the White House has no right to transfer the people's money to the richest people in the country. The impeachment movement is exposing these crimes on every front, raising the questions the corporate media won't, and taking dramatic action when needed. From the Bush administration's unspeakable war crimes to the recent bankers' coup d'etat, the impeachment movement has been at the forefront of the fight back. |
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer"
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2008, 10:48:30 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2008, 11:03:53 AM » |
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why cant we all be this way?
any one to do this in Austin?
I have banners
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“He who fails to assert his rights has none.”
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2008, 12:15:14 PM » |
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From the webbots... http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message511028/pg1 Time frame is wrong, but the rest is correct: May-June 2008
*More of the same – but somewhere in here we
get a temporal marker as a group of veterans
takes over a national monument and the powers-
that-be stand down because of the media
coverage.
We need to call local tv and radio stations if they dont provide coverage. Its the least we can do and only takes a couple minutes. |
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" The two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shift in policy."
- Carroll Quigley
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2008, 12:25:24 PM » |
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Start emailing a link to the vid to local news outlets so they can cover it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cemg4rAeRtA |
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" The two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shift in policy."
- Carroll Quigley
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2008, 12:35:23 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2008, 12:44:50 PM » |
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Good move, veterans! Unfortunately I am sure the security forces won't let them stay up on that ledge for very long. They will probably end up in jail.  |
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2008, 01:00:42 PM » |
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Great move Veterans god bless each of them. Lets stand with them fasting for 24 hours and fill news media's inboxes.
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2008, 01:39:52 PM » |
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They left off MURDERERS
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2008, 01:54:12 PM » |
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They will probably end up in jail. Yes maybe they end up in jail, but you know what? I think they dont give a f**king shit where they are going to end up!  They just fight, they have nothing to lose, imagine they are Veterans they could be dead already. |
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"I have met with the Antichrist... He is cruel and intrepid. He frightened me." - Adolf Hitler
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2008, 01:59:29 PM » |
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God bless these precious men.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
-Edmund Burke
Do not under-estimate your own mind. That is the NWO's job.
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« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2008, 02:24:27 PM » |
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Exactly these men are true patriots.
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2008, 02:45:01 PM » |
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Getting mainstream coverage:  Anti-war veterans unfurl 'Arrest Bush/Cheney' banner at National Archives At 7:30 a.m. this morning, they climbed a nine-foot fence to occupy a 35-foot-high ledge at the National Archives. And five members of the Veterans for Peace organization have been there ever since. They say they're veterans of Vietnam and Iraq, anti-war activists, and soldiers for a cause who plan to fast for 24 hours in protest of the Bush administration. Seeking the criminal prosecution of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, the organization distributed "Citizens' Arrest Warrants" to tourists waiting in line to enter the archives, which houses the key documents of U.S. history: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In a press release, the group described the reasons for its protest: Bush and Cheney’s serial abuse of the law of the land clearly marks them as domestic enemies of the Constitution. They have illegally invaded and occupied Iraq, deliberately destroyed civilian infrastructure, authorized torture, and unlawfully detained prisoners. These actions clearly mark them as war criminals. Accountability extends beyond impeachment to prosecution for war crimes even after their terms of office expire.... We are not conducting ourselves in a disorderly manner; our action is well-ordered and well-considered. We are not trespassing; we have come to the home of our Constitution to honor our oath to defend it.So far, authorities have not interfered with the peaceful protest or the sign. Yes, there's a sign. A 22-foot-by-x8-foot banner draped across the Constitution Avenue side of the archives says, “DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. ARREST BUSH AND CHENEY: WAR CRIMINALS!” -- Johanna Neuman Photo: Veterans for Peace http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/09/arrest-bush-che.html |
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« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2008, 04:42:28 PM » |
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GREAT, PROUD OF THESE MEN DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO HOW I FEEL.
Bless their hearts, courage and conscience.
This will give other Vets. the edge they will need to do what has been buzzing around in their minds, an example of courage, and a methodry to let loose, to get out their anger, to put aside their depression, to bring out the truth.
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« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2008, 07:20:00 PM » |
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thUG LIfe!
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"We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves."- Bill Hicks
"You know why they call it the American Dream? Because you have to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin
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« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2008, 07:22:37 PM » |
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these heros have giant red white and blue balls
oh wait...that didn't come out right.
Seriously though, that is a STRONG message and I love it when it comes from a group of people who have sacrificed for this country...really tough for them to marginalize veterans.
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"We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves."- Bill Hicks
"You know why they call it the American Dream? Because you have to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin
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« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2008, 07:37:42 PM » |
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This is TAKING GROUND, so what are the rest of us going to do?
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« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2008, 07:56:52 PM » |
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TRUTH is INCONTROVERTIBLE
Malice may attack it
Ignorance may deride it
But in the end...
HERE IT IS !
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« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2008, 08:21:29 PM » |
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Bless them all!
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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2008, 09:02:54 PM » |
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I posted a message a few days ago because someone was asking for ideas. I recommended tapping into the Veteran's for their support. Seems like a match to me.
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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death. Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2008, 04:12:48 AM » |
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Do you have enough food on hand to feed your family for a year?
" The two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shift in policy."
- Carroll Quigley
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« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2009, 11:29:13 AM » |
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Climbing bump.
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« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2009, 09:25:14 PM » |
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Thanks for digging that up. I wonder though why these champions of the Constitution also champion the idea of "democracy"? Are they missing that part or what? This really confuses me because America is supposed to be a republic, not a democracy, and there's a key difference between the two. |
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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2009, 10:00:30 PM » |
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What ever became of this? I am glad this was brought back up.
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