Help Restore Sanity to Our Democracy

From Dennis Kucinich’s web site: http://kucinich.us/

'Impeachment Has to Be on the Table.'

Kucinich Wants to Hear From the American People

"I don't think that it's wise for the House and the Congress, for co-equal branches of government, to essentially give the President carte blanche in his decision making by saying no matter what you do, impeachment is off the table."

Congressman Kucinich was asked about impeachment Wednesday in a live interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! Kucinich continued,

"I think that impeachment has to be on the table, and I also think that it's time to have a national conversation in cities, in towns all over America, about the appropriate conduct for a President and a Vice President, about whether it's right for a President and Vice President to lie to the American people and take us into war. About the erosion of civil rights in America and how that's come about as a result of this administration's conduct of the war.

"I think that it's time to have that kind of a discussion, and I’ve urged that from my website at kucinich.us, and I’m asking to hear from people about what they think, and I think that we need to make sure that this President understands that he can't do whatever he wants, that he is bound by the Constitution, that he is bound by national and international law.

So please log on to Kucinch’s website and let him know what you think. Help him help us make a difference and restore sanity and decency to our democracy in crisis.

Thanks,

Merle

A Week of Irony

This is a week of irony. Monday (19^th) marks the 4^th anniversary of our current Iraq war and the next day is the beginning of spring.

Yes, in nature and history, there is a dialectic or yin/yang between evil and good, death and life, winter and spring.

With at least four civil wars raging in Iraq, we do not yet see any possibility of peace. After the warmest winter in U.S. history, we hope that spring will also include some cool breezes.

Isn’t it odd that our arrogance may be responsible for both upsetting the delicate chemistry of the atmosphere, accelerating global warming, and our hegemonic desire to dominate the world?

Do we have to wait for nature to teach us about the fragile nature of our evolving planet? Can we trust that our species may evolve to discover the self-destructive nature of war and unbridled hubris?

It is a week for serious reflection and action.

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Merle

A Week of Irony

This is a week of irony. Monday (19^th) marks the 4^th anniversary of our current Iraq war and the next day is the beginning of spring.

Yes, in nature and history, there is a dialectic or yin/yang between evil and good, death and life, winter and spring.

With at least four civil wars raging in Iraq, we do not yet see any possibility of peace. After the warmest winter in U.S. history, we hope that spring will also include some cool breezes.

Isn’t it odd that our arrogance may be responsible for both upsetting the delicate chemistry of the atmosphere, accelerating global warming, and our hegemonic desire to dominate the world?

Do we have to wait for nature to teach us about the fragile nature of our evolving planet? Can we trust that our species may evolve to discover the self-destructive nature of war and unbridled hubris?

It is a week for serious reflection and action.

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Merle

A MUST DO List To Restore Democracy

Today (03-04-07) the New York Times editorial proposed a “Must Do” list for the American democracy as a “moral imperative to show the world the United States can be tough on terrorism without sacrificing its humanity and the rule of law.” Following is the Times’ list with a few editorial changes from yours truly:

· Restore Habeas Corpus

· Repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006

· Ban Torture

· Stop Illegal Spying

· Close the C.I.A. Prisons

· Account for “Ghost Prisoners”

· Ban Extraordinary Rendition

· Tighten the Definition of Combatant

· Screen Prisoners Fairly and Effectively

· Ban Tainted Evidence

· Ban Secret Evidence

· Define “Classified” Evidence More Carefully

· Respect the Right to Counsel

· Close the Guantanamo Camp

Finally, change our mission, not just our tactics in Iraq. It is time for us to take back our democracy before we have totally lost it.

Merle