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Impeach Colorado Coalition

If you would like to be involved and help plan impeachment actions please contact us directly by email at protestinthestreet@yahoo.com

"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. via ColoradoPols.com Martin Luther King Day Open Thread.

"If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that eighteenth century Constitution should be abandoned to a twentieth century paper shredder."
Representative Barbara Jordan (July 25, 1974)

Can we the people of Colorado possibly have the ability and fortitude to effectively and relentlessly pressure Colorado Congressmen Udall to support impeachment hearings and do it from now until the November Election?

YES We Can!!!! And do. Lets roll.

It's a fact

We Americans
pledge allegance to the Constitution
,
not to any political party.

We Americans
get our rights and freedom
from the Constitution
,
not from any political party

We Americans MUST
support Congressional investigations of Cheney and Bush's conduct in office and Congressional Hearings and impeachment debate in order to protect the Constitution and the Separation Of Powers

or
we become willing supporters of
the torture,
the WMD lies that are getting our soldiers killed and maimed for nothing,
the rigged elections,
the loss of habeas corpus,
the wiretapping of US Citizens,
the ignoring of Congressional supenas by Cheney & Bush,
the over 800 Bush signing statements (unwillingness to obey or enforce US Laws)
and Unlimited Presidential Power.

It is way past time for our Colorado Congressmen/women to be demanding Congressional investigations into the many obvious crimes of Bush and Cheney and to be supporting debating impeachment of Cheney and/or Bush.

Colorado Congressmen took an Oath to defend the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies. It is the first instruction they received in accepting the duties of their office.

When the crimes are obvious to everyone but the Colorado Congressmen/women do they risk campaign charges of dereliction of duty or worse, if they do not soon support investigations and hearings?

Are they disqualifing themselves from holding the office of Congressman from Colorado if they do not honor their Oath Of Office and their Party's* Promise to Colorado Voters to support Investigations and Impeachment in the US House?

*Prior to the 2006 Election the Colorado Democratic Party and it's Senate and Congressional candidates and House incumbents
Promised All Colorado Voters That They Would
Support Impeachment!

*In this section of the
2006 Platform of the Colorado Democratic Party under
"Top 9 Immediate Priorities".

*3. Censure and Impeachment

President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and their administration have abused their power and appear to have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They should be investigated, censured or if appropriate, impeached.

*THAT WAS A PROMISE!

which Caused many citizens To Vote A straight Democratic Ticket



SHOULD WE be sending money to, voting for, or volunteering for these people if they violate their Oath Of Office and break their Promise To Colorado Voters?

A donkey could beat a Republican opponent in 2008. Make sure it is an honest donkey.

Call and Tell Them
what you think, NOW!

Do politicians and a political party (the Democrats) who refuse to even debate impeachment actually lust for the expanded powers that Bush & Cheney created?

Which presidential candidate would you trust with these new powers?

Hillary Clinton?

From Radley Belko on Reason.com "it's difficult to see Hillary Clinton voluntarily handing back all of those extra-constitutional executive powers claimed by President Bush."

and from Andrew Sullivan at TheAtlantic.com "if you care about the damage done by this president to the constitutional order, don't believe for a minute that the Clintons would reverse it.

They love their power"

Hillary is signaling that a second Clinton presidency will follow the don’t-worry-about-accountability approach toward Republican wrongdoing that marked Bill Clinton’s years in office.

Want Bush & Cheney held accountable?

We are a member of a
National Coalition
of
state, regional and local impeachment groups.
We are an umbrella group for Colorado impeachment activists and as such offer visibility and a voice for Coloradoans who seek real accountability from the Bush Administration.

Working together we have the ability to change the political status quo.

If good citizens like you Stand Up For The Constitution in your community, We can make Impeachment happen

What can you do that will make a difference?

We're glad you asked.

All you need to do is help us pass the word to other Colorado Voters that "Cheney & Bush need to be held accountable".

There are easy, simple and inexpensive ways you can help.

The most important part is that you just need to do some of the things listed below.

WE HAVE NEW FLYERS

FOR YOU TO HELP DISTRIBUTE

1. Help distribute Impeach Flyers in your community Download our flyer , photo copy it and distribute them in your community.
This is the most important task .

Doing flyers distribution gets the word out to all voters in your Colorado community. The flyer invites them to join us, sign a petition, contact their congressmen and volunteer to do what you are doing.

2.

3. Call all members of the
US House Judiciary Committee
and Subcommittee on the Constitution
(Contact Info for both) and demand that they support holding Congressionional Investigations and Hearings, and the debating of Impeachment by the full US House.
[It is a FREE 800# CALL]

4. Call all Colorado Congressmen/women and tell them to support holding Congressionional Investigations and Hearings, and the debating of Impeachment.
[It is a FREE 800# CALL]

HOW: Calls & Faxes are great, Email is good if you do it from their Official Website, Personal Visits (to the local District Office) are Super. Ask to speak to the local Chief of Staff if the Congressman is not present.

Contact Information for all Colorado Congressmen/women and Senators is HERE including their Official Websites.
[It is a FREE 800# CALL]

5. Call the ACLU and leave a message urging them to support Impeachment
In 1973 the ACLU was leading in the fight to impeach President Nixon for Far Less Serious Crimes.

WHY is the ACLU holding back in This CRISIS?

6. Attend Impeach Protests In Your Community Check the Calendar on the right side of this website.

We have impeach signs for you to carry and experienced group leaders to help you have an effective and enjoyable experience. You may also bring your own sign if you wish. Read the Guidelines for behavior at our events before you attend.

7. Become an Organizer for your Local Area. You can do whatever function you wish and do as little or as much as you wish. You should Email The Organizer at : protestinthestreet@yahoo.com and get involved in the discussion and planning.

8. If you have or plan to have Impeachment related events In Your Community Check our Impeach Calendar and if your event is not already listed Please Email information about the event to: the Organizer at protestinthestreet@yahoo.com. and we'll immediately list it.

Since ours is an Impeachment Event Calendar your event must have a significant or unique impeachment component to be listed. A strong theme of Impeachment must prevail through out the event.

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More Information

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*About Us Contact info and more.

*Your organizer's Impeach Blog at ProgressNowAction.org and PNA profile

*Colorado Impeach Movement Info at AfterDowningStreet.org/co/

*Google "Colorado impeach" to Find All Info About the impeachment movement in Colorado.

*PHOTOS of our Impeach Protests are HERE.

Email yours to the Organizer at "protestinthestreet@yahoo.com" and we'll publish them here.

* Guidelines for behavior at our events.

* Colorado Elected Federal Officials Contact Info.

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The Greatest SIN
is Your Silence

Speak Up for the Constitution before the Bush/Cheney expansion of Presidential Power and the damage to the Separation Of Powers becomes permanent.

Join the Stike against the Democrats in 2008
Don't support US Reps who won't protect our Constitution
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Call your Colorado congressman/woman before it is too late. It will be too late by the November election. There will be progressively less chance of the Congress holding impeachment hearings the closer we get to the Democratic National Convention in August. We must have hearings before August.

Please call them today.

Call Your Colorado Congressman/woman and tell them to support holding hearings now to get at the truth about the Constitutional violations.

and email the entire membership of the US House Judiciary Committee with just one message telling them to hold hearings now on impeachment.

















































The Cost to the Voters of the WMD Lies that caused the Iraq War

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To Your Community And State.




The Congressmen/women pretend to you that if elected/re-elected they will solve all your problems and create for you all the new legislation you want, such as Single Payer Healthcare.
We do not agree. If a Democratic Congressman/woman will not "oppose" a President with an 18% approval rating there is very little chance they will change their behavior if re-elected.

68% of the voters of American think the Country is headed in the wrong direction.

WHY will the Democrats who control Congress Not stand up to Bush and Cheney and do what you elected them to do in 2006
Stop the Iraq War & Bring the Troops Home,
Hold Vice President Cheney and President Bush accountable for their crimes against our Constitution by holding impeachment hearings Now!

We believe that a Congressman/Woman ( or Senate candidate) of either party who does not measure up to their Oath Of Office (to protect the US Constitution) will probably get You Very Little Of What You Want in coming years.

If they cannot be trusted to defend the Constitution THEY Cannot Be Trusted to create for You the changes in America that You so desperately desire.

Call them, Tell Them To Hold Impeachment Hearings... Now!

Congressman Udall and Judiciary Chairman John Conyers are failing to honor their oath to protect our US Constitution.

Rep. Udall should file a House resolution calling for immediate impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney. He says he is qualified to become a Senator. Prove it! A qualified candidate would be able to convince fellow Representatives DeGette, Perlmutter and Salazar to file their own impeachment resolutions as well. Since they also took the same oath it should be easy to persuade them. Will Udall even try? Will Udall stand up for you and I and our Constitution?

The last thing Colorado Voters need is another Senator like Salazar who supported Attorney General Gonzales and voted for right wing candidates for the Supreme Court. We need a second Senator who has the guts to do the right thing for the voters every time.

Congressman Udall says he is qualified to be Colorado's second US Senator. We disagree! If Udall will not honor his oath to protect our Constitution then he is not fit to be a Congressman let alone a US Senator. The oath of office is the first instruction a Congressman receives from the Constitution. If Udall will not honor that oath or protect our Constitution, can any of us reasonably expect that he will protect our freedoms or work in our best interests? Will a man who refuses to protect the Constitution work to get you Single Payer Healthcare? Very Doubtful.

Udall's staff says he will never support impeachment because the people don't want it. He is so out of touch with the voters. We want investigations and accountability for Cheney and Bush, we just doubt that Udall will have the courage to vote for it.

Colorado Voters should stop sending Udall campaign money if he continues to refuse to perform his sworn duty to protect our Constitution.

Call 800-828-0498 Ask for Udall's office and tell the staffer who answers to tell Udall to call for Impeachment Hearings to be started before the election and to file his own resolution calling for impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney.

John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is sitting on two Cheney Impeachment resolutions (H Res 333 & H Res 799)and refusing to bring them up for debate and action. He is trying to kill them by ignoring them. This is the same Rep. Conyers that assisted in the impeachment proceedings against Nixon in the seventies. Boy has he switched sides. Now even after recently writing a book demonstrating that Bush and Cheney's un-Constitutional crimes are worse than Nixons, he refuses to allow the Cheney impeachment resolution to move forward.

We hope the good voters of Ohio will cease to send Conyers money until he gets behind protecting our Constitution.


More from John Perry

Help out now If you want Cheney or Bush Impeached

This is an Emergency Appeal for Donations for an Impeachment Ad in Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper,
that Congress Will Read

The Impeachment Group behind this effort to push Congress to adopt the 1973 Nixon Flooding Plan for impeaching Cheney is asking for your quick donation to help pay for an advertisment in RollCall. We want to run this Impeachment Ad on Tuesday April 29 in Roll Call, the Capital Hill Newspaper that ALL members of Congress and their staffs read avidly.

The ad answers House Speaker Pelosi's argument- echoed by many House members (perhaps yours)- that President Bush and Vice President Cheney will be out of office by January 30 so why bother with impeachment.

If our Colorado Congressman don't "bother" with impeachment, they are permitting all the "high-crime precedents" that Nixon and Bush and Cheney have put in place to be used by future Presidents. And those "Presidential Precedents" will nullify Congress, overthrow the Constitution and our democracy-- and set up a "unitary executive" dictatorship.

Impeachment NOW will Stop These High-Crime Precedents-Cold!

This 1/4 page ad emphasizes "Presidential Precedents" to Congress. But it will cost $ 3,715 to appear in Roll Call. We desparately need contribuitions Now to cover that cost so your Congressional Representative and all others will see it on Tuesday, April 29.

Please Help Make This Happen.

Make your contribution through Paypal.com to this Email Address: DemocracyForOregon@gmail.com for Credit Charge or Bank Account Transfers. To give by check:
Make it Payable to Democracy For Oregon and mail to:
6428 SE 15th Ave. Portland, OR 97202

The Nixon flooding Plan is being advocated by the

"We The People" National Coalition For Impeachment - Find Information Here

We suggest you read Barabara Ellis' fine White Paper on the Nixon Flooding Plan (6 pages) and this brief one page document listing the reasons to follow this plan prior to the November Election


Anti-War and Impeachment Protesters Unwelcomed Vice President Cheney on his visit to Grand Junction Thursday

10:47 am Monday. We just got an update from: Mackenzie of A Voice of Reason", "Hey, thanks everybody for coming out to "unwelcome" the Vice President on Friday. In all about 70 people showed up, which I'm sure was not expected. It was a huge victory to have that many people in position on his route, having moved 1/2 mile from the original meeting place to get there no less! It was very well covered on TV Friday night".
Seems to me this protest made a difference.

We are waiting for the G.J. area organizers to email us photos of the action so we can publish them here. Here are some links to information and photos about the protest.

ColoradoConfidential.com had a good article on the protest written by Leslie Robinson. who I think lives in Glenwood Springs. "When Vice President Dick Cheney flew into Grand Junction on Friday for a fund-raiser for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, anti-war and pro-impeachment protesters organized along two different routes Cheney's entourage was expected to take to the event".

An article at the Grand Junction Sentinel- Two demonstrators make show of arrests "A 60-year-old man with a sign stood nearby. “My sign says ‘Impeach Cheney.’ That would be a good start. The United States deserves better leaders. The government is terrible,” said Bill Conrod. “In the words of Ronald Reagan, ‘Are you better off now?’ The answer is a resounding ‘no.’ ” is here.

Photos at the Grand Junction Sentinel of a few of the protesters and some who went out of their way to be arrested.
See Photos #15 to #18

And ProgressNow tries to interfere with an Impeachment Protest?

A curious thing happened to the Impeach Colorado Coalition at ProgressNowAction.Org the day of the event. John Kennedy the Coalition organizer, had emailed other Progress Now groups in Western Colorado to ask them to carry Impeach signs during the protest.

Soon after, one of the ProgressNowAction.org staffers emailed the same groups of members to say that our Coalition had nothing to do with ProgressNowAction.

This seemed a little strange given that ProgressNowAction.org claims to be a progressive organization and our group has been part of PNA for over a year. We have continually protested for the protection of our US Constitution and Separation Of Powers, the most progressive and patriotic tasks of any group that is part of ProgressNowAction.org. John Kennedy has blogged steadily on the need for accountability for Cheney and Bush by impeachment, for over a year at ProgressNowAction.org. PNA says that they want progressives to stand up for their beliefs and blog on their beliefs.

Leslie Robinson stated in an earlier article on ColoradoConfidential.com that "ProgressNow" was "mounting a protest rally for Cheney's visit" in Grand Junction and was working with the Roaring Fork Peace Coalition and The Voice Of Reason, two area anti-war groups.

Is Progress Now trying to convince the anti-war groups in Colorado to not demonstrate for impeachment and trying to stiffle the voice of those wanting accountability for Cheney and Bush? Perhaps worse, are the groups accepting of PNA's effort to control them?

Does Progress Now and the Udall Campaign dictate to anti-war groups in Colorado what they may say and do about impeachment?

Did ProgressNowAction.org Staffers organize the Cheney Protests or did the local anti-war groups or is the PNA Staff just trying to scam them for the credit. Is someone's job in danger? Is it push back from the Udall Campaign staff?

Our parent group is "1stProtestInTheStreet" which was started by John Kennedy with the purpose of helping Democrats and Progressives that aren't used to street protesting, get started. 1stProtestInTheStreet was organized as a "Statewide Issue Group" within ProgressNowAction.org. Even though we are a State wide group we have been restricted by the PNA Staff from posting to all of the State's city, town, and regional groups at one time.

So far we have done over 100 Impeachment events all of which are listed on ProgressNowActions's website.

The PNA Staff has quite a few Udall supporters, and most of them are upset that our Coalition is pressuring Udall to honor his Oath of Office to protect the US Constitution against Cheney and Bush by publicly calling for immediate Impeachment Hearings.

Is ProgressNow risking it's tax exempt status as a 501C corporation by interfering with political activity against a Democratic candidate, Udall? The PNA Staff has a long history of hassling impeachment advocates. The Staff had censored a posting we did to let the PNA members know of an event held at the Mercury Cafe last Fall by Mark Benner where he was to announce his canidacy in the Senate race. Their stated reason was that their tax status does not allow campaigning for individual candidates. But now they appear to be doing the same thing in reverse. Hassling our group for asking their candidate Udall to support Impeachment Hearings. We think they even deleted the posting where we just complained about the deletion?

It is very disturbing that the Staff of ProgressNowAction.org is interfering with our impeachment organizing efforts. That this has been going for some time doesn't make it any easier to deal with.

If the local Cheney protest organizers will email us photos and information about the action we will publish them here.
Email photos to: protestinthestreet@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance.


ProgressNowAction.org censored our April Fools posting from their website.

ProgressNowAction.org claims to be progessive but censors certain progressive ideas with which it disagrees. Can such an organization survive over the long haul if it's members have reason to fear it's staff? If speech is controlled? If discussion about candidates has to approved by elite Democrats in advance?

What do you think?

Email me at : protestinthestreet@yahoo.com
Read More here at ProgressNowAction.org


Udall decides to support Impeachment Hearings

Read More here

Call Conyers Now!!!!!

The Chairman of the Houe Judiciary Committee John Conyers Needs a Push to Start Impeachment Hearings

by davidswanson


Lend your voices to the conversation and make phone calls,
send faxes and Email Congressman Conyers on Monday and Tuesday. Let the Chairman know that only impeachment hearings:
1-will reach a broad TV audience
2-will force compliance with subpoenas by eliminating "executive privilege"
3-will hold brazen criminals accountable
4-will convince citizens that Congress cares about upholding the Constitution.
Call: 202-225-5126
Fax: 202-225-0072
Read More here at AfterDowningStreet.org

United For Peace & Justice states:
Bush's Latest Signing Statement
Is Grounds for Impeachment

New York, NY -- United for Peace and Justice, the country's largest anti-war coalition with over 1400 member groups, condemns President Bush's continued arrogant and unconstitutional use of signing statements.

Among the measures Bush's latest signing statement declares the right to violate are: the establishment of a commission to investigate U.S. contractor fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan, the expansion of whistleblower protections, a requirement that U.S. intelligence agencies respond to congressional requests for documents, a ban on f unding permanent bases in Iraq, and a ban on funding any actions that exercise U.S. control over Iraq's oil money.

Over the past seven years, the same language used by Bush on Monday, usually attributed to Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff David Addington, has been the precursor to numerous violations of law by his administration, including sections of law banning the use of torture and banning the use of funds to construct permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

In January 2007, the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on Bush's use of signing statements at which Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Elwood claimed that the president is free to violate any laws until the Supreme Court rules otherwise. Following this hearing, the Government Accountability Office studied a small sample of Bush's signing statements and found that in a significant percentage of cases his administration was, in fact, violating the sections of law he had claimed the right to "interpret (ignore Ed.)."

The U.S. Constitution requires that the president "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Article I, Section 7, says that:

"every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law."

"The rule of law established by the Constitution has been undermind in an almost unnoticed revolution," said Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). "The Constitution allows the president to veto bills or sign and enforce them, not to rewrite them or to disobey them.

The same document that gives the Congress the power to make every law, gives it the sole power to raise and spend money, and the sole power to declare war. The people's representatives in Congress are losing all of these powers through their failure to act on the remedy provided for precisely this situation: impeachment."

According to the U.S. State Department, 65% of Iraqis favor a withdrawal of U.S. troops. In fact, neither the Iraqi people nor the people of this country have ever supported a permanent U.S. presence in Iraq, and the U.S. Congress has never approved one.

"The sooner all the troops and military contractors are home," said Cagan, "the sooner rebuilding can begin for the Iraqi nation and for our democracy."

UFPJ is urging its members to speak with the media about this matter and to contact the House Judiciary Committee
to request that it begin impeachment hearings
.

You can email the entire House Judiciary Committee with just one email message using this LINK

At the top of the right hand column on this website are links that will help you find Toll Free telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses for Congress, in the Everyday is a Colorado Statewide CONGRESS Call-In Day item.
Read More here at UnitedForPeace.org


The burdens of empire.
by Gary Hart
(what Gary Hart predicted is happening.)
For the better part of a year before the gratuitous invasion of Iraq, along with others I wrote often about the real neocon plan, the secret one not disclosed to the American people. It involved the use of Iraq as the U.S. political and military base in the Middle East, dictation of terms to surrounding nations, protection of our oil dependencies, long term occupation, and the construction of permanent military bases. All of this would be administered by a proconsul of Roman proportions, safely sequestered behind a multi-billion dollar fortress now known as the Green Zone.

Yesterday, President Bush signed the Defense Authorization Bill, including Section 1222 prohibiting permanent military bases in Iraq, with the now customary "signing statement" declaring that he has no intention of enforcing the law of the land, including this provision, though bound by oath and Constitution to do so.

And it guarantees U.S. involvement in age-old Iraqi sectarian conflict for decades to come.

this "ignores the 1969 National Commitments Resolution which holds that assisting a foreign country through the 'use of Armed Forces' is a 'national commitment' that requires a treaty, statute, or concurrent resolution (of Congress)."

Now Congress must hold hearings not only on the legal implications of this major end run of the Constitutional process but also on the current status and planned expenditure on permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. The costs to the American taxpayers... will be in the hundreds of billions of dollars, not to say the potential tens of thousands of American casualties...

Of course, the next Democratic president can simply cancel this back-door deal. But Karl Rove, Jr., will have those pictures of half-finished bases to use in future elections to prove the Democrats soft on terrorism.

Though the press doesn't seem interested in finding out, my guess is that the bases now under construction are garrisons outside the cities. They will be fortresses in the desert reminiscent of French fortresses in the jungles of Indochina. Future occupying (US)troops will provide target practice for mortar and rocket attacks for decades to come.
Read More here at Huffingtonpost.com


Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act
Calls restrictions on his power unconstitutional

He seems to be trying force a constitutional crisis
on a spineless Democratic Congress.
(Hooray for Bush, he may force the Dems to deal with Impeachment after all)

President Bush said Congress's prohibition on building permanent military bases in Iraq infringes on his executive powers.
Bush made the assertion in a signing statement that he issued late Monday after signing the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008.

In the signing statement, Bush asserted that four sections of the bill unconstitutionally infringe on his powers, and so the executive branch is not bound to obey them.

(Bush has asserted his expanded powers in over 800 signing statements and so far the apparently guttless, spineless, unpatriotic House Democrats have not challenged him or honored their Oath of office to protect the Constitution by holding Impeachment Hearings.
Read More here at Boston.com
Senator Carl Levin: "With his signature these provisions become the law of the land. Congress and the American people have a right to expect that the Administration will now faithfully carry them out ."
Related article: Bush Issues New Imperial Decree


Nadler Is Blocking Impeachment
(Aided by Conyers who I am beginning to believe
is senile. Ed.)
A private off-the-record meeting was held on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that included House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Subcommittee on the Constitution Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Judiciary Committee Member and advocate for opening Cheney impeachment hearings Robert Wexler, and several other committee members, activists, staffers, and former staffers from the Watergate days.

Wexler proposed opening impeachment hearings on Cheney.

Conyers committee staffer Perry Appelbaum laid out instead a schedule for non-impeachment hearings over the coming 11 months. Conyers' notion is to hold non-impeachment hearings on "the imperial presidency" and run out the clock (for Pelosi).

I guess that would be sort of like a dozen police officers paying a non-arresting visit to the home of a mass murderer.

Seriously? An "imperial" president, and you don't impeach him, and you don't retire or commit suicide? This baffles me. (Is Conyers getting senile? Ed.)

Now, there are topics that have not been touched in congressional investigations over the past 12 months, such as the Iraq war lies. But a lot of the other topics have already been gone over, just absent the I word.

What will differentiate the new non-impeachment hearings from the past year's worth of non-impeachment hearings?

Of course, getting witnesses to show up and testify would be a change, but without impeachment, nothing will compel any witnesses to testify who have previously refused.

Nadler, Conyers and Pelosi and our Colorado Congressmen/women must stop blocking holding Impeachment Hearings.
Read More here at OpEdNews.com


Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show
Leaders' Views Out of Step With Public By Amit R. Paley, Washington Post
BAGHDAD, Sept. 26-A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent
Read More here at AfterDowningStreet.org

YOU should email the entire membership of the US House Judiciary Committee RIGHT NOW (with just one email) at this LINK
and demand that they vote to hold Impeachment hearings immediately.


Today, Wednesday January 16 Rep. Wexler will be presenting his letter demanding impeachment hearings (with over 189,000 names) to Rep. John Conyers Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.


In a Tuesday evening speech to the US House Of Representatives Florida Congressman Wexler demanded immediate Impeachment hearings by the House Judiciary Committee. You can click on "play video" below to listen to his speech.
Unless you have a very fast internet connection, to enjoy listening to this CSPAN video you will need to allow it to completely download and finish. Then just click Replay and you will hear ungarbled audio with the video.

Wexler did a great job of explaining the need for immediate impeachment hearings last night. He has been collecting endorsements from citizens from all across America on his website WexlerWantsHearings.com. You can go to his website for the text of his letter demanding hearings. He will be presenting his letter (with over 189,000 names) Wednesday to Rep. John Conyers Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

To watch the video, please click play on the player below.




House prepares to file contempt charges against Bush aides by Nick Juliano. Published: Wednesday January 16 at RawStory.com
As ineffective as the leadership (Pelosi) of the US House is one wonders if this will happen. Read more at RawStory.com

Washington Post publishes call for impeachment
Why I Believe Bush Must Go. Nixon Was Bad.
These Guys Are Worse
.
by George McGovern
McGovern, a presidential candidate in 1968 today made these comments in a Washington Post article "I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president".

"Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses. They have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They have transgressed national and international law. They have lied to the American people time after time. Their conduct and their barbaric policies have reduced our beloved country to a historic low in the eyes of people around the world. These are truly "high crimes and misdemeanors," to use the constitutional standard."

"How could a once-admired, great nation fall into such a quagmire of killing, immorality and lawlessness?"

"It happened in part because the Bush-Cheney team repeatedly deceived Congress, the press and the public into believing that Saddam Hussein had nuclear arms and other horrifying banned weapons that were an "imminent threat" to the United States. The administration also led the public to believe that Iraq was involved in the 9/11 attacks -- another blatant falsehood."

"Impeachment is unlikely, of course. But we must still urge Congress to act...This, I believe, is the rightful course for an American patriot."

McGovern quoted former US Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, who played a key role in the Nixon impeachment proceedings after Watergate who said "A President, any President, who maintains that he is above the law -- and repeatedly violates the law -- thereby commits high crimes and misdemeanors."
Read more at WashingtonPost.com


Bangor (Maine) Daily News First Major Newspaper to Editorialize in Favor of Impeaching Cheney
Read more at AfterDowningStreet.org

Congress should examine Bush's signing statements (Denver Post Editorial)
Read more at DenverPost.com

Impeachment News & Information
from the other 49 States

Los Angeles impeach group gets national TV Network exposure in Rose Parade
on New Years Day.

The Los Angeles National Impeachment Center LANIC did a great job of displaying the twin topics of Impeachment and stopping the funding for the Iraq War at the Rose Parade on New Years Day. The Denver TV Station I watched clearly and repeatedly showed a couple of hundred of impeachment, anti Bush/Cheney and Stop The Funding signs through out the crowd.

The Impeach Colorado Coalition along with LANIC are part of the national coalition that advocates Impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

Congressman Michaud announced his support for impeachment after the event and it is reported that his seeing all of those visible impeachment advocates helped him make up his mind.

Gee! Maybe public protest really does work!

To see photos and video click on the LANIC link.


2007: A Year of Evidence of Impeachable Crimes. With all of this evidence, are our congressmen/women being derelict in their duty to protect the Constitution?
Read more at AfterDowningStreet.org

A Brattleboro, Vermont group is petitioning to put an item on the town's meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if ever they visit the community
Read more at Rawstory.com.

A Surge of More Lies by Congressman Robert Wexler. A new troubling myth has taken hold in Washington and it is critical that the record is set straight. According to the mainstream media, Republicans, and unfortunately even some Democrats, the President's surge in Iraq has been a resounding success. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
Read more.

Rep. Wexler to Congress: Want a healthcare plan for children? (or Stem Cell Bill for the rest of us)
Read more at Rawstory.com.

183,934 patriots have signed Wexler's petition to the House Judiciary Committee to start impeachment hearings.
YOU Should Sign This NOW!
Read more.

There are now six Washington State county Democratic organizations, 11 DemocraticlLegislative districts, and the Washington State Democratic Central Committee with resolutions supporting impeachment.
Read more at afterdowningstreet.org.

Impeachment is on the Table in Sonoma County, CA! at least it is on the Agenda of two City Councils
Read more at pdamerica.org.

The Issues The Candidates Won't Touch (Part I). by by Timothy V. Gatto
Read more at OpEdNews.com.

Angler. The Cheney Vice Presidency. Dick Cheney is the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office of vice president. This series examines Cheney's largely hidden and little-understood role in crafting policies for the War on Terror, the economy and the environment.
Read more at WashingtonPost.com.

ABC: Is Cheney too powerful? . by David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Read more at RawStory.com.

"Has the vice-president gone too far?" asked NBC. by David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Read more at RawStory.com.

Meet The Carlyle Group Former World Leaders and Washington Insiders Making Billions in the War on Terrorism.
Read more at HereInReality.com.

Just who is provoking whom where?
Is Bush forcing us into War with Iran?
By Dave Lindorff
Read more at Democrats.com.

Provocation in the Strait of Hormuz.
By Marc Ash at t r u t h o u t.

Another Gulf of Tonkin Incident style Excuse For War in the making?

Steven Aftergood, director of the FAS project on government secrecy, said that probably the "most historically significant feature" of the declassified report was the retelling of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident .

That was a reported North Vietnamese attack on American destroyers that helped lead to President Lyndon Johnson's sharp escalation of American forces in Vietnam.

The author of the report "demonstrates that not only is it not true, as (then US) secretary of defense Robert McNamara told Congress, that the evidence of an attack was 'unimpeachable,' but that to the contrary, a review of the classified signals intelligence proves that 'no attack happened that night,'" FAS said in a statement.

"What this study demonstrated is that the available intelligence shows that there was no attack. It's a dramatic reversal of the historical record," Aftergood said.

"There were previous indications of this but this is the first time we have seen the complete study," he said.
Read more at RawStory.com.
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Colorado Activist Groups
& websites

supporting Congressional Investigation of the Un-Constitutional conduct of Cheney and Bush, Judiciary Committee Hearings, Debate on the Floor of the House and Impeachment if warranted by the evidence .

To have your group name here
send email to John Kennedy: protestinthestreet@yahoo.com




Be The Change



Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center
Boulder, CO


Colorado 9/11 Visibility

Civic Satisfaction
Political Action Calendar





National Organizations which support Impeachment


ImpeachBush.TV





The waste, the war and the lies can be stopped by Impeachment.
  • $275 million per day
  • $4,100 per household
  • Almost 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed and more than 60,000 wounded
  • 700,000 Iraqis killed and 4 million refugees
CLICK HERE to learn more about the Billions of Tax Dollars our Congressmen/women are wasting on the Iraq War that should be going to Colorado's universities, schools, highways and human needs.
Congressmen who Won't Impeach are condoning This Waste.



























































Calendar of Colorado Impeach Events
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For Protest Events
We have Impeach Signs for you to carry or bring your own Impeach or Anti-Cheney/Bush signs

Last Minute CANCELLATIONS & CHANGES Will be listed here in White and Currently there
is :
No Cancellation:



Until Congress votes to hold Impeachment Hearings in the US House

Everyday is a Colorado Statewide
CONGRESS Call-In Day


Tell the members of the House Judiciary Committee to support Impeachment Hearings and Debate.
Its a FREE CALL
800-828-0498 800-459-1887 800-614-2803 866-348-9281 866-338-1015 877-851-6437
All the 800#s are to the Capital Switchboard. If one is busy use another. Ask the operator to connect you with each of the offices in turn(separate calls for each).

Before you call See this list of House Judiciary Committee members contact information.

OR you can Email all of the membership of the Judiciary Committee with Just One Email by going to this LINK.
Be Great If you would email them Weekly
until they start hearings.

After your email please try to at least call Chairman John Conyers office and the members of the Sub-Committee On The Constitution (especially Rep. Nadler, Chairman of that committee who is Blocking Impeachment Hearings.

Rep. Wexler, who is on the Sub-Committee plans to present his fellow committee members with his letter asking for Impeachment Hearings soon. He currently has over 234,357 citizen signatures, as of April 16.

His Impeach Petition is at WexlerWantsHearings.com

Help Wexler by signing his letter to Committee Chairman Conyers asking for Cheney impeachment hearings to begin.
You should call Your own Congressman/woman, and ask him/Her to support holding Cheney impeachment hearings.

Congresswomen in Super Safe Districts have No Acceptable Excuse for Not Protecting the Constitution (Yes... DeGette)

CLICK on the Image below to Sign Wexlers Petition, Then CLICK HERE to see the list of House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee members.


Nederland
Mar 08 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
Traffic Circle Bridge St and 2nd St, Nederland, CO 80466
Info & Map
BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Mar 15 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Boulder County
Mar 16 Sun Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
Hwy 52 (CO 52) and Hwy 287, Boulder County, CO 80501
Info & Map @
BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Mar 22 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Boulder
Mar 22 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
Folsom St and Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
Info & Map @
BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Mar 29 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Louisville
Mar 29 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
Hwy 42 (CO 42) and E South Boulder Rd, Louisville, CO 80027
Info & Map @
BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Apr 05 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Boulder
Apr 12 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
30th St and Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303
Info & Map @ BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Apr 12 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Denver
Apr 15 Tue 12:30-2:00pm Tax Day
Impeach Protest & Visit to Rep. DeGettes office
East 6th & Grant
(600 Grant Street) by a group calling itself Operation Democracy, Contact Mag Seaman for info: 303-986-1773.
We will all sign and deliver a letter to Rep. DeGette asking her to support impeachment of Cheney and Bush.
John Kennedy will bring plenty of extra Impeach signs so just show up. The honking at this location has been exceptional.
Info & Weather

Longmont
Apr 19 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
Diagonal Hwy (CO 119) and S Hover Rd, Longmont, CO 80501
Info & Map @
BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Apr 19 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Lafayette
Apr 26 Sat Noon-1:00pm Impeach & Stop The War Protest
N 107th St (Hwy 287) and Arapahoe Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026
Info & Map @
BoulderCountyDems.Org

Denver
Apr 26 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Denver
May 03 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
Info & Weather

Denver
May 10 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
May 17 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
May 24 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
May 31 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jun 07 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jun 14 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jun 21 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jun 28 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jul 05 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jul 12 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jul 19 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Jul 26 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Aug 02 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Aug 09 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Aug 16 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Aug 23 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Aug 30 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Sep 06 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Sep 13 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Sep 20 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
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Sep 27 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
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Denver
Oct 04 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Oct 11 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Oct 18 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Oct 25 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Nov 01 Sat Noon-1:00pm Udall must Impeach Protest
East 6th & Speer
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Denver
Nov 04 Tue
All Day- Election Day
Mobile/Roving Udall Impeach Protests
all across the
Denver Metro Area
stressing Udall's failure
to protect our Constitution and Separation Of Powers by supporting Impeachment Hearings prior to the election.

We hope to load multiple vehicles with teams of Udall protesters, please let us know ahead of time if you will join us and if you want us to provide a sign (we usually have plenty)

























































































































































































































































































































































US Deaths in Iraq since March 20th, 2003




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