Kucinich: Impeachment Resolution

In the House of Representatives on Monday, June 9, 2008, Congressman Dennis Kuchinich of Ohio introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush. The full 65-page text of the impeachment resolution is available as a PDF file HERE (will open in a new window). In its 65 pages, the report itself contains the rationale for each article, any one of which is an insult to the constitution, and all 35 articles taken together make the case for the impeachment of President Bush overwhelming.

The best overall synopsis of the impeachment hearings is in Dennis Kucinich's website HERE (will open in new window). This link provides both the video and text of Representative Kucinich's speech in the House.

All 35 articles for impeachment and their justification taken in their entirety present egregious insults to the constitution, to US citizens, to all military personnel including the living, dead, wounded and their loved ones, to enlistees from either before or after 9/11, and to enlistees from either before or after the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Action on the impeachment resolution is required to close a very sad chapter of recent American history.

Barack with David Letterman

Part ONE, September 10, 2008


Part TWO, September 10, 2008


Part THREE, September 10, 2008


David Letterman after the interview:

"How about that Senator Barack Obama? He's just smart. And he could easily do my job. There's not a chance in hell I could do his job. How do you think that makes me feel?"

Television is Not the Truth!

The 1976 movie, Network, is a movie at least 32 years ahead of its time.

The speech, Turn it Off, is from Network, the movie for which the actor, Peter Finch, won an Academy Award for best actor. Although this movie is 32 years old, some say the conditions that network newscaster, Howard Beale, rails against are not much different today.

Watch Howard Beale, the Mad Prophet of the Airwaves. Then turn off your televisions!

This is the sad truth made only sadder by our present political process: Many Americans have watched television uncritically for the past 32 years. Many Americans do not read books. Many Americans cannot research issues objectively. The results are Americans who have become unwitting subjects of political spin masters who pass lies for truth. While Americans have slept, SPIN has become a science and an art form.

This film clip is from the American Rhetoric website HERE.

You Cannot Conquer America

After the US Colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776, war between the Redcoats and Rebels—as we were then called—continued until Britain finally saw the hopelessness of their situation. They were trying to win a war against nearly two million Americans occupying the entire eastern coast from Florida to Quebec, with British Loyalists who could not be depended upon, with the impossibility of amassing required troops and supplies, and even with German mercenaries, Britian simply could not wage a war it could win.

The British debated the issue, however, when on February 2, 1778, William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, passionately spoke to his peers in the Upper House.

No man thinks more highly than I of the virtue and valour of British troops; I know they can achieve anything except impossibilities; and the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America... What is our present situation there? We do not know the worst, but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much... Conquest is impossible: you may swell every expense and every effort still more extravagantly; barter with every pitiful German prince (and his mercenaries); your efforts are forever vain and impotent; doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely; for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies... If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms, never—never—never!

Despite Lord Chatham's passionate plea, funding for the war in America continued until finally and at last, Britain realized "(1) that American independence was not necessarily a harm to Britain's interests, (2) that an independent America could be a powerful friend, and (3) that to continue to seek blood in America would endanger the hope of that friendship."

How is it possible that we learn nothing from our own history?

Hibbert, Christopher. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes. 1st American ed. New York, New York: Avon Books, 1991. 201-203.

Joe Lieberman Praises Obama

While Senator Joe Lieberman appeared at the Republican National Convention, he extended a gracious, heartfelt endorsement to Barack Obama previously, calling him a "Baruch," which means a "blessing."

Their Traitor, Our Patriot

Nathan Hale, born in Connecticut, educated at Yale and a graduate of the class of 1773, was executed by the British as a traitor and spy on September 22, 1776.

It is reported that Nathan Hale had infiltrated British lines and was captured with sketches of troop formations and fortifications. When captured, Hale admitted that he was on a secret mission for Gen. George Washington. With neither trial nor due process, British General William Howe ordered Hale's execution on the following morning at 11:00. Hale asked to speak to a clergyman, and for a Bible, but both requests were refused.

Nathan Hale's last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Washington learned of Hale's fate later that evening when an aide to General Howe visited the Americans under a flag of truce to discuss a prisoner exchange. In those negotiations, the aide mentioned that an American, Capt. Nathan Hale, had been hanged as a spy at 11 o'clock that morning.

Nathan Hale was hanged at the age of 21, left grotesquely suspended for three days as a lesson to the hated rebels, then cut down and cast into an unmarked grave somewhere on Manhattan Island.

They hanged our patriot, Nathan Hale.

The information above is from The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution which contains more information about our patriot, Nathan Hale, along with information about other American patriots as well.

Nationalistic Spirit Neocons Would Admire

Since 9/11 and shortly after, many US citizens have embraced President George W. Bush's dictum, a statement made to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001: "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."

This is a false dilemma with the implication there is no middle ground, the implication that one (1) must agree with everything emanating from the right-wing, neocon, war machine, OR (2) be "with the terrorists" which is, of course, absurd. When this sick mantra was embraced and allowed to flourish in the past, it led to a historic catastrophe easy enough for all to see in retrospect. The short clip below is to serve as a reminder of what can happen when citizens of a nation forfeit their capacity to think critically.



A real danger Americans face today is their own lethargy. Americans should, of course, vote, but then more importantly, Americans should hold their representatives accountable both (1) to their constituencies and (2) to the constitution. However, elected representatives have placed themselves above their constituents and the constitution for too long, and it is past time for American citizens to become actively involved, to reclaim what is rightfully theirs, representatives who see themselves as servants of the public.