[Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA-MediaComm] POSSIBLE RELEASE: Greens, Prop J, Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment

Tue Dec 5 11:00:21 PST 2006

Sounds great!  I can work on getting something from Carol.  It might
take a day or two.

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- civillib at cwnet.com wrote:

> Why don't we do a statewide release about Prop J. (there's enough
> here)
> with quotes from Krissy and Carol and putting that up against
> Pelosi's
> apparent stand NOT to do anything??
> 
> I canwork this up, but if Drew or someone in SF can get me 4-8 lines
> from
> Krissy and Carol so I caninsert them in the release it would help
> alot.
> 
> OK?
> 
> Cres
> 
> At 12:49 AM 12/5/2006 -0800, JamBoi wrote:
> >By working with top GPCA vote getter Krissy Keefer (who ran v
> Pelosi),
> >and our own Carol Brouillet we are in an EXCELLENT POSITION to have
> >major impact on BRINGING IMPEACHMENT!  Check this out:
> >
> >Green solidarity!
> >
> >Drew
> >
> >Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment
> >
> >By John Nichols
> >The Nation
> >BLOG | Posted December 3, 2006
> >http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15&pid=145071
> >
> >  This coming Tuesday, in San Francisco, the
> >official canvass of the results of the November 7
> >election must be completed and those results will
> >be certified. 
> >
> >On that day, this will be formal confirmation of
> >the intentions of the voters of San Francisco. 
> >
> >Two of those intentions will be of particular, if
> >conflicting, significance. 
> >
> >First, the voters will have reelected their
> >representative to the House of Representatives,
> >Nancy Pelosi, who in January will become the
> >Speaker of the House. 
> >
> >Second, the voters will have joined the citizens
> >of several dozen other communities across the
> >country in formally requesting that their
> >congressional representatives take the necessary
> >steps to impeach President Bush and Vice
> >President Cheney. 
> >
> >"We call upon the United States House of
> >Representatives to initiate an investigation into
> >High Crimes and Misdemeanors committed by
> >President George W. Bush and Vice President
> >Richard B. Cheney and to submit Articles of
> >Impeachment to the United States Senate,"
> >declares Proposition J, a measure that was
> >endorsed by almost 6O percent of the city's
> >electorate. 
> >
> >With the certification of the results, it becomes
> >the policy of San Francisco that its
> >congressional representatives should "immediately
> >invoke every available legal mechanism to effect
> >the impeachment and removal from office of
> >President George W. Bush and Vice President
> >Richard B. Cheney for High Crimes and
> >Misdemeanors under Article II, Section 4 of the
> >Constitution of the United States of America." 
> >
> >Pelosi is not taking the hint. In fact, she
> >contintues to say, when asked, that "impeachment
> >is off the table." 
> >
> >It is of course, Pelosi's right to refuse to
> >implement the official policy of the city that
> >elects her. No law, nor pattern of practice,
> >requires members of Congress to actually
> >represent the views of their constituents. 
> >
> >But in coming days, as activists across the
> >country raise the issue of impeachment at rallies
> >and forums nationwide, Pelosi may want to take a
> >few minutes to review the official position of
> >the community that has sent her to Congress. 
> >
> >That position states: 
> >
> ><< It is the Policy of the people of the City and
> >County of San Francisco to call for the
> >impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice
> >President Richard B. Cheney for violating the
> >public trust and for knowingly harming the United States of America,
> >the State of California, and
> >the City and County of San Francisco. 
> >On November 2, 2004, the people of San Francisco
> >passed Proposition N, asking the Federal
> >government to "take immediate steps to end the
> >U.S. occupation of Iraq and bring our troops
> >safely home now," citing President Bush's lies to
> >the American people in making the case for war in
> >Iraq. 
> >
> >President George W. Bush abused his power by
> >authorizing the National Security Agency and
> >various other agencies within the intelligence
> >community to conduct electronic surveillance
> >outside of the statutes Congress prescribed as
> >the exclusive means for such surveillance and
> >concealed the existence of this unlawful program
> >from Congress, the press, and the public. 
> >
> >President George W. Bush and Vice President
> >Richard B. Cheney abused their power by
> >arbitrarily detaining citizens and non-citizens
> >indefinitely inside and outside of the United States, without due
> >process, without charges and
> >with limited - if any - access to counsel or
> >courts. They have failed to faithfully execute
> >the laws of the United States by allowing torture
> >and failing to investigate and prosecute
> >high-level officials responsible for torture. 
> >
> >President George W. Bush disregarded his
> >Presidential duty when he and his appointed head
> >of Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to
> >quickly and adequately respond to a major
> >disaster on United States soil, Hurricane
> >Katrina, which killed at least 1,383 people in
> >the Gulf Coast Region and left over 78,000 people
> >homeless, and is guilty of gross incompetence or
> >reckless indifference to his obligation to
> >execute the laws faithfully. 
> >
> >President George W. Bush arrogated excessive
> >power to the executive branch in violation of the
> >basic constitutional principle of the separation
> >of powers. 
> >
> >On February 28, 2006, the San Francisco Board of
> >Supervisors passed a resolution calling for a
> >"full investigation, impeachment or resignation
> >of President George W. Bush and Vice President
> >Richard B. Cheney." 
> >
> >We call upon the United States House of
> >Representatives to initiate an investigation into
> >High Crimes and Misdemeanors committed by
> >President George W. Bush and Vice President
> >Richard B. Cheney and to submit Articles of
> >Impeachment to the United States Senate. 
> >
> >We call on the United States Senate, after trying
> >any Impeachment, to remove President George W.
> >Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney from
> >office. 
> >
> >We call upon the Legislature of the State of
> >California to transmit charges supporting
> >impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice
> >President Richard B. Cheney to the United States
> >House of Representatives. 
> >
> >We generally call on our elected federal and
> >state representatives to immediately invoke every
> >available legal mechanism to effect the
> >impeachment and removal from office of President
> >George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B.
> >Cheney for High Crimes and Misdemeanors under
> >Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution of the
> >United States of America. >>
> >
> >
> >© 2006 The Nation 
> >
> >___________________
> >
> >JamBoi
> >Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> >
> >"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> >http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> > 
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