[Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney introduces bill to impeach Bush (was re: Greening Our Valley Potluck This Friday, Dec 8th)

[JamBoi]

We had a fun little group last night and a couple of disaffected Dems
(who are interested in impeachment and Greening our valley) joined us. 
We are planning to do monthly Green Talk/Forum type things to form
these kinds of coalitions with like minded people, energize and grow
our party.

Look below for the big news of the day: McKinney introduces bill to
impeach Bush.  A reminder that anyone interested in joining our
coalitional effort to impeach Cheney and BushCo (tentatively called
"ValleyForward") please e-mail me.

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> WHERE: The Clubhouse in the Willow Park Condo just north of the
> intersection of 
> W. Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd. (Fred & Louis Duperrault's) 
> MAP: http://tinyurl.com/yd3hyl
> 
> WHEN: Fri Dec 8th, 7pm
> 
> WHAT: Greening Our Valley Potluck.  The Green Party of Santa Clara
> County is hosting a holiday networking party.
> 
> TOPIC:  Building Coalition to bring progress to Silicon Valley in the
> new year.
> 
> High on our list of priorities is IMPEACHMENT of Cheney, Bush and
> their henchmen.  We are working to form action groups to ensure we 
> acheive impeachment ASAP. Local issues and electing local officials
is > always important to us so please bring your ideas!  We'll also
trade 
> ideas on celebrating holistic holidays. 
> 
> BRING: Some food to share (but come even if you can't), & your ideas
> and goodwill for working in coalition.
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http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/16198546.htm

Posted on Fri, Dec. 08, 2006

McKinney proposes bill to impeach Bush
BEN EVANS
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - In what could be her final legislative act in Congress,
outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to
impeach President Bush.

The legislation has no chance of passing and serves as a symbolic
parting shot not only at President Bush but also at Democratic Party
leaders. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has made clear
that she will not entertain proposals to sanction Bush and has warned
the liberal wing of her party against making political hay of
impeachment.

McKinney, who drew national headlines this spring when she struck a
Capitol police officer, has long insisted that Bush was never
legitimately elected. In unveiling her legislation in the final hours
of the current Congress, she said Bush had violated his oath of office
to defend the Constitution and the nation's laws.

The legislation says Bush misled Congress into approving the war in
Iraq and violated the law with secret surveillance practices. The bill
also calls for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney and
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

"With a heavy heart and in the deepest spirit of patriotism, I exercise
my duty and responsibility to speak truthfully about what is before
us," McKinney said Friday night.

"To shy away from this responsibility would be easier, but I have not
been one to travel the easy road."

Since Democratic voters ousted her from office in the party primary
this summer, McKinney has made no secret of her frustration with
Democratic leaders. In a speech Monday at George Washington University
in Washington, she blasted the party hierarchy, accusing leaders of
kowtowing to Republicans on the war in Iraq and on military
mistreatment of prisoners.

"We're being told by them to wait on ending the war, wait on torture,
wait on civil liberties, wait on learning the truth about Sept. 11,"
she said, speaking to more than 100 people at a panel discussion on
stopping the Bush agenda. "We know that the world can't wait."

McKinney also this week quietly introduced a bill that would deny
federal funding to law enforcement agencies "whose officers use
excessive force or violence" and that don't have transparent procedures
for investigating officers accused of brutality.

The bill is her response to the police shooting last month of
92-year-old Atlanta resident Kathryn Johnston, who was killed in her
home as she fired on a group of plainclothes police officers who, with
a warrant, knocked down her door searching for drugs.

Like the impeachment bill, the police bill is largely a symbolic
gesture. Lawmakers are slated to adjourn this week, and McKinney won't
be returning when the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 4.

She lost her seat in the Democratic primary to Hank Johnson, a lawyer
and former county commissioner who campaigned as a moderate
consensus-builder.

McKinney, who has not discussed her future plans, has increasingly
embraced her image as a controversial figure. Along the way, her
relations with Democratic leaders have grown frayed.

She has hosted numerous panels on Sept. 11 conspiracy theories and
suggested that President Bush had prior knowledge of the terrorist
attacks but kept quiet about it to allow friends to profit from the
aftermath. She introduced legislation to establish full public
disclosure at the National Archives of records involving the
investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur.

But it was her scuffle with a Capitol police officer in March that drew
most attention. McKinney struck the officer when he tried to stop her
from entering a congressional office building. The officer did not
recognize McKinney, who was not wearing her member lapel pin.

A grand jury in Washington declined to indict McKinney over the clash,
but she eventually apologized before the House.

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JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com


 
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