[Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] GPCA County poll: Impeachment Resolution

[Gerry Gras]

The state is polling the counties on a proposed impeachment
resolution.  It is similar, but not the same, as the one we
passed.

Gerry


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GPCA active counties,

This polling of GPCA's active counties is to determine if the GPCA
can take a positive stance on the attached Impeachment Resolution.

This email contains 3 sections:

1. Purpose and background of this poll
2. Polling instructions
3. The proposal: Impeachment Resolution


SUBJECT

GPCA polling of the counties on the Resolution to proceed with the
Impeachment of George W. Bush, President of the United States, and
designated members of his cabinet and administration.

PURPOSE

-To initiate GPCA action on the impeachment issue while it's at the
top of the national agenda, rather than to act 'after the fact'.
-To bring this proposal directly to a wider grass roots audience of
Green county organizations, limiting the need for extensive floor time
at the next General Assembly.


BACKGROUND

-This issue has demonstrated support as evidenced by 5 GPCA counties
independently endorsing similar impeachment resolution[s].
-The GPCA has the opportunity to act in a relevant and timely
fashion.  Other organizations, including other state Green Parties,
the Peace and Freedom Party, have passed impeachment resolutions,
attracting valuable publicity to themselves.  Prompt considerations
help to amplify GPCA's presence and news worthiness during this
election cycle
- Other progressive entities are considering weaker statements.  It
is important for the GPCA to establish itself as the preeminent
alternative party in CA with a clear stand on this issue.  It is
important to demand an even higher standard of governmental
accountability at a time when the impeachment issue is gaining in
national prominence.

PROCESS

Please provide the Poll Coordinators with vote results, on or before
deadline (6/20 AT 10:00pm), from your county in the following form.

"Yes," "No," or "Abstain"

PLEASE SUBMIT VOTES IN THE AMOUNT ALLOTTED TO YOUR COUNTY AT THE LAST
PLENARY.  For example, if your county had 2 delegates to the Yolo
General Assembly, you would submit 2 votes in any combination of
positions on the proposal.  Votes from counties with more than one
delegate vote need not be unanimous.  Counties with only one delegate
will be allowed to split their single vote, but such counties are
encouraged to attempt to cast a whole number vote if possible.

Your county should rely on it's own internal processes to determine its
vote(s).  To find out how many delegate votes your county has, please
check the last page of the Yolo plenary packet at this address:

http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/archives/minutes/delegates_0512.html

Any county activated after the 'Yolo delegate list' was published, does 
receive
its delegate vote(s). Those delegates are added as:
Delegate/vote #101, #102, etc.  Reference GPCA bylaw 4-2.2d).

This poll utilizes GPCA's standard initiative polling process which
calls for a 50% quorum of active counties participating (16 of 38),
and a threshold of 80% for passage.


TIMELINE

THE VOTING PERIOD BEGINS ON: Sunday 5/21/06 AT 10:00 P.M.,
AND ENDS ON: Tuesday 6/20/06- 30 full days] AT 10:00 P.M.
Votes received after the closing date and time will be noted
in the results, but not counted.
Submit all votes to both the following email addresses:

Matthew Leslie
mrl at greens.org
714.401.0168

Michael Borenstein
thebor at greens.org
530.620.6659

++++++++++++++++++++++
Appended proposal
++++++++++++++++++++++

IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION PROPOSAL-

Sponsor: GPCA-CC, as amended from the GROW/GP Nevada County proposal.

Contact information:
Michael Borenstein, 530.620.6659, <thebor at cagreens.org>
Kent Smith, PH# on request,  kentwsmith at yahoo.com

Subject:
Impeachment of President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense,
Attorney General.

Background and purpose:

The governance of our country has entered an era where it has become
debilitating to:
-The worldwide reputation of its citizenry,
-Hopeful prospects of building world peace,
-Prospects of material and social resources worldwide being used equally 
for the
betterment of all lives of all living things on earth.

Whereas goals and values of Green Parties worldwide yearn to reverse these
debilitating factors within governments and social structures. We purpose to
energize this reversal through the legal means of impeaching those
facilitating these debilitating factors. The GPCA may join this 
worldwide effort
by endorsing this proposal, attached language and actions.

Proposal:

To forward this resolution (included at bottom) through any and all 
proper GPCA
channels to proper government and media entities that the GPCA's
opinion is:

That our President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense and Attorney
General have committed high crimes and misdemeanors, and

Therefore, the Green Party of California demands the impeachment and 
consequent
removal from office of:
President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Be it further resolved that the Green Party of California petitions the 
House of
Representatives of the U.S. Congress to initiate Impeachment proceedings 
against
all four identified officials under the authority given them by
Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution and the duty given them by 
their
constitutional oath to ?preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.?

Be it further resolved that copies of this Resolution be sent to our
Congressional representatives and to all members of the House Judiciary
Committee.

Timeline:
Immediately, and/or as soon as proper letters, releases and
notifications can be most accurately drafted an delivered.

Resources:
GROW, GPCA-CC, Media SC volunteer time, Between $100 and $300 for
printing and postage.

+++++++ RESOLUTION +++++++

A RESOLUTION OF THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA in defense of the 
Constitution of
the United States, demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush,
Richard B. Cheney, and two complicit associates.

Whereas the Declaration of Independence declares securing ?unalienable Rights?
including ?Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness? to be the
purpose of government, and

Whereas the Constitution of the United States establishes the firm 
foundation
for our rule of law, and its Bill of Rights provides for the precious 
individual
rights and freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens, and

Whereas, in the conduct of their offices, President George W. Bush,
Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,
and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in violation of their
constitutional oaths to ?preserve, protect and defend the Constitution? and to
?take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,? have committed any or all of
the following ?high Crimes and Misdemeanors?:

  I. WARRANTLESS SEARCHES:
Ordering the National Security Agency to conduct secret, warrantless 
searches
and seizures of the private personal communications of American citizens,
without oversight by the legislative or judicial branches of the 
government, in
violation of the 4th Amendment of the Constitution and the Foreign 
Intelligence
Surveillance Act of the Congress (FISA 1978);

  II. TORTURE:
Authorizing and permitting torture against human beings, in violation of the
Geneva Conventions (1864-1949) and the United Nations? Convention against
Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(1985);

  III. INDEFINITE DETENTION:
Depriving both American citizens and non- citizens of their constitutionally
guaranteed rights regarding unjust imprisonment and speedy and public 
trial, in
violation of their rights to guaranteed liberty and due process of law 
in the
5th and 6th Amendments;

  IV. WAR OF AGGRESSION:
Launching an illegal, unjust, and undeclared war against the sovereign 
state of
Iraq, in violation of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution and 
Chapters 1,
6, and 7 of the Charter of the United Nations (1945);

  V. USE OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS:
Authorizing the use of illegal chemical and radioactive weapons in military
campaigns, notably white phosphorous and depleted uranium in Iraq, in 
violation
of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948);

  VI. DELIBERATE DECEPTIONS:
Repeatedly, consciously, and with forethought, lying to the American 
people and
the U.S. Congress by providing false and deceptive rationales for an 
unjustified
and illegal war in Iraq; covering up the truth about the 9-11 attacks, 
namely,
that the Bush administration, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of the 
attacks and
intentionally failed to prevent them, and at worst, were complicit in the
attacks themselves, creating the myth of Al Qaeda as a pretext for 
starting a
war "that will not end in our lifetimes", the so-called "War on Terror";

  VII. ATTACKING CIVILIANS:
Authorizing, ordering, and condoning direct military attacks on 
civilians and
civilian homes and communities, thereby causing massive death, maiming, and
destruction in Iraq, in violation of Article 3 of the Universal 
Declaration of
Human Rights;

  VIII. VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES:
Violating and unilaterally abrogating lawful signatory treaties, such as the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) between the United States and 
Russia, the
Treaty of  Rome (1950) establishing the International Criminal Court, 
and the
Geneva Conventions providing for humane treatment of combatants and 
civilians,
in violation of Article VI of the Constitution acknowledging these 
treaties to
be ?the Supreme Law of the Land.?

  IX. TREASON:
Betrayal and disclosure of identifying information of a CIA agent and 
the
operational cover by White House officials caused significant  damage to
U.S. national security thereby giving aid and comfort to the enemy in
violation of USC Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 37 § 793 , § 794, and the
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.

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