[Sosfbay-discuss] THE question: Shouldn't we impeach now to stopthese monsters? Newspaper ads

[Curt Wechsler]

Hi Drew, you've seen these ads, right?:

ACLU, August 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2kp4q4
ImpeachBush, January 2007: http://deesings.livejournal.com/456703.html
The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime: http://tinyurl.com/2o5dkh


> [Original Message]
> From: Drew Johnson <JamBoi at Greens.org>
> To: <natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>; <usgp-media at gp-us.org>
> Cc: sosfbay discussion group <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>;
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> Date: 10/17/2007 6:46:14 PM
> Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] THE question: Shouldn't we impeach now to
stopthese monsters? Newspaper ads
>
> Excerpts.  For full article go to:
>
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/10/nation-on-edge-of-final-descent
-ii.html
> October 16, 2007,
> Arthur Silber at 12:53 PM
> A Nation on the Edge of the Final Descent (II): A Culture of Lies, and a
> Desperate Need for Action
> Part I: Glimpses of the Horrors to Come
>
> Before we consider the nature of the questions put to John Kerry by Andrew
> Meyer, together with the implications of what happened at the University
> of Florida and the reactions to it (here's a video of the incident, once
> more), let us take several steps back. Let us try to describe the general
> nature of our national conversation, and of our political debates.
>
> SNIP
>
> Meyer pointed out that Clinton was impeached for a blowjob, for God's
> sake. Shouldn't Bush be impeached now, before another monstrous crime is
> committed -- and before a possible world war is begun?
>
> At this moment in history, and in view of the stakes involved -- which
> stakes involve literally the future of the world and of civilization, to
> employ those words with their genuine meanings for once -- that is the
> question that should be asked of every national leader at least once a
> day, and preferably a hundred times a day. It is the question that should
> be asked all the time, of everyone. It is the question that should be
> asked of every Democratic member of Congress all the time, every day.
> Almost no one asks it. Democrats and their partisans continue their
> dull-witted fixation on the 2008 elections, forbidding themselves and
> anyone else to acknowledge that by then, it may be far, far too late.
> Major actors in the Bush administration have longed to attack Iran for
> years, and they have never tried to hide it. Now, their viciously
> murderous purpose is being aided and abetted by leading Democrats such as
> Hillary Clinton.
>
> And no one will ask: Why don't you act to stop this insanity?
>
> Andrew Meyer asked that question. The prospect of an attack on Iran
> appeared to upset him a great deal, and he wondered why Kerry wasn't more
> upset than he seemed to be. Why aren't you more upset? Why aren't you
> asking that question? Why don't you act to stop this? Almost eight months
> ago, I offered a number of practical suggestions to try to avert this
> looming catastrophe, one with effects that are likely to stretch across
> the globe. With very few exceptions, no one gave a damn about them.
>
> The first of those suggestions involved the placement of a series of
> newspaper ads. I am unable to raise the necessary funds and do all the
> required work myself -- but if several people (including, I would hope,
> one or two bloggers with readerships far larger than mine) were willing to
> assist me, I'll help write the ads and get them placed, if it seems at all
> possible to raise the money needed. (And as I've stated many times before,
> if you have different and better ideas, I'd be most grateful for them.)
>
> No one else will do it. So I will, or at least try to. Your help is
> needed, and a lot of it. If no one wants to help to try to stop this
> nightmare, that means you don't give a damn either. If that turns out to
> be the case, to hell with you.
>
> SNIP
>
> -- 
> JamBoi
> http://www.greencommons.org/blog/63
> "Peaceable: the ability to interact peacefully.  A skill set similar to
> social or emotional intelligence that is unfortunately rare in today's
> American culture, but can be developed by all.  The Green Parties need to
> lead the way in Peaceableness."
>
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