[Peace-discussion] FW: Chapter 60. Putting Some Spring into the Impeachment Movement

[Joni LeViness]

More than a good read????
I hope so!
Peace,
joni
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry W. Bryant [mailto:overtci@cavtel.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:02 PM
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Subject: Chapter 60. Putting Some Spring into the Impeachment Movement

== Chapter 60.  Putting Some Spring into the Impeachment Movement ==

                 By Larry W. Bryant

[Author's Note:  "With few exceptions, our Congress is changing the drapes
while the house is on fire." -- "Inspired1" (as excerpted from a
pro-impeachment teacher's comment upon Dr. Carol S. Wolman's article "Why
Impeachment Is Urgent," as posted at the Internet web site of OpEdNews.com (
http://www.tinyurl.com/2f25hv ))  At this point in the Enron-ized hijacking
of our government by the Bu$ch-Cheezey junta, the urgency of impeachment
should be obvious to even the densest ninth-grade student of U. S. civics.
Impeachment -- that antsy elephant sitting behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
as she tries to exploit the lame-duckness of Herrs Bu$ch and Cheezey -- is
retaking its rightful place at the table.  Not because of any changed
strategy on Pelosi's part -- but because the awakening giant of John Q.
Public insists on being heard.  John's vox populi already has been echoed
'round the world since the massive pro-impeachment demonstration in the
nation's capital on Jan. 27, 2007.  As various local and state legislative
bodies continue to process resolutions for B-C impeachment, a coalition of
activist groups are gearing up for another massive citizens march to
question federal authority. 
This time, on March 17, 2007, they'll focus their energy on the war planners
at the Pentagon, starting their march at -- fittingly enough
-- the Vietnam Veterans Memorial across the Potomac River from Pentagonia.
Fueled by the urgency of knowing that only impeachment proceedings can
forestall the B-C plans for instigating IranNam as an extension of Iraqnam,
these activists (like their anti-Vietnam-War counterparts of 40 years ago)
won't settle for standing by as the House of Accountability burns to the
ground.  They also know that, as with the Vietnam War-era, it will take more
than a few massive demonstrations to rouse the conscience of Congress.
That's why some of them have formed the National Committee to Impeach for
Peace.  In a recent announcement, the committee declared its organizing of a
"U. 
S. corporate shopping boycott April 15 (Tax day) to April 22 (Earth
Day) to end the Iraq war and impeach Bush and Cheney."  (To endorse the
shopping boycott, visit the web site of http://www.wearenotbuyingit.org .)
The announcement explains:  "We are asking people to suspend corporate
shopping for one week by delaying major purchases, avoiding chain stores and
shopping malls, and finding local retailers and small business owners to
support. 
The message to corporate America -- we are not buying it -- is a response to
Bush's declaration after 9/11 to quietly go shopping.  We are not going to
be quiet in the face of torture, WMD lies, civil liberty losses, and
hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths."  The committee's leadership
includes Peter Phillips and Dennis Loo, co-editors of the book of essays
titled "Impeach the President:  The Case Against Bush and Cheney" (Seven
Stories Press -- 2006).  On the heels of the boycott will come National
Impeachment Day -- April 28. 
Sponsored by http://www.worldcantwait.org and kindred groups, this event
will feature a demonstration including a group of 50 prominent citizens
assembled upon the Capitol steps to demand impeachment (just in time for
Congress's spring cleaning -- with a new set of drapes?).]

SCHMOE [dipping a finger into a jar of Pennsylvania-harvested honey]: 
Boy, this stuff is yummy!  Wanna try some, Al?  By the way, thanks for
joining us today.  When Bob Grates returns from his vacation in Paraguay,
we're gonna recommend a vacation for YOU!

WALBOMB:  Well, I'll pass on the honey, Tony -- too many calories. 
And I can't stay for long, but I do appreciate your warm welcome. 
Where'd you get the honey?

SCHMOE:  From a little town several miles north of Lancaster.  Drove up
there for the weekend.  And the trip certainly did help reduce my stress
load.

BU$CH:  Did you take yo' laptop with you?

SCHMOE:  Yeah, but I left that ornery cell phone at home, on purpose. 
A man's gotta have SOME solitude sometime.  And I rarely checked my e-mail
-- just entered in a few notes about the Pa. ambience and scenery, etc.
[Glancing down at his laptop and scrolling to a page of text.]  Listen to
this item:

	I used a tanka gas
	for a trip to Amish-land --
	my spirit soothed by
	the promise of light-'n'-choice
	in this world of chaos-'n'-gloom

CHEEZEY:  Oooo!  Gettin' a bit fancy with that ancient Japanese poetry form
-- are we now, Tony?

BU$CH [trying to out-smirk his mentor]:  Yeah . . . I TANKA you oughta stick
to AMERIKAN forms of expression, Tony-rio.  After all, ain't that why we're
wearin' these little USA flags on our lapels?

SCHMOE [ignoring both his critics]:  Now, Al, what's this about Bryant's
being read the riot act by his condo association?

WALBOMB:  Well, several days ago, my drive-by under-cover team noticed that
he was seen signing for a piece of certified mail. 
Turns out that the condo manager has followed our advice precisely -- by
dispatching a letter reminding Bryant that his stapling an IMPEACH HIM yard
sign to his unit's front door constitutes a gross breach of the condo rules
on residential signage.  Now that he's removed that intrusion upon the
tranquility and neighborliness of Parkfairfax, our recon team can
concentrate on how best to sabotage his so-called "Impeachmobile" -- which
he insists on parking along that busy Martha Custis Drive, those back-seated
yard signs blaring out their seditious message.  So, we're gaining . . ..

TROVE [uh-huh-ing a self-satisfying interruption]:  What's Bryant thinking
with these stunts -- that, somehow, political speech merits more protection
than commercial speech [such as condo-unit FOR SALE signs]?

WALBOMB:  Not only that:  he seems to think he can sell those IMPEACH HIM
buttons anywhere he chooses, insisting that he does so only as part of the
non-profit effort to buy those yard signs via the Washington Area
Impeachment Fund, LLC.  I've arranged to meet next week with officials of
the National Park Service Police and the U. S. 
Capitol Police to have them dispatch a cease-and-desist letter to Bryant --
Parkfairfax-style.

BU$CH:  Does he sell any of the yard signs?

WALBOMB:  No.  They're free to anyone who agrees to display 'em. 
Just last week, he managed to plant several more of them in various front
yards in Hampton, Va.  And, on Feb. 28th, he attended a demonstration
outside the U. S. Supreme Court, which was hearing oral arguments on the
Freedom from Religion Foundation's challenge to our administration's using
taxpayer funds to support churches' various social-service programs.  Those
radicals refer to this support as "faith-based favoritism" and "taxation
without representation."

CHEEZEY [rolling his eyes]:  Oh, don't tell us -- he was selling buttons
there?

WALBOMB:  Yep.  What's worse is that he was selling them to several hundred
students lined up for a morning tour of the SCOTUS building. 
He must've sold at least 25 buttons.  On a few occasions, he was seen posing
with students as they snapped pictures of him with that IMPEACH HIM yard
sign slung across his chest.

TROVE:  How dare he poison the minds of those impressionable young people!
We've got to expedite that official "notice letter" to him, Al.  You know
that he and his bosom buddy Alan McConnell will be canvassing for "donors"
all day on March 17th -- during that pro-impeachment demonstration starting
at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and culminating at the Pentagon.  We simply
must bring more pressure to bear -- and fast.

SCHMOE:  Speaking of the Vietnam Memorial . . . isn't it time we start
planning for an Iraqnam Memorial?  Maybe we could build it in the Upper
Senate Park (with a grant from, say, the Cheezeyburton Foundation).  That
way, we could be seen as discharging our moral obligation to permanently
honor the memory of our fallen warriors while at the same time downplaying
the historical perspective by having the memorial occupy such an obscure
locale as that little park.  Appoint a study commission for that initiative,
will ya, Dubya?  Meantime, Al, better zoom back to Fort Meade, now, and rev
up your Project "Bryant Stifle."  Tanka very much, guys!

http://www.petitiononline.com/gjprobe/petition.html

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/nmgrand/petition.html

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/arrest/petition.html

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/edlvega/petition.html

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/vaimp.html

http://www.bushbusiness.com/Bryant_OP.htm

http://www.waifllc.org

http://www.bushisover.org

http://www.impeachon.org

http://www.impeachcheney.org

http://www.impeachthem.com