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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Women of America

BUSH MUST GO!
IF WAR CRIMES, TORTURE, AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ARE NOT REASON TO IMPEACH, WHAT IS?

As Congress ended Friday, Representative Cynthia McKinney introduced an impeachment bill crafted around the contention that George Bush is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ms McKinney deserves all of our support for being a persistent foe of the Bush regime-- a singular voice in Congress and someone who sticks to her principles.

Days earlier, McKinney spoke at the World Can’t Wait teach-in at George Washington University. An excerpt:

Never before in the history of our country have the crimes of an Administration been so blatant and so clear.

The way to end this war is to remove our money and our troops from Iraq! Not by a draft that feeds the war machine.

And the way to end this Administration is with an impeachment bill.

According to a non-partisan national poll, 50% of Americans agree with the following statement:

"If President Bush did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress should consider holding him accountable by impeaching him."

Los Angeles: Dressed like a Guantánamo detainee, I've been riding buses and sitting quietly on bus benches hoping to raise the question whether this image should now be considered an ordinary part of American life. At one stop, when my bus didn't come, I decided to walk. Within a few blocks, a patrol car pulled up, lights flashing. The officer got out and questioned me. He said it was OK to keep my wrists bound, but he ordered me to remove the hood. "Otherwise people will be calling in. They're gonna think you're a hostage." Precisely.

Chicago: Attorney H. Candace Gorman, who is defending two Guantanamo detainees, wearing the orange jumpsuit on Dec. 10. She writes about Guantanamo detainees at: http://gtmoblog.blogspot.com/

Debra Sweet with a pal.

American people!

What is it then? Why, why do you resist?
Why does your heart host so much cowardice?
Where are your daring and your openness 123
as long as there are three such blessed women
concerned for you within the court of Heaven
and my words promise you so great a good?" 126
As little flowers, which the chill of night
has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes,
grow straight and open fully on their stems, 129
so did I, too, with my exhausted force;
and such warm daring rushed into my heart
that I-as one who has been freed-began: 132
"O she, compassionate, who has helped me!
And you who, courteous, obeyed so quickly
the true words that she had addressed to you! 135
You, with your words, have so disposed my heart
to longing for this journey - I return
to what I was at first prepared to do. 138
Now go; a single will fills both of us:
you are my guide, my governor, my master".
These were my words to him; when he advanced, 141
I entered on the steep and savage path.

Dante, Inferno, Canto 02 See here