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Cheney and Gonzales Indicted! But not for what you think :(

by ThePete 12:22 am 2008-11-19


Well, it's not all bad–anytime there is as much evidence of criminal activity as there is against people like Cheney and Gonzales, I'm happy to see them get indicted for anything.  Hell, Al Capone had to be brought down on tax evasion charges.  But as you can see from the screencap attached to this post (check out the original article on CNN.com from earlier today), Cheney and Gonzales are being:

indicted on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday.

The indictment stems from Cheney's investment in the Vanguard Group –
an investment management company that reportedly has interests in the
prison companies in charge of the detention centers, according to The
Associated Press. It also charges Gonzales halted an investigation into abuse at the detention centers while he was attorney general.

NICE.  Well, not the best thing that could happen to two men who will hopefully be remembered as two of the luckiest horrible men to live in modern times.  Not Hitler-level-horribleness, but almost as amoral.  So, yay Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra!!  Take these bastards on and please don't let this be a reason for the next AG to not bring Cheney and Gonzales up on all sorts of other charges, too–at the very least these guys should be put on trial for stuff like domestic wiretapping and all that fun enemy combatant stuff.

Oh and can I just say that "Juan Angel Guerra" is one of the coolest names I've ever heard?  Translated into American, that's "John Angel War."

Seriously cool name.

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by ThePete 12:22 am 2008-11-19 In TheNews, Politricks, ThePete.Com | Tags , , , , , , | $ |

Congress Must Demand Bush and Cheney Resign

by ThePete 2:01 am 2008-09-21

So, I’m not entirely sure how my personal email address got on the “Democrats.com” email list, but some how it got on it. (My email was on the Republicans email list, too at one point, but I had the good sense to remove it.) Earlier tonight I got an email from them that had an amusing subject–I’ve made it the title of this post.

My first reaction was: “That’s rich! Where were the Democrats five years ago when Bush illegally invaded Iraq?”

I still think it’s a valid concern, but I actually read their email and something in it really got me going. Have a look:

Congress Must Demand Bush and Cheney Resign

George Bush wants taxpayers to pay $700 billion to bail out Wall Street for its reckless investments in mortgage-backed securities. That’s on top of $800 billion for other recent bailouts, including A.I.G., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Bear Stearns.

The current financial disaster is the direct result of the Bush-Cheney Administration’s 8-year policy of deregulation, corruption, and greed.

The Bush-Cheney Administration cannot be trusted to solve the massive problems they created. Before Congress gives the Bush Administration one dime of taxpayer money for financial bailouts, Congress must demand the immediate resignation of George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Henry Paulson and the appointment of Speaker Nancy Pelosi as President until our next President is sworn in on January 20, 2009.

Email your Senators and Representative and spread the word:
www.democrats.com/resign

Again, my instinct, initially, was to blow this email off, just like I did Robert Wexler’s attempts to impeach Bush while simultaneously asking for campaign donations. However, I’ll give you one guess at what it was in this email that made my ears prick up.

No, it wasn’t the basic message that Bush and Cheney should be gone from the White House. I’ve been saying that for years and there are WAY more reasons for them to leave than just Bush and Cheney’s move to embrace socialism for corporations. No, what made my right eyebrow rise was that last bit. They want Bush, Cheney and Paulson out and:

…the appointment of Speaker Nancy Pelosi as President until our next President is sworn in on January 20, 2009.

Now, I’m no fan of Pelosi. She lost my faith when she said that impeachment was off of the table a while back. However, getting a Democrat woman into the White House before even the election would be a devastating blow to the McCain campaign. There would be no way in hell he could win after enough of raised our voices to get his man out of the Oval Office.

I get scared looking at the polls and wondering why Obama isn’t doing better in them. How can they be polling so close to neck and neck when McCain is campaigning on a platform he ripped off from George Bush?

I don’t believe Americans are that stupid. This is why I’m hoping you, my faithful readers will please click on that link above (or this one here: www.democrats.com/resign ) and voice your support for a demand of resignations from Bush, Cheney and Paulson.

If enough of us speak up now they won’t have a choice but to actually react. We, The People of the United States of America can make our opinion known by telling Congress ourselves that we want this administration GONE from the White House.

Please, please, please, please, do this!

I don’t ask for much–I hardly ever ask my readers to sign on any dotted line, but if we can just get together on this one point–that we want the Bush Administration gone IMMEDIATELY–we don’t have to worry about McCain winning in November.

Please go here:

www.democrats.com/resign

…and fill out the form.

Here are some other places around the ‘net you can read about this email:

digg.com/political_opinion/Congress_Must_Demand_Bush_and_Cheney_Resign

suzieqq.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/congress-must-demand-bush-and-cheney-resign/

boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?threadid=788298

mccainsucks.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/congress-must-demand-bush-and-cheney-resign/

www.nj.com/forums/politics/index.ssf?artid=1801971

Got a blog? Please blog about this. Got a Twitter account or an account at another micro or miniblogging site (like Jaiku or Tumblr)? Pleeease post about this there.

Feel free to post links to your blog posts in the comments.

By doing this we can avoid giving our flawed election system the chance to screw up another presidential election with a tight race! We need a landslide to have an undeniable winner–unlike in 2004 and in 2000 when Bush won by an iffy hair’s width.

By making your voice heard you can beat the electronic systems that are owned by Republicans and don’t provide reliable methods for recounts.

I’ve already filled out that form. I hope you will, too.

Please and thank you! Congress Must Demand Bush and Cheney Resign 

by ThePete 2:01 am 2008-09-21 El Archivos del Arbusto, In TheNews, Politricks, ThePete.Com | Tags , , , , , , , , , , , | $ |

Wexler’s Post-Impeachment Hearing Newsletter

by ThePete 7:58 pm 2008-07-25

Robert Wexler is one of the guys in DC that is actually pushing for Bush and Cheney to be impeached. Which is great–in that, it’s great when people actually bother to do their job. In this case, it’s the job of Congress to oversee the Executive Branch–a job they’ve been shirking for, oh, about the entire time Bush has been in the White House. So, finally, now that there are about six more months left in Bush’s 8-year reign over America (and the world), Wexler and pals are actually doing their job. Today they held hearings and what follows is Wexler’s email to me and the other folks on his mailing list, along with a bit of commentary.

Dear Pete,

Today, in the Judiciary Committee, we held a full day of hearings that focused entirely on the crimes of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney,

YAAAAY!!!

and featured testimony by Rep. Dennis Kucinich regarding his Articles of Impeachment against President Bush.

…oh–Kucinich–he’s the impish guy with the hot wife, right?

This is a great start – but I am far from satisfied.

That makes two of us.

Following statements by Chairman John Conyers and the Ranking Republicans,

A great band name! “John Conyers and the Ranking Republicans!!” I saw them play at the Roxy and they were GREAT. Can’t believe they’re not acoustic anymore though. :(

I opened with a forceful call for genuine and immediate Impeachment Hearings for President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Well it’s usually better to open with a joke. But that’s cool–I bet you still got a laugh. ;)

The crimes of this Administration must be revealed and Bush and Cheney must be held accountable.

Ooo, that’s a 10-point penalty for double-anding!

Oh wait–maybe he meant to use a “&”. I’ll let it go, THIS time. o_O

Without Impeachment Hearings, we cannot break through the blatant and unprecedented efforts by President Bush to shut down legitimate oversight by this Congress.

Legitimate? I’ll settle for ANY.

As you know, President Bush has inappropriately and repeatedly invoked Executive Privilege to keep Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Josh Bolten, and other White House officials from complying with legal, Congressional Subpoenas.

Not to mention invading a couple countries without provocation in violation of the UN Charter and by default international law–but that Executive Privilege thing is annoying, too.

I believe the only appropriate remedy is to hold Impeachment Hearings.

That I completely agree with. Please, Congressman Wexler, go on.

DONATE

Gah!!

Donate for WHAT? Huh?

While Inherent Contempt might dislodge some testimony or at least guarantee the appearance of witnesses, the larger concern is the President’s outrageous abuse of Executive Privilege.

Well, that and his sanctioned use of torture against terror suspects, but yeah, that Executive Privilege thing is a bitch.

We have been down this road before: in 1973, Articles of Impeachment were introduced against President Nixon after he illegally tried to use Executive Privilege to bury evidence of his wrongdoings.

Which were ultimately ignored when he resigned. The USG could have even brought criminal charges against Nixon, but they didn’t so Ford could announce that “Our long national nightmare is over.”

Sadly, we didn’t have to go back to sleep to experience our current one.

I fully recognize the significance of holding Impeachment Hearings, and I have not come to this position lightly – but when the President of the United States takes actions that amount to high crimes, we are left with no other option than to seek his impeachment and removal from office.

You know, you didn’t even have to wait that long–according to the GOA he violated federal covert propaganda law years ago.

Our government was founded upon a delicate balance of powers – whereby one branch carefully checks the other branches to prevent a dangerous consolidation of power.

Yeah, I heard about that–how’s that working out, by the way?

President Bush’s actions have totally destroyed this careful balance.

Ohhhh. :(

Without these checks and balances, the President could run roughshod over any law and turn us into a nation…
…where wars can be waged based on lies
…and laws can be rewritten without the input of Congress or the American people.

Thank God that hasn’t happened to OUR country!

…ohhhhhh! =(

Congress must end this disturbing pattern of behavior, and in these circumstances, the only option left is impeachment.

Indeed! OK, Congressman, you’re on a roll! Please keep going!!

DONATE

Dah!!!

What the hell??? Why do you keep throwing donation links at the readers of your newsletter, man??

Since when do you need donations to do your job?? Don’t you HAVE a salary?? Don’t I already pay it in the form of taxes???

Sheesh…

This is not a partisan issue: Congress is a co-equal branch of government with the Executive, and it cannot allow this attack on our powers to go unanswered.

Yeah, that would be like letting the guy behind 911 get away!

…oh wait.

To ignore these actions is tantamount to a willful concession of our rights as legislators.

Not to mention your responsibilitieeeeeeez!

o_O

No Democrat, Republican, or Independent should allow Congress’ powers to be so undermined.

Yeah! Especially since Congress already let that happen all by themselves!

Nor should Congress allow the calendar to determine whether we should ignore abuses of office.

You mean like it did back in 2000 with determining who “won” the 2000 election?

Maybe not.

No President should be given immunity and free-reign just because there are only a few months left in their term.

Or seventy-two months?

Impeachment Hearings can be held very quickly – in a manner of weeks.

IF YOUR IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS AREN’T COMPLETE IN UNDER THIRTY DAYS THEY ARE FREE!*

*offer void in the contiguous United States.

Although today we don’t have the votes to impeach today –

Oooo, double-use of “today”–that’ll cost you points!

…neither did the Judiciary Committee investigating President Nixon until AFTER hearings were held and the truth was revealed. We must put a halt to this historic Administrative power grab.

Not to mention the lies they still tell us about how well things are now going in Iraq.

Congress has not lived up to its promises, and we can no longer credibly claim that impeachment would upset our agenda.

AGENDA?? Who said anything about an agenda?? This is Washington DC! We don’t have agendas!!

…we have campaign promises!

“DONATE”

j/k ;)

Our agenda has not withstood presidential vetoes or senatorial filibusters. If we do nothing, this session will be remembered for our conceding the rightful and constitutional powers of Congress, and little more.

Uh, what else have you guys done?

Is there anything less than nothing?

I am unbowed in my determination for Impeachment Hearings

Yeah, we’ll see how long that lasts.

You going to encourage criminal prosecution after he’s out of office?

and I know you feel the same way.

I felt the same way YEARS ago, motherfucker*.

*That one was for George Carlin!

Encourage your friends to stay updated and demonstrate their support by signing up at www.wexlerwantshearings.com.

Um, NO.

As always, thank you for your kind emails, contributions, and encouragement.

Congressman Robert Wexler

DONATE

GAH!!

Paid for by “Wexler for Congress”

DAMN YOU, WEXLERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

by ThePete 7:58 pm 2008-07-25 El Archivos del Arbusto, In TheNews, ThePete.Com | Tags , , , , , | $ |

Bush in TheNews: What’s Wrong with this Picture?

by ThePete 12:42 pm 2008-03-27

OK, this is getting seriously out of control.

BUSH is scolding CONGRESS about Iraq???

HOLEEE Moley.

This isn’t America, it’s BIZARRO AMERICA. After the incredible mess Bush, himself, has caused in that country, he has the GALL to scold CONGRESS?

It would be one thing if he were saying something like: "Why did you guys vote to give me the power to go to war? Don’t tell me you didn’t think I’d screw it all to hell, now! We had African tribesman yet undiscovered by modern society sending emails to the White House telling me not to invade, but you guys let me do it anyway!"

However, here’s what a March 27, 2008 article from http://AP.org/ and http://MyWay.com/ (here: http://apnews.myway.com/…RRLO0.html ) reported Bush saying:

Bush derided calls from Congress for troop withdrawals or deadlines so that the military could focus more on the anti-terror battle elsewhere. "This argument makes no sense," he said.

…

Bush suggested that Iraqi officials were able to make more progress than the U.S. Congress.

"They got their budget passed," the president said. "Sometimes it takes our Congress awhile to get its budget passed.

"Nevertheless some members of Congress decided the best way to encourage progress in Baghdad was to criticize and threaten Iraq’s leaders while they’re trying to work out their differences," Bush said.

…

"They’re trying to build a modern democracy on the rubble of three decades of tyranny, in a region of the world that has been hostile to freedom. And they’re doing it while under assault from one of history’s most brutal terrorist networks," Bush said. "When it takes time for Iraqis to reach agreement, it is not foot-dragging, as one senator described it during Congress’ two-week Easter recess. It is a revolutionary undertaking that requires great courage."

…

But, he countered, "If America’s strategic interests are not in Iraq, the convergence point for the twin threats of al-Qaida and Iran, the nation Osama bin Laden’s deputy has called the place for the greatest battle, the country at the heart of the most volatile region on earth, then where are they?"

Yeeeeah.

That last part is what you call a "straw man argument" and the Bush Administration uses them all the time. It’s like using "rape" or "Hitler" in your argument–it’s a fairly sure sign you *have* no argument. In case you’re not familiar, a straw man argument is when you rephrase the issue in a way that makes it easier for you to beat.

For instance, Bush is waging a war on a concept (terrorism) where our enemy is a few-thousand strong (which got that strong thanks to his foreign policy). So, rather than admit that Al Qeada is a tiny, minuscule threat to America (especially when compared to something like cancer, AIDS or even car accidents) he says something like "Don’t you want to protect America against the people who hate our way of life?"

How can you say "no" to that?

He sets up the straw man and then knocks it over–paraphrasing Shakespeare:

…it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

Of course, what’s really disgusting, to me at this point, is the way Congress is behaving through all of this. It’s bad enough Bush has lied and bullshit his way into wars that are making his friends filthy rich(er), but Congress has the Constitutional authority and obligation to stop him. Yet, they’ve instead acted like a bunch of sheep, allowing themselves to be herded around by the good shepherd George.

I hope we all vote against our incumbent senators and congresspeople the next chance we get because every single one of them has let us down. Sure, some have tried, but none have stopped Bush from continuing this mess.

The whole thing makes me laugh like Chuck Heston in "Planet of the Apes."
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George W. Bush: A New Level of Disregard…

by ThePete 9:26 pm 2008-03-12

First learned about this video from last night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. A simple bit of googling brought me to the original video which I grabbed from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch I didn’t add or edit anything.

Now you can see how incredibly sociopathic our fearless leader is.

I hate feeling like I am "the conscience" but this kind of thing make me almost literally sick. The man has no concept of the hundreds of thousands that are dead because he felt like invading Iraq. If he has a concept, he’s even more of a sociopath than I thought.
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Bush Bad-Mouths Congress, Oblivious to Effect

by ThePete 10:55 am 2008-02-15

OK, I’m getting REALLY tired of Bush’s rhetoric on this whole "War on Terror" thing. The above screencap was grabbed from a MyWay.com article this morning (read it here: http://apnews.myway.com/…QLEO0.html ) and it shows off how terrible a leader Bush is. He just doesn’t get it.

So, he says to the world that because Congress won’t renew some sort of legislation: "our country is more in danger of an attack."

So, he’s saying that Congress is hurting America. He has NO clue how this makes the United States look to the world and he has no idea how it makes him look to us.

1) If I’m living in another country and see the guy in the White House say that he has enemies in his own government, I start to think that the US Government is unstable–about to fall apart.

2) If I’m an American citizen and see the guy in the White House say that the folks in the House and the Senate are hurting America, I see him as being divisive. Remember, back in 2000 how he ran on a platform of being a uniter? Yeah, me too.

"Waaaa! You’re not giving me what I want!!! I don’t respect you enough to trust you know what you’re doing so I’m going to monger some fear and call you names and stuff!"

So, really, it’s *Bush* who is harming America and has been since he took office. Before 911, they were already calling him a lame duck. That was *before* 911! When our spy plane got into a mid-air collision and landed in China, he was rattling his saber something fierce. I remember scratching my head thinking "does he *want* to enflame tensions on the world stage?"

I think Bush is actually Loki, the Norse god of mischief and chaos. He lives off of conflict and strife. Peace and quiet are not his ways and if you look at the Bush "Presidency" you’ll see that nearly everything Bush has done has served to encourage fear of *something*.

I don’t know if he is aware of being Loki or not. All I know for sure is the effect he’s having on me. What’s that effect? Severe disillusionment with our leaders and adult humans in general.

As a kid in ROTC (nearly 2 decades ago, now) I was raised with clear concepts of right and wrong only to be thrust into a world where such concepts are not clear at all. And I’m not talking about the greater world–I’m talking about the US of A. We live in a country where our leaders debate the meaning of "is" and "torture." We live in a country that invades other countries because we don’t like them. We live in a country that claims to be a generally Christian nation yet we largely ignore the poor and the weak.

I’m an Atheist, so correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Jesus say something about caring for the poor? What about loving your enemies?

So, go ahead and keep bitching about Congress, Bush. It just makes people like me (and people not like me) hate and mistrust government all the more.

Don’t trust that they’re doing what they think is right–keep fighting them publicly because they’re not giving you what you think is right–the ability to better spy on your own people.

Man, I gotta get a job so I can save up enough money to leave this country.
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You Should Read the Email I Got From Rep. Wexler

by ThePete 3:24 pm 2008-02-08

Just got this email from Congressman Robert Wexler. Seems the head cop of America (Attorney General, Michael Mukasey) has admitted that he will not enforce contempt of congress citations against Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten for refusing to testify before Congress last year.

What does this mean to John and Jane Q. Public?

It means the head cop of America is refusing to enforce the law when it applies to friends of the White House.

What does this mean?

It means that the the White House is above the law.

See, Miers and Bolten broke the law by refusing to testify. But the head cop of the land won’t go after them for it.

What’s extra scary about this is what happens if the House and the Senate grow a pair and actually decide to impeach Bush and/or Cheney? Will the Attorney General allow that to happen? Seems like the next contempt of congress charges should be pointed at Mukasey–but who will enforce those??

Here are the links mentioned in Wexler’s email:

http://www.youtube.com/watch (the video in this post)

http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/news.asp (info on Wexler pushing Conyers to impeach)

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Vermont Town to Vote on Arresting Bush & Cheney

by ThePete 1:15 am 2008-01-28

The above screencap comes to us from: http://www.rutlandherald.com/…ll/article

Bloody brilliant this is!

I just hope they vote to do it.

LET’S HEAR IT FOR STATE’S RIGHTS!!

After that it’ll be about getting Bush and Cheney to set foot in Vermont :)

Oh and in case you’re not convinced Bush and Co. have broken the law, go to www.GAO.gov and do a search for "covert propaganda" (or just go here: http://thepete.com/…law-again/ ).

If that’s not enough, check out the part of the UN Charter that says no sovereign member can be invaded without invading someone else first. Then check out the part of the US Constitution that says international treaties we enter into become law for all of us domestically (or just go here: http://thepete.com/…k-illegal/ ).

Weeee!
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