Dennis Kucinich moves to Impeach George W. Bush

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ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio

In the United States House of Representatives

Monday, June 9th, 2008

A Resolution


ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
Resolved, that President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:

Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.

In his conduct while President of the United Staes, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United Staes and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the following abuses of power.

ARTICLE I

Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.

ARTICLE II

Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.

ARTICLE III

Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.

ARTICLE IV

Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.

ARTICLE V

Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.

ARTICLE VI

Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of H.J. Res114.

ARTICLE VII

Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

ARTICLE VIII

Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.

ARTICLE IX

Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor.

ARTICLE X

Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes.

ARTICLE XI

Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.

ARTICLE XII

Initiating a War against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources.

ARTICLE XIII

Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries.

ARTICLE XIV

Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.

ARTICLE XV

Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq.

ARTICLE XVI

Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors.

ARTICLE XVII

Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives.

ARTICLE XVIII

Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy.

ARTICLE XIX

Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture.

ARTICLE XX

Imprisoning Children.

ARTICLE XXI

Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government.

ARTICLE XXII

Creating Secret Laws.

ARTICLE XXIII

Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

ARTICLE XXIV

Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.

ARTICLE XXV

Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.

ARTICLE XXVI

Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements.

ARTICLE XXVII

Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply.

ARTICLE XXVIII

Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice.

ARTICLE XXIX

Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

ARTICLE XXX

Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare.

ARTICLE XXXI

Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency.

ARTICLE XXXII

Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.

ARTICLE XXXIII

Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.

ARTICLE XXXIV

Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001.

ARTICLE XXXV

Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders.

Iraq Reconstruction Ripoffs!

The office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has 52 open cases related to bribery, false billing, contract fraud, kickbacks and theft.

Only 36 of these cases have been referred to the Justice Department for prosecution.

Army Criminal Investigation has 90 criminal investigations under way related to alleged contract fraud in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

24 U.S. citizens have been charged or indicted. 19 of those are Army, military and civilian employees. More than $15 million in bribes have changed hands.

The axiom of perpetual war for perpetual peace and profit remains as true today as in the past.

Robert Otto's Bizarro World!

Just a little of this and a little of that as we say good-bye to 2007.

Hamas has a childrens website which encourages kids to follow the example of terrorist suicide bombers.

An online forum tied to the website posted a photo of a little girl in a combat vest and the headband of the terrorist Al-Qassam Brigades. The caption reads, "have you seen the new child martyr who will soon shake Israel to the core?"

Al-Aqsa TV, which is run by these same entertainment loving dudes in the Hamas Party, have a weekly children's program called "Tomorrows Pioneers."
The main character in the show is a Mickey Mouse look-alike named Farfur.
So in one of the shows the mangy mouse is beaten to death while the teen hostess explains that "Farfur was martyred while defending his land." "He died at the hands of the killers of children."
Farfur the mouse has now been replaced by Nahoul the Bee, who's main message is that "we all can be sacrificed for the sake of the homeland."
..... BEE-GONE you BONEHEADS!

Singer Cheryl Crow has an idea on one way to fight climate change. Writing on her website she says "I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."
No s--t Cheryl?

Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills has her own thoughts on preserving the environment by cutting down on cow's milk. "There are many other kinds of milk available" says old Heather. "Why don't we try drinking rat's milk and dog's milk."
Question: how do you go about milking a rat?
Maybe we should ask the wives of some of our esteemed politicians.

When asked why she thought that some Americans could not locate the U.S. on a world map, Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA had this insightful reply .......

..."I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, oh, Iraq everywhere like, such as, and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children."
..What can I say...the girl would make a great presidential speech writer!

There is nothing more bizarre than war. Colman McCarthy said, "Warmaking doesn't stop warmaking. If it did our problems would have stopped millenia ago." As we say goodbye to 2007 - say hello to 2008 and a World which is at War.

Here's who's fighting as I write this blog:

Algeria Afghanistan Angola Burma China Columbia Congo (Zaire) Georgia
India Indonesia Iraq Israel Ivory Coast Korea Laos Moldova Nambia
Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Palestine Peru Philippines Russia Somalia Spain
Sri Lanka Sudan Thailand Turkey Uganda United States Uzbekistan Yemen