John Conyers has just posted a request for 100,000 signatures by citizens on the same letter that he and 88 other Congressmen sent to George W. Bush concerning the Downing Street Memo/Minutes. The same letter from Congress that Bush has arrogantly seen fit to ignore completely for more than three weeks!
He has been there for us, it’s our turn to be there for him!
If Conyers is able to collect 100,000 signatures, he has promised to hand deliver them to the White House. Let’s ensure that he gets that many and more!
Please sign Conyers’ letter here, asap! (and be sure to answer the “Validation Email” that will come to you afterward!)
And, as well, if you haven’t already, be sure to sign the petion to Congress for a “Resolution of Inquiry” into the matter created by the citizens coalition as discussed yesterday. That petition can be found here.
Yes, these signatures matter. Please sign them both and spread the word! While we are privileged to enjoy Memorial Day Weekend BBQ’ing and frolicking in rememberance of those who gave their lives for this country, the least we can do is a click a couple of links and fill out a petition or two! Please do so now! And that means all “6 or 7” of you and your friends and family!
(Feel free to use the “Email it to someone” link at the bottom of this item to make it easier!)
EXPLAIN THE DOWNING STREET MEMOS!
EXPLAIN THE DOWNING STREET MEMOS!
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE AN EXPLANATION!
Explain these memos. Restore our faith in the presidency.
The American people demand to know what the Bush administration is hiding from us this time. Every week there is a new scandal, memo, or government employee that tells the American citizens this administration can not be trusted.
Explain the Downing Memo today.
I signed the letter. Everyone sign it … cause its a winner.
Dear Mr Bush,
It is your duty to explain to us, the citizens of America, what is in the Downing Street Memo and what was your part in it.
The time has come for some serious explaining to the American people, to Congress and to the World, why you misled, outright lied to us about your plans on Iraq.
Now to turn that same letter around and hand a million signatures on it to every member of Congress, and very likely to the media as well since they were so eager to join in on this charade.
Onward Brad!
Gh
Care to explain this?
mr bush, tell us the truth, the whole truth for once during your term in office.
admit your mistakes, you’re not god.
waiting—bob pichler.
re #10 that’s my position, too, Robert.
No more explanations! No more lies!
Tell the truth for once and then resign in disgrace!
And take your neocon buddies with you!
Signed, sealed and delivered.
I signed the letter a while ago. I’ll sign the petition ASAP. Lying, bubbleheaded thugs!
This is good!! I’m always so curious to know how many we are – I mean I KNOW we’re at least 6 or 7, but I can’t wait to see how fast 100,000 + sign on!
Peg #13 – love your description! Lying, bubbleheaded thugs! LOL! My "pet" name for Jr. is evil twig.
This is so great! I sent the note above and the link to this page off to MoveOn.org, to the DCCC, and to Sojourners, all intent on joining in on a movement like this, and alllllllllll with massive email mailing lists, possibly up to a million or so across them. This should be forwarded on to any other organization like that that has mammoth mailing lists. Probably should be sent along to the fellow that actually is the elected President of the United States, Senator Kerry. He by all means has a mammoth mailing list that it could be distributed to.
Anyone else!!??? Rock on Brad!
Onward!
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I signed the petition… I also sent a letter to Rep. Conyers asking him what he hoped to accomplish with this petition. The White House has simply ignored his last request. 100,000 signatures represents such a minute percentage of our country’s population that I doubt that this petition will serve for anything other than wastebin fodder.
What can Conyers actually do other than grab some media spotlight time? It would require a majority vote in the House to initiate any sort of investigation or impeachment proceedings. What do you think the likelihood of that is? Most of the Reps that would need to be "on board" for such a vote, are looking at the same sort of allegations themselves. Do you really think they are going to start pointing fingers at the President?
All in all, I find Conyers’ efforts noble, but empty. He is screaming at the abyss. I wish it were otherwise, but we as a nation have set ourselves up for this, little by little. We have removed all the checks and balances that would prevent this sort of unrestrained executive branch.
Short of open public revolt, I don’t see any real political changes occurring anytime soon.
Please hold GWBush accountable for War Crimes!
Thank you Brad for posting this for John Conyers. You’re a good friend. Keep up the good work and
THANK YOU JOHN CONYERS!!!!
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Paddymick #17
Open revolt will come eventually because it will probably be the only way to get them to release their grip on the power they have now. This is deadly serious stuff being played out.
What’s amazing is how the Downing Street Memo in itself is only one minor exhibit in the mountain of evidence that warrants impeaching both Bush and Cheney.
I’m for any investigation or inquiry that subpoenas Bush and requires him to testify, however briefly, under oath to his good buddy God. Neither Bush or Cheney could survive 10 minutes without resorting to criminal perjury.
Paddymick – I’m by no means an expert on Congressional rules, but my understanding is that a "Resolution of Inquiry" can be called for by either party and then requires a vote on which both sides end up putting themselves on record.
If Republicans (or Democrats, for that matter) wish to go on record as being *against* an inquiry into whether or not the President of the United States LIED to both Congress and the American People (in violation of several laws) in order send us into a wholly unnecessary, increasingly unpopular and possibly unending war, then that will be up to them, and whatever happens in the future, they will have to answer to it.
If further info comes out about Bush lying, if their constituents decide to hold them accountable for their delinquency in their jobs (to oversee the Executive Branch) then much could, in fact, come of such an Inquiry.
The first step is to get Bush to answer the questions asked by 89 members of Congress (and growing, by the way). This is the first step.
Don’t let your cynicism get the best of you.
I’ve signed both & sent out emails to my list.
Supersoling #19 said " This is deadly serious stuff being played out."
Have you researched this?
Concentration Camps
Time to ‘fess up georgie. Your juvenile dreams of empire building and "rewriting history" have met up with heavily documented realities. Records show that you and your associates are indisputably the world’s most heinous criminals. "6 or 7" of us citizen Patriots are calling you out. NOW!
What say you georgie?
I signed the letter. Memorial Day Weekend, here I come!
Ever so slightly OT, but truly enlightening.
This man’s neighbor, a Holocaust survivor, is heading back to Germany because of what he sees coming.
Paddymick #16
This time it’s different.
Keep doing what you are doing.
The arena we have to win in is the court of public opinion. We are going to keep pushing and pushing to get the truth known to all Americans.
And when more people start to wake up, and 65% think the war wasn’t worth it, and when 60% believe the President lied, we’ve won. You’ll see rats clawing and eating straight through other rats to escape Bush’s sinking ship. Because we are determined and it’s just a matter of time. Months, not years. Some damn angry chickens are coming home to roost.
For now, just think about the next highly anticipated 1 hour prime time press conference by the President. If we make enough noise, we will have our speech and press conference. Everyone will be waiting and watching. The President is going to do the same thing he always does, but perform worse, at a time when, for once, the expectations will be very high. And the people will be watching.
Praetorian, you can take that to the bank. You know what people like you do? You make me angry, more determined and more effective. So just keep talking. You’ll help bring down the whole top tier of neocons that much faster.
I sent the 6th or 7th validation letter to Mr Conyers. This one effort is not going bring down Bushco. But the shit is piling up!! Pretty soon their eyeballs will be brown.
Memorial Day: Will Fox or Sinclair refuse to air the Nightline roll call of soldiers killed for their country again?
I guess it’s unamerican to honor or even admitt the soldiers who died.
OK, I have to stop now before I go up in flames.
OK Kira #22 and Peg C #25,
you two are freaking me out now. Seriously though, the story of the old German man is very disturbing, and a sharp slap in the face. I see the signs of creeping facism. Media control, filtered audiences, further control of the state institutions by corporations, militarism, and the increasingly bold assaults on our civil liberties. Sometimes I find myself looking around at my neighbors, the schools, stores, churches, i.e. the general American society and the image of it as a free, high minded, and benevolent country, and then I try to wrap my mind around what is really happening. The realization that the vast majority of people seem not to notice. I wonder if there are others who feel as uneasy as I do. How can these two differing visions of America be reconciled with one another? It seems unbelievable to me that *it* could be happening *here*. Then along comes this simple statement by an old man who saw the same thing happen so many years ago, and it becomes more clear, albeit, no less disturbing. You know, the reason that I believe that this chapter of our history will be ended by mass uprising is because I feel that what lies at the heart of this fascist coup is something nearly unstoppable and almost evil. There are forces in play here that we can’t begin to appreciate. This struggle is beginning to look monumental and epic. We’ve sure got our hands full.
I signed it. Inquiry into Downing Street Minutes. NYT’s Byron Calame said they were: ""the minutes of a high-powered meeting on a life-and-death issue." This was no memo. These were minutes. I’m tired of dumbing down the language, like Sen. McCain and Geo. Bush. Call things what they are. Minutes, not memo. Down With Bushspeak!
Supersoling #28 — I’m very concerned and was hoping some of the 6 or 7had researched the site I linked in my #22. Have you read this, Operation Falcon Raises Disturbing Questions at Winter Patriot’s site? And this: Rumsfeld Laments Global Reach of News in Wartime
When we add these things together with the other repression & suppression and the fact that this war was entered into on the basis of lies to the American people and the fact that the media won’t touch the subject — well — what’s next?
It’s really creepy.
#28 you are not alone in your thinking, it hit me hard yesterday that this is probably what it was like for that german man, people being asleep and not really grasping what was happening. Being gay, it hit me twice as hard, I was thinking will I be the target like the jews? There are more then six million of us… I swear I broke out into a cold sweat.
Supersoling #28 –
"Almost" evil? And, yes, it is epic. And, no, we must not believe that it is unstoppable. Because this is the classic, legendary, fundamental fight for the soul of the human race. What are we here for, if not for understanding and enlightenment? Wherefore was consciousness evolved, except toward an infinite progression towards illumination? The darkness beckons. Where are the stalwarts defending the mind over the mud?
Kira #30 –
Yes, I read that Op. Falcon stuff. They’re getting ready, aren’t they? "That rough beast" has arrived at his hour.
Hi Colleen #27 Did you say you’re from GA? I am.
Hi JCB #31, welcome to the Blog.
Peg C. #33
It sure sounds like they’re getting their ducks in a row. Every day when I (figuratively) peel away another layer of the rotten onion, it’s even more rotten underneath.
Confucious say: "When you peel rotten onion, be prepared to cry."
Kira #35 –
Be prepared to howl and rend and tear in the name of "something" – is it "truth" or "mind" ? – which compells loyalty and demands to be paramount.
Yeah, the demons are well-organized.
JCB #31 –
You have defenders here. More power to you…and a good night’s rest.
Thank you Kira and Peg C. I spend a good portion of my time reading google news. I have never felt so much anger and frustration than I have in the last couple of weeks, I’m distracted by it. I’m ready for this fight and I will not lose my determination until I see Bush taken down.
Bush has no shame. He told Annapolis graduates yesterday that the money he saves by closing bases will go toward fighting terrorism. And over a thousand future sailors, many of whom will die in Iraq and elsewhere cheered him and threw their hats in the air in the traditional celebration.
This, on the heels of the British memo, which clearly shows the Iraq invasion had little or nothing to do with fighting terrorism, but codified a plan that was in place before 9/11, a terrorist act that had nothing to do with Iraq either.
When stupid trolls defend this shameless imbecile, that’s to be expected from people who are no smarter than he is. It takes one to know one. But when America’s future leaders from Annapolis cheer en masse for such a person, it’s just scary.
This might be democracy’s last chance. We may not get to the truth but at least we can get Bush and his handlers to sweat a bit.
Every revelation matters. Watergate wasn’t about any one act of corruption on Nixon’s part. He wouldn’t have been impeached for the break-in at Democratic headquarters alone. He wouldn’t have been impeached only for his "enemies list," for spreading lies about his political opponents, or for having his own special prosecutor fired.
But when everything was added together, and it was clear he had lied to cover up illegalities, the house of cards came crashing down. Right now, we’re in early 1974 in Watergate terms, and every revelation matters.
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The best option, IMHO, is for a bunch of us to assemble on the Capitol steps on the 4th of July (I’ll bring some tinfoil for fashioning hats, but mine’s gonna be a hip inverted funnel, I believe) with lots of printed literature to hand out and some noisemakers, maybe, and stay there! As the days go by we can stage in more and more people, spelling each other as they did in Ukraine, until we reach the critical mass/time to get live national coverage, at which point we wheel out the Big Guns, Conyers, Friedman, Curtis, Lampley, and so on, and let the party begin! NOW!
The jeff troll just cannot control itself spewing its hatred of the American people for all to see. The jeff troll hates a free America.
I signed the letter & passed it on with pleas to pass it along further.
Paddymick,
Be heartened. Our numbers are growing.
Conyers is documenting. Every letter & petition they ignore is part of the documented history of their crimes & misdeeds, witnessed not only by us in the U.S. but by our friends throughout the world.
What is that quote? "the wheels of Justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine"?…….
and yes: it’s MINUTES not MEMO!! hahaha, picky perhaps but why not get it right, eh?
JESUS-IN-A-JAR I LOVE YOU GUYS!!
Lies, Vote Rigging and Manupulations. Impeach the "EMPEROR OF THE FREE WORLD"
re #38 and earlier posts from JCB: Hang tough, amigo!
The same goes for anyone else who occasionally feels overwhelmed or disheartened …
Sometimes it helps to read essays like this one from Manuel Valenzuela: The Inevitable Triumph of Progressive Thought
Here’s a preview:
Winter P #39 –
THANKS for that link! I read every Valenzuela piece I see, but I must have missed that one.
Joan #47 –
Yes. I do too!
On the day that Conyers presents the list to Bush, wouldn’t it be nice if in Every state in the Union, there existed a designated place, where all who signed and all who agree could gather?
In my dreams a see a crowds of people stretching out as far as the eye could see, in every direction.
I see Media-the press and local,state and national elected officials of all partys gathered together. Demands are made-published and gain momentum.
I could go on–but you get my idea—Press me with ideas and details on how YOU think this could and should happen.
Peterpont
I imagine an ally of ours, made up to look like Bush, standing on the steps of every state capitol building in the country. At the exact moment Conyers makes the presentation in Washington, someone delivers a simulated list to "Bush" in 50 states.
That would be a problem. especially in Alaska and Hawaii, if Conyers made his delivery in the morning E.D.T., because of the time differential.
Explain the effing "validation email’ that is nothing more than a mailing list sign-up? WTF is FS?
Mr. President – we would ask you to step down now in lieu of an empeachment proceding which would be the hard way to get you away from the steering wheel of a wreckless run-away train. The direction of this run-away train is foremost highly immoral (unjustified premptive war, and torture to the edge of the collapse of the bodily systems), in terms of violating all the decent values set up by the human race to live in harmony with each other, as agreed to by the countries of the world in the United Nations and the Geneva Convention policies and proclaimations. The direction of this run-away train also in terms of tainting/branding the US image as being the worst imperialistic bandit, possibly topping all previous attempts, down through history, at greedy world dominance.
This arrogance to do with moral issues sits side by side with the fact that you are oblivious to our national fiscal health, bankrupting us economically in the process of your madness by creating irriversible damage syphoning off our national natural heritage gems, and by creating an unsustainable balance of trade internationally, all for the sake of cow-towing to the wealthy contributors to your election campaign
Utter waste of energy, purpose, and time.
Don’t believe it’s a waste of time. There are people who have "put their necks out" to bring this corrupt admin. down. I take courage from that. If they come and take me away for presenting my views, then I guess I don’t want to live here anymore, and we all better get behind each other and defend each others rights, things so many of our good people have died for. Their blood is not wasted on me. I’ll do my small part.
Its never too late to be honest. But does Mr. Bush know what honesty means?
I posted this on the Conyers blog, and I am putting this info out there for fellow BradBloggers, in case any of the 6 or 7 of you would like to follow up on other evidence, apart from the "Downing Street Memo", that Bush had plans for Iraq.
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Dear Rep. Conyers,
I continue to applaud your work on our behalf.
I’ve done a bit of internet research, and it appears that Bush’s plan to invade Iraq predated 2000. Here is the link (sorry, just copy and paste) for that information:
http://www.commondreams.org/hea...02/0915-01.htm
Here’s the first part of the article:
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September 15, 2002 in The Sunday Herald (Scotland)
Bush Planned Iraq ‘Regime Change’ Before Becoming President
by Neil Mackay
The blueprint, uncovered by the Sunday Herald, for the creation of a ‘global Pax Americana’ was drawn up for Dick Cheney (now vice- president), Donald Rumsfeld (defense secretary), Paul Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld’s deputy), George W Bush’s younger brother Jeb and Lewis Libby (Cheney’s chief of staff). The document, entitled Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century, was written in September 2000 by the neo-conservative think-tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC).
The plan shows Bush’s cabinet intended to take military control of the Gulf region whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power. It says: ‘The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.’
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I’ve written an email to Neil Mackay in the hopes that he might be able to provide further information. In the meantime, you might be interested in contacting him directly.
All best wishes.
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VG
Valley Girl,
Yes, the PNAC document has it all written down. The New Pearl Harbor.
In case you haven’t read this speech [Al Gore – *sh Policy driven by Ideology not Reality – Oct. 19, 2004], it’s got references to the pre-planned invasion of Iraq. It’s a very powerful speech.
What has happened to our representatives who are our voice in government? Where is their leadership against what they know — what they’ve told us — will they actually band with us? Are they being threatened?
We are more concerned with the "runaway bride, and the Micheal Jackson fiasco" than our own security, and the saving of our freedom and the constitution! wake up America!! can’t you see we are heading for a Dictatorship!!!
I am an educator of 44 years and a veteran, and I am ashamed to be an American.
Please step down
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