http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/group_rss/FRC Activist coalition to protest military actions in Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afganistan, and elsewhere. War Isn't Making US Safer -- Occupation Teaches Hate As of Wed. 11/26 at 6:00 am the responses to this Impeachment OpEd had grown to over 1,246 The right wingers of both the Democrats and Republican parties were doing their best to ruin the discussion and diss the Constitution. They posted garbage using fake names which kept the right wing Dem/GOP messages on top. For instance the message "Blah.. Blah... Blah... this gets old" repeated many times really got in the way of real discussion. Regardless this is a record for comments on that paper for an impeachment discussion. It is a marvel that the Editorial Board allowed the article to be published. Our thanks to everyone who read it and commented at the newspaper. ----------------------------------------------- PLEASE: FORWARD TO YOUR LISTS NOW ! Thanks e. Suggest we all read and comment on this Pro-Impeachment op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press today. Earlier the better. Getting to 1,000+ comments might help. Interestingly it is placed high on the paper's website. Is the paper now getting behind impeachment??? The comments have tripled to over 500 in 2 hours. Please add your pro-impeachment hearings comment and forward to your lists asap. Thanks John John H Kennedy, Denver CO impeach Colorado Coalition For economy's sake, Pelosi needs to push for impeachment now BY ROCHELLE RILEY Nov. 25, 2008 For economy's sake, Pelosi needs to push for impeachment now Rep. Nancy Pelosi's ineffectiveness became clear the day she became Speaker of the House and immediately announced that there would be no impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney. Advertisement Guided by politics, she said leading investigations into just how much the Bush administration did - and did wrong - would be divisive. What she didn't express was her worry that too many Democrats faced elimination from the House if they took on the difficult task of proving who knew what, when. But Congress is running out of time to finally make the Bush administration own up to its actions for eight years. If Congress isn't careful, the president who already has issued 171 pardons could also pardon every appointee and employee he has ever had - and their dogs. And then Americans will never find out what happened to our country over the past eight years. Pelosi wouldn't have to start from scratch: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the bravest member of Congress, introduced legislation 11 months ago to impeach the president and vice president. Last January, the House gave a first reading of one of those articles of impeachment. Our own Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, joined 38 other representatives to sponsor HR 635, which would form a committee to look into whether there are grounds for impeachment. Revive that effort! Last week, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, submitted a resolution demanding that Bush stop issuing "pre-emptive pardons of senior officials in his administration during the final 90 days of office." Nadler said in news reports that he was moved to action by the president's "widespread abuses of power and potentially criminal transgressions against our Constitution" and that he wanted to prevent the "undeserved pardons of officials who may have been co-conspirators in the president's unconstitutional policies, such as torture, illegal surveillance and curtailing of due process for defendants." Nadler is storming the beach; others should join him. If Congress moves quickly and forces the president to focus on impeachment, then he won't have so much time to push through last-minute regulatory changes that will continue to hurt our country and our ideals. He already has pushed deregulation that would allow employers to talk directly with employees' doctors and allow power companies to build polluting facilities close to national parks. Anyone worried that our congressional representatives can't tie their shoes and chew gum at the same time, or cannot focus on the economic crisis and impeachment hearings at the same time, will find that many answers to our economic and global defense problems will come from those hearings. The only question I have for Nancy Pelosi is this: What are we waiting for? --------------- If the House Democrats fail to hold Bush and Cheney accountable, they are unlikely to get you Single payer Healthcare or anything else that will take courage to accomplish. --------------- http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQDp http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQDp/commentary#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:02:57 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQDp John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQDp/ Obama advisers: Bush era war criminals will walk . No Accountability for Bush, CHENEY, Rumsfeld, Addington, and the rest of these scum. IF THAT PISSES YOU OFF Call 800-828-0498 Ask for each of Colorado's Congressmen in turn and tell them to file their own Impeachment Resolution and to do it THIS WEEK. (Hint: leave a voicemail at night) IF enough Congressmen file single crime impeachment resolutions during the same week (this week) it will get the attention of the Media. Yes the MEDIA got Obama elected, and now are much more likely to pay attention to impeachment. WE MUST GET PEOPLE RILED UP ENOUGH TO DEMAND IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS NOW John Kennedy Impeach Colorado Coalition ImpeachCO.com QUESTION: HOW MANY US SOLDIERS HAVE TO BE KILLED AND MAIMED FOR THE BUSH/CHENEY WMD LIES Before Colorado Voters (you and me) bother to call the state's US Congressmen and Demand Impeachment Hearings NOW? Hint: Over 4,197 Killed Over 30,000 Maimed (some reports say it's over 70K) .. .... http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQzh http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQzh/commentary#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:32:56 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQzh John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQzh/ Whispers of a Watergate for Bush By Clive Crook the FT's chief Washington commentator. The response in the US to startling new allegations that the White House directed the forgery of evidence to support its case for the war in Iraq has been surprisingly muted so far. The charges may be false, of course, but if they are seriously examined and turn out to be true, this is - or ought to be - a Watergate-sized scandal. Ron Suskind is a heavyweight: a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and the author of a well-regarded book on the administration's security policies, The One Per Cent Doctrine. His new book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, which was published last week, contains the extraordinary new charge. It says that late in 2003 the White House ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to forge a memo dated July 2001 from Tahir Jalil Habbush, Saddam Hussein's intelligence chief, to Saddam himself, affirming that Mohammed Atta, the September 11 2001 bomber, had contacts with the regime and that Iraq had an ongoing weapons of mass destruction programme. YOU need to read this Now! The rest of the story is here You may have to Register (for free) to read it. John H Kennedy, 43 yr Democratic voter, Obama delegate to the Denver County Democratic Convention, and organizer of the IMPEACH COLORADO COALITION ImpeachCO.com .. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqPY http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqPY/commentary#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:21:12 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqPY John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPY/ "Our Health Freedoms " Educational Seminar Oriental Theater (http://theorientaltheater. com) Denver, Colorado THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2008 9a.m. to 6p.m. A unique opportunity for the public, interested parties, patients, and holistic professionals to gather and learn about a new program designed to help their client base, while assisting veterans, other social work cases, and the general public on the road to better health utilizing a wide variety of complimentary therapies. Our forefathers worked hard to see through the Freedoms of Democracy, and NOW is the opportunity for us to work hard at assuring, "Our Health Freedoms", instead of those being dictated by BIG PHARMA's multi-Billion dollar daily lobbying efforts diverting our government in unhealthy directions. Registration is ONLY $35., payable by CASH ONLY the day of the event, or by depositing via credit card payment through paypal account (paypal.com) deposit $35. to account name goldnkid@earthlink.net . Your conference payment includes continental breakfast, lunch (hamburgers and hot dogs), and Colorado made "HEMP I SCREAM" afternoon treat. Within walking distance remain several restaurants including Swing Thai, Mexican Jalapeno Grill, and others. It should, however, be noted that there will be a lunch time speaker that you might not want to miss. Warning, your conference fee does NOT automatically entitle you to concert entry for the 1st THC National Convention in the evening. Tickets may be purchased separately online through the box office at http://theorientaltheater.com Please Note: Due to the considerable excitement surrounding these unique events and due to the fact that thousands of individuals will be coming to Denver for the Democratic National Convention, ticket availability is going fast. Get yours today, and DON'T get left out in the cold!) SCHEDULE OF EVENTS • 8a.m. to 9 a.m. REGISTRATION & SET-UP ACTIVITIES "Meet & Greet" time. • 9a.m. to 10a.m. Continental Breakfast with Opening Speaker • 10a.m. to 11:15a.m. "Why a Collective or Cooperative?" • 11:15 a.m. to 1p.m. Lunch with speaker. • 1:00p.m. to 3p.m. Breakout Sessions including: 1. Growers(Balcony) 2. Caregivers & Patient Advocacy 3. "Holistic Practitioners -enhance your client base" 4. "The Business of Cannabis (medical) in Colorado" • 3:00p.m. to 3:30p.m. BREAK TIME (complimentary Colorado HEMP ICE SCREAM served). • 3:30p.m. to 5:30p.m. "FREE SPEECH DIALOGUE"-with numerous representatives of the politics of the day. Included will be a Recreate 68 representative (recreate68.org) and an Alliance for Real Democracy representative along with other speakers, and having moderation by the U.S. Department of Peace. A unique experience following the concept of "Community Mediation". • 5:30p.m to 6:30p.m. Networking and Cash Bar. THE FIRST HEMP AND CANNABIS NATIONAL CONVENTION http://thcnationalconvention.com http://www.myspace.com/thcnationalconvention Official Gear: http://www.cafepress.com/THCNC The HEMP CANNABIS NATIONAL CONVENTION Oriental Theater (http://theorientaltheater. com) Denver, Colorado THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2008 6 p.m. to Midnight PUBLIC INVITED • 6:30p.m. to Midnight Continuous Live Entertainment including: BIG BUDS BLUES BAND ONE MANNA (Anna, the one woman band) APEX VIBE Comedians and More POLITICAL ACTIVISM, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY This will be a celebration of Our Freedoms following a daylong seminar for Medical Marijuana in Colorado HIGHLY PRIZED & extremely limited $10 tickets (now available Online at http://theorientaltheater. com or at the Oriental Theater Box Office) Complimentary VIP for ALL legal Colorado Medical Marijuana patients at the door with package including buffet, limited laminate, official THC National Convention t-shirt, "Green Cross" goodie bag and more!) Sorry, price of the Concert is NOT included in the educational conference fee. BE WARNED, this event and conference WILL sell out early) If interested, please obtain your $10. concert tickets separately online at http://www. theorientaltheater.com Very limited Sponsorship Opportunities and Vendor Booths remain available (Deadline for paid application: August 10, 2008) contact Bobby at 720-628-6291. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/timothytipton/CqPP http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/timothytipton/CqPP/commentary#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:42:22 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/timothytipton/CqPP COmidnightrider46 COmidnightrider46 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPP/ If you too are disgusted with how low Cheney and the Bush administration have stooped, take action: Weekly impeachment protests are listed on front page of Progress Now Action:  http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/event/detail/visibilitysignwaving/4jrx9  Seymour Hersh articles: To Provoke War, Cheney Considered Proposal To Dress Up Navy Seals As Iranians And Shoot At Them http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/cheney-proposal-for-iran-war/ Preparing the Battlefield: The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh          http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/CqPZ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/CqPZ/commentary#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:45:08 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/CqPZ Wynn & Barbara http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fe1b02175312ffd441_xcbmv2l5w.gif Wynn & Barbara 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPZ/ "The Democrats are trying very hard to show ... that they're not going to re-open these issues and that the Bush crimes will remain buried for all time," Turley told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Tuesday. "It would start a new administration on the same level that George Bush left it. And that's a very sad thing." "Turley was particularly concerned about a recent statement by law professor Cass Sunstein, an Obama adviser, that only "egregious" crimes by Bush officials should be prosecuted by an Obama administration." "There are very few obligations that a president has to do under the Constitution, but one of them is not to violate the laws that he is supposed to enforce," explained Turley. Turley further pointed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's refusal to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, saying, "I don't understand why some Democrats can't just simply accept a very straightforward proposition, that we'll prosecute any crimes committed by this administration, an Obama administration, a McCain administration. Because they're crimes. They're all egregious." From an article by RawStory.com John H Kennedy, 43 yr Democratic voter, Obama delegate to the Denver County Convention and organizer of the Impeach Colorado Coalition ImpeachCO.com Join our Impeachment Protests, see the Calendar on the website .. .. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqPg http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqPg/commentary#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:47:00 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqPg John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPg/ USAToday.com has published an editorial criticising Denver Mayor Hickenlooper's handling of free speech issues that affect all voters who treasure their Constitutional right to speak out. The Mayor wrote his own rebuttal and I added my comments about the threats our Impeachment Group received from the Denver Police recently. Both the USAToday Editorial, Hickenloopers opposing view & My Comments are at this url. My Comments are below the Mayor's piece (Opposing view: We support free expression By John Hickenlooper). John H Kennedy, 43 yr Democratic voter, Obama delegate to the Denver County Convention. Impeach Colorado Coalition http://ImpeachCO.com .. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cq74 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cq74/commentary#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:23:55 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cq74 John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq74/ See entire article at http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/hearingday Impeachment Begins! Preliminary Hearing Friday July 25th By David Swanson www.afterdowningstreet.org At 10 a.m. on Friday July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing in Rayburn Building Room 2141 on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This is not yet a true impeachment hearing, but it is our opportunity to push for one, and it represents a tremendous victory after years of effort by millions of Americans who want to keep the Constitution alive. This never would have happened without your hard work. And we can't let up now! The National Impeachment Network is organizing a rally and asking everyone who can to take a day off for justice and meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 25th in front of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Independence Avenue side. Bring impeachment shirts and posters! For more information contact ningroup@gmail.com. David Swanson reports that Veterans for Peace had a meeting on impeachment already scheduled with Conyers for the 25th. He notes that they'll be in town and could perhaps take a lead in organizing people.  He also suggests contacting CodePink for organizing assistance. WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN COLORADO:  1.  Join our weekly impeachment protest this Saturday 7/19 at noon: http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/event/detail/visibilitysignwaving/4jrxd  Want to get involved?  Contact: protestinthestreet@yahoo.com  2.  Contact your Congressional Representative to cosponsor H Res 1258 (35 Articles of Impeachment George W. Bush http://afterdowningstreet.org/bush ) Call at 202-224-3121 and email http://www.democrats.com/35-articles-of-impeachment   3.  Contact the media to cover the hearing, like independent media does: Denver Post newsroom: newsroom@denverpost.com 303-954-1201 Rocky Mountain News newsroom: 303-954-5201 4.  Contact the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and urge them to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/judiciarycommittee 5.  Sign the petition at Congressman Kucinich's website: http://impeachment.kucinich.us/petition/ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/Cq7k http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/Cq7k/commentary#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:43:20 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/Cq7k Wynn & Barbara http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fe1b02175312ffd441_xcbmv2l5w.gif Wynn & Barbara 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq7k/ Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich said he will introduce a single article of impeachment against President George W. Bush Thursday for “taking our nation and our troops to war based on lies.” Last month, Kucinich introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush in the form of a privileged resolution.  Kucinich, a former 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, spent four-hours reading the impeachment articles into the Congressional Record last month. He accused the commander-in-chief of a wide range of high crimes and misdemeanors, such as lying to Congress and the public to win support for the Iraq war. The impeachment articles introduced by Kucinich last month took place a few days after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a long-awaited report on prewar Iraq intelligence that concluded President Bush and Vice President Cheney knowingly lied to the public and to Congress about Iraq's links to al-Qaeda and the threat the country posed to the U.S. in the aftermath of 9/11.  “These articles of impeachment are about accountability,” Kucinich said. “I think our country is at risk. We’re setting a terrible precedent for future administrations if we choose to turn a blind eye to the crimes committed by this administration." The House of Representatives referred the Bush articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). Conyers has yet to release a public statement on the motion, but has in the past not been supportive of impeachment efforts. The resolution to impeach Cheney, which Kucinich presented in April 2007, remains stalled in the committee he chairs. (To read the original news article, click here: http://www.pubrecord.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189:kucinich-to-introduce-new-article-of-impeachment-against-bush-thursday&catid=12:politics&Itemid=16)   OUTRAGED ABOUT THE OIL WAR LIES AND DEATHS, DOMESTIC SPYING, IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, AND TORTURE?  HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO: Tell our Colorado U.S. Senators and Representatives to remember the oath of office they took, promising to uphold the Constitution.  Tell them to support impeachment hearings:  http://www.democrats.com/impeach   Contact the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and urge them to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/judiciarycommittee   Join our local Impeach Colorado Coalition's weekly honk-to-impeach protests: http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/event/detail/visibilitysignwaving/4jrxy Read more: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/bushaction http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cheneyaction The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/CqyZ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/CqyZ/commentary#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:52:45 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/wynnandbarbara/CqyZ Wynn & Barbara http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fe1b02175312ffd441_xcbmv2l5w.gif Wynn & Barbara 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqyZ/ According to articles in both the Washington Post and Rawstory.com House Judiciary Chaiman John Conyers has subpeonaed former Bush White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony regarding politicization of the US Justice Department including what has bee termed the political prosecution of former Alabama Govenor Don Siegalman. Waiting for this to happen has been like watching grass grow as Conyers has been negotiating with Rove's lawyers for a year, Will this lead to impeachment? John Kennedy, organizer Impeach Colorado Coalition ImpeachCO.com We have weekly Impeachment Protest in Denver every Saturday at East 6th & Speer at Noon-1pm. We have extra signs so just show up or drive by and Honk To Impeach. .. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqsy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqsy/commentary#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 15:39:45 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqsy John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqsy/ Just got this from my buddy Ray T: Wow! This just in. Related to your impeachment efforts. I am relieved to see it, in fact had virtually given up. Better months (years?) late than never. Maybe timing was indeed an issue, warranting postponement until now. I cannot think that deeply. Ray T. Forwarded message: To: hudlink@aol.com Subject: CVA: Vets Group Calls for Bush-Cheney Impeachment! Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 23:52:50 -0400 From: hudlink@aol.com Colorado Veterans for America 1437 S. Lewiston St. Aurora, CO 80017 720-296-1936 Veterans, their families and friends taking back America NEWS RELEASE Immediate Release Contact: Jim Hudson May 20, 2008 720-296-1936 COLORADO VETS GROUP CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT OF CHENEY AND BUSH Colorado Veterans for America (CVA) today called for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush. CVA is a 2,000 member nonprofit group that has endorsed and worked for successful candidacies of U.S. Senator Ken Salazar, U.S. Representative John Salazar, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, and Joe Rice, state representative, House District 38 in Littleton. Both the President and Vice President repeatedly lied to Congress and the American people to bring us and other nations to war against Iraq and to continue that war, said CVA Acting President Jim Hudson. And both willfully promoted and attempted to cover up U.S. policies of barbarous torture and brutality leading to death and disability of combatants as well as innocent Iraqi civilians. In doing so, both violated U.S. law, international law, and simple morality. And they undermined the worldwide dignity, integrity, and goodwill earned through the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of precious Americans lives in earlier just and necessary wars, Hudson added. CVA's members actively campaign for candidates that share the group's values by making individual contributions, marching with candidates in parades, campaigning door-to-door, phone banking, recruiting volunteers, sponsoring fundraising events in their homes, writing letters-to-the-editor, phoning radio talk shows, conducting press conferences, and holding demonstrations or push-back activities. #### http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqsk http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqsk/commentary#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 13:08:17 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqsk John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqsk/ Broken down by party, 85% of Democrats want our troops home within 6 months, as do 78% of Independents. Why won't Udall listen to his Party's voters? Oh golly. Does that mean Udall may have to stop funding more war? And save 1,000 US Soldiers from death? Perish the thought. Does that mean Voters Want Impeachment Hearings too before the Election as well? ( OK, I'm reaching, but you know they do. We just can't get an honest poll done.) Perhaps the RMPJC was right to pressure Udall so vigorously to Stop Funding The War? Didn't Udall have some of those old folks arrested for wanting the funding stopped. Nice Guy. According to an article on Democrats.com by Bob Fertik 68% of Americans want U.S. troops home within 6 months ( Before The Election). This while Congress ( and Udall) considers President Bush's request for another $100 billion for Iraq. The poll marks a 14% increase from 54% in September. Only 32% of Republicans want our troops home soon. Democratic support grew by 15% since September, and Independent support grew by 20%. By contrast, Republican support was unchanged. The new poll differs slightly from last September's poll because Congressional Democrats ( including Udall?) have proposed giving President Bush $70 billion more than he requested in order to avoid another unpopular funding vote before the November election. ? The Congressional Democrats ( and Udall) want to give Bush $70 Billion additional for more War, more than Bush asked for, just so they (including Udall) can avoid another embarrassing vote for another War Spending Bill just before the election? Go here for the entire article . Congress (and Udall) fiddle while Soldiers die. Disgusting. I agree with Udall on a great deal but stopping the funding for the Iraq War and holding Impeachment Hearings prior to the Election are non-negotiable. The only way we Democratic Voters will get our Democratic Congressmen to do what we want is to ruthlessly Hold Them Accountable. I think Udall has a sworn duty (by Oath of Office) to protect the Constitution and call for immediate Impeachment Hearings prior to the Election. Call it his Congressional report card. If he doesn't stop the funding for the war and doesn't Call For impeachment Hearings prior to Nov. 4, he doesn't get to be Senator. Simple! If he loves the troops and respects our Constitution he will do both. John H Kennedy, organizer Impeach Colorado Coalition ImpeachCO.com Weekly Impeach Rallys Every Saturday at East 6th and Speer in Denver from Noon to 1:00 pm. We have lots of Impeach Signs. Just show up and help us carry them. Its Fun!!! http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cq9b http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cq9b/commentary#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:08 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cq9b John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq9b/ I have started a discussion on the Denver Post website about the Iraq War and how it relates to the current very serious economic downturn. I believe that the pre-war WMD lies of Cheney and Bush are the root cause of the looming economic disaster we all face. Yes, there are other reasons, but this is the key cause. The war disrupted oil supplies and that has caused the cost of food and fuel to rise tremendously, severely impacting family budgets and causing damaging high inflation. I think our Congressmen need to act now to put the blame squarely on the two dangerous politicians who caused the misery, Cheney and Bush. You can read the article and the comments here : Entitled: 4 in 5: U.S. steering off map. This Denver Post article will be read by many in Colorado this week and I think you should include your comments on the Denver Post website as to whether or not our Congressmen should immediately call for Impeachment Hearings. I believe Impeachment Hearings need to be held prior to the November election or the opportunity to repudiate all that Cheney and Bush have done to our Country, our Constitution and the Separation of Powers will be lost forever. Our House Democrats will want to move on with their careers after the election and will ignore the disastrous and unconstitutional actions of Cheney and Bush. Please try to stay on topic and keep your comment short and to the point. Should Congress start holding them accountable by holding Impeachment hearings on Vice President Cheney? Yes or No! Make that the point of your comment Your support by commenting on this article will make a difference. John H Kennedy, organizer Impeach Colorado Coalition ImpeachCO.com Failure to hold impeachment hearings will mean that the Bush/Cheney crimes against our Constitution and Separation Of Powers will become precedent and more likely to be used by rogue future Presidents. The next few months before the election may be our last chance to have any meaningful accountability brought against the Bush/Cheney Administration. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqf2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqf2/commentary#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:01:10 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqf2 John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqf2/ If you are serious about going after the Post you Must Strike First at The Post's Revenue Stream . Ways to get the attention of any publisher . 1, attack his revenue stream: Use visibility events to ask Subscribers to CANCEL and Advertisers to BOYCOTT Temporarily and give a reason. KEEP This Effort Up Until The Nov. Election to give us us a constant weapon against biased journalism. Supporting doc: The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News get hurt with Deep 10 % Circulation Declines They are vulnerable to our pressure NOW!! 2. attack his relationship with his employees: Email his professional journalists and remind them of the ideals they were taught and suggest the Post is corrupting them and they are letting down their Country by meekly accepting the status quo. 3. attack his relations with his subscribers: Remind subscribers they are paying for unbiased news, not indoctrination by a looney far right publisher. 4. attack his credibility everywhere by marginalizing him. since any uttering is biased why should anyone subscribe, since any uttering is sophmoric, vitrolic and irrational, why take him seriously? Going on the Attack is a lot more Fun... don't you think? Our Impeachment Group does a weekly rally in front of the Denver Post building at E Colfax & Broadway every Wednesday at 4:45-6:00 pm Why not join us Tomorrow and bring some home made signs skewering The Post? If I have time I'm going to make a large cloth Banner which will say something like "HATE Paying For BIASED News? CANCEL it!" My subscription is due for renewal today so I have decided not to renew it. My own personal Boycott This could be loads of fun. JOIN US Tomorrow John H Kennedy Colorado Impeachment Coalition ImpeachCO.com List of Phone Numbers etc for Colorado Congressmen/women Call Your Colorado Congressmen/woman this week (daily) and tell them to Support Debate On Impeachment when it comes up for a vote this week. .. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqQv http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqQv/commentary#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:22:17 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqQv John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqQv/ Listen to Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich speak on all the issues on the Ed Schultz show on AM760 Radio today (Wed. Sept.12) from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm, then go to Rep. Udalls Town Hall Meeting in Thornton, CO 4:30:-5:30 pm. Thornton City Council Chambers, 9500 Civic Center Dr, Thornton Map Kucinich won the ABC Poll after the second to last Democratic Debate and has been creeping upon the front runners ever since. It is an unprecedented three hours today when he becomes the first Presidential hopeful to accept the invitation of one of the nation's premiere radio broadcasters, Ed Schultz, for a no-holds-barred discussion of the issues in the 2008 campaign. Kucinich will be in Schultz's Fargo (North Dakota) studio beginning at noon (ET) to field questions from "America's #1 Progressive Talker" and from an audience that includes millions of listeners on local affiliates, including subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The program is also streamed live over the Internet Live streaming Kucinich For President website http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqv7 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqv7/commentary#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:22:37 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqv7 John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 4 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqv7/ Please join Congresswoman Diana DeGette tonight at the Windsor Gardens Auditorium as she gives her constituents a progress report from Washington. I got this information from her Denver Congressional District Office just a few minutes ago. Location: Windsor Gardens Auditorium 595 S. Clinton St. Time: 7 pm Tuesday evening May 29 (TONIGHT) 1 hour only... talk fast! Directions from Denver: East on Alameda to Clinton and then South on Clinton for 1-2 blks. The Auditoriun is attached to the clubhouse and to the rear of it. A great time to ask about her saving 1,000 US Soldiers lives by stopping the Iraq War Now, not next year. And oh yes there is the issue of the Cheney WMD Lies that put our soldiers in harms way in the first place. Is DeGette going to protect Cheney from accountability for the lies and make him pay a political price for lying.. or let Cheney skate? Will she become a Co-Sponsor on US Rep. Kucinich's Bill to Impeach Cheney? Does she think it is important that she vote to uphold and protect the US Constitution? Does she think someone worse than Bush will every be President? Could it be a threat to our Constitutional Republic if that happened? Tell her Presidents will never fear Impeachment or respect Congress if she and the others Never Impeach anyone. How about Gonzales? She's your Congresswoman and she works for you. Tell her (respectfully) what you want her to do. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqhs http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqhs/commentary#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 14:55:16 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqhs John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 4 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqhs/ Impeachment Activists will hold 2 Downtown Denver Impeach Cheney events on Wednesday May 23rd. They will be demonstrating to ask Congress to Impeach Vice President Cheney for lying to Congress about Weapons Of Mass Destruction in Iraq in order to get permission from Congress to Invade Iraq. The first event will be at the State Capital at Noon-1 pm at Lincoln & 14th. The second event is at Colfax & Broadway at 5:00 pm in front of the Denver Post-Rocky Mountain News Building. All are welcome. We have Impeach Signs for You To Carry... Just Show Up Both event are one hour in duration. Weather for Wed: Link Vote to Impeach VP Cheney First! in the Online MSNBC Impeachment Poll Link Send Email to your Congressman/woman and tell them to become a Co-Sponsor of US Rep. Kucinich's Bill to Impeach VP Cheney HR-333 Link http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqh5 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqh5/commentary#comments Tue, 22 May 2007 18:33:50 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/Cqh5 John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqh5/ Rep.Alice Borodkin emailed the good news a few minutes ago. "We passed the Senate version(SMJ07-002). Actually, I was glad we did. It had much stronger wording in it. If we did not pass that, the entire resolution would have been lost." See... all those emails we asked you to send to legislators really paid off. The effort to influence the Senate to adhere to their version and the House Democrats to adopt the Senate version was enthusiastically supported by our 1StProtestInTheStreet.Org PNA group, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center of Boulder, CO and members of many other peace and justice and anti-war groups across Colorado. More later... Ritter will surely sign it. Yes? http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqSg http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqSg/commentary#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 18:37:46 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CqSg John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqSg/ Activist Groups believe impeachment is 'more on the table than people think' Many activists including this writer think a backlash is rising to Speaker Pelossi's "Impeachment is off the table" congressional policy. Progressive Democrats Of America had a major presence at the California Democratic Convention and pressed for adoption of a resolution by the California Dems to investigate and Impeach Bush and Cheney. And across the nation on April 28 the many member groups of A28 http://A28.org held 100s of Impeachment rallys. There were five in Colorado including two on last Saturday in Denver spondored by local activist groups. The groups in Denver were Weekly Vigils To Impeach Link , Progressive Democrats of Colorado http://pdcolorado.org , Impeachment By The People Link , and Colorado 911Visibility Link Dave Chandler of the Metro Denver Greens counted at least 75 in attendance.(photos) Link Other photos at Link We were glad to see MoveOn members there as well. Thanks guys. At the MoveOn organized Veto The Veto Rally on Wednesday May 4 a great many Impeach Bush and Cheney signs were in view. The event was supported by most Colorado activist groups from the Denver area and many attended. I think there were perhaps 2-300 total there. The group occupied the entire block between Colfax and 14th on Lincoln at the Capital. MoveOn has for some years kind of ignored the possibility of impeachment but even it is being pressured by other activist groups and by its own members to deal with impeachment. At an A28 California Impeachment Rally many were from MoveOn. "One third of those were Move On members," said Will McRae, MoveOn coordinator for San Diego County. "For MoveOn to pretend impeachment isn't on the table is the same as Pelosi. They need to put it on their website [for a vote]. We owe it to our members." Link At the California Democratic Convention PDA president Tim Carpenter called passage of the impeachment resolution by California delegates "the culmination of one month of effort by PDA to put the issue of investigating, accountability and impeachment" on the table. On Saturday, Carpenter revealed, he met with Pelosi. "I think the fact that she met with us shows she is a listener," he said, but he added, "We agreed to disagree." Impeachment is a constitutional imperative, he believes. "If we don't begin to talk about impeachment, the next president will be allowed to torture, do wiretapping, lying, and engage in manipulation of everything in signing statements," the PDA leader predicted. Jim Dean, head of Democracy for America and brother of Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean, said "I think it's more on the table than people think." Some of the above from this article by Miriam Raftery at Rawstory.com Published: Wednesday May 2, 2007 Link The California Democratic Party held its Annual Meeting and passed a resolution CALLING FOR FULL INVESTIGATION INTO ABUSES OF POWER BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND RICHARD B. CHENEY Text of CA Democratic Party Impeachment Resolution April 30, 2007, San Diego, CA Link REAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of the Constitution, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of California and the United States of America, by intentionally disseminating and propagating knowingly false and fabricated "evidence" regarding the threat from Iraq in order to wage a tragic, bloody war with the loss of thousands of brave American troops and Iraqi civilians, and WHEREAS, it is clear that since September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have abused their powers of office by: 1) using information they knew to be false as justification for the U.S. invasion of Iraq; 2) condoning and authorizing the torture of prisoners of war; 3) authorizing wiretaps on U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant; 4) disclosing the name of an undercover CIA operative contrary to law in order to harm her for her husband's opposition to the Iraq War; 5) having suspended and denied the historic Writ of Habeas Corpus by ordering the indefinite detention of so-called enemy combatants without charge and without access to legal counsel; and 6) overstepping Presidential authority by signing statements used to ignore or circumvent portions of over 750 Congressional statutes he brought into law; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party supports vigorous investigation of these charges by the Congress of the United States, including the full use of Congressional subpoena power authority to completely disclose the actions of the Administration to the American people and to take necessary action to call the Administration to account with appropriate remedies and punishment, including impeachment. Submitted by Senator Art Torres (Ret.), Chairman of the California Democratic Party; CDP Resolutions Co-Chairs; Emily Thurber; Bob Farran; Michael Barnett; Tim Carpenter, Joye Swan; Patrick Henry Demo Club; 69th AD Cmte.; The Hull-Richters; Alexandar, Mark and Natasha (Adopted April 29, 2007) Impeachment of at least Cheney is coming... it is just a matter of time. Get on the train. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C23n http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C23n/commentary#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 16:13:27 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C23n John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/C23n/ Since Jan 24 our group PNA 1stProtestInTheStreet.Org Link has through it's project website WeeklVigilsToImpeach.US Link has held two weekly vigils-protests per week to a. Stop The Iraq War ( Now! and save the 800 US Soldiers who will be killed and the 8000 who will be seriously wounded prior to the fantasy withdrawal dates that have been proposed in 2008. b. Impeach Bush and Cheney for lying to Congress to get an OK to go to War ( and a few other reasons of course) Many members of ProgressNowAction.Org have emailed us or signed up on the Calendar listings to say they were coming to the Stop Iraq War Now protests. The only one who 'ever' showed up was Mike Collins last week and we were thrilled... Thanks Mike. As a Vietnam Vet you know this is important and you put your feet on the street that day to support our effort to 'support the troops' by bringing them home. We hope that today and each Wednesday more of you will attend and show our Colorado and Washington legislators that Stopping The War Now and Impeaching Bush/Cheney are important to you. Todays event listing: Link http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C2Qj http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C2Qj/commentary#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:37:39 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/C2Qj John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2Qj/