February 2007

By David Swanson

On March 17, a huge mass of people will gather at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., and march from there to the Pentagon for the cause of impeachment and peace.
http://www.impeach07.org

A handful of pro-war people, some volunteer and some probably paid to be there, will stage a counter-demonstration. This relatively tiny pro-death contingent will garner 50 percent of the media coverage if those on the side of peace do everything right. If a single demonstrator for peace read more

By David Swanson

Peace activist and gold star mother Cindy Sheehan and spokesman for a war-based oligarchy George Will both published columns this weekend arguing that non-Americans are human beings. Sheehan’s column was written in response to an Associated Press article that provided evidence that Americans disagree with this claim. Will’s column, meanwhile, adds to this evidence by demonstrating a failure to understand the very point he’s arguing for.

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By David Swanson

Let’s Impeach Them (Bush Is Over)
With Thanks to John Lennon, Yoko Ono, George Mason, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson

So let’s impeach them.
They lied about war.
If we don’t impeach them,
What the hell are laws for?
So let’s impeach them.
They lied and they spied.
They tortured and murdered.
Now where will they hide?

CHORDS: / D – / Em – / A7 – / D – / G – / Am – / D – / G – /

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By David Swanson

It is at least conceivable that Congressman Jack Murtha and company are backing off on requiring that Bush and Cheney send only prepared, equipped, and rested men and women to the slaughter for more than one reason. One reason, of course, is that Fox News has called Murtha and company traitors. But there could be a second reason. Someone somewhere may just have pointed out that Congress has enacted these limitations before and Bush has undone them with a signing statement. read more