TMW chronicles stupidity in the USA

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The latest TMW takes a not-so-pleasant walk down memory lane in regard to how people were willing, weak-kneed robots since 9-11.

Tom Tomorrow offers up another save, implicit criticism of our Democratically controlled Congress, which for reasons I cannot comprehend, is unwilling to hold Bush and Cheney accountable for all they have wrought on America. I will go to my grave believing that were it not for the polarization and politicization of impeachment during the Clinton years, when we tried to kick a president out of office for getting a blowjob, Bush would have been kicked out of office years ago. But, since Republicans made impeachment a political tool for trying to get rid of a president they merely didn't like, Democrats are scared of being accused of doing the same thing. Meanwhile, impeachable crimes have been willfully committed at the highest levels of this administration since the first days Bush took office. It's a national disgrace. Speaking of which, Ron Suskind's new book offers some stark revelations about the Iraq War and selling the case to the American people. More on that in a bit.

A letter to my U.S. Rep.: impeach Bush

Recently, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced a resolution on the House Floor to impeach President Bush. (He did the same regarding Dick Cheney last year.) This week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (above), despite the impeachment resolutions moving to the House Judiciary Committee, Pelosi publicly stated that a vote on impeachment is "off the table." That is absolutely, 100 percent, the wrong move to make. I don't get it - so her decision about impeachment is made before the Judiciary Committee has reviewed the findings? Then why even have a Judiciary Committee at all? It's totally absurd.

Anyway, today I wrote a letter to my House Representative, Robert A. Brady, imploring him to support the impeachment resolution(s), and also to not support another term for Pelosi as Speaker (or, Heaven forbid, House Minority Leader) after the November elections. I urge all of you to write a letter to your Representative requesting these actions, too. You can find your Representative quick and easy by clicking Here. Feel free to copy/paste my letter for your use (but I would recommend fine-tuning it - legislators tend to ignore letters with a chain letter feel to them):

Dear Rep. Brady:
I fully support the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush, and you should, too. This administration has waged war, spied on citizens, skirted the law and trashed the Constitution. The reason Democrats regained control of both Houses of Congress in 2006 was to stop the war, and to stop President Bush's torching of the Constitution. Neither has happened, and I'm quite unhappy about it.

Please, support the resolution(s) to impeach President Bush. It's absurd and asinine that the resolutions would be sent to the Judiciary Committee, yet speaker Pelosi has publicly stated that a vote on impeachment is "off the table." Her leadership (or lack thereof) has failed our party and the American people. If Democrats remain in control of Congress in November, she should NOT be re-elected as Speaker.

I will be watching your votes on impeachment and also who is elected Speaker (or House minority leader) after the election. Please do the right thing.

Sincerely,

RJ

We have to demand that impeachment happen, because Democrats have shown so little willingness to do anything about the criminal misdeeds of the Bush administration. Please take a few minutes to write.