A Pro-Impeachment Constitution

Dear Legislative Branch,

In regards to ingnoring my reuqest for your support of Bush's impeachment: While I respect your focus on the real and immediate problems faced by the American people, not wanting to divert energy away from accomplishing those pressing, so important issues; I have a difficult time reconciling the number of real and immediate Constitutional violations which have been conducted at the hands of this president, which have ramifications far beyond the immediate needs of which you speak.

I do hope that you will reconsider joining Congressman Kucinich in implementing a tool which the Constitution explicitly outlines six times to rectify such crimes and abuses of power in maintaining the integrity and protection of our Constitution. In light of the Constitutional, Justice and Human Rights violations that have essentially broken our Democracy, the only logical option, the tool mentioned six times in responding to immediate and long-ranging effects--is impeachment.

I respectfully present my solid argument in favor of this action. My understanding is that any representative in Congress takes a fairly singular vow : "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.".

The Constitution appears to take primacy over all else and we can agree, with fair certainty, that we are in a Constitutional crisis, given the abuses of Executive power we've seen. And beyond these crimes, that the enemy continues to violate without impunity, with no hearings and no consequences. How would that work if we applied your line of thought to every individual criminal in America. We know with firm evidence that in violation of the 4th Amendment that Bush has spied on Americans since before 9/11; in violation of the 1st, rendered even peaceable assembly to be infiltrated as if it were criminal; violation of the 6th with Americans being rendered to black sites to be held without trial; continued in this wordsmithing of "torture" as if it were "enhanced," and within the last week attempted to retroactively cover up crimes of both the president and his accomplices, the telecom companies, in spying on Americans. As this last battle continues into the Senate, I'm unimpressed with the Houses Constitutional trampling "yes" vote this last week.

With all due respect, Constitutional violations, excluding any political reprisal for the Clinton impeachment, seem very real, immediate and long-lasting in their effects into the future of our Executive Branch if not pursued at the root. Tend to and reinforce the integrity of the root of the tree first, then the Branches must right themselves. The root and heart of America is its Constitution, so any peripheral actions continue to leave it vulnerable to an Executive Branch that is diseased and continues to be actively hostile in it's assault on our roots.

I have a long history of confidence in you as my representative and many of those who represent the American people. I am convinced that Democrats and Republicans have the competency to protect our Constitution through impeachment, while simultaneously taking care of the immediate legislative needs of the people...without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion. You are weighing "what is practical and useful [not] against what[you] think this Administration deserves, but against the vow you took under oath, and in turn, our Constitution. I do hope you find yourself on the correct side of that weighing.

Deepest Respect,

Son of Chaos

Articles of Impeachment Olberman Report 09.10.2008

Read the articles of impeachment at: http://www.democrats.com/files/amomentoftruth.pdf

Watch the full four hours at: http://cspanjunkie.org

From our friend and president of HRC, Joe Solmonese:

If you read the news, you may think John McCain is a moderate.

Well, we've taken a close look at Senator McCain's record on GLBT equality, and let's just say...it isn't pretty.

The truth is, a McCain presidency would mean four more years of anti-gay policy in the White House.

Not sure you're convinced? Check out this video [below]. Here are just some of the facts it reveals:

• Opposed Workplace Protections for GLBT Americans. Senator McCain cast a deciding vote that killed the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA).

• Opposed Protecting GLBT Americans from Hate Crimes. Senator McCain voted, not once, not twice, but three times against expanding the federal hate crimes law to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

• Does not believe that gays or lesbians should serve in the military.

• Campaigned for a Ban on Relationship Recognition. Senator McCain actively supported a ban on same-sex relationship recognition in his home state of Arizona – even appearing in a campaign television ad.
  

The Cost of "Clean" Profits

I think I speak for the majority of rational people when I say; the Energy Department, GE, FutureGen, and any similarly mission-misguided companies have lost their FREAKING, money-grubbing minds if they think they can inject into our earth, carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants and think it can be contained with no prospect for spewing into OUR atmosphere, drinking water, or other possible disastrously unknown shit-for-brains recommend natural resource options. According to today's NYT Article called Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal engages in an asinine conversation with its share-holders about "cost" as if that should be the focus of the article. I think we should inject the newly developed technology underneath the homes of the share-holders since it's so cost-effective, and then they can tell us how that works for them.

Let me be clear...air trumps coal burning, water trumps coal burning, our forests trump coal burning, the ground stability trumps coal burning, our kids trump coal burning, (common, shout out the ones you can think of and insert here because we all have brains), etc. Think about anything you, your family, your children do and let's put them over the top of one of these "pumped" areas, and lift our hands with gratitude that it was low-cost. That's what would be on my mind as a family values person.

Our first clue to the de-tarded government plan is that "Bush is for it.." The only smart thing this article has to say is that, "Yet, simple as the idea may sound, considerable research is still needed to be certain the technique would be safe, effective and affordable." They really go the order messed up, but this way you might buy into it that they put "safe" first. Let me tell you what that really means: They're going to run a bunch of tests to see how much damage it does and then they will weight that out against the number of people it will kill. They will then take the cost associated with those numbers and try to get to the cost to kill ratio to the level where the number of people they kill and what it will cost to defend themselves in court will still allow them to make a profit. That's what these MF'rs really mean!

This really leads us into the way corporations generally run, which is based on the cost to kill model I outlined above. Whether it's pharmaceuticals, medical insurance, energy companies, car companies, food industry, etc. this is the model they follow. It's all very scientific. They can actually figure out exactly what percentage of people will die by using or living around their product, what the litigation costs will be and how much harm their product is allowed to cause by law. Then, on the cheap, they try to push the litigation ratio as far as they can to maximize profits against the death of individuals and families. The Legislators mostly are bought through "campaing contributions" that ammount to buy-offs, and the same corporations often own the media who's going to inform you of the risks. This is how we get BS like all the toxic toys from China, the ecoli-infestation of our food supply, denials of treatment for medical conditions, mercury poisioning in our water from processing plants, etc. See, it's all calculated.

Then, on the litigation side, these same corporations are pretty successful at convincing at least half of the cognitively-challenged in America that the cost of your services and items will go up begause of litigation, or that as a share-holder, you will lose your profits. So, they get people to vote against their own interests, the very litigation that would make it cost-ineffective for them to continue to kill you, your family and your children. Doesn't it make sense that you can't love life and money at the same time. Hopefully you love life so much, that any money that comes alog will just be a bonus.

As I've pointed out in previous bloggs, life requires systems thinking. When you hear about the government or a company pushing an idea, you have to think about, what if that were done on my land, in my drinking water, in my air, under my home, in my home, around my children, to my loved ones. You have to be clear minded about "clean coal" and recognize what they're selling YOU and why.