Wednesday, July 04, 2007

The Indictment of Bush and Cheney

People of the United States, on this, the day we celebrate our independence and our freedom, bring down this lawless administration! We shall bring down this tyrant by affirming the very principles of our founding, the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

--Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, July, 1176

We had the guts to take on and defeat a King. We now have the resolve and the legal power to oust a usurper, a would-be dictator. Do it! We have that power. It is time to exercise it. It is time to effect a revolution. It is time to bring to an end this illegitimate occupation of the White House, this perpetual war crime against the people of Iraq.

It is time to indict Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and Powell for having defrauded the people of the United States.

If Bush ever had a right to "rule", he has of his own actions, lost it. His administration daily and deliberately flouts the will of the people, the law, and the Constitution. Bush works overtly to subvert the rule of law. Bush thumbs his nose at Congress, the people, the courts. He recognizes no moral or legal restraints upon his reckless, lawless, and subversive behavior.

He asserts, upon no basis whatsoever, an evil and false theory: a unitary executive, a right wing cult code word for a dictatorship never envisioned by the our founders at any time! It is a concept so pernicious Mussolini might have blushed. Our founding fathers, intelligent, articulate, responsible, worked mightly to prevent anything of the sort ever taking root like an evil weed on this soil.

It's time for this blighted Bush to leave and leave now while there are still shreds of law with which a new republic, a rebirth of freedom might be stitched in the wake this national horror.


Olberman has spoken the truth about Bush's incompetent yet tyrannical reign of terror and faux terrorism.

It's time for Bush to go and it is time for the people to act.

An indictment against George W. Bush has been prepared by a former Federal Prosecutor of some 20 years experience in that role. All that is needed now is a courageous Federal Judge to empanel a Grand Jury. If such a judge should read this blog, please consider this post and the following "indictment" a people's appeal that you empanel a Grand Jury to consider these charges. Readers of this blog, please forward this article to every judge you know and to everyone you know who may know such a judge.

If the indictment needs an update or other revisions, its author Elizabeth de la Vega is an experienced Federal Prosecutor. I would be hopeful that she would step up to that task at this critical time in our nation's history.

Here is the indictment authored by former Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega via Tomdispatch:

The Indictment

United States v. George W. Bush et al.

By Elizabeth de la Vega

Assistant United States Attorney: Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. We're here today in the case of United States v. George W. Bush et al. In addition to President Bush, the defendants are Vice President Richard B. Cheney, former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice -- who's now the Secretary of State, of course -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

It's a one-count proposed indictment: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. I'll explain the law that applies to the case this afternoon, but I'm going to hand out the indictment now, so you'll have some context for that explanation. Take as long as you need to read it, and then feel free to take your lunch break, but please leave your copy of the indictment with the foreperson. We'll meet back at one o'clock.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Criminal No.
Plaintiff, )
) Conspiracy to Defraud
v. ) the United States
)
GEORGE W. BUSH, ) 18 U.S.C. Section 371
RICHARD B. CHENEY, )
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, )
DONALD M. RUMSFELD, and )
COLIN POWELL, )
Defendants )



INDICTMENT

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:


Introductory Allegations

At times relevant to this Indictment:

1. The primary law of the United States Federal Government was set forth in the U.S. Constitution ("Constitution"), which provides that the first branch of government is the Legislative Branch ("Congress"). Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Congress has certain powers and obligations regarding oversight of foreign affairs, including the powers to: (1) declare war; (2) raise and support the armed forces; and (3) tax and spend for the common good.

2. Article II of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch. The Executive Power of the United States is vested in the President, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Services.

3. Defendant GEORGE W. BUSH ("BUSH") has been employed as President of the United States since January 20, 2001. On that day, BUSH took a constitutionally mandated oath to faithfully execute the Office of President and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. BUSH is also constitutionally obligated to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.


4. As Chief Executive, BUSH exercised authority, direction, and control over the entire Executive Branch, which includes the White House, the Office of the Vice President, the Departments of State, Defense, and others, and the National Security Council.

5. Defendant RICHARD B. CHENEY ("CHENEY") has been employed as Vice President of the United States since January 20, 2001.


6. Defendant CONDOLEEZZA RICE ("RICE") was employed as the National Security Adviser from January 2001 to January 2005, when she became Secretary of State, a position she holds as of the date of this indictment. As National Security Adviser, RICE exercised direction, control, and authority over the National Security Council, which coordinates various national security and foreign policy agencies, including the Departments of Defense and State.


7. Defendant DONALD M. RUMSFELD ("RUMSFELD") has been employed as Secretary of Defense since January 2001.

8. Defendant COLIN M. POWELL ("POWELL") was employed as Secretary of State from January 2001 through January of 2005.


9. Before assuming their offices, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD and POWELL took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.

10. As employees of the Executive Branch, BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, and POWELL were governed by Executive Orders 12674 and 12731. These Orders provide that Executive Branch employees hold their positions as a public trust and that the American people have a right to expect that they will fulfill that trust in accordance with certain ethical standards and principles. These include abiding by the Constitution and laws of the United States, as well as not using their offices to further private goals and interests.

11. Pursuant to the Constitution, their oaths of office, their status as Executive Branch employees, and their presence in the United States, BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, and POWELL, and their subordinates and employees, are required to obey Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which prohibits conspiracies to defraud the United States.

12. As used in Section 371, the term "to defraud the United States" means "to interfere with or obstruct one of its lawful government functions by deceit, craft, trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest." The term also means to "impair, obstruct, or defeat the lawful function of any department of government" by the use of "false or fraudulent pretenses or representations."

13. A "false" or "fraudulent" representation is one that is: (a) made with knowledge that it is untrue; (b) a half-truth; (c) made without a reasonable basis or with reckless indifference as to whether it is, in fact, true or false; or (d) literally true, but intentionally presented in a manner reasonably calculated to deceive a person of ordinary prudence and intelligence. The knowing concealment or omission of information that a reasonable person would consider important in deciding an issue also constitutes fraud.

14. Congress is a "department of the United States" within the meaning of Section 371. In addition, hearings regarding funding for military action and authorization to use military force are "lawful functions" of Congress.

15. Accordingly, the presentation of information to Congress and the general public through deceit, craft, trickery, dishonest means, and fraudulent representations, including lies, half-truths, material omissions, and statements made with reckless indifference to their truth or falsity, while knowing and intending that such fraudulent representations would influence Congress' decisions regarding authorization to use military force and funding for military action, constitutes interfering with, obstructing, impairing, and defeating a lawful government function of a department of the United States within the meaning of Section 371.

The Conspiracy to Defraud the United States

16. Beginning on or about a date unknown, but no later than August of 2002, and continuing to the present, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the defendants,



GEORGE W. BUSH,

RICHARD B. CHENEY,

CONDOLEEZZA RICE,

DONALD M. RUMSFELD, and

COLIN M. POWELL,


and others known and unknown, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to defraud the United States by using deceit, craft, trickery, dishonest means, false and fraudulent representations, including ones made without a reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to their truth or falsity, and omitting to state material facts necessary to make their representations truthful, fair and accurate, while knowing and intending that their false and fraudulent representations would influence the public and the deliberations of Congress with regard to authorization of a preventive war against Iraq, thereby defeating, obstructing, impairing, and interfering with Congress' lawful functions of overseeing foreign affairs and making appropriations.

17. The Early Months of the Bush-Cheney Administration: Prior to January of 2001, BUSH, CHENEY, and RUMSFELD each demonstrated a predisposition to employ U.S. military force to invade the Middle East, including, specifically, to forcibly remove Saddam Hussein.

18. Since 1992, CHENEY has endorsed a "bold foreign policy" that includes using military force to "punish" or "threaten to punish" possible aggressors in order to protect the United States's access to Persian Gulf oil and to halt proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ("WMD"), a term that is customarily used to describe chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.

19. On or about January 26, 1998, RUMSFELD and seven other future BUSH-CHENEY administration appointees signed a letter sent by a conservative policy institute named "Project for a New American Century" ("PNAC") to then President William Clinton, which called for U.S. military action to forcibly remove Saddam Hussein from power.

20. In January 1999, BUSH named RICE and her future Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley ("Hadley"), as his presidential-campaign foreign-policy advisers, along with future Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz ("Wolfowitz") and four others who had publicly advocated forcibly removing Saddam Hussein.

21. On or before September 2000, 12 future BUSH-CHENEY administration appointees, including Wolfowitz, former Assistant to Vice President CHENEY, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and Rumsfeld's long-term aide Stephen Cambone, participated in drafting "Rebuilding America's Defenses," a PNAC policy statement which asserted that the "need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein." PNAC acknowledged that its goals would take a long time to achieve "absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event--like a new Pearl Harbor."

22. Once BUSH became the Republican candidate in the 2000 presidential election campaign, he and CHENEY informed the general public that they would be reluctant to use military force and did not believe that the United States should engage in "nation-building."

23. On and after January 20, 2001, BUSH and CHENEY caused to be appointed as senior foreign policy advisors and consultants, at least thirty-four persons who had publicly endorsed the PNAC principles of United States global preeminence and use of force to "punish" or "threaten to punish" emerging threats from weapons of mass destruction ("WMD") or impediments to United States access to oil in the Middle East. Of those appointees, eighteen had also publicly advocated forcibly removing Saddam Hussein.

24. In late December 2000, BUSH and CHENEY advised outgoing President William J. Clinton and others that, among potential foreign policy issues, BUSH's primary concern was Iraq.

25. On February 11, 2001, BUSH ordered the first airstrikes since 1998 to be conducted outside of the United Nations ("UN") agreed-upon No-Fly zones, to get Saddam Hussein's "attention."

26. The Attacks of September 11, 2001. On September 11, 2001, nineteen men hijacked four commercial airplanes. They crashed two planes into the World Trade Towers in New York City and another into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. In total, nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks ("9/11").

27. Shortly afterward, United States intelligence agencies determined that 9/11 was the work of the terrorist organization al Qaeda, spearheaded by Osama Bin Laden. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, two from Yemen, and two from Lebanon. This information, along with the conclusion that no evidence linked Saddam Hussein to the attacks or al Qaeda, was immediately communicated to BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, POWELL, and others.

28. BUSH-CHENEY administration members began discussing an invasion of Iraq immediately after 9/11. BUSH, RUMSFELD and others also assigned various subordinates, including former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, CIA Director George Tenet, and General Richard Meyers to look for intelligence that could justify attacking Saddam Hussein's regime.

29. On September 17, 2001, BUSH secretly ordered the formulation of preliminary plans for an invasion of Iraq, while admitting to his aides that no evidence existed to justify an attack.

30. On or about September 18, 2001, in response to BUSH's request, Clarke sent RICE a memo that stated: (a) the case for linking Hussein to 9/11 was weak; (b) only anecdotal evidence linked Hussein to al Qaeda; (c) Osama Bin Laden resented the secularism of Saddam Hussein; and (d) there was no confirmed reporting of Saddam cooperating with Bin Laden on unconventional weapons.

31. On September 20, 2001, BUSH informed British Prime Minister Tony Blair that after Afghanistan, the United States and Britain should return to the issue of invading Iraq.

32. U.S. Intelligence Community Assessments of Risk from Iraq in Effect on November 2001. On occasion, Executive Branch officials request assessments of current intelligence on risks posed by WMD in a given country. Although such assessments are coordinated by the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), the final product incorporates the analyses, including dissenting opinions, of the intelligence branches of the Departments of State, Energy, Defense, the National Security Agency, and others, which are collectively called the Intelligence Community ("IC").

33. As of November 2001, the most recent assessment on Iraq was a December 2000 classified Intelligence Community Assessment ("ICA") called "Iraq: Steadily Pursuing WMD Capabilities." This ICA was a comprehensive update on possible Iraqi efforts to rebuild WMD and weapons delivery systems after the 1998 departure of International Atomic Energy Agency ("IAEA") representatives and UN weapons inspectors, who are collectively referred to as the United Nations Special Commission ("UNSCOM").

34. Regarding Iraq's possible nuclear program, the December 2000 NIE unanimously concluded that:


(a) The IAEA and UNSCOM had destroyed or neutralized Iraq's nuclear infrastructure, but Iraq still had a foundation for future nuclear reconstitution;

(b) Iraq was continuing low-level theoretical research and training, and attempting to obtain dual-use items that cold be used to reconstitute its nuclear program;

(c) if Iraq acquired a significant quantity of fissile material through foreign assistance, it could have a crude nuclear weapon within a year; if Iraq received foreign assistance, it would take five to seven years to produce enough weapons-grade fissile material for a nuclear weapon; and
(d) Iraq did not appear to have reconstituted its nuclear weapons program.
35. Escalation of Military Activity and Planning for Invasion of Iraq. On November 21, 2001, BUSH secretly ordered preparation of a formal war plan for invading Iraq. Thereafter, for sixteen months, the BUSH-CHENEY administration expended substantial U.S. government funds in military activity and planning for invasion of Iraq, all without notice to, or approval by, the U.S. Congress.

36. BUSH did not receive an extensive briefing about possible WMD in Iraq before ordering a war plan, nor did he discuss the legitimacy of grounds for war with anyone. BUSH received no such briefing until December 21, 2002.

37. On or about November 27, 2001, RUMSFELD asked General "Tommy" Franks, head of Central Command, which supervises Middle East operations, to immediately prepare an Iraq war plan in response to BUSH's order.

38. Thereafter, Franks discussed numerous revised Iraq war plans with RUMSFELD. Between December 2001 and August 2002, BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, POWELL, and others held at least five lengthy meetings about Franks' plans. In August, BUSH ordered Franks to prepare to invade Iraq using the "Hybrid Plan," a combination of the "Running Start" and "Generated Start" plans developed previously.

39. During 2002, the United States and Great Britain increased air strikes in order to degrade Iraqi air defenses and began deploying troops to areas around Iraq.

40. On or about July 30, 2002, without approval by, or notice to, Congress, BUSH caused the diversion of $700 million from Afghanistan war funds into Iraq invasion preparations.

41. On September 5, 2002, without approval by, or notice to, Congress, BUSH caused approximately 100 United States and British aircraft to launch ballistic missiles at Iraq's major western air-defense facility.

42. By September 12, 2002, without approval by, or notice to, Congress, BUSH had caused the movement of 40,000 military personnel and over 350,000 tons of equipment to areas around Iraq. Franks also ordered Central Command to be moved to Al Udeid Air Base near Doha, Qatar.

43. Behind-the-Scenes Strategizing with British Officials: On or before March 2002, BUSH, RICE, Wolfowitz, and others secretly began discussing ways to persuade the public and foreign allies to accept Bush's goal of invading Iraq, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair ("Blair") and his advisers.

44. On March 12, 2002, in Washington, DC, RICE met with Blair's Foreign Policy Adviser Sir David Manning and informed him of BUSH's problems with persuading "international opinion that military action against Iraq was necessary and justified."

45. On March 17, 2002, in Washington, DC, British Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer advised Wolfowitz that the two countries should "wrongfoot" Saddam Hussein by seeking a UN resolution that would require the readmission of weapons inspectors with the expectation that Saddam would create a justification for war by obstructing the inspections.

46. On April 6, 2002, in Crawford, Texas, BUSH and Blair discussed strategies to sway public opinion regarding military action in Iraq. Blair agreed to support a United States invasion if the two countries obtained a UN resolution first.

47. In mid-July, 2002, in Washington, DC, White House officials discussed Iraq with visiting British officials. Upon their return to London, these officials reported the talks to Blair in a meeting at 10 Downing St. on July 23, 2002. Among other things, Blair's advisers suggested that he urge BUSH to devise a more realistic political strategy for attacking Iraq, because a desire for "regime change" would not justify military action under international law.

48. In mid-July, 2002, in Washington, DC, CIA Director Tenet and others talked about the Bush administration's intentions regarding Iraq with Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of British Intelligence.

49. On July 23, 2002, during the Downing St. meeting described above, Dearlove informed Blair that in the United States "Military action was now seen as inevitable. BUSH wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

50. On July 23, 2002, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw also noted that BUSH had "made up his mind to take military action." Straw said he would urge POWELL to persuade BUSH to seek a UN resolution requiring Saddam Hussein to readmit weapons inspectors, in effect, suggesting the "wrongfooting" strategy that Meyer had described to Wolfowitz.

51. Behind-the-Scenes Efforts to Fix Intelligence Around the Policy. Within weeks after learning from Clarke, Tenet, and others that Iraq and Saddam Hussein had no involvement with either 9/11 or al Qaeda, RUMSFELD caused Deputy Undersecretary for Defense Douglas Feith ("Feith") to secretly create the Counter Terrorism Group ("CTEG"), a small unit of political appointees whose mission was to find links between Iraq and al Qaeda by reviewing raw intelligence that previously had been discarded as unreliable. CTEG reported weekly to RUMSFELD's long-term associate Stephen Cambone, and occasionally presented information directly to Wolfowitz, thereby circumventing standard IC procedures.

52. At some time in 2002, Feith also designated political appointees to work under his supervision in the newly-created Office of Special Plans, whose purpose was to develop and package information for use in marketing the President's plan for an invasion of Iraq. In the fall of 2002, this group presented information directly to RUMSFELD, to RICE's office, and to CHENEY's office, thereby circumventing standard IC procedures.

53. In the spring of 2002, CHENEY and his former aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, began visiting CIA headquarters to question CIA agents' assessments about Iraq. RUMSFELD and Deputy National Security Adviser Hadley also repeatedly pressed CIA Director Tenet and his subordinates to present a stronger case against Iraq.

54. Bush's Creation of the White House Iraq Group. By the summer of 2002, domestic and international support for BUSH's plan to invade Iraq was lukewarm. At the same time, Bush's chief political strategist and Senior Adviser Karl Rove and Kenneth Mehlman, head of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives, were beginning to coordinate the President's involvement in the November 7, 2002, congressional election. Their overall goal was to gain Republican majorities in both houses of Congress so that the President would have the greatest possible support for his policies. Rove had specifically recommended that Republicans "focus on war" as a way to win elections. Consequently, in the summer of 2002, BUSH's efforts to win support for an invasion of Iraq and his efforts to assist Republican congressional candidates became inextricably intertwined.

55. In the summer of 2002, BUSH caused the creation of the White House Iraq Group, which was cochaired by BUSH's long-term political operatives Karl Rove and Karen Hughes, who remained BUSH's close associate even though she had resigned her position as Counselor to the President. This team, also called WHIG, was largely a political and public-relations entity that included RICE, Hadley, President's Chief of Staff Andrew Card, President's legislative liaison Nicholas Calio, CHENEY's key aide and veteran Republican political strategist Mary Matalin, CHENEY's senior adviser Libby, and James Wilkinson, another Republican campaign consultant.

56. On or about September 6, 2002, Rove and Card publicly announced that: (a) the BUSH-CHENEY administration was beginning to "roll out" its case for an invasion of Iraq; (b) its public-relations campaign was specifically directed at forcing Congress to pass a resolution authorizing the President to use military force in Iraq; (c) BUSH wanted the resolution passed in about five weeks, before the 2002 election; and (d) in the end, it would be difficult for any legislator to vote against it.

57. The Defendants' Massive Fraud to "Market" an invasion of Iraq. On or about September 4, 2002, BUSH staged a photo opportunity with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders, after which he falsely and fraudulently announced that Iraq posed a serious threat to the safety of the United States and the world, while concealing from Congress and the American people the material facts that: (a) he had no reasonable basis whatsoever for his assertion; (b) he had never discussed the legitimacy of the grounds for an attack against Iraq with anyone; (c) he had never extensively reviewed existing intelligence regarding any possible threat from Iraq; (d) he had not requested an updated intelligence assessment on Iraq; (e) the United States intelligence assessment then in effect stated that Iraq had neither nuclear weapons nor a nuclear weapons program; and (f) the IC had consistently reported that Iraq had no involvement in 9/11 and no relationship with al Qaeda.

58. On September 4, 2002, BUSH also falsely and fraudulently claimed he was beginning an "open dialogue" with the American public, with Congress, and with United States allies to decide how to respond to Iraq, while concealing the material facts that he: (a) had requested a formal plan to invade Iraq nearly a year before; (b) had been conducting significant military and nonmilitary planning and attacks against Iraq for a year; (c) had directed significant military deployment to areas around Iraq; (d) was planning a massive air assault against Iraq's air defense facility for the next day; and (e) intended to work with the UN only to create a justification to use military force against Iraq.

59. Thereafter, the defendants and WHIG executed a calculated and wide-ranging strategy to deceive Congress and the American people by making hundreds of false and fraudulent representations that were only half-true, or literally true but misleading; by concealing material facts; and by making statements without a reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to their truth, regarding, among other things:

(a) their true intent to invade Iraq;

(b) the extent of military buildup and force used against Iraq without notice to or approval by Congress;

(c) their true purpose in seeking a Congressional resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iraq;

(d) their true intent to use their involvement in seeking a UN resolution requiring Iraq to cooperate with weapons inspectors as a sham; and

(e) their claimed justifications for invading Iraq, including but not limited to:

* The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and the attacks of September 11, 2001;

* The alleged connection between Iraq and al Qaeda;

* The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and any terrorists whose primary animus was directed towards the United States;

* Saddam Hussein's alleged intent to attack the United States in any way;

• Saddam Hussein's possession of nuclear weapons and the status of any alleged ongoing nuclear weapons programs;

* The lack of any reasonable basis for asserting with certainty that Saddam Hussein was actively manufacturing chemical and biological weapons; and

*The alleged urgency of any threat posed to the United States by Saddam Hussein.

60. Congressional Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of Force Against Iraq. As a result of the defendants' false and fraudulent "marketing" of the President's plan to invade Iraq, on October 11, 2002, the U.S Congress, acting pursuant to its Article I constitutional authority to oversee and authorize use of military force, passed a Congressional Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of Force Against Iraq ["the Resolution"] which stated:

The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to--

(a) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and

(b) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.

61. The Resolution required the President to, either before or within 48 hours after exercising the authority to use force, make available to the Senate and the House of Representatives his determination that:

(a) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (1) will not adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq or (2) is not likely to lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and

(b) acting pursuant to this resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.

62. The Resolution also required the President to, at least every 60 days, present Congress a report on "matters relevant to this joint resolution."

63. In furtherance of the above-described conspiracy, the defendants and their coconspirators committed and caused to be committed the following overt acts:

Overt Acts

A. On December 9, 2001, CHENEY announced on NBC's Meet the Press that "it was pretty well confirmed" that lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta had met the head of Iraqi intelligence in Prague in April 2001, which statement was, as CHENEY well knew, made without reasonable basis and with reckless disregard for the truth, because it was based on a single witness's uncorroborated allegation that had not been fully investigated by U.S. intelligence agencies.

B. On July 15, 2002, POWELL stated on Ted Koppel's Nightline: "What we have consistently said is that the President has no plan on his desk to invade Iraq at the moment, nor has one been presented to him, nor have his advisors come together to put a plan to him," which statement was deliberately false and misleading in that it deceitfully implied the President was not planning an invasion of Iraq when, as POWELL well knew, the President was close to finalizing detailed military plans for such an invasion that he had ordered months previously.

C. On August 26, 2002, CHENEY made numerous false and fraudulent statements including: "Simply stated there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us," when, as CHENEY well knew, this statement was made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that the IC's then prevailing assessment was that Iraq had neither nuclear weapons nor a reconstituted nuclear weapons program.

D. On September 7, 2002, appearing publicly with Blair, BUSH claimed a recent IAEA report stated that Iraq was "six months away from developing a [nuclear] weapon" and "I don't know what more evidence we need," which statements were made without basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that: (1) the IAEA had not even been present in Iraq since 1998; and (2) the report the IAEA did write in 1998 had concluded there was no indication that Iraq had the physical capacity to produce weapons-usable nuclear material or that it had attempted to obtain such material.

E. On September 8, 2002, on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, RICE asserted that Saddam Hussein was acquiring aluminum tubes that were "only suited" for nuclear centrifuge use, which statement was deliberately false and fraudulent, and made with reckless indifference to the truth in that it omitted to state the following material facts: (1) the U.S. intelligence community was deeply divided about the likely use of the tubes; (2) there were at least fifteen intelligence reports written since April 2001 that cast doubt on the tubes' possible nuclear-related use; and (3) the U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons experts had concluded, after analyzing the tubes's specifications and the circumstances of the Iraqis' attempts to procure them, that the aluminum tubes were not well suited for nuclear centrifuge use and were more likely intended for artillery rocket production.

F. On September 8, 2002, RUMSFELD stated on Face the Nation: "Imagine a September 11th, with weapons of mass destruction. It's not three thousand, it's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children," which statement was deliberately fraudulent and misleading in that it implied without reasonable basis and in direct contradiction to then prevailing intelligence that Saddam Hussein had no operational relationship with al Qaeda and was unlikely to provide weapons to terrorists.

G. On September 19, 2002, RUMSFELD told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people than the regime of Saddam Hussein," which statement was, as Rumsfeld well knew, made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that: (1) Hussein had not acted aggressively toward the United States since his alleged attempt to assassinate President George H. W. Bush in 1993; (2) Iraq's military forces and equipment were severely debilitated because of UN sanctions imposed after the 1991 Gulf War; (3) the IC's opinion was that Iraq's sponsorship of terrorists was limited to ones whose hostility was directed toward Israel; and (4) Iran, not Iraq, was the most active state sponsor of terrorism.

H. On October 1, 2002, the defendants caused the IC's updated classified National Intelligence Estimate to be delivered to Congress just hours before the beginning of debate on the Authorization to Use Military Force. At the same time, the defendants caused an unclassified "White Paper" to be published which was false and misleading in many respects in that it failed to include qualifying language and dissents that substantially weakened their argument that Iraq posed a serious threat to the United States.

I. On October 7, 2002, in Cincinnati, Ohio, BUSH made numerous deliberately misleading statements to the nation, including stating that in comparison to Iran and North Korea, Iraq posed a uniquely serious threat, which statement BUSH well knew was false and fraudulent in that it omitted to state the material fact that a State Department representative had been informed just three days previously that North Korea had actually already produced nuclear weapons. The defendants continued to conceal this information until after Congress passed the Authorization to Use Military Force against Iraq.

J. Between September 1, 2002, and November 2, 2002, BUSH traveled the country making in excess of thirty congressional-campaign speeches in which he falsely and fraudulently asserted that Iraq was a "serious threat" which required immediate action, when as he well knew, this assertion was made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth.

K. In his January 28, 2003 State of the Union address, BUSH announced that the "British have recently learned that Iraq was seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa" which statement was fraudulent and misleading and made with reckless disregard for the truth, in that it falsely implied that the information was true, when the CIA had advised the administration more than once that the allegation was unsupported by available intelligence.

L. In a February 5, 2003, speech to the UN, POWELL falsely implied, without reasonable basis and with reckless disregard for the truth, that, among other things: (1) those who maintained that Iraq was purchasing aluminum tubes for rockets were allied with Saddam Hussein, even though POWELL well knew that both Department of Energy nuclear weapons experts and State Department intelligence analysts had concluded that the tubes were not suited for nuclear centrifuge use; and (2) Iraq had an ongoing cooperative relationship with al Qaeda, when he well knew that no intelligence agency had reached that conclusion.

M. On March 18, 2003, BUSH sent a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate which asserted that further reliance on diplomatic and peaceful means alone would not either: (1) adequately protect United States national security against the "continuing threat posed by Iraq" or (2) likely lead to enforcement of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq, which statement was made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that, as BUSH well knew, the U.S. intelligence community had never reported that Iraq posed an urgent threat to the United States and there was no evidence whatsoever to prove that Iraq had either the means or intent to attack the U.S. directly or indirectly. The statement was also false because, as BUSH well knew, the UN weapons inspectors had not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and wanted to continue the inspection process because it was working well.

N. In the same March 18, 2003 letter, BUSH also represented that taking action pursuant to the Resolution was "consistent with continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001," which statement was entirely false and without reasonable basis in that, as BUSH well knew, Iraq had no involvement with al Qaeda or the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.

A TRUE BILL

[Note: This is not an actual indictment] My comment: but it might become one!

Please keep in mind that the above indictment deals with only one count. There are, in fact, many cases that may be made against this outlaw. They will include but are not limited to the following future installments. Each heading is an impeachable offense.
  • Lied about Iraq to Congress, the Public, and the United Nations.
  • 9-11 Cover-Up and Obstruction of Justice.
  • Violated Rights of Citizens including Habeas Corpus.
  • NSA Program to spy on Citizens without Warrant.
  • Violated International Treaties Including Geneva Convention.
  • Actively Encouraged, as a Policy, Use of Torture.
  • Gross Negligence on Hurricane Katrina.
  • Iraq Contract Corruption--Bremer "Lost" $8 billion in cash, sole source awards, and gross negligence in managing the peace.
  • Stole Ohio election in 2004.
Additional Resources:And for everyone who is "tired of being fucked around by imbeciles..."


24 comments:

Anonymous said...

FuzzFlash exhorts...

We The People, are ready to rumble.

Anonymous said...

Amazing document,
Now all we have to do is get Reid, Pelosi and a few others to actually absorb what you have put together in the indictment.

benmerc

Unknown said...

FuzzFlash exhorts...


We The People, are ready to rumble.


Were it were so, Fuzz!! Were it were so. Somtimes I despair for the America people. Another forum was discussing one of my recent articles on this topic. The level of stupidity is appalling. I fear that nothing will get done because Americans are shockingly ignorant of secondary school civics. Sheesh!!

Anonymous said...

Amazing document,
Now all we have to do is get Reid, Pelosi and a few others to actually absorb what you have put together in the indictment.


All I did was cut n'paste. The indictment was drafted by Elizabeth de la Vega, a former Federal Prosecutor. She's done this kind of thing before.

Here's the key: that is only ONE count against Bush. One of my previous articles listed as many as 10 areas in which Bush has committed specific, prosecutable crimes. There might be several counts in each area. Multiply the "published" indictment by 10,20, or 50...and you get an idea of just how much paperwork this criminal will have succeeded in generating.

Bureaucrats must love criminals. If it were not for criminals, they might be under employed.

Anonymous said...

Hey Len,

benmerc sez:

Yes, I watched the video below, and Ms de la Vega definitely seems to have this corner of legalese together. And, more of these specialist need to move forward on these issues. But, it is the Cowboy that explains and promotes, analyzes, summarizes, extrapolates, directs, and continues to theorize all of this on a continuing basis, in a fact linked manner and mode that only the top blogs on the net function at. So, as I have others, I also thank you Len for your efforts in the research/search for some of the truths and idealisms that Madison, Paine, Jefferson, Franklin and others set this nation on course to seek out, as to refine in an effort to perfect a state of justice for human kind.

Every generation has it's shot at this, and you have represented yours well. So, today kudos are in order for the leaders in this on going effort and opportunity to seek truth. As this diatribe may seem a corny sentiment to some, I can not help but feel this way when thinking of all that I was brought up to understand and believe in about the world we Americans were so fortunately born into. And it only makes me believe even more in times like these that a deep sense of value and responsibility is alternately connected with this privilege. And I don't think I need to explain what the privilege was in being an American born into the middle of this past century, it is self evident, even to the historically astute younger gen on this site.. As you can see, I have no problem scripting my sentiments in an open honest forum that really only seeks a progressive direction, as this one, I am only glad to offer praise.

What, where and how I grew as I have come to know as privilege and responsibility is nothing in what I see around me today, especially in our leadership, but it can't just be pinned on them, it is the electorates fault just as well. So, those that have the passion and understanding must carry the day till the truth surfaces, or justice rectifies... if in fact we are to evolve what we had been handed by the founders. We need to instill values that reflect progressive evolution of our documents and actions domestically and globally, and even as what is on the books has been totally trashed by this current administration, those that truly love this land and world, will continue the effort to move everyone forward, while justice is served to offenders.

This fourth we are able to celebrate in our own knowledge that at some point, hopefully, this effort will be vindicated by the preservation of a progressive future. So, thanks Len and all the progressive folks that hang out here and about... Have a good 4th everyone.

benmerc

Vigilante said...

Happy Birthday, America! And Happy Independence Day to the Cowboy & all his ranch hands!

Diane B said...

A major problem is the division of party line's in Congress. The Republican Senators, and House of Representatives the majority are still loyal, to George Bush. It is the main reason for all, and I mean all of the corruption in Congress. They have participated in this corruption and are enabling this corrupt Bush and Cheney to go forward their lawlessness. I fear that our Country may have not yet, begun to see some dark days, which may be ahead for us. We will see. I certainly hope I am wrong.

Anonymous said...

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...

Unknown said...

benmerc sez:

We need to instill values that reflect progressive evolution of our documents and actions domestically and globally, and even as what is on the books has been totally trashed by this current administration, those that truly love this land and world, will continue the effort to move everyone forward, while justice is served to offenders.

The ideas of the founders are more pertinent than ever. They have become essential and even more so when attack as they have been by Bush.

Vigilante said...

Happy Birthday, America! And Happy Independence Day to the Cowboy & all his ranch hands!

Welcome back, Vigilante. Always good to see you manning the barricades, my friend. Keep up the good work.

Diane B said...

A major problem is the division of party line's in Congress. The Republican Senators, and House of Representatives the majority are still loyal, to George Bush.

That is a problem. I could tolerate a party system, however, if one party had not been bought out completely by the corporations. The GOP is the corporate party. The Democrats still get tainted money, just less of it. It was Rick in Casablanca who said that he did not object to a parasite, just a cut rate one!

GFawkes said...

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.


If I am not mistaken, the gunpowder of the infamous gunpowder plots came from the government's own stores. I wonder --are MOST terrorist plots inside jobs?

SadButTrue said...

Happy Independence Day to the Cowboy and his posse.

Just a reminder - the Declaration and Constitution are wonderful documents, thoughtful and principled, and the product of great minds. But it wasn't the theory of democracy that shook off British rule. It was the willingness to stand up and fight, yes and even to die for one's belief in those principles.

Jean Paul Sartre's philosophical writings were also deeply thoughtful, but in the end his ideas boil down to a mere three words, "il faut agir."

At some point one's most deeply held beliefs must lead to action. I hold out the hope that the latest outrage will precipitate some response from the American people, but I have had similar expectations following past outrages. Is this the one?

Anonymous said...

Fuzz sez...

A long, long time ago a guy called Ray Hicks was played in a so-so film from a Jon Cleary novel, "The Dog Soldiers", by Nick Nolte. Ray had answered his country's call in 'Nam and, like so many men of his generation, Ray saw The Royal Scam close-up, in all its murderous, mendacious glory. Ray returned home, bringin’ in a couple of keys of Hong Kong No.4 superannuation insurance.
A greedy G-man gets on Ray's case. The government mule intends to enrich himself by onselling the loot from Ray's criminal endeavours. Ray smells the rat early, and manifests vociferously in a moment of Howard Beale-style enlightenment that he is SICK AND TIRED OF BEING FUCKED AROUND BY IMBECILES. This impassioned outburst struck a chord with an impressionable young Fuzz. It’s echo never completely faded.

The film's theme song (by John Fogarty) and title, "Who'll Stop The Rain" has a resonance that will be/is, readily recognised by all who share this cyber front porch of Existentialist Freedom.

Here's a little taste.

"Long as I remember
The rain been comin' down.
Clouds of myst'ry pourin'
Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages,
Tryin' to find the sun;
And I wonder,
Still I wonder,
Who'll stop the rain.


Heard the singers playin',
How we cheered for more.
The crowd had rushed together,
Tryin' to keep warm.
Still the rain kept pourin',
Fallin' on my ears.
And I wonder,
Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain.


Happy 4th, Comrades.

Diane B said...

Sadbuttrue said, regarding outrages is this the one? I don't think so, see people don't completely understand what a dire state our FREEDOM, is in. The government is wiretapping our phones, reading our e-mails, building detention camps all over the Country, torture, the loss of habeas corpus,kidnapping people all over the world, finally one day in the not to distant future Bush and Cheney set up a terrorist attack and say screw you guys and sets up martial law.

PTCruiser said...

Excellent, Len. I've linked to this post.

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enigma4ever said...

Wow....this is Excellent...I am sending folks over. Everyone needs to read this....

Anonymous said...

Hey, guys, I managed to sneak a link to Elizabeth's indictment into The Oz (plus some other light reading). Murdoch's editors weren't asleep, I think they're just worn out by the lousy arguments of the wingers. Roll on impeachment.

Life As I Know It Now said...

I sure do hope you write a post like this one for each count (say 10 to start with) on the case for impeachment. Then I hope everyone will actually read it and do something to act on it. We should send a copy (with your kind permission) to every Congress person we can and demand that it be acted upon. Posts like yours give me hope that maybe something can be done if enough people demand it. You are one of the best bloggers I read and I like that you ask, no demand, that people think about and then do something about these pirates in the White House that are plundering our country.

Diane B said...

Liberality, you mention in your blogs,that you have memory problems I fine that cod liver oil{lemon flavor,fish oil and flax seed oil are wonderful for the memory. I hope this helps, do not take pills, use the oil mixed with water.

Anonymous said...

Fuzz sez...

To place some perspective on Damien's brilliant piece of "subversion", a little background is called for. "The Oz" is Australia's only national broadsheet newspaper. All the big cities have their "own" newspaper, eg. Sydney Morning Herald or Melbourne Age, but the Oz distributes paper product across all news stands/stalls/shops of this great southern land.

Our Prime Minister, Little Johnny "The Rodent" Howard, makes all his Foreign Policy decisions with the upper part of his torso protruding from B43's Khyber Pass. Currently, Australia has 2000 token troops squirrelled from harm's way in the Gulf region, mostly in Iraq. Absolutely necessary to bring god's gift of Freedom to the region, you understand. There have been 2 Australian deaths(both accidental, it seems)since the invasion and occupation of Iraq, so Aussie forces could harly be said to be in the thick of things. Howard doesn't want any Australian troop deaths because it would damage him furthur politically. Quaint press freedoms remain here; we get to see the flag-draped coffins coming home, and the funerals and burials on the six o clock news.

Expat Australian(now Recent New-American citizen), Rupert Murdoch, owns "The Austalian" media conglomerate. For those who came in late, this is the same citizen Rupert who owns Fox. Their(The Oz) editorial policy is ultra-right and MIC enabling. To slip past the gatekeepers is an act of extreme shiftiness and worthy of acknowledgement. Damien is far too modest in suggesting that they are "tiring".

On the battle field of ideas, we now live in the age of The Cyber Guerilla. Viva Che kenj.

Btw, went to Drudge out of curiousity the day after Libby's pardon and guess how it featured on Matty's homepage?

Those who selected Zippo or Nada or perhaps even Bubkes, please take a bow.

Anonymous said...

As the plaintiffs, "Let's Roll"!

Unknown said...

Great posts, PT, Enigma, liberality and Diane B. Many thanks. I have in mind writing an article for each of some ten possible indictments. But to be honest, I am bit overwhelmed by the sheer hours involved. But, on the upside, if I do a good job, I've got a book. thanks all, for the encouragement.

SadButTrue said...

il faut agir."

Indeed! An act is a decision made real. It's the essence of existentialism. Thanks!

I hold out the hope that the latest outrage will precipitate some response from the American people, but I have had similar expectations following past outrages. Is this the one?

I think the 60's hangs over America like a fog. All those demonstrations, marches, Kent State, seems not to have made a difference. Indeed, the nation has become over some 20 to 30 years more right wing, more reactionary, more totalitarian. I can almost understand. I cannot count how many times I have heard: what CAN we do? But it would appear that only the CIA has a "magic bullet" which they use to shoot several people with one shot.



Fuzz sez...

SICK AND TIRED OF BEING FUCKED AROUND BY IMBECILES.

I missed the flick, Fuzz but I get the drift. I hear the words against the CCR soundtrack.

Anonymous said...

Hi Len - I ordered something for you from your wish list, as a way of thanking you for your outstantding efforts, but it was returned as undeliverable. Maybe you can check the address you have at amazon to see if it is correct. The item was "Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films
and Videos Third Edition". I hope that amazon at least put it back into your wish list. Thank you for your good work!!!

Unknown said...

marain said...

That was very kind of you...I checked Amazon a moment ago and the address now listed is up to date. I am living outside the US. Perhaps, Amazon does not deliver. In any case, I appreciate your thoughts more than you know. Bonne chance! And keep up the good fight.

Anonymous said...

What a waste of Elizabeth de la Vega's doubtless talent... But an impeachment? Get real!

Bush and Cheney (and the other hypothetical plaintiffs) aren't going to get impeached.

The USA is like its "God" (more so now than ever before).

And "God" doesn't admit to mistakes (check your Bible or Quran or Jewish scriptures or whatever...the only great mistake "God" admitted to was making man, and then wanted to destroy all of creation - but that isn't comforting at all in this context).

Let alone admit to enormous blunders like the US foreign policy (policy? what policy? At least Ann Coulter has a "policy"!) of this administration.

And, to a lesser extent, the foreign meddling of plenty of earlier administrations. It was always purely for US interests. And it usually backfired (eventually).

Impeachment over a semen stain on an intern's gown, now that's fine. No admission/emission of a great mistake there.
But, an impeachment and subsequent conviction of a team of shameless war criminal conspirators over genocide and cover-up would, in contrast, be about as open an admission of monumental national blunder and crime (to begin with, in letting the gang of thugs get in despite their shameful track records, and then letting them pull off all their high crimes while in office) as one could possibly imagine.

So the USA - and by this I mainly mean the government - always following and emulating its "God", won't admit to such a blunder.

Wishing isn't going to do it (it = impeachment). Whining about it isn't going to do it. Nothing's going to do it. Especially not praying. Pelosi's Congress will make sure of all that. Too many there with too much to lose, too little backbone, too many skeletons.

Bloggers, you did understand the huge value of the PATRIOT Act and associated legislation in uncovering things that congress"men" and senators hostile to Bush might have preferred to be forgotten, didn't you? PATRIOT and all the snooping enabled is intended to viciously intimidate and silence effective opposition to those in power. Had those laws applied in other times and places, Nelson Mandela would be put back in jail forever. And Gandhi, if he was alive, would have been extraordinarily renditioned by Condi's thugs. The only thing that would be keeping Martin Luther King out of Gitmo would be if Rumsfeld couldn't find a way to revoke his citizenship.

So justice isn't going to be done to the Cheney gang of conspirators, let alone to be seen by the world to have been done. A tragedy as it was the only way to lessen, mitigate or just maybe prevent the mushrooming global consequences of the crimes.

The inevitable long-term payoff of not bringing these blatant criminals to full and impartial justice is as easy to predict as was the outcome of the wholly illegal attack on Iraq.

I won't be explicit, as if you haven't the brains or human empathy to work it out, you probably are a supporter of Dubya's gang of pre-emptive strokers, or you've read fewer books than are in the Presidential Library.

Just remember that the "enemy" is just as human as you. He or she suffers from exactly the same human frailties, delusions and weaknesses as you do.

If I must spell it out... someone - a foreigner or someone who the foreigner's actions have enabled or empowered, comes uninvited and murders your mom, rapes your kid sister or maybe only wife, insults your old father, spits on your traditions and religious or social convictions, invades your country on a pack of lies, steals your wealth, imposes curfews and struts around as if he owns your country - and worst of all, stops your electricity working so you can't use the A/C (not needed because there's no global warming and polar bears can swim anyway) or watch Jerry Springer.

Think how you'd feel and what you'd be tempted to do (but hopefully think the better of it). Most everyone prefers a local tyrant to foreign oppression. We're still tribal.

That's how easy it is to work out what he, your enemy, is tempted to do. You are relying on a mixture of his goodwill and your luck that revenge on you and your loved ones - which may be disproportionate to your way of thinking - does not follow just as surely as night, in its time, follows day.

All I will say is that the enormity of the weapon handed to those (apart from the above-listed war criminals and their supporters, that is) who would bomb, kill, maim innocents in huge numbers cannot possibly be overestimated.

Dubya Bush is "God"'s best possible gift to every recruiting office for real terrorists anywhere on the planet, to every poisoner of young minds, to every fundamentalist extremist (whatever his flavor of belief).

Bush is the best inspirer of individual "martyrs" and assorted nutters. Don't misunderestimate Georgie, ever. He and Dickie are the weapons of mass destruction personified - but the destruction is liable to finally include their own homeland which they callously betrayed, of much of the civilised world (which does include parts of the USA, I concede) and the rest.

Osama must have laughed his head scarf off when his televised ruse to get Bush re-elected in 2004 worked so perfectly. He had counted on lots of US voters being so stupid and gullible as to actually fall for his totally obvious ploy ("Osama says vote Kerry" because Osama actually wants them to vote Bush), and they did what he wanted them to do (vote Bush) - in the millions. Now that was "Mission accomplished".

When a hundred million people around the world actively hate you as a nation, that's pretty bad and might have unpleasant consequences for you. Now, thanks to the hypothetical plaintiffs in the mock impeachment, the number who so hate the USA must surely be over a billion (estimated everywhere except in the delusional White House or Faux News).

Of those, some will inevitably have the brains, skills, means, inclination, determination, opportunity and (from their point-of-view) good fortune to wreak revenge (or retribution or whatever it is they may see it as being) on a scale that dwarfs 9/11 - or anything ever seen before.

Maybe its time to sell up (both real estate and US stock), change the currency - maybe buy gold or Chinese RMB or something, apply for citizenship of some legitimate state not implicated in the genocide, surrender the US passport, pack your belongings and emigrate. For the time being, leave "God"'s chosen land, blessed by tornados and baptised by Katrina, to the fundamentalists, crusaders, right-wing nutjobs and rednecks and to the leaders these groups so richly deserve and have.

By the time that those other clouds have settled after their prayed-for "Rapture", who knows - you might be able to buy Crawford with the small change in your pocket. Hell, club together with all your emigre friends and you might be able to afford the whole of Texas... well, at least a rapturous county or three.

Evolution, the ascent of man, the very progress of humanity may have been set back a century by what the actions of these bums is likely to precipitate. Generations unborn will curse them, and those who facilitated their crimes, for the price that will be paid.

And I'm an optimist and obvious atheist who hopes my prediction is wrong.

But the "There will be no impeachment." isn't a prediction - it is a gilt-edged guarantee. It won't happen. Armageddon will happen first.

VOTE ANN COULTER FOR PRESIDENT - BRING ARMAGEDDON THAT MUCH CLOSER. GET IT ALL DONE AND DUSTED, EVEN BEFORE THE SKINNY LADY SINGS.

Anonymous said...

I'm the poster of the little diatribe immediately above. Someone, even less acerbic than myself, to whom I showed the post has pointed out that where I have used the word "plaintiffs" I must have meant "defendants".

I made no mistake; the substitution was intentional. This is because in the eyes of the world, the two parties to the hypothetical impeachment are one and the same evil entity. This isn't a dictatorship in the USA, is it? The guy won 1.4 free elections (the second one with big help from Osama).

A "successful" impeachment (one that actually occurred and then led to prosecutions, criminal convictions and serious jail time or executions - while I oppose the death penalty on principle, I'm open to persuasion in the case of this gang) might achieve a separation between plaintiff and defendants in the minds of the world - but that is all speculation, all in la-la land. The impeachment won't happen.

You'll have to wait for Armageddon first. As to how long a wait that will be, I don't know. But I can estimate the odds just as well as the next guy.