I keep hearing that. Chairman Conyers said it again yesterday, before the arrest of that notorious attention whore Cindy Sheehan and her scandalously impatient friends. They must not have gotten the memo about Chairman Conyers' brilliant plan to move Impeachment forward by not moving it forward. You see, it's like putting a fire out by not putting it out.
Works every time.
Way to go, Cindy. Way to fuck things up for everybody. Don't you understand that civil disobedience just embarrasses everyone who doesn't have the courage to engage in it themselves? Violating the fire codes in that House office building was WAY over the top. This is a nation of laws, you know. Well thank God Chairman Conyers enforced those fire codes so quickly, someone might have gotten hurt.
He didn't even call Madame Speaker first to see if it was OK, he didn't write a letter to the White House first, and then another one, and then another one, so everyone can see what an effective letter writer he is. Nope. When people are in danger of getting hurt, Chairman Conyers acts decisively.
Well, actually he doesn't.
Unless it involves fire codes.
We don't have the votes, Chairman Conyers? Well here's a few things we don't have that should be of much deeper concern to you:
America doesn't have 3,600 young soldiers anymore, they're gone.
America doesn't have $500 billion dollars anymore, they're gone.
America doesn't have any allies anymore, they're gone.
America doesn't have any respect in the world anymore, it's gone.
America doesn't have a Constitution anymore, it's gone.
America doesn't have a Department of Justice anymore, it's gone.
America doesn't have a plan to get out of Iraq, there's never been one and never will be. In other words, peace in the Middle East is GONE.
Habeas corpus? GONE. Due process? GONE. Subpeona power? GONE. Checks and balances? GONE. National Guard readiness? GONE. Army recruiting? GONE. Valerie Plame's spy network? GONE. Actual journalism? GONE. Actual democracy? GONE.
But hey, not everything is gone. We still have plenty of global warming, war profiteering, secret prisons, torture, NSA spying, signing statements, useless Congressional votes, touchscreen voting machines, oil company price gouging, corporate welfare, defense industry fraud, no bid contracts, Blackwater mercenaries, and Homeland Security corruption from coast to coast.
We still have plenty of Bush deceit, Cheney deceit, Gonzo deceit, Condi deceit, Gates deceit, Pace deceit, wall to wall Pentagon deceit, Lieberman ass kissing, billions of dollars missing, and a clusterfuck executive branch that couldn't change a lightbulb, but sure as hell knows how to destroy American democracy in record time.
WTF, Chairman Conyers? Thanks for enforcing those fire codes, but do you think you could set your enforcement sights a little higher, and beat Bush and Cheney over the head with Impeachment hearings before there's nothing left intact in this country except a fire hydrant on some empty fucking street corner in Wyoming?
Thanks. I'd appreciate it.
Have a nice day.
IMPEACH, Democrats. By the end of a Senate trial you'll have the votes. It would be political suicide for Republican senators to vote to acquit.
I hope my fellow progressives will forgive me for being somewhat impatient, but this seven year scenic tour of HELL we've been on is GETTING A LITTLE TEDIOUS. It is also getting tedious to be told that Impeachment diaries are useless, that they won't move Impeachment even one millimeter closer.
I can't summon a civil reply to fellow progressives who make these non-fact based assertions again and again and again, so I won't reply at all, other than to say, CALL Chairman Conyers, CALL Speaker Pelosi, CALL House Judiciary Committee members, CALL your Congressman, then write an Impeachment LTE telling other people to call them.
RESTORE DEMOCRACY. It's worth a few phone calls a week.
Speaker Pelosi: (202) 225-4965
Chairman Conyers: (202) 225-5126
House Judiciary Committee: (202) 225-3951
And please sign The Pledge. Iraq Moratorium Day is September 21, 2007, please help end the occupation of Iraq by planning and participating in Moratorium events in your area.