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ROCHESTER AREA RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT
FOR IMPEACHMENT NOW!

This list is yours just as the country should be. Join this list. Share it. Make it grow. Healing reconciliation of our divided nation is dependent on impeachment and full truth.

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern recently said, “Impeachment should not be off the table.” Many believe letting Nixon retire without full exposure of the corrupt system is why Americans allowed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Charges of lies that led to war, illegal torture, corruption of the constitution and lying about the horrific events of September 11, 2001 come from reputable scholars. Impeachment and investigation are not subjected to a timetable or congressional whim.

The nucleus of this people’s impeachment list was supplied by Kenyatta DaCosta, a young African-American writer in a wheel chair. He had a score of his friends to sign up. Do they have more courage and concern than we privileged progressives of the suburbs?

On March 8, 2008, our criminal president vetoed a bill that would have restrained his torturing human beings. This, added to his other crimes, convinces us that the White House is controlled by a group of criminal psychopaths that in no way reflect the U.S. Constitution or the values of the undersigned. 9/11 is given as the reason for the “Homeland Security Bill” which suspended many civil rights, but this bill was written BEFORE the events of September 11, 2001.

Towns and counties across the nation are speaking for impeachment and the documenting of the truth NOW!

These 101 Rochester area concerned citizens and groups speak out for immediate impeachment of Cheney and Bush. Those that want to add their names and/or organizations should contact Jim and Jean Barlow at salmonvalley@att.net. If everyone who reads this gets more names to contact us the list can grow exponentially.

Print this out for use with your friends, communities, congressional reps and organizations. This list is yours just as the country should be.

… JHB

FOR IMPEACHMENT OF DICK CHENEY AND GEORGE W. BUSH:

Adams, Ellen
Allen, Jake, High School student
Alvarez, Esteban
Ames, Art
Anderson, Ashley
Arthur, Ken
Aveint, Malili
Badsrow, Luineseo
Barlow, James H. Regular Army of the USA, four years service, VFP

Not everyone has succumbed to election mania. ImpeachThem.com and New Jersey People's Organization for Progress reminding Citizens where their duty lies.

DIY ORANGE FLOWERS TO WEAR AND GIVE AWAY

YouTube: How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers

Origami VIdeos

Crepe Paper Flowers

Paper Flower Hand Prints

Paper Flowers

You can find lots of clever, quick and inexpensive ideas for paper flowers on the web. Even, the supper-dupper, multi-fold, multi-sheet, brain-boggler origami flowers; if you're up for that. Give it a go. Wear a boutonniere. Give a flower away. Afterall, the "Buddy Poppies" that go on sale every Memorial Day are, in the end, just paper flowers too.

OH YEH, MAKE NICE EVERYWHERE YOU GO - GIVE SOME ORANGE FLOWERS TO THE POLICE AND OTHER PEOPLE.

Take a break from the horror ot the propaganda spewing from the Bush White House and remember there was a time when America had another vision of Baghdad.

To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt ten-fold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundred-fold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize and yet when it comes to the greatest crime-waging war on another state-they praise it!

It is clear they do not know it is wrong, for they record such deeds to be handed down to posterity; if they knew they were wrong, why should they wish to record them and have them handed down to posterity?

If a man on seeing a little black were to say it is black, but on seeing a lot of black were to say it is white, it would be clear that such a man could not distinguish black and white. Or if he were to taste a few bitter things were to pronounce them sweet, clearly he would be incapable of distinguishing between sweetness and bitterness. So those who recognize a small crime as such, but do not recognize the wickedness of the greatest crime of all-waging war on another state-but actually praise it-cannot distinguish right from wrong. So as to right or wrong, the rulers of the world are in confusion.

- Mozi, China, circa 470-391 B.C.

What more is there to say about Gene Sharp's three volume work on nonviolence. On the back cover, Colonel Bletz said all that needed saying.

...a monumental piece of work...impressive....It does not seem too unrealistic that nonviolent action would or should be one of the options within a nation’s defense policy....The military professional...should read this book with a view toward determining if nonviolent action can play a logical role in the defense of his state or in an alliance structure....This volume makes a great deal of sense and if the insights it offers are accepted in a practical way and...examined unemotionally, it will be a valuable contribution to the study of relations among states and to the search for valid alternative defense policies. - Col. Donald R. Bletz, Department of National and International Security Studies, U.S. Army War College, MILITARY REVIEW

Anything that makes the Army War College stand up and take interest is worth a look by you. Of especial interest is the role nonviolence played in colonial America's struggles with the English crown.

These books (and others) are available at the The Albert Einstein Institute.

Just flipping through will be useful. And, if you only have time for one; read Volume II: Methods of Nonviolent Action.

Daniel I. Fearn
Former Sergeant of Marine Infantry and Special Literary Correspondent to the After Downing Street Coalition

25 April 1974

Portugal - Nonviolent supporters of the Revolução dos Cravos or the Carnation Revolution changed the Portuguese authoritarian rule in favor of a democracy.

Citizens brandishing Carnations offered to trade their flowers for the government’s soldiers’ bullets. The soldiers accepted. The oldest fascist regime in Western Europe was put to rest. The only casualties were four citizens killed by the fascists.

Read more.

And here.

25 April 2008

United States - 34th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. It can happen here. IF YOU WANT IT.

Now we got no ears, no hands, no arms, no feet, no legs, no eyes, no head.... Now we're all dead and gone, dead and gone, dead and gone.

Listen to a clip of "Are You Ready for a War", a traditional Irish children's song at CD World (track 34).

Simple, catchy, says it all. Sing it as is or rewrite for your next nonviolent action. How about “Are you ready for Iraq, for Iraq, for Iraq.... Presumably this is some black Irish humor out of the mouths of babes. But, I reckon it’ll work for this war, for Iran and for the next war.

ARE YOU READY FOR A WAR

Are you ready for a war, for a war, for a war.
Are you ready for a war, for we’re the English soldiers

O yes we're ready for a war, for a war, for a war.
Yes we're ready for a war, for we’re the Irish soldiers.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to push Gordon Sturrock's YouTube "Arrest Warrant for Bush/Cheney" video above the YouTube "Citizens Arrest" episode of the Andy Griffith Show.

Barney Fife: Views: 16,451 Video Responses: 0 Text Comments: 27

Gordon Sturrock: Views: 15,274 Video Responses: 0 Text Comments: 176

TARGET: Views: 25,000 Video Responses: 50 Text Comments: 500

Help build a viral media.
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Gordon Sturrock at Veterans Against Torture

The Nation Magazine
Winter Soldier
by LAILA AL-ARIAN & LAURA HANNA
[posted online on March 24, 2008]

While on tank patrol through the narrow streets of Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad, Pfc. Clifton Hicks was given an order. Abu Ghraib had become a "free-fire zone," Hicks was told, and no "friendlies" or civilians remained in the area. "Game on. All weapons free," his captain said. Upon that command, Hicks's unit opened a furious fusillade, firing wildly into cars, at people scurrying for cover, at anything that moved. Sent in to survey the damage, Hicks found the area littered with human and animal corpses, including women and children, but he saw no military gear or weapons of any kind near the bodies. In the aftermath of the massacre, Hicks was told that his unit had killed 700-800 "enemy combatants." But he knew the dead were not terrorists or insurgents; they were innocent Iraqis. "I will agree to swear to that till the day I die," he said. "I didn't see one enemy on that operation."

Mar 19, 3:20 PM EDT
By SCOTT LINDLAW
Associated Press Writer

Group Housing for Vets Raises Concerns

GUERNEVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Merry Lane, a cul-de-sac shaded by redwoods in Sonoma County wine country, would seem a pleasant place to recover from the psychic wounds of war. Nadia McCaffrey's dream is to set up a group home there for veterans plagued by post-traumatic stress disorder.

But she is running into stiff resistance from the neighbors. They not only object to the brand-new structure itself, which looks like a four-story apartment house wedged amid their cabins, they are also worried that deranged veterans will move in.

Peaceful Friends,

The North Star Chapter (146) of Veterans for Peace is initiating an outreach campaign to engage service persons stationed in Alaska. We will do what ever we can to facilitate the resistance up here. If there is anyone on this list that cares to share with us their experience, advice or anything useful please contact me at mulford.rob@gmail.com or 907-457-5578.

Check out Alaska Public Radio Network.

Wage Peace,

Celebrate National Medal of Honor Day (25 March) by sending a letter to the only man to return his Medal of Honor, Angelo J. (Charles) Liteky, former Catholic priest and current member of the Veterans for Peace.

Medal of Honor action

Rank and organization: Chaplain (Capt.), U.S. Army, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 199th Infantry Brigade.
Place and date: Near Phuoc-Lac, Bien Hoa province, Republic of Vietnam, 6 December 1967.
Entered service at: Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Born: 14 February 1931, Washington, D.C.

Citation:

Chaplain Liteky distinguished himself by exceptional heroism while serving with Company A, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. He was participating in a search and destroy operation when Company A came under intense fire from a battalion size enemy force. Momentarily stunned from the immediate encounter that ensued, the men hugged the ground for cover. Observing 2 wounded men, Chaplain Liteky moved to within 15 meters of an enemy machine gun position to reach them, placing himself between the enemy and the wounded men. When there was a brief respite in the fighting, he managed to drag them to the relative safety of the landing zone. Inspired by his courageous actions, the company rallied and began placing a heavy volume of fire upon the enemy's positions. In a magnificent display of courage and leadership, Chaplain Liteky began moving upright through the enemy fire, administering last rites to the dying and evacuating the wounded. Noticing another trapped and seriously wounded man, Chaplain Liteky crawled to his aid. Realizing that the wounded man was too heavy to carry, he rolled on his back, placed the man on his chest and through sheer determination and fortitude crawled back to the landing zone using his elbows and heels to push himself along. Pausing for breath momentarily, he returned to the action and came upon a man entangled in the dense, thorny underbrush. Once more intense enemy fire was directed at him, but Chaplain Liteky stood his ground and calmly broke the vines and carried the man to the landing zone for evacuation. On several occasions when the landing zone was under small arms and rocket fire, Chaplain Liteky stood up in the face of hostile fire and personally directed the medivac helicopters into and out of the area. With the wounded safely evacuated, Chaplain Liteky returned to the perimeter, constantly encouraging and inspiring the men. Upon the unit's relief on the morning of 7 December 1967, it was discovered that despite painful wounds in the neck and foot, Chaplain Liteky had personally carried over 20 men to the landing zone for evacuation during the savage fighting. Through his indomitable inspiration and heroic actions, Chaplain Liteky saved the lives of a number of his comrades and enabled the company to repulse the enemy. Chaplain Liteky's actions reflect great credit upon himself and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.

Address correspondence to:

Charles Liteky
# 83276-020
FPC Lompoc
3705 W. Farm Road
Lompoc, CA 93436

Dear Veterans for Peace,

As a veteran, I'm outraged that a right-wing group like Vets for Freedom, along with Rep. Michele Bachmann, can hold a closed-door meeting with high school students to indoctrinate them on the joys of war.

Vets for Freedom tour will stop in FL next Tuesday
Tuesday, 18 March 2008

The National Heroes Tour sponsored by the Vets for Freedom organization will make a stop in Forest Lake next Tuesday. The national organization, which is led by Forest Lake High School graduate Pete Hegseth, will stop at Forest Lake High School from 9:30-11 a.m. Steve Massey, high school principal, said the tour program will be designed as an educational opportunity for students to learn about military service for their country. Some 150 social studies students will take part in a classroom-level activity. Massey said a number of veterans from several military conflicts will be on hand to talk to students. Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, is also slated to attend. The tour stop is not open to the public, Massey said. The tour started last week in California and will crisscross the nation with numerous appearances.