Real News for a change please!
 
On this week’s podcast I covered the speech by Amy Goodman from the Media Convention in Memphis. Amy covers the war while CNN & Fox cover the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Oh and before that...astronauts who wear diapers. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! Bush has sent the 3rd carrier group toward Iran, Congress has 52 investigations right now going on against this administration. Any one of these could lead to (I hope) impeachment proceedings for violations of the U.S. Constitution. That thing he took an oath to uphold... Things are scary as shit right now but meanwhile back at the TV news desk...oh yeah...it’s Anna Nicole Smith coverage wall to wall and her other boyfriend would like to get in on the money. OH my God. I’m not saying her death is not tragic, from what I know about her, most of her story is a tragic one. However, while we have been bombarded with coverage about her 42 of our soldiers have died and over 900 Iraq citizens have also been killed. Our vice-president has left the country to talk with Pakistan. Over what fly over rights when they invade Iran? We don’t know because the media doesn’t cover it or ask the questions. This is the state of our media. This is the state of journalism today. Print is no better. The NY Times fed all the pre-Iraq crap from the White House via their reporters Judith Miller & Matt Cooper. It was the perfect Cheney propaganda plan. His office comes up with the spin and he would send it over to her at the Times. Judith has since lost her job over it but what do you know? The Times is starting it all over again with Iran and helping to beat the war drums again. What is not being reported in our great American press is that Bush is trying to start an “incident” with Iran. An excuse to go to war. Watch for it especially in March-April around the time when the moon is dark. There’s a link below to a special interview Randi Rhodes had with Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector. He goes into great detail about what we can expect. Listen to it and then contact your representatives and tell them to get behind the democratic plan to stop funding this war & reign in Bush. Make him come before the Congress and justify any action against Iran. Here is a report from demcrats.com about what some states are doing on their own... NM Leads State Race to Send Impeachment Resolution to Congress House rules allow impeachment to begin with a Resolution from one state legislature. Three states have begun the process - NM, WA, and VT - and NM has an early lead... 1. New Mexico's resolution (SJR 5) cleared its first hurdle last Friday when it passed the Rules Committee on a unanimous 5-0 vote. Citizens turned out in force and gave powerful emotional appeals for impeachment. Incredibly, not a single Republican showed up to defend Bush! (Is that a signal that Republicans want to quietly help Democrats impeach Bush before the 2008 election to avoid a repeat of the 2006 GOP wipeout?) The NM bill must clear two more committees before it goes to the full Senate. Video and details here:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/nm
http://impeachbush.tv/impeach/state_nm.html 2. In Washington State, Senator Eric Oemig's Resolution (SJM 8016) will have its first hearing on March 1. Activists led by "state-at-home mom" Linda Boyd will hold a rally for impeachment and investigations in Olympia on the Capitol steps in at 1:00 p.m. Video and details here:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/wa
http://impeachbush.tv/impeach/state_wa.html 3. In Vermont, Rep. Daryl Pillsbury's resolution (JRH-15) has 22 co-sponsors, with 75 needed for passage. State legislators are getting heavy anti-impeachment pressure from Vermont's Members of Congress, so a strong grassroots movement is urgent. Cindy Sheehan and John Nichols will barnstorm VT for impeachment from March 2-4.  Audio and details here:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/vt
http://impeachbush.tv/impeach/state_vt.html The main argument against state (and local) resolutions has been that states (and towns) should not get involved in national policy. Of course states have always been involved - state legislatures actually appointed U.S. Senators until 1913, and have always weighed in on national issues. Right now 20 legislatures are considering resolutions against Bush's escalation in Iraq. It's time for all state legislatures to call for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney! Helpful media link... Scott Ritter on The Randi Rhodes Show http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/live/node/5496 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070205/ritter http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=7557&schedID=456 http://mediamatters.org Peace & Love, Val Join in the discussionhttp://www.commoncause.orghttp://impeachbush.tv/impeach/statebasis.htmlhttp://www.democrats.com/nm-republicans-cut-and-run-from-impeachment-debatehttp://www.afterdowningstreet.org/nmhttp://impeachbush.tv/impeach/state_nm.htmlhttp://www.afterdowningstreet.org/wahttp://impeachbush.tv/impeach/state_wa.htmlhttp://www.afterdowningstreet.org/vthttp://impeachbush.tv/impeach/state_vt.htmlhttp://progressivestates.org/http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/live/node/5496http://avalonfarmblog.wordpress.comshapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10shapeimage_1_link_11
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