Michael Moore Today
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"...if Karl thinks there is the political will to do it, then so do I."
Rove Is Linked to Early Query Over Dismissals
By David Johnston and Eric Lipton / New York Times
WASHINGTON, March 15 — Karl Rove, the senior presidential adviser, inquired about firing United States attorneys in January 2005, e-mail messages released Thursday show. The request prompted a Justice Department aide to respond that Alberto R. Gonzales, soon to be confirmed as attorney general, favored replacing a group of “underperforming” prosecutors.
The e-mail messages, part of a larger collection that the Justice Department is preparing to turn over to Congressional investigators, indicate that Mr. Rove and Mr. Gonzales, then the White House counsel, had considered replacing prosecutors earlier than either has previously acknowledged.
In a message on Jan. 6, 2005, one White House lawyer wrote to a colleague: “Karl Rove stopped by to ask you (roughly quoting) ‘how we planned to proceed regarding U.S. Attorneys, whether we were going to allow all to stay, request resignations from all and accept only some of them or selectively replace them, etc.’ ”
D. Kyle Sampson, who resigned this week as chief of staff to Mr. Gonzales, responded by e-mail three days later.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9419
Second Senate Republican calls for removal of Alberto Gonzales
New allegations could spell more trouble for Gonzales
By Elana Schor / The Hill
Two new revelations about alleged misconduct by the Justice Department kept the U.S. attorneys scandal roiling on Capitol Hill Thursday, with a second Republican senator calling for the ouster of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
In the most stunning turn, ABC News disclosed a new round of internal emails - slated for release to Congress as soon as Friday - that show senior White House adviser Karl Rove closely tied to the January 2005 genesis of a plan to fire all 93 U.S. attorneys, in direct contradiction to statements made by the White House. The emails also reveal that Gonzales was aware of the plan before he moved from the White House counsel’s office to the Justice Department in early 2005.
“It is now imperative that [Rove] testify before Congress and give all the details of his involvement,” Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee with jurisdiction over U.S. attorneys.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9420
Do Something, Saturday
Introducing the March on the Pentagon
Saturday, March 17, 2007
~ 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon ~
~ 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war ~
On March 17, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country will descend on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 anti-war march to the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. The message of the 1967 march was "From Protest to Resistance," and marked a turning point in the development of a countrywide mass movement.
In the coming days and weeks, thousands of organizations and individuals will begin mobilizing for the upcoming March on the Pentagon. Organizing committees and transportation centers are being established to bring people to the March on the Pentagon.
We will assemble at 12 noon at 23rd St. and Constitution Ave. NW.
http://answer.pephost.org/site/News2?id=8107
The Google
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=pentagon&layer=&sll=38.878071,-77.054672&sspn=0.080048,0.144882&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=38.870821,-77.055702&spn=0.010007,0.025148&t=h&om=1
List of Fourth Anniversary of Iraq War Events in your Area
Events
Events listed are not necessarily endorsed or organized by UFPJ. This calendar is maintained as a resource for the entire peace and justice movement. For further information about any event listed, please click on the event listing and contact the person and/or email address listed as the contact for the specific event.
When looking at events in a particular category, please note that states appear in alphabetical order according to their postal code, not their name. E.g. North Carolina is listed before New Jersey, because "NC" comes before "NJ."
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?sortby=&caltype=51
Defund the war - Rebuild the Gulf Coast
In solidarity with the people of the Gulf Coast and understanding that every bomb dropped in Iraq explodes over the U.S. Gulf Coast, Veterans For Peace and partner organizations will return to the area devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, to aid in reconstruction efforts. The project will raise money and volunteers to aid in rebuilding homes for survivors of the hurricanes. In addition, we will raise awareness of the continued plight of the gulf coast survivors and the persistent commitment to an illegal, immoral war fought at staggering costs, both financially and in human casualties.
http://veteransforpeace.org/Rebuilding_the_gulf_coast.vp.html
SDS: March 20 Student Day of Action Against the War
Blog for information about the March 20 student day of action against the war
http://march20antiwar.blogspot.com/
Bush should see families hurt firsthand, mom says
'When he knew he was going on a mission, I always said, "Be safe,' " and he replied, "I will,' " Nina Carr said.
By William K. Alcorn / The Vindicator
YOUNGSTOWN, OH - "How many more of our sons and daughters have to be sacrificed before we bring them home," said Christine Wortman through tears of anguish.
Her son Army Sgt. Robert Michael Carr was killed Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive devise exploded under the armored vehicle he was driving. Carr, known as Robbie, was assigned to the 212th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division in Iraq, and was stationed at Fort Carson, Colo.
"President Bush should have to knock on the doors of the families of every soldier killed so he could understand and see the hurt and devastation," Wortman said Thursday at her Champion home.
"It's unbearable," she said of her sorrow.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9421
Dozens in GOP Turn Against Bush's Prized 'No Child' Act
By Jonathan Weisman and Amit R. Paley / Washington Post
More than 50 GOP members of the House and Senate -- including the House's second-ranking Republican -- will introduce legislation today that could severely undercut President Bush's signature domestic achievement, the No Child Left Behind Act, by allowing states to opt out of its testing mandates.
For a White House fighting off attacks on its war policy and dealing with a burgeoning scandal at the Justice Department, the GOP dissidents' move is a fresh blow on a new front. Among the co-sponsors of the legislation are House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a key supporter of the measure in 2001, and John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Bush's most reliable defender in the Senate. Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), the House GOP's chief deputy whip and a supporter in 2001, has also signed on.
Burson Snyder, a spokesman for Blunt, said that after several meetings with school administrators and teachers in southwest Missouri, the House Republican leader turned against the measure he helped pass. Blunt was convinced that the burdens and red tape of the No Child Left Behind Act are unacceptably onerous, Snyder said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9414
First GOP senator calls for Gonzales firing
Bush ‘not happy’ about handling of attorney firings, but stands by AG
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire on Wednesday became the first Republican in Congress to call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' dismissal, hours after President Bush expressed confidence in his embattled Cabinet officer.
"I think the president should replace him," Sununu said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Gonzales has been fending off Democratic calls for his firing in the wake of disclosures surrounding the ousters of eight U.S. attorneys.
Sununu said the firings, together with a report last Friday by the Justice Department's inspector general criticizing the administration's use of secret national security letters to obtain personal records in terrorism probes, shattered his confidence in Gonzales.
"We need to have a strong, credible attorney general that has the confidence of Congress and the American people," said Sununu, who faces a tough re-election campaign next year. "Alberto Gonzales can't fill that role."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9408
Second GOP Senator say Gonzales should go
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/second-gop-senator-say-gonzales-should.html
VA hospital turned away suicidal vet, family says
CNN
Although he earned two purple hearts for fighting in Iraq, Marine Jonathan Schulze was rejected by a Minnesota VA hospital when he needed urgent treatment.
Schulze was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by his family physician. He was prescribed Ambien, Valium, and Paxil, but they didn't help. When Schulze began to feel suicidal, he turned to the VA hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota, about an hour outside Minneapolis.
His father and stepmother both insist they heard Schulze tell the intake nurse he was "suicidal." But instead of admitting him, the hospital told Schulze to go home and call back the next day.
The family says it was told the social worker who screens PTSD patients was too busy to see him. When Schulze called back the next day, his stepmom says she listened as he told the social worker he felt suicidal. The hospital then responded by telling him he was Number 26 on the waiting list for one of 12 PTSD patient beds. In other words, he'd need to wait at least two weeks before he could get treatment.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9409
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
'The Ides of March' ...Cindy Sheehan
A few days ago, I sent out a frustrated email to a small listserv that includes some major peace activists in the nation, including Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich. My email reads as follows:
With the impending invasion of Iran, which will probably turn nuclear (or "nukular" as some say), why is no member of Congress introducing Articles of Impeachment?
We live in a rogue state...who will stop them?
I received the standard reply that I receive from many of our dear anti-war, progressive Congressional Reps, from Dennis' wife, Elizabeth:
DK feels that impeachment is a distraction of the real issue which is ending the war in Iraq.
Of course I agree that Iraq is the real issue, but King George has said himself that the war isn't ending while he is president. And, as the occupation of Iraq has been an unmitigated failure, an invasion of Iran (by the US or Israel) would be the prelude to Armageddon.
Also, if we subtract the issues of Iran and Iraq, King George has violated international law and has ripped our Constitution into confetti sized pieces. From unlawful invasions to stealing unprecedented executive powers using his fabricated "war on terror" BushCo has committed many impeachable offenses. Impeachment proceedings would compliment the peace movement...not distract or detract from it.
A couple of millennia ago there was a leader of a Republic that took imperial powers upon himself and declared himself "dictator for life"...his name was Julius Caesar. On the Ides of March (44 B.C.), some very reluctantly patriotic Senators who wanted to halt the slide of Rome from a Republic into an empire ruled by a dictator, took matters into their own hands and assassinated Julius Caesar on the "Ides of March," which is today.
Frustrated by this Congress, again, giving King George the green light for further wars of aggression, on the Ides of March, 2007, Rep. Dennis Kucinich took matters peacefully and patriotically into his own hands and with courage and integrity said the "I" word on the House floor in these remarks:
This House cannot avoid its Constitutionally authorized responsibility to restrain abuse of the Executive Branch.
The Administration has been preparing for an aggressive war against Iran.
There is no solid, direct evidence that Iran has the intention of attacking the United States or its allies.
The US is a signatory to the UN Charter, a constituent treaty among the nations of the world. Article II, Section 4 of the UN Charter states: "all members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state..." Even the threat of a war of aggression is illegal.
Article VI of the US Constitution makes such treaties the Supreme Law of the Land. This Administration has openly threatened aggression against Iran in violation of the US Constitution and UN Charter.
This week the House Appropriations Committee removed language from the Iraq war funding bill requiring the Administration, under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution, to seek permission before it launched an attack against Iran.
Since war with Iran is an option of this Administration and since such a war is patently illegal, then impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran.
The Congressional power of impeachment is the only thing that can restrain King George and his criminal court. Congress has given King George their powers to declare war and has not maintained its duty as a check on his illegal regal progression. If Congress doesn't snatch some of that power back, they will become as ineffectual and irrelevant as the Roman Senate under Julius' replacement, his nephew Caesar Augustus.
We as a progressive peace community need to thank and support Rep. Kucinich in his courageous stance against further dictatorial power grabs from The Usurpers.
Call Dennis Kucinich's office to thank him (202-225-5871) or email him.
Donate 15.00 for the 15th of March to his campaign.
Let's encourage and reward our Reps who do the right thing.
Let's help to save our Republic.
Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Bush's war of terror on 04/04/04.
She is the co-founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace and The Camp Casey Peace Institute.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=841
Camp Casey Easter 2007
http://www.gsfp.org/article.php?id=320
'Camp Casey Easter 2007' ...by Cindy Sheehan
From: Casey's Mom
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:43 PM
To: [Undisclosed Recipients]
Subject: 7.67 deaths per day for August.
Dear Friends
We can relax now. From the war zone of Crawford, Texas, George said that we families of loved ones that have been killed in Iraq can: "rest assured that your loved ones died for a noble cause."
I am going to be in Dallas this weekend for the VFP convention, and I don't care how far Crawford is from Dallas, I am going to that expletive deleted ranch. I will not leave until he explains to me exactly what the noble cause is. I hope some VFP's will join me in the crusade to Crawford. If they don't, I know my sister will, and we will go alone if we have to.
It has to stop. The time is now. I mean it.
Peace soon,
Cindy Sheehan
This is the email that I sent to a group of about 300 people the day that 14 Marines from a reserve unit in Ohio were killed. I was upset. I was heartbroken. I was frustrated, but most of all, I was angry!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=836
Invite George Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/contact/
Mohammed says responsible for 9/11 attacks
By Andrew Gray / Reuters
WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States, has admitted responsibility for those and other major al Qaeda operations, according to the transcript of a hearing at Guantanamo Bay released on Wednesday.
"I was responsible for the 9/11 Operation, from A to Z," Mohammed, speaking through a personal representative, said according to the transcript of the hearing on Saturday at the U.S. military prison camp in Cuba released by the Pentagon.
Mohammed, a Pakistani national, also said he was responsible for a 1993 attack on New York's World Trade Center, the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, and an attempt to down two American airplanes using shoe bombs.
"I was the operational director for Sheikh Usama (Osama) Bin Laden for the organizing, planning, follow-up, and execution of the 9/11 operation," he said through his representative, a member of the U.S. military.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9413
Confessions of a Terrorist: I'm Guilty of 3,000+ Murders
By Brian Ross and Luis Martinez / ABC News
Presidents Clinton and Carter, Pope John Paul II, Henry Kissinger, the Empire State Building, the Library Tower in Los Angeles and the Sears Tower in Chicago were among the targets of al Qaeda attacks planned by captured al Qaeda terror commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, according to a written statement he filed this weekend at a hearing held at the American prison at Guantanamo.
Known as KSM, he also formally admitted responsibility for the 9/ll attacks, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia.
KSM, captured in 2003 in Pakistan, was subjected by the CIA to waterboarding and other "extreme interrogation" techniques, according to current and former CIA officials.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9412
OFFICIAL IMPEACHMENT TEXT
WHEREAS, Jefferson's Manual section LIII, 603, states that impeachment may be set in motion by charges transmitted from the legislature of a State; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has intentionally misled the Congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war against Iraq, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 1001 and intentionally conspired with others to defraud the United States in connection with the war against Iraq in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States Code, Section 1805; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has conspired to commit the torture of prisoners in violation of the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the "supreme Law of the Land"; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has acted to strip Americans of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to legal counsel, without charge and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant", all in subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, In all of this George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the State of ___________ and of the United States.
Be it resolved that George W. Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=622
THOSE THAT PROTESTED the Vietnam War on USA soil, some of which lost their lives, were of the generation most afflicted with the war.
The Pot Heads. The Flower Children.
With Iraq, the opposition is across generations. We are powerful people, the demonstrators against this war. We are growing opposition to war while nurturing conscientious objectors from the grassroots up. I think all those involved in the cross generational Peace Movement are incredible Americans. I love you guys.
There have been a couple of interesting statements this past week:
In regard to peace, Joe Biden stated, "By summer there will be many more Republicans that will come to realize they cannot favor the President over the troops."
In regard to Human Induced Global Warming, Tony Blair stated, ' (Paraphrased) We don't need more economic growth so much as maintaining the economies we have." Much of what 'goes on' with development is deforestation of areas to make way for new building and lack of land use planning. I find Tony Blair to be an strong advocate for change in societies leading to the resolve of Kyoto. He takes the issue seriously and doesn't play with the lives and potential of the generations that are still too young to make their own stand.
