UPDATE (4:43 pm, 7/3): Please visit this petition page at MoveOn.org and sign this petition. It's simple really. Either Cheney complies with the subpoenas or he's held in contempt. If that doesn't get his attention, Congress needs to begin impeachment proceedings. This is ridiculous!
Also, Johnny pointed out a LA Times live poll (in the comments below) that you can participate in. Check it out here and vote. The question is: Do you agree with Pres. Bush that 30 months in federal prison is excessive for telling a lie? At the time of this update the results are 8.5% NO and 91.5% YES with 5763 votes in.
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The imperial hubris continues and my frustration has really been growing. First, the White House repeatedly refuses to comply with subpoenas from Congress. Then Cheney isn't a accountable to the laws because he really isn't a member of the executive branch. Now this! (And this, and this, and this)!
I really have nothing to say...but I'm spittin' mad! I'm ready for some action. I'm cautious because of my position as a pastor, but as a private citizen, I think it's time to impeach them both, starting with Cheney. If there was enough to impeach Nixon, there are twice as many issues for which impeachment would be appropriate.
I may regret writing this post, but right now I feel the need to express my outrage over the way this administration keeps thumbing their noses at us. What do we do now?
Pastor...
Breathe. God is with you.
Impeachment IS the moral imperative of our day.
Boenhoeffer had his calling and you have yours.
Thank you for your words.
Mikael Rudolph
www.ImpeachforPeace.org
Posted by: Mikael Rudolph | July 02, 2007 at 08:32 PM
Mikael, you're so kind - like a pastor to me. When I read your words, Breathe. God is with you," I just felt my body relax. Thanks for you website as well. Shalom!
Posted by: Ryan Bell | July 02, 2007 at 09:26 PM
On the other hand, they are playing to their base. The GOP saw the Libby thing as a witch hunt.
In somewhat related news, the immigration plan flopped. The GOP saw that as a victory.
Both items illustrate the huge gulf between the power base of the GOP and the national opinion at large.
And both events shape public opinion against the GOP. The immigration debacle has the possibility of being to the national party what Prop. 187 was to the California GOP.
Either way, the neoconservatives have really shown themselves to be very shortsighted. But should we have expected anything else? Everything they've done has been short sighted and ill conceived/ implemented.
Posted by: Johnny A. Ramirez | July 03, 2007 at 12:23 AM
I was reading an LA Times article just now saying how popular this decision to pardon Libby was. It had a poll on the sidebar. As of tonight the results are-
Do you agree with Pres. Bush that 30 months in federal prison is excessive for telling a lie?
9.1%
Yes
90.9%
No
958 total responses
I thought you'd like that poll result. I don't think you're alone!
Posted by: Johnny A. Ramirez | July 03, 2007 at 12:49 AM
Johnny, I found what you were referring to in the LA Times website. After my vote, the tally is up to 7.3% YES and 92.7% NO, with 3258 votes cast. This is a mini-referendum! Fellow readers, go to the link below and vote!
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-libby3jul03,0,1877917.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&vote30923695=1
Posted by: Ryan Bell | July 03, 2007 at 07:24 AM
I'm right there with you Ryan. This lawlessness has got to be addressed by our representatives.
Posted by: Alexander | July 03, 2007 at 12:21 PM
It is up to 5000 votes and it still hasn't dipped under 90%. Amazing huh?
Posted by: Johnny A. Ramirez | July 03, 2007 at 02:28 PM
This is what I am talking about, we are not powerless. Lets take our representatives to task. The operative word being representative. Sometimes we forget that the governmental system of the US is not democracy. Democracy is just the process. This country is a Republic. We pick our heroes and dingbats.
So yeah I am totally with this movement. Let's get that video deposition going.
BTW. I am feeling a little conflicted. Is it like a bad thing if I sell my Haliburton holdings before this thing hits that fan? :?) Need some moral clarity.
Posted by: Ed Guzman | July 05, 2007 at 11:04 PM
As a pastor I would say that IF you pay a double tithe on your increase you could hold on a bit longer and maximize your profits! You can make that check out to "Hollywood Adventist Church!" ;)
Posted by: Ryan Bell | July 06, 2007 at 08:02 AM
Lol.
Posted by: Ed Guzman | July 08, 2007 at 12:44 AM
Shalom, Ryan.
Seriously. Question everything, but do not question what you know inside of everything is right and just. God is with you. God is in you. Peace. But Peace only comes by the path of Justice. There is no other way there.
Ask MLK.
Ask Ghandi.
Ask Boenhoeffer.
Ask Jesus.
Posted by: Mikael Rudolph | July 11, 2007 at 12:54 AM
p.s., my spiritual mentor through college at Whitman was a Fuller grad: Pastor Rich Lang.
Posted by: Mikael Rudolph | July 11, 2007 at 12:55 AM