Tuesday, August 24, 2010

lest we forget -- 35 articles of impeachment

Kucinich's 35 Articles of Impeachment

lest we forget
who lied us into wars
who led us into bigger corpstate & bankruptcy
who delivered us unto evil

Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign
to Manufacture a False Case
for War Against Iraq.

Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent
Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With
Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat
as Part of Fraudulent Justification
for a War of Aggression.

Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress
to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction,
to Manufacture a False Case for War.

Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress
to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat
to the United States.

Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds
to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.

Article VI
Invading Iraq
in Violation of the Requirements
of HJRes114.

Article VII
Invading Iraq
Absent a Declaration of War.

Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation,
in Violation of the UN Charter.

Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor
and Vehicle Armor

Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries
for Political Purposes

Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases
in Iraq

Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq
for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources

Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force
to Develop Energy and Military Policies
With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries

Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony,
Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information
And Obstruction of Justice
in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson,
Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency

Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution
for Criminal Contractors in Iraq

Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars
in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors

Article XVII
Illegal Detention:
Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge
Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives

Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing,
and Encouraging the Use of Torture
Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq,
and Other Places,
as a Matter of Official Policy

Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People
and Taking Them Against Their Will
to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations,
Including Nations Known to Practice Torture

Article XX
Imprisoning Children

Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People
About Threats from Iran,
and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran,
With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government

Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws

Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act

Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens,
Without a Court-Ordered Warrant,
in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment

Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies
to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database
of the Private Telephone Numbers
and Emails of American Citizens

Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws
with Signing Statements

Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas
and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply

Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections,
Corruption of the Administration of Justice

Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate
the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People
in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare

Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster
of Hurricane Katrina,
Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency

Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People,
Systematically Undermining Efforts
to Address Global Climate Change

Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond
to High Level Intelligence Warnings
of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 9/11.

Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation
into the Attacks of September 11, 2001

Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders