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NEWS URGENT ACTION ALERTS RECENT EVENTS LEGISLATION ALERTS
AMERICAN HERO AWARDS OUR PLATFORM POSITIONS Our Sincerest Condolences for the Passing of a True Democrat and Hero Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio A staunch supporter of the 4th Amendment, lower taxes for the Middle Class, the environment, universal not-for-profit single-payer health care and opponent of the occupation in Iraq, she will be sorely missed. Kucinich Does It Again! Showing the courage lacking in the Democratic Leadership in the House, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduces 35 articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. Says he'll com be ack with 50 if these are not considered right away. Wexler, Lee and Woolsey all endorse the bill, H Res 1258. (Pelosi continues to stall the Democratic Party, the American People, and pretty much anyone not in the White House already....) Mass Media fail to report on this, or demean the effort (of course!). Rerun of extreme relevance: If you did not see this before, take a look now, and if you have seen it before, look again. This video captures the essence of what's wrong with the Bush regime, as expressed on the floor of the House back in 2004 by Rep. Tim Ryan, a less-than-progressive Democratic Congressman from Ohio, who had the courage to stand up and express, for the record, his outrage on what's wrong with this administration: lies, lies, lies. (This is a Quicktime video - if you need Quicktime, get it here.) Howard Metzenbaum was a great progressive Senator and leader back in the days when it was OK for Democratic Senators to represent the people. He will be sincerely missed. Representatives Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul win their re-nominations by huge margins! Kucinich landslides to victory despite 16,000 Republican crossover votes for Cimperman. Editorial: Orange County PDA Endorsements a Sham The Patrick Henry Democratic Club is proud to announce its unanimous American Hero Award to Representative Dennis Kucinich for having the best attendance record of any Member of Congress. Watch his latest video: http://www.usalone.com/thank_you_dennis.php On a lighter note - this is hysterical: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/diebold_accidentally_leaks 2007 Annual Awards Winners
Six (surprising) Heroes Who
Voted Against Thought Crime (HR 1955):
Abercrombie, Costello, Duncan, Flake, Kucinich, Rohrabacher (Republicans in italics. See the vote here.) STOP THIS OUTRAGEOUS BILL IN THE SENATE (S 1959) Currently in Sen. "Holy" Joe "I'm for John McCain" Lieberman's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Five Heroes Who Voted for the People: Filner, Kaptur, Kucinich, Towns & Waters! On the resolution to impeach Richard "War Criminal" Cheney, H Res 333: Vote to Table Votes to Refer to the Judiciary Committee 1038 & 1039 (where it will probably be killed...) Thank you, Cindy, for reminding Pelosi of her Job! Michael Moore Endorses Conyers/Kucinich Health Care Plan (Flyer in pdf format - fixed&improved) (CA flyer in pdf format) Thank Reps. Kucinich and Paul for being the ONLY two members of the House to vote against continued aggression with Iran: H Con Res 21. H.RES.333 Title: Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President [sic] of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (OH-10) (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (9+) COSPONSORS,
ALPHABETICAL:
Congressional Democrats Betray The Electorate: Fund Occupation Until Doomsday! Read http://www.davidsirota.com to see why the final vote was a fraud. Bush's victory, and our betrayal, is now complete. The Democrats, who had the power to stop this insane occupation in Iraq, what we elected them to do, caved completely. They didn't even have the courage to do it honestly and openly. The House passed a rule that allowed the Democrats to vote against the bill while guaranteeing that it would pass. Here's the vote on the rule: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll418.xml - after this passed, the vote on the bill itself was irrelevant in terms of who voted against it but voted for this rule. The funny part is that this vote came right after the vote on "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007." What a joke! They didn't have to pass anything to bring about an end to the occupation, they just had to stop appropriating more money. No, they had to try and play hardball with the master. They lost, of course. Kucinich and Paul voted no, of course. In the Senate, our brave Senators Clinton and Obama waited until the vote was a sure passage (70+ votes for) before they even voted. By then it didn't matter either way. Go Democrats! (Go join Bush in political hell, that is!) And take the fools at MoveOn who fell for this sham with you. Kucinich: How to Restore Respect for the U.S. (scroll down to the second letter) Tell Kucinich "YES" to Impeachment From the Huffington Post Bush's Approach to Iran Raises Questions About Impeachment British Captain Confirms Iranian Claims Kucinich: Is it time to Impeach? IndyMedia Photos from Kucinich Orange County event, Marsh 24, 2007 VotePeace provides Presidential Candidates Comparison Chart Dennis Kucinich Wins Presidential Forum Debate in Nevada! Best applause and audience's favorite candidate. Vilsack takes second place. 2006 Annual Awards Winners
2005 Annual Awards Winners
American
Hero
Award
Winner
for
February:
Chuck Anderson, Byron Costa, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney American Hero Award Winners for January: James Cromwell, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Viggo mortenson, Willie Nelson American Hero Award Winners for December: Gov. John Corzine, Rep. Dennis Kucinich American Hero Award Winners for November: Muna Cobtree, Rep. Bob Filner, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, LACC Bill Rosenthal, Rep. Edolphus Towns, Rep. Maxine Waters American Hero Award Winners for October: Christina Avalos, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Ron Paul, Rep. Pete Stark American Hero Award Winners for September: Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick, Rep. Dennis Kucinich What Was I Thinking If Award Winner for September: Sen. John Kerry American Hero Award Winners for August: Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Steve Cohen, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, Rep. Donald Payne, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, The "Sanchez Six:" Pat Alviso, Ed Garza, Prof. Jarret Lovell, Abraham Ramirez, Tutrant Tran, Robert Pat Dietrich American Hero Award Winners for July: Rep. Robert Brady, Rep. Keith Ellison, Rep. Sam Farr, Rep. Bob Filner, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Rep. Jim McDermott, Rep. James Moran, Rep. Ron Paul What Was I Thinking If Award Winner for July: Rep. John Conyers American Hero Award Winners for June: Rep. Yvette Clarke, Bruce Dixon, Glenn Ford, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Barbara Lee, Michael Moore, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Lynn Woolsey American Hero Award Winners for May: Rep. William Clay, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Albert Wynn American Hero Award Winners for April: Rep. Dennis Kucinich American Hero Award Winners for March: Pat Alviso, MFSO-OC, Ed Garza, MFSO-OC, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Maxine Waters The Patrick Henry Democratic Club of America Endorses Dennis J. Kucinich for President. Dennis is the only
progressive and the only peace
candidate running for President.
Finally!
A
Congressmember
with
real
courage:See Dennis's great speech here. Here are some labels you can print and stick on (anything) to support Dennis. (Note: print this document at 100%, not scaled, or they won't fit the 5160 label format.) Youth flyer McKinney introduces bill to impeach Bush Also on Free Internet Press and The Guardian (and Faux News, but we don't even support links to them....) It's official: DemocraticUnderground.com is an unregistered PAC for the DLC If you are a liberal, prepare to be tombstoned at the
Democratic
Underground. DemocraticUnderground.com has recently
increased its purging of Kucitizens and other
liberals. Simply posting a message that Kucinich has called
for the cutting of funding for the war can get a person banned at
DU. Pointing out that Kucinich is right got
another poster banned over there. These are
just two of a great many of examples why being
a liberal is a tombstonable offense over at DU. Has DU filed the
necessary papers with the FEC to be an advocacy group for certain 2008
DLC (conservative) candidates? Are they advising their donors
that the donations will be going to promoting DLC candidates and to
opposing liberal Democrats? We recommend that all progressives
try a forum that is a welcome home to progressive Democrats and
other liberals: http://progressiveindependent.com.
Congratulations to all the Peace Candidates who won their elections! Big Congratulations to Debra Bowen, John Garamendi, John Chiang, Bill Lockyer and Jerry Brown on their victories! (California is Jerry Brown's state once again! :-) RNC Desperate Attempt to "Swiftboat" Dennis Kucinich FAILS MISERABLY! DENNIS WINS 66%-34% Two
Orange County Teens Attempt to Register to Vote
Millions of Americans have signed the Peace Pledge Here is a list of candidates that have signed on for peace, compiled by the sponsors of this effort. The Patrick Henry Democratic Club is very proud of its 2005 World Leader of the Year for his starkly accurate description to the UN of the current squatter in the White House (and co-Villain of the Year), George W. Bush. Representative Dennis Kucinich was in Orange County on September 10, 2006. Congress is once again leading the way towards war with Iran with Minority (mis)Leader Pelosi leading the call. Thank Reps. Abercrombie, Hinchey, Jones (NC), Kucinich (OUR CONGRESMAN OF THE YEAR), Lee, McDermott, McKinney, Paul, Waters (OUR CONGRESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR), and Woolsey for voting against another step towards war with Iran. Also, thank Reps. Capuano and Kaptur for their "present" protest votes. Shame on Pelosi and the the majority for following the beats towards war. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll460.xml This follows Pelosi's
embarrassing move in
allowing Democrats to vote anonymously for HR 5295 (bill to
strip-search children), resulting in its getting the required 2/3rds
majority to suspend the rules and pass. If you send your child to
Pelosi's office, be prepared for your child to strip and serve in the
war with Iran.
Alex Hull-Richter is elected to the board of directors of the National Youth Rights Association. Congratulations! Karl Rove, Pollution Corporations and Republican voters defeat DEMOCRATIC PARTY in Georgia's Democratic Runoff. (but lose BIG in the elections!) Where was
the DNC and
the
DCCC and why did they allow the Republicans to fix
Georgia's Democratic runoff and give a Republican-backed candidate
the victory? Shame on Rahm Emanuel, Howard Dean and Jeanette
Millender-McDonald for sitting by and taking no action as the
complaints came in from voters and Democrats who tried to stop the
tampering and received no assistance from their own party.
Acquiescence is complicity. Anyone feel like contributing
to the DNC?
Bush scores
his biggest
win
ever by defeating his strongest opponent in a rigged election.
Diebold failed to put Cynthia McKinney on the ballot in at least one
precinct and switched McKinney votes to Johnson votes as voters
watched powerless to stop the rigging while Georgia police
harassed McKinney voters. The Republicans turned out in
droves to vote for their man Hank Johnson in Georgia's Democratic
runoff. Cynthia put up a good fight. No Democrat in
America could have stood a chance under such extreme election
tampering. Cynthia needs to take her cues from Mexico's Obrador
and keep fighting until she defeats the Rove-Johnson-Diebold
machine and has those who fixed the election prosecuted.
Recommendations
for
donations:
1) McKinney
atill needs
your money to undo
the illegal primary election and keep her seat.
2) Send your
money to
responsible
Democrats, such as Conyers, Grijalva, Kucinich, McDermott, Stark, Waters and Woolsey, who will use their
positions to fight for you.
For a complete list of candidates with a proven track record, check our 2005 voting chart. Kucinich Calls for
Abolishing Nuclear
Weapons
A great video
on Universal
Single-Payer
Health
Care (CA SB840 - Sheila Kuehl's bill).Marks 61st anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings Aug 5, 2006 On July 26, Congressman Kucinich introduced H. Res. 950, Calling for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. Before introducing the resolution, Kucinich said: "August 6, 2006, will mark the 61st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, which obliterated the city and killed about 140,000 people. Today 30,000 nuclear weapons remain in the world. Many nuclear weapons are deployed. Any use of nuclear weapons would be unthinkable devastation. The only way to prevent the use of nuclear destruction is to abolish all nuclear weapons." Woolsey calls for the repeal of Bush's War Powers - HR 5875 - Call your Representative and ask them to support this bill. Capitol Switchboard Phone Numbers: 202-224-3121 Also: 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588, 800-426-8073, 800-828-0498 and 800-SOB-USOB (800-762-8762) (that's for Senate Office Building, not what you're thinking.... :-) ACTION ALERTS: (See above - more coming soon....) American Hero Awards
WHO NEEDS AND DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT Thank Dennis Kucinich, Jim McDermott, Ron Paul and Pete Stark for being the only consistent votes against the rush to war with Iran. To those who don't know, in February, the House voted overwhelmingly for a resolution "condemning the Government of Iran for violating its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations and expressing support for efforts to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council." While some others voted "present" and some did not vote, these four had the courage to stand up and be counted against this resolution fast-tracking the next war. In April, another bill looking like a declaration of war with Iran was approved by the House. These four, joined by others, voted against that. Then, in May, these four and others voted against a bill which appears to call for the overthrow of the elected government of Hamas. Pelosi lead the majority of Democrats in voting with the Republicans in support of all three of these bills. We are very proud of Dennis Kucinich, our Congressman of the Year, for leading the opposition to war against Iran and Palestine. For more information about these pro-peace
congressmen, take a look at their web sites: http://kucinich.us/, http://www.mcdermottforcongress.com/,
http://www.ronpaulforcongress.com/
and http://www.petestark.com/.
Dennis's comments on the February bill where these four brave leaders stood alone in opposition: "This bill undermines efforts towards a peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and puts the United States on a dangerous path that could lead to war." -- Dennis Kucinich http://www.kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=39584 AND WHO DOESN'T SHOW NANCY PELOSI THAT YOUR ARE OPPOSED TO WAR AND HALLIBURTON BY MAKING NO MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER CAMPAIGN UNTIL SHE STOPS WORKING TO CREATE NEW WARS AND USING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF YOUR MONEY TO FUND UNWANTED WARS. RECENT EVENTS (Updates coming soon.) 
A long time ago in a country far, far away, a rising dictator managed to use a national tragedy as an excuse (1) to round up thousands of suspected terrorists, imprisoning or deporting them, (2) to push through anti-terrorism legislation, (3) to solidify his power and gain popularity, making dissent unpatriotic, (4) to round up and imprison citizens without the right of trial, (5) later, to use his new-found powers to go to war and invade helpless countries for false reasons and take their resources and (6) to kill a great many of his countries soldiers in these wars and a great many innocent civilians, both in his country and around the world.... In church, I have learned that forgiveness is not for the benefit of the forgiven but rather for the benefit of the forgiver. However, most children in America do not attend my church. I suspect that, when they learn what the current adult generation is not telling them, most will have a lot of difficulty forgiving any parents who support or vote for the Bush administration. It will be a lot easier for these children to forgive if they do not have to suffer through another four years. Those four years will further endanger every life on Earth. WILL THEIR
CHILDREN FORGIVE THEM?
In
These
Times
Friday,
November 12, 2004
Most voters in
Ohio chose Kerry. Here's how the
votes vanished.
By Greg Palast This February, Ken Blackwell, Ohio's Secretary of State, told his State Senate President, "The possibility of a close election with punch cards as the state’s primary voting device invites a Florida-like calamity." Blackwell, co-chair of Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, wasn't warning his fellow Republican of disaster, but boasting of an opportunity to bring in Ohio for Team Bush no matter what the voters wanted. And most voters in Ohio wanted JFK, not GWB. But their choice won't count because their votes won't be counted. The ballots that add up to a majority for John Kerry in Ohio -- and in New Mexico -- are locked up in two Republican hidey-holes: "spoiled" ballots and "provisional" ballots. Great Quotes: Barbara Bush on the Disaster in New Orleans: "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them." (Sept. 5, 2005) National Missile Defense is a fraud: “Canada has officially opted out of the laughably named National Missile Defense System. We should take a lesson from our neighbors. They knew the NMD has a terrible record; 10 highly artificial and carefully scripted flight intercept tests, only five resulting in hits. One hit occurred when the equivalent of an electronic "hit me'' sign was put on a supposed attack missile. “The new booster rocket for the kill vehicle has a one-in-three success rate. That is a one-in-three chance of even getting off the ground. The Pentagon canceled nine of the original 20 tests to focus on building the system instead of testing it. “Today, the NMD benefits no one except a few contractors and their patrons. Meanwhile, the Canadians chose not to buy a lemon. Here we plant a lemon grove and then franchise lemonade stands.” - Dennis Kucinich, on the floor of Congress, 3/10/05 No more political assassinations: "If I am assassinated, there is only one person responsible: the president of the United States." "If, by the hand of the devil, those perverse plans succeed ... forget about Venezuelan oil, Mr. Bush." - Hugo Chavez. Here. Ohio Stolen (blog entry, gnn.tv) 2004-11-03 16:26:30 "Greg Palast and Randi Rhodes reported today that the state of Ohio was stolen by the Republicans in election 2004. Ohio was the critical state that tipped the balance, giving the presidency to Bush. Turns out one County in Ohio, equipped with Diebold electronic voting machines, reported NEGATIVE 25,000 votes. Wha?!? That’s what at least one election official in Ohio said. The votes from that County are lost. Not counted. GONE!" (Originally from Citizens For Legitimate GoveRnment) "This president's foregn policy is what's scaring the kids of this country." Congressman (D-OH) Tim Ryan's stirring speech on the House floor - a MUST SEE video (Quicktime format). “They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” - George W. Bush, 8/5/2004 "Just because someone is elected doesn't mean they're legitimate." -Condoleezza Rice |
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"It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” - Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775 |
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