I’ll admit I was pleased to see that someone in our government was finally standing up to the Bush administration. But in my opinion it isn’t enough.

Yesterday, Senator Russ Feingold and US Representative Maurice Hinchey introduced 2 censure resolutions into the House and the Senate.

The following comes straight from the US Senate website, see it here

“The censure resolutions regarding Iraq, S.Res.302 and H.Res.625, condemn the president and vice president for:

· Misleading the nation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s regime and about Saddam’s links to al Qaeda and 9/11

· Inadequate planning for military action in Iraq

· Overstraining the military and undermining homeland security

· Misleading the nation about the strength of the insurgency

The censure resolutions regarding the rule of law, S.Res.303 and H.Res.626, condemn the president and attorney general for:

· Authorizing the illegal NSA warrantless wiretapping program

· Pursuing extreme policies concerning torture and the treatment of detainees

· Detaining enemy combatants indefinitely without charges, access to a lawyer, or habeas rights

· Unilaterally authorizing flawed military commissions that were subsequently struck down by the Supreme Court

· Misleading Congress and the public about, and obstructing investigations into, the firings of U.S. Attorneys

· Making misleading statements regarding civil liberties abuses under the Patriot Act

· Undermining acts of Congress with signing statements based on extreme theories of executive power”

I do applaud them for bringing all this into the forefront BUT we should do more. If a fortune 500 company hired a new CEO and within 6 mos to a year he starts to run the company into the toilet do you think they would say “we have to keep him for 4 years”?

No way! They would fire him and replace him with someone who CAN do the job. Why shouldn’t our presidents have to live up to the same standards. Bush and Cheney have trampled the Bill of Rights and our Constitution, they have made us more hated throughout the world then ever before, they have lied to get us into a war so they can profit…they are criminals.

As such, we should hold elections THIS NOVEMBER and remove both of these idiots from office ASAP not next year; furthermore, we should then arrest these men for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Let the courts deal with those two since they would be private citizens. The president cannot be above the law and needs to be held responsible for illegal actions.

Maybe a little waterboarding will get Bush and Cheney to come clean

We need to stand up together and say enough! You can read more on this story at http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/07/08/20070806censure.html

Stay safe out there!

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