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400 Code Pink members are on a fast for impeachment
Dennis Johnson, Milwaukee
Have you heard the news?400 Code Pink members are on a fast for impeachment of Messrs. Bush and
Cheney for charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors", two candidates
are running against Nancy Pelosi because she isn't considering impeachment, two
towns in Vermont have voted to prosecute our Nation's top two leaders if they
enter their jurisdiction, and polls say 54% of Americans want impeachment for
Cheney if hearings prove wrongdoing.
Both the mainstream media and the House leadership have
been keeping impeachment "off the table" and under the rug.The fourth estate, which is rapidly becoming
the "real estate" of some of the world's biggest corporate
conglomerates, has turned its back on impeachment while exploiting the
presidential horse race for all its financial worth.
John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have shirked defending the Constitution by their
refusal to open impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney and President
Bush.
By blacking out impeachment from the halls of Congress
and from the minds of the American populace, the leadership in Congress, with
the cooperation of the news media, has betrayed America and our Constitution.
Dennis Johnson, Milwaukee
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
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