<FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0060bf>Announcing a new meeting for <STRONG><EM>Bostonians for the Overthrow of King George</EM></STRONG>!<BR><BR><B>What</B>: Meeting of Bostonians for the Overthrow of King George<BR><BR><B>When</B>: Monday, March 10, 6:30 PM<BR><BR><B>Where</B>: Johnny D's Pub - Davis Sq. Somerville (across from the Red Line T-stop)<BR><BR><B>Meeting Description</B>: <BR>We'll be holding the next regular meeting of our group on <B>Mon. March 10th at 6:30pm at Johnny D's in Davis Square</B>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_0>Somerville, MA</SPAN>.<BR><BR>This month is the 2nd anniversary for our <I>King George</I> group, so come on out and have a pint with us as we plan our spring agenda of activism against Bush administration crimes. <BR>Thanks to everyone who participated in our "send an impeachment postcard to Congress" campaign last month. <STRONG>Together we sent over 1000 postcards & letters to members of the House Judiciary Committee in
February calling for impeachment hearings</STRONG> (& it's still going - see below - a special thanks to <FONT color=#ff007f>Code Pink</FONT> for helping us organize our Valentine letter-writing party.)<BR><BR>At the meeting, we will be discussing our impeachment letter-writing campaign (& writing more postcards too) & planning for new campaigns and events for the spring.<BR><BR>Hope to see you all there!<BR><BR>~Tom<BR><BR>P.S. If you haven't yet written or called members of the House Judiciary Cmte, you can still do so. Please do so, we need to keep the momentum going. All the info you need can be found in the </FONT><A href="http://impeachbush.meetup.com/335/files/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_1><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0060bf>FILES SECTION</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0060bf> of our website - including names & numbers of House members to contact & how to download/print out our
impeachment postcards. (</FONT><A href="http://impeachbush.meetup.com/335/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_2><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0060bf>http://impeachbush.meetup.com/335/</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0060bf>)<BR><BR>If you have sent letters and/or called them, then do it again. It's a new month & Bush/Cheney are still criminals.<BR><BR></FONT><BR> <HR> <BR><BR><BR><U>ACTIVISM UPDATE</U><BR>Though political news nationwide is dominated now by coverage of state primaries, in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_3>Washington</SPAN> pressure to investigate the Bush Admin. accountable & hold them for their crimes continues to grow:<BR><BR>1) <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_4>Rep. Wexler</SPAN> continues to push for hearings in the House Judiciary Cmte. Last month, he delivered a letter to Judiciary Chairman <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_5>John Conyers</SPAN> & he publicly
grilled <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_6>Condi Rice</SPAN> on her role in the administration's pre-war propaganda campaign to lie us into war. (For the video clip & latest news on this go to: <A href="http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_7><FONT color=#003399>www.WexlerWantsHearings.com</FONT></SPAN></A>)<BR><BR>2) <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_8>Rep. Kucinich</SPAN> is still planning to file soon over 50 articles of impeachment against Bush (it was originally planned for last month, but then delayed until after the Democratic primary in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_9>Ohio</SPAN> - where he faces a tough challenge).<BR><BR>3) <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6i8nG8GJ7s" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_10><FONT color=#003399>Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced</FONT></SPAN></A> last week that she intends to pursue <A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/28/nancy-pelosi-requests-gra_n_89058.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_11><FONT color=#003399>Contempt of Congress charges against White House officials</FONT></SPAN></A> that have refused subpoenas to testify before Congress about their roles in various White House scandals.<BR><BR>4) Many events are happening this month - both in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_12>Washington, DC</SPAN> and <A href="http://events.unitedforpeace.org/5yearstoomany/events/show/3410" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_13><FONT color=#003399>locally</FONT></SPAN></A> in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_14>Boston</SPAN> to protest the 5th anniversary of the Invasion and Occupation of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_15>Iraq</SPAN> - for more info on these events go to: <A href="http://events.unitedforpeace.org/5yearstoomany/events/show/3410" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_16><FONT color=#003399>http://events.unitedforpeace.org/5yearstoomany/events/show/3410</FONT></SPAN></A> <BR><BR><BR><I>QUESTIONS ON IMPEACHMENT</I><BR><BR>With the presidential elections in the news now every week, some might ask: <BR><BR><B>Why continue to focus on impeachment of Bush and Cheney?</B> <BR><BR><B>The simple answer is</B>: Bush & Cheney broke the law & abused the power of their office and they STILL have yet to be formally charged or even investigated for their crimes. That continues to be our group's focus, because THAT hasn't changed. <BR><BR><B>The longer answer is</B>: This is NOT about partisan politics. Impeachment is NOT about removal from office. Elections (and trials of elected officials) are about removal from office. This is about upholding the Constitution & the rule of law in this country. Impeachment is a process formal inquiry for holding elected officials acountable when they
abuse their power. There are still no formal charges against Bush & Cheney - so, we will continue to press members of Congress in both parties to do their constitutional duty and investigate, because the charges are too serious to ignore. <BR><BR>This country is still living with the results of Bush & Cheney's actions. The war in Iraq still continues. People are still being killed & maimed, trillions are still being drained from our economy as a result of the war. People's <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_17>civil liberties</SPAN> are still being violated and we all still continue to live with the national disgrace of tortured prisoners and other violations of international law.<BR><BR>Another common question people sometimes ask is:<BR><BR><B>Is there still enough time left to impeach them?</B><BR><BR>The answer is: <B>Yes.</B> It took House members in the Watergate investigation <B>just 3 months</B> to fully investigate Nixon for his crimes & draft
articles of impeachment against him. If they had not investigated him, many of the most damning charges would never have been revealed publicly. After <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_18>Watergate</SPAN>, Congress passed the FISA law to prevent surveilance of Americans under the guise of "national securuity" by future presidents - a law that Bush has violated. Not pursuing an investigation of such serious charges would set a terrible precedent for future presidents to act as if they are above the law too.<BR><BR>RSVP & Learn more here:<BR><A href="http://impeachbush.meetup.com/335/calendar/7453243/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1204563760_19><FONT color=#003399>http://impeachbush.meetup.com/335/calendar/7453243/</FONT></SPAN></A><BR><p>
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