Thursday, January 18, 2007
Pacifica Commentary For January 17, 2007
Constitutional Crisis
Yes, we are in a constitutional crisis. The President has determined that 100 billion dollars be spent on an extremely dangerous "updating" of our nuclear arsenal. And he does this at a time when some of the nation's virulent hawks, Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn issue a statement calling for the U.S. to lead the world in the abolition of nuclear weapons. See Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2007.
Our universities are being turned into houses of prostitution as the Bush Administration pumps billions into academia to design new nukes together with new horrors of biological and chemical weapons in direct violation of both the Biological Weapons and Chemical Weapons conventions and U.S. domestic criminal law.
And then there is the surge of troops in Iraq. In spite of what the poorly educated journalists or elected officials might say, there is a consensus of legal scholars that Congress has absolute power to block funding for any surge of troops in Baghdad.
Oh, yes, Bush invades Somalia with a little help from Ethiopia and then tries to assassinate a few alleged members of Al Qaeda. So he sends an AC-130 and a host of attack helicopters to southern Somalia. The AC-130 is a monstrosity designed to kill every man, woman, child and beast within its orbit.
And all of this is taking place while Israel and the United States bicker over which one will be the first to strike Iran.
Friends, we currently have some options to defend the people of the United States from governmental criminality:
First. Impeachment: There are literally scores of charges that could lead to conviction.
Second. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: This Amendment is to be applied when the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. The president's behavior should make his inability self-evident.
Now in both cases the Vice President is in line to take over. Clearly, similar action should be taken immediately as the Vice President becomes President because many of the high crimes and misdemeanors of the current President are directly tied to policies created by the current Vice President. This action would elevate the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the position of President.
And as we petition these actions from the new Congress, the peace movement is more engaged than ever at the street level. We are joined by veterans and current members of the armed forces. And this is where history will be made.
For detailed information on action in your immediate area go to
Yes, we are in a constitutional crisis. The President has determined that 100 billion dollars be spent on an extremely dangerous "updating" of our nuclear arsenal. And he does this at a time when some of the nation's virulent hawks, Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn issue a statement calling for the U.S. to lead the world in the abolition of nuclear weapons. See Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2007.
Our universities are being turned into houses of prostitution as the Bush Administration pumps billions into academia to design new nukes together with new horrors of biological and chemical weapons in direct violation of both the Biological Weapons and Chemical Weapons conventions and U.S. domestic criminal law.
And then there is the surge of troops in Iraq. In spite of what the poorly educated journalists or elected officials might say, there is a consensus of legal scholars that Congress has absolute power to block funding for any surge of troops in Baghdad.
Oh, yes, Bush invades Somalia with a little help from Ethiopia and then tries to assassinate a few alleged members of Al Qaeda. So he sends an AC-130 and a host of attack helicopters to southern Somalia. The AC-130 is a monstrosity designed to kill every man, woman, child and beast within its orbit.
And all of this is taking place while Israel and the United States bicker over which one will be the first to strike Iran.
Friends, we currently have some options to defend the people of the United States from governmental criminality:
First. Impeachment: There are literally scores of charges that could lead to conviction.
Second. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: This Amendment is to be applied when the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. The president's behavior should make his inability self-evident.
Now in both cases the Vice President is in line to take over. Clearly, similar action should be taken immediately as the Vice President becomes President because many of the high crimes and misdemeanors of the current President are directly tied to policies created by the current Vice President. This action would elevate the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the position of President.
And as we petition these actions from the new Congress, the peace movement is more engaged than ever at the street level. We are joined by veterans and current members of the armed forces. And this is where history will be made.
For detailed information on action in your immediate area go to
