Fw: We Do Not Concede - Update 5/29/2005
Dear Friends,
AfterDowningStreet.org and the amazing John Bonifaz are now requesting members of Congress put forth a Resolution of Inquiry into false statements and the overall misleading of Americans to support an Iraqi invasion, actions that warrant an investigation and perhaps articles of impeachment against George W Bush. It is worthy of your support, so please follow the links below to sign up, and to help tell others about it. Rep. Conyers is waiting to receive 100,000 responses in just a short period of time. Let's deliver!
We've made some headway over the past few months on important matters involving our voting rights and fair elections. By refusing to not give up, we have helped raise the consciousness of the nation about the dangers involved with privatization of the public voting system and have helped to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Ohio election. Our side has gained support from several national voices, Robert Koehler, syndicated journalist with the Chicago Tribune and, Jim Lampley, a well-known sports commentator and host of the Olympics. Check those articles out here: http://www.donotconcede.com/CoalitionNews.html. More and more people around our country are becoming concerned about the national election system and what seems like an inability to vote out unpopular leaders, and so they should.
The GOP now embarks on its very own Ohio in Washington State where lawsuits have been filed challenging the outcome of the 2004 governor's race. Using statistical analysis, the claim is that of all the discrepancies that occurred, none broke for the GOP candidate Dino Rossi, but instead all benefited Christine Gregoire, and that had the count been conducted fairly Rossi would have received a certain portion of the vote totals. Therefore, the demand is to overthrow the election and have a revote. Republicans have engaged in an all out media war in the state, spinning the facts rather than facing them. Unlike Ohio, this lawsuit has the backing of both major political parties, and should lead to an interesting outcome. How it all comes down to a matter of 127 votes is incredible.
This lawsuit combined with just released data from the U.S. Census Bureau that reveals voter turnout was up, but somehow overall turnout of 125.7 million differs from the "official" turnout of 122.3 million as reported by the Clerk of the House. Oddly enough, the discrepancy equals 3.4 million votes, about the same number of votes by which Bush was declared the winner of the popular vote.
On another front in Washington State, a lawsuit by Paul Lehto has also been filed in King County against Sequoia Voting Systems (Snohomish County) asking that the machines be opened up to public scrutiny, and that corporations who use trade secrecy laws to prevent transparent elections are actually breaking the law. Legal action should be very beneficial to our fight for free and fair elections.
A new election coverup, er--reform commission formed in April, led by Jimmy Carter and James Baker, with two more meetings scheduled, one in Houston in June and the other in Atlanta in August. Look for actions involving both these scheduled gatherings! We plan to make sure our voices are heard when it comes to what really matters with the way our elections are run!
Sanctions have been dropped against the four election protection attorneys in Ohio. Bob Fitrakis (with Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman) has a new book out, "Did George W Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? - Essential Documents." He will be out on tour in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego beginning June 15, 2005. For more information, visit www.freepress.org or contact Lara Schafer at lara@openvotingconsortium.org.
I've recently joined BradBlog's Brad Friedman as producer of The Brad Show live from Los Angeles every Saturday late afternoon/evening 7 to 11 p.m ET. Brad is the hottest online investigative blogger out there, and a natural behind the mic. Interesting guests, witty commentary, and supportive listenership will all lead to much success, so tune in and help spread the word! www.BradBlog.com/BradShow/
It has been a long while since we've been in touch. Our list serve capabilities are limited, admittedly; multiple computer crashes haven't helped. But rather than taking the opportunity to reply with unsubscribe in the subject line -- we here at We Do Not Concede encourage you to take a more positive action to help steer this ship on a more just and responsible course. As always, we encourage you to network and organize in your communities. At the present time, we are gaining quite a bit of strength in the battle to release vs. suppress truth and information.
Enjoy Memorial Day with family and friends.
THANK YOU!
Best
Kat L'Estrange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2005
A coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups announced a campaign today to urge that the U.S. Congress launch a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war. The campaign focuses on evidence that recently emerged in a British memo containing minutes of a secret July 2002 meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top national security officials.
John Bonifaz, a Boston attorney specializing in constitutional litigation, sent a memo to Congressman John Conyers of Michigan, the Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, urging him to introduce a Resolution of Inquiry directing the House Judiciary Committee to launch a formal investigation into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Bush.
Bonifaz's memo, made available today at www.AfterDowningStreet.org, begins: "The recent release of the Downing Street Memo provides new and compelling evidence that the President of the United States has been actively engaged in a conspiracy to deceive and mislead the United States Congress and the American people about the basis for going to war against Iraq. If true, such conduct constitutes a High Crime under Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution."
In February and March 2003, John Bonifaz served as lead counsel for a coalition of United States soldiers, parents of U.S. soldiers, and Members of Congress (led by Representatives John Conyers, Jr. and Dennis Kucinich) in a federal lawsuit challenging President George W. Bushs authority to wage war against Iraq absent a congressional declaration of war or equivalent action. Bonifaz is the author of Warrior-King: The Case for Impeaching George W. Bush (NationBooks-NY, 2004, foreword by Rep. John Conyers, Jr.), which chronicles that case and its meaning for the United States Constitution.
The organizations forming the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition include: Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace, Democrats.com, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, Progressive Democrats of America, and Democracy Rising. These organizations, beginning today, will be urging their members to contact their Representatives to urge support of a Resolution of Inquiry.
For more information, see www.AfterDowningStreet.org, or contact:
Democrats.com, President Bob Fertik and Washington Director David Swanson
Global Exchange, Co-Founder Medea Benjamin
Code Pink, Executive Committee Member Gael Murphy
Gold Star Families for Peace Member Cindy Sheehan (Sheehan's son, U.S. Army Spc. Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq April 4, 2004.)
Consultant Steve Cobble
Progressive Democrats of America Executive Director Tim Carpenter
Veterans for Peace Executive Director Michael T. McPhearson
Democracy Rising's Kevin Zeese
Rainbow Push's Butch Wing
Velvet Revolution's Brad Friedman
Justice Through Music's Jeff Cohen, jtmpinfo@comcast.net
Citizens For Legitimate Government
We Do Not Concede
TAKE ACTION NOW! Urge your congress member to support a Resolution of Inquiry directing the House Judiciary Committee to launch a formal investigation into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Bush.
The recent release of the Downing Street Memo provides new and compelling evidence that the President of the United States has been actively engaged in a conspiracy to deceive and mislead the United States Congress and the American people about the basis for going to war against Iraq. If true, such conduct constitutes a High Crime under Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution.
We Do Not Concede has joined with Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace, Democrats.com, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, Progressive Democrats of America, Democracy Rising, the Rainbow Push Coalition, the Velvet Revolution, and Brad Blog to form the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition. These organizations, are asking their members to contact their congress members to urge support of a Resolution of Inquiry.
You should do so too: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/39
More Information: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org
Please forward this message to anyone who would be interested.
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