Call Out The
Instigator
By Cindy Sheehan
Call out the Instigator
Because there’s something in the air
We got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here
You know it’s right!
-Thunderclap Newman
07/04/07 "Common
Dreams' -- --
I’m not backing off. I tried to remove myself from the
political realm of the US, what BushCo is turning into an
Evil Empire, but the blatant audacity of George commuting
Scooter’s sentence (he’s not ruling out a full pardon —and
you know he will) has dragged me kicking and screaming back
in. I can’t sit back and let this BushCo drag our country
further down into the murky quagmire of Fascism and
violence, taking the rest of the world with them!
I have sat quietly back these past five weeks as the
slaughter in Iraq sorrowfully surges along with George’s
bloody escalation—and as the philosophical opposition to the
war has soared to almost four out of every five Americans. I
have remained silent when Senator Barack Obama said that
impeachment is only reserved for “grave, grave” breeches!
Well, BushCo has created hundreds of thousands of graves dug
by their lies and greed. For cripes’ sake, George admitted
to breaking the FISA Act (which is a felony) that also
breeched the 4th Amendment to our Constitution that already
prohibited illegal search and seizure. How was Bill
Clinton’s offense graver than George’s, Dick’s, or
Scooter’s? Did we ever think that the criminality and
arrogance of the Nixon White House would be eclipsed in our
time with nary a “baaaah” from the Sheeple in Congress?
George has said that America doesn’t “do torture” when we
have all seen the images of torture from Abu Ghraib (don’t
believe your lyin’ eyes) and know that hundreds of people
sold to the US Army for an immoral bounty are incarcerated
within the inhumane confines of Guantanamo Prison which is
right in our own back yard.
I have had to bite my tongue – HARD — as the George and Dick
crime cabal, (formerly known has the executive branch) have
claimed that their offices are not to be held up to the same
standards of accountability and control as any other entity
in the human race, governmental or private.
It has been recently reported that Nancy Pelosi said that
impeachment is not “worth it.” Her faulty reasoning is that
impeachment would take too much time because they don’t have
the votes. If they could “whip” their own Democratic caucus
into shape to defend and protect our Constitution and the
people of Iraq and our soldiers as they whupped, cajoled,
threatened and browbeat the caucus into attaching
“non-binding” time lines onto the last war funding bill,
then impeachment would not only be possible, but likely.
The recent commutation of I. Scooter Libby’s sentence,
however, was the straw that broke my camel’s back of
exhausted ennui. Patrick Fitzgerald is a thoughtful and
thorough prosecutor who did a heroic job of bringing at
least one of the Bush Crime Mob to justice. Even though we
were all very pleased, we knew that it was not enough and
that Mr. Fitzgerald would delve deeper into the feces
infested executive branch. The lawlessness of the Bush
Administration has reached wild west proportions and the
inmates definitely have control of the US(A)sylum.
A very dear friend of mine, Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip
Hop Caucus, is being harassed by the Air Force for “Conduct
Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman” because “The Rev”
fulfills his duty as an Officer and a Gentleman honorably by
protesting Iraq and the Fascist Bush Regime almost
constantly. The Rev is still in Individual Ready Reserve so
the Air Force believes it is within its parameters to pursue
the charges, although every “Officer and Gentleman(woman)”
should be protesting the atrocious mistakes in the Middle
East. After The Rev’s hearing on July 12th, (in Macon, GA)
he is going to begin a “symbolic” walk from the Reverend
Martin Luther King’s grave (Atlanta, GA) to DC — I am going
to be there for him and to begin the march, but I am not
going to make it symbolic.
We are going to walk from Atlanta, GA to Congress beginning
July 13th and ending up in DC on July 23rd to send the mis-leaders
back home to face the music of justice in their own
districts.
It is about time us “peasants” (in the eyes of the Fascist
Ruling Elite) march on DC with our “pitchforks” of righteous
anger and our “torches” of truth to demand the ouster of
BushCo. I have a dream of the detention centers that George
has built and filled being instead filled with Orange Clad
neo-cons and neo-connettes.
If Congress won’t dig BushCo’s political grave, it is the
People’s job to do so. Thomas Jefferson said that we need a
Revolution every 20 years, or so, to keep our Republic
honest. Over 225 years have passed since our last Revolution
(if you don’t count the War Between the States) and we are
long overdue for one. Turn off your TVs, kiss your pets
goodbye, bring the kids and flock to the federal seat of
corruption, or join us on our walk there, for a People’s
Accountability Movement to be in the face of the Criminal
BushCo and the Complicit Congress for the last week of
session before they go on their undeserved vacations (why do
they get vacations when the Iraqi parliamentarians don’t?)
On the eve of our first revolution: You know it’s right!
Author’s note: Please, I already see “Attention Whore Back.”
If anyone thinks that I am going to walk hundreds of miles
in the Deep South during July for attention, then please
join us! We will be publishing our route and plans for
Accountability events along the way, within the next few
days. Stay tuned.
Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan who
was KIA in Iraq on 04/04/04. She is a co-founder and
President of Gold Star Families for Peace and the author of
two books: Not One More Mother’s Child and Dear President
Bush.
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