2008 Woodie Awards
Brattleboro looks to indict Bush and Cheney for crimes
Brattleboro moves to add a ballot item that would indict President Bush and Vice President Cheney
ANNE COLEMAN Cynic Correspondent
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: News
Last year, the southeastern Vermont town of Brattleboro voted to impeach President Bush. This year, local activist Kurt Daims wants to go one step further.
Daims and a group of his supporters are attempting to get an item on the ballot for Town Meeting Day that would indict President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against the Constitution, making them subject to arrest if they ever set foot in town, stated the Brattleboro Reformer.
Daims is seeking to find 440 citizens to support his initiative in order to get it on the Town Meeting ballot for citizens to consider on March 4.
According to the Brattleboro Reformer, the resolution states, "Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictment for consideration by other municipalities?" It does not state, after extradition, where the two would be tried for said crimes.
Dan DeWalt, the Newfane man who spurred the impeachment vote in Town Meeting last year, expressed his support in the Brattleboro Reformer, stating, "Mr. Daims and others who drafted the Indictment are acting in the same spirit, and with the same moral authority as our founders did in 1776."
Voices of dissent in the town include select board member Steven Steidle, who, according to the "Associated Press", believes that "[the indictment] is well outside of our ability. From my perspective, the Brattleboro Select board needs to focus on the town and the things that need to be done here."
Even if the measure were to be passed on March 4, there are doubts as to its practicality and even legality.
According to Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, who spoke with the Associated Press, "I have not seen the proposal, and I've done no legal research on any of the issues, but at first blush, if this passed, they'd have really uphill sledding trying to have it be legal and enforceable."
The White House did not comment on this issue.
Daims and a group of his supporters are attempting to get an item on the ballot for Town Meeting Day that would indict President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against the Constitution, making them subject to arrest if they ever set foot in town, stated the Brattleboro Reformer.
Daims is seeking to find 440 citizens to support his initiative in order to get it on the Town Meeting ballot for citizens to consider on March 4.
According to the Brattleboro Reformer, the resolution states, "Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictment for consideration by other municipalities?" It does not state, after extradition, where the two would be tried for said crimes.
Dan DeWalt, the Newfane man who spurred the impeachment vote in Town Meeting last year, expressed his support in the Brattleboro Reformer, stating, "Mr. Daims and others who drafted the Indictment are acting in the same spirit, and with the same moral authority as our founders did in 1776."
Voices of dissent in the town include select board member Steven Steidle, who, according to the "Associated Press", believes that "[the indictment] is well outside of our ability. From my perspective, the Brattleboro Select board needs to focus on the town and the things that need to be done here."
Even if the measure were to be passed on March 4, there are doubts as to its practicality and even legality.
According to Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, who spoke with the Associated Press, "I have not seen the proposal, and I've done no legal research on any of the issues, but at first blush, if this passed, they'd have really uphill sledding trying to have it be legal and enforceable."
The White House did not comment on this issue.
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JF
posted 1/29/08 @ 10:35 PM EST
GO Brattleboro Go !
DYING REGIME 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNuefnjwbJ0
A Gang of High-Testosterene, Arrogant Fools Who Strong-Armed America Into a Catastrophe is Searingly Detailed in the Documentary "No End in Sight". (Continued…)
Ron Smith
posted 1/30/08 @ 9:40 AM EST
I am gathering signatures for the following petition for the Town of Brattleboro:
"Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft and publish a resolution that resident Kurt Daims be declared the Town Idiot. (Continued…)
Ed W
posted 1/30/08 @ 10:26 AM EST
"I confess I enjoy DEMOCRACY immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."
H.L.Mencken
D.Johnson
posted 1/30/08 @ 10:54 AM EST
The Tehran Times loves Brattleboro at any rate:
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162186
Brattleboro must be immensely proud.
Thomas O. Anderson
posted 1/30/08 @ 2:26 PM EST
An entire generation of Americans once sacrificed dearly to defeat Fascism overseas. Today, a new generation is awakening to defeat Fascism here at home. (Continued…)
Betty Walker
posted 2/02/08 @ 7:44 PM EST
Hooray! Finally, some folks are showing some real backbone, and are bringing charges against the 2 worst leaders of this country - gwb and cheney! They have lied SO MUCH, destroyed our very structure of government, ruined our name with all foreign countries, put us in such a disastrous financial situation that even our grandchildren will not get us out of, and have undermined our Constitution to the point of taking away our rights. (Continued…)
Jon Carlson
posted 2/02/08 @ 9:50 PM EST
Clearly the Bush misadministration, the CIA, and the US Navy are behind 9/11. Plenty of photos and analysis here:
Keystone Cops 9/11: Analysis Of The Pentagon A3 Skywarrior Napalm Bombshttp://home. (Continued…)
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