Wake up democracy!

It's time to end the apathy and wake up. We should be writing letters to the editor, posting blogs, donating money, and pushing our officials to wake up and take action!

Sunday, January 29, 2006

King George lies!

In case anyone still thinks George Bush is an honest man, we should look at this big lie he told during the 2004 election:

In April 2004, Bush told an audience in Buffalo, New York: "Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."

Want to see the context? The entire speech is on the White House (!) web site. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040420-2.html

Of course now we know that when he gave this speech, Bush had been ordering warrantless wiretaps for over two years. Why? Because it was too hard to comply with those rigorous FISA requirements, which requires retroactive approval of a secret court within 72 hours AFTER the wiretap.

This lie makes Clinton's "I did not have sex with that woman" lie pale in comparison, since it actually has something to do with his job. Not only did King George commit a felony and break the FISA law, (which says this law is the exclusive way to do wiretaps on domestic-foreign calls, and that any violation is a felony), but he purposely misled voters during the last election about his actions.

Which congressman or congresswoman has the guts to introduce the first bill of impeachment?

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