Impeaching Bybee Would Be a Start

Federal Judge Jay Bybee, who serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, should be impeached for authoring the Bush torture memos
which were written to provide legal immunity for illegal, immoral, and sadistic acts of torture, i.e., waterboarding.

Impeaching Bybee would be a good start in bringing all the Bush administration war criminals to justice. People at the top, and that means former Attorney General

Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, and Hissing Viper VP Dick Cheney should be prosecuted and held accountable for their war crimes.

The New York Times is calling for Bybee's impeachment.

According to the torture memos, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a month, which is 6 times a day. Now I'm no fan of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but if this waterboarding method of torture is so effective, then why did it need to be administered almost 200 times in a one month period? And what was its yield regarding actionable anti-terrorism information? Zero (gulp), Zip (gulp), Nothing (gasp).

To guarantee that these immoral (and ineffective) criminal acts are never repeated, and to restore our reputation in the world, we need to act on this now. It's not "looking back" because this issue is very front and center to who we are right now as a nation, and what we stand for.

It is a mockery of our "justice system" that someone with judgement skills as awful as Jay Bybee's be allowed to hold a lifetime seat as a Federal Judge! Judge Jay Bybee should be impeached and disbarred, ASAP.

By releasing the memos, President Obama has shown his commitment to transparency in government. I understand that he has to focus on the economy right now and that the Justice Department should handle this. But I also must register my disappointment with our new President that he, a constitutional law professor, has not yet come out and said there must be prosecutions for violating the law-- no matter how high up the previous administration the long arm of the law reaches. I also see this as a failure of Congressional oversight by the Democrats and the Republicans over the last 8 years, because they were both afraid to stand up to the bully Cheney/Bush administration. They can reassert their authority now by initiating impeachment proceedings starting with Jay Bybee and proceeding upward from there.

Don't worry Rs, you know Dick Cheney has a suicide capsule in his jacket pocket :) we'll never take him alive.

W? He won't even see it coming.

Impeaching Bybee Would Be a Start

Federal Judge Jay Bybee, who serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, should be impeached for authoring the Bush torture memos
which were written to provide legal immunity for illegal, immoral, and sadistic acts of torture, i.e., waterboarding.

Impeaching Bybee would be a good start in bringing all the Bush administration war criminals to justice. People at the top, and that means former Attorney General

Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, and Hissing Viper VP Dick Cheney should be prosecuted and held accountable for their war crimes.

The New York Times is calling for Bybee's impeachment.

According to the torture memos, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a month, which is 6 times a day. Now I'm no fan of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but if this waterboarding method of torture is so effective, then why did it need to be administered almost 200 times in a one month period? And what was its yield regarding actionable anti-terrorism information? Zero (gulp), Zip (gulp), Nothing (gasp).

To guarantee that these immoral (and ineffective) criminal acts are never repeated, and to restore our reputation in the world, we need to act on this now. It's not "looking back" because this issue is very front and center to who we are right now as a nation, and what we stand for.

It is a mockery of our "justice system" that someone with judgement skills as awful as Jay Bybee's be allowed to hold a lifetime seat as a Federal Judge! Judge Jay Bybee should be impeached and disbarred, ASAP.

By releasing the memos, President Obama has shown his commitment to transparency in government. I understand that he has to focus on the economy right now and that the Justice Department should handle this. But I also must register my disappointment with our new President that he, a constitutional law professor, has not yet come out and said there must be prosecutions for violating the law-- no matter how high up the previous administration the long arm of the law reaches. I also see this as a failure of Congressional oversight by the Democrats and the Republicans over the last 8 years, because they were both afraid to stand up to the bully Cheney/Bush administration. They can reassert their authority now by initiating impeachment proceedings starting with Jay Bybee and proceeding upward from there.

Don't worry Rs, you know Dick Cheney has a suicide capsule in his jacket pocket :) we'll never take him alive.

W? He won't even see it coming.

A Powerful Symbol

Yesterday, we visited Sheena's Memorial Garden at West Park in Allentown (lovingly maintained by Greg Palmer). Soon, Sheena's colorful garden will be in full bloom, like it is in the picture shown.

Our First Lady Michelle Obama and some school children are planting a garden on the White House grounds. I see the idea of a garden as the perfect political symbol right now, and as a powerful symbol in our lives.

During difficult times, whether it be grieving the death of a child and fighting for justice, or facing down an economic crisis and a lingering war, there is hope that something new will grow-- despite the efforts of those who would sabotage the growth, and the resultant good yield for the majority, to serve their own spiteful agendas. There is faith in what cannot be seen, faith that something will emerge and nourish many people. Faith in something that can be shared and sustained. Faith in the future.

The garden also symbolizes self-reliance, getting your hands dirty and working hard. The garden requires creativity. We have planted some seeds of justice, and we are confident they will bear fruit-- despite the efforts of those who would sabotage the growth, and the resultant good yield for the majority, to serve their own spiteful agendas. We will continue to do the hard work during these hard times.

A Powerful Symbol

Yesterday, we visited Sheena's Memorial Garden at West Park in Allentown (lovingly maintained by Greg Palmer). Soon, Sheena's colorful garden will be in full bloom, like it is in the picture shown.

Our First Lady Michelle Obama and some school children are planting a garden on the White House grounds. I see the idea of a garden as the perfect political symbol right now, and as a powerful symbol in our lives.

During difficult times, whether it be grieving the death of a child and fighting for justice, or facing down an economic crisis and a lingering war, there is hope that something new will grow-- despite the efforts of those who would sabotage the growth, and the resultant good yield for the majority, to serve their own spiteful agendas. There is faith in what cannot be seen, faith that something will emerge and nourish many people. Faith in something that can be shared and sustained. Faith in the future.

The garden also symbolizes self-reliance, getting your hands dirty and working hard. The garden requires creativity. We have planted some seeds of justice, and we are confident they will bear fruit-- despite the efforts of those who would sabotage the growth, and the resultant good yield for the majority, to serve their own spiteful agendas. We will continue to do the hard work during these hard times.