PLease invite your friends via our "Invite Friends" button above and don`t forget CARE2 network messaging.  Maybe we can get people to post their boycotts here where they`ll be saved and not deleted when people are cleaning up their network messages.

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I thought most of my friends were here...oops! They have now been invited.

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Unity08 presents an opportunity for everyday Americans to once again have more say than rich lobbyists, the media, and a handful of voters in early primary states in who shows up on the ballot in November 2008.  The bipartisan Unity Ticket will represent us -- the vast majority of Americans who are in the political middle and who've had enough with inferior choices among candidates whose first priority is fundraising and advancing their own careers.

So go to http://www.unity08.com and sign up to be a Founding Delegate today.

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Grounds for impeachment, and arrest
by Rose, Unknown News      May 24, 2007

President Bush's "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive" (also known as NSPD-51 and HSPD-20) was released on May 9th. It's treason, by the dictionary definition: "the offense of acting to overthrow one's government ..."
It's W's newest plans for dealing with a "catastrophic emergency", and in it he entrusts himself with leading not just the Executive Branch, but the entire federal government!

While the plan does claim to recognize the needs to ensure "the continued function of our form of government under the Constitution, including the functioning of the three separate branches of government," it almost sounds like lip service because it later states: "The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government."
  Trust George W Bush to "ensure constitutional government"?
Why would we trust Bush to ensure anything, let alone the constitutional government???

And note the definition of "catastrophic emergency": "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government function." which includes "localized acts of nature, accidents, and technological or attack-related emergencies."

You know, when I heard about this, the first thing that popped into my mind was the April Fools joke that was circulating around last month, about Cheney challenging the 22nd Amendment (presidential term limits). I actually checked out snopes.com to see if this Presidential Directive was fake before I went to the White House's web site to read the text of it.

Now my question is -- why isn't Congress raising holy heck over this?

A Republican acquaintance of mine tried to dismiss my concern as an overreaction, saying it's only for "extreme circumstances, like if terrorists attacked the Capitol while Congress was in session." But the way this plan is worded it could include a situation like Katrina (and we're entering hurricane season) or other natural disasters.

In other words, in case of just about any emergency, Bush could finally get his December 2000 wish -- remember when he said, "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

The complete text of the plan (it's seven pages long and is written in excruciating legal-ese) is on the White House website. If you think I'm over-reacting, I dare you to read it.

It's not just "grounds for impeachment" (there are already acres and acres of grounds for impeachment). This is grounds to arrest and prosecute the President.

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