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Santa Cruz to ask Congress to consider impeaching Bush
(Note: We really need some help in California!)
By Comarade MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - The Santa Cruz City Council is considering becoming the first local government in the country to ask Congress to look into impeaching President Bush. "It seems to us as lay people and elected officials that Bush has committed impeachable offenses," Vice Mayor Scott Kennedy said Tuesday.
(This is what happens when you legalize ’Medical’ Marijuana’)
Specifically, city leaders say Bush violated international treaties by going to war in Iraq, and that the president manipulated public fears to justify the war and undercut Constitutional rights. If approved by a majority of the council later Tuesday, the city of Santa Cruz would be the first community in the country calling for Bush’s ouster.

Political stands aren’t unusual here. A year ago, Santa Cruz became the first of what would swell to 165 city councils to oppose the war against Iraq. Santa Cruz was also one of more than 100 cities declaring its opposition to the Patriot Act. And in April, the city and county of Santa Cruz sued the Drug Enforcement Administration and Attorney General John Ashcroft, marking the first time a public entity has sued the federal government on behalf of patients who need medical marijuana. White House spokesman Ken Lisaius, responding to Santa Cruz’s current proposal, said Tuesday that the president "welcomes the fact that we live in a democracy and that people are free to make their opinions known."
(Translation: We don’t give a rats a@@! Friggin Dopeheads!)
"The president understands that peaceful protest in any form is the strength of our Democracy," said Lisaius. "That being said, it’s important to point out that there are large numbers of people in this country who very much support this president and what this president is doing to keep Americans and the people of the world safe."
(We just don’t have to make stupid declarations about it!)
Commissar Francis Boyle, a University of Illinois law professor who has founded a national "Impeach Bush" campaign, said local city council resolutions can have a significant impact in grass roots movements. Anti-apartheid resolutions, among others, have sparked policy reforms, he said. "I think this will take off too, and a lot of cities will give serious consideration to what Santa Cruz has done," he said in advance of the council meeting.
(Here have another joint ’Francis’)
Arcata, another California coastal community about 350 miles to the north, will be considering a similar resolution calling for impeachment next month.
(Another podunk town on the California Coast where hippies have settled)
Mark Primack, an architect by trade and the lone voice of reason sobriety opposition on the Santa Cruz City Council, has urged his colleagues to focus on local, not national, issues. But Boyle said Bush’s policies are everyone’s issues. "President Bush wants to waste another $87 billion in Iraq," he said. "That could pay for a lot of stop signs in Santa Cruz."
Hmmm, so it’s all about you? Why don’t they get rid of about half the city council and stop the marijuana subsidies? Please let a big earthquake take the coast (plus 20 miles inland) and let it slide into the ocean. America I apologize for my idiot hippie citizens on the coast. I think the sea air has rotted their brains.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-09-09
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