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Comment #1: Tom said on 6/3/05 @ 6:21pm ET...

Were it not for Air America Radio, how would we even know about any of these issues? Thanks so much for the liberty work you are doing!!

Comment #2: Patrick said on 6/3/05 @ 6:22pm ET...

Fantastic news! Get yourself and Kerry onto some news shows and keep the pressure on! I still recommend the Daily Show, BTW. ;-)

I don't think you'll have any trouble hitting 250,000. Is it just me, or does this seem to be moving faster now? I'm seeing a little more coverage (on the net at least). Here's hoping it gets some mainstream coverage if Kerry can make a big enough stink about it in the Senate.

Comment #3: Ohiodem1 said on 6/3/05 @ 6:31pm ET...

Why don't you put the letter up on Kerry's website. He has on at least two occasions been able to come up with over 250,000 signatures in a couple of days.

Comment #4: tonie tartaglia said on 6/3/05 @ 6:34pm ET...

Thank you thank you1.....it's name is "hope".....thanks to Air America....I've been listening for days to find out how to sign this petition....and sending it on to everyone I know and a few more besides....we're standing right with you!!

Comment #5: JR said on 6/3/05 @ 6:40pm ET...

Keep the pressure
keep the pressure
keep the pressure

Comment #6: halobeam said on 6/3/05 @ 6:40pm ET...

This is FANTASTIC news!... I feel this is growing more quickly now too. More public figures need to find their "nerve" so to speak, and stand tall and speak loudly, as you have Rep. Conyers. It is so sad to see this as a partisan issue when it is CLEARLY not. We need real leaders in our country that truly LOVE our country. You are very much the real thing.

Bless you and your inner drive to know what the right thing to do is.

Comment #7: katinmn said on 6/3/05 @ 6:47pm ET...

We are just getting started. Hear the drums beating!

Thank you so much Rep. Conyers. When the media and so many elected officials have turned a blind eye to our concerns, you have always been there for us.

Comment #8: Jayashree Sonnad said on 6/3/05 @ 6:48pm ET...

The president and Vice president should be impeached. They are crooks and dont tell the truth. They think the law does not apply to them. The law applies to every one equally. If president Clinton was impeached for having sex with a woman then it is his wife's problem. President Bush ie screwing the whole country.
Than you.
Jayashree Sonnad

Comment #9: beth Coyote said on 6/3/05 @ 6:50pm ET...

Where do I sign?

Comment #10: Robert said on 6/3/05 @ 6:53pm ET...

It's good to see some action being taken on this issue.

Over the last year or so I've heard various left wing radio commentators stating that advocating the impeachment of this "president" is a dead issue, because the republicans in the House of Representatives will never act on such articles as may be submitted for consideration.

My opinion is that it is the constitutional duty of every American to demand the impeachment of this entire administration. I will only be satisfied when I hear that at least one member of Congress introduces articles of impeachment in the House of Representatives each and every day of the week that the House is in session until the matter is taken up and acted upon.

This nation is being taken for a ride on a downward slope; the cliff is looming before us. If our representatives don't put a stop to the actions of this administration, we, the People will have to do it. Any other course of action seems like national suicide to me.

Keep on going, Congressman Conyers. We are counting on you.

Comment #11: scott said on 6/3/05 @ 7:00pm ET...

Hi from conservative spokane. Were it not for Air America, how would we ever know about these things? Thanks John Conyers and everyone else who continues to stand up for what is right, and believes in what America once stood for. I believe we can restore this great country to the principles that made her a beacon of light around the world, and we will do it with caring, active, educated people like all of you. Thanks again--and Randi Rhodes we love you!

Comment #12: Bob Duncan said on 6/3/05 @ 7:02pm ET...

Again... Where do sign?

Comment #13: Lawrence Kelly said on 6/3/05 @ 7:03pm ET...

I'm sorry to say I'm embarrassed to say i'm an American. I served during the Viet Nam era and my 1/2 brother died there. Phony voting machines gave us a bloodless coupe. Now these crooks are out to steal everything for thier corporate pocketbook, and the real Americans are dying and paying for it.

Comment #14: deege8 said on 6/3/05 @ 7:08pm ET...

bob,

go to the homepage and click the link that says letter to president bush. that will take you to the page to sign in.

though i have questions...

Comment #15: Dr. Alan H. Levinson said on 6/3/05 @ 7:09pm ET...

As the web of deceit begins to glow in the dark, those that have nothing to be afraid of will come to the fore. Those that are involved, or have pandered to the power grab must hold on tight, for it is their lifeboat that will sink when the sh-t hits the fan.

I am not sure how impeachment works, which house of congress needs to act first, how the whole shebang gets processed. But once it does, the Repubs that do not want to be lumped with the Delays, Hasterts, Cornyns, and Frists, will have no choice but to move on with the process...particularly if they like their job in the government. Otherwise, when '06 comes around, there will be many on the red side joining the unemployment lines.

Mr. Conyers. I continue to enjoy your site and implore you to join ranks with senators (i.e., Kerry), and find those few republicans who are on the fence. There is power in numbers, and the media won't be able to ignore us anymore!! We've nearly got them in a head-lock. And as a psychiatric attendant years ago I learned that where-ever the head goes, the body will follow!!

p.s. The invite for dinner still stands!! If you're ever on Long Island, you'd be a welcome guest.

Alan

Comment #16: Kristi Aguilera said on 6/3/05 @ 7:16pm ET...

Congressman Conyers I have to tell you that I have tears steaming down my face as I write this, after reading this blog and listening to Randi Rhodes today, I know we can save our country because of all of us and Our Generals, you sir, Randi, the bloggers, Kos and all the others. This is what Democracy is, I have been so scared, and now I am just filled with pride. I felt the same way when I watched members of the Senate and Congress march into that Social Security Rally in April, it and this is awesome. We are going to save our country and so many lives, ours and thousands of others around the world.
You are the man sir, and you have my utmost respect.

Comment #17: Kristi Aguilera said on 6/3/05 @ 7:19pm ET...

For those of you wondering where to sign......go to johnconyers.com
(home page) there is a hyper-link at the bottom of the page (letter to President Bush) or downingstreetmemo.com has a link also.

Comment #18: Chris Kaeff said on 6/3/05 @ 7:21pm ET...

Bush makes me hate. I don't like that. Please make him go away. PLEASE!

Comment #19: deege8 said on 6/3/05 @ 7:23pm ET...

perhaps this is rudimentary; but how will the names of all of the "signers" be verified?

i have noticed that one can sign another's information (or information which is possibly invalid), and it still accepts.

i can already foresee that as an open opportunity for "trolls" to commit sabotage with an influx of "signatures".

i only mention this as it could be a setback if any of these "signers were proven to be bogus (imagine what the "liberal media" would do with that one).

it seems a fault so simple on such an important issue would be catastrophic.

as i had mentioned; perhaps this is rudimentary, but i thought i would throw it out there...

will these "signatures" be keenly payed attention to, and concretely verified...checked thoroughly? how?

are helpers needed? where to volunteer?

Comment #20: Kira said on 6/3/05 @ 7:33pm ET...

#18 Chris Kaeff

I feel exactly the same way you do. The neo-republicans started with the hate rhetoric in the '90s. It's only gotten worse. It's the "nice guys" vs the "playground bullies."

I think it's time Americans wake up to that & decent Republicans break away from the jerks.

Have y'all seen this?

Kerry To Push For Bush Impeachment - from The Conservative Voice

Comment #21: Kaye said on 6/3/05 @ 7:46pm ET...

deege8 -- Once you sign the letter, an email is sent to you which you have to respond to as a way to "verify" your signature. Of course there will be those who spend lots of energy trying to undermine us, but it cannot stem the tide. Speak truth to power -- truth IS power!

Comment #22: Michael Ramsay said on 6/3/05 @ 7:47pm ET...

I was surprised that my congressman, Tim Bishop (D. NY) was not one of the 89 reps. that undersigned Rep. Conyers' letter. I sent an email to him and one to each of my senators (Clinton and Schumer). Hopefully we can get some republicans to get with the program. This shouldn't be a partisan issue.

Comment #23: there's this said on 6/3/05 @ 7:48pm ET...

Conservative Spin on Kerry Statement



We know that many modern conservatives no longer support the Constitution in backing the principles the country was founded on such as individual liberty, separation of powers, an independent judiciary, and separation of church and state. We also learned during the Clinton years that they have a strange sense of what constitutes an impeachable offense, such as a private consensual sexual relationship. What is a surprise is to learn is that the conservatives apparently don't even recall the Constitutionally mandated procedure for impeachment.

The Conservative Voice has twisted one of Kerry's statements reported yesterday, claiming that "Kerry advised that he will begin the presentation of his case for President Bush’s impeachment to Congress, on Monday."

Actually Kerry said nothing of impeachment when he said, "When I go back on Monday, I am going to raise the issue," when speaking of the Downing Street Memos. A basic understanding of the Constitution, not to mention a respect for honest journalism, should make the author realize the absurdity of this false statement. Impeachment must begin in the House of Representatives, and therefore Senator Kerry would not be involved in a move towards impeachment. However, as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it would be reasonable for Kerry to investigate such evidence that President Bush lied to Congress, as well as the American people, while preparing to go to war against Iraq based upon distorting intelligence reports.

Such misquotations of John Kerry are not unusual from the right. Afterall, this was the main means by which the Republicans attacked Kerry throughout the 2004 Presidential campaign. This again raises the question of why, if they apparently have so many areas of disagreement with John Kerry, they don't have the honesty--or guts--to attack him based upon things he actually said.

http://kerryblog.blogspot.com/

Comment #24: deege8 said on 6/3/05 @ 7:49pm ET...

Comment #21: Kaye said on 6/3/05 @ 7:46pm ET...

deege8 -- Once you sign the letter, an email is sent to you which you have to respond to as a way to "verify" your signature
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

unfortunately, one is able to sign the form WITHOUT an email address...

Comment #25: Emily said on 6/3/05 @ 7:55pm ET...

Great news! I'm happy to hear the count. Doing great! And it hasn't been too long either. Wow. I'm glad for that. I'm glad Kerry is also working on this issue. Email every progressive talk show host who hasn't mentioned it yet you know of. This is good news! Great job Mr. Conyers!

Comment #26: Grace Reid said on 6/3/05 @ 8:01pm ET...

Congressman,
There is a lot of skepticism out there, not disbelief, but a tiredness of the attempt to correct a runaway regime. I have been 100% sure of what it is we're looking at. But other people's inertia and indifference is starting to get to me. Rx?

GR

Comment #27: understandinglife said on 6/3/05 @ 8:05pm ET...

Thank you Congressman Conyers for your leadership.

Many of us will be spending the next few days continuing to spread the word and request signatures.

We all await what Senator Kerry will have to say to his colleagues in the Senate on Monday June 6th.

Peace.

http://www.missionnotaccomplished.us

Comment #28: freethought said on 6/3/05 @ 8:09pm ET...

I need help. Both myself and my wife signed the petition, but we never go the verification emails.
What do i do now?
I don't want to sign again, in case they don't remove duplicates...
I really need to sign this, someone help please.
Admin, are you there?
I posted my email here, please contact me.
Thank you.

Comment #29: Jonathan Gold said on 6/3/05 @ 8:10pm ET...

Congressmen... please look into some of the lies surrounding 9/11. It's the right thing to do.

Watch the 9/11 Omission Hearings chaired by Representative Cynthia McKinney, a fellow patriot.

Watch them here...

http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47

Comment #30: dp said on 6/3/05 @ 8:17pm ET...

This is great news. Onward to 1M sigs.

Also would like to 2nd freethought's request for info on whether an emailed verification is necessary.
I did recieve one, but many others have not, and CONFUSION reigns on this.

Please verify whether one has to receive AND verify to have their sig show on the letter.

thanks
dp

Comment #31: Kira said on 6/3/05 @ 8:17pm ET...

#29 Jonathan Gold

Here's your link:


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Comment #33: rum/showthread.php?t=47" target="_blank">9/11 Omission Hearings Thanks for posting this!! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #34: FauxNewsChannel said on 6/3/05 @ 8:17pm ET...

God bless you John Conyers. Thanks for standing up for America.

Comment #35: Rachel Baker said on 6/3/05 @ 8:31pm ET...

Mr. Conyers, you are my hero, thank you for your courageous effort. You give me hope and inspiration. You are a true American Patriot. Thank you , thank you, thank you for yor dedication to this country!

Comment #36: David Pantalone said on 6/3/05 @ 8:36pm ET...

Is there a way to verify that my name is amongst the signatures? I did reply to your request for support in the first couple of days, but I hadn't filled in the email address field when I submitted it. I want to be sure that my submission did get counted. I would do it again to be sure, but I don't want to be guilty of stuffing the ballot box.

Comment #37: Greg Mucha said on 6/3/05 @ 8:36pm ET...

BEWARE OF JOHN KERRY'S ROLE IN REVEALING BUSH MISDEEDS.

I wouldn't trust John Kerry as far as I could throw him at this point. He is just another shill working inside the the Beltway, just like Woodward.

Kerry is a flaccid flak for uncompromising integrity.

Comment #38: The Cranky Liberal said on 6/3/05 @ 8:40pm ET...

Congresman Conyers I am so proud of your effort and am happy to be one of those 110,000 signatures you have recieved so far. You have a growing grass roots effort behind you trying to get the word out. If anyone doesn't know about it, they should check out the Big Brass Alliance (http://www.bigbrassblog.com/bba.html)a group of several hundred bloggers trying to help raise the issue to the forefront of people minds. We deserve more than the usual smirk and sneer from Mr. Bush whenever he is asked a tough question. Heck, if you can get him to answer I'll even root for Michigan over my beloved Buckeyes!

Comment #39: freethought said on 6/3/05 @ 8:42pm ET...

Well this is interesting.
I've just sighned up for the e-mail alerts at this site, and got my confirmation email in a matter of minutes.
This makes me wonder if there might be something wrong with your petition signiture capturing system.
I've used the same email address to sign up for both...
John, can you please ask someone to verify that some of our signitures aren't evaporating?
That's a horrible thought :(
First, 2000.. then 2002. then 2004.
I can't take anymore of this.

Comment #40: Jonathan Gold said on 6/3/05 @ 8:42pm ET...

http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/
Lee Hamilton Questioned About Dr. David Ray Griffin On C-SPAN
showthread.php?t=2164&highlight=david+griffin

Dr. David Ray Griffin Interviewed In Hustler Magazine
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2245&highlight=david+griffin

Dr. David Ray Griffin's HISTORIC Appearance On C-SPAN
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1558&highlight=david+griffin

The 9/11 Report: A 571 Page Lie
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2047&highlight=david+griffin

Comment #41: Erik Cush said on 6/3/05 @ 8:43pm ET...

Rep. Conyers,
I thank you for your dilegence in this most important matter. I have been pushing this cause for a long time and it is refreshing to know that there is still men and women with integrity and honor serving our country. You are a patriot.

This is a clip of a discussion I had today. I think that it would be appropriate for you to read this.

Posted: Jun 3, 2005 8:02 PM

Kyle Yay Wrote:
Just to play devil's advocate of sorts, is this the right move for the Democratic Party? It's far too early to know the ramifications of the Downing Street memo, but we have to know that this would be spun by the Republicans of more evidence of Democrats hating America and not supporting the troops by attacking the President in a time of war. Is now the time for the impeachment talk, or should we at least wait until we get some answers pertaining to the Downing Street memo?



Papa wrote: (that's me)
You bring up a very valid point. But there is one thing that works in our favor. If there is an impeachment hearing, that would mean that Bush and his entire cabinet will be forced to testify in front of Congress and in front of the world. And questions will be asked. Not just questions about the DSM, but the questions that many have been itching to ask them about 9/11. It will start with questions about his administrations assertions of Iraq's complicity in the 9/11 plot. Then the flood gate will be opened. I believe there are plenty of congress men and women dying to ask a few questions such as:

1. Why was the DC Air National Guard website mission statement changed after 9/11 from "to provide combat units in the highest possiable state of readiness", to a "vision" to "provide peacetime command and control and administrative mission oversight to support customers, DCANG units, and NGB in acheiving the highest state of readiness".

2. Why was the Pentagon (or the Capitol Building for that matter)not evacuated when it was clear that 4 or more planes were hijacked, 2 had already hit targets in New York, and one was heading for Washington? Concidering Vice President Cheney was already taken to the bunker, and Washington, specificly the Pentagon is the single most valuable military target on the eastern seaboard.

3. Why, concidering the official report that nobody was in posession of the knowelege of how many planes were actualy hijacked, and since [President Bush's] travel itinerary was public knowelege, did [your] Secret Service detail not esscort [you] to a safe location, and infact, allowed [you] to make a pre-schedueled news confrence?

4. Why did you repetedly make statements claiming that you saw "the plane hit the tower" before entering the classroom when everyone here knows that the video of the first terrorist strike was not recovered for another 18 hours, and the second strike occured while you were in the classroom? It was clear from the clip in "Farrenhiet 9/11" that you knew we were under attack when Mr. Card told you of the second strike. So I must ask you, why did you claim that "that was one bad pilot"? Was that remark a lie, or did you really see the first strike from some other "live" feed?

5. Mr. President (or VP, Def Sec, NSA, DCI), was there a stand down order?

6. Why?

End.

Again, thank you.
Philly thanks you.

Comment #42: Jonathan Gold said on 6/3/05 @ 8:48pm ET...

Thank you for reposting that link.

I want to say a word about what John Conyers is doing.

For too many years, our Government has stopped serving the people, and started serving only themselves.

I know that John Conyers was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement, and I thank him for that.

What he is trying to do now is absolute historic.

I hope that he seeks ALL of the truth about the Bush Administration NO MATTER WHERE it leads.

Thank you John for giving me hope.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Gold
www.yourbbsucks.com

Comment #43: Jonathan Gold said on 6/3/05 @ 8:55pm ET...

Sibel Edmonds - April 25th, 2005
"once this issue gets to be...investigated, you will be seeing certain [American] people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally"

Same Day
"There is direct evidence involving no more than ten American names that I recognized"

Source
http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=109

Comment #44: Mollie A. Boyer said on 6/3/05 @ 8:57pm ET...

I support Mr. Conyers pursuit of a serious response from the President and White House on the information contained in the Downing Street Letter.

Comment #45: Joyce F. Guinn said on 6/3/05 @ 8:58 ET...

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Comment #48: Steve Kinholt said on 6/3/05 @ 9:03pm ET...

The Downing Street Letter seems to be yet another piece of evidence that Bush lied his way into this unjust war. The damage done to the U.S. will take years to repair. I urge every member of Congress, Democrat and Republican, to investigate this document. We need to get to the bottom of this and begin repairing our reputation in the world.

Comment #49: Donna Martinez said on 6/3/05 @ 9:07pm ET...

"Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country."

That's my new motto. In fact, it could be the motto of the now hundreds of liberal bloggers who have joined forces to bring the truth to the American people.

See the list of bloggers supporting John Conyers at http://www.newswriter.us/blogrolls.html

Comment #50: gi mama said on 6/3/05 @ 9:15pm ET...

wooHoo!The C-Span just noted it is having "Downing Street Memo" in the morning!! I think it's 7:45AM! (et)SATURDAY MORNING! FINALLY!
I don't know details, will ck cspan.org !
Please also ck VCS.org* for article on this & mass/corp media black-out!
*VETERANS for Common Sense

The WAR is NOT OVER!!!

Comment #51: Paul McFarlin said on 6/3/05 @ 9:17pm ET...

Thank you from Agua Dulce California. Please tell my rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon that he'll never get my vote and I'll work to remove him. Paul McFarlin

Comment #52: Theresia Pizarro said on 6/3/05 @ 9:22pm ET...

Thank you for all you are doing. Thank you for every one that is replying and passing this on. Thank you Air America for giving me sanity from the negligent media that has abandoned us. Please continue to show us how to save our country and protect our lives and our childrens' lives from this incompetent and his greedy machine!

Comment #53: gi mama said on 6/3/05 @ 9:29pm ET...

www.c-span.org lists:
Steve Cobble of www.afterDowningStreet.org
..HIM-Self! will be on Washington Journal,in the Mornin'!
Everybody charge your cellphones UP tonight and call the C-span, wake your neighbors,and CHANGE this course!
:) PS:Dennis Kucinich(co-signer!) also has good write-up on this & other big-deal issues on his site;
Also, ck out www.congress.org ~ contact info, "Letters to Leaders" section,full of AMERICANS demanding TRUTH! YEA!

Comment #54: Kira said on 6/3/05 @ 9:31pm ET...

#46 gi mama

Thanks for the heads-up! We'll cheer each little crumb as it comes along and hope we can eventually patch together a whole cake!

Not VCS.org. Your link:

www.veteransforcommonsense.org

Comment #55: mike said on 6/3/05 @ 9:33pm ET...

The current political situation is absurd. The fact of the matter is that the american people are getting screwed by the "leadership" of the US; financially, morally,legally, we are in dire times and need to impeach that criminal and hold him accountable for war crimes and for stealing our tax money. The media is silent- complacent.

Comment #56: Sue said on 6/3/05 @ 9:38pm ET...

I read that there was a tip line starting. I went to the link but there was no phone number to call. The form required names, e-mail info, etc. It needs to be more anonymous.

Thank you Rep. Conyers! I'm glad you have help now and appreciate you so much.

Comment #57: Jeffrey L Merrow said on 6/3/05 @ 9:39pm ET...

Dear sir,
We need more heroes
of you're magnatude, thank you.
The people are ready to fight
if the generals are ready to stand!

Comment #58: Carol Andnerson said on 6/3/05 @ 9:41pm ET...

I shudder when I think of all the damage Bush/Cheney has done to #1 America and #2 the world. He has stupidly opened a pandora's box in Iraq that may never get a lid back on. He is eroding our civil rights and in general is a horrible person. Europe hates Americans now. I had to do plenty of talking when I was over there to let everyone know I DIDN'T elect him nor do I support him or his policies. IMPEACH BUSH! He's a liar!

Comment #59: G. Thomas said on 6/3/05 @ 9:44pm ET...

One problem with this whole strategy... You're asking the criminals to investigate themselves, admit to their wrong doing, and give themselves up?! How much chance do you think there is, of that happening? About all this letter really does is let Bush know that there's people out there who dont like him. Like he doesnt know that, already! Wasnt it he who said, at his first inaugeral address - "I'm your President now, whether you like it, or not!" ?

I really must also protest bestowing on George Bush the title of 'Honorable', though I did still sign the letter which referred to him as such.

Comment #60: Myron Stam said on 6/3/05 @ 9:44pm ET...

Thank you, John. You may be the one who stops the downward spiral this ill-advised president is taking us on.

Comment #61: roger s. kopet said on 6/3/05 @ 9:48pm ET...

who could have imagined that we would have to be writing these e-mails to you Senator Conyers.
YOU are the reason that I and many like myself keep hope that our great country may overcome this hellish nightmare that we are being forced to endure. Please tell me what is it that our boy genious (Mr. rove) has done so impressively? Is LYING really so deserving of such esteem?

Comment #62: Richard Linville said on 6/3/05 @ 9:50pm ET...

Thanks for representing the people. If you see my congressman Rep. Pombo, tell him (in the words of VP Cheney) to go F!@# himself.

Comment #63: Beverly Jacoby said on 6/3/05 @ 9:54pm ET...

Thank you, Congressman, for your current efforts on behalf of Americans who truly love our country and are heartsick at the direction the NeoIdiots have taken it since 2001. Thank you also for looking into the fiasco that was Ohio in the 2004 election. I will fight fiercely to elect a progressive congressperson in 2006 from my district. The current one doesn't represent anyone I know. He refuses to answer questions addressed to him, preferring to reply with boilerplate platitudes. He refuses to hold local public discussions on issues. He refused to debate his Democratic opponent, but was re-elected by the power of incumbency and name recognition. That has to change.

Comment #64: Debbie Kennedy said on 6/3/05 @ 9:57pm ET...

Please, please keep up the pressure to make this President account for the Downing Street Memo! This is SO much worse than Watergate.

Comment #65: Maureen Griswold said on 6/3/05 @ 9:57pm ET...

Congressman Conyers:

Thanks for all you are doing with respect to the Downing Street Memo. It is unconscionable US mainstream media has neglected to investigate and report this major news story to American citizens.

Also, thanks for chairing the recent (May 24th) forum on Media Bias aired last weekend on C-SPAN. Please follow Joe Madison’s recommendation that you and fellow Democrats take a very public walk to the Washington Post, memo & petition in hand, to demand an meeting with Post editors and publisher as to the lack of coverage of this story. Beforehand, notify media outlets including foreign press (BBC, et al) as to the date/time/purpose of your stroll to the Post. Bet you’ll draw attention as well as cameras and this will force reportage of this story in US mainstream media.

Heck, if I were in DC I’d walk to the Post with you.

Good luck & thanks again.

Comment #66: Randy Nash said on 6/3/05 @ 9:58pm ET...

President Bush lied and people died.
TELL US THE TRUTH NOT LIES WE DEMAND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DOWNING STREET LETTER.

Comment #67: Jerry Dupas said on 6/3/05 @ 10:01pm ET...

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

A long time fan.......

Comment #68: Eva L. Hart rec to work for Sec of Def Robert S. McNamara said on 6/18/05 @ 3:39pm ET...

Cont'd 910 onward

Hello Rep Conyers,

Alice Soltau, Simon Perry all refused my few,scarce food,shelter,job resources in America l997 Lawsuit and wouldn't take the case. Some corrections though here, it was in the 800's that the Moslem Caliphs would not let the Christians visit Holy Sites. The 3 Great Religions of the World Christianity, Jewish, Islam can live together in beautiful peace and forget the cruel people who inflict suffering because there not worth it. Another correction to be made is that it was John Calvin I also just remembered too that put to death finatically a Spanish person ,Servetius, because like Calvin he broke with Catholic tradition. It was because of Calvin's intense belief in his own ways that caused this tyranny and finaticism the book, "A New Popular History of the World says," A Library of Congress book as others I mentioned and forewarded by Lowell Thomas, a famous journlist of the book of 63. Eric Rozales, TV Reporter, I wanted to give the Social Security issue of the Blind, Treatment for children, Public Health issue, help for hancicapped to earn a living who are on this program for him to put on TV so everyone can contribute to Social Security and everyone then can be reached. As you see so many people are on it. We must have had funds to be so far able to take of all the people. Right? But no one says anything. Jesus said,"Greatness lies in Serving others." So if you a Christian as you say,"Whereis the money? Even in my few food,shelter,job Report I submitted . All the above refused case. To Eric Rozales I did not get a chance to give him the few food,shelter,job issue as he refused to put on the Social Security matter. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Manual Chiquillos, Marlin,Jr. managers signed my paper saying not hiring and this for as long as 3 months in 2004. Job problems grievously terrible! Just What Are Our Soldiers Dying For? No Religious Rights,job Rights, Freedom Rights, and Individual Rights in America. 670 Eddy St. Sfc 94109

Comment #69: bara Boxer, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, John Kerry and Air America as your true "Voice of America"! Go John Go! Keep up the "full court press" until this administration has to admit it lied to its citizens and IMPEACH this president for LYING to the American People and causing so much DEATH and DESTRUCTION with the lies. If Clinton can be impeached for lying about his indiscretions, then why let Bush get away with LIES that are costing human lives? Clinton lied out of shame to hide HIS sin - but NOBODY DIED 'cuz of it! Yet day after day we have to hear more "spin" and "media hype" spew from the mouths of the spokesholes in the White House. Thank You for making me believe hope is still alive! Don't let up - RESTORE INTEGRITY to our nation's capital and clean house of all the lying hypocrites that are besmirching our nationstate with the foul odors of their vanities! Thank you Thank You Thank You said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #70: James Melton said on 6/3/05 @ 10:19pm ET...

Rep. Conyers, you are a hero. It may be time to start using the "I" word - impeachment.

Comment #71: ljm said on 6/3/05 @ 10:31pm ET...

The problem with using the I word, Tom DeLay will never allow it to be brought into or out of committee. Maybe if the Dems regain control in 06, but Mr. Conyers knows it won't happen in this congress. All we can do is keep up the pressure and shame the press into reporting the story. They are reporting the Pentagon version of what happened to Korans at GITMO, a much different story than the original "total respect" version they used after the Newsweek story. The problem with Army recruiting and retention is still getting press over the misery of this ill conceived war. Gotta keep drawing a picture for the people that they've been had.

Comment #72: Arabiflora said on 6/3/05 @ 10:37pm ET...

The Downing Street memo is the smoking gun that may MAY finally lead to accountability for this disaster in the Bush II administration. Pass the word, keep the heat on, bring our troops home, and send those Bushie crooks and profiteers to jail!

Comment #73: ellie said on 6/3/05 @ 10:46pm ET...

Please post the memo itself on your website. It's easy to jump on a bandwagon and I have no reason to doubt authenticity but primary sources are how we all need to be checking our own facts. This is the power of information. Thank you

Comment #74: vyan said on 6/3/05 @ 11:00pm ET...

The Memo is located here - London Times Onling

Vyan

Comment #75: Richard Ellis said on 6/3/05 @ 11:00pm ET...

Mr. Conyers Please spend less time Starting Petition and more time doing the job we in Michigan Elected you to Do!

Comment #76: james said on 6/3/05 @ 11:00pm ET...

LJM: It IS time to start using the "I" word. Let the GOP shut it down. By doing so, they'll be revealing themselves as the cynical, partisan hacks that they are.

Plus, it'll give our side more to rally around and get "Bush" and "impeachment" in the same sentence in the minds of lots of voters. Trust me, if it is done right, it will hardly matter whether the impeachment action gets out of committee. A PR campaign of op-ed pieces, blogging, web sites, ads, demonstrations, etc. in support of the impeachment attempt would accomplish a lot, even if it never "succeeded" in generating an impeachment trial.

Comment #77: Christopher Younken said on 6/3/05 @ 11:03pm ET...

Congressman Conyers, thank you for giving me hope. You are a true patriot. Don't give up. We're behind you all the way.

P.S. I'd like to verify that my signature made it too.

Comment #78: Breathe said on 6/3/05 @ 11:03pm ET...

Rep. Conyers,
Your courage is admirable.
A friend was fearful of signing the request. She said "Now I'll be on some list and get harrassed by the IRS and such". Those fears have no place in America. There is real fear in America today. When the mainstream media stops investigating and reporting real news, people feel helpless. I told her those fears are the reason she must sign (she did).
We need to know if our President allowed intelligence to be "fixed" to support war. Thousands of lives were effected (many ended) by our decision to invade Iraq.
Thank you for giving us a chance to get an answer.

Comment #79: Betty said on 6/3/05 @ 11:05pm ET...

I have book marked (or whatever term is in your lexicon)this link to monitor what over half this country thinks. These repesentative responses have given me hope and affirmation of how this great country can turn around from this sad path we have been going.

Comment #80: maritza silverio said on 6/3/05 @ 11:08pm ET...

This week, we finally learned the identity of "Deep Throat", another great American who refused to be cowed when faced with a ruthless and corrupt administration." Thank you, sir, for your efforts. Please don't back down.

Comment #81: Everything this country has stood for is now threatened. The nation wants justice, we want the truth. We are with you in the difficult road ahead. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #82: Larry Kaplan said on 6/3/05 @ 11:10pm ET...

Hooray for John Conyers and all those who join and support his efforts.

Comment #83: Chris D'Agnolo said on 6/3/05 @ 11:17pm ET...

Thanks to you John Conyers and to the Congressional Black Caucass for showing the rest of them what backbone is all about. When and if the truth ever comes out maybe we can start moving back toward democracy here in the good ol USA. Thanks also to Air America Radio but much more, thanks to Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now crew along with all of Pacifica Radio stations for keeping a torch lit for freedom of speech, thought and expression and for keeping the torch lit for PEACE when nobody else would. Justice is all I want for Bush and his cronnies, sincerly, JUSTICE!

Comment #84: RobK said on 6/3/05 @ 11:18pm ET...

Keep up the momentum!

I urge all to email their Representatives, Republican and Democrat alike. Notify the media.

Thank you John Conyers!

Comment #85: Jonathan Gold said on 6/3/05 @ 11:24pm ET...

Listen to me, and Independent Presidential Candiate Karl Schwarz on the radio last night talking about 9/11 Truth...

http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2288

Comment #86: kira said on 6/3/05 @ 11:24pm ET...

Pathetic little airhead hank, it is a sad little creature.

Comment #87: Rick McGlothlin said on 6/3/05 @ 11:25pm ET...

I do not care the political party affiliation, nor do I care who is at fault. I only want all the facts, complete with proper sourcing,documentation and evidence. That is what will ultimately lead to convictions and punishment of any person who may have betrayed the trust and will of the people of this nation.

Mr. Conyers has started in this direction, but alas sir, you must continually strive to see it through to a proper conclusion. We must endeavor to support you on this journey.

The alleged high crimes and misdemeanors must be fully investigated and particpants not be given a pass due to plausible deniability. Let us not allow this memo or other instances of import to fade away into the dustbin of historic footnote. Laying there like a wet newspaper while maximum coverage is given to the likes of the Michael Jackson or another in the latest of threats of WMD in Iran. We've heard that song already.

I implore all citizens to become more involved and pursue continous dialogue with their respective representives in government.

It must be constant, and it must be in large volume. Fax, do not email if possible, but make a point to get involved and stay involved.

And don't just stop with the politicians. Do the same with every media outlet at your disposal. Call, email, fax and mail letters. Be persistent. Get in their faces (respectfully, but forcefully) and let them know we are waiting for the press to do its job.

(Mr. conyers, I echo the sentiment in an earlier comment that you and fellow lawmakers walk to the Post and demand coverage of the single biggest story since Watergate.

WHERE ARE YOU WHEN WE NEED YOU WOODWARD? BERNSTEIN? BRADLEE?

Folks, this is not a part-time job, but a full-time effort to rid our country of those who try to circumvent the will of the people and willfully distort information that leads to the deaths for Americans and others alike.

Perhaps, just perhaps, the reprehensible way the situation in Iraq evolved will ultimately contain a silver lining: bringing our voice en mass to those who have been elected to SERVE the people of this nation. Finally our voices will be heard once again loud and clear.

In this manner we can say we truly helped to fight to keep our republic free and just....which is the ultimate victory in a war on terror.

Comment #88: Darrell Shogry said on 6/3/05 @ 11:27pm ET...

Hello Mr. Conyers
I read somewhere that your next election will be decided with Diebold voting machines. I wouldn't doubt anything the Corporate Republicans would do to get you outa their hair. Please don't ever think the hard work you do isn't appreciated all over the country. I was born in Detroit but have lived in Texas now for most of my life, wish we had you here in Texas. I know that these Republicans want everybody to think we're all Republicans down here but I rarely meet a Republican. I think these Republicans have been stealing elections for years. Good Luck!

Comment #89: Faux News Channel said on 6/3/05 @ 11:29pm ET...

The news this week about Deep Throat has reminded America that our government answers to us. Step away from spin media and look a what's really going on. Ditto = ignorance.

Comment #90: Vito J. (Marc) Messina said on 6/3/05 @ 11:31pm ET...

I fully support Representative John Conyer's request to President George W. Bush to answer your questions regarding the Downing Street letter.

This letter is potentially an impeachable act on the part of President Bush. I personally think more than enough evidence exists, even without this letter, to impeach and convict President George W. Bush.

Sincerely,

Vito J. Messina

Comment #91: Richard Hamilton said on 6/3/05 @ 11:32pm ET...

It's a far worse thing that "Weed" (aka Bush) and his cronies have done than what Nixon and his cronies did. Many, many more lives have been lost as a result of the Weed's administrations' actions than from those of Nixon and his crew. We must therefore bring the utmost pressure to bear on Weed and his band of thugs. It seems they are beyond shame. They are laughing that we have been so far unable to hold them back from their disastrous course of action in every sphere of our lives. They must be made to pay for their grievous sins. Let us keep pushing, pushing, pushing until they are brought to justice.

Comment #92: Jerome Vivona said on 6/3/05 @ 11:33pm ET...

Thank you Mr. Conyers. I discovered about this letter while listeneing to Air America. Ever since the story originally broke, I have been wondering why the media hasn't put more pressure on the White House for answers. I hope this ground swell of frustration with the current administration's lies leads to impeachment. If the right could put President Clinton through the ringer for personal indiscretions, I believe it is high time President Bush and his arrogant band of thugs are thrown out on their heads.

Comment #93: wayne pamplin said on 6/3/05 @ 11:35pm ET...

thank you mr. conyers for fighting for justice....keep up the good work.

Comment #94: doss miller said on 6/3/05 @ 11:36pm ET...

Mr. Conyers,
thank you for going where few have been willing to tred. Please take this msg as an endorsement for pursuing an impartial investigation of the apparent...deceptions that led us into this ill advised war.
Doss Miller
El Dorado Hills, California

Comment #95: Justin Tyler said on 6/3/05 @ 11:36pm ET...

This is a gangster government.
An absolute fraud on every basic
American "value". My family lawyer
(who is no one I would want to mince words with) said "every criminal conspiracy is like a house of cards". "All it takes is one pull and you would be amazed at how fast it falls".
The Downing street memo verifies what many of us already knew.
Try to imagine the sheer depth of the crimes that will come out when this blows wide open. I am waitng with baited breath to see the trickle in the media start turning into a sunami. We are making it happen. Special thanks to Air America.

Comment #96: Glen Phillips said on 6/3/05 @ 11:37pm ET...

Mainstream media must pay due attention to this matter and bring to the attention of the media consuming public in this country. If the administration has nothing to fear then they owe the public a response. They owe the willingness of an open investigation into this matter.
Regards,
Glen

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Comment #98: 02@yahoo.com said on 2005/11/45 @ 43:00 ET...

Comment #99: Candace Miller said on 6/3/05 @ 11:46pm ET...

Dear Mr. Conyers,
Thank you for your pursuit of this issue. Over fifty million of our dollars were spent to investigate, and subsequently, impeach President Clinton over a personal indisgression. The deceit that President Bush used to lead us into this horrible war deserves much, much more attention.
PS. We first learned about this memo, a few days after the Brits released it. in a 3 inch column on PAGE 10 of our local paper, the Sacramento Bee.

Comment #100: Kira said on 6/3/05 @ 11:46pm ET...

Jon #89

Your link:

Jon Gold & Karl Schwarz on radio talking

Comment #101: Sandra said on 6/3/05 @ 11:46pm ET...

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Comment #102: Yolanda said on 6/3/05 @ 11:52pm ET...

It is really amazing how the Downing Street memo exposes and confirms in great detail what some of us in this country had suspected all along: the invasion of Iraq was premeditated, and 911 was simply used by this administration as a convenient excuse to execute its plans. This administration has forever besmirched the reputation of our country as a defender of rights, instead we are now seen as the bully of the world. When will the rest of us realize that this path that our President and his Congress has led us is self-destructive to the interests of our country??

Comment #103: Carol Kernahan said on 6/3/05 @ 11:54pm ET...

So where can I go to sign, now?

Comment #104: Debbie said on 6/3/05 @ 11:58pm ET...

You are truly an amazing man. You give me hope for this nation. I have seriously thought about leaving, but I can't bring myself to leave my country to people who want to destroy it.

Your brave actions are so uplifting to me and MILLIONS of others who really want to help those who cannot help themselves. My daughter and her husband are active duty Navy and they support you, and I know many others in the military feel the same. They cannot speak out. Thank you for being their voice. You are a man I would love to see in the White House!
p.s. Air America Radio is the only reason I know about anything.

Comment #105: mona said on 6/4/05 @ 12:00am ET...

Yes. It's time to come together. We must. This illegal war can come to an end if we pressure and put more pressure on the current administration. We must stop the money mongors and bring our boys and girls home. Expose the lies and deceipt.

Comment #106: Beverly Birch said on 6/4/05 @ 12:00am ET...

I have never been so outraged as I
am with this administration. I have been a longterm Republican (middleof the road) but recently changed my affiliation as this administration no longer reflects my thinking.Thank you Representative Conyers for bringing
this latest outrageous scandal out in the open. I have to salute you!!

Comment #107: Karen said on 6/4/05 @ 12:03am ET...

Thank you so much for fighting to restore democracy and openess in the US.

Comment #108: paul said on 6/4/05 @ 12:03am ET...

Impeachment is not very realistic because even if we could make it happen, next in line is another member of the gang and another after that.

What we need is proof of fraud in Ohio and an election do-over. With Sherole Easton looking more and more like a legit whistleblower and Kenneth Blackwell looking more and more like a man desperately trying to keep a lid on the truth and with the Downing Minutes finally showing the American people that no amount of duplicity is beyond the Bush administration, this game may be just beginning.

As for John Kerry, I hope he unloads on George Bush bigtime. No one has more of a right.

Conyers and Kerry!

Comment #109: Keryl McCord said on 6/4/05 @ 12:04am ET...

It was once said, "These are the times that try men's souls." I submit that this indeed is a time that will try our soul's. We need leaders who understand that there are times you must put country above party; we need citizens who understand that this is the time that we must stand up and be counted, we must demand accountability, we must place country above partisan ideology. We must take back our nation from the extremists.

Thank you Congressman Conyers for your courage, persistence, and your willingness to fight the good fight.

Comment #110: Jeffrey Isbrandtsen said on 6/4/05 @ 12:06am ET...

I also want to know the truth. At a time when the G. Gordon Liddy's and Pat Buchanan's of the world are calling "Deep Throat" a traitor, I remember that they were in fact the traitors to real American principles. I want to know, Mr. President, why you lied to us!
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Isbrandtsen

Comment #111: Joan said on 6/4/05 @ 12:06am ET...

It is time to impeach Bush and his bunch of crooks. How can anyone in their right mind think he is a good leader after all the lies and harm he has done to the U.S.?
Hopefully, the media will get some guts and publish the truth.
Thank you for speaking out.

Comment #112: evi silberman said on 6/4/05 @ 12:07am ET...

we need to call every local station and newspaper and demand coverage of the memo.if each of us does this...the reaction will be overwhelming

Comment #113: Natbee said on 6/4/05 @ 12:07am ET...

Please, get the DNC to post this on their site. The DNC needs to start being more proactive, and working to protect democracy for the people of this country.

Comment #114: orleans said on 6/4/05 @ 12:08am ET...

Thank you John Conyers for all you keep doing for Americans. We count on you so much! Thank you to Randi Rhodes and Air America and DU. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Comment #115: Barracus said on 6/4/05 @ 12:10am ET...

Congressman, you are my hero.

In this day of corporate government, you are a shining light. Nobody since Dr. King has earned the respect that I have for you. If only your collegues would care as much about the American way of life as they do about campaign contributions...

Everyone please show your support for Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and her Voters Choice act, so these corrupt state departments and diebold don't keep having a stranglehold over our voice. Multi-party representation is the only solution to this with-us-or-against us party-line approach, along with public funding for elections. We've just got to get the money out of politics and let our government work for us again.

The dems are almost as bad as the criminals, because most of them (except the CBC) still cater to corporate interests instead of the American people.

I just hope Mr. Conyers will run for president! Hilary is one of them.

Comment #116: Jonathan Ahearn said on 6/4/05 @ 12:10am ET...

I'm old enough to remember and to have been appalled by Watergate. I never thought in my life I would see another group of politicos show such disregard for democracy as the Nixon crowd. Here we go again, this time by a bunch of clowns who make Nixon's lies look like Sunday School games. Thirty Years from now, will I (god willing) have to watch TV as those convicted of lying and cheating and generally disobaying the rule of law from this Bush crowd be on as talking heads? Preplanning a war, on a whim, and lying to get Congress and the people behind it to support it is a moral outrage. If Jesus told Bush to go to war

Comment #117: , than the Anti-Christ has already arrived, and apparently he has Bush's ear. Please uncover the filth or these scum who are now temporarily in power, and who are defiling the honor of this great country. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #118: Debbie said on 6/4/05 @ 12:12am ET...

Comment #29: Jonathan Gold said on 6/3/05 @ 8:10pm ET...

Congressmen... please look into some of the lies surrounding 9/11. It's the right thing to do.

Watch the 9/11 Omission Hearings chaired by Representative Cynthia McKinney, a fellow patriot.

Watch them here...

http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47

Great post! If the Downing Street Memo is the smoking gun, then 9/11 is the mushroom cloud.

Comment #119: Judy Morgan said on 6/4/05 @ 12:16am ET...

I live in Texas. I got a pit in my stomach when I heard Bush (and his company of manipulators) was going to run for President. I cried when he won the first time...fearful of "them" having so much power. Then 9/11. He is the last person we needed at the helm to guide us through this terrible time. How many days has it been since the "war on terror" began? And where is Osama? And why hasn't he been caught??? Bush's ratings started going down in Feb. 2002 and the whisper from the White House of problems with Iraq started then. He needed another war to boost his ratings with waving the flag, patriotism, keeping America safe and all the while Cheney and Rumsfeld and Rove were busy making corporate deals..Oil. And that is why we are in Iraq. Let's ferret out the truth, for all of America and the world to see. And let us hope that Deep Throat II shows up! Let's impeach Bush and indict the whole lot of them! And when all of the people who voted for Bush and this administration finally realize what we all knew from the beginning ... that Bush and company are all liars that sent our soldiers to die for their commercial benefit,then and only then can we heal America! Thank you Mr. Conyers and Air America for being a voice of TRUTH.

Comment #120: Paul said on 6/4/05 @ 12:17am ET...

Has Kerry added this petition drive to his email list? He has 3 millon people on his list, doesn't he?

Comment #121: Regan Tackett said on 6/4/05 @ 12:22am ET...

Bud Light presents...Real American Heroes
(Real American Heroes)

Today we salute you, Mr. Conservative Chickenhawk.
(Mr. Conservative Chickenhawk)

Nothing sticks it to the terrorists like revealing
the identity of an active CIA agent.
(We’re gonna smoke ‘em out)

With absolutely no shame, you stand tall in your
destruction of science in Kansas, even
if you haven’t graduated college.
(Preacher man say Earth only 6000 year old)

Your distinguished leader bankrupted three companies,
was a drunk until he was forty, and is, by some
standardized test results, technically retarded.
(Define Tribal Sovereignty…)

When the reason for this war turned out to be false, you
just made up another, and then another, showcasing to
the world your true talent for creativity.
(I get darn good intelligence,… I mean, ... they hate freedom)

So crack open a nice cold Bud Light Mr. Conservative
Chickenhawk…because you were not only absent in our military,
you’re a disgrace to it.

Comment #122: Jackie said on 6/4/05 @ 12:23am ET...

Congressman Conyers, you have my gratitude, admiration and support. Stay the course!

Comment #123: Jeannette said on 6/4/05 @ 12:25am ET...

Sometimes I feel like I'm in another time warp or the Twilight Zone. I don't know how many ways it can be said. Of course, the President and his administration lied about everything they told us about their reasons for "needing" to go to war with Iraq! Bush, Cheney, and Rummy had the war against Iraq planned the moment the planes hit the Twin Towers...if not before. There was NEVER any even the slightest evidence that Saddam or Iraq had anything to do with that attack. NEVER. AND....the reason for this war is OIL...and greed...and power. Why is the media so afraid to say the "O" word and why are people so afraid of the truth? Sure. The truth is lousy, but it's the truth! Accept it. Deal with. We're talking about a mortal man. Not God. And, yes! It IS possible for even the President of the US to be a real creep. Let's get this guy out of office and under the jail where he belongs and let's get *our* America back before this administration gets us into a situation such as with a country like N. Korea and we're in an even bigger pickle. We don't need another worthless "committee" assigned to "investigate" this. G.W. Bush is the WORST President this country has EVER had the misfortune to have..AND...the most dangerous one...not only for our country, but for the rest of the world.

Comment #124: Aaron Goldberg said on 6/4/05 @ 12:35am ET...

This is awesome! Its about time a progressive has the gonads to do something, instead of us all bellyaching about it, and going through could of, would of, should of scenarios.This should wake up those right- wing nuts who have been brainwashed by this crooked federal government! Kudos Mr. Conyers from Minnesota!

Comment #125: Barracus said on 6/4/05 @ 12:52am ET...

Too bad there are so many crimes going on all around us that we can't expect Congressman Conyers to deal with them all.

Wasn't there a story in the Guardian last year that said basically the same thing as the Downing Street Memo? What about Seymour Hirsch's articles in the New Yorker to the same extent?

What about the "Bin Laden's head on a pike" revelation? What about the ever-changing story about why we needed to go to war? What about the international law agains "pre-emptive war"? What about Bob Novak and his outing of the CIA opertaive? Why are two other journalists in jail and he's not? What about the election fraud? What about GW's connections with the Bin Laden family? What about Condaleeza Rice and Cheney repeatedly lying about mushroom clouds, Saddam's connection with 9/11, etc? What about the obvious pre-knowledge of 9/11 by the administration? What about NORAD standing down?

Why wasn't the president phased when told that we were under terrorist attack? Because he knew about it, that's why. That's also why the Bin Laden family immediately was escorted out of the country. That's also why we haven't found a 6'5" arab with a dialysis machine. That's also why Saudi Arabia is not even mentioned in terrorism talks, even though they were actually responsible. Maybe that's what the Bin Ladens and Bush Sr. were discussing that day.

It's just part of the plan - next is Iran, then Venezuela...can Nigeria be far behind? Where are the foreign governments? Why isn't anyone standing up against us? I bet if the UN said, "Not only are we not going to support your government-sponsored terrorism, we're going to stop you", it would give the Bushies something to think about...

Comment #126: Marie McDonoug/Blake Bufford said on 6/4/05 @ 12:53am ET...

God bless you, Mr. Conyers! We have been depressed for 5 years now, but we're beginning to feel a little hope. Keep up the good work, and our prayers go with you. From two liberals in the Central Valley of California!

Comment #127: Mary Turpin said on 6/4/05 @ 1:16am ET...

Thank you Mr.Conyers!My husband and I have felt we have been screaming into a great void where our voices have not been heard.We knew from the begining of this horrible war that we were taken into it on lies lies and more lies.

Comment #128: Brian said on 6/4/05 @ 1:16am ET...

Keep the pressure. You, sir, are most deserving of the title "Honorable". I'm originally from Michigan and once shook your hand at a fundraiser for Governor Blanchard in Greek Town Detroit. Please do not let up. And thank you, God Bless. And thank you Randi Rhodes and Air America.

Comment #129: Patricia Jahn said on 6/4/05 @ 1:33am ET...

Please keep it going. We need to finally find out the truth, and stop these neo cons from taking over the country. I can't

Comment #130: believe that they think no one cares or is watching them. I feel like someone is finally listening to me. Thanky you, Patty California said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #131: M G Raftery said on 6/4/05 @ 1:35am ET...

Why don't you ask Democracy for America to send a link to your petition out to all of their members? Also MoveOn, People For the American Way, and Progressive Democrats of America.

Keep up the fantastic work! You're keeping all of our spirits up in these troubling times.

Comment #132: morgan said on 6/4/05 @ 1:40am ET...

I can't seem to find the list of members of congress who signed the letter...Any new signatories?

Comment #133: Richard Coleman said on 6/4/05 @ 1:42am ET...

The truth must come out. The country deserves no less than a full accounting.

Comment #134: Richard Coleman said on 6/4/05 @ 1:42am ET...

The truth must come out. The country deserves no less than a full accounting.

Comment #135: Richard Coleman said on 6/4/05 @ 1:42am ET...

The truth must come out. The country deserves no less than a full accounting.

Comment #136: David Holub said on 6/4/05 @ 2:06am ET...

What’s interesting about the ‘Downing Street Memo’ is not that is new information or ‘the smoking gun’. Everyone who follows the facts knows the essential truth behind the ‘selling of the war in Iraq’. The problem is many people either resist the facts or don’t pay attention.

So, how do you convince people who don’t pay attention? I can’t help but ask myself how did they sell the impeachment of President Clinton? The key was repetition, mind-bending repetition. The right wing machine is most adept at ‘staying on message’. They use ‘key words’. Words in that case that denoted a crime – Perjury. In this case a word is needed. I suggest that word is – Defraud. The Bush administration has defrauded the American People – Fraud like Perjury is a crime.

Every time this issue is raised the word Fraud should be used, over and over again.

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of an effective response to 911’.

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of the lives of 1600+ sons fathers, mothers and daughters, .

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of 250 Billion dollars’.

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of the good-will of nations that was hard won by sacrifices built up over 200 years of American history’.

Comment #137: Kellia Ramares said on 6/4/05 @ 2:07am ET...

Rep. Conyers: Thank you for your efforts. I have signed the letter, linked to it on my website and passed notification of it around to my friends. Now you are shooting for 250K sigs? I think you could get 500K or even a million.

Are there any computer people about who can give the Congressman's letter more bandwidth (legally, of course) so that more people can sign without overwhelming his site?

Are there any Republicans on the Congressional letter? We need traditional Republicans who abhor huge deficits, big intrusive government and the idea of the US as the world cop to join this letter. That way, Karl Rove's minions can't scream "partisan attack on our great war president!"

I'm pleased to say my Rep. (Barbara Lee) has signed on. I'm VERY, VERY disappointed that Dem. leader Nancy Pelosi has not. She's in a very safe district from which to take that action. And as Dem. leader, she should care that Congress is not lied to. Dems everywhere need to tell her that if she wants to be a leader in deed as well as in name, she needs to sign.

Comment #138: David Holub said on 6/4/05 @ 2:08am ET...

What’s interesting about the ‘Downing Street Memo’ is not that is new information or ‘the smoking gun’. Everyone who follows the facts knows the essential truth behind the ‘selling of the war in Iraq’. The problem is many people either resist the facts or don’t pay attention.

So, how do you convince people who don’t pay attention? I can’t help but ask myself how did they sell the impeachment of President Clinton? The key was repetition, mind-bending repetition. The right wing machine is most adept at ‘staying on message’. They use ‘key words’. Words in that case that denoted a crime – Perjury. In this case a word is needed. I suggest that word is – Defraud. The Bush administration has defrauded the American People – Fraud like Perjury is a crime.

Every time this issue is raised the word Fraud should be used, over and over again.

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of an effective response to 911’.

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of the lives of 1600+ sons fathers, mothers and daughters, .

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of 250 Billion dollars’.

As in ‘has defrauded the American people out of the good-will of nations that was hard won by sacrifices built up over 200 years of American history’.

Comment #139: S. R. Comerchero said on 6/4/05 @ 2:19am ET...

Dear Honorable Representative John Conyers, It is my pleasure and privilege to make this donation, because: a) I love my country, b) I admire your courage and the position you have taken, c) I believe in your integrity, and d) there are few public officials about whom I could, in good concience, refer to as"honorable". I look forward to reading your report "What Went Wrong in Ohio?" and, even more, reading about you're increasing support and eventual success in this effort. Thank you.

Comment #140: Dartanian said on 6/4/05 @ 2:30am ET...

Mr. Conyers: I have only voted 3 times in my life. The first time I voted republican...the 2nd time I voted independant...and the 3rd time I voted constitution party...but I am sure if I could vote right now I would vote you for president! Thanks for the great work of bringing out the truth about the lousy evil lameheads who now are controlling our government! I have e-mailed everyone I know about this and at least 15 news sources. I pray every day that God will use us and others to bring our soldiers home and the constitution back into the position it deserves...first.
Dartanian

Comment #141: Cecilia Warrick said on 6/4/05 @ 2:40am ET...

Our Country is in flames and because we don't have the votes our Goverment is letting it burn. Impeach everyone that has blood on thier hands. Two elections have been stolen when will the Goverment truly hear the voice of the people. We need voter reform now. God Bless America and Thank you, Honorable Representive John Conyers.

Comment #142: Rathwick said on 6/4/05 @ 2:45am ET...

I too enjoy listening to Air America. It shows just how weak the competition is. All they talk about is what Bush has done wrong. There is not an original thought in the bunch. They are constantly quoting some nobody from an organization nobody has ever heard of. They go on and on about how evil the U.S. is and how great all of the Europeans are. How pathetic. I listened tonight as the host lamented the destruction of a Koran but expressed glee that American Flags were being burned all over the world. Again, how pathetic.

Comment #143: Art said on 6/4/05 @ 2:45am ET...

Thankyou Mr Conyers for all your awesome efforts. My confidence in our government is bolstered by people like yourself. Keep up the great work. Also a big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to sign the letter.

Comment #144: JMK said on 6/4/05 @ 2:48am ET...

WHY DID KERRY LIE?

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
-- Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998.

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of

Comment #145: mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002. "We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction. -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003. "[W]ithout question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. And now he has continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ..." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #146: Rathwick said on 6/4/05 @ 2:54am ET...

Great points JMK. It's as I said, it's real easy to be amonday morning quarterback. It's much more difficult to actually stand for something and make a decision. Mr Conyer, what is your stand right now on Iran? How about North Korea? Speak now or forever hold your peace.

Comment #147: imahusband said on 6/4/05 @ 2:57am ET...

do you ever think that you are misreading the memo? that bush was fulfilling his oath to protect america? if a cop knows someone is guilty, they dont have an immiediate court case. they go with what they have, and build a case around it, gathering evidence as they go. mr.conyers should know, it has been the policy of the united states since 1998 for regime change in iraq. why? we were given many reasons. congress agreed with the reasons. indeed, on the day the war began they commended bush, 99-0. i see nothing in the memo about making up intelligence. i see bush was using the exsisting intelligence and facts to make the case for war.

Comment #148: Daryl said on 6/4/05 @ 3:01am ET...

You're the man, John. You're the man.

Comment #149: Sophie Fox said on 6/4/05 @ 3:02am ET...

Please don't let this matter fade away. It is about time the American people get galvanized about what is happening both here and abroad.

Thanks to Bernie Ward, KGO 810am, San Francisco, and Randi Rhodes, Air America, I am sure we can keep the momentum going.

Comment #150: imahusband said on 6/4/05 @ 3:02am ET...

Cecilia Warrick
im glad to see you are not looking at this in a partisan matter. you state that everyone with blood on thier hands should be impeached. i dont, however, have any clue what you propose we do when we have no congress left. (wait, we will have 1 or 2 democrats). but how do you impeach gore, who in 2003 still believed saddam had womds, seeing less intelligence on it than bush? we can impeach hillary, who said saddam had womds, but not bill, (at least not again.) would love to hear who you plan on putting in congress to replace the entirety.

Comment #151: winston smith said on 6/4/05 @ 3:07am ET...

The ball has started rolling; soon enough, Bush and Cheney will be gone, a humiliated Hassert will be a lame duck president, and Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Rice will all be at The Hague sitting next to Milosovich in a war crimes trial dock.

Thank you, Mr. Conyers, and I hope you can gain the support of all 434 of your colleagues to stand behind you. (Well, 432- DeLay will not be there...)

Comment #152: imahusband said on 6/4/05 @ 3:14am ET...

why do you guys never realize you would have to impeach the entirety of congress? the minute you tried impeaching bush... guess what? guess who would be bushes best witnesses? or co-defendants? why do you think dems are not even trying to impeach bush?

Comment #153: zola said on 6/4/05 @ 3:19am ET...

Rep.Conyers;

Your are an American hero, and not a moment too soon. Please, do not allow these thugs to continue to harm this country & the world. Please, continue to speak truth to power until OUR voices are heard. People are rising up to say that the entire administration MUST be relieved of their duty.

Comment #154: Tom O'Connor said on 6/4/05 @ 3:19am ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers--

Thank you for your work on this. It sounds like Senator Kerry may finally make this a bicameral issue, and it is about time.

I was born in the midst of Watergate. I grew up with that psychic leftover, and I knew that politicians might hide the truth to protect themselves. I knew Congressman (sorry, sir) would work deals to get some Pork for their district. I knew Presidents would lie to protect themselves.

I thought I was jaded. But for a President to not only lie, but plan out that lie with sympathetic international leaders, knowing that the lie would undoubtedly cost American soldiers their lives is unforgiveable.

I am one American citizen. Clearly, I am one of many concerned about the Downing Street Memo and its implications. If only some of us worked for a major media outlet!

On behalf on all of us who care enough to ask why, I thank you, Mr. Conyers for asking 'Why' on behalf of us all.

Comment #155: caphotodude said on 6/4/05 @ 3:23am ET...

I don't blame the Iraqi or other insurgents for their actions, and the many non-Christians world-wide for their distrust of the US.

As we try to force our brand of 'democracy' down their throats, all the time telling how good it is for them, they know at some level that we are thinking, "Boy, if you like our brand of democracy, wait till you get a load of our brand of religion!" They know that the next thing that will be targeted will be their religion and their very way of life. I'd suggest that they watch out!

Comment #156: Todd Hoffman said on 6/4/05 @ 3:23am ET...

God Bless you Mr. Conyers,

I am doing the good work here in the stolen state of Ohio. We are doing a drop lit campaign in downtown Columbus (Short North) during a big event. Our lit is all about the Downing Report, and it refers readers to our sight which of course links to yours. You are the patron saint of The Ohio Progressive Movement at www.ohioprogblog.com. ....just don't tell too many of us that you are from Michigan, we love our Buckeyes down here. Keep up the good work my progressive brother. I am proud to be a democrat under your charge. Go, Go, Go Johnny go!

Todd
Columbus, Ohio

Comment #157: jeremy wood said on 6/4/05 @ 3:58am ET...

I would have thought this whole criminal bunch wold have been removed a long time ago! So many reasons. So many lies. Well, because the Republicans rule and the major media is owned and used by the few they have managed to keep up their trail of lies and death. Well, the house of cards can't withstand the force of the people armed with the truth for ever. Not even untill the mid-terms! Keep the faith! Long live Randi Rhodes on Air America Radio and Mr. Conyers!
Peace.

Comment #158: Margaret Momparler said on 6/4/05 @ 4:10am ET...

Dear John,
Please don't shut down your petition for people to sign! I was so disappointed because I am directing people to sign. Please don't disappoint them. It seems as if Democratic leaders start a good thing and we come forward to help and then our help gets shutoff. Please explain why you made this decision and please allow all Americans to email you; it seems to me that other sites could be collecting signatures; Howard Dean, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton, etc. Allow more people to sign your petition. This is of the utmost importance to keep up the momentum.

Comment #159: Connie Kelly said on 6/4/05 @ 4:14am ET...

This memo proves that a small dedicated group of greed-driven egomanics are bent on taking down the country regardless of the price. I am sick of hearing people pushing the case for war, but turning tail and running as fast as their legs can carry them when it is suggested that they inlist and participate. This is the beginning of the end of the republic if something isn not done soon.

Comment #160: Harriet said on 6/4/05 @ 4:27 ET...

Comment #161: 43 said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #162: David said on 6/4/05 @ 4:38am ET...

Hey everyone

10 ways to get the word out

1)print signs out for your cars
2)call your reps. and senators
3)blog everywhere
4)write or call the major medias
5)call progressive talk shows to plug petition and this site
6)e-mail moveon and moveon pac to take up the cause
7)coordinate groups to wave signs with downingstreetmemo.com on them at street corners.
8)e-mail your friends (even republicans friends!)
9) tell people in any organization groups that you belong to.
10)print T-shirts with downingstreetmemo.com

Comment #163: Barbara Ehrentreu said on 6/4/05 @ 5:02am ET...

Mr.Conyers, I linked everyone on my Live Journal friends to your letter. I think you are awesome and I have thought that since January 6th when you stood up for those of us who believed the election was stolen. I will follow you anywhere and I believe that if anyone can bring down this group of liars you can. Now if you can get Senator Barbara Boxer to stand with you that is an unbeatable team. I saw that Kerry wants to get involved. I hope he doesn't take the credit you deserve. This is the crack in the dike and now all the poison can come out. Thank you for leading the way on this.

Comment #164: david said on 6/4/05 @ 5:26am ET...

this is will eventually be the smoking gun that brings this administration to answer the questions concerning the truth about this war.

Comment #165: SillySister said on 6/4/05 @ 5:35am ET...

Can anyone estimate how many websites we have to crash before we can impeach this crew of theocratic war mongers?

Comment #166: Saddams Victims said on 6/4/05 @ 5:45am ET...

Can you people be even more brainwashed. During WWII you would have been in prison. You are the neighbors that if you saw someone being beaten to death you would close your blinds and go back to watching Kerry tell you more lies. Saddam was beating his people to death. The U.N. would not do their job. The people in charge were collecting millions of dollars to let Saddam continue to rape and murder his people. So the United States had to step in and correct the 30 years of rape and murder.

Comment #167: Joe Cazalas said on 6/4/05 @ 5:47am ET...

This administration is nothing short of sinister! Finally, we have something we can sink our teeth into a possibly push this presidency to the brink. I'm tired of being ashamed of being an American. Impeach this president and bring pride back into our nation. God bless you and your colleagues, Mr. Conyers.

Comment #168: Bobie Johnson said on 6/4/05 @ 6:04am ET...

Each day I listen to the "limited" news I listen to on local TV, (I got rid of cable months ago) I get sick and just tune in to Ray T on KGO, and Air America for the rest of the day.

EVERYDAY these scumbags in the Oval Office of ruining and throwing our country further and further into a black hole that I feel will take CENTURIES to dig ourselves out of!

I am certainly not willing to pay higher taxes to make up for what these scumbags are doing! If our elected officials don't go after them and get our Treasury back, well I say, with the EXCEPTION of John Conyers and a "few" more, we need to kick them all out of office and into the jails they belong in! and that INCLUDES all the OFF SHORE ACCOUNTS they are HIDING our Treasury in!

I am feeling very HOPELESS, despite the fact I sign every Petition in hopes that something will finally happen and get these criminals out of office and DIRECTLY to jail! What I believe should happen, I know won't happen because AMERICAN'S are too spineless and don't want to sacrifice or suffer for one week to get our country back!

I was thinking Revolution, but I believe the MOST EFFECTIVE means would be to BOYCOTT Country wide for one SOLID WEEK; a month would be better, but we have to consider the children! If we can STOP the FLOW OF our Tax Dollars into the Treasury, the these Criminals would have NO CHOICE but to listen to the American People! This Country CANNOT RUN WITHOUT US, and they certainly can't be paid without our Tax Dollars!

The ELECTION WAS STOLEN, therefore the FEW hard core CRIMINAL REPUBLICANS that did vote for Bush is not enough to effect the Boycott! I don't believe there are enough of them to run the businesses, or hire out of the country to keep it going to threaten us with terminations or job replacements!

I sincerely BELIEVE this is the ONLY WAY we can take back our MEDIA and our COUNTRY! For its our tax dollars that makes this Administration the THIEVES they are, otherwise, they would be off raiding and raping other American Companies they haven't take over and controlling ... don't you see CLEARLY NOW, its WHY they are OUTSOURCING most of our good paying jobs!

We ALLOWED this to happen simply because we did not want to believe Rich WHITE American's would do this to other WHITE American People! This is WHY RACISM never works and backfires on the VERY People that are COMPLACENT in Rich, White Powerful game that has gone on for centuries!

WE MUST BOYCOTT IF WE ARE TO GET CONTROL OF OUR MEDIA AND COUNTRY AGAIN! "ALL OF US!"

Comment #169: Bobie Johnson said on 6/4/05 @ 6:15am ET...

TO: Comment #165: Saddams Victims said on 6/4/05 @ 5:45am ET...

What Saddam did to his People is NOTHING in COMPARISON what our Government is doing to the American People and our Country! We have just as MANY DEATHS, and MORE through ILLEGAL DRUGS and the Criminal Environment its created! Our VERY OWN SOCIETY no longer feel free and SAFE to walk the streets of America because of the Drug Crimes; now we have to occupy ourselves with the Criminals in the Oval office! When we STOP Killing our own People with Legal and Illegal Drugs, than I say we have time to concern ourselves with crimes that are taking place in other countries! If our government TRULY wanted to STOP the Drugs, they could very easily do so; why they won't, simply BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH MONEY GAINED THROUGH HUMAN DESTRUCTION TO STOP IT! They VALUE money over Human Lives and our Safety, Just as they VALUE the BLACK GOLD of Iraq, rather than the Iraqi People!

The Pentagon has LOWER its Standards to meet their quotas; HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED TO SAVE SADDAMS PEOPLE?

Can you people be even more brainwashed. During WWII you would have been in prison. You are the neighbors that if you saw someone being beaten to death you would close your blinds and go back to watching Kerry tell you more lies. Saddam was beating his people to death. The U.N. would not do their job. The people in charge were collecting millions of dollars to let Saddam continue to rape and murder his people. So the United States had to step in and correct the 30 years of rape and murder.

Comment #170: Richard H. Dollison, Esq. said on 6/4/05 @ 6:32am ET...

Thank you for being a patriot.

Please commence impeachment proceedings.

Comment #171: Saddams Victims said on 6/4/05 @ 6:49am ET...

During Saddams years he tortured,raped and murdered upwards of 30,000 of his own people in Abu Ghraib prison. That's probably a low estimate. The fact that he and is sons did it is just the tip of the Quran.

Comment #172: Charles Knowles said on 6/4/05 @ 6:58am ET...

Re: the Downing Street Memo and the American complacency over it, you've tackled both with "a bulldog gripe.&q

Comment #173: uot; Remain tenacious! Would that there were a few more like you who might speak up, and act up, for the very stated principles of this country that mostly receive no more than lip service. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #174: Saddams Victims said on 6/4/05 @ 6:59am ET...

Bobie Johnson is very prolific. Take note his one statement is very telling about his real regard for human life. He said, " What Saddam did to his own people is nothing." The fact that for 30 years Saddam torture,raped and murdered 100,000's of his own people is nothing,means nothing. Imagine, your mother and children disappears and 30 years later their bodys are found in a mass grave with 10,000 other bodys. Bobie Johnson says that is nothing. Bobie, what did your mother do to you that you hate her so much?

Comment #175: Saddams Victims said on 6/4/05 @ 7:10am ET...

The Downing Street Memo. So what?
Check back, every Liberal Dem. such as H. Clinton and slobbering Kennedy,along with France and Germany knew and believed Saddam had MWD's. France and German knew he did because they sold him the stuff,against U.N. charter, to make the weapons. You can continue to go on being delusional or face the facts. Would you have really wanted to have sad sack Gore as president during and after 9/11? Or just imagine the worst nightmare Kerry actually became president!

Comment #176: Jeanne said on 6/4/05 @ 7:12am ET...

Congressman Conyers,

There's no way I can thank you enough. I'm a native downriver Michigander living in Florida...and I'm extremely proud that you are leading this fight.

Comment #177: History Lesson said on 6/4/05 @ 7:21am ET...

To Saddams Victims, comment#165, #172: We can't keep changing the rationale' for this war. First, we went in with the idea that Saddam was an imediate threat to our country. Then it changed to him becoming the next Hitler; beating and raping his people. Now we are spreading Democracy at the point of a gun. Please read your history! For every empire that launched into an unprovoked war, the selling of war to it's populace have always been the same type of lies. Just who is being brainwashed here?

Comment #178: jack said on 6/4/05 @ 7:25am ET...

Dear Congressman
Of course everyone here (in the UK), even many who support the war knows that Blair lied to his public, having made a deal with Bush beforehand. Perhaps more important though, is the emerging truth that American domination of the middle east has been planned for a long time. Witness for example the Quataris, a nation of no more than a few hundred thousand, building Olympic style facilities which will accommodate up to 1.5m people for the "international games". What could all that spare capacity possibly be used for afterwards? A permanent, massive American military presence? So many Americans, home and abroad are ashamed at what is being done in their name. Hope you can help to do something about it.

Comment #179: Linda Starr-Spires, Ph.D. said on 6/4/05 @ 7:33am ET...

Mr. Conyers:

I have never contributed to a political campaign, and am not a resident of your state, but I will gladly contribute to your next campaign!

Thanks for having the guts to face up to the outrages being perpetrated in the name of this (once) great country. The current administration is not only an embarrassment to true Americans, but now appears to be responsible for abuses we have decried for decades in other countries.

Godspeed to your and all others in your attempt to rectify these crimes and put our country back on its intended path. Our Founding Fathers are indeed smiling again!

Comment #180: J. Karl said on 6/4/05 @ 7:36am ET...

I am calling for demonstrations AGAINST THE PATRIOT ACT ON JULY 4th. Let's get rid of this legislative obscenity now.

Comment #181: M. Hanson said on 6/4/05 @ 7:44am ET...

Thank you, Congressman Conyers. I am so impressed with your tenacity and integrity. You wouldn't have to do this. It's risky opposing the Bush/Rove machine. But thank God we have you. I will never forget your commitment to the truth, your courage, and your patriotism. Nice, nice work. Please keep it up.

Comment #182: CJ said on 6/4/05 @ 7:49am ET...

Comment #28: freethought said on 6/3/05 @ 8:09pm ET...

"I need help. Both myself and my wife signed the petition, but we never go the verification emails.
What do i do now?"

I didn't get my verification email either..... Help! Anyone???

Is it safe to assume that my sig is on the petition? Diebold?

I was #20 or so on the list when I signed it... please don't tell me I have to try again only to become #224,000 on the dern thing!

IMPEACH BUSH!

Comment #183: Marilyn said on 6/4/05 @ 7:55am ET...

I am hoping one day people will wake up and actually see what is going on. How can someone be so "Christian" and want a war without being provoked? I keep hearing well this was preventive. Prenventive from What??? Iran did not attack us, it was some extremist from Saudi Arbia. Congressmen Conyers I grew up in Detroit and now live in a repulican state. I have always admired you and the fact you fight for the everyday joe. Thanks so much and please keep going strong.

Comment #184: Daniel M Bodiford said on 6/4/05 @ 8:01am ET...

Mr. President you stand as a self-appointed representative of the Christian faith. As such you should know the definition of the truth that sets us free (John 8:31)and that a truthful response to these questions will not set us free. However, any failure to answer them can only be meant to enslave the citizens.

Comment #185: Carolina said on 6/4/05 @ 8:05am ET...

please continue the work against this utterly corrupt regime, and thank you, John Conyers. Take back our country, take back our love of peace and our future as a democracy.

Regime change NOW. Regime change NOW. We can't survive much more of the lies and bloodshed.

Comment #186: deb said on 6/4/05 @ 8:21am ET...

thank you for helping to keep this issue alive until it can be resolved.

Comment #187: Roy said on 6/4/05 @ 8:26am ET...

Mr.Conyers,thank you so very much for your concern and efforts to take the pants off of these crooks.They are the most obvious selfish pigs ever to "RULE" our country.My anger lies in large part with the ignorant "supporters" of the Regime.It is now beyond just having been fooled to wanting to be fooled.Again THANKS and as a reminder to all:IT IS OUR DUTY AND RESPONSABILITY TO OUR KIDS TO ACT.`RISE and SHINE AMERICA.

Comment #188: CJ said on 6/4/05 @ 8:33am ET...

I DIDN'T GET MY VERIFICATION... SEE POST #28 & #180.

I THINK THIS IS WORTH SOME ATTENTION!

...is everyone else getting their verification emails?

Comment #189: Joseph N.Caucci said on 6/4/05 @ 8:34am ET...

Dear Congressman,

You are one of the few Democrats that I respect. I back you 100%. Please lets take our country back. Could you introduce a bill? Since the catholic church and other so called moral organizations got together and helped elect these despicable repubiclans, should we not take away their non profit status? I no longer want to subsidize these people. The system is going after all the liberals, but drug addict, pedophile repubiclans are getting away with murder. Not only impeach, we need to throw them in jail and take away all their ill gotten wealth. If the other Democrats don't start getting some spine, we need to start a new party. A party who will fight back. A party for the people. You can be the president. Bernie Sanders the independent congressman can be your running mate. These people are scary. And I know I am spelling repubiclan wrong. Also find out why that hypocrite on the radio is not in jail yet. But Martha Stewart went to jail in no time. Can't people see that they are liars. They don't punish their own. They only punish their opponents. Constantly they talk about democracy, but they want no opponents. No compomise. I heard Bill Clinton on the radio the other day. I used to really like him. But h

Comment #190: e is helping them. He never hits them below the belt. They are using him. He probably knows it, but he does not want to cause any problems for Hilliary. He should know though, these people are bullys. They will not stop! The next time that Democrats get in power, if there is ever a next time. Investigate, investigate, investigate! The last time when the Senate was controlled by the Democrats, they did nothing. Then what? Where is the former senate leader? Good Luck-You will need it Joseph N. Caucci said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #191: Mollie Barton said on 6/4/05 @ 8:38am ET...

Mr. Conyers,
Thank you so much for your initiative. It's a sad day in this country when this Administration sweeps dirt under the carpet relative to WMDs and the Iraq war and expects the American people to forget about it. More power to you!

Comment #192: Chris said on 6/4/05 @ 8:52am ET...

I was very impressed with your letter and signed it even with some reservation over question #2. I see nothing wrong with ally shopping if a war is possible. Would you ask for allies only after a declaration of war? Anyhoo,thanks for your guts Rep. Conyers.

Comment #193: CJ said on 6/4/05 @ 9:05am ET...

Did Bush declare "War" on Iraq?

Comment #194: Admin said on 6/4/05 @ 9:10am ET...

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Comment #195: iowadem said on 6/4/05 @ 9:25am ET...

What did Colin Powell know and when did he know it?...

Visit the U.S. Dept. of State website:

Press Remarks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Amre Moussa

Secretary Colin L. Powell
Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace)
February 24, 2001

QUESTION: The Egyptian press editorial commentary that we have seen here has been bitterly aggressive in denouncing the U.S. role and not welcoming you. I am wondering whether you believe you accomplished anything during your meetings to assuage concerns about the air strikes against Iraq and the continuing sanctions?

SECRETARY POWELL: I received a very warm welcome from the leaders and I know there is some unhappiness as expressed in the Egyptian press. I understand that, but at the same time, with respect to the no-fly zones and the air strikes that we from time to time must conduct to defend our pilots, I just want to remind everybody that the purpose of those no-fly zones and the purpose of those occasional strikes to protect our pilots, is not to pursue an aggressive stance toward Iraq, but to defend the people that the no-fly zones are put in to defend. The people in the southern part of Iraq and the people in the northern part of Iraq, and these zones have a purpose, and their purpose is to protect people -- protect Arabs -- not to affect anything else in the region. And we have to defend ourselves.

We will always try to consult with our friends in the region so that they are not surprised and do everything we can to explain the purpose of our responses. We had a good discussion, the Foreign Minister and I and the President and I, had a good discussion about the nature of the sanctions -- the fact that the sanctions exist -- not for the purpose of hurting the Iraqi people, but for the purpose of keeping in check Saddam Hussein's ambitions toward developing weapons of mass destruction. We should constantly be reviewing our policies, constantly be looking at those sanctions to make sure that they are directed toward that purpose. That purpose is every bit as important now as it was ten years ago when we began it. And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq, and these are policies that we are going to keep in place, but we are always willing to review them to make sure that they are being carried out in a way that does not affect the Iraqi people but does affect the Iraqi regime's ambitions and the ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and we had a good conversation on this issue.

FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA: I would wish to borrow two expressions from what the Secretary has just said, that this situation should be under constant reviewing. So it's not a stagnant situation that we accept things as they are, but should be reviewed. The other thing is that, as the Secretary said, he knows that there is unhappiness and knows what is taking place in Iraq. What we need is to give the full chance for the talks that are going to resume or start after tomorrow in New York between the Government and the Secretary General of the United Nations about the whole question of Iraq and the Security Council resolutions, and the Secretary General is going to listen to what the Iraqis have to say, concerning sanctions, concerning the situation after ten years, etc., so this meeting should be given full opportunity for both parties to talk, to listen, and then, judging from the results of such a meeting, I believe we shall all be reviewing the situation. So there are certain stations that are coming up and we will see what we can do.

Complete transcript:
http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2001/933.htm

Comment #196: shawn storey said on 6/4/05 @ 9:26am ET...

I recently sent the following message to Kenny Marchant, representitive from Texas.

Since I do not live in his district, please pass my thanks for his work on the Downing Street Memo to The Honorable John Conyers. Due to their non coverage of this issue, I will be sending copies of this letter of thanks to all local media outlets.

To: The Honorable John Conyers -

I want to thank you for the courage that you are displaying by defending our freedom. It is the responsibility of our elected officials to protect the rights and lives of their citizens. I would imagine it to be easy to get caught up in the games of politics and only see percentages and numbers as being on one side of the aisle or the other; like minded or not. I believe it is of the utmost importance to the integrity and very survival of this nation that its elected officials remember that each one of those numbers, each one of those percentage points actually represents something more than a constituent. To someone, those numbers stand for a father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, co-worker, friend, American. In short, those numbers stand for “we the people”. Thank you for remembering and honoring the sacred pact that you made when you were elected to office by standing up when others have chosen to sit down. Thank you for giving voice at a time when others have chosen to remain mute. Thank you for listening to the heartbeat of freedom and liberty while others have chosen to turn a deaf ear. Thank you for choosing to seek the wisdom of truth when others have chosen to hide behind the blind bliss of ignorance. Thank you for doing the job that you were elected to do so that I, my family, friends and fellow Americans can know that our lives and rights are being protected.

“Truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it; but, in the end; there it is.”
Winston Churchill

“To whom much is given, much is required.” – Luke 12:48

With my gratitude and my prayers,
Shawn Storey

Comment #197: Margaret Richards said on 6/4/05 @ 9:32am ET...

I will try to keep my comments about this current shyster & illegal administration civil but how does one be civil to a lying crook who is destroying our country from the inside out. In all my yrs of following politics I have never seen so much hatred as what has been generated by george w. bu$h....in the name of God, of course!
On my good days I hope that there is a hell such as the one preached by the religious right nut cases because surely the hottest spot in it will be reserved for King george and his goons. I borrowed an old Abbie Hoffman quote to use as a signature line that describes my feelings about bu$h, Cheney, DeLay etc. perfectly..."Just wait until Jesus gets his hand

Comment #198: s on you, you little bastard?! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #199: outraged said on 6/4/05 @ 9:35am ET...

Comment #190: CJ said on 6/4/05 @ 9:05am ET...

Did Bush declare "War" on Iraq?

Only Congress can declare war, so no.

Man, what great posts at this site. I sure hope Congressman Conyers is reading them.

Comment #200: Jack said on 6/4/05 @ 9:36am ET...

Chris: I think the point is not just that Bush hadn't yet sought congressional approval, but that he lied to congress. He had told the brits we were going to war and needed their support, while he was telling us and congress he hadn't made up his mind yet and would pursue other options.

Comment #201: Lee Dye said on 6/4/05 @ 9:55am ET...

thank you mr. conyers. Im certainly glad to see that someone is taking control of this matter. The record needs to be set straight with America, because I believe im speaking for the majority of you, that I am indeed ashamed to be labeled as an American at this time. I hope our efforts will pull through, thank you again mr. Conyers.
-Lee Dye

Comment #202: barbara wright said on 6/4/05 @ 9:59am ET...

"Shrub" Bush should be impeached for the killing of thousands of soldiers in a needless war. Bush can't take care of the vets he had prior to Iraq and afghanastan how is he going to take care of these vets? classifying their records so he doesn't have to give them benefits like thousands of other vets including my Joe? Probibly. If you want an IMPEACHMENT petition signed SEND IT! WE'LL SIGN

Comment #203: Doug McCoy said on 6/4/05 @ 10:07am ET...

Congrtulations to everyone who have signed the letter and participated in a true act of patriotism. Now write to all your local media outlets, newspapers, tv, etal, and insist that they report on the memo and other related stories. If yours is like mine, Austin, Tx. it has been ignored. Pressure the media to report the truth, the more people become informed, the more powerful we become. Peace, love, and brotherhood from a 60's relic.

Comment #204: CTPatriot said on 6/4/05 @ 10:14am ET...

These latest revelations (see below) from The Nation coupled with the Downing Street Memo make the most damning case for impeachment I've witnessed in my lifetime, and I was around for Watergate!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1825941

The Other Bomb Drops (Downing Street Memo)
Posted by renaissanceguy
Added to homepage Fri Jun 03rd 2005, 05:57 PM ET

...snip...

Rear Admiral David Gove, former deputy director of global operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on November 20, 2002, that US and British pilots were "essentially flying combat missions." On October 3, 2002, the New York Times reported that US pilots were using southern Iraq for "practice runs, mock strikes and real attacks" against a variety of targets. But the full significance of this dramatic change in policy toward Iraq only became clear last month, with the release of the Downing Street memo. In it, British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon is reported to have said in 2002, after meeting with US officials, that "the US had already begun 'spikes of activity' to put pressure on the regime," a reference to the stepped-up airstrikes. Now the Sunday Times of London has revealed that these spikes "had become a full air offensive"--in other words, a war.

Michigan Democratic Representative John Conyers (news, bio, voting record) has called the latest revelations about these attacks "the smoking bullet in the smoking gun," irrefutable proof that President Bush misled Congress before the vote on Iraq. When Bush asked Congress to authorize the use of force in Iraq, he also said he would use it only as a last resort, after all other avenues had been exhausted. But the Downing Street memo reveals that the Administration had already decided to topple Saddam by force and was manipulating intelligence to justify the decision. That information puts the increase in unprovoked air attacks in the year prior to the war in an entirely new light: The Bush Administration was not only determined to wage war on Iraq, regardless of the evidence; it had already started that war months before it was put to a vote in Congress.

It only takes one member of Congress to begin an impeachment process, and Conyers is said to be considering the option. The process would certainly be revealing. Congress could subpoena Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard Myers, Gen.Tommy Franks and all of the military commanders and pilots involved with the no-fly zone bombings going back into the late 1990s. What were their orders, both given and received? In those answers might lie a case for impeachment.

...snip...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20050601/cm_thenation/20050613scahill

Comment #205: Vladimir Vascak said on 6/4/05 @ 10:24am ET...

We all need to get together and hold Bush, Cheney, Rice, and the rest of the fascist responsible...they are taking America away from us and we just stand and look and do nothing...
how this can be possible??How???

Comment #206: Jeff Wells said on 6/4/05 @ 10:39am ET...

Thanks for your refreshing courage at this time of incredible apathy on the part of the American people.

I believe that the main reason so many Americans are willing to support the war is the lack of a draft. If there were a mandatory military obligation, there would be an uproar as there was in Vietnam. I spent a year there in 1966 and '67 and learned about the real reasons 58,000 plus Americans died long after I returned.

Most people just don't feel Iraq affects them personally so they acquiesce to the Bush administration. And of course, many still believe that Iraq was responsible for 911, thanks to Bush's constant linking of the two events with inuendo and misinformation.

Someday, this period of time will be seen as a turning point in American history. I'm afraid it won't be a turn in the right direction.

Comment #207: Leighton Couvillon said on 6/4/05 @ 10:42am ET...

Thank you sir. You are a great American.

Comment #208: Linda Price King said on 6/4/05 @ 10:44am ET...

Dear Sir:

You are a hero in a day and age where heros are missing. Please do not let up. Keep the pressure on to find the truth about our vote. It is the last thread of our democracy that is hanging and if this is gone we are no longer a free nation. I wish you would run for President. We need a person who has the guts to say and find the truth. Protect yourself too because the powers that be do not like the truth to come out.

Comment #209: Ed Knox said on 6/4/05 @ 10:57am ET...

The "verification email" isn't to verify your signature, but rather to verify that you would like to be included in future correspondence from the John Conyers Website. Nevertheless I still think that the NeoCons would be forced to sit up and take notice, once we get the major news media reporting on the DOWNING STREET MEMO. Spread the word, and ask all your acquaintences to do their part.

Comment #210: Shannon Dawkins said on 6/4/05 @ 11:02am ET...

So an investigation for impeachment sounds like a grand idea. Everyday I wonder when this is all going to stop and when enough is enough. If we continue to let democracy crumble, Frist could steal OUR nation in 2008. A Nation, who many have selflessly dedicated thier lives to, divided even more with his Sunday telecasts. This issue deserves an investigation, and lets hope we are not to late. Thank you so very much Congressman Conyers.

Comment #211: Bob Pisapia said on 6/4/05 @ 11:05am ET...

You have given me new hope and so has The Mnpls.Star Tribune.
When you look at the historical record on who was telling the truth about WMD's, it boiled down to the U.N., M. el Barredi-Nuclear Weapons Head, and Saddam Hussein who said we have no weapons of mass destruction.Remenber the December 2002 20,000 page report to the U.N.It, too said weapon

Comment #212: s were destroyed in 1995 a fact Kamal Hussein gave to the U.S. (reported , ironically in Newsweek) Some of us have good memories! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #213: donna in evanston said on 6/4/05 @ 11:18am ET...

Keep my comment respectful! It's all I can do to keep it from becoming worshipful. You are my hero.

Off to post the link to your blog on the DFA blog...again.

110,000 and growing!

Comment #214: scott said on 6/4/05 @ 11:21am ET...

Congressmen Conyers,

Good work.

Next step, a serious investigation into US war crimes applying the "Doctrine of Command Responsibility" which holds responsible those in the highest positions of civilian and military authority, including the Commander-in-Chief.

Start with the Crime Against Peace (called the Supreme International Crime at Nuremberg), i.e. the illegal war of aggression against Iraq that violated both international law and the US Constitution (up to 90% of the "American Society of International Law" consider the US attack "illegal" so the claim is not controversial, and the evidence is overwhelming).

Then continue with: excessive use of force; indiscriminate killing and maiming of civilians; use of illegal weapons including DU, cluster bombs, fuel air bombs, etc.; infrastructure and environmental destruction; illegal detention; abuse, torture and summary execution of prisoners, and a long list of other crimes punishable under the US War Crimes Act and international law.

peace,

scott

Comment #215: Christopher Sproul said on 6/4/05 @ 11:22am ET...

Keep up the good work, our democracy is at stake. It is critical that people like you hold the Bush Administration accountable.

Comment #216: susi said on 6/4/05 @ 11:32am ET...

please, where do i sign?

Comment #217: Mary Lou Clift said on 6/4/05 @ 11:33am ET...

Honorable John Conyers,
"Courage of your convictions"

I am writing you to tell you to add my name to the list of others to bring out the truth of the Downing Street memo for the citizens of the United States.
The American people want honesty, freedom and Faith that you will follow though on the "Courage of your convictions."
You have old fashioned values that our mother's and Grandmother's instilled in us.

Be a standout! Call for hearings and reviews, accountability and newspaper coverage for all American's to see.
The 4th Of July will be celebrated soon.

Let's have something to really celebrate about this year.

Respectifully,
Mary Lou Clift
300 Escondido Ave.
Vista, California
LuLuClift@aol.com

Comment #218: hank said on 6/4/05 @ 11:35am ET...

I called Senator Kerry's office on Friday.

His aide said there is NO talk by Kerry of bringing up the Downing Street memo.

He agreed with me that in all likely hood based on reading the entire agreement that it was designed to be leaked to Saddam to convince him that Bush was serious about invasion if he did not allow the weapons inspectors to do their job. We both reread the conclusions in the memo and the statements made by others in the same memo that contradict what "C" supposedly said.

There was also a note of DISDAIN in the Kerry aides voice when I mentioned Conyers and his petition and demands regarding this memo.

There are several possibilities with this memo:

Rycroft wanted to go to war and was making the memo appear to indicate that America was already committed OR Dearlove wanted to go to war and was determined to make Blair think Bush had already committed OR the memo was meant to be leaked to SADDAM as proof that Bush was committed unless Saddam let the inspectors in OR it is a forgery since NOBODY in England has confirmed this memo (they have ignored it since 5/1/05) OR it represents one man's opinion of statements several others in his circle may have or MAY NOT HAVE said OR he just got it WRONG!

Comment #219: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:35am ET...

Great site!

GO THERE NOW!

Flood the U.S. House and Senate with your emails at:

http://www.usalone.com/

The People's Email Network

TODAY'S QUESTION:

SHOULD THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DOWNING STREET MEMO?

Comment #220: Joe Jordan said on 6/4/05 @ 11:36am ET...

If the other 399 congressman were like John Conyers, we could take our government back. This will be the downfall of this corrupt administration. We must demand the truth on the invasion of Irag.

Comment #221: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:36am ET...

Great site!

GO THERE NOW!

Flood the U.S. House and Senate with your emails at:

http://www.usalone.com/

The People's Email Network

TODAY'S QUESTION:

SHOULD THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DOWNING STREET MEMO?

Comment #222: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:40am ET...

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Articles of Impeachment for President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Attorney General John David Ashcroft.

Comment #223: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:43am ET...

Comment #214: susi

Please go to the Congressman's homepage for the link to the letter.

Comment #224: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:45am ET...

Hey Hank... get a life loser!

Comment #225: Bill_o_Carolina said on 6/4/05 @ 11:46am ET...

Go away Hank! No one believes your crap! You are a Bush lapdog!

Comment #226: Rosemary said on 6/4/05 @ 11:47am ET...

Where was everybody in those crucial eight months?
Nearly 200,000 Irakis have died and almost 2,000 of our young men and women, not speaking of the ones who came back and wish they were dead...
We are all guilty of apathy. The truth was available, it was there all along.
I read a dozen foreign papers online every day and have stopped long ago to watch the fabricated, manipulated news by a fascist government.
Mr Bush has repeated verbatim the same stupidities Hitler uttered in the 1930's in Germany.
Follow the money.
This entire Goverment is composed of people directly connected with the Oil industry.
They are all a bunch of Oil Whores!
51 million idiots voted them in again....

Comment #227: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:48am ET...

Did anyone else see C-Span Washington Journal this morning about the Downing Street Memo?

Impressive!

Comment #228: Teresa said on 6/4/05 @ 11:49am ET...

Public outrage and pressure can accomplish great things if channeled and maintained. The important thing now is to stay as calm and focused as possible and go through all the necessary procedures. We can't jump the smoking gun. Just stay determined, motivated, and completely supportive of John Conyers, John Kerry, and all others who will be guiding us through this.

Kerry is very knowledgeable about criminal prosecution and he is in a powerful position. He'll do what's right. He has always wanted to bring these people to justice.

There is enough evidence to impeach but the procedure is difficult. I did just read, though, that the hopes are high of getting some Western states to contribute to a takeover of the House in '06. It is possible.

A lot might be happening to expose the crimes of this administration, so we can keep our spirits up and help it unfold, especially with the efforts of JC.

Comment #229: Sandra said on 6/4/05 @ 11:51am ET...

Wizblog (a non-believer) was positioned against AfterDowningStreet.org

Should we convince Wizblog to believe?

Here's the email ad

Comment #230: dress: dan@danwismar.com said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #231: Robert Richter said on 6/4/05 @ 11:55am ET...

Soldiers are performing well in accordance with their education, training and leadership. However, senior military leaders do not know what to do. Civilian military leadership is badly broken and pressing ahead with seriouly flawed strategies. Prediction: As the situation in the theater of combat disintegrates further the adminstration sees only what they want to and will slog ahead until a year before the next national election when after a couple major military offensives US Forces will withdraw hoping Iraq will hold together through the election. American military families will bury their dead and care for their wounded. The administration will declare its work done in Iraq and victory. What a mess. The time for truth telling is now.

Comment #232: Pat said on 6/4/05 @ 11:57am ET...

Ralph Nader is supposed to be on the next episode of C-Span's Wasington Journal to talk about the Downing Street Memo.

Comment #233: Greg said on 6/4/05 @ 12:01pm ET...

Stay strong America, one day we will have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people again. Viva la revolucion!!!!

Comment #234: Dominique said on 6/4/05 @ 12:05pm ET...

Congratulations, Mr. Conyers ! You help restore the world's faith in the US of A !

Comment #235: AL said on 6/4/05 @ 12:08pm ET...

As a veteran and an American, I applaud the efforts here to demand honesty and accountability from our government. Anyone who had any sense KNEW that when Bush was elected, we were invading Iraq. I welcome Hank et al in this discussion; we NEED to hear the dissenters to keep US honest. That is one thing the Bush administration just does not respect.

Comment #236: Andrea said on 6/4/05 @ 12:08pm ET...

Best wishes with your letter, Mr. Conyers. It is a good effort, but I suspect the response from this administration will be the same as usual--lies, obfuscation, and red herrings.

Comment #237: Kurt said on 6/4/05 @ 12:20pm ET...

I think both Bush and Cheneys children should go to Iraq and fight these men's war for our country.

Comment #238: Brandy said on 6/4/05 @ 12:21pm ET...

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

Thank you for doing something.

Comment #239: Teresa said on 6/4/05 @ 12:23pm ET...

As hard as it is to believe and no matter what is happening now, we, the people, hold the power. The Bill of Rights protects our right to take down a government that threatens us. The more we recognize this, the more successful we will be. They can't hold power if we don't allow it. I know that sounds impossible to many, but it is the only way we will ever govern ourselves. We outnumber them. We can be in charge if we truly so desire. It starts in the mind.

Comment #240: Bill Habedank said on 6/4/05 @ 12:26pm ET...

Rep Conyers, thank you for taking on this task! It is about time that politicians in Washington stand up to the abuses the Bush Administration and his neocons have inflicted on this once great country. The quickest way for the US to regain trust from the world community would be to impeach all of the perpetrators of this terrible disaster. The best way to start this process is to get the truth out which has been suppressed till now. Keep pressing on and we will back you all the way.

Comment #241: Bill said on 6/4/05 @ 12:37pm ET...

BEYOND the “Downing Street Memo”

For a scary look at the power behind our government, Project for the New American Century http://www.newamericancentury.org/index.html information is a must read.

Look at the signatories and date on the “Statement of Principles” http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm

Search for Pearl Harbor in the following
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

As for the invasion of Iraq, read this “Letter to President Clinton on Iraq” dated 1/26/1998, and again look at the signatories http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

Comment #242: Kaboodles said on 6/4/05 @ 12:46pm ET...

I would hate for this country to become so facist that we start having, as in the book 1984, THOUGHT POLICE. This is where the Government listens to everything you say, they have people tell on you when you say something that the government does not want you to say, so you end up trusting no one, not even your friends. After awhile you don't even know who your friends are.

Don't think that it's not possible to have this country come to the point of 1984.

As President Bush has said "It would be great if this were a dictatorship and I was the dictator." I believe he meant that.

Whoever thought that before George Bush became elected that we would have anything so close to facism in this country.If any of one is interested in who and/or what the THOUGHT POLICE are read 1984.

It's becoming a reality slowly but surely. The Government already is telling you how to think and what to think. They've already started to watch every move you make. In little increments it gets worse and worse such as the Patriot Act and now another step is The National ID Card. Do you know cameras are now all over in NYC and elsewhere.

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!

LET'S NOT HAVE IT GET TO THE POINT WHERE 2005 BECOMES 1984.

VERY, VERY SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment #243: fred g said on 6/4/05 @ 12:51pm ET...

GREAT JOB! Thank you for initiating something most of your fellow Dems seem intent to ignore.

Comment #244: Andy said on 6/4/05 @ 12:52pm ET...

Rep. Conyers

Its good to see that your petition drive is providing a focal point where so many concerned Americans can express their doubts about the Bush Administration's intentions in Iraq. President Bush owes all Americans, his supporters and detractors, a truthful account of the process that lead to our invasion and occupation of Iraq. I am glad that you and the 88 other members of congress that you mention have choosen to take a stand on this issue. The success of your petition should encourage more of your colleagues to join you.

Comment #245: Steve said on 6/4/05 @ 12:54pm ET...

Let's hold bush to exactly the same standard that the GOP would hold Clinton if he lied, exaggerated and misled our country into this colossal disaster in Iraq.

Comment #246: B ob Gordon said on 6/4/05 @ 12:58pm ET...

I certainly respect Staesmanship, honor and persistence. They are scarce. The opposition is limited by none of these virtues.
They have prevailed because they are greedy, ruthless and unconscionable.
They also lie outrageously and shamelessly; which historically works for at least four years-per lie.
What seems necessary is a group indictment for FRAUD and TREASON based on the Constitution ( example : separation of powers ). It needs to be an whole larger group so they cannot play scapegoat.
What is needed in the long run is an ammendment that provides for a vote of confidence, with a shadow government (minority) that can take over within 24 hrs. This has worked well in England. We have so little flexibility.

Comment #247: Susan Goldsmith said on 6/4/05 @ 12:58pm ET...

Whatever the truth is about this memo needs to be uncovered. If it's a fake or if it was "strategic," we need to know that - and one would think the administration would be anxious to clear this up. If it's what it appears to be, we need to know that - and one would think the Congress would be anxious to clear that up. Either way, it's time for an investigation.

Comment #248: Peter said on 6/4/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Rep. Conyers,

You are a hero. Let's really take back the America so we can be proud of our country again. Impeachment is too good for these arrogant liars.

Comment #249: Suncoast David said on 6/4/05 @ 1:04pm ET...

Hey everyone

10 ways to get the word out

1) Print signs out for your cars
2) Call your reps. and senators
3) Blog everywhere
4) Write or call the m

Comment #250: ajor medias papers and networks 5) Call progressive talk shows to plug petition and this site 6) E-mail moveon and moveon pac to take up the cause 7) Coordinate groups to wave signs with downingstreetmemo.com on them at street corners. 8) E-mail your friends (even republicans friends!) 9) Tell people in any organization groups that you belong to. 10) Print T-shirts with downingstreetmemo.com Lets hit them hard and fast! Lets get active! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #251: gordon mccormack said on 6/4/05 @ 1:05pm ET...

Thank God for Air America. This administration is beyond the pale and systematically tearing our country apart. Bush and the gang have blood on their hands and must answer the tough questions for once.

Comment #252: Placido Salazar said on 6/4/05 @ 1:13pm ET...

To not speak up against the injustices Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice have unloaded on innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, is to share the blood on their hands. IMPEACHMENT TIME IS HERE!!!

Comment #253: Doug Gell said on 6/4/05 @ 1:16pm ET...

C-Span had the guts to report on this atriocity this morning (6/4). I support your effort strongly. Please get out and put this memo on the front pages of the major media, who seem to be afraid to attack President Bush or our involvement in Iraq. Thank you for being a great American.

Comment #254: Dee Silva said on 6/4/05 @ 1:28pm ET...

At times I feel lost and wonder if anyone in power in Washington really cares - Thank you for caring and doing the 'people's' work - thank you for your patriotic work.

Comment #255: Tom said on 6/4/05 @ 1:37pm ET...

If it weren't for Randi Rhodes, I wouldn't know anything about this! She is far more intelligent than most of the politicians in Washington. Maybe we can get her to run for office!

Comment #256: Mike said on 6/4/05 @ 1:50pm ET...

THANK YOU JOHN ! EVERYONE KEEP UP THE PRESSURE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. The momentum is now on our side at long last.

This administration is criminally fradulent to a degree virtually unknown in American history. It will take many years to mitigate the damage done domestically and globally.

NO MERCY WHATSOEVER. IMPEACHMENT CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH.

Comment #257: vyan said on 6/4/05 @ 1:54pm ET...

A little De-Hanking:

Saddam killed 30,000 at Abu Ghraib? Well so far conservatives estimates are that the U.S. has killed between 50,000 innocent Iraqis (and possibly as many as 100,000) as the result of "collateral damage". Which is worse?

He agreed with me that in all likely hood based on reading the entire agreement that it was designed to be leaked to Saddam to convince him that Bush was serious about invasion if he did not allow the weapons inspectors to do their job.

Ok, let's assume this is true for a second - how could leaking this memo be a stronger indication that we were serious than UN Security Resolution 1441 (which is what put the inspectors back into Iraq in 2002), and House Joint Resolution 114 which authorized the U.S. to use force if Saddam didn't comply with all relevant UN Resolutions, which it turns out after the ISG (Iraq Survey Group) finally finished it's WMD search - he did!

We both reread the conclusions in the memo and the statements made by others in the same memo that contradict what "C" supposedly said.

What statements by others? Sir Richard Dearlove (C), had just returned from the U.S. and meeting with senior U.S. officials -- nothing and no-one in the meeting minutes contradicted that fact, or what Dearlove - alone - discussed with U.S. officials during that trip.

Rycroft wanted to go to war and was making the memo appear to indicate that America was already committed OR Dearlove wanted to go to war and was determined to make Blair think Bush had already committed OR the memo was meant to be leaked to SADDAM as proof that Bush was committed unless Saddam let the inspectors in OR (they have ignored it since 5/1/05) OR it represents one man's opinion of statements several others in his circle may have or MAY NOT HAVE said OR he just got it WRONG!

Ok, now you're just talking crazy!

The British government has indeed authenticated the meeting minutes and it's contents as accurate("The July meeting was later mentioned by Lord Butler in his report on the use of intelligence on WMD as a “key stage” in the road to war; but its details have never been revealed until now."), in fact Downing Street said the memo contained "nothing new" - they didn't deny that it was accurate.

There have been no reports coming from Britain backing any claim that Rycroft or Dearlove "wanted to go to War". LOL. Neo-CONartist fantasies are almost as entertaining as the WB's BIG SUNDAY, but in the end, far more dangerous.

Vyan

Comment #258: Tom Vocca said on 6/4/05 @ 2:02pm ET...

Thank you John Conyers! I have many friends in Europe who cannot stomach our current government. They see the Bush administration as a government by coup. Thank you for giving me my hope back. I support your efforts. Let's get our country back!

Comment #259: Andrew Rasmussen said on 6/4/05 @ 2:10pm ET...

We have to get this out there and keep it out there until the mainstream media cannot ignore it. Congressman Conyers, you are a truly courageous man for taking stands on this issue and the improprieties of the 2004 election. Keep it up, we are behind you.

Comment #260: Leah said on 6/4/05 @ 2:13pm ET...

In reference to the question: Why did Kerry Lie?...a little reading especially of the DSM; it was Bush that Lied to Congress, the People and the World. Thats what this is all about. George McGovern who ran against Nixon has just said on Fox Radio, we need another Deep Throat for the Bushites et.al.
Government Corruption seems to have reached an ALL time High...from Vote Fraud to HIGH Treason. And none of it is really surprising given the way the system works for the elite and against the "meek". I have very mixed feelings about John Kerry,
having rallied against the VietNam War myself, wanting to believe"hope is on the way" with a touch of "fear" that the skullduggery could also endanger a second "JFK's Life". Its like a terrible nightmare of history repeating itself according to a terrible plan of corruption and evil power in play. Wishing John Conyers ALL the best of everything in the Crusade for Truth and real Justice hoping the good Forces behind the scenes prevail. Be Safe and Successful John Conyers and thank you for rising to the call. Seeing what you are up against having watched the challenge to the Ohio Electorate on C-Span and the Repunant accusations it never ceases to amaze me that those that accuse us of believing in a conspiracy theory are in effect reinforcing admission of guilt. If what we say and ask is NOT true, then surely they would be glad to investigate and come forth with open transparent reports and evidence of what is truly going on, rather than suppressing information and lying. "Foolish as it may seem" I have finally come to accept that the battle between the forces of good and evil are reaching critical mass. My intellect tells me this is a truth that cannot be denied, my heart finds it so hard to accept that anyone could be so Dark in Heart as to kill for power and greed while touting self-righteousness and loving God and Life. Sad but true that we have succumbed to characters on a movie screen but thank goodness for those creative enough to document stories so that our minds can entertain truth and possibilities. "All the world is a stage on which we must all play a part" Play On(Shakespeare).

Comment #261: Jessica said on 6/4/05 @ 2:18pm ET...

The innocent people, the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, friends.

Comment #262: .. They don't deserve this. Put your family through what these families have gone through, and see how it feels... Take the government back for the people. This is the best democracy corporatists can buy said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #263: Susan Kraemer said on 6/4/05 @ 2:28pm ET...

I can't find where to sign on to this petition so please consider this as my signature added to your petition.

Thanks for putting pressure on an administration that is strangling our great land and thanks to Randy Rhodes at Air America for getting out word of what you are doing for us.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

And next please: Put on the front burner: prevention of any more fraudulent "elections" in this onetime democracy!!!!!Please!

Comment #264: Judith said on 6/4/05 @ 2:41pm ET...

Please keep the pressure on the Bushleaguers, they cannot be allowed to get away with this.

Thank you.

Comment #265: Tim Watley said on 6/4/05 @ 2:50pm ET...

Impeachment..??? Bush,Chenney,Rumsfeld, Rice and even Blair should be charged with war crimes for an unjustified war.100,000 plus dead..yes they do have blood in teir hand..so called colletaral damage..!! not to mention our soldiers. How can they still face the world and America and tell everybody they did the right thing..in the name of war with terror..! where are the real terrorists?? I hope there is justice and I will live to see it..!
by the way I am a republican who voted twice for these guys..!
Dr.Tim Watley

Comment #266: Pamela said on 6/4/05 @ 2:56pm ET...

It is no surprise that President Bush decided to go to war prior to asking for approval from Congress. His administration has been marked by the same flaws that now blatantly occur in many business and educational organizations without repercussion. They include situational ethics that suit the self interests of those in power, blatant disregard for rights and policies protecting employees and citizens, unfairness associated with conflict of interest, nepotism etc.. Bush's desire to go to War had nothing to do with the welfare of this or any other country but with the mutually shared interests of his family and cabal of wealthy friends. We are no longer living in a democracy but a plutocracy. We need to think more about how the 911 disaster could have been deemed necessary by Bush administration to get an unsuspecting public to accept the war in Iraq. Impeach I say!

Comment #267: Deb said on 6/4/05 @ 3:02pm ET...

Thank you! Thank you for doing the good, hard work that makes it easier for me to sleep nights! Thank you for having the courage to continue to chip away at the layers of cover up and corruption in the Bush administration!

Comment #268: Brandon Wentworth said on 6/4/05 @ 3:06pm ET...

This is a little bit off the subject, but I just want to THANK-YOU for your Congressional hearings on the media. Right wing radio, in particular, has always bothered me. But it really began to bother me when I saw some of the power of radio. I heard it was radio that promoted the genocide of Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda in the '90's. I've also had some personal experiences. One was where an acquaintance of mine relayed to me that he listened to Michael Savage during his commute, and was really happy to "be getting the truth" and not being hoodwinked by the "liberal media". I gave him an incredulous look. Did he really believe what he said? This guy is a college graduate and supposedly a critical thinker and reader. And yet, he took Michael Savage, of all people, as a valid source of the news! Now I think of people who listen to radio all the time (those with long commutes and those who make their living on the road) and all they hear is all this political pornography (to quote Bill Moyers.) Something must change!. Thank-you for looking at this and listening to my comments. Keep up your great public service!

By the way, my wife and I did sign on to your letter to President Bush, although we were not able to find the actual text.

Comment #269: imhusband said on 6/4/05 @ 3:17pm ET...

Impeach the scoundrels!!
impeach: john kerry,hillary clinton, john edwards, nanci pelosi, joe lieberman, carl levin, robert byrd, jay rockfeller, henry waxman, bob graham, et al. and while your at it, arrest bill clinton, al gore, madeline albright, and sandy berger. these people all lied to america. they all have blood on thier hands for thier participation in sending our young men to die.

Comment #270: Arthur Cornforth said on 6/4/05 @ 3:24pm ET...

I would also like to point out that Bush and his cronies have traded a way of life for the Native Alaskans for drilling for oil... "Our gas guzzling SUV's are more important than caribou and the Natives who rely on caribou for a food source" mindset is disturbing to me, as a human being.

Comment #271: Ruth Moore said on 6/4/05 @ 3:26pm ET...

I want to thank you for standing up for America. Please get the DLC to foreget their corporate sponsors and join you. Bring back a government of the people for the people

Comment #272: Mary Annmartorana said on 6/4/05 @ 3:27pm ET...

I am old enough to remember Watergate very well. That was bad enough but the Iraq-Gate is worse. Tens of thousands of human beings have died and countless others have suffered in this war of aggression. The Congress and the American people were sold a bill of goods, and I am one very angry citizen. I am eager for an investigation and hope that this Downing Street Memo will shine some sunshine into a very dark abyss. Thank you John Conyers et al for having the courage to stand up to the Bush Regime. John Conyers, Presente!

Comment #273: Nancy Jones said on 6/4/05 @ 3:29pm ET...

Thank you for all you are doing, John.

Comment #274: IRA said on 6/4/05 @ 3:33pm ET...

NOTHING LESS THEN THE (COURAGE) OF A DEEP THROAT AND THE (TENACITY) OF A PIT BULL, WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE EITHER OF THESE TRAITS, THEREFORE THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE RAPID DECLINE INTO THE BOWELS OF THE ABYSS.

Comment #275: Francine said on 6/4/05 @ 3:35pm ET...

Thank you so much for having the guts to shake up the monarchy. I can't understand why the press is hiding in a hole and not investigating the lies and deceit of the current administration. The President is obviously only putting forth the agenda of the far right with no care or concern for the 50 million of us who did not vote for him. He and his entire cabinet and and staff should vacate the White House and just stick to clearing brush on the ranch. I can't remember a President who was as arrogant or contrary as this one. President Bush is just a bully whose attitude is "my way or the highway". America can do better!!! Keep the pressure on. Thank you and Air America.

Comment #276: Lois said on 6/4/05 @ 3:48pm ET...

I support you efforts to hold George Bush and Co accountable for the bloody war they have started, the terrible loss of life and limb, the destablization of Iraq and the Middle East, the blatant profiteering and the ruination of the American image worldwide. The lies they told to the American People should be grounds for impeachment - and I sincerely hope it comes to that - For the people, the animals and the environment - for the future of our beautiful planet - these mobsters must be stopped.

Comment #277: Lois said on 6/4/05 @ 3:48pm ET...

I support you efforts to hold George Bush and Co accountable for the bloody war they have started, the terrible loss of life and limb, the destablization of Iraq and the Middle East, the blatant profiteering and the ruination of the American image worldwide. The lies they told to the American People should be grounds for impeachment - and I sincerely hope it comes to that - For the people, the animals and the environment - for the future of our beautiful planet - these mobsters must be stopped.

Comment #278: imahusband said on 6/4/05 @ 3:49pm ET...

oops, put edwards on the jail list... ya cant impeach him an

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Comment #280: True Patriot said on 6/4/05 @ 3:53pm ET...

We need to organize a one-day general strike to force this issue into the mainstream media.

Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

Comment #281: Julia said on 6/4/05 @ 3:54pm ET...

Thank you, Congressman Conyers, for your patriotism. You are our Paul Revere!

I wonder why Palosi's signature is missing from your letter?

Keep the pressure on! Be as tenacious as the radical right! WE MUST TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! IT IS FAST SLIDING INTO FACISM! We must not let that happen.

Comment #282: eleanoe lukazewski said on 6/4/05 @ 3:55pm ET...

Mr.Conyers: You are a real hero/patriot. We
U.S. citizens need to do whatever it takes to
rescue our country from the grip of the now
curretn scoundrels. Press on.

Comment #283: Kevin Baas said on 6/4/05 @ 4:00pm ET...

I think the dems should reach out to the repubs on this. There _are_ repubs that would probably sign, such as mr. freedom fries who is now a vocifrerous oponent of the war, esp. if they understand that this is just a request for the truth, not an indictment. Then those repubs could reach out to other repubs (as they would be more receptive to other repubs, and other repubs would know the talking points better, having once felt as they did), and maybe get some more signatures.

I would love to see some repub signatures on the letter.

Comment #284: Thoma Vacanti said on 6/4/05 @ 4:06pm ET...

Hello Congressman Conyers. You are the voice from within the din of madness. Please continue your work. I know millions are behind you and they are awaking and removing their cloak of impotence because you have finally been found.

Thomas Vacanti
U.S. Citizen

Comment #285: PJ said on 6/4/05 @ 4:06pm ET...

The memo was no surprise to me..,I said from the time Bush was first elected (???) that he would invade Iraq.

Please keep up the pressure and thank you for keeping this alive. I cannot believe how quickly the media let it go.

Comment #286: John Harris said on 6/4/05 @ 4:13pm ET...

Dems are toast in 2008 if they run someone who voted to give Bush authorization to attack Iraq. Those who did vote for authorization TRUSTED George W. Bush and where LIED to but we can't take any chances. We need Americans like you who stood up from the gate to represent the real democratic party! Keep up the good work!

Comment #287: frank watts said on 6/4/05 @ 4:23pm ET...

Sir,
Many months before Bush invaded Iraq tons of military equipment and manpower were being shipped to Qatar on commercial merchant navy ships with no newspaper coverage. This tonnage was much more than the conventional Pentagon pre-positioning policy.
Would it not be advisable to interview some of the crews to determine dates of arrival for war

Comment #288: Ted Millan said on 6/4/05 @ 4:23pm ET...

Thank you! I have written to the resident and received no response. Duh. I thought I'd at least get a form response from Scott's office. I can't believe that half the country doesn't know/doesn't care. Keep the pressure on. Thank you!

Comment #289: frank watts said on 6/4/05 @ 4:24pm ET...

Sir,
Many months before Bush invaded Iraq tons of military equipment and manpower were being shipped to Qatar on commercial merchant navy ships with no newspaper coverage. This tonnage was much more than the conventional Pentagon pre-positioning policy.
Would it not be advisable to interview some of the crews to determine dates of arrival for war

Comment #290: Steve said on 6/4/05 @ 4:48pm ET...

Just ask for the truth. Keep asking, keep asking, keep asking....that's all you have to do.

You don't have to make a single accusation. Just ask questions and watch what they do.

Thank you for what you are doing. Don't let them stop you!

Comment #291: Barracus said on 6/4/05 @ 4:49pm ET...

Why has it taken a year for this to start being talked about in Congress? Evidence of the Administration's impeachable offenses began way before the Downing Street Memo.

Did anybody in Congress read John Dean's book "Worse than Watergate"? Might be a good idea. And this was over a year ago. So much has happened even since then.

What about Seymour Hirsch's books, speeches, and articles in the New Yorker?

All it took for the republicans to taint the Clinton presidency was to pound the message in front of people all the time. Didn't matter if they had a case.

We actually have a case that is much, much deeper than the Downing Street Memo.

Not only crimes against America, but war crimes, and crimes against humanity. And where has congress been?

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO:

VOTE IN YOUR PRIMARY ELECTION AND GET THESE WIMP, ON-THE-PAYROLL DEMOCRATS OUT OF OFFICE. TIME TO HOLD THE PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT STANDING UP FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND DOING THE JOB WE ELECTED THEM TO DO.

Of course, the CBC and Congressman Conyers are wonderful. Just not many other people.

And please, don't support republican-lite candidates who don't stand up for us like Hilary Clinton. How do you think she voted on confirming war criminals John Negropante and Condaleeza Rice? The patriot act? The war? The Ohio Fiasco? The Florida Fiasco? The worst compromise ever (Priscilla Owen)? When do you hear from her? When she's speaking out about the crimes of this administration? No, you only hear from her when she's schmoozing with Newt Gingrich, or when her hubby is laughing it up with the Bush Crime Family. Let's get somebody in there that will stand up for us when it matters most.

Keep up the work of America, John Conyers. We're so grateful to you.

Comment #292: M said on 6/4/05 @ 4:49pm ET...

I agree with Frank Watt's idea. Perhaps it would be a good idea to interview those aware of the mass shipment of supplies before the start of the war.

Comment #293: dch said on 6/4/05 @ 4:58pm ET...

Congressman Conyers,

Thank you for having the courage and integrity to stand up for all Americans and speak truth to power. In these times when it is increasingly easy to feel ashamed of being an American, you give us a reason to be proud and to keep hope alive. Thank you, to you and your staff, for your tireless efforts. Please keep up the excellent work you are doing to defend and preserve America. You are a hero.

dch
Riverside, CA

Comment #294: Mars Magnus said on 6/4/05 @ 5:01pm ET...

Robert writes (in comment no. 10):

"Keep on going, Congressman Conyers. We are counting on you."

Wrong. He is counting on US, the PEOPLE, where the responsibility truly rests in a democratic republic.

"We the people" have shirked our duty to our own detriment. Only "we the people" can return this nation to grace.

Comment #295: dch said on 6/4/05 @ 5:05pm ET...

Congressman Conyers,

Thank you for all you are doing. Thank you for having the courage and integrity to speak truth to power. Thank you, and your staff, for your tireless efforts. In these times, when it is too easy to feel ashamed of being an American, you inspire pride and remind us all what it means to be a true American patriot. You are my hero. In the darkest moments, know in your hearts there are millions of Americans out here standing behind you. You are our hero.

dch
Riverside, CA

Comment #296: Suncoast David said on 6/4/05 @ 5:22pm ET...

Hey everyone

10 ways to get the word out

1) Print signs out for your cars
2) Call your reps. and senators
3) Blog everywhere
4) Write or call the major medias papers and networks
5) Call progressive talk shows to plug petition and this site
6) E-mail moveon and moveon pac to take up the cause
7) Coordinate groups to wave signs with downingstreetmemo.com on them at street corners.
8) E-mail your friends (even republicans friends!)
9) Tell people in any organization groups that you belong to.
10) Pr

Comment #297: int T-shirts with downingstreetmemo.com Lets hit them hard and fast! Lets get active! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #298: Suncoast David said on 6/4/05 @ 5:24pm ET...

Hey everyone

10 ways to get the word out

1) Print signs out for your cars
2) Call your reps. and senators
3) Blog everywhere
4) Write or call the major medias papers and networks
5) Call progressive talk shows to plug petition and this site
6) E-mail moveon and moveon pac to take up the cause
7) Coordinate groups to wave signs with downingstreetmemo.com on them at street corners.
8) E-mail your friends (even republicans friends!)
9) Tell people in any organization groups that you belong to.
10) Print T-shirts with downingstreetmemo.com

Lets hit them hard and fast! Lets get active!

Comment #299: Jack Topel said on 6/4/05 @ 5:27pm ET...

This should motivate you to FORWARD Rep. Conyer's petition

Note: May need to copy and paste links to audio clip links below.

Notice I said FORWARD the petition, for it would be unconscionable for die hard Internet activists not to have signed and sent their own by now.

In case anyone has any doubt as to what is at stake, besides the obvious reason for this petition, take a few minutes to listen to the following audio clip excerpts. The alarming parts are in the last third of the clips.

WOULD YOU TRUST BUSH WITH THESE POWERS?

At this time, a president can declare a national emergency for anything he deems it to be so and Congress can't do anything about it for 6 months! - long enough for a president with "evil" intent or covert groups behind the scenes to force the president to, basically, take over the country.

http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=38856&f=UGULJV&ps=13&p=1 (10 min)

http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=38859&f=QKWDVR&ps=13&p=1 (1 min)

Websites
bodyofsecrets.com


CREATING THE ENENMIES YOU NEED!

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE5/index.html

Web site: http://www.the-shadow-government.com/

Book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/092291589X/ctoc/102-6775483-9594524

Comment #300: robert miller said on 6/4/05 @ 5:27pm ET...

I support your efforts to bring about open discussion of everything related to this awful war. I hope you are able to convince your colleagues in Congress that their primary responsibility is to their country, not to their party.

Comment #301: rafe said on 6/4/05 @ 5:28pm ET...

Congressman Conyers, thank you for your dignity, your courage, and your doggedness in pursuit of returning decency and integrity to the federal government. Whether the DSM is the smoking gun some say it is, I'm not sure. But it may be the right entry point for a long-overdue, massive expression of outrage and demand for accountability for the truly horrible misdeeds of this administration. I was proud to sign your letter.

Comment #302: Jane McArthur said on 6/4/05 @ 5:34pm ET...

So glad you are pursuing this in the face of total media suppression. I have listened to Randi for years and have always found you to be a TRUE champion of the left. Hopefully between you and Air America, we can get the attention of the sheeple and maybe - fingers crossed - begin a discussion of the "I" word. I know you will always stay true to our causes, I am behind you all in spitir, if not in $$$. Thank You.

Comment #303: Gillian said on 6/4/05 @ 5:56pm ET...

This present regime is the greatest threat to this country. I have not yet met a single conservative brainwashed by the 'paid-to-say-it' ilk such as Neal Boortz and co, who is capable of critical thinking.

Mr Conyers. You are my hero sir.

Comment #304: Bill Paxton said on 6/4/05 @ 6:04pm ET...

The memo corroborates both Paul O'Neil and Richard Clarke. Let's get serious about impeachment for both Bush and Cheney.

Comment #305: Bill Paxton said on 6/4/05 @ 6:04pm ET...

The memo corroborates both Paul O'Neil and Richard Clarke. Let's get serious about impeachment for both Bush and Cheney.

Comment #306: Bill Paxton said on 6/4/05 @ 6:04pm ET...

The memo corroborates both Paul O'Neil and Richard Clarke. Let's get serious about impeachment for both Bush and Cheney.

Comment #307: Bill Paxton said on 6/4/05 @ 6:04pm ET...

The memo corroborates both Paul O'Neil and Richard Clarke. Let's get serious about impeachment for both Bush and Cheney.

Comment #308: Karen Tabaka said on 6/4/05 @ 6:07pm ET...

Dear Representative Conyers~
You have brought "hope" back to the citizens of this great nation!
You are a true Statesman--a rare commodity these days. Thank you for ALL you do!

Comment #309: sa heesch said on 6/4/05 @ 6:07pm ET...

If the neocons can spend $70 million to determine that president clinton had an affair and the press can dwell on in for a year, where are the REAL news people when a story breaks and can actually destroy our country in so many ways? So dangerous..... we need this story out on every street corner in america. thanks for your leadership

Comment #310: Michael Lumish said on 6/4/05 @ 6:25pm ET...

Thank you, Representative Conyers.

It's refreshing to see a Democrat with a spine, for a change.

Comment #311: Linda Price Sneddon said on 6/4/05 @ 6:48pm ET...

The letter is very damning. The Administration needs to respond to the information contained therein. It relates to the premise behind the war, and those who support the troops need to know that their support is in a truthful and worthy cause.

Comment #312: Benjamin Crockett said on 6/4/05 @ 6:57pm ET...

Please continue to pursue the investigation of this president and his crimes, you are doing your country a great service. Thank You.

Comment #313: geno t said on 6/4/05 @ 7:01pm ET...

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The high crimes of our non-president and his cronies have been swept under the rug far, far too long - I can't even say how glad I am to see somebody finally beginning to DO something about it.

Comment #314: Peggy Wolf said on 6/4/05 @ 7:01pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers,

It is stunning to me that Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment over an office break-in, and Clinton was impeached for lying and obstructing justice related to his extra-marital sexual activities, while Bush's offenses are so much more deadly and heinous. Why are you asking us to sign yet another letter? We people have been protesting for years. How many letters do you think it will take? Why is Congress not impeaching Bush? In 2002, we needed Congress to do its job in turning down the War Resolution and asserting the role the Constitution puts on Congress, not the Executive Branch, to be the declarers of war - that didn't happen and so we have our war. And ever since then, we've needed Congress to impeach Bush for his crimes and that hasn't happened either. Though many who have commented here seem excited by your letter, I instead feel deeply disturbed, both at others' excitement and that this is your idea of how to address Bush's travesties. Why are you and your colleagues not pursuing impeachment? Indeed, you have been one of our best voices for social justice in public office. This letter seems like appeasement. Why this tactic? Please impeach now. We will be with you if you do. Thank you, Peggy

Comment #315: Mike M. said on 6/4/05 @ 7:10pm ET...

Somebody in Government needs to stand up to these people and show how they have destroyed our country both here at home and across the world. Nobody will come to our aid when, not if, we get hit again and why should they? Who would believe anything coming out of the White House? Keep pushing this memo issue so that they can be held accountable.

Comment #316: Rob said on 6/4/05 @ 7:21pm ET...

I fully support the action suggested by Congressman Conyers. The truth is never partisan and those that attempt to supress and conceal it should be held accountable for thes

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Comment #318: Stephen Reed said on 6/4/05 @ 7:27pm ET...

Dear Representative Conyers.
I support your efforts to investigate the Downing Street memo. As I am sure you know, former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has stated that the Bush/Cheney team came into office planning to invade Iraq, and that was well before 9/11. Moreover, they made no attempts whatsoever to avoid an attack on America despite being warned by the CIA that was exactly what Al Qaeda intended.

This administration is the worst thing to happen to America in my lifetime. Please do whatever you can to force this administration to be held accountable for their many egregious transgressions against the Constitution and the USA.

Thank you. I support you.

Comment #319: Peggy Wolf said on 6/4/05 @ 7:30pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers,

I sent another message a moment ago, and just realized that you are the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. If I’m not mistaken, yours is the committee whose job it is to consider articles of impeachment! So of all Democrats in Congress, who else would be in a better position to move on impeachment than you? And who else would have a larger obligation to do so? I’m incredibly distressed that instead, you toss us a letter to sign. Please please do the just and moral thing and pursue impeachment. If not now, when? What would it take to convince you it is merited? Thanks again, Peggy

Comment #320: Rick said on 6/4/05 @ 7:43pm ET...

Please keep applying the pressure Rep. Conyers. We live in a very troubling time for our country, a country founded on noble ideas, strong values of freedom and honesty. Our founding fathers would not even recognize the current state of the union. WE MUST hold the current administration accountable for thier actions and this is a great start. Reading all of these comments fills me with hope that the America I love and grew up in still exists.

Comment #321: David Ulrich said on 6/4/05 @ 8:16pm ET...

Dear Rep, Conyers, I want to extend my gratitude to you for representing our nation so well. We met a couple of times back in the mid 80's at events at Detroit Unity Temple. I was proud to have you as my representive then and now that I live in Colorado I still consider you my Congressman. I am grateful that I had the privilage of casting a vote for you while I lived in detroit. If you ever think about moving to the WhiteHouse you have a vote in Colorado.

Thanks,

Dave

Comment #322: marjorie trifon said on 6/4/05 @ 8:17pm ET...

Dear Representative Conyers,
A dear friend on the Left (as I am, staunchly, all my life) sent me news of this amazing thing you are apparently spearheading. And here I have been bemoaning the spinelessness that most Democrats seem to have been being. I will search your site for the listing of the other 88 Democrats. I sincerely hope that Jim Clyburn and John Spratt have joined you in this --finally, impor5ant endeavor. As I wrote to a friend just yesterday, things have been smelling nasty in & around this Admin--even before the FIRST crooked election (thanks to Katharine Harris et. al.in Florida), Karl Rove & his henchment--the whole thoroughly corrupt, immoral bunch--trashed John McCain here in SC. They've gotten a great deal of practice assassinating men who at least served(Max Cleland, John Kerry, John McCain)--and what did DubyaBoy do? Got the records of his usual lousy performance * ducking out--secreted away.
All of us who can smell notice the increasingly odious aromas from near the Potomac--that have finally turned into an unavoidable stench with these Downing Street minutes.

I have been a grassroots volunteer with RESULTS, which is empowering citizens to create the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty. (www.results.og) Thank you, Mr. Conyers, for all of your support on behalf of children & families here in the US and abroad.

It is criminal that we spend 51% of our budget on the military--most of that in MILITARY HARDWARE, not taking care of those who serve.

I AM FOR PEACE! No more war! We need to fully fund HEAD START. We need savings accounts for America;s children. We need UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. The costs of medical treatments are obscene in the US. WE NEED A DEPARTMENT OF PEACE.I am for each & every one of us having a decent quality of life! That includes Jews, Christians, Muslims, black people, white people, legals and illegals--and ALL PEOPLE.

THANK YOU, JOHN CONYERS and the other 88 originators of this endeavor.
Marjorie

Comment #323: Charles Martin said on 6/4/05 @ 8:58pm ET...

How sad is it that WE have to tell OUR news media to PLEASE COVER THE NEWS??!

Thank you, Congressman Conyers, for all you've done for the cause of justice and honesty over the years. It can't have been easy, but it's appreciated.

Comment #324: Dave said on 6/4/05 @ 9:00pm ET...

i feel sorry for democrats these days. you are all like the boy who cried wolf, and now once something actually happens, no one cares. 110,000 people? come on! i'm just amazed you guys are actually trying to do something productive..well..not you guys, just Conyers (who seems to be the king of crying wolf) instead of whining and name calling all of the time. you guys just keep creating excuses for yourselves instead of doing something real for a change. you relied on big name celebrities to get out the vote while our side put on our walking shoes and went to millions of doors. i'm a 19 year old from Clermont County, Ohio and I got to see first hand how an election is won. with hundreds of hard working volunteers, and LOTS of time. of course, we did have to put up with our computer being hacked and the threats of our electricity being cut off, but we were pretty much used to anything bitter dems would come up with. (and we're the ones playing dirty? rigggght) personally, I think you are wasting your time with this, but I certainly don't mind. democrats seems to be the party of bad choices (Howard dean..) anyway, good luck, and see you at the polls!

Comment #325: mark & marjorie said on 6/4/05 @ 9:02pm ET...

please don't let mr bush 'disassemble' any longer;
our democracy depends on people like you to stand up for us who are deeply disturbed by the blatant abuse of power; it is no exaggeration that our democracy is in peril if someone doesn't get the american people to pay attention to this abuse of power; we certainly cannot depend on the intimidated media to do this

Comment #326: John Karpinsky said on 6/4/05 @ 9:03pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers, I also thank you for pushing this new information into the news media. Peggy Wolf, we have been waiting for the smoking gun memo that proved that Bush lied. This is one of them. I know it is frustrating to know the truth, but not be able to prove it, or prevail with the American people. The Republicans hold the majorities, and thus it is not possible for the Democrats to do anything without their help. So far, they have been almost unanimous in support of this criminal. We need two things. The American people must rise up in outrage, and the news media must actually tell us the truth.
John

Comment #327: Diana said on 6/4/05 @ 9:11pm ET...

I was lucky enough to be among the early signers of this letter. I hope the 250K mark is reached and surpassed. I have also read (and this is where the internets is wonderful) in the London Times that John Kerry is looking to bring charges of impeachment against Bush. I would like to see legal action such as this carried out against all in the administration that brought us to where we are today.

Let's keep up the good fight.

Diana

Comment #328: Jimmy said on 6/4/05 @ 9:15pm ET...

This letter from Project for a New American Century to Clinton in '98

http://newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

+ Paul O'Neil's insider account
+ R

Comment #329: ichard Clarke's insider account + The Downing Street Minutes from a high level British meeting...not a memo! + Bob Woodward's accounts, in Bush's own words http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17347-2004Apr16.html = Bush lied, people died...and Bush needs to be tried! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #330: D Mathews said on 6/4/05 @ 9:15pm ET...

Rep. Conyers:

Thank you so much for pushing this issue. As the international reputation of the US rests on the truth of the assertions that Bush has made; so does the reputation rest on the consequences should the assertions not be valid.
-d

Comment #331: Kathe said on 6/4/05 @ 9:16pm ET...

Please let us not give up on removing this little potentate from office. I know we can do it!
Kathe

Comment #332: Maureen Munce said on 6/4/05 @ 9:16pm ET...

Please add my name to your list. It is frighting to see the past repeating it's self such as the 1930's & 1940's in part of Europe.If it hadn't been for Randi Rhodes and Air America I may not have known about your efforts. Please continue your good work.Thank you

Comment #333: Mary said on 6/4/05 @ 9:27pm ET...

My Auschwitz Holiday

Comment #334: Mary said on 6/4/05 @ 9:33pm ET...

My Auschwitz Holiday

http://myeasybase.com/Patriot_auschwitz.html

This plaque made me sit on the floor and cry with anger and rage. It was almost as hard to stomach as the ovens.

Comment #335: David D. Bair said on 6/4/05 @ 9:54pm ET...

It's a shame that the religious folks in this great land can get more worked up over someone getting their cigar smoked and lying about it, than they can for someone that lies our way into a bloody civil and cultural war. One that was staged for "resource management" and their cronies insider's war profiteering.
How far we have fallen from the light of the world and the defenders of personal liberty.

Comment #336: Ruth J said on 6/4/05 @ 10:00pm ET...

in the olden days, the pesents were poor and the rich landowners abused their power because they became greedy, and they abused their power by forcing their servents to work for crap wages and bad conditions.

so the starving masses rebelled and rose up to overthrow their oppressors.

now the powers that be keep the poor fed and clothed so that they are not at rock btm. so they will not want to risk their precarious comfort to overthrow a seemingly huge and unreachable power.

WHAT CAN WE DO?
to put a stop to the greed?

before they ruin the world?

they tell us that they care, while the abuse us.

if someone said they hated you and were mean it is easier to rise above them.
than if they say they care and are trying to help.

Comment #337: Joshua Berger said on 6/4/05 @ 10:05pm ET...

He who has a clean contience need not fear the truth. I applaud your efforts Mr. Conyers... to reveal the truth and let justice prevail.

Comment #338: Michael DiAmore said on 6/4/05 @ 10:12pm ET...

I am writing to express my utter disappointment that any "honorable" member of Congress would even think to bring up such a pathetic, time-wasting issue in our nation's hub of government. Just because leftist thinkers feel (wrongly so) violated for having been told that there were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq is no reason to exert some sort of liberal scam power on our president. I didn't see hundreds of thousands of signees for any petitions complaining about the failed impeachment of Clinton. News flash: He lied to the American people, and to you, member of Congress. He lied right to your face. Of all the people who can let this go, it should be you, because you already have done it once. You should get some morals, get your IQ back over the "borderline retarded" level, and realize that you are being a pathetic hypocrite. You have no place being an elected member of our government with those qualities.

Comment #339: J Whitehouse said on 6/4/05 @ 10:20pm ET...

our government is being threatened from within. the downing street memo offers us a chance to remove those who would overthrough our current government. please demand an investigation of this memo so that our country can be saved

Comment #340: Matt Levine said on 6/4/05 @ 10:28pm ET...

Let the document speak for itself. How truthful have our leaders been about this war?

Comment #341: marjorie trifon said on 6/4/05 @ 10:30pm ET...

Rrply to #308, David Ulrich--Unity Temple. Terrific! I belong to Christ Unity of Columbia & to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia here in South Carolina. Both of these faiths teach tolerance, justice and peace. No more war!!! Support Dennis Kucinich's call for a Department of Peace. I think there is still a website. Marianne Williamson supports his call for such a Cabinet-level Department. I would love to see our country stop this hell-bent-for-election (no pun intended) pursuit of military dominance/empire over the rest of the world. I recommend Dr. Basevich's new book on our pursuit of militarism. Heard him on Diane Rhemn show from DC on Thurs, May 25. Will post accurate title later. Also recommend John Perkins "Confessions of an Economic Hitman." Perkins has a website. Find out the greed for empire that has been being promoted by the likes of Halliburton, Bechtel, Brown&Root, long before this immoral war. Also read Joel Andreas, "Addicted to War." I think Andreas also has a website.
Marjorie Trifon

Comment #342: Larry L Daigneault said on 6/4/05 @ 10:36pm ET...

It is long overdue that the Sith Lords of the Right be brought down and their ANTI-American agenda stopped. Treason, murder, and oppression are the calling cards of the right since history began.

Comment #343: ron said on 6/4/05 @ 10:38pm ET...

I don't see why the Downing Street Memo surprises anyone. We knew from the Senate report a year ago that Bush had ignored the negative findings of satellite analysis of the 1060 sites in Iraq that he cliamed had WMDs. All satellite analysis has since proven totally correct and Bush has ordered dozens more of these satellites so he obviously knew they were right all along or he would not be proceeding with militarization of space on the basis of this technology for hundreds of billions of dollars.
Just yesterday the UNMOVIC UN inspection team, banned from entering Iraq since the war by Bush, issued a report listing thousands of items, some as small as a wastepaper basket, that are now missing from duel-use sites in Iraq. They got all this informatiom from commercial satellites with no assistance from "human intelligence" whatsoever.
Does anyone really believe that the CIA could not have determined to a scientific certainty whether
or not Iraq had WMDs using much more powerful satellites than UNMOVIC had access to,
and were "honestly mistaken" about
the existence of WMDs in Iraq
when they suppressed any information about those 1060 sites at which NO CONFIRMING EVIDENCE of WMDs was found in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate?

Comment #344: imahusbad said on 6/4/05 @ 10:47pm ET...

wow, you dont even notice. you are hippocrites arent ya? this whole memo thing... your problem with it is that it says bush was fixing the facts and intelligence around the policy right? do you not realize... YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY THAT TO OUR PRESIDENT!!! policy=impeachment, facts and intelligence = all this talk of "smoking guns". all of you are saying we need to find truths so we can impeach him!!

Comment #345: imahusband said on 6/4/05 @ 10:52pm ET...

you guys are hippocrites and dont even notice. your whole problem with the downing street memo is the phrase "fixing intelligence around the policy". guess what? you are doing exactly the same thing!!! the policy is impeachment. the facts and intelligence is all the talk of "find

Comment #346: ing smoking guns". you are looking for all the evidence you can to overthrow YOUR OWN government !!! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #347: Allen Kimble, Jr. said on 6/4/05 @ 10:56pm ET...

The agonizing sound of silence in America is too much to bear. Since the coming of George Bush and company too much has been done to dismantle this wonderful country that I've always known and loved. I hardly even recognize who we've become. Never before in my life time can I remember a time when you are branded "unpatriotic" because your opinion differed from someone elses. I thank God the American people are beginning to wakeup and are starting to creat dialog regarding the direction Bush has taken this country. I only hope it isn't too late as we've lost a lot of ground since Bush has been in the Whitehouse.

Thank God for what you're doing Mr. Conyers. America can not take much more of George Bush and company.

Comment #348: Lionel Emde said on 6/4/05 @ 11:02pm ET...

Dear Congressperson Conyers,
Your efforts in this regard are absolutely vital in this era of a sleepwalking American public and a totally compliant and complicit U.S. corporate media.
These people have the gall to pass judgement on "Deep Throat" when the damned story is right in front of their eyes in the Sunday London Times.
This is that important!
Please press on with your campaign, a fascist state is planned and it's going to take the people to stop it.

Comment #349: Lionel Emde said on 6/4/05 @ 11:18pm ET...

I read with hilarity Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's comments on AlJazeera's coverage of the Iraq war: " If anyone here lived in the middle east and watched a network like Al-Jazeera day after day, even if you were an American you would begin to believe that Amewrica was bad."
Well, gosh, could it have anything to do with a 100,000+ dead in Iraq, or a brutal and useless military occupation, or maybe it's the U.S. military-reported incident of a soldier pissing on a prisoner reading his Koran.
Naw, it couldn't be any of that.

Comment #350: Yvonne Reynolds said on 6/4/05 @ 11:29pm ET...

Bush really scares me. He silences dissenting voices with retribution, so many who are in a position to stand up to him may be afraid to do so. He's on the brink of changing the future of this country with his right-wing supreme court judges. The Republicans are somehow in the majority and usually vote along party lines, so essentially this is becoming a dictatorship. I think Pope John Paul II was right on when he said he thought Bush was the antichrist. The Republicans were on Bill Clinton like a pack of rabid dogs, yet we Democrats just don't seem as organized or motivated to attack Bush. Unlike President Clinton, Bush deserves to be impeached.
As far as the next four years, maybe we need to "dumb down" our message. Obviously many people don't see what Bush is really doing, because they voted for him. Maybe voters are just like Bush in that they really are incapable of understanding all those big words.
Another thing: I see the press Jeb Bush has been getting so I know what he's up to. SAY NO TO THE MONARCHY!

Comment #351: Steve R said on 6/4/05 @ 11:32pm ET...

The problem with a lot of people is that they get hung up on the small stuff. "Fixing intelligence around the policy", is not the problem. The problem is with a goverment that lies to the people all the time about everything. WMD, who did 911, where was bush while in the National Guard, prison's in Iraq, prison"s in Cuba, ect..., ect... ect... . The Last president we had lied about getting a blow job from an intern. I don't think any body would argue with that. But how many american service men died because of it. Answer "0". The last three republican presidents this country had all had issues with what they had done while in office or before they got in office. Iran contra (reagan and
bush
sr., bush jr. (everything), Nixion (enough said).

Comment #352: Steve R said on 6/4/05 @ 11:33pm ET...

The problem with a lot of people is that they get hung up on the small stuff. "Fixing intelligence around the policy", is not the problem. The problem is with a goverment that lies to the people all the time about everything. WMD, who did 911, where was bush while in the National Guard, prison's in Iraq, prison"s in Cuba, ect..., ect... ect... . The Last president we had lied about getting a blow job from an intern. I don't think any body would argue with that. But how many american service men died because of it. Answer "0". The last three republican presidents this country had all had issues with what they had done while in office or before they got in office. Iran contra (reagan and
bush
sr., bush jr. (everything), Nixion (enough said).

Comment #353: Steve R. said on 6/4/05 @ 11:50pm ET...

Yvonne, the thing you are missing about the last election is that bush jr. probly didn't get all the votes he needed to win. Do a search on the voting machines used in Fla. and you will see a pattern in the counties that used machines that were independent and machines that were linked togather in a central computer. The group of people running the country has had the last two elections to learn how to get away election stealing. It's kind of ironic that this goverment would use exit polls to say the elections in the former USSR were fixed, while in our country they say that more dems would answer questions then reps and that why the exit polls were wrong.

Comment #354: Bruce Cable said on 6/4/05 @ 11:57pm ET...

I am a former Conservative Republican; I just cannot tolerate the lies and deceitful nature of this administration and I'm respectfully asking you to keep up the great work. I know that there are many ex-Republican's out there like me, who need you to be our voice, and to do the right thing. We want our country back!!!!

Comment #355: Meredith Chace said on 6/4/05 @ 11:59pm ET...

Some of us have known for a long time now the evils emanating from the Bush dynasty.

Impeach that motherfucker, in the name of the good people who dedicate themselves to the betterment of this country.

Comment #356: Stephen Blesofsky said on 6/5/05 @ 12:00am ET...

I am a lifelong and active democrat..former chair of the Framingham MA. Democratic Town Committee. Both parties have disappointed me..both parties have been off the wall at times and both have cried wolf. I will be very upset if this turns out to be a politically motivated ploy or an error of presumptions. In the interest of truth, add my name to the signatures requesting a full investigation. Please, don't botch this!!

Comment #357: Stephen Blesofsky said on 6/5/05 @ 12:03am ET...

I am a lifelong and active democrat..former chair of the Framingham MA. Democratic Town Committee. Both parties have disappointed me..both parties have been off the wall at times and both have cried wolf. I will be very upset if this turns out to be a politically motivated ploy or an error of presumptions. In the interest of truth, add my name to the signatures requesting a full investigation. Please, don't botch this!!

Comment #358: Sean Gallagher said on 6/5/05 @ 12:07am ET...

It’s incredible, the extent of George W. Bush’s failed Presidency. From the bloody and unnecessary war in Iraq, Homeland Security neglected, Civil Rights being attacked, the Weak Economy ( Record Budget Deficit, labor force working harder and getting paid less.). Private accounts will not save Social Security. Private accounts will cost consumers billions in Wall Street fees. Bush and the Republicans are driving this country into the ground.

Comment #359: Matt said on 6/5/05 @ 12:29am ET...

Dave and the rest of the freepers,

The reason you are 20 years of age and below is you are not too smart. How the holy hell can you say that these petitions are about "fixing the facts around the policy"?

The downing street minutes speak for themselves. Your l

Comment #360: eaders were the ones who FIXED the facts around the policy and made bogus, completely manufactured evidence. Two more minutes official releases confirms this!!!!!! Thousands have died, FREEPERS, because of a lie based around religion and greed. There is absolutely NO EXSCUSE for this, whatsoever. And there is absolutely NO excscuse to say that democrats are the only ones frauding elections. Just look at the Conyers report. The 2004 election was stolen with fascist implications, and using people like Thomas Noe. Democrats can do all the fraud they had done, but it doesn't change the facts the Republicans fixed the election machines and STOLE the votes right from their precincts. http://www.votersunite.org It doesn't change the fact that they FIXED the facts around the policy, using a bunch of hooped up fundamentalist nazi bullshit gospel speak that you folks seem to have just uncovered. Well woopdi flipping do, do you actually believe in democracy though? If you do then stop the disruption and help save this country from falling into hell. Call on them to be held fully accountable and impeached. This isn't about anyone's failed political policies anymore people, this is about good versus evil. Stand out of the way and don't help serve the evil anymore. I dare you. Matt S. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #361: jeff said on 6/5/05 @ 12:30am ET...

Why hasn't your petition form been fixed yet? C'mon folks, we got to get it togther!

Comment #362: Meredith Chace said on 6/5/05 @ 12:35am ET...

In case I didn't make myself clear earlier-

I hereby sign my name (and it's my real name, by the way) to the document calling for the impeachment of that rat bastard George Walker Bush, son of George Herbert Walker Bush.

I was born in 1944, and I have never seen a power more inimical to the spirit and purpose of the United States than that of the Bush Dynasty.

Notice, please, that I include Nixon in my condemations.

Get that creep out of here. Now.

Comment #363: Bob in Park Forest said on 6/5/05 @ 12:45am ET...

I'd rather listen to Sam Bush than GW Bush or GHW Bush.

Americans were fooled again.

Comment #364: Alicia Breaux said on 6/5/05 @ 12:51am ET...

Husband #331,
Nobody here wants to "overthrow" our government. We would like to reclaim it from the LIAR/WARMONGER/ HAVE MORE/INSIDER TRADER/AWOL FOOL, who's President under questionable circumstances, and a party that (at least as far back as Nixon) would do anything to gain and hold power.

Read about the FL voter purge that began in 1998 using a list out of Texas that disenfranchised thousands of voters who would have likely voted Democrat. Read about FL State Police roadblocks near minority voting places in 2000. Read about FL State Police intimidating voter registrars by "investigating" them in 2004. Read about the FL Republican Sec. of State who refused to allow a paper trail for voting machines although it was mandated by voters and a judge. Read about the Ohio Republican Sec. of State who tried to throw out over 80,000 newly registered Democrat voters. Read about Diebold's promising to secure Bush's presidency if his voting machines were used. Read about the many ways the 2004 election was probably fixed...how a precint in OH, with less than 1000 registered, had 10,000 votes recorded on a Diebold machine, most of them Republican..how computer experts have demonstrated several ways the machines can be rigged.yada

Republicans blocked any voting fraud investigations in 2000 & 2004 and blocked honest investigation or publication of Bush's illegal actions. This administration has planted bogus stories and bogus reporters.

People who read and think, want to IMPEACH BUSH. That is the lawful removal of an elected official. It is as far inside the law as Bush's removal of Articles 1,4,5,6,7& 8 of our Bill of Rights is OUTSIDE THE LAW. With Republicans controlling Congress and the Executive Branch and the outlaw Delay threatening the Judicial, impeachment is unlikely. But, Bush has committed several impeachable offences.
Mr. Bush:
1. Lied to Congress to obtain presidential war powers promising that a war would be his last resort. That allowed him to wage war without Congress declaring it.
Once he had war powers (probably before) he immediately pulled CIA operatives out of Afghanistan where they might have gotten Osama.
2. Bush used taxpayer dollars to propagandize his various agendas. That is against federal law.
3. When exposed as a liar about the Nukes from Nigeria, Bush had the man's covert CIA agent wife exposed on CNN. The federal law against that was passed in Shrub's daddy's term. Kark Rove was quoted as saying "she is fair game".
4. Bush used tax dollars to have "news" stories (that were only propaganda) produced by a PR firm. These stories were used as if they were written by legitimate reporters..AGAINST THE LAW.
5. To channel billions into Wall Street accounts, Chicken Little continues to lie about looming shortfall while slandering the US Gov's ability to pay. If that isn't an impeachable offence, it should be.

Comment #365: Isabel said on 6/5/05 @ 12:53am ET...

Congressman - you are all that is good in America. Thank you for leading us. Thank you for the HOPE you give to so many of us who have felt so lost in our own country! Thank you!

Comment #366: Terri said on 6/5/05 @ 12:56am ET...

Lies have been the stock in trade for the Bush administration from the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center, if not earlier than that.

This administration has played on the people's fears almost from the beginning. If it wasn't fear of terrorism after 9/11 (and the litany of broken promises made to the city of New York while he was standing on the back of thousands of innocent victims), it was fear of homosexuals. The 2004 election only proved that more people are scared to death of the idea of two men kissing than they are of what happened to this country on 9/11 happening again. Massachusetts, New York, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, every state directly affected by 9/11 voted democratic last year. If terrorism was even remotely an issue in the election, and if Bush were doing such a wonderful job, why did the states hit hardest by 9/11 say otherwise?

If we keep rolling over and taking it, how far will they go? What will be left of America when they're finished?

Comment #367: Terri said on 6/5/05 @ 1:00am ET...

And thank you. From everyone who was wondering why the allegedly liberal media was ignoring this like it never happened.

Thank you.

Comment #368: Ann said on 6/5/05 @ 1:13am ET...

Tonight I returned from a wedding and am shocked and highly disturbed by a conversation I had with a former student, an absolutely lovely young man. I hadn't seen him for years, and we got into a discussion on politics. He had never heard of the leaked Downing Street memo, John Conyers, or a myriad of other important items that I assumed everyone in America was somewhat knowledgeable about. And here's the punch line: This young man just returned from the war in Iraq. Yes, he is a soldier and simply is politically unaware...but willing to listen to my side.

I find this same "ignorance" with many people I talk to each day. Downing Street memo? Jeff Gannon? Patriot Pastors? John Bolton? Janice Brown? The nuclear option? John Conyers? Diebold? "What's that?" they ask me. I believe this ignorance lies in the lack of media coverage, the suppression of the truth, and people's fear of facing the truth and of changing the known to the unknown.

Folks, we've got to wake up the media. Please e-mail and/or call every local and national media source you can think of, demanding complete coverage of John Conyers's petition to the President and the leaked Downing Street intelligence memo and other examples of prewar planning.

An excellent aid to use is the website of Progressive Democrats of Amer

Comment #369: ica (www.pdamerica.org). Go there, scroll down and click on "Fight Media Suppresssion of the Truth" and you will find a way to shoot an e-mail (theirs or yours preferably) to all media sources in all 50 states. I mailed my e-mail to every single newspaper, magazine, radio, and t.v. station in my state...and then 15 emails to 15 newspapers in all 50 states...all demanding coverage of the Downing Street memo. (It took me about 3 hours to cut and paste my e-mail to cover all 50 states, but over 750 newspapers all over the country received my request for better coverage of this important memo. Can you spare whatever time you have to get this message to our media....and then forward your request to your address book, asking that they too alert the media? Thanks for any time you can give. This may be the one opportunity we have to move the truth forward...but through proper media coverage is the average citizen going to learn the truth.. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #370: Frank Agnello said on 6/5/05 @ 1:32am ET...

I salute you tireless warrior Conyers and the 87 House members that have signed. I urged my Representative Adam Smith, 9th District Democrat from Washington, to show the fortitude displayed by fellow Democrat Brian Baird who has more military-industrial complex pressure in his district. As water erodes rock, truth and light and public-citizen pressure pierces holes in 'The Imperor's Threadbare Cloths.' Stop this Corporatist death march now. Lead a consumer boycot of gasoline as the next step. Only that will get the necessary attention.

Comment #371: Chris said on 6/5/05 @ 1:44am ET...

Thanks John Conyers. The only hope our country has now is for Bush and his administration to be removed from office as soon as possible. The Downing Street Memo should do the trick!

Comment #372: Chris said on 6/5/05 @ 1:48am ET...

Thanks John Conyers. The only hope I see now is for Bush and his administration to be removed from office as soon as possible. The Downing Street memo should do the trick!

Comment #373: Jim Wolf said on 6/5/05 @ 2:17am ET...

I am going to urge my Congressman Ken Salazar (or is it John?) to sign this petition if he hasn't done so already. It is time for action.
Thank You Mr. Conyers for doing this. It is this kind of leadership in the Democratic Party that is so badly needed.
The other thing that is needed badly is for the American People to find out about this memo. When I think about how badly we have been led and lied to by this administration my blood boils.
The shame of it is that our so-called "Liberal Media" has become so cowed by this gang of misfits that they won't dare touch this story. I think therefore it is incumbant upon those of us who care about our country to get the word out about this story. Word of mouth, blogs and the like will have to suffice until the media "decides" that this is story worth thier attenntion.
As someone who vividly remembers Watergate, I believe that this issue may be such as that was. Right now I don't think thats too much of a reach.

Comment #374: Dennis in Seattle said on 6/5/05 @ 2:26am ET...

Mr. Conyers,

We applaud your efforts, courage, and patriotism! Please keep up the
excellent work in areas such as the 2004 Election Fraud, Downing Street
Memo, etc.

A couple more comments...

Please do not let John Kerry trample your current efforts, and steal the
limelight of the Downing Street Memo Scandal... We lost faith in Mr. Kerry
after he took his orchestrated dive after the last election, and don't have
any interest in him taking over an impeachment investigation to cover for
his fellow Skull and Bones buddy.

On a side note, it was hilarious to hear John Kerry recently refer to the
firestorm on the internet with regard to the Downing Street Memo... where
was this guy when the bloggers were going crazy with the fraud taking place
during the 2004 Presidential Election. And today's mainstream media is
nothing more than a distracting circus sideshow, losing more and more
credibility as the days go by.

One more for you... we would love to hear the US Government eventually offer
up a believable explanation for the World Trade Center Building 7 completely
collapsing on 9/11. We know there is more to the entire 9/11 events than
has been reported... worthy of an independent investigation I'd say.

Anyway, thanks again for your efforts! Keep up the great work!

Sincerely,

Dennis in Seattle

Comment #375: Margie Bernard said on 6/5/05 @ 2:52am ET...

Bravo. I'm a former member of the Executive Committee of the CA Democratic Party State Central Committee and former National Secretary of Americans for Democratic Action but currently living in Ireland. I can testify first-hand the furor this issue has raised here and in the UK. Keep up the pressure John.

Comment #376: Neil said on 6/5/05 @ 3:20am ET...

My 2 cents: 1) with just a whiff of paranoia, will we all now be put on a 21st century version of the Nixon enemies list? 2)why not go for a million names on the letter to Bush?

Comment #377: Ginger in Michigan said on 6/5/05 @ 3:23am ET...

I am so proud that Michigan has you to defend the rights and freedom of the entire U.S. You always go to bat for us and work hard to find the truth. Thank you so very much!

When you have time, please look into the FEMA camps they are building and why no one is allowed near them. What are they really planning?? People are worried. I have some info if you are interested.
Thank God we still have someone that cares for us, the people.

Comment #378: M. Jay said on 6/5/05 @ 3:29am ET...

Keep up the pressure for Justice and truth. This contry and we the people believed in it. It is high time that accountability should be revieled. We the people elected the leaders that they would be honest and keep the trust of our sacred vote. If they lied to us and to this estemed nation it is time to come out open be accountable.

Comment #379: Paolo Nadeau said on 6/5/05 @ 4:03am ET...

Thank You Congressman Conyers.
You are a True American Patriot!

Special thanks to Randi Rhodes are also in order for keeping the story about the "Downing Street Memo" alive, and directing people to your website.

Working together We, the American People, can and will get Bush Impeached!

Sincerely,

Paolo Nadeau - Coral Gables, FL
Miami-Dade DEC - Member At Large

Comment #380: Anon said on 6/5/05 @ 4:09am ET...

Someone posted this link on usenet @ alt.politics. It brought me here. Keep up the good work. I live in Michigan and do a lot of business in Detroit. I happen to be a programmer and would volunteer some services, but it looks like your team has it under control. Great job everyone. Just keep the communication flowing and the truth will be forced out.

Comment #381: Mary said on 6/5/05 @ 5:24am ET...

#324 Michael DiAmore . Clinton lied about having adult, consentual sex, a matter that was between him, Monica and Hillary. His lie did not kill one person, much less tens of thousands. It did not commit hundreds of billions of our tax dollars. It was not a consiracy to lie to Congress and the American people along with his vice-president and cabinet members. Put things in perspective. Does anyone really care what humidor a man uses and if he lies about it? We spent tens of millions of dollars to prove Clinton lied about his humidor? Give me, and the world, a break. Get real. War is not a game. It's real. People die. People suffer. People... that's what this is about. Clinton's sex life is no more my business than mine is his. My Auschwitz Holiday

Comment #382: Mary said on 6/5/05 @ 5:27am ET...

#324 Michael DiAmore - maybe visiting that link (in my previous posting) will help you put this into perspective.

Comment #383: ohiokomrade said on 6/5/05 @ 5:47am ET...

This is so great!! We can in

Comment #384: stall a new democrat presidedent against the will of the majority of people in those filthy red states, and get with a real program for America!! free health care, a garunteed living wage for the unemployed, and cocksucking classes in all the elementary schools!!!!!! ISn't it great to be a democrat!!! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #385: imahusband said on 6/5/05 @ 6:12am ET...

you people JUST DONT'T GET IT!!!
"fixing the facts and intelligence around the policy" what is the definition of fixing? ARRANGING!!
bush knew saddam was a threat, clinton told him!! gore told him!! berger, albright told him!! do you understand? ALL OF THE OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION TOLD BUSH SADDAM HAD WOMDS!! it was his job to arrange the exsisting facts around the policy THAT BILL CLINTON SIGNED INTO LAW!!! ever heard of the iraqi liberation act of 1998? the law called for support of saddams enemies to take saddam out of power. it left the door wide open for invasion. imagine for a second... you are a new president. the outgoing administration tells you we have 2 problems. we have information over 2 years old that osama might be planning to attack.(august 8 pdb) we have more serious issues though. that attack from osama? he may get womds from iraq. in fact, we have all kinds of intelligence saying that saddam is participating in terrorist attacks against the us. (bipartisan senate intel report) not only that, saddam is still not cooperating with the un, he is openly funding terrorists, he is slaughtering innocent civillians, hes made an assasination attempt on an ex-president, and he's firing at our patrols. wouldn't you arrange these facts around the policy? would'nt you begin your term with focusing on the more clear and present danger?

Comment #386: Matt said on 6/5/05 @ 6:28am ET...

Hey Ohiokomrade, if I didn't know better I'd say you were Tom Feeney. You act like him too.

What the hell kind of garbage is that?

Do americans actually WANT to remain unemployed? Do they WANT to allow gays to be hated and forced into prison cells? Do they WANT to have non healthcare?

Believe me, those are all things real democrats (not democrats in name) fight to provide. Those are things even a great many republicans care about. Those are things all americans are standing up about!

It is those things, that will tumble down the emporer's clothes as those are the very things the far far right lunatics do not advocate.

Matt S.

Comment #387: Matt said on 6/5/05 @ 6:34am ET...

Yeah and imahusband, the answer is no you sure as hell wouldn't at the expense of american's lives and illegal wars meant to profit religious oil producers.

You sure as hell would not, and anyone who condones that behavior is crazy themselves. Sodom could have been stopped in so many different ways, it doesn't even need to be written up in a book.

He could have been stopped years later as well and that has nothing to do with anything. The fact is, they created a huge pile of bullshit lies and thus invaded Iraq. He had a grudge held against Sodom that was unjustified and never even redeemed by evidence, that's all she wrote.

Matt S.

Comment #388: James Bong said on 6/5/05 @ 6:59am ET...

I'm calling for nationwide demonstrations on July 4th against the unconstitutional "Patriot Act."
Support the Constitution, not fascism. Iraq is a cover for domestic tyranny.

Comment #389: Nancy Fales Garrett said on 6/5/05 @ 8:11am ET...

I want to sign this letter and forward it. I can't and I gather that I am not the only one having difficulty. Please have someone check the link and resend to all of us who can't submit. Is it blocked?

Comment #390: David Keil said on 6/5/05 @ 8:23am ET...

Cong. Conyers,
I'm responding to a suggestion by www.DemocracyForAmerica-MA.com, in the Boston area, to support your efforts for an investigation of facts behind the Downing Street Memo. Others around Boston have organized a conference after the March 20 antiwar rally. The post-conference site is
www.BringtheTroopsHomeNow.com. Best wishes for success getting the truth out.
David Keil

Comment #391: judy walsh said on 6/5/05 @ 8:45am ET...

Not only do I demand bush to be Impeached, I demand bush be tried for Treason. Life in some hot dirty corporate owned prison industrial complex here in texas (yes Texas uses Torture too!) with HARD LABOR (yep, wouldn't that be Ironic)

This criminal makes nixon look more like Mother Theresa these days.

What's taking so long? What color will our revolution against dictatoraship and terror be? Will the revolution not be televised?

Keep up good work Mr. Conyers. We the people do appreciate your hard work. May God be with us and save our beloved America.

Thank you Sir

Comment #392: John Kachuba said on 6/5/05 @ 8:50am ET...

The "Downig Street Memo" points out once again the President's duplicity and outright deceit in leading us into a war against Iraq.
There are many constitutional legal experts who belivee that such actions are impeachable offenses.
I urge Rep. Conyers to push for a Congressional investigation into the President's actions, and if he be found at fault, to further push for impeachment proceedings.

Comment #393: Marti Cockrell said on 6/5/05 @ 9:01am ET...

Mr. Conyers, I just wanted to add my heartfelt 'Thank you for your work!' to all the others. Those of us out here to feel totally unrepresented by our so-called 'elected' officials deeply appreciate your efforts.

Comment #394: Up Yours said on 6/5/05 @ 9:35am ET...

Up Yours. EOM

Comment #395: Alex Wilson said on 6/5/05 @ 9:37am ET...

I met you right before 9-11 on the Congressional tramway. I doubt they let regular people like me down there anymore. You were very friendly. It seemed like your republican collegues were too busy to say hello. I wanted to let you know that a appreciated the courtesy you showed to me.

As for Mr. Bush.... give him hell and keep it up.

Comment #396: ken lusk said on 6/5/05 @ 9:38am ET...

Us white males need organizing help. For example, single white males are profiled on the interstates for drug trafficking. When we are stopped we have no organization to assist us, such as the naacp. The republican party realizes this and takes advantage accordingly, through fear and racism. Keep up the good work and consider helping to arrange a march on washington on behalf of social security.Blacks have a infrastructure in place for such dynamics.

Comment #397: Mary said on 6/5/05 @ 9:40am ET...

#366 ohiokomrade - actually, the four cases (of which I have personal knowledge) of elementary level "sex education", such as the one you suggest, were taught by Republicans. Two "teachers" (a retired military man and a priest) have long since passed away, one was aquitted (I met his lawyer in the hall after the trial and he said, "Yeah, he did it. But this is America and he has a right to a defense."), and the fourth (a preacher) is serving a stiff sentence in one of those good ol' Texas prisons.

In my humble opinion, there ought to be a law preventing Republicans from having foster children instead of preventing soft-hearted gays and lesbians. A different topic, sorry. Back to this topic, GO JOHN!

My Auschwitz Holiday

Comment #398: Fred H Olson said on 6/5/05 @ 10:04am ET...

With the revelation of Mark Felt being "Deep Throat" bringing Watergate deception to the news lately, it is time we have a major investigation of the current administration's deception which is equally significant if not more so.
Many live have been lost in the Iraq debacle.

Fred

Comment #399: Breathe said on 6/5/05 @ 10:46am ET...

Check out the Chicago Tribune Sunday June 5 2005. Page two mentions the DSM in article describing Bolton efforts to stop Chemical Weapons searches in Iraq. They

Comment #400: don't call it the Downing Street Memo (that would make it too easy to google). Rep Conyers efforts are waking up the press or they would have buried this deeper. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #401: Doug said on 6/5/05 @ 10:46am ET...

How is it that 110,000 people have signed this petition, Mr. Conyers receives ten emails a minute, and so many people have posted comments to this thread, and the media still has not picked up on this story. The Seattle Times ran a story on May 18 saying, essentially, that Americans don't care about this issue:
(http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=memo18&date=20050518)

When will the media wake up???

Comment #402: Ripley Howe said on 6/5/05 @ 11:00am ET...

Congressman Conyers,
George W. Bush lied to trick the American people into supporting his incredible blunder of a war in Iraq. He should be impeached. Thank you for your bravery and good work.

Comment #403: Ripley Howe said on 6/5/05 @ 11:00am ET...

Congressman Conyers,
George W. Bush lied to trick the American people into supporting his incredible blunder of a war in Iraq. He should be impeached. Thank you for your bravery and good work.

Comment #404: AussieFem said on 6/5/05 @ 11:03am ET...

The world needs to know the truth about the Iraqi invasion. Best of luck with your campaign!!!

Comment #405: Eric Nicholas Knudsen said on 6/5/05 @ 11:41am ET...

Demand that media be held accountable and that standards for ANYTHING labeled as "News" be applied!!! THIS CORRUPT MEDIA SHOULD BE IMPEACHED TOO!

Comment #406: Stephen Soldz said on 6/5/05 @ 12:08pm ET...

Hi,

Our local peace group, Roslindale Neighbors for Peace and Justice (in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston) is going to collect signatures for this letter, along with a Petition calling for our Congressman Stephen Lynch to endorse it. We would like to find out WHERE WE SHOULD SEND OUR SIGNED (PAPER) PETITIONS.

We will also have a Petitio demanding an Independent Investigation of the use of torture by the US government in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and through the renditions program.

BTW, check out my web site:
IRAQ: Occupation and Resistance Report
http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/ORR.htm
for daily news and analysis of the war and occupation.

Comment #407: Lynne Gathany said on 6/5/05 @ 12:11pm ET...

Congressman Conyers,
It is appalling that the American public hane been so blatently lied to concerning the Iraqi war. I am beginning to wonder if we live in a democracy. It doesn't feel like one since GW has taken office. I believe it is George Bush's way or the highway. I am increasingly disgusted. Had this been the Clinton administration, the Republicans would be moving forward with impeachment proceedings. It is appalling. Thank you for your committment!!!!

Comment #408: Rose Alexander said on 6/5/05 @ 12:21pm ET...

What is it going to take before this crowd of theives and murderers are ousted from Washington? I want my government back. I do NOT want to pay to be lied to any longer. Where is my democracy, or more to the point, the democracy of my daughter and grandchildren? I think this was probably planned before the 2000 election and was probably the motivation to rip off the election in order to carry out these atrocities. I love my country, but since Abu Graib, I am ashamed to be an American. I feel that I have no voice.

Comment #409: Susan Lehman said on 6/5/05 @ 12:26pm ET...

I commend you, Congressman Conyers and all those brave enough to dare to go against the Bush cabal ... I never believed the reasons for invading Iraq were sound and now to find out they were planned from the get-go presents a definite reason and obligation to impeach the whole gang. We owe it to ourselves, the US generations to come and especially to the World at large to aggressively follow through and impeach this regime for their, in my opinion, criminal acts.

Or maybe we deserve the meltdown of our society, to the end that in the ruins, people will get it. Maybe we need to start all over. Those of us who have so little now will have a much easier time of it than the wealthy who are used to having so much more.

Keep up the pressure and the good work and may the God of us all be kind.

Comment #410: Lionel Heredia said on 6/5/05 @ 12:42pm ET...

It is becoming painfully apparent that Americans across the board have been betrayed and lied to about this "WAR," just as the Pat Tillman family was betrayed about how Tillman was killed in Afghanistan. This dismal administration is following the story of the lead character in the movie "FARGO" where he just keeps getting deeper and deeper in his efforts to cover up blunder after blunder. No WMD's but many thousands of Iraqi women and children are now dead or being killed for this administrations UNGODLY lie. International criminals deserve what's comming to them.

Comment #411: William Wilt said on 6/5/05 @ 12:56pm ET...

The "Downing Street Memo" sheds no more light on the situation than has already been revealed. While the left & the left media breathlessly conjure up the most devious and dastardly interpretations of this memo, I read it and see NOTHING here to be alarmed about.

1. This is a third hand report without direct quotes attributed to anyone. You fascination with the phrase that the intelligence was being fixed around the facts is the memo writer's interpretation of a meeting that had taken place previously.

2. Anyone who has worked with Brits could read that statement and easily intrepret "fixed" as meaning "they are working to review & put the facts in order", or any number of other interpretations that are not "sinister".

3. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action now seemed inevitable. So? First off, C had apparently met with NSC or maybe military, and it was his IMPRESSION that THEY saw it as inevitable. This is not President Bush stating internally that we are going to war no matter what. I saw military action as inevitable in 2002 as well, but still hoped for some breakthrough. That is what Bush was doing, giving the ineffectual UN every chance in the world to try to take charge, and giving Saddam Hussein numerous chances after July of 2002 to head off this war by cooperating with the international community. What is sinister about this?

3. If, by July of 2002, we were not laying the plans for the invasion and making preparations - all of which could have later been called off if warranted- that would be more surprising and intolerable than making plans. It is lunacy to suggest that making these plans in 2002 is sinister and proof that we had already made the decision to go to war no matter what.

This memo in no way is embarassing to the Bush or Blair administrations - it is only an embarrassment that we have so many people that are so dead set against Bush, that they can read this and think they have found a smoking gun of some sort.

Representative Conyers, I respect much of what you do, but this is just a political stunt and sideshow.

Comment #412: Dan Freeman said on 6/5/05 @ 1:00pm ET...

Please, please keep the pressure up. The American people need to have the truth, the whole truth and nothing but.
We are waging what appears to be an Immoral war in our name. Our national character is being sullied by an administration that says it "believes in the sanctity of life" while in deeds it unleashes the "war machine" that slaughters human beings by the thousands. Not to mention the poor American soldiers that have been killed and maimed as they are forced to carry out this atrocity. If the American people stand silently by and say nothing about these war crimes then we will have truly met the enemy and it is US.

Comment #413: Bob Petrusak said on 6/5/05 @ 1:17pm ET...

Thank you for your

Comment #414: opposition to the War in Iraq and your efforts to try to keep the Bush Administration honest. As a former prosecutor, I am appalled that the "intimi-gate" controversy involving the retaliatory leaking of the identity of a covert agent is not being referrred to a special prosecutor. Allowing a member of the present Department of Justice staff to bring this matter before a grand jury clearly has the potential for a white-wash. I am equally appalled by the operation of what Amnesty International calls an American "Gulag" at Guantanamo Bay and other sites. If we are truly in a "war on terror," there is no excuse for not affording suspected terrorists the rights of prisoners of war. The fact that this so-called "war" has resulted in the abandonment of America's traditionally humane and just treatment of prisoners and suspected wrongdoers means that the enemy is clearly winning. Without conquering one squre inch of our territory, it is forcing us to abandone the principles which should distinguish us from those we fight against. If we cannot maintain our moral superiority we will surely lose the struggle. (Please see 9/11 Commission Report, Aurhorized Edition, p. 375 which describes how America's standing in the Muslim world is plummeting). said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #415: Bob Petrusak said on 6/5/05 @ 1:17pm ET...

Thank you for your opposition to the War in Iraq and your efforts to try to keep the Bush Administration honest. As a former prosecutor, I am appalled that the "intimi-gate" controversy involving the retaliatory leaking of the identity of a covert agent is not being referrred to a special prosecutor. Allowing a member of the present Department of Justice staff to bring this matter before a grand jury clearly has the potential for a white-wash.

I am equally appalled by the operation of what Amnesty International calls an American "Gulag" at Guantanamo Bay and other sites. If we are truly in a "war on terror," there is no excuse for not affording suspected terrorists the rights of prisoners of war. The fact that this so-called "war" has resulted in the abandonment of America's traditionally humane and just treatment of prisoners and suspected wrongdoers means that the enemy is clearly winning. Without conquering one squre inch of our territory, it is forcing us to abandone the principles which should distinguish us from those we fight against. If we cannot maintain our moral superiority we will surely lose the struggle. (Please see 9/11 Commission Report, Aurhorized Edition, p. 375 which describes how America's standing in the Muslim world is plummeting).

Comment #416: Madashell said on 6/5/05 @ 1:32pm ET...

I've had it with government liars. Democracy? Rich people pulling the wool over our eyes and outright lying by elected officials is NOT Democracy friends and neighbors!!!!!!!!
I call for a full revalotion! The special intrests and big money are ruining the planet and making a mockery of the high Ideals of a free country and society. We now find ourselves in a police state hellbent on controling every aspect of our private lives.
Bush and all liars like him should go to prison for the needless deaths of our fellow brave fighting forces and who knows how many civillians caught in the cross fire.
Bush, your greed and LIES are so transparent. Most Americans can hear the ring of truth when we hear it. That ring is sadly missing in America today from to many sources.
Thank you congressman Conyers! I comend your bravery, so lacking in national politics today.
Let us rise together as one and defeat the liars on all fronts of Government. We are being lied to about ENERGY as well. Did you know any diesel engine can be run on HEMPSEED OIL mixed with a little methonal? WE could be growing all the fuel we need if the GOVERNMENT would stop the campain of diinformation about HEMP/CANNABIS.
We also could stop cutting down trees if we used the HEMP plant for paper, as it has been used for centuries. This plant is the most valuable plant on this planet by far. Why is it illeagl to grow this most valuable natual resourse?
We are currently importing HEMP from canada. This makes it hard to compete due to transportation costs.
If we can import this plant, why can't we grow it here?
Lets all look to ALASKA. The smart folks there have rejected a push to recrimanalize this plant for all use's. If you want to grow HEMP/CANNABIS for fibre, recreation, HEMPSEED OIL production or sacrement you can do so in Alaska.
Its time to take back our land and private lives.
Give me Liberty or give me death.

Madashell

Comment #417: CodeWarrior said on 6/5/05 @ 1:54pm ET...

The Downing Street Memo is a Smoking Gun, to the kinds of lies fed to the American and British public. We MUST keep the pressure on both our congress people, AND to the major networks. As volatile as this issue is, I've noticed the major networks avoiding this issue like the plague, and this is one of the times where the internet and the free speech empowered blogs and websites, are driving the issue, much like the Jeff Gannon debacle was exposed at Daily Kos and others. Speak truth to power, don't let them slide back under their collective rocks and avoid this question!

~Code

Comment #418: CodeWarrior said on 6/5/05 @ 1:55pm ET...

The Downing Street Memo is a Smoking Gun, to the kinds of lies fed to the American and British public. We MUST keep the pressure on both our congress people, AND to the major networks. As volatile as this issue is, I've noticed the major networks avoiding this issue like the plague, and this is one of the times where the internet and the free speech empowered blogs and websites, are driving the issue, much like the Jeff Gannon debacle was exposed at Daily Kos and others. Speak truth to power, don't let them slide back under their collective rocks and avoid this question!

~Code

Comment #419: Jane Kettler said on 6/5/05 @ 2:06pm ET...

On 6/5/05 an article was printed in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding John Bolton and his involvement in the firing of Jose Bustani, the head of a UN tribunal, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Mr. Bustani had been pressing to send inspectors to Iraq to verify the presences of chemical weapons. Apparently Mr. Bustani was removed because of US pressure with the help of Britain just 2 weeks after the Downing Memo. The Bolton pressure to remove Mr. Bustani apparently began in June of 2001. The article says that the pressure did not start with Mr. Bolton but that he "leaped with enthusiasm" at the task of getting Bustani's removal. Where did this idea originate in the administration? This happened before 9/11/01. Were Iraq issues involved at this early date? Please get answers from this administration.

Comment #420: imahusband said on 6/5/05 @ 2:18pm ET...

simply amazing. you guys just do not get it. it is very easy. "fix" is defined as situating. bush situated the facts and intelligence around the policy that clinton signed into law. (see iraq liberation act of 1998). you see clinton saw that that saddam was a threat. gore did. albright did. berger did. all of the outgoing administration knew saddam was a threat. did they lie as well? i dont think so. now imagine you were an incoming president. the outgoing administration says hey, we have 2 problems. 1, we have intewlligence thats over 2 years old that osama might try to attack us. (august 8 pdb), but we have another problem. osama might get womds from saddam. saddam has been working with terrorist groups to attack america and americas intrests. (bipartisan senate intel report). not only that but he STILL has womds. he working on more, along with nukes. hes firing at our patrol planes. hes slaughtering his own citizens. he attempted to assasinate an ex-president. now, seeing as how you have sworn an oath to protect america from all enemies, wouldn't you "situate&qu

Comment #421: ot; the facts arond the policy? (policy = removal of a clear threat, public law) wouldn't you come into office trying to figure out how best to deal with the most immiediate threats? dont you realize that congress voted 99-0 to commend president bush and the war on the day the war began? there is no excuse of trickery, as you were led to believe. all of congress knew bush was invading iraq that day, and STILL commended him!! (sres95). do you not know that congress affirmed iraq is a part of the war on terror? (H. J. RES. 114) I know what I would do. I would listen to the last guy that was in office. this is not to bame anyone. this is to point out that this is not a partisan issue. thats why you will never ever see anyone impeached. because you would have to impeach and arresst a lot more than the republicans your going after. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #422: imahusband said on 6/5/05 @ 2:19pm ET...

simply amazing. you guys just do not get it. it is very easy. "fix" is defined as situating. bush situated the facts and intelligence around the policy that clinton signed into law. (see iraq liberation act of 1998). you see clinton saw that that saddam was a threat. gore did. albright did. berger did. all of the outgoing administration knew saddam was a threat. did they lie as well? i dont think so. now imagine you were an incoming president. the outgoing administration says hey, we have 2 problems. 1, we have intewlligence thats over 2 years old that osama might try to attack us. (august 8 pdb), but we have another problem. osama might get womds from saddam. saddam has been working with terrorist groups to attack america and americas intrests. (bipartisan senate intel report). not only that but he STILL has womds. he working on more, along with nukes. hes firing at our patrol planes. hes slaughtering his own citizens. he attempted to assasinate an ex-president. now, seeing as how you have sworn an oath to protect america from all enemies, wouldn't you "situate" the facts arond the policy? (policy = removal of a clear threat, public law) wouldn't you come into office trying to figure out how best to deal with the most immiediate threats? dont you realize that congress voted 99-0 to commend president bush and the war on the day the war began? there is no excuse of trickery, as you were led to believe. all of congress knew bush was invading iraq that day, and STILL commended him!! (sres95). do you not know that congress affirmed iraq is a part of the war on terror? (H. J. RES. 114) I know what I would do. I would listen to the last guy that was in office. this is not to bame anyone. this is to point out that this is not a partisan issue. thats why you will never ever see anyone impeached. because you would have to impeach and arresst a lot more than the republicans your going after.

Comment #423: Phyllis Stonebraker said on 6/5/05 @ 2:19pm ET...

Thank you for your leadership in pressuring the Bush Administration to admit lies/mistakes with regard to this horrendous war.

I personally think an impeachment proceeding would be impossible to accomplish unless democrats regain control of the house and senate in 2006. I also believe that impeachment proceedings are deleterious to the nation as a whole, but the more George Bush/ Dick Cheney crimes we are able to expose before the 2006 elections, the better chance we have of doing just that. THEN LET'S IMPEACH HIM!

Comment #424: David Henschel said on 6/5/05 @ 2:20pm ET...

Dear Mr. Conyers,

I cannot tell you how frustrated I am with this Republican leadership in Congress and the Whitehouse. It is clear that as they wrap the American Flag around themselves, they are slowly taking our country down a path of destruction in which we will never recover. With their tax cuts, and this so called War Against terror, our countries debt is at a point where we will not be able to repay it for generations. God help us if these forign banks decide to stop buying dollars which has so far saved our economy.

Comment #425: David Henschel said on 6/5/05 @ 2:21pm ET...

Dear Mr. Conyers,

I cannot tell you how frustrated I am with this Republican leadership in Congress and the Whitehouse. It is clear that as they wrap the American Flag around themselves, they are slowly taking our country down a path of destruction in which we will never recover. With their tax cuts, and this so called War Against terror, our countries debt is at a point where we will not be able to repay it for generations. God help us if these forign banks decide to stop buying dollars which has so far saved our economy.

Comment #426: David Henschel said on 6/5/05 @ 2:21pm ET...

Dear Mr. Conyers,

I cannot tell you how frustrated I am with this Republican leadership in Congress and the Whitehouse. It is clear that as they wrap the American Flag around themselves, they are slowly taking our country down a path of destruction in which we will never recover. With their tax cuts, and this so called War Against terror, our countries debt is at a point where we will not be able to repay it for generations. God help us if these forign banks decide to stop buying dollars which has so far saved our economy.

Comment #427: Charles Raybourn said on 6/5/05 @ 2:22pm ET...

Mr. Conyers,
Thanks for standing up and doing the right thing in a time when so many politicians are afraid to take a controversial stance. You have definitely earned my respect. Please keep up the good work!

Yours,

Charles A. Raybourn

Comment #428: Jason Maxfield said on 6/5/05 @ 2:53pm ET...

Bushes grudge against Iraq and Sadam cost america countless millions and the loss of over 1,000 american lives.

The little bastard should have gone their and thrown down like a real man, but instead sent others in his place, because he is a coward. His personal vendetta against Sadam and Iraq should never have resulted in our troops being sent over their for his own personal goals.

For that abuse of his office he should no longer be president, but as many people in this country are blind to things such as this, we'll never weed out the people that do not belong in office as the leader of our country.

Comment #429: Troy Chappell said on 6/5/05 @ 2:59pm ET...

The below slogan couldn't be more cojent -

"We're making enemies faster than we can kill them".

Thank you for not turning a blind eye, Senator.

Comment #430: Toni Sirois said on 6/5/05 @ 3:17pm ET...

Dear Congressman Conyers,
Thanks to C-SPAN and Air America, I continue to receive news of your activities that give me hope. Thank you.
Your investigation into the Ohio voting system was the true indication to me that you understand that without reforming this system, there is no sense in supporting any candidate because "they" know that "they" will win.
Your investigation into the media's lack of a free press, lack of investigative reporters, and, most of all, lack of news, was also indicative of your keen understanding of how easily a democracy can be taken over by a hostile corporate agenda.
And, now, your letter about the Downing Street memo--WOW, what a leader you are.
At your media hearing, Lynn Woolsey complained that the press wouldn't cover your issues.
Joe Madden said to walk as a body to the paper and demand to see the editor.
After a few of these "marches," the press would "see the light."
Give them something to cover and they'll be there.
Please remember that Newt led his minority party with numerous hearings into numerous "crimes" culminating in the Impeachment of President Clinton!
Surely, we Democrats can select some real crimes to investigate from this Rove/Bush regime.
Thank you, Toni Sirois

Comment #431: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:21pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "

Comment #432: ;What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear. Best to You and Yours~L~ said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #433: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #434: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #435: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #436: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #437: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a di

Comment #438: fference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear. Best to You and Yours~L~ said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #439: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #440: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #441: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:22pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #442: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:23pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #443: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:23pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on,

Comment #444: because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear. Best to You and Yours~L~ said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #445: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:23pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #446: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:23pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #447: Leah said on 6/5/05 @ 3:23pm ET...

To Rosemary comment # 129
Dear Rosemary;
Calm down. As much as I understand your anger and upset, please be aware that 50 million people did NOT vote BushCo. into office.
Read a little more; John Conyers
has "What Happened in Ohio" on his website. It would be helpful if you were aware of the entire problem with the "ruling regime" and how the takeover has come about. If you search for stolen election, or internet news on the "irregularities" in the 2004 election you would know that the war and the Downing Street Memo is
only an outgrowth of the ongoing takeover. There are even those that dare to call the election fraud. I dare to hope that John Conyers efforts can make a difference if we all sign and stand behind what is right. I do fear that even in his position its an uphill battle all the way. In getting a Senator to speak up, to challenge the Electoral Votes in Ohio, California Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the call. Others spoke yet the final vote was dismal. Even the Dems couldnt step up to the plate for the sake of honesty and integrity. Its all quite sad, and yes I get upset too. But I do have to say we are all ignorant about so much of what is going on, because "they" thrive on our upset and ignorance. Lets try to keep our heads and seek the truth and knowledge needed, there is power in knowledge, and the repugs use their knowledge to control us through chaos and fear.
Best to You and Yours~L~

Comment #448: T J Geiger II said on 6/5/05 @ 3:37pm ET...

Thank you for doing this, sir. We need more people like you who will have the courage to challenge President Bush and hold him accountable.

Thank you

Comment #449: Gerald Dutra said on 6/5/05 @ 4:33pm ET...

I just hope people like you in positions of some power keep up the attack on this vainglorious and down righl stupid administration. They have committed one of the most flagrant "screw ups" in American history. It will have to go down as one of the worst debacles in US history at least in the last century--and at a terrible cost in lives. It puts Bush right up there in the league with Johnson and Nixon as liars and perpetrators of fraudulent conspiracies agains the citizens, not only of the US, but of the world.

Comment #450: Gloria Mornard said on 6/5/05 @ 5:05pm ET...

Amen to comment #424. Bush must be held accountable for the needless and continuing loss of life, to say nothing of the billions of dollars wasted.

Comment #451: The Profiler said on 6/5/05 @ 5:17pm ET...

To Ohiokomrade

I do profiling of criminals professionally, in addition to my private practice.

Ohiokomrade - You are the type of individual that we normally consider a "person of interest" in a Timothy McVeigh - Eric Rudolph type of situation.

You are obviously someone that:

1)That has a low education level that is working for low wages and is very angry about your situation.
People in this Socio-Economic class often must have scapegoats
to blame for their own inadequacies.

2) You do not comprehend the rules of a civil society, nor are you able to follow simple instructions.
e.g.- Congressman Conyers requested people to be rspectful on this site.

The inability and/or refusal to follow simple instructions also is an indication four things:

a) Limited Education Level
b) Low IQ
c) Short attention Span
d) Sociopathic Tendencies

Your limited, vile vocabulary, and use of profanity proves my case on that point.

3) You probably consider yourself a Christian, but the amount of hate
that emanates from your brief memo indicates that you are more than likely someone that hates Blacks,Jews,Hispanics,Gays ... Need of a scapegoat, as I previously mentioned.

Your version of Christianity can be compared to Bin Laden's interpretation of Islam.

I could go on, but I usually get paid a great deal of money when I do this type of work.

Who knows?

You just might be someone that is already in a database as a "person of interest".

The Profiler
p.s. Komrade (comrade) is usually what Communists call each other, yet you are being used as a schill for a "Facist" regime.

Democrats have no tolerance for Communists or Facists.

We have higher standards!

Comment #452: Herman said on 6/5/05 @ 5:20pm ET...

Mr. Conyers, good job. Now the chickens come home to roost. The right wing, fundamentalist, money sucking TBN'ers who uses the name of Jesus christ for salvation, are paying the Republican party to destroy social security, affirmative action and the seperation of church. It appears to me that Mr. Bush uses Jesus christ to steal our US treasury, Iraqis oil w

Comment #453: ealth, and kill their people and our troops all in the name of corpoarte capitalism. As they transfer their wealth from the middle class and the poor(2005 chpt 7 bankruptcy laws, tax-cuts and the abolitionment of the estate tax). they have rapture on their lips and are toasting to their last days. This man has broken many laws for corporate America and israel, including the direct outing of a CIA agent. when will this stop. watergate look like chicken soup compared to this bowl of canard. I would say more, but keep up the fight to RESTORE democracy to our children and grandchildren. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #454: English Rose said on 6/5/05 @ 5:59pm ET...

I commend you all for your determination and passion to eradicate the 'REAL' hostile superpower.

You are doing what is right, I only hope that your efforts arent in vain

Good Luck ...

Comment #455: Kevin G said on 6/5/05 @ 6:04pm ET...

So many people here in the U.S needs to wake up. These Tight rightwings and red white & Blue Christians needs to open up their blind eyes to Bush and his Chaotic administration that has NO Christian Morals,No concern for America as the main people do only self concerning , self serving Power mad intentions on Ruling all of us, and making this the land of the Elite and the poor slaves.

Comment #456: The Profiler said on 6/5/05 @ 6:05pm ET...

To Imahusband:

So are most of us on this Blog.

1) You are constantly "SHOUTING" on this site, that usually indicates someone that does the same in their personal life.

This is indicative of the type of individual that:

a) Abuses their wife & children either verbally,physically, or both.
b) These type of individuals also
are the type that get into "Road Rage" situations.

2) You keep repeating the same things each time you write.

Repetition is taught to Mina Birds and Parrots.

You are preconditioned from either drinking, or marinating in the "Kool Aid" that the Bush Administration is passing out to "True Believers".

Learn how to read, and comprehend exactly what you are reading.

Don't limit yourself to one point of view. Knowledge is power!

3)Reviewing your limited, and improper use of grammar indicates a lower education level.

You feel that constantly
"SHOUTING" makes you not only feel powerful, but you also feel that people will believe you are correct.

You don't even realize that it is human nature to either laugh at, or totally disregard the bombastic rantings of someone that fits your "profile".

4)You are most likely not in the income bracket that is benefiting from the Bush Administration's Policies, yet you support them.

How tragic!

In closing you call yourself "Imahusband", but are you also a father?

Are you willing to send your child to Iraq smack dab in the middle of what has now become a Civil War brought to you courtesy of Dubya,
et al ?

The Profiler

Comment #457: Cheryl Roadhouse Freeman said on 6/5/05 @ 6:15pm ET...

Dear Sir, Thank you for informing me of the facts regarding the Downing Street Memo. That has made me feel empowered as an American.

Comment #458: kristi scott said on 6/5/05 @ 6:29pm ET...

Most americans dont know enough about the issues or politics to feel confident in their decisions when it comes to voting. They just dont find it interesting enough or maybe too complicated to get proper information on the issues with all the spin involved in politics.(But 500,000 voted on who should be the next American Idol, where are our priorities?).All they seem to look for is the canditate that is the most confident and shows the most conviction and leadership.( Even if its all a lie). Unfortunately thats the only reason why Bush was re-elected. I honestly believe if we had an informed America and they felt they had a strong alternative, they wouldn't have voted for Bush. The time to fight is NOW. Mr.Conyers Don't be afraid to show your party can exhibit leadership and be a powerful force to be reckoned with. Your party needs to Toughen up. I believe thats the only way we will achieve a true representative democracy.We have to take the money out of politics. Money is the root of all evil. Mr Conyers you cannot back down from this impeachment issue or it would be devasting not only to your party but to our countries democracy as a whole. Thank you for your courage keep it up.

Comment #459: Edith Naselli-Carpenter said on 6/5/05 @ 6:34pm ET...

It's about time something is done about the criminal in the White House surrounded by fascists and religious fanatics. Congressman Conyers, we will have a tough fight to get any investigation going. First we have a Republican Congress which rubber-stamps any of Bush's demands; second, we have a lap-dog media who goes along with whatever they are told and will not investigate anything that should be investigate. But we must try and we must get coverage even if it means marching on Washington again. It's amazing that "DEep Throat" revealed himself and the whole Nixon administration crimes have been rehashed again. What is really sickening is to see Nixon's buddies and fellow conspirators screaming and yelling that Mark Felt was a traitor. They still continue to defend Nixon. I guess they never admit to anything. I was very much alive and knowledgeable about the Watergate Scandal and how disgusting it was to have a criminal in the White House. Now his jailbird criminal friends are attacking Mr. Felt. This gives us an idea what we will have to go through to get another criminal out of the White House--a man with blood on his hands and a compulsive liar to boot.

Comment #460: kristi scott said on 6/5/05 @ 6:36pm ET...

Most americans dont know enough about the issues or politics to feel confident in their decisions when it comes to voting. They just dont find it interesting enough or maybe too complicated to get proper information on the issues with all the spin involved in politics.(But 500,000 voted on who should be the next American Idol, where are our priorities?).All they seem to look for is the canditate that is the most confident and shows the most conviction and leadership.( Even if its all a lie). Unfortunately thats the only reason why Bush was re-elected. I honestly believe if we had an informed America and they felt they had a strong alternative, they wouldn't have voted for Bush. The time to fight is NOW. Mr.Conyers Don't be afraid to show your party can exhibit leadership and be a powerful force to be reckoned with. Your party needs to Toughen up. I believe thats the only way we will achieve a true representative democracy.We have to take the money out of politics. Money is the root of all evil. Mr Conyers you cannot back down from this impeachment issue or it would be devasting not only to your party but to our countries democracy as a whole. Thank you for your courage keep it up.

Comment #461: kristi scott said on 6/5/05 @ 6:36pm ET...

Most americans dont know enough about the issues or politics to feel confident in their decisions when it comes to voting. They just dont find it interesting enough or maybe too complicated to get proper information on the issues with all the spin involved in politics.(But 500,000 voted on who should be the next American Idol, where are our priorities?).All they seem to look for is the canditate that is the most confident and shows the most conviction and leadership.( Even if its all a lie). Unfortunately thats the only reason why Bush was re-elected. I honestly believe if we had an informed America and they felt they had a strong alternative, they wouldn't have voted for Bush. The time to fight is NOW. Mr.Conyers Don't be afraid to show your party can exhibit leadership and be a powerful force to be reckoned with. Your party needs to Toughen up. I believe thats the only way we will achieve a true representative democracy.We have to take the money out of politics. Money is the root of all evil. Mr Conyers you cannot back down fr

Comment #462: om this impeachment issue or it would be devasting not only to your party but to our countries democracy as a whole. Thank you for your courage keep it up. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #463: kristi scott said on 6/5/05 @ 6:36pm ET...

Most americans dont know enough about the issues or politics to feel confident in their decisions when it comes to voting. They just dont find it interesting enough or maybe too complicated to get proper information on the issues with all the spin involved in politics.(But 500,000 voted on who should be the next American Idol, where are our priorities?).All they seem to look for is the canditate that is the most confident and shows the most conviction and leadership.( Even if its all a lie). Unfortunately thats the only reason why Bush was re-elected. I honestly believe if we had an informed America and they felt they had a strong alternative, they wouldn't have voted for Bush. The time to fight is NOW. Mr.Conyers Don't be afraid to show your party can exhibit leadership and be a powerful force to be reckoned with. Your party needs to Toughen up. I believe thats the only way we will achieve a true representative democracy.We have to take the money out of politics. Money is the root of all evil. Mr Conyers you cannot back down from this impeachment issue or it would be devasting not only to your party but to our countries democracy as a whole. Thank you for your courage keep it up.

Comment #464: George said on 6/5/05 @ 7:10pm ET...

Early on I suspected that Bush and Company were eager for war, and would manufacture reasons to achieve that end. Well before 9-11 Neo Conservative groups had plans for wars against Iraq, Syria, etc. These groups, along with neo conservatives in the Bush Administration, like Wolfowizc, it appears convinced Bush to go along with them. Paul O'Neil (spelling) resigned from the Bush Administation and indicated their intentions. Richard Clarke, the very well informed intel expert was concerned over Bush's fixation on going to war with Iras
The problem that I see in looking into the Downing Street Minutes is that you can expect stonewalling from Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc. After all, how long has it been since Bush volunteered to get at the bottom of who leaked the name of a CIA operative to the press???
Please do all you can. Our servicemen deserve nothing less.
Thanks, George G. Reese

Comment #465: Jim said on 6/5/05 @ 7:32pm ET...

It's clear that the deliberate lies and corruption cannot continue forever, it's simply unsustainable. Therefore there will be a failure, a discontinuity in the Republican party. I therefore call to Senator McCain and others whose integrity outweigh their ideology and party loyalty to call for impeachment. I call on all who read this to write to Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee to begin drafting Articles of Impeachment. All Republicans wishing to avoid the stampede align themselves with the "Dry Tail Party" since there will be many escaping that sinking ship once the water starts flooding the deck.

Comment #466: Sharon Gable said on 6/5/05 @ 8:33pm ET...

Rep. Conyers,

Many, many thanks for your fight against the war criminals of the current Bush administration. There are too few of "you" in government today, and we suffer for it.

Your constituents are smart people. I live in PA among Bush supporters who love this war and "how safe that Bush has made us" (yikes!)

The topper is that none of these civilian war mongers would send any of their own children to fight. One told me in no uncertain terms that she absolutely supports the war, but hopes that there is never a draft since her son is in high school now.

Keep fighting the good fight, for you are a true patriot!

(Also, thank you Air America for putting the information out there. Listen to AA every single day.)

Sharon Gable

Comment #467: imahusband said on 6/5/05 @ 8:37pm ET...

simply amazing. you guys just do not get it. it is very easy. "fix" is defined as situating. bush situated the facts and intelligence around the policy that clinton signed into law. (see iraq liberation act of 1998). you see clinton saw that that saddam was a threat. gore did. albright did. berger did. all of the outgoing administration knew saddam was a threat. did they lie as well? i dont think so. now imagine you were an incoming president. the outgoing administration says hey, we have 2 problems. 1, we have intewlligence thats over 2 years old that osama might try to attack us. (august 8 pdb), but we have another problem. osama might get womds from saddam. saddam has been working with terrorist groups to attack america and americas intrests. (bipartisan senate intel report). not only that but he STILL has womds. he working on more, along with nukes. hes firing at our patrol planes. hes slaughtering his own citizens. he attempted to assasinate an ex-president. now, seeing as how you have sworn an oath to protect america from all enemies, wouldn't you "situate" the facts arond the policy? (policy = removal of a clear threat, public law) wouldn't you come into office trying to figure out how best to deal with the most immiediate threats? dont you realize that congress voted 99-0 to commend president bush and the war on the day the war began? there is no excuse of trickery, as you were led to believe. all of congress knew bush was invading iraq that day, and STILL commended him!! (sres95). do you not know that congress affirmed iraq is a part of the war on terror? (H. J. RES. 114) I know what I would do. I would listen to the last guy that was in office. this is not to bame anyone. this is to point out that this is not a partisan issue. thats why you will never ever see anyone impeached. because you would have to impeach and arresst a lot more than the republicans your going after. as for oil... you keep claiming bush is going after oil. do you not know that as per the hauge convention, as well as a recent human rights watch document, bush is fully entitled to go into iraq, and not only take the oil, but tax iraqis as well? but chose not to, in an agreement with the un, in exchange for international recognition of the occupation? and profiler.. you must not make much at your job. i "yell" at frustration that others keep doing the same thing you accuse me of, but convieniently ignore others for doing: repeating themselves. if you are unable to see it for yourself, i can point out numerous posts where this is done time after time after time. in real life, i raise my voice no more than your normal person. i have never laid a hand on my wife in anger in all our years of marrige. nor on my 7 year old daughter. i have never experienced road rage. (though i do get a little irratated at drivers who dont use thier turn signals). you are also incorrect in my education level (finished high school). this is a blog. its not a report, nor a presentation. grammatical errors are common here. and last of all, as far as koolaid: you really i dont know me. i disagree with bush on numerous subjects, including illegal immigration, ss, cafta, among others. as i am sure you can tell from my posts, i am an avid reader. i cited several documents that are not common knowledge. that is why i agree with the war. why i support bush on it. because i have read those documents. i also listen to airamerica on a regular basis, so i do listen to both sides of the story. and that comes back full circle to where i began. if people actually read all the available information, instead of parroting airamerica, there might not be so much sedition evident on this board. and thats what frustrates me. why dont you try to count the time that airamerica is cited vs. government documents? count how many times the phrase "smoking gun" is used.

Comment #468: imahusband said on 6/5/05 @ 8:38pm ET...

simply amazing. you guys just do not get it. it is very easy. "fix" is defined as situating. bush situated the facts and intelligence around the policy that clinton signed into law. (see iraq liberatio

Comment #469: n act of 1998). you see clinton saw that that saddam was a threat. gore did. albright did. berger did. all of the outgoing administration knew saddam was a threat. did they lie as well? i dont think so. now imagine you were an incoming president. the outgoing administration says hey, we have 2 problems. 1, we have intewlligence thats over 2 years old that osama might try to attack us. (august 8 pdb), but we have another problem. osama might get womds from saddam. saddam has been working with terrorist groups to attack america and americas intrests. (bipartisan senate intel report). not only that but he STILL has womds. he working on more, along with nukes. hes firing at our patrol planes. hes slaughtering his own citizens. he attempted to assasinate an ex-president. now, seeing as how you have sworn an oath to protect america from all enemies, wouldn't you "situate" the facts arond the policy? (policy = removal of a clear threat, public law) wouldn't you come into office trying to figure out how best to deal with the most immiediate threats? dont you realize that congress voted 99-0 to commend president bush and the war on the day the war began? there is no excuse of trickery, as you were led to believe. all of congress knew bush was invading iraq that day, and STILL commended him!! (sres95). do you not know that congress affirmed iraq is a part of the war on terror? (H. J. RES. 114) I know what I would do. I would listen to the last guy that was in office. this is not to bame anyone. this is to point out that this is not a partisan issue. thats why you will never ever see anyone impeached. because you would have to impeach and arresst a lot more than the republicans your going after. as for oil... you keep claiming bush is going after oil. do you not know that as per the hauge convention, as well as a recent human rights watch document, bush is fully entitled to go into iraq, and not only take the oil, but tax iraqis as well? but chose not to, in an agreement with the un, in exchange for international recognition of the occupation? and profiler.. you must not make much at your job. i "yell" at frustration that others keep doing the same thing you accuse me of, but convieniently ignore others for doing: repeating themselves. if you are unable to see it for yourself, i can point out numerous posts where this is done time after time after time. in real life, i raise my voice no more than your normal person. i have never laid a hand on my wife in anger in all our years of marrige. nor on my 7 year old daughter. i have never experienced road rage. (though i do get a little irratated at drivers who dont use thier turn signals). you are also incorrect in my education level (finished high school). this is a blog. its not a report, nor a presentation. grammatical errors are common here. and last of all, as far as koolaid: you really i dont know me. i disagree with bush on numerous subjects, including illegal immigration, ss, cafta, among others. as i am sure you can tell from my posts, i am an avid reader. i cited several documents that are not common knowledge. that is why i agree with the war. why i support bush on it. because i have read those documents. i also listen to airamerica on a regular basis, so i do listen to both sides of the story. and that comes back full circle to where i began. if people actually read all the available information, instead of parroting airamerica, there might not be so much sedition evident on this board. and thats what frustrates me. why dont you try to count the time that airamerica is cited vs. government documents? count how many times the phrase "smoking gun" is used. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #470: :Laura Stewart said on 6/5/05 @ 8:58pm ET...

Lying to the American people to get us into a war and then squandering billions of dollars and thousands of lives is a moral offense of the highest magnitude. It surely is unpardonable by any God and should be grounds for impeachment.

Comment #471: Bob Klips said on 6/5/05 @ 9:06pm ET...

Thank you John Conyers for your great work on behalf of the American people. The Downing St. memo is just one more item showing how this administration lied us into war. John Dean, hardly a liberal, lays out the lies and impeachable offenses very well in "Worse Than Watergate." Also, a great DVD from the Media Education Foundation called "Hijacking Catastrophe--9/11, Fear and the Selling of the American Empire" spells it out clearly. I think a majority of the people in this country have a sense of fairness, even if too many partisan representative don't. Let's wake them up!

Comment #472: soreal said on 6/5/05 @ 9:07pm ET...

Thank you Mr. Conyers but, it is a sneaking suspicion among some of us that Kerry suddenly going to Congress on this memo could be more about heading off your momentum in this regard. Hope not.

Comment #473: marvin said on 6/5/05 @ 9:07pm ET...

Thank you for your service to our citizens.At least someone in the house or senate will not give in to the republican run media conglomerates and stand up to the most corrupt and secrative regime in our nations history.
President Nixon is in "shock and awe".

Comment #474: Angela said on 6/5/05 @ 9:31pm ET...

It seems that in our country, only the little, managable crimes can be prosecuted (read: are impeachable), i.e., Richard Nixon for the Watergate coverup, but not for prolonging the Vietnam war for political gain, and Bill Clinton for lying about sex. Larger and more horrible crimes are too daunting so we choose to rationalize the lies we are fed. What Imahusband, who wrote the last comment before I wrote mine, doesn't seem to appreciate is that the Downing Street memo was only one of many nails in the coffin of Bush's integrity when it comes to the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Hussein. 2 highly placed members of his own staff (Paul O'Neill, Treasury Secretary and Richard Clarke, National Security Council) came forward and described Bush's determination to go into Iraq for purposes of regime change both when he first got into office in 2001, and directly following 9/11, even though he was told that the intelligence did not support a connection. The Downing Street memo only proves that both these men were telling the truth, despite the best attempts by the administration discredit them. Let's face it, much as we wish those leading our government would adhere to basic ethics and morality, these guys don't even come close. The question is, with rigidly faithful Republicans in charge of both the House and the Senate, is there a will to rise above partisanship and demand accountability from the Bush Administration or not?

Comment #475: Donna said on 6/5/05 @ 10:37pm ET...

To #163 "Saddams victims:"

No one is disputing that Saddam was a terrible leader. People are angry because the American people were lied to about why we needed to go to war. They said it was about WMD. Why didn't the demogogues tell us it was about human rights? I'll tell you why...because it was never about that, or WMD, or anything else they told us. It was always about oil and revenge for papa Bush.

Comment #476: Donna said on 6/5/05 @ 10:42pm ET...

Addendum to my previous response to #163:

If Iraq was about human rights, then we would have also gone to Darfur. Look at the mess over there now. This administration does not care about human rights or they'd be taking care of that genocide.

Comment #477: Annette said on 6/5/05 @ 10:50pm ET...

Thank you for helping shine a light! We have to stay on message and get the word out. Grass roots campaigns work - and 2006 elections are around the corner!

Comment #478: Stephen said on 6/5/05 @ 10:53pm ET...

I support your efforts 100% to question the authority and accuracy of the Downing Minutes. If President Bush really did plan this without getting proper authority, I would urge you to start impeachment hearings. What President Bush did was a disgrace to our country, as well as the world.

Worst of all, our media in this country

Comment #479: has not reported the truth to the public. If the media had done so, people would have known about these documents and plans long before the war began. I think that people like Robert Greenwald, Michael Moore, and others have put out the truth where our mainstream media did not. I feel that this war has cause disrepect in the world for the United States. It has put thousands of troops at risk, and many died, not to count the 300,000 Iraqi Deaths. It has overstretched our military forces to beyond its capacity, to the point that a draft might be required. The war also has run up record debt, as there was no real plan to pay for the billions of dollars dpent on it. The fact that more nations did not want to join the war efforts should have told President Bush that there is little world support for the war, and that it wasn't nessecary. I hope that this gets investigated. I would also urge you to support the Doug Wallace v. Bush lawsuit, and give Doug Wallace resources to sue him for implementing "Project For a New American Century" under the covert name "War on Terrorism", without congress approval, or informing the american public. I think this also an impeachable offense that he stepped beyond his powers as president. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #480: sos said on 6/5/05 @ 11:05pm ET...

To # 442 Stop insulting my intelligence with this nonsense ; "now imagine you were an incoming president. the outgoing administration says hey, we have 2 problems. 1, we have intewlligence thats over 2 years old that osama might try to attack us. (august 8 pdb), but we have another problem. osama might get womds from saddam. saddam has been working with terrorist groups to attack america and americas intrests. (bipartisan senate intel report). " Now we know why the pres. stayed on vacation at his "ranch" after receiving the "(august 8 pdb)", fearful that "osama might get womds from saddam". Follow the money.

Comment #481: Rathwick said on 6/5/05 @ 11:06pm ET...

Donna, are you saying we should go to Darfur? Wouldn't the Europeans be upset with us going in on our owm? Maybe we should just send the government money so they can take better care of their people. What exactly do you propose. Make a decision please! I amd so sick of you Sociacats whining when you are not willing take a stand.

Comment #482: Rathwick said on 6/5/05 @ 11:09pm ET...

Donna, what are you saying? Should we go into Darfur or should we wait until the U.N. and the rest of the world are ready to join us? Are you prepared to risk American lives for this cause? Donna, make a call.

Comment #483: mr. bobo said on 6/5/05 @ 11:09pm ET...

as a born and rasied michigander it's only befitting you, mr. conyers, spearhead this endevor. for way to long our "great president" has been litteraly sucking the life out of our nation by sending our future(our kids) to fight in a war that was not warranted. it's about time we pressured president bush to bring the boys home.

Comment #484: Perry Young said on 6/5/05 @ 11:11pm ET...

As you can tell, you have touched the base of the Democratic Party and we are rallying around your idea. A lot of us are the same people that propelled Howard Dean to frontrunner status during the last primary - until the moderate wing of the party shut it all down and that gave us Bush. We will support this effort with all we have. Keep up the great work.

Comment #485: Rathwick said on 6/5/05 @ 11:15pm ET...

Laura Stewart: What exactly did Bush lie about? Congress had exactly the same information Bush had when he mad e the decision. Russia, G. Britain, Spain, Saudi Arabia and France (yes France) all believed that Saddam had WOMD. Stop with this Conspiracy garbage! It cracks me up. On one post Bush is a moron, on the next he is a criminal mastermind. Which is it?

Comment #486: Rathwick said on 6/5/05 @ 11:17pm ET...

SOS, follow what money? Do you have any original thoughts or do you rely on Michael Moore to do all of your thinking?

Comment #487: researcher said on 6/5/05 @ 11:19pm ET...

Articles explaining:
The following articles have been written to explain to you Mr. Congressman and the public that this administration preplanned the Iraq war, the 911 attack, the bombing in Oklahoma and WACO. They were aided by the Israli Mossad.Thet successfully pinned the blame on what Some Nazi CIA call "subhuman" Moslems. Those CIA Nazis were brought over by the same Henry Kissinger, who said "American soldiers are dumb animals... and are to be used to further our policy of the New World Order." He and Bush senior were around when our own military devised a plan to attack the World Trafe Center in 1976, The same year Congressman Larry McDonald was shot down by North Lorea. He had said you bet there is a consiracy in this land, it's evil, and it covers many generations. Yes the very rich families, dynasties, Rockerfellers, have taken over the Federal Reserve System, and really are the main gainers of our taxes, because it is the public banks that are profiting from it, certainly not the nation's government... it's going deeper and deeper into debt, and with it every taxpayer. Bush cares little or nothing for common people, when confronted with a mom who had a disabled child along with 2 others, who said she had to work 3 jobs and it wasn't even making ends meet, He replied, what a unique American. When he saw the plane hit the toiwers, not oh my God all those people inside!, his commentr was what a lousey piolit!
When said a dictatorship, as long as I'm dictator. Who goes to Bohemian Grove and particpates in the cremation of Care, by burning a body in effigy, (i hope) who picked Henry Kissinger for the Presidential investigation of 911, etc. etc. Impeaching him would do no good, because Cheny and Rumsfield are accomplises, they were around in 1976, and they were in on 911, the event that is to usher in the New World Order, (The old world order of the very rich and very poor, no middle class, as seen by jobs leaving America, because the international leaders of the new world order, want it that way. And what sinister force lurks behind much of this THE JESUITS; They don't have any descendants to worry about living in it., just themselves installed as rich leaders.

The CIA, Mossad, Russain secret police, all have demonstrated supporting dictators. They have shady dealings with drugs.

Any leaders who have tried to stop the power of the Federal Reserve have been assinated by them, Oswald was in the CIA. Kennedy had an executive order to limit the power of the Federal Reserve.

Please take a look at these articles.
If something isn't done immediately, newly CIA created terrorist now fighting for Jihad because we killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis, will sneak through our porous Mexican border and propel this country into Martial law, and the suspension of the Constitution. That is the plan of the New world order, as documented in these articles.

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The latter, also a native-born American citizen, but with no other ancestral country he can be sent to, has remained in jail in a military lock-up now for two years, with no access to family or even an attorney, with no charge against him and no right to challenge his arrest and indefinite incarceration). Couple that with the Bush/Cheney-sanctioned policies of rendition, where people are kidnapped by government agents and whisked away on unmarked planes to other nations like Syria and Egypt where torture and extra-judicial killings are routine, and torture (see Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, etc.), and you have the very real threat of American citizens like all of us being disappeared, just they way they did it for years (under American instruction and direction) in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Argentina and Chile. In communities across this land where believers in Islam dwell---both immigrants and native-born citizens--there is these days a permanent state of terror, as FBI, ATF, Secret Service and other nefarious federal agents slink around grabbing people from their homes, interrogating others, hauling off computers and files, leveling trumped-up charges, and threatening people into becoming unwilling informants on their neighbors--all, with no sense of irony, in the name of fighting "terror." Thousands of decent, hard-working immigrants have been snatched from their families (many of whom are American citizens, and often young children) and shipped off to home countries to face arrest and torture and, in some documented cases, death, with no access to hearings. We never learn about most of them. The government doesn't have to tell us they've been taken. Even their own families are often left in the dark. Citizens who try to exercise their First Amendment right to protest the actions of this president and vice president are herded into fenced in "free-speech zone" holding pens, or arrested and jailed, often after first being beaten or maced, on orders of the Secret Service. Others have been blacklisted and barred from events because they had the temerity to wear an anti-Bush T-shirt or to paste an anti-war bumper sticker on their car. Now the Republican leadership in Congress has quietly pushed through a law establishing a national identity card which Wired magazine says will be enable the government to set up a computerized data bank on every citizen, telling authorities where we've been, where we are, who we've meet, what we buy, what our political affiliations are, what web sites we visit and a whole lot of other stuff. And they're pushing ahead, at urging from the White House, with a new and improved Patriot Act that continues to define terror as anything that interferes with the business of the state (including a simple act of protest), and that in the name of fighting that loosely defined evil, will essentially eliminate the Fourth Amendment protection against illegal search and seizure, giving the administration the power to spy and obtain records on virtually anyone without even going to a judge for a "probable cause" warrant. Not content with that, the right is also stuffing the courts with judges who don't give a damn about any of those old rights and freedoms--who think state power is just dandy. That's what this fight over the filibuster is all about--getting rid of judges who take the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution with its hoary concerns about separation of powers seriously--and of course paving the way for "Justice" Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas to assume the post of Chief Justice. Sadly, while they are leading the parade, the Republicans are not alone in this march to fascism and a 21st-Century police-state tyranny. They've been doing it with the willing said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #489: connivance of a number of conservative Democrats, including the likes of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Diane Feinstein (this is hardly a complete list). And the way was paved, of course, by anti-Democratic police-state measures introduced earlier by the Clinton administration. They've also had the help of a somnolent corporate media and a blissfully ignorant public caught up in "American Idol" and the Jackson trial or whatever the latest entertainment diversion might be. I used to think that right-wing warnings about jackbooted agents of the federal government landing in black Cobra gunships and storming our homes in dead of night were the fevered ravings of lunatics, but no more. With this push to stack the courts, create a computerized national ID card, equate protest with support for terrorism, and make citizenship a revocable privilege, comes official government promotion of an intolerant, medieval Christian fundamentalism which provides the whole thing with an ideological gloss that makes any outrage not just permissible, but "God’s will." Still, it's surprising to see the right turning off the lights of liberty, after all those years of warnings about liberal Democrats and the dreaded "nanny" state. http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37867/index.phpGiuliani testimony reveals FEMA HAD planned an exercise in NYC on 9-12 set up starting the 10th Telling a lie is easy. Maintaining a lie is almost impossible. Slowly, sometimes abruptly, truth emerges and the lie is exposed. Through the Office of Domestic Preparedness headed by Dick Cheney FEMA had scheduled an emergency preparedness exercise for September 12, 2001. Therefore FEMA had personnel and equipment in place for 9-11. This "fortunate" coincidence was covered up by FEMA. The cover-up is evidence for a knowledge of guilt which thereby reveals the intent of the exercise and Cheney's plans. The plans were hinted at in a publication of Project for a New American Century that stated that only a disaster on a par with Pearl Harbor would suffice to drive their project to fruition. This FEMA exercise named Operation TriPOD was one of several planned for September 11 and reveals a growing pattern that cannot be simple coincidence. The Crime Scene Disturbed: The steel of the World Trade Center debris should never have been removed from this country until metallurgists could analyze the forensic evidence of the crime. There was no credible cause for the rush. Normal criminal procedures were noticeable by their absence. Analysis of the condition of the steel members should not be harmful to the national security unless the National Security State would fear for its own security if the truth were known. http://www.the7thfire.com/9-11/911_has_shown_the_face_of_NWO.htm http://www.thememoryhole.org/911/hearings/ the manipulation of elections. Inextricably insinuated into our national fabric is the • manipulation of education to dumb down and program students and teachers, • the restriction of natural medicines that would alleviate disease and suffering, • the permissions granted to produce and market pharmaceuticals that can harm more than help, • the permissions granted to utilize vaccines even though they have been shown to be deleterious to our immune systems, • permissions granted to place toxic substances in our environment and even our bodies, • the contamination of the gene pool of our seeds that will grow our foods in the future, • and the contamination of our soul with lies, hatreds, and every social pathology They have been able to do this because we have given them that power and so have our parents and our grandparents before them. We have stumbled and tripped on their illusion making, fallen into supporting them with every fiber of our being. • We dutifully pay our taxes each year as though we actually owed that tax by law. • We dutifully sign the promissory note which in itself creates the money for the purchase • and then allow the banks to deposit that new money in their account so they can loan out many times that amount to others. • We then give them the property we just purchased and let them collect rent from us on our own home • and charge us interest on our own money. • To further the inequity of the transaction, the ownership of the home goes to the corporate entity that we have called "government" so that they can monetize the collateral and obtain revenues from the discount sale of derivatives. In the end we do not actually own the home even after making the payments for 30 years. We have only right of possession and use, not the right of ownership. • We have unknowingly permitted our life and energy to be tapped as the surety for the US Corporate bankruptcy and yet believe ourselves to be the ones who OWE the US Corporate debt. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #490: researcher said on 6/5/05 @ 11:21pm ET...

Articles explaining:
The following articles have been written to explain to you Mr. Congressman and the public that this administration preplanned the Iraq war, the 911 attack, the bombing in Oklahoma and WACO. They were aided by the Israli Mossad.Thet successfully pinned the blame on what Some Nazi CIA call "subhuman" Moslems. Those CIA Nazis were brought over by the same Henry Kissinger, who said "American soldiers are dumb animals... and are to be used to further our policy of the New World Order." He and Bush senior were around when our own military devised a plan to attack the World Trafe Center in 1976, The same year Congressman Larry McDonald was shot down by North Lorea. He had said you bet there is a consiracy in this land, it's evil, and it covers many generations. Yes the very rich families, dynasties, Rockerfellers, have taken over the Federal Reserve System, and really are the main gainers of our taxes, because it is the public banks that are profiting from it, certainly not the nation's government... it's going deeper and deeper into debt, and with it every taxpayer. Bush cares little or nothing for common people, when confronted with a mom who had a disabled child along with 2 others, who said she had to work 3 jobs and it wasn't even making ends meet, He replied, what a unique American. When he saw the plane hit the toiwers, not oh my God all those people inside!, his commentr was what a lousey piolit!
When said a dictatorship, as long as I'm dictator. Who goes to Bohemian Grove and particpates in the cremation of Care, by burning a body in effigy, (i hope) who picked Henry Kissinger for the Presidential investigation of 911, etc. etc. Impeaching him would do no good, because Cheny and Rumsfield are accomplises, they were around in 1976, and they were in on 911, the event that is to usher in the New World Order, (The old world order of the very rich and very poor, no middle class, as seen by jobs leaving America, because the international leaders of the new world order, want it that way. And what sinister force lurks behind much of this THE JESUITS; They don't have any descendants to worry about living in it., just themselves installed as rich leaders.

The CIA, Mossad, Russain secret police, all have demonstrated supporting dictators. They have shady dealings with drugs.

Any leaders who have tried to stop the power of the Federal Reserve have been assinated by them, Oswald was in the CIA. Kennedy had an executive order to limit the power of the Federal Reserve.

Please take a look at these articles.
If something isn't done immediately, newly CIA created terrorist now fighting for Jihad because we killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis, will sneak through our porous Mexican border and propel this country into Martial law, and the suspension of the Constitution. That is the plan of the New world order, as documented in these articles.

http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37814/index.php $$$

http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37766/index.php Mr. Chompsky replies US citizens loyal

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Comment #491: play/37729/index.php New World Order http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37729/index.php http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37622/index.php Be Happy, Life is too short to think about reality http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37481/index.php Hiding of Articles http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37151/index.php End all foreign aid to Israel http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36957/index.php Who is the real Nuclear danger http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36957/index.php http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37605/index.php Stop Media Censorship Now! http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37602/index.php The Hiding of Articles http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37602/index.php Hiding of articles by protest http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37577/index.php Hiding of articles in conclusion Boston’s hidden articles: http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37398/index.php Israel is the Octopus that must be stopped Now http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37426/index.php Stop the Octopus Israel Now http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37528/index.php comment http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37533/index.php Hiding of Articles http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37533/index.php Hiding of Articles http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37559/index.php comment http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37560/index.php comment http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37561/index.php Powerful comment on Puppet Bush http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37562/index.php testimony of a Jew: Bin Laden’s mother is Jewish http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37568/index.php David Rockerfeller thanks major media for not exposing his New World Order too soon http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37577/index.php comment in conclusion http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37596/index.php comment http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37605/index.php Stop Media Censorship Now with pictures http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37766/index.php Mr Chompsky Replies US loyal citizens http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37867/index.php Mr. Chompsky is Human PORTLAND: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/318045.shtml Stop All Foreign Aid to Israel Now http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/317632.shtml Who is the real nuclear threat http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/316611.shtml I trust the firemen who said they heard bombs going off http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/315848.shtml Evidence points that 911... http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/315843.shtml Evidence…. Houston http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/40311.php New World Order http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/40040.php Anti Semitism is a political Weapon http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/39921.php Stop All foreign aid to Israel.. high Talmudic Jews http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/39911.php Ties to Oklahoma http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/39757.php Bush lied about 911 high Talmudic http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/39643.php Who is the real nuclear threat http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/246400.shtml Mr Chompsky’s view of internet Tampa http://www.tampaindymedia.org/bin/site/templates/default.asp?area_2=imc/open%20newswire/2005/May/59123.05859375.dat Stop the Octopus Israel Now Philadelphia http://www.phillyimc.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/22/0937247&mode=thread U.S. Foreign aid is a weapon Seattle http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/246400.shtml Mr Chompsky’s view of the Internet http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/246370.shtml Israel, the US did 911, Oklahoma, WACO The Black Helicopters and the GOP It's always been an article of faith on the "loony" right that the black helicopters of the Jewish-United Nations fascist government would arrive to take over America and turn it into a hellish police state through the machinations of the liberal Democrats. Who would have thought that it would be the conservative Republicans who would be waving the landing lights to direct the troop planes to the gate? But there it is. In four short years, following the 9/11 attacks, we have moved a long way down a very dark and dead-end alley. First we had the Patriot Act, the handiwork of John Ashcroft (now out to pasture nursing his wet dreams of a restoration of slavery and the Confederacy) and his able assistant Michael Chertoff, now Sith overlord of the Department of Homeland Security. This obscene 362-page pile of totalitarian legislation has dangerously undermined the First and Fourth Amendments of the Bill of Rights. Then we had the assertion of a Justice Department and Presidential right to revoke one’s citizenship (as witness the cases of Mssrs. Hamdi and Padilla. The former, a native-born American, was stripped of his birthright and sent off to a jail in Saudi Arabia, his parents' place of origin. The latter, also a native-born American citizen, but with no other ancestral country he can be sent to, has remained in jail in a military lock-up now for two years, with no access to family or even an attorney, with no charge against him and no right to challenge his arrest and indefinite incarceration). Couple that with the Bush/Cheney-sanctioned policies of rendition, where people are kidnapped by government agents and whisked away on unmarked planes to other nations like Syria and Egypt where torture and extra-judicial killings are routine, and torture (see Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, etc.), and you have the very real threat of American citizens like all of us being disappeared, just they way they did it for years (under American instruction and direction) in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Argentina and Chile. In communities across this land where believers in Islam dwell---both immigrants and native-born citizens--there is these days a permanent state of terror, as FBI, ATF, Secret Service and other nefarious federal agents slink around grabbing people from their homes, interrogating others, hauling off computers and files, leveling trumped-up charges, and threatening people into becoming unwilling informants on their neighbors--all, with no sense of irony, in the name of fighting "terror." Thousands of decent, hard-working immigrants have been snatched from their families (many of whom are American citizens, and often young children) and shipped off to home countries to face arrest and torture and, in some documented cases, death, with no access to hearings. We never learn about most of them. The government doesn't have to tell us they've been taken. Even their own families are often left in the dark. Citizens who try to exercise their First Amendment right to protest the actions of this president and vice president are herded into fenced in "free-speech zone" holding pens, or arrested and jailed, often after first being beaten or maced, on orders of the Secret Service. Others have been blacklisted and barred from events because they had the temerity to wear an anti-Bush T-shirt or to paste an anti-war bumper sticker on their car. Now the Republican leadership in Congress has quietly pushed through a law establishing a national identity card which Wired magazine says will be enable the government to set up a computerized data bank on every citizen, telling authorities where we've been, where we are, who we've meet, what we buy, what our political affiliations are, what web sites we visit and a whole lot of other stuff. And they're pushing ahead, at urging from the White House, with a new and improved Patriot Act that continues to define terror as anything that interferes with the business of the state (including a simple act of protest), and that in the name of fighting that loosely defined evil, will essentially eliminate the Fourth A said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #492: mendment protection against illegal search and seizure, giving the administration the power to spy and obtain records on virtually anyone without even going to a judge for a "probable cause" warrant. Not content with that, the right is also stuffing the courts with judges who don't give a damn about any of those old rights and freedoms--who think state power is just dandy. That's what this fight over the filibuster is all about--getting rid of judges who take the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution with its hoary concerns about separation of powers seriously--and of course paving the way for "Justice" Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas to assume the post of Chief Justice. Sadly, while they are leading the parade, the Republicans are not alone in this march to fascism and a 21st-Century police-state tyranny. They've been doing it with the willing connivance of a number of conservative Democrats, including the likes of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Diane Feinstein (this is hardly a complete list). And the way was paved, of course, by anti-Democratic police-state measures introduced earlier by the Clinton administration. They've also had the help of a somnolent corporate media and a blissfully ignorant public caught up in "American Idol" and the Jackson trial or whatever the latest entertainment diversion might be. I used to think that right-wing warnings about jackbooted agents of the federal government landing in black Cobra gunships and storming our homes in dead of night were the fevered ravings of lunatics, but no more. With this push to stack the courts, create a computerized national ID card, equate protest with support for terrorism, and make citizenship a revocable privilege, comes official government promotion of an intolerant, medieval Christian fundamentalism which provides the whole thing with an ideological gloss that makes any outrage not just permissible, but "God’s will." Still, it's surprising to see the right turning off the lights of liberty, after all those years of warnings about liberal Democrats and the dreaded "nanny" state. http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37867/index.phpGiuliani testimony reveals FEMA HAD planned an exercise in NYC on 9-12 set up starting the 10th Telling a lie is easy. Maintaining a lie is almost impossible. Slowly, sometimes abruptly, truth emerges and the lie is exposed. Through the Office of Domestic Preparedness headed by Dick Cheney FEMA had scheduled an emergency preparedness exercise for September 12, 2001. Therefore FEMA had personnel and equipment in place for 9-11. This "fortunate" coincidence was covered up by FEMA. The cover-up is evidence for a knowledge of guilt which thereby reveals the intent of the exercise and Cheney's plans. The plans were hinted at in a publication of Project for a New American Century that stated that only a disaster on a par with Pearl Harbor would suffice to drive their project to fruition. This FEMA exercise named Operation TriPOD was one of several planned for September 11 and reveals a growing pattern that cannot be simple coincidence. The Crime Scene Disturbed: The steel of the World Trade Center debris should never have been removed from this country until metallurgists could analyze the forensic evidence of the crime. There was no credible cause for the rush. Normal criminal procedures were noticeable by their absence. Analysis of the condition of the steel members should not be harmful to the national security unless the National Security State would fear for its own security if the truth were known. http://www.the7thfire.com/9-11/911_has_shown_the_face_of_NWO.htm http://www.thememoryhole.org/911/hearings/ the manipulation of elections. Inextricably insinuated into our national fabric is the • manipulation of education to dumb down and program students and teachers, • the restriction of natural medicines that would alleviate disease and suffering, • the permissions granted to produce and market pharmaceuticals that can harm more than help, • the permissions granted to utilize vaccines even though they have been shown to be deleterious to our immune systems, • permissions granted to place toxic substances in our environment and even our bodies, • the contamination of the gene pool of our seeds that will grow our foods in the future, • and the contamination of our soul with lies, hatreds, and every social pathology They have been able to do this because we have given them that power and so have our parents and our grandparents before them. We have stumbled and tripped on their illusion making, fallen into supporting them with every fiber of our being. • We dutifully pay our taxes each year as though we actually owed that tax by law. • We dutifully sign the promissory note which in itself creates the money for the purchase • and then allow the banks to deposit that new money in their account so they can loan out many times that amount to others. • We then give them the property we just purchased and let them collect rent from us on our own home • and charge us interest on our own money. • To further the inequity of the transaction, the ownership of the home goes to the corporate entity that we have called "government" so that they can monetize the collateral and obtain revenues from the discount sale of derivatives. In the end we do not actually own the home even after making the payments for 30 years. We have only right of possession and use, not the right of ownership. • We have unknowingly permitted our life and energy to be tapped as the surety for the US Corporate bankruptcy and yet believe ourselves to be the ones who OWE the US Corporate debt. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #493: Jonathan Gold said on 6/5/05 @ 11:22pm ET...

I hope to GOD that tomorrow's presentation by John Kerry hits the nail on the head.

Comment #494: Rathwick said on 6/5/05 @ 11:22pm ET...

Furthermore Donna, with all of this extra oil for Bush and his friends, why is the price of oil going up? Are Bush's friends getting a sweetheart deal we are not aware of? Are they pretending supplies have tightened up just so they can rape us some more? Please explain to me how this is about oil!

Comment #495: Zaner said on 6/5/05 @ 11:26pm ET...

Researcher, been saving up? I think you should run for office. You are no less whacko than the average Cummucrat.

Comment #496: sos said on 6/5/05 @ 11:28pm ET...

Al Gore's speech at N.Y.U. already hit that nail on the head.

Comment #497: Rema said on 6/5/05 @ 11:32pm ET...

Rep. Conyers - Thank you for your courage, your real leadership and your love for your country. I'm posting flyers, talking to people, and once again hoping that people will wake upnow. If they get away with this, the next thing will be Patriot 2 and we'll all be imprisoned for even writing this sort of thing. My prayers and efforts are with you.

Comment #498: Dmitri said on 6/5/05 @ 11:40pm ET...

Finally, someone is exposing the GOP as the corrupt, deceitful people that they are. Thank you, Mr. Conyers!

Comment #499: Dinah Kudatsky said on 6/5/05 @ 11:59pm ET...

Rep. Conyers, you were my hero on January 6, when you stood against the defrauded election, and you are my hero today, in standing against the juggernaut of darkness that is this Bush administration. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your great courage, and for asking all of us to pay attention, to speak out, and to stand up for our belief in the America that will one day make us proud again.

God bless you and keep you safe.

Comment #500: Donna said on 6/6/05 @ 12:05am ET...

To Michael DiAmore re: Comment #324:

Why is this a "pathetic, time-wasting effort?" Because you disagree? We investigated Nixon, found out that he lied, and he resigned. We investigated Clinton, found out that he lied, and impeached him. We haven't even begun to investigate Bush and we already know he lied. The only reasonable explanation for your response is that you are a

Comment #501: loyalist to Bush and refuse to look at the evidence that has been presented. Yes, we are angry that 'W' claimed WMD as the reason for war and later used other reasons (ex.: humanitarian ones). Going to war and losing over 1,000 lives on fraudulent reasoning is much, much worse than covering up a burglary or your sex life. How can you not see this? This is no "liberal scam." This, my fellow American, is the outrage of thousands who see atrocities, dangerous abuses of power, lies and curtailment of basic American rights as very wrong and possibly illegal actions by the current administration. Instead of stooping to insults (i.e., "borderline retarded"), you should learn how to have an intelligent debate on the issues. Your words would carry much more weight if they were not so obviously anti-Democratic and anti-Liberal. Unfortunately, this is typical of the type of rhetoric I have all-too-often seen and heard from Republicans and Conservatives. Not all of them, of course, but a good share of them write nasty, insulting comments about people with whose political views they disagree. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #502: Sandra said on 6/6/05 @ 12:11am ET...

Jonathan,

Have you seen this?

http://video.csupomona.edu/HotTalk/KarenKwiatkowski-245.asx

Comment #503: sos said on 6/6/05 @ 12:15am ET...

To #458 Who is Michael Moore ? I rely on Mark Felt to do my thinking.

Comment #504: Allegra Madenia said on 6/6/05 @ 12:15am ET...

Please keep the light of truth shining in these dark days.

Comment #505: Donna said on 6/6/05 @ 12:32am ET...

To T.J. Geiger #424:

Is that you Teddy? The up-and-coming musician from Pittsford? If so, I'm very proud of you for taking this stand!

~Donna from Greece

Comment #506: stu elman said on 6/6/05 @ 12:34am ET...

It's time for bush to be investigated. Bring on the Truth.

Comment #507: Rathwick said on 6/6/05 @ 12:41am ET...

#470. I feel better now. At least Mark Felt had some legitimate information.

Comment #508: cska said on 6/6/05 @ 12:51am ET...

Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, is a retired U.S. Air Force officer whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and in a variety of roles for the National Security Agency. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq. Kwiatkowski is primarily known for her insider essays that denounce a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

the interview is from 'Hot Talk'a show at/from cal-poly university, pamona, ca.

saul landow(sp) is the host of the show.

http://www.blip.tv/link/59

Original Address: http://video.csupomona.edu/HotTalk/KarenKwiatkowski-245.asx

Comment #509: Donna said on 6/6/05 @ 12:56am ET...

Respond to Rathwick, Comment #453:

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying...we should be in Darfur. The Bush admin. even came out and said so. But it refuses to intervene. I am not saying we should not involve the Europeans (Darfur is in Africa, BTW), but keep in mind that every time genocide has occurred, it was because no one stepped in to stop it, or only half-hearted efforts were made. Armenia...Germany...Cambodia...Rwanda...need I say more? How many Jews could have been saved if we had intervened when Roosevelt knew about it, and not 14 months later?

Back to the Bush admin.: We cannot send money to the government in place of help; it is the government that is behind the genocide. We need to step in; we cannot base our level of involvement and decision-making on what other governments are or are not doing. This, as I have said, is what allows genocides to happen. Everyone waits for someone else to step in, and no one does. Bush and his cronies do not care about the genocide, or there would be more action on it.

What do you mean by "Make a decision please!" Do you mean that I should be active? I AM active...I am involved in a Holocaust-Genocide Prevention Group. We have done several activies to raise awareness, protest the genocide, etc.

And, what exactly do you mean by "Sociacat?" I have demonstrated by my anti-genocide activities that I am willing to take a stand and, in fact, have done so several times and continue to do so. What are YOU doing about it?

Comment #510: Donna said on 6/6/05 @ 1:13am ET...

To Rathwick, re #462:

What makes you think that just because Bush would have access to more oil, that suddenly the avg. consumer will pay less for it? When the price goes up, Bush's friends the oil refiners, etc., make more money. Supplies don't have to be tight for us to be "raped" by the oil industry. They can set the prices however they want to...we are a captive audience and unless we drive electric cars or hybrids, we are at their mercy.

Bush and his people have not earned the trust of the American people when it comes to many things, not just the war. No, I don't know why he really wanted to go kick ass over there, but I really believe it was about oil and revenge.

Comment #511: fooj said on 6/6/05 @ 1:36am ET...

Mr. Conyers- You have my utmost respect and gratitude for your leadership and your passion for truth and justice. You model authentic patriotism while embracing honor, integrity and courage. You give us hope. Thank you for fighting for the integrity of our democracy!

Comment #512: Carol Bronder said on 6/6/05 @ 1:49am ET...

Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, is a retired U.S. Air Force officer whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and in a variety of roles for the National Security Agency. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq. Kwiatkowski is primarily known for her insider essays that denounce a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Please watch this interview with Ms. Kwiatkowski as she backs up the fact that the intelligence was ginned up for the invasion of Iraq!

http://video.csupomona.edu/HotTalk/KarenKwiatkowski-245.asx

Comment #513: Jerry said on 6/6/05 @ 2:01am ET...

Mr. Conyers,

I have written a letter to my Congressman (Artur Davis)encouraging him to support this inquiry with his full attention. Please do what you can to persuade him as well.

Thank you.

Comment #514: Chabwera Nakisisa said on 6/6/05 @ 2:02am ET...

Congressman:
Thank you for your committment to honesty, integrity and fairness. I wish more of your colleagues had the committment to legal and moral rectitude that you have.
A Luta Continua

Comment #515: The Profiler said on 6/6/05 @ 2:04am ET...

To Imahusband,

So you came back for second session!

See, I was not far from the truth, on a few issues, and I have never even met you.

I think that you may be a latent masochist as well.

What else would you say about someone that gets insulted, and comes back for more taunting?

Do you really enjoy getting humiliated in front of all the other people on this Blog site?

You admit to getting slight road rage at times.

I was partially correct on that point.

Normal people just kick back, turn up the A/C & listen to the radio or a CD till traffic jams and other road incidents clear.

I say "normal", because the average person knows that they are in a situation they can't control.

"You finshed High School".

That was quite an accomplishment for you wasn't it?

Well, at least you weren't a drop out!

Try 18 years of school to start, and several more over the years to further my education as a requirement in my profession.

That takes me to another point that I was correct on.

Due to your lack of higher education, you can't be earning enough to be profiting from Bush's Tax Cuts.

You will lose money if Bush's "investment plan" for Social Security gets passed.

So far as my financials, over 65% of my income is above the $90K cutoff for Social Security Taxes.

Unf

Comment #516: ortunately for you, 100% of your income is taxed. I actually benefit from the Bush Tax cuts, whereas ... you do not!!! LOL You are voting against your own "bread and butter" issues, and only a fool does that! There is no man blinder than he that refuses to see the truth when it is directly in front of his own face. The difference between you & I is that I have a conscience. I do not approve of the way Our Country is being run by Bush & his Facist Cronies. This will be our final discourse, because as I previously stated, you are constantly repeating yourself. You remind me of a hampster on a treadmill. They go round, & round & round & round... but they never progress beyond their point of embarkation. You feel that if you repeat the same things over, and over, and over... that means that you are correct. Regarding your statement that you do read and listen to other points of view, you are still nothing but a "parrot head" (my deep apologies to Jimmy Buffet, and any of his fans for that analogy). You either don't understand, or you simply refuse to consider any other points of view except your own. Proving once again that "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"! Try another Blog site, because quite frankly you are nothing more than a run of the mill neurotic, manic depressive. I deal with far too many of your type on a daily basis, and find you really transparent and boring. Now drink your "Rootin Tootin Red Kool Aid" and say goodbye! The Profiler said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #517: Mary said on 6/6/05 @ 5:13am ET...

#146 Charley 'in the guise of "Christianity". I have yet to meet anyone on the Christian right who embraces or teaches the laws of "their" Lord and Saviour. Will someone on the right please explain to me why the laws of Jesus of Nazarath are followed by Muslims (I have many Muslim friends and this is a fundamental part of their law) with complete submission and sloughed off by the Christians and how Bush&Co. follow the words of Jesus? Maybe this is for Christian-wannabes. Maybe once one is "born again" into RightWingConservative Christianity, one is graduated up to where these rules no longer apply? Enlighten me, please.

Wait... maybe we should cancel separation of church and state and make these the laws of the land and whoever doesn't follow them is put into a dungeon? Has anyone noticed that this is a leftwingbleedingheartlibral talking about peace, love, mercy, meakness and turning the other cheek, etc? Just thoughts...

Matthew 5, Sermon on the mount
1: And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4: Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5: Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7: Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8: Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10: Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
18: For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20: For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23: Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24: Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25: Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26: Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29: And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30: And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
31: It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
33: Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36: Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37: But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40: And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41: And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43: Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45: That

Comment #518: ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46: For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47: And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matthew 6 Sermon on the mount, continued 1: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9: After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11: Give us this day our daily bread. 12: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16: Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17: But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18: That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30: Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 7, Sermon on the mount, continued 1: Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2: For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4: Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5: Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10: Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26: And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #519: 28: And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. And Matthew 10:16 Jesus to his disciples: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Source: My Auschwitz Holiday Click "Enter" and you will see the link. said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #520: dean kent said on 6/6/05 @ 8:51am ET...

Dear John Conyers,
I saw you speak before the war started on the White House grounds and was so impressed at how forthright and brave you were. When the second "election" took place, you were again at the lead in investigating the statistical anomalies in Ohio. I cheered your efforts then, and today am so pleased that you are again taking the lead on the Downing Street Memo. I believe Bush lied to the American people, and 1672 young people have paid the price in a rich mans war. In my political memory, Bush is by far the worst president ever --- worse than Nixon. The criminality and secrecy of this regime is chilling, so I pledge to do whatever I can to support your efforts to fully explore this issue. As I reported on my blog " Surviving Ourselves " yesterday, Fair is reporting the absence of reporting on the Downing Street Memo in the MSM. Instead of afflicting the comfortable, the media is coddling the Bush regime, by going out of their way not to report on the implications of the Downing Street Memo. The best way to support the kids we have sent to Iraq on false pretenses is to fully and publically discuss these matters up to and including Impeachment for this most corrupt Adminstration. Bring the troops home now !!! Bush lied, and must be held accountable. No 11th hour pardons, a la Nixon. This neo-con thing has got to stop.

Thank you again for your service to the truth and our country. These crimes must not be tolerated.

Comment #521: Alyce Douglas said on 6/6/05 @ 8:57am ET...

Congressman Conyers, most of us here on these Progressive Sites, support you to the fullest, we must take America back. Stand firm and don't let the other side discredit these minutes. They are abusing their power.

Comment #522: Guy McPherson said on 6/6/05 @ 9:21am ET...

Get the impeachment paperwork drawn up! Keep up the pressure, the truty brought down Nixon and if it gets out the truth can put GW in JAIL where he belongs!

Comment #523: Guy McPherson said on 6/6/05 @ 9:21am ET...

Get the impeachment paperwork drawn up! Keep up the pressure, the truth brought down Nixon and if it gets out the truth can put GW in JAIL where he belongs!

Comment #524: Karen Rainey said on 6/6/05 @ 9:36am ET...

Congressman Conyers, Please don't let the right wing keep you from getting the answers for the American people. We do not have many who are willing to stand up this administration and demand answers.

Comment #525: DYORGEY said on 6/6/05 @ 9:39am ET...

Someone, somewhere has to held accountable for these fiascos. The press have given Bush a free ride for too long. Imagine if Pres Clinton would have started an illegal war based on lies..Wheeooo !
Keep the presesure on !

Comment #526: Leah Weich said on 6/6/05 @ 10:02am ET...

God bless you. Thank you for your efforts. In the name of the constitution please initiate a call for a congressional investigation of this presidential administration's impeachable offenses. Let the president and all potentially guilty in his administration be held accountable

Comment #527: Henry Clemens said on 6/6/05 @ 10:27am ET...

Mr. Conyers

Terrorism, by anyone, for any reason, is just plain wrong.

Today, the Federal Government in Washington is conducting an evil campaign of terrorism against innocent people in Iraq for every self-serving and immoral reason known to man.

My Democratic ancestors, in 1861, understood the reality of unbridled state-sponsored terrorism very well. So do I. I was born in Dixie.

God bless you in your efforts.

Comment #528: Hannah McFarland said on 6/6/05 @ 10:34am ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers,
I cannot thank you enough for making these very important efforts to hold the Bush administration accountable. You are helping to get US citizenry concerns heard in spite of the corporate media spin machine. Keep on keeping on!

Sincerely,
Hannah McFarland

Comment #529: Bert said on 6/6/05 @ 10:35am ET...

Thru the democrats.com website, I sent the following comment with their call for an investigation into the "Downing Street Memo."

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Might it be becoming increasingly plausible now, that Mr. Sadam Hussein should be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, as recognition (A) of his military genius, in the face of an overwhelming military force which hated the scientific truthfulness (kids graudating from universities--debt free!), financial sovereignty (unlike the U.S. population, the Iraqi people did not borrow their currency from a foreign power), and economic cleanliness of the hard-working and debt-free people of his nation, and (B) the humanitarian goals of his political, financial and economic organizations, in the face of the bankrupt and fraudulent rantings of U.S. media and financial forces, which are violently opposed any plans, by any modern nation, which might deem to dare, sua ponte as it were, to organize from its own leadership and resources, its own hospitals, schools, roads, terrorist free (e.g. nuclear) powerplants for the future populations of its populations, without resorting to the financial frauds of Wall Street gangsters, and without putting future Iraqi populations into peonage as the 13th District.

The decision by Sadam Hussein, whether voluntary or involuntary, to strip his organized military and all the civilian militias subject to his control, of all weapons of mass contamination, was a stroke of pure military genius, which I might suggest history will eventually anoint with its just rewards, as surely history will eventually recognize truth. By reducing his population to their most beautiful and naked state, their bare humanity, he has forced President G.W. Bush to initiate a war in a foreign land, under the military presumption that, God is Stupid.

Whether or not you "personally like" Mr. Sadam Hussein, or whether or not you feel he adequately fantasizes the marvelous weaponry of the U.S. military forces, including both overt and covert branches, or whether or not you "feel" that Sadam Hussein adequately fantasizes the economic reality of our Disneyland lifestyle, it might nonetheless be dangerous for a financially bankrupt and physically, cognitively and morally depleted nation, such as the U.S. (the population of which mostly lives in hind-sight terror, presumably of a bearded little Mickey Mouse who spends all day crawling around in caves in the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which bearded little terrorist (a) was born in Yemen a Zionist-Jew, (b) was given an MIT education by scholarship arranged by Mr. Kissinger, (c) was given military training in the science of terrorism, including use of weapons of mass contamination, by Mr. Brzezinsky, and (d) is continuously given unlimited Wall Street financial support, including by assistance of a former President of Merrill Lynch, who for reasons of national security was defenestrated while recovering in a hospital bed, by a Mossad Agent), to send one-hundred percent of both its only national army, and one hundred percent of the national guards of each of its fifty governors, into an "all-safe Green Zone," with is otherwise surrounded by randon insurgencies in the middle of the largest desert on this planet, requiring supply lines going half way round the world, which betrays the presumptions that, "Us rightwing Americans are soo smart, with our big bank accounts and our bankrupt banks, that even God ..

Comment #530: . is soo Stupid," and "Us video-trained Americans, with our free-trade (fantasy-island) economy, and our night-time vision goggles, and our mini-nukes and our bunker busters, are soo really cool that even God ... must fantisize us," and "Us right-righteous Americans with souls soo pure, with our bible talk and impoverished populations, that, next to the beauty and everlasging power of our system of creating unlimited wealth by currency fraud and banking fraud, even God looks soo ... Stupid." Should you object to this line of questioning, what then is your answer, for the history of nations which have launched into wars, in order to advance a system of currency and bank fraud, which ultimately requires a presumption that God is ... soo Stupid, that He cares not for the pins of debt-fraud which we so gleefully stick into the eyes of our neighbor's grandchildren, which we so gleefully stick into the eyes of His only Son, Jesus Christ? said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #531: denis moroney said on 6/6/05 @ 11:15am ET...

would it be possible to print all the senators, congressmen and women who signed on..... it would help me to see who's worth voting for or who to political to care about justice ....thank you

Comment #532: denis moroney said on 6/6/05 @ 11:15am ET...

would it be possible to print all the senators, congressmen and women who signed on..... it would help me to see who's worth voting for or who to political to care about justice ....thank you

Comment #533: Nancy Baum said on 6/6/05 @ 11:47am ET...

Rep. Conyers:

Thank you for taking the leadership role in the U.S. Congress on the recent hot development of the Downing Street minutes. We must work together as Americans, now more than ever, exercising our democratic voices and rights to make it possible to further this investigation and bring the facts to light to the American people who have been reluctant to question Mr. Bush and his administration. We owe it to the American women and men who gave their lives and limbs and minds in Iraq, and we owe it to the world who has been waiting for America to wake up to this dishonest and dishonorable Mr. Bush who sits in the White House.

Thank you again. I'm behind you 100% and I'll be sending on your website info to my friends and family.

Sincerely yours,

Nancy Baum

Comment #534: T. Barnes said on 6/6/05 @ 11:52am ET...

Mr. Conyers: Thank you for leading the effort to demand answers and to prepare for impeachment of the president and action against others who conspired to engage this country in war. I am certain that my concern that the bush administraton crimes would be unaccounted for isshared by millions of people. Stay Strong. T. Barnes

Comment #535: T. Barnes said on 6/6/05 @ 11:53am ET...

Mr. Conyers: Thank you for leading the effort to demand answers and to prepare for impeachment of the president and action against others who conspired to engage this country in war. I am certain that my concern that the bush administraton crimes would be unaccounted for isshared by millions of people. Stay Strong. T. Barnes

Comment #536: T. Barnes said on 6/6/05 @ 11:54am ET...

Mr. Conyers: Thank you for leading the effort to demand answers and to prepare for impeachment of the president and action against others who conspired to engage this country in war. I am certain that my concern that the bush administraton crimes would be unaccounted for isshared by millions of people. Stay Strong. T. Barnes

Comment #537: Freida said on 6/6/05 @ 12:04pm ET...

Thank you so much for doing this. We need answers and need more people like you involved to get them. I'm tired of the way the Bush administration is getting away with all the lies, etc. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Comment #538: mark pandapas said on 6/6/05 @ 12:25pm ET...

Good letter. I signed it. However, the questions asked assume the possibility of truthful answers, which certainly will not be forthcomming. Bush's entire regime is built on a mountain of lies; from the 2000 selection, the Official fiction of the war pretext events of 9/11, the fear mongering, bogus so called "war on terror", the illegal, profit and politically motivated invasions and endless occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, to the lies barely attempting to cover up the complete corporate sponsorship of our government. Congress must forget about their jobs and do the right thing: own up to their complicity in this corrupt government's deeds, admit to having been duped by these corporate fascists, and put a stop to the further destruction of our democracy. Go down in history not as the willing lapdogs of corporate power, but as true patriots who sacrificed their careers for the good of the Republic, and stop this corporate stooge and front man for the criminal elite, masquerading as a despot.

Comment #539: Michelle Mcpherson said on 6/6/05 @ 12:27pm ET...

Mr Conyers,
I am writing you and this site to proclaim two very important things... one... things need to change in this country and i fully believe maybe one day you might be the man to do just that....I have watched you on cspan and other political show and just recently got involved with you website and i plan to sign the petition in a breif second after im done....i live in ohio one of the state where we got robbed this year and I have to tell you i did feel cheated with my vote and i was standing in line for hours and i am no mandate for bush...and two after all that ranting when the truth does come out and bush is persacuted i hope you get to be there along with all of the other men and women that are fighting for the cause

thanks for being me voice
the other half of the country that cares about the lies,

michelle mcpherson

Comment #540: mark pandapas said on 6/6/05 @ 12:28pm ET...

Good letter. I signed it. However, the questions asked assume the possibility of truthful answers, which certainly will not be forthcomming. Bush's entire regime is built on a mountain of lies; from the 2000 selection, the Official fiction of the war pretext events of 9/11, the fear mongering, bogus so called "war on terror", the illegal, profit and politically motivated invasions and endless occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, to the lies barely attempting to cover up the complete corporate sponsorship of our government. Congress must forget about their jobs and do the right thing: own up to their complicity in this corrupt government's deeds, admit to having been duped by these corporate fascists, and put a stop to the further destruction of our democracy. Go down in history not as the willing lapdogs of corporate power, but as true patriots who sacrificed their careers for the good of the Republic, and stop this corporate stooge and front man for the criminal elite, masquerading as a despot.

Comment #541: Carolyn Crandall said on 6/6/05 @ 12:34pm ET...

Did anyone see Meet the Press on Sunday, June 5. Tim Russert actually asked Ken Mehlman (RNC chairman) about the Downing Street Memo (which in itself was startling that Russsert even asked) and he answered with the same response he answered every question: "I respectivley disagree", in other words, the British government is also a liar along with every poll Russert presented reflecting that Bush's suppport is wanning, every comment made by his own party members that indicated the war is not going well, he disagreed with Posen, who draftd the Social Security "reform" proposal, for Bush, on privatizing SS and now has said the American people do not support it and it will cost too much to transition (try trillions of dollars). My question is, how many people are left in the Bush administration that actually agree with each other? Does Mehlman really think that a handful people (Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Frist, Delay and himself) can run this country without the support of the other 280 million?

Thank you Mr. Conyers for all

Comment #542: that you are doing. You are a hero and have guts that we so desperately need in our elected officials! said on // @ :00 ET...

Comment #543: Bill Rice said on 6/6/05 @ 12:35pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers: THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL TRUE PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We must continue to expose the lies and deception of the current occupants of the Oval Office, the Attorney General, Secretary of Defense, and the members of BOTH houses of Congress who prop them up and declare dissent to be "UNAMERICAN". Our Founding Fathers were wise beyond their time in crafting a Constitution setting up a system of checks and balances to prevent such abuses of power that we have been seeing these past 5 years. It is up to us, THE PEOPLE, THE VOTERS, to correct the mistakes and misuses of power that we are currently seeing. WE MUST USE OUR POWER TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR "RAPE" OF OUR BELOVED CONSTITUTION AND RESTORE THE BALANCE OF POWER ENVISIONED BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, JUST AS WE HELD THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ABUSES OF POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABOVE ALL, WE MUST END FOREVER THE RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC INTOLERANCE THAT IS SO CHERISHED BY THESE PEOPLE AS A MEANS OF CONTROLLING THE POPULACE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR POWER. THEY HAVE USED THE "DIVIDE AND CONQUER" METHOD TO SUPRESS DISSENT FOR TOO LONG AND THEY MUST BE STOPPED NOW FOR THE SURVIVAL OF OUR REPUBLIC AS A NATION THAT ALL OTHER NATIONS LOOK UP TO!!!!!!! On behalf of all true lovers of our nation continue your fight to bring these abuses of power to the light of day. I am a USAF veteran and I was under the impression that I served our nation to uphold TRUE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS, and I REFUSE to relenquish those freedoms to those who insist THAT ONLY THEY HAVE THE REAL TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT AND REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO WILL FULLY SUPPORT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment #544: G.L. Knight said on 6/6/05 @ 12:37pm ET...

Congressman Conyers: Thank you for spearheading the effort to bring out the truth concerning the web of deceit that surrounds the conflict in Iraq. It would seem that there are a number of individuals at the highest levels of government who are quite comfortable with placing themselves above convention, law, and the Constitution. Is it not about time that both America and the world be released from the crushing grip of these modern day nephilim? Thanks again for you efforts. G.L. Knight

Comment #545: Lamont Wolfe said on 6/6/05 @ 12:40pm ET...

Honorable John Conyers,

I have been a fan of yours ever since Farenheit 911. I've been paying attention to your efforts in congress, and I want to salute you for being one of the few courageous legislators in Washington. I'm thrilled that you are going to initiate an inquiry into possible impeachment of President Bush. This man should not be in office. He should be in jail. THank you again for all you do.

Comment #546: D.Visser said on 6/6/05 @ 12:40pm ET...

I'm not clear why you are asking these questions. Why do you think you'll get anything but lies in response? This government has shown that they will not be truthful even in the face of clear and compelling evidence. Just move on with the impeachment! Thank you for making an effort to get our country back!

Comment #547: dianne bailey said on 6/6/05 @ 12:58pm ET...

Honorable John Conyers,

I am honored to know there is such a man as yourself within our government. Congress persons and Representatives were sent to Washington to represent the people of their respective areas. This process has gone down the drain. Your submitting this letter to the president shows a Congress person representing concerns of citizens in All areas of the United States and Britain. I commend you and wish you God's speed on this journey you have taken upon yourself. I want to call attention to an artice I read June 6th on Unknownnews.org. The articles stays in line with how the Bush administration handles controversy of their policies and decisions.Damage control is already in the works. It states that if impeachment precedings are brought against the President, plans are being made to "discover" hidden weapons in Iraqi. This is plausible to me because from all the intensive searches done, nothing was found. Please, if you can take the time, read it. I have emailed it to several of my friends and family.
Thanking you in Advance for taking a stand.

Comment #548: Bill Fornaci said on 6/6/05 @ 1:01pm ET...

Let me join in thanking you for your wisdom and courage in this battle. Unfortunately, most "americans" believe that impeachment only applies to sexual indiscretions with an intern - not to the murder of more than 100,000 people.

Comment #549: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #550: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #551: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #552: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #553: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #554: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #555: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:03pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #556: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:04pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed to have this reflected in black and white in this memo.Thank you for all your hard work!

Comment #557: Deborah Prosser said on 6/6/05 @ 1:04pm ET...

Please press on for full disclosure surrounding the Downing Street memo. We progressives always knew, of course, that the Bush and Blair goverments had pre-committed to invade Iraq, but it is heartening indeed

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Comment #559: Judy Gardner said on 6/6/05 @ 1:04pm ET...

Another reason to be proud of my Congressman, John Conyers!

I hope this is one more nail in the coffin of the Bush Administration. I agree with D. Visser that impeachment is the goal and see this as one more aspect of building the case.

Onward and upward to peace and justice.

Comment #560: William Powell said on 6/6/05 @ 1:14pm ET...

I've read with great interest news that you are thinking of preparing a resolution of inquiry looking into the "Downing Street" memo. In the interest of maintaining our system of checks and balances, Congress must look into the facts surrounding the memo on behalf of the American people. If nothing wrong was done, we should let the public know and put the issue to rest; if we-the American people-were lied to, then something MUST be done to prevent it from happening again.

Comment #561: tim watley said on 6/6/05 @ 1:17pm ET...

God bless the commentators of 427 and 431..! i do not wanna say no more..! they nailed them just right..!

Comment #562: dianne bailey said on 6/6/05 @ 1:18pm ET...

I would like to correct the name of the website I mentioned earlier in a post to read an article on the "Damage Control in the works" in case of impeachment precedings. It should be PropagandaMatrix in lieu of Unknownnews.org. So many write on the same subject, I was trying to work from memory..Again, I do apologize.

Comment #563: toto said on 6/6/05 @ 1:22pm ET...

i beleive that mr. bush,well before 9-11, RAN with an administration people whom were and are in the business of war.(EXPECTING SOMETHING?) NOT highly educated people or successful diplomats or people respected within their religious communities. there obviously was no intention of negotiations when you surround yourself with a:
H.W.(CARLYLE) BUSH
DICK(HALIBERTON)CHENEY
CONDI(oil rigger)RICE
Donald(GO MASSIVE)Rumsfeld
Paul(Ka-CHING)wolfowitz
colon(YESSSIR)Powel
etc.
Just go down the list. put these people in one room and lets ask ourselves, what do these people have (politically) in common.

the answer should come up clearly.
WAR
WAR PROFITEERING
INTIMIDATION
NON-critical thinkers
Thug behavior
exploiters of religion
liers(weapons,al-keida)
NEVER taking responsibility
RICH!

THAT NOT RIGHT?

Comment #564: Mike Ramsey said on 6/6/05 @ 1:24pm ET...

It's good to see SOMEONE in Congress with the testicular fortitude to actually speak up about this. The major media have been mum. Now, I don't know if the current makeup of Congress will allow for impeachment, but at the very least the information needs to get out there.

Comment #565: Aaron Singleton said on 6/6/05 @ 1:30pm ET...

Although this will not solve the real problem, which is government itself, if it will help end this destructive and senseless war, then I am all for it.

Comment #566: Jonathan Gold said on 6/6/05 @ 1:31pm ET...

Sandra,

I'm very familiar with Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatowski... I met her at the 9/11 People's Commission on 9/11/2004 in Washington D.C. Amazing woman.

Jon
www.yourbbsucks.com

Comment #567: J E L said on 6/6/05 @ 1:32pm ET...

Please push for justice. the president has committed crimes against this country. Hold him accountable.

Comment #568: Aaron said on 6/6/05 @ 1:49pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers,

You, sir, make me want to move to Michigan.

Thank you.
Aaron

Comment #569: Neal Jorgensen said on 6/6/05 @ 1:55pm ET...

God bless you! Someone needs to put a stop to the lies and deceit.

Comment #570: Philip C. Godfrey said on 6/6/05 @ 2:04pm ET...

Measuring the time between allegations and an expected response on any issue is a sign of how serious an allegation should be weighed. Is the current government so sure of its
position it won't respond? Show me the tenacity of the Presidents press
secretary to counter the spin on this one.
Is Colin Powell going to be the new
fall guy? The chessmen are leaving the board. Disclaiming the memo is
likely to stir up a slew of questions. The new tact is to turn
off the lights at the white house and put a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn.

Comment #571: Elizabeth said on 6/6/05 @ 2:16pm ET...

A UK national living in France I thank you for trying to bring justice back into the world. I would like to remind you of Arundhati Roy's words, pronounce (at Porto Allegre) on the 27th January (two month less 7 days before the US/UK coalition invaded Iraq)

"Nobody doubts that Saddam Hussein is a ruthless dictator, a murderer (whose worst excesses were supported by the governments of the United States and Britain). There's no doubt that Iraqis would be better off without him. But then, the whole world would be better off without a certain Mr. Bush. In fact, he is far more dangerous than Saddam Hussein. So, should we bomb Bush out of the White House?
It's more than clear that Bush is determined to go to war against Iraq, regardless of the facts--and regardless of international public opinion. In its recruitment drive for allies, the United States is prepared to invent facts. The charade with weapons inspectors is the US government's offensive, insulting concession to some twisted form of international etiquette. It's like leaving the "doggie door" open for last-minute "allies" or maybe the United Nations to crawl through. But for all intents and purposes, the New War against Iraq has begun.
What can we do? We can hone our memory, we can learn from our history. We can continue to build public opinion until it becomes a deafening roar. We can turn the war on Iraq into a fishbowl of the US government's excesses. We can expose George Bush and Tony Blair--and their allies--for the cowardly baby killers, water poisoners and pusillanimous long-distance bombers that they are. We can reinvent civil disobedience in a million different ways. In other words, we can come up with a million ways of becoming a collective pain in the ass. When George Bush says "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," we can say "No thank you." We can let him know that the people of the world do not need to choose between a Malevolent Mickey Mouse and the Mad Mullahs.
Our strategy should be not only to confront empire but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness--and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling--their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.
Remember this:
We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them."

Comment #572: Mike Lafleur said on 6/6/05 @ 2:27pm ET...

Congressman Conyers-

I just heard you on Diane Rheem's show regarding the Downing Street Memo, and I want to add my support for pushing for answers to your (and my) questions about it. Keep on keeping on!!!

-Mike Lafleur

Comment #573: Dave Somers said on 6/6/05 @ 2:55pm ET...

Mr. Conyers, I am a resident of Ann Arbor Mi., In my memerory you have not only always been there for the people that you represent, but for the many of us Michigan and beyond that struggle to fulfill the promise of this Country. Thank you.

Comment #574: David Bowles said on 6/6/05 @ 3:00pm ET...

Rep. Conyers,
Please keep fighting. We need someone in Washington who will speak the truth. This administration is out of control, and I am afraid for my children's futures. Lawmakers like yourself give me and many other citizens hope.

Thank you,
David Bowles

Comment #575: Mark said on 6/6/05 @ 3:03pm ET...

Congressman Conyers,
Please keep up the pressure on the president and your colleagues, we all need to know the truth. I believe the case for impeachment is strong, I hope that you and others are strong enough to follow through with what is needed. This group of "leaders" need to be tried as war criminals.

Comment #576: Linda B. said on 6/6/05 @ 3:06pm ET...

I fully support your efforts in getting answers from this administration. I'm fed up with them!! Let's keep the pressure on them.

Comment #577: David Leeman said on 6/6/05 @ 3:18pm ET...

Rep. Conyers
Please keep trying to bring the truth to light. The men who took us to war and continue to wage it with disastrous results, are war criminals. They deserve to be removed from office and tried as the criminals they are.

Comment #578: Mary said on 6/6/05 @ 3:20pm ET...

Rep. Conyers - you are a HERO!

Comment #579: Shirley Reid said on 6/6/05 @ 3:27pm ET...

Bless you for pushing on the Downing Street memo.

Comment #580: Conzy Ray said on 6/6/05 @ 3:28pm ET...

Congressman Conyers,

Thank you for all of your efforts to get to the truth. If we keep pushing the "lie" will give way to TRUTH! We want answers! Keep up the excellent work!

Comment #581: john kesler said on 6/6/05 @ 3:28pm ET...

Representative Conyers, you're an American hero. Keep pressing. The fact that this country has to learn about the Downing St Memo on places like Air America is an indictment of the news media that bows down to the people in power. Stay the course for truth!

Comment #582: her eyes said on 6/6/05 @ 3:29pm ET...

keep up the good work! bless you!

Comment #583: Kelly Moore said on 6/6/05 @ 3:30pm ET...

Thank you for pursuing this - if the administration has nothing to hide then I am sure they will cooperate with any investigation

Comment #584: David Weinstein said on 6/6/05 @ 3:31pm ET...

Thank you, thank you, thank you - for all your years of service to us, the American people, and for your continuing work. The true Patriots are those who insist that we live up to the ideals of our country, not those who blindly follow the political winds. Know that there are those of us who respect and appreciate all you do.

Comment #585: Lou Harrison-Smith said on 6/6/05 @ 3:32pm ET...

If Bush came to our country (New Zealand) the parasite would be shot on sight. Sadly I'd probably crushed in the rush. The sooner you Americans wake up to the fact he had done more to damage your reputation internationally than all who preceded him, the better.

Comment #586: Michael Alaimo said on 6/6/05 @ 3:40pm ET...

I was out of the country when the Downing Street Memo story broke. When I returned, I searched the CNN website to find out the right-wing American spin and was shocked to find NO hits for the search term. The story was totally ignored!! (Lots of Michael Jackson, though). This should be the top story in years! Please help to raise the awareness.

Comment #587: jplatt said on 6/6/05 @ 3:41pm ET...

Reo. Conyers:
Thank you for tour dedication to the ideals of Democracy. One criticism however: get the email form back up. This is no time to disperse the force of the people's voice. Get more servers or whatever can handle the traffic. 100+K is a "fringe" by mainstream media standards. If the truth be known we are a majority.

There is a cancer on the government which only a deluge can cleanse.

Comment #588: Richard said on 6/6/05 @ 3:44pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers,
Thank you for your continued efforts on this subject. I have posted numerous articles on "The Truth About Political Stuff" at http://political-stuff.blogspot.com about the Downing Street Memo since the memo first became public, and the failure of the media to make this front page news every day.

Comment #589: deborah teixeira said on 6/6/05 @ 3:44pm ET...

MR. Conyers, I encourage you to continue pushing for public awareness of this issue, and to keep legal actions that are necessary to bring these criminals to justice. they have continued to do much damage in the world and have further damaged the US international relationship, such as it was.

Comment #590: GS said on 6/6/05 @ 3:50pm ET...

Why are you increasing this to 250,000? This only delays the process of getting to the bottom of the issue. In a country that has legal elections I can understand that 250K might make a difference, but these creeps running our country are illegally occuping the white house and they don't care...that is obvious because they ignored the letter you sent a month ago with the signatures of 88 other congressional leaders.

Don't let Kerry's attempt to investigate this issue overshadow your efforts. Thank you for all your efforts, you are a true patriot!

Comment #591: Richard said on 6/6/05 @ 3:53pm ET...

Dear Rep. Conyers,

Thank you very much for your efforts. Seems to me we also need a new "Deep Throat" to finally get the public at large to start paying attention.

Please note that I have been posting articles about the Downing Street Memo at http://political-stuff.blogspot.com since a couple of days after the memo first became public (most recent article posted June 4th).

Comment #592: Robert Goodger said on 6/6/05 @ 3:55pm ET...

Why do you think this administration can pull the wool over so many peoples eyes and face no accountability? Why hasn't the FCC stepped in on how the war is being reported or should I use a better term? How the propaganda is being spread through news organizations?

Comment #593: Kate said on 6/6/05 @ 3:58pm ET...

Bless you, John Conyers!! Your persistence in keeping alive the issues raised by the Downing Street memo is inspirational!

Comment #594: Bob Perkins said on 6/6/05 @ 4:03pm ET...

The Downing Street memo did not tell me anything I didn't aready know. The Bush administration's actions leading up to occupation of Iraq was all the evidence I needed to be convinced that the American public was being played. It just boggles my mind that many Americans don't want to believe what really happened and how they can just blindly follow our fearless leader.

Comment #595: Brian Watson said on 6/6/05 @ 4:10pm ET...

Dear Mr. Conyers,
Thank you for having the courage to keep this important issue at the fore, where it most certainly belongs. Anyone who watched Robert Greenwald's Iraq Uncovered, was not surprised by the Downing St. memo's revelations, as it was all pretty well proven there. Certainly none of the many intelligence experts interviewed in "Uncovered" were surprised, as they've never stopped stating that the adminstration misused the intelligence, misled America, and exploited the tragedy of 9/11. Something must be done about this sad situation. America deserves better, despite the fact that they reelected the same adminstration for a second time. It's encouraging that impeachment proceedings seem to take place in presidential second terms.

Comment #596: Gary Mauer said on 6/6/05 @ 4:18pm ET...

Another, hapless crusade to harass and hamper President Bush. You folks have helped make Rush Limbaugh seem a genius. He has predicted every move, from the far left, against The President. Now, rumblings of a trumped up impeachment are being heard.

Rush is right, as usual.

Comment #597: ROSE V, G,,, said on 6/6/05 @ 4:21pm ET...

THREE CHEERS FOR WORKING SO HARD FOR GETTING TO THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIES TOLD BY THIS ADMINSTRATION WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY & HATE TO SEE HOW IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE BUSHES HOW MANY MORE LIVES MUST WE LOSE ??? BRING OUT THE TRUTH THANK YOU //THANK YOU!!!!

Comment #598: Roberta J . Galli said on 6/6/05 @ 4:23pm ET...

Thank you sir,
In my 67 years on earth I have never been more frightened or aghast as to where this country is headed and what it's doing in 'our' name. I am ashamed at times to admit I'm

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Comment #600: Margaret Cherubin said on 6/6/05 @ 4:34pm ET...

Thank you and bless you! We all need to stand up for truth FINALLY and get the rascals (I'm being polite)-- get the liars and murderers out!!!

Comment #601: William Bogy said on 6/6/05 @ 4:35pm ET...

In addition to the Downing Street memo, now we learn from the British Ministry of Defence that the bombing campaign as a prelude to the invasion of Iraq began some 9 months before President Bush even approached Congress to authorize his war. He lied to you, he lied to us, and now tens of thousands of people are dead. Thank you, Congressman Conyers, for calling this Administration to account, and know that millions of Americans are behind you.

Comment #602: Paul said on 6/6/05 @ 4:42pm ET...

The word needs to be spread (continued to be spread) throughout the mainstream media. We need accountability from our "elected" officials. This issue must be treated as the most important issue of our time.

Comment #603: Starling C. Bigman said on 6/6/05 @ 4:43pm ET...

Thank you thank you thank you --- keep it up and don't let go --- nothing is more vital than getting this issue on the "front burner".
Thank GOD for you and don't back down. We're all working also to get this front and center.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Comment #604: Mark L. Kin caid said on 6/6/05 @ 4:47pm ET...

I am pleased to learn that so many people are aware of this mo