The list.

From the brit source, the 35 points of Dennis Kucinich. I have to admit I was unaware of a few of these (at least in the sense of his involvement), and at least one I had to Google because I didn’t know what it meant (Article XXIII).

Article I

Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq

Article II

Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression

Article III

Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War

Article IV

Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States

Article V

Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression

Article VI

Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114

Article VII

Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

Article VIII

Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter

Article IX

Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor

Article X

Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes

Article XI

Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq

Article XII

Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation’s Natural Resources

Article XIII

Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries

Article XIV

Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency

Article XV

Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq

Article XVI

Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors

Article XVII

Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives

Article XVIII

Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy

Article XIX

Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to ” Black Sites” Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture

Article XX

Imprisoning Children

Article XXI

Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government

Article XXII

Creating Secret Laws

Article XXIII

Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act

Article XXIV

Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment

Article XXV

Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens

Article XXVI

Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements

Article XXVII

Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply

Article XXVIII

Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice

Article XXIX

Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Article XXX

Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare

Article XXXI

Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency

Article XXXII

Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change

Article XXXIII

Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 9/11.

Article XXXIV

Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001

Article XXXV

Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders

So basically, if you ever need to answer to someone “why do you hate Bush so much?”, you can just refer to this list.

The British media is on top of the impeachment story.

Just so we’re all aware, the Brits are talking about Kucinich’s stand. But the US media is oddly silent, save fairly buried stories you have to search for yourself.

Ron Paul’s “parallel” convention

I haven’t written about Ron Paul in a while, largely because nothing that interesting has happened. He turned out to be the same non-entity I expected, and just kinda vanished. I figured the “revolution” was dead and buried outside of that little spat about campaign funds.

Hold on.

As it turns out, surprise, he can’t speak at the GOP convention. Well, rather than be an adult, he’s decided to launch his own goddamn convention.

“There is a growing surge of people out there just craving” for a return “to traditional American government, limited government that places personal liberty first and places an emphasis on personal responsibility and essentially gets out of the way after that,” Paul spokesman Jesse Benton told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. “The buzz we get from supporters is that they are very eager to come to St. Paul and very eager to send a strong message.”

Now let’s think things over for a moment.

Ron Paul has, at least once, said he won’t endorse McCain. And even though he claims he isn’t running “against” Republicans and won’t say anything negative about McCain, the fact of the matter is that he isn’t endorsing the ticket. And now he’s all pissy that he won’t get a speaking slot. Read this, from the MSNBC take:

Aside from Paul and his supporters, the campaign promises “real brand-name entertainers” at their event. Details are expected to be finalized on location (and entertainment) in the next few days.

Ron Paul is basically going “you guys are big jerks and I’m gonna have my OWN convention and it’s gonna be BIGGER and we’re gonna have all my COOL friends and there’s gonna be a BAND and it’s gonna be BETTER!!” Well done.

Full text of Kucinich’s articles of impeachment.

We won’t let the impeachment move go down the memory hole through sheer force of ignorance by news outlets. We have the Internet, and the Internet has THOMAS, the Library of Congress’ database of legislation.

Here (warning: PDF file), straight from THOMAS, is the full text of Dennis Kucinich’s address to the House last night.

“Resolved, That President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:

Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.

In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the following abuses of power.”

It goes on from there, for many many pages. Strap in and get ready for a comprehensive list of pretty much every horrible thing the Bush Administration has done in the last even years. For future reference, the articles are page H088 to H107, dated 6/9/08.

Where the hell is the impeachment news?

Last night, Dennis Kucinich brought a massive list of grievances to the floor of Congress and introduced articles of impeachment. I don’t know how likely this action is to succeed, but it was still a bold move that should be discussed. After all, Congressmen don’t introduce articles of impeachment every day, and the detailed account of the Bush administration’s crimes was simultaneously impressive and depressing. It was dimpressive.

Where the hell is the news of it?!

I watched Dennis speak for a good two hours last night, and I caught a good part of the 35-point litany of horrible crap the Bush administration has done. What I saw was less than half of the five hours he spent on the floor with the list. It was a truly painful account of pretty much everything that’s gone catastrophically wrong thanks to George W. Bush, from the lead-up to the war in Iraq to the mismanagement of the occupation to the outing of Valerie Plame to the Tillman and Lynch incidents to the secretive energy task force.

It’s been 24 hours since Kucinich took the floor and began reciting articles of impeachment. There is nothing on the front pages of CNN.com, MSNBC.com, or FOXNews.com. There is nothing on the political pages of CNN.com, MSNBC.com, or FOXNews.com. The New York Times site only mentions the action in a Reuters link under the Washington Politics section.

The only mention I’ve found on the major news sites is a CNN Political Ticker post mentioning Kucinich’s re-election web site crashing shortly after he brought articles of impeachment to the floor.
Another friend of mine mentioned he heard something on the radio. That’s it. Right now I’m too damn irritated by this whole situation to even get paranoid about the fact that Dennis Kucinich’s web site crashed after he brought articles of impeachment to the floor.

This is news. Even if it’s not likely that Bush will be impeached, the fact that it’s on the floor now is news. You’d think the major outlets would be able to wedge a mention of it in between its fifteen thousand “news” stories of fluffy campaign coverage.