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2008 Presidential Candidate, Ralph Nader explains the causes and solutions for the Economic meltdown. Interviewed by Bree Walker on the campus of the University of Southern California, Candidate Nader outlines the solutions to our current economic crisis.

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[update from Monica:]

Ohio 2004 Election Fraud speaker at Traditions at 2:00 Sept 18th

In addition to speaking at Media Island at 7PM Thursday Sept 18, Richard Hayes Phillips will be at Traditions Cafe at 2 PM on Sept 18 for casual Q and A. Traditions is located at 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia.

From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: "Richard Hayes Phillips worked day and night for three years compiling irrefutable evidence of how the Republicans stole the 2004 presidential race in Ohio. This landmark investigation is a testament to what private citizens can accomplish when government officials fail to protect our right to vote and to count those votes as cast. Every American - Republican and Democrat - should read this book, and join the fight for democracy's most fundamental right."

Hello all,

Richard Hayes Philllips will be in Olympia this Thursday, Sept 18, 7 PM. He will speak at Media Island (816 Adams, across Adams from the Olympia Library). Please see the attached flyer and forward this to anyone you know who might be interested.

Richard began investigating the Ohio election when he received an unsolicited e-mail containing obviously erroneous election results from Cleveland. He quickly found that hundreds of votes in certain precincts had inexplicably shifted from John Kerry to other Presidential candidates. He then spent 3 years compiling irrefutable evidence of election fraud in Ohio in 2004. His new book on his findings is Witness to a Crime, a Citizens' Audit of an American Election.

He is stopping on his way between Portland and Seattle and this just came together very quickly yesterday so we were unable to find a larger location. It is possible that he will be in Olympia as early as noon Thursday and could meet informally with interested people in the afternoon. If you would be interested and available, please let me know and we'll set something up.

Thanks,
Monica Hoover

Sponsored by Alliance for Democracy.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., says: “Every American – Republican and Democrat – should read this book and join the fight for democracy’s most fundamental right.”

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m. speaking engagement at Media Island, 816 Adams SE, across from the downtown Olympia library.

After Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe

Here are some videos from the day's event:

Here's a copy of the Report [linked]. I also copied the report and uploaded to my flickr account, so if you'd prefer, see below:

87 yr-old NH state rep announces fast for impeachment

By Susan Serpa

I just got off the phone with Betty Hall. She is the 14-term State of N.H. representative who has introduced to the state house HR 24 to impeach Bush and Cheney. The public Hearing for the resolution is next Tuesday Feb. 19th (the day after President's day).

She is joining the Code Pink fast.

She is 87 years old and refuses to eat again until Conyers begins impeachment proceedings. She told me "I've had a good life. I can't think of any better way to end it."

Now, before you think I am heartless by "encouraging" this act by announcing it, I know Betty. When she decides to do something, there is no changing her mind - she's going to do it. She will not eat until impeachment proceedings begin in earnest. We owe it to her to make this worth her while. It's time to pull out ALL the stops and get Conyer's ass into gear! We cannot let this clear-headed, heroic woman sacrafice herself.

Excitingly, Oemig's Impeachment Memorial has a parallel companion bill in the State House of Representatives. The lead sponsor of HJM 4027 is Representative Chase.

Congratulations to the Senate Committee on Gov't Ops for passing this important bill, and congratulations to the State of Washington for taking action to protect itself against damages from the Bush Administration.

For more information and how to take action in support of impeachment, please visit Washington for Impeachment.

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
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The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.

"It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida," according to Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence in Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."

Named in the study along with Bush were top officials of the administration during the period studied: Vice President Dick Cheney, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan.

Impeachment Hearing in WA State Senate!

Thursday, January 17, 3:30 p.m.

Please come to the public hearing for SJM 8016, which calls for a full investigation of Bush and Cheney.

Thurs. Jan. 17, 3:30 p.m.
Room 2 of the Cherberg Bldg.,
426-14th Ave. SW, Olympia WA
immediately SE of the State Capitol bldg.

State Senator Eric Oemig has introduced Substitute Senate Joint Memorial 8016, petitioning Congress to investigate impeachable offenses allegedly committed by President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. It will be heard in the Senate Government Operations and Elections Committee on Thursday, January 17th.

Senator Oemig revised 2007’s Senate Joint Memorial 8016 for 2008 (now SJM 8016 2007-08). The bill cites serious allegations of crimes by the Office of the Executive. A long list of violations to the US Constitution and federal law includes warrantless searches, manipulating intelligence to mislead Congress about the reasons for attacking Iraq, condoning torture, and subverting the rule of law.

As spelled out in the U.S. Constitution, the bill calls on the U.S. House of Representatives to conduct full a full investigation of Bush and Cheney’s impeachable offenses, and it calls for the U.S. Senate to conduct the trial. You can read revised bill at www.washingtonforimpeachment.org...

More than 500 impeachment supporters attended the 2007 hearing. Let’s increase the number of supporters attending in 2008!