[Peace-discuss] Anti-war legislation in Congress

[Matt Reichel]

Ron Paul opposes impeachment, which disqualifies him from receiving my vote.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3hLVhgm_glc

 Impeachment is extraordinarily important for the sake of saving anything resembling a democratic republic in the us of a . . 

As such, dennis kucinich is the only viable candidate in these primaries, with Gravel a distant second. Gravel's proposed taxation regime reeks of the same liberalism as Paul's, wherein an inordinate amount of power is given to the upper class . . . .  American capitalism has already been destroyed via the weak-ness of the middle and lower classes: see the destruction of the housing bubble and concurrent fall of the once almighty dollar.
Social democracy is the only way to make capitalism and democracy work. Otherwise you have the dysfunctional state of affairs currently ongoing chez USA.

-
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> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:37:28 -0500
> From: galliher at uiuc.edu
> To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Anti-war legislation in Congress
> 
> [Here's a note from <antiwar.com>, about anti-war legislation in 
> Congress.  It contrasts with the pro-war positions of the Democratic 
> liberals.  I'd be happy to see Clinton, Obama, Edwards et al. support 
> it, but I don't expect that: their positions are substantially to the 
> right of Paul's. --CGE]
> 
> 
> This week Ron Paul introduced the ‘American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007′ 
> to roll back the power of the federal government by restoring support 
> for the US Constitution.
> 
> The bill would, among other things, repeal the Military Commissions Act 
> of 2006, prohibits “extraordinary rendition,” and the use of secret 
> evidence.
> 
> Ron Paul spoke on the floor of the House when he introduced the bill.
> 
> The driving force behind the legislation are two groups: the 
> conservative American Freedom Agenda and the liberal American Freedom 
> Campaign. Naomi Wolf wrote about the bill.
> 
> We urge everyone to contact their representatives to support this bill.
> 
> 	October 21, 2007
> 	Support the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007
> 	by Rep. Ron Paul
> 
> I am introducing a comprehensive piece of legislation to restore the 
> American Constitution and to restore the liberties that have been sadly 
> eroded over the past several years.
> 
> This legislation seeks to restore the checks and balances enshrined in 
> the Constitution by our Founding Fathers to prevent abuse of Americans 
> by their government. This proposed legislation would repeal the Military 
> Commissions Act of 2006 and re-establish the traditional practice that 
> military commissions may be used to try war crimes in places of active 
> hostility where a rapid trial is necessary to preserve evidence or 
> prevent chaos.
> 
> The legislation clarifies that no information shall be admitted as 
> evidence if it is obtained from the defendant through the use of torture 
> or coercion. It codifies the FISA process as the means by which foreign 
> intelligence may be obtained and it gives members of the Senate and the 
> House of Representatives standing in court to challenge presidential 
> signing statements that declares the president’s intent to disregard 
> certain aspects of a law passed in the US Congress. It prohibits 
> kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of prisoners to foreign countries 
> on the president’s unilateral determination that the suspect is an enemy 
> combatant. It defends the first amendment by clarifying that journalists 
> are not to be prevented from publishing information received from the 
> legislative or executive branch unless such publication would cause 
> immediate, direct, and irreparable harm to the United States .
> 
> Finally, the legislation would prohibit the use of secret evidence to 
> designate an individual or organization with a United States presence to 
> be a foreign terrorist or foreign terrorist organization.
> 
> I invite my colleagues to join my efforts to restore the US Constitution 
> by enacting the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007.
> 
>   Find this article at:
> http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=11790
> 
> 
> 
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