Vermont has always been a state where citizens valued freedom and independent thought.

A compelling belief in freedom and the importance of following the U.S. Constitution have served as motivations for the citizens of Brattleboro, Vermont.

A new proposal in the township of Brattleboro to authorize local law enforcement to arrest Bush and Cheney will be voted on in the coming weeks at a town hall meeting.

Yesterday, February 20, the New Hampshire State House held an impeachment hearing, which was flooded by activists and community members insisting that their state legislature take action.

Hollywood actor and activist Ed Asner wrote a letter concerning the hearing. The letter expressed his support for the resolution, which indicts Bush for “invading Iraq without just cause or provocation.”

Bush and Cheney are equally culpable for raping the Constitution at home as well as abroad through the continuing use of 9/11 to justify invasions of privacy.

How can we forget as well the gross violations of international law as well as the Constitution in pathetic waterboarding episodes in addition to numerous other unlawful detentions and torture of those the administration suspects of involvement in terrorism.

The term terrorism is used in the broadest and most applicable sense to justify continuing violations of law and human decency.

As the vigilant VoteToImpeach.org site states:

“We are keeping the pressure on and ‘impeachment’ has become a household word. We are mobilizing the impeachment movement for the anti-war actions on the 5th anniversary of the war. We are lobbying Congress. We are taking out impeachment advertisements. We are telling the courageous people of Brattleboro that they speak for millions more. We are telling the New Hampshire activists who filled the State House yesterday that people from the other 49 states stand with them.”

These grievous actions in gross violation of the Constitution should not stand. Concerned citizens should unite to vigorously lobby members of Congress to act expeditiously on the vital issue of impeachment.

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Bill Hare

