What Every Good Democrat Should Have On Their Christmas List
By Nicole Belle Saturday Sep 29, 2007 7:46pm
From Democrats.com email:
Help build the impeachment momentum by wearing and encouraging others to wear this symbol of commitment to restoring our Constitution.
Good quality silicone, comfortable and eye-catching. As low as 75¢ each. Fund-raise by selling for $1. or $2. each. They sell like hotcakes. In a test sale at a recent rally a team of two sold 600 in just three hours.
You can order them through AfterDowningStreet. How about purchasing one for Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Harry Reid and your elected representatives? Think an avalanche of impeachment bracelets might pierce through that bubble?
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I'll buy THAT for a dollar.
Yeah, some in Congress need to wear one of those and then follow through with their constitutional duty.
"What Every Good American Should Have On Their Christmas List"
Or?
Wow,
I'm in....
Are they biodegradable?
Made in China?
just asking...
Yeah, but I'm already promoting wrist awareness.
Yeah right. What good will this do?
The Dems can't even get the mildest of legislation passed. Like they'll ever impeach ANYBODY.
"Think an avalanche of impeachment bracelets might pierce through that bubble?"
If you really think that Speaker Pelosi made such a crucial decision with such frivolity, then you should wear the band around your neck instead.
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LMFAO! That's what I was just thinking!
hell yes
I just bought 10. gifts for all my friends
I found this article on Michael Bloomberg speaking about the economy.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/303133/1/...
RickyD410 @ 7: The Dems can't even get the mildest of legislation passed. Like they'll ever impeach ANYBODY.
The first supplemental passed with restrictions on the deployment, it was vetoed. The S-CHIP child health care bill passed bipartisan and veto-proof in the Senate.
Dems have passed -- and gotten signed into law -- minimum wage increases, Katrina aid, college Pell grant increases, implementation of Nine-eleven commission recommendations, and several other significant bills.
Here's the House list: http://www.speaker.gov/legislation
Ok ok. As Laura Kightlinger says: "Oh, Im not that big, I'm just average."
Lets impeach those fuckers
I Lance Armstrong had a very intelligent idea for supporting cancer awareness. It became hip and trendy and earned gobs of money for the ACS, beautiful. On the inverse the hip and trendy part was identified by the folks who mass produce cheap crap. And now all of can lie and cheat the ACS out of a few bucks. Good job sheisters!
"How about purchasing one for Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Harry Reid and your elected representatives? "
Should read "How about purchasing Nancy Pelosi,Steny Hoyer,Harry Reid and your elected representatives." Sorry.I think Big Oil has already made the purchase.
That's the most anybody's going to do. Wear a bracelet.
So wearing one of those indicates that I am property of the Great Orange Satan?
Well, here are my TOP TEN REASONS TO IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY
I thought it was a Colbert wriststrong bracelet at first glance.
Why aren't they peach colored?
Yeah, these guys blew up three buildings w/people inside, to start a phoney war and you want to fight them by wearing bracelets? Oh sure, I bet they're really scared now.
Go Vols.
I get that it's for fund raising... but does it not bother any one that we have to spend every spare penny trying to raise enough to bribe our elected officials to work for us? Does it not make you ill to be asked to vote with your money? Over and over and over again?
Paul in LA @ 12:
Paul in LA, not to diminish what you are talking about, but the sweeping change in the Congress was to end this stinking war . And the fact that Reid and Pelosi are capitulating to the Bush War Machine is, to say the least, disgusting. I have to think that if they did receive a million or more of these in the mail, it would have an impact. It's time to get off our asses and do something.
Great...just what the American Liberal needs most...a bracelet to make it look like we just escaped from a mental home!
These need to be mailed "one a day" from now until Christmas to EVERY Democrat in Congress!
Paul @ 22:
Couldn't agree more Paul. The Congress is impotent in ending the war. War with Iran is looming and seems almost inevitable. We are all that's left to push for change.
RickyD410 @ 7:
This crap is part of the problem. A mass movement of demonstrations and civil disobediance might get something done, but buying stupid bracelets is displacement activity.
Face it. Congress is not responding to the wishes of the majority. Wearing a plastic bracelet isn't going to change that.
Finally. I agree with the site monitor! We cannot suggest that a dem or liberal has normal or larger than normal sized genitalia.
Already being pushed at ebay!
http://cgi.ebay.com/impeachBUSH-Silicone-Wristband-(First-One)_W0QQitemZ120166568933QQcmdZViewItem
WOW!
Wear a bracelet!
WOW!
UNBELIEVEABLE!
Only in America I guess.
That's why the Myanmar protests aren't working...
They forgot to wear dang bracelets!
"Peach" colored. I get it! LOL
Now it just needs a "Mint" colored border to keep it from being a total scam to capitalize on people's frustration, giving them a sense of "doing something" without actually doing something.
No one outside of the Blogasphere is going to understand its significance.
Perhaps they would be more effective if they said "Recall Reid and Pelosi"
buy a bracelet, you don't have the money to buy a congressman!
Some people seem to be missing the point. No one expects a piece of silicon to win an election or to solve problems - it's a "feel good" thing and who couldn't use SOMETHING to help them feel good with all the disappointments lately?
You'd be amazed at the feeling of camaraderie one gets when they see someone else embrace a similar thought. Like the waves motorcycles riders give each other - it's a visible bond between strangers. Something to talk about.
It won't take the place ot actual activism. People don't buy a bracelet and say, "Well, I've done MY part!" That's the magnetic yellow ribbon crowd showing the extent of their "patriotism.".
Mugsy @ 31:
Here you go, Mugsy:
http://tinyurl.com/2q2wfk
http://tinyurl.com/3yg5rd
and this is different that the magnetic auto support-our-troops ribbons ... how?
Will this clash with my 'support the troops' ribbon on my Escalade? Do they come in lead flavor?
Unless you are a lobbyist, you will not get the attention of a Congressman/woman.
I'm in for a half dozen. Buy early and buy often.
nwj10 @ 35:
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And here I was thinking it was Hanky Code...
I don't even think it's worth impeaching them anymore. It's just another distraction to getting shit down across the ocean.
Well, as long as they are silicone, why not sell "impeach bush" dildos?
elect real wellstonian progressives. Impeach Pelosi and Reid. I still think the only good these bracelets will do is to choke a marine mammal. If there are any left when they are discarded
Spud @ 42:
no that wouldn't be good, to choke a marine mammal. How do we know these things aren't harmful to marine mammals?
Cool bracelets. I hope everyone orders some to support the cause
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=28321
Mugsy @ 31:
Pathetic - the leftist version of the purple fingertip!
Dharma Pup @ 36:
You had the same thought I did. It's feel good marketing. It does nothing but make the wearer feel great. Didn't Kucinich introduce articles of impeachment for Cheney? And they've gone where?
Folks, as nice as it would be to impeach these idiots, there aren't the votes for it. We all know this. The Democrats would need a sizable number of Republicans to cross the aisle and that ain't gonna happen. Recent votes in the Senate having to do with the war tells me this.
Buy this if you wish. I hope you feel good about it. In the end, it will accomplish nothing.
Alecia @ 45:
All about Rumsfeld's mysterious resignation
27/08/2007 09:31:00 AM GMT Comments (88) Add a comment
(Times Online) Bush had found himself with no choice but to oust Rumsfeld for his loss of faith in the neoconservative cause.
Rumsfeld resignation a day before the election means that he was pushed out of his job.
By Robert Parry
The disclosure that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned on Nov. 6, 2006 -- the day before the election, not the day after as previously thought -- means that he was pushed out of his job the same day he suggested a de-escalation of the Iraq War.
When Rumsfeld's resignation was announced on Nov. 8, with both his resignation letter and his de-escalation memo still secret, it was widely assumed in Washington political circles that President George W. Bush was reacting to the stinging Republican electoral defeat on Nov. 7 and was appointing Robert Gates as an olive branch to the Democrats.
The reality now appears to be almost the exact opposite. Bush was preparing for an Iraq War escalation and was looking for a fresh face as Defense Secretary to buy him the necessary time to accomplish this extraordinary political maneuver. Bush also may have recognized the damage that might have come if Rumsfeld's war doubts became known.
At least the wrist bracelet should fit on Nancy Pelosi's "table".
But what #47 says rings true.
You know, if congress had been trying to impeach the Shrub or Dead-eye Dick, it would have tied them down, possibly preventing them from doing damage passing FISA, MoveOn Condemnation, Lieberputz/Kyl, Iraq funding, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. And their approval rating would be higher for trying to do something useful.
Just a little attempt at levity.
Spud @ 43:
cutting loop prevents constriction. to prevent intestinal blockage you might be able to toss them in with athletic shoe recycling -- gym/sporting goods store -- to be ground up and mixed with sand to make the base for modern stadium artificial turf.
What impeachable offense has been committed? This is futile if not counterproductive.
Todd @ 53:
How on earth is this counterproductive? Make people know how you feel and you spread the message to all who ask. Its not at all counterproductive.
"Not having the votes" has been mentioned, so what? Even if you dont have the votes you introduce the articles of impeachment for lying this country into war. It shows the world there are those actively seeking justice for the war crimes of Bush/Cheney.
But the Dems dont have the spine.
There are plenty of reasons to impeach
sully18 @ 15:
You are LYING.
So, out of eight million dollars in seven years, Rep. Pelosi has taken in two milion from business interests, about the same as she has taken from labor interests.
So you are LYING about the Speaker. How do you stand being such a liar about such an honest person?
Sorry, that's eight million dollars in seventeen years.
Todd @ 53:
Rep. Conyers published his 2004 report on the impeachable offenses, which documents the evidence, the law, and the analysis of TWENTY-FIVE major federal crimes by Bush and his administrations.
Todd, how can you stand to live in such lying ignorance?
http://www.amazon.com/George-Bush-Versus-U-S-Constitution/dp/0897335503/...
$7.44 from Amazon associates, plus shipping. You can afford to educate yourself for $10, can't you? Or is ignorance just so much bliss?
just a word to the wise, be considerate of how these make you feel healthwise after wearing them for a while.
i wore one of the Lance Armstrong versions for a several months and noticed i started to feel sick during the days and tired. after a month of that i decided to try a few weeks withouth it. the sick feeling and tiredness went away when i stopped wearing it.
by all means, buy one to support the cause. just make a mental note of what i mentioned, in case you have a similar reaction.
remember those silcon breast implants?
odanny @ 54: "Not having the votes" has been mentioned, so what?"
It continually amazes me that you and others see no downside to holding a failed impeachment during war. Let me spell it out for you:
WE'VE HAD A COUP. There is an illegal executive in power, power that they did not get through election, but through theft of power, using a collusion of state and federal actors, a complicit media, and the entire leadership of the RNC and the R (and R-voting) in Congress.
That coup is not over. We BARELY control the Congress, and the illegal executive is about to widen the scope of the war. There is a 5-4 Supreme Court which has already dirtied itself with complicity. The conspirators have several times threatened to suspend the constitution if they are obstructed in their plans.
"It shows the world there are those actively seeking justice for the war crimes of Bush/Cheney."
Showing the world is not as important as regaining a legal gov't in the United States. Holding a failed impeachment, which will run into the election year, is not an acceptable strategy for a return to democracy. It offers either no result, or such a fracturing of the Congress along partisan lines that the constitution would be closer to collapse, not nearer to survival.
We need to start criminal prosecutions. For that we need special prosecutors, and for that we need an honest Attorney General. That path leads to prison for the various crimes and the various conspirators -- the POLITICAL act of impeachment leads nowhere but perhaps to the collapse of democracy in America.
And if you don't think you have a knife to your throat, you aren't paying attention.
Blaming the Dems seems so holy to most of you, it's shocking how little you have studied the history of coups, and how close we have come to utter disaster. By putting a failed impeachment effort off the table, the Speaker may well have saved the Constitution. But you lot can bash her for having that nerve, while pretending that slapping Bushco in the face with the wrinkled parchment barrier against tyranny -- in the absence of an honest Senate -- is going to bring about good changes. It's hard to imagine a less reasonable course of action.
ecotopian @ 47:
I would just like to clarify that I think calling for impeachment is a good protest, provided it doesn't stray into demonizing the Speaker for the facts in the Congress (and especially the Senate) which drove her decision. You could as easily call for resignation.
Protests don't have to magically produce the protest message. It doesn't work that way, ecotopian. First you protest, and maybe for a long time, and that act helps organize the political power to make necessary changes when that becomes possible.
"Think an avalanche of impeachment bracelets might pierce through that bubble?"
Ah-ha-ha-ha! Aaaaaaah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Yeah, the Democrats will retroactively immunize Bush and the Telcoms for violating FISA, will continually fund the illegal occupation of Iraq, and will pass a bill paving the way for war with Iran.... but an avalanche of impeachment bracelets, yes, that might do do the trick.
Bwah-ha-ha-ha!
Now that I'm done laughing, I'm gonna go cry.
Frickin' liberal bloggers and their Dem fixation.
won't people just think that that wearer is just supporting the wrist impaired?
colbert might sue! impeaching bush would hurt his paycheck.
This is stupid! Has a goddamn rubber bracelet ever made a difference? And now people want to try and force leading democrats to wear them? Give me a break! This is the liberal equivalent of those "support the troops" car magnets that repugs put on their SUVs. Wearing one may make you feel better but it's not going to solve anything. It over-simplifies, and ultimately distracts from, the issue.
Bush and his cronies are criminals but does anyone really think he's going to be impeached with less than 16 months left in office? If you do...you are living in a dream world...which is fine, but step back and let those of us who are focused on taking back this country from those bastards, do what we need to do.
FORGET IMPEACHMENT! Let's focus on getting back the White House and increasing our power in Congress. THEN, we can all look forward to the war crime tribunals that are sure to follow and watch those traitors hang!
Rojo @ 62: Yeah, the Democrats will retroactively immunize Bush and the Telcoms for violating FISA,"
Which has not happened, and won't.
"will continually fund the illegal occupation of Iraq,"
Having passed one bill with withdrawal restrictions, and another such fight pending.
"and will pass a bill paving the way for war with Iran"
Which resolution had the SAME opposition by 23 Dem Senators, half the caucus, the same number of NAY Dem Senator votes as the Iraq Resolution.
You keep accusing them of doing what they have not, and then you laugh at your OWN cynical failure to make any changes in your world. You're just working to make the world safe for do-nothings.
I like to buy one for, Pelosi, Hoyer and Reid - to add them to the list of those needing to be impeached. Throw those asshats out of office along with Cheney and Bush.
Keep your bracelets! Pelosi, Reed and the rest of those neo-con apologists in congress have no intention of impeaching Bush/Cheney. It's off the table and has been since day one when Pelosi became SOH. They don't give a damn what Americans want, after all we are only their constituents. Spend your money on getting Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul elected or spend some time calling these worthess reps and demand some action from them. Remind them that your memory is not short and that you will help vote their sorry asses out of office come election time. That stuff, they pay attention to.
I was thinking about this last night. Why can't there be an impeachment? The Dems say it's because they can't get any Cons to go along with it. If that's the case then they are a bunch of sorry, weak-assed pussies!! The Cons managed to force more than a few Dems to go along with impeaching Clinton over some BJs but the Dems can't force a few Cons to go along with impeaching two people who obviously committed crimes that warrant impeachment?
If they shed even a little light on any of the things that warrant impeachment then the Cons would have to go along or face public scrutiny like the Dems did with Clinton.
The fact is, impeachment is possible. It only takes something the Dems in power seem to lack. Courage.
HOW exactly do you 'force' Republicans to vote to convict the bastard they have enabled?
Wow, you think they will "face public scrutiny"? Oh my.
The only method for dealing with this situation is CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS.
If you expect it to be resolved POLITICALLY, then you just aren't paying attention.
No one is getting impeached. God are you guys thick. :-(
In typical capitalist fashion I will be selling them for $5 a piece and pocketing 90% of the money, not giving health care to the people that sell, then I will file bankruptcy and screw the people that sold these for me out of a pay check.
where can I get 100,000,000 of these?
Paul in LA @ 8:
I am sure you arent trying to down-play the seriousness of the crimes of the Bush regime are you ??
Mike @ 70:
maybe they should follow youre lead and just stick their thumb up their collective ass.
Paul in LA @ 69:
yeah!!
nothing has ever been solved politically in this country!!
oh wait.............
TakeOurCountryBack @ 67:
I have been calling my rep's nearly DAILY for about a year now, and nothing has changed except the staff, has taken to using their caller-i.d. to screen calls and not answer mine.
And that is after being told by several staff members that they do not screen calls or put constituents on a "black list".
But phone calls do NO good. No diffrence.
Occupation of My Representatives office??
Probably wont work either, but if EVERYONE occupied ALL the congresscritters' offices we might make a diffrence.??
Paul in LA @ 65:
You seem as emphatic about youre baseless claims as Rojo........
You say they passed legislation with "withdrawl restrictions"??
care to let all us little people know what bill that was exactly?? the one that didnt pass??
right . right.
then there was this....."Which resolution had the SAME opposition by 23 Dem Senators, half the caucus, the same number of NAY Dem Senator votes as the Iraq Resolution."
is that a question or a statement?? gotta work on the grammar bud, doesnt make youre arguement any more effective when you start a statement with "which".
Not to mention you are arguing that by ALLOWING the Iran WAr bill to pass they are some how OPPOSING invasion of Iran??
huh.
The fact of the matter is that the Dems ARE complicit in this illegal immoral war , because they fund it. They fund it because of politics.
And that is the truly pathetic part of this whole deal, those Dems put their responsibility to the troops fighting for their life,second to playing the politics of "support the troops".
Are they made in China?
What every Good Human/AMERICAN should have on their rist....
Yeah, but if I get the bracelets for Xmas gifts, what am I gonna do with all of these foil-wrapped Molotov cocktails?
"The only method for dealing with this situation is CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS. "
You're right. I meant to put that in when I talked about shedding light on some of BushCo's transgressions but spaced it off. My bad.
Sweet, Bush will definitely be held to the fire now that we have bracelet power. (can we not be as tacky as the opposition?)
We never would have heard Dr. King's "Dream" without Malcolm X's "By Any Means Necessary". Power doesn't understand this type of limp-wristed, silent protest. In fact, they prefer it.
What a waste of time and money. Let's wear a band, instead of actually DOING something!
Paul @ 23:
On another site, there was blogging about ending the war. I wrote that I was guilty of sitting at my computer signing petitions, writing letters to editors and to congress, trying to do what ever I could to make this stupid war stop. I noted Molly Ivans idea of getting out in the street with pots and pans and shouting our protests. It's my contention that we won't be heard until we're visible and loud.
I got a response from someone going by "Pit Boss" who said that we needed to be quieter and more dignified about it, that shouting would turn off those we were trying to convince...... and wouldn't I like to buy some of his wrist bands?
I don't know where the money is going for these wristbands. I read someone who was saying the profits would go to ending the war, but I don't know in what way, and am not interested enough to find out.
I just think the quiet dignified way of ending this war with wrist bands is a stupid idea, and we need to get off our butts and get out in the street, like the kids in D.C. today on Constitutional Ave. Do you suppose any of them are wearing wrist bands that say IMPEACH?
It's so funny reading posts from people dissing the bracelets because "they aren't enough." They claim we should be out in the streets forcing impeachment on the powers that be. But how many of them have actually gotten up since dissing the bracelets and gone out and done something? How many of them got up and did anything before this? I bet not one of them has. And I bet none of them will in the future either.
I guess when they say "we" they mean everyone else.
I clicked to buy 25. Sent me to paypal, but there was no "purchase" to complete there, just the generic paypal site as if I'd gone there independently just to look at my account. How does one actually purchase these things?
So if a failed impeachment hearing leads us to the brink of "disaster", where exactly do we stand now?
Bill @ 86:
You have to sign into PayPal from their page, and after doing so the number you selected, along with the price, will appear, and you then submit your order.
Why wear one? It makes me feel good. I wear a LiveStrong one also since after my Mom died of Cancer and besides I'm an avid (fanatical) cyclist. BTW I bought ten to distribute to family and friends.
Whether Congress Impeaches or not I want to show my allegiance to the Constitution.
Impeaching the twits will do more to restore the balance of Government i.e. oversight than a Special Prosecutor as some may have suggested.
Throw the bums in jail after the Impeachment since only a sitting President can pardon.
kulshan @ 72: "I am sure you arent trying to down-play the seriousness of the crimes of the Bush regime are you ??"
I have devoted more than 600 hours in the street protest of Bushco's crimes, starting in 2001. I worked for impeachment for two solid years, daily (2002-2004). I want special prosecutors so we can put all these cronies and warcriminals in prison or on the gallows (my preference).
I am not playing down anything. I am defending the most progressive Speaker in my lifetime, or the lifetime of America, for that matter.
Did anyone see Nancy Pelosi say again that impeachment was off the table regardless of what Americans want?
kulshan @ 76: "You say they passed legislation with "withdrawl restrictions"?? care to let all us little people know what bill that was exactly?? the one that didnt pass??"
H.R.1591. It passed both houses and was vetoed.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:4:./temp/~c110BMGeIt::
This bill was derided by bloggers for having a bunch of farm pork for peanut storage and such. That was to get the Blue Dogs to vote with the bill, which they did. After the veto, the Blue Dogs withdrew their votes, and so the leadership put Katrina aid and a minimum wage increase into a bill without withdrawal demands, neither of which issues would have received Senate approval otherwise.
Since that time, the House has passed a bill which sets deadlines, but the Senate has tabled it.
The American people are outraged at the Bush Administration’s misplaced priorities – that is why on July 12th the House passed HR 2956, the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act. The legislation, sponsored by Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, would begin the responsible redeployment of U.S. troops within 120 days and complete redeployment by April 1, 2008. The President would have to report to Congress why troops should remain in Iraq for limited purposes such as to fight terrorism or to train Iraqi forces.