The Dave Congalton Show - April 23, 2008, in San Luis Obispo, California.

mp3 Podcast.

From http://www.920kvec.com

4,064 US soldiers killed, up to 1.2 million Iraqi civilians killed. Ten times those number badly wounded, physically or mentally. Up to 5 million driven from their homes, while nearly all Iraqis suffer from lack of clean water, electricity, and jobs. 

The only missions accomplished: destroying the nation of Iraq and handing the pieces to Iran, breaking the U.S. military and treasury, increasing global terrorism, and making the world hate the U.S.

No wonder Bush is the most unpopular President in polling history - the first to break 70% disapproval.

Those responsible? Still in power, and a 50-50 chance of remaining in power for 4 more years.

Impeach. Indict. Imprison. Immediately.

By David Swanson

There is a widespread myth that an impeachment cannot happen in the space of the nine months Bush and Cheney are scheduled to remain in office. But I'm unable to find any past impeachment that took as long as nine months. It's messy comparing one impeachment to another, as they are complicated and varying processes. But a few things are clear: most impeachment efforts achieve important results quickly, without actually achieving impeachment (think Elliot Spitzer or Alberto Gonzales); it is not uncommon for impeachment efforts to begin later in an administration than where we are now (think Andrew Johnson, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman); while preliminary investigations of the sort that have been done on Bush and Cheney for the past year and a half can be dragged out for months, impeachments tend not to last long; and while Senate trials can be delayed and dragged out for many months, impeachments in the House tend to be short-lived events.

Our friends at the American Freedom Campaign think it's long past time for Conyers to subpoena Ashcroft and Yoo over torture - and if they refuse to appear, begin impeachment hearings. We couldn't agree more. 

American Freedom Campaign Urges Chairman Conyers to Subpoena John Ashcroft and John Yoo

Call for action follows FBI Director Mueller’s testimony that Justice Department prevented investigation of CIA torture

Contact:  Steve Fox, American Freedom Campaign, 202-822-5200

By David Swanson
Remarks delivered in San Luis Obispo, California, on April 23, 2008

When I started giving speeches about Iraq and impeachment three years ago, I liked to list the major impeachable offenses for Bush and for Cheney, but as the list grew it became rather cumbersome. It got to the point where adding another crime to the list would bring to mind four others I needed to add, and then someone would discover a whole new field of criminality and report it in the news while I was on the airplane to the speaking event. And if I left out somebody's favorite crime from the list, there would be hell to pay. So, I've decided to switch gears. I didn't do this last night down in Ventura, but starting tonight I'm going to give you my top 10 reasons NOT to impeach Dick Cheney.

Here they are, in reverse order:

"Are Peace and Impeachment Possible? Strategies for Saving our Constitution, Economy, and Environment"
By David Swanson
Remarks delivered in Ojai, California, on April 22, 2008

I'm going to talk for a while and then take some questions, and maybe even some corrections, since unlike the Pope and George W. Bush I do make mistakes. Our president, as far as I know, has never admitted a mistake. And of this I am sure, I have never publicly done anything as brave as what members of IVAW do in admitting their mistaken roles in Bush's crusade. Some of them have said that that has been harder than anything they did in Iraq, and I believe it. They deserve our gratitude and our support.