Strike
The Root
By Sheila Samples
06 July, 2007
Countercurrents.org
"We have now sunk
to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty
of intelligent men"~~George Orwell
Recently,
Nova M Radio's Mike Malloy suggested the lethargy that appears to have
descended on the American people is more "rage fatigue" than
a lack of knowledge or comprehension of the damage wrought by this administration.
I agree, although for many of us, rather than fatigue, it's more an
inability to "focus" on any single atrocity about which to
be enraged. There are just too many incoming horrors at any one time.
We are in the throes of a national paralysis.
It's not that we don't know
enough to be enraged. We know too much. About too many things. Our rage
is splintered, spread too thin to be effective. For the past five years,
people in this country and around the world have protested against Bush
and Cheney's genocidal assault on two helpless nations. As they prepare
openly for yet another bloody attack on yet another nation, we continue
to sign petitions, hold meetings, march against the corporate machine
-- all to no avail.
The issues catapaulting citizens
into the streets are outrageous -- each one deserving of a "million
man march" on its own merits. However, because we are frustrated
by a relentless media blackout and by the deepening corruption, loss
of freedoms and the tightening noose of tyranny, our cries are little
more than a cacophony of discord -- an impotent racket.
Both Democrats and Republicans
are branches of the same tree of corruption. When hacked off, a branch
is instantly replaced by another, and another, each one stronger than
the last. George Bush is but a snarled twig, waving at us with a frog
in one hand and a firecracker in the other. As bodies of American citizens
pile up in funeral homes and cemetaries across the nation; as more and
more bodies of innocent men, women and children are strewn across the
Middle East, it is becoming increasingly obvious the madness will not
stop until we fell this tree -- dig into the darkness and strike the
root. We must expose -- and impeach -- Dick Cheney.
There have been Cheneys throughout
the annals of time who wreak their destruction from the shadows. In
743 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero warned, "For the traitor appears
no traitor -- he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims and he
wears their face and their garments and he appeals to the baseness that
lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he
works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of
a city. He infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist."
Dick Cheney must be impeached
-- now -- before he lashes out from the dark side, and Iran is aflame;
its terrified citizens displaced, dying -- dead. Whether to impeach
is not up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, no matter how many "arrows"
she claims to have in her quiver. We've moved way beyond playing Cowboys
and Indians with this gang.
Pelosi's statement on July
2 that Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence "does
not serve justice, condones criminal conduct, and is a betrayal of trust
of the American people" is rather ironic, considering her steadfast
refusal to hold Bush and Cheney accountable for their acts of treason
after being elected to do just that.
Nor is impeachment up to
the presidential wannabes flip-flopping in disgraceful political one-upmanship
as they vie for money to pour into the ravenous media machine. Any American
who would hesitate to impeach a destructive, treasonous, power-mad dictator
does not deserve to be president of this United States -- now or ever.
Other than Ohio's courageous
congressman Dennis Kucinich, whose co-sponsor list to impeach Cheney
has grown to 14, no other candidate dares to take a stand. No other
candidate deserves a single vote.
Whether to impeach Cheney
is not even up to us. We have no choice. The U.S. Constitution is very
explicit about this matter. In just 31 words, Article II, Section 4,
tells us, "The President, Vice President and all civil officers
of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for,
and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
I can cite 3,588 reasons
to impeach this man who lied -- is still lying -- so relentlessly to
rush this nation into genocidal war. Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment
barely scratch the surface of Cheney's treason and crimes against the
state, but are more than enough to not only impeach, but to indict and
convict him. A more detailed account can be found here.
The U.S. Constitution is
the greatest perception of Liberty ever conceived. It was hammered out
by men determined to prevent imperial presidencies, shadow governments
and seizures of power by any one branch. It was conceived precisely
to thwart efforts to destroy the republic by those whose only allegiance
is to power and money. We must rid ourselves of the traitors in our
midst, starting with Dick Cheney, the one man responsible for the corruption
threatening our downfall.
If we are to survive, we
must strike the root.
Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian
US Army Public Information Officer. She is a regular contributor for
a variety of Internet sites. Contact her at [email protected]
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