Political analysis
STRIKE THE ROOT!
- By Sheila Samples
- July 05, 2007
“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. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) 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.
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Author Info: Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. Contact Sheila by clicking her name above.
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If I were a betting man, I’d guess that you are either incredible in bed or a man hater. There can’t be an in-between with a personality like yours. I say this because you are obviously an angry woman. A very angry woman. And while there are plenty of reasons to be angry at this administration, their lifecycle is at its end. Both Cheney and his puppet Bush will step down in 18 months and left with their consciences to wrestle. The consequences of Iraq will continue and as more and more evidence becomes unclassified, the world will learn who’s really to blame and what a clusterfuck the dynamic duo of destruction really is/was.
I’m not sure that your approach is best for this country. Gov’t would have to come to a halt in order for all of the subpoenas, trials and other related circus events to progress. I just don’t think Americans want that. So, continue to fight the man but don’t let it consume you to the pint that you move from female “Sack Master” to man hater.
365 days ago by The Mule
You should check your date on Cicero there, buddy. Maybe you mean AUC instead of BC?
364 days ago by Cooper
Impeachment is not only called for, but is absolutely necessary to the survival of this country. It’s a matter of accountability. If we fail to hold this bunch accountable, then the next ones will have this level of corruption, silence, and secrecy as their starting place. And they will, no matter who they are, try and push things further and further. It’s the fault of the 108th and 109th congresses who refused to do any oversight whatsoever that W has been allowed this much lattitude. If we don’t impeach, then we are saying that there is NO rule of law when it comes to the gov’t and therefore no accountability for any of it’s actions, no matter how illegal and/or unconstitutional. It is not only our right to impeach, it is our duty and our obligation to do so. It’s not revenge, it’s accountability and responsibility for the illegal actions taken in our name as a nation.
364 days ago by WJM
It is news to me that Cicero had anything to say in 743 B.C.
364 days ago by JR Parker
My vote is that she’s actually a hot hippie chic. I bet she completely psychotic, but well worth a one night stand. Chrome from a bumper she could…..
364 days ago by Pithy
Gee! With over 300-million Americans, only Dick Cheney is threatening out downfall. We must be getting lazy. Where are Sacco-Vanzetti when you really need them? Relax! You only have to put up with your hate for a year an a half. Surly you can do that. It would take longer to impeach Cheney, you obviously couldn’t stand that long of a wait.
364 days ago by James E. Fish
Sorry about the Cicero date. I intended to put “Cicero (106-43 BC) said, yada, yada, yada…”.
364 days ago by Sheila Samples
HAW HAW HAW…I must either be incredible in bed OR a man hater? Kinda like Bush saying, “You’re either with me or you’re with the terriers,” ain’t it?
Actually, I am pretty angry, as every American should be who is concerned about his or her country. If you’re not angry, you haven’t been paying attention for the past six years. Your condescending remark that I can continue to fight the man so long as it doesn’t affect my performance in bed says a whole lot more about you than it does about me…
Truth is I’m a Constitution Lover, and I’m not willing to stand idly by for the next 18 months while Bush and Cheney continue to trash it — and us.
364 days ago by Sheila Samples
TO WJM…
Amen brother. Thanks for a bit of sanity on this thread…
364 days ago by Sheila Samples
This woman is talking about something of grave importance, and you want to discuss how she might perform in bed, or what she looks like.
No wonder we’re in so much trouble.
364 days ago by Jeffrey Henderson
Thank you. This current treason can be traced back to the early ’60s and possibly to spring of 1945. It comes and goes allways getting stronger. It nearly destroyed our nation this time. It must be killed now, finished once and for all or it will pop up again in ten or twenty years and finally put an end to freedom and liberty on this earth. Impeach, try, convict, sentence and execute. Treason is a capital crime.
364 days ago by Attila the Hun
I’m tired of the myth that impeachment will take too much time and Congress won’t get anything else done. Clinton’s impeachment took about 4 mos. A majority of the impeachment proceedings take place in committee while the rest of Congress is business as usual (oh no!).
ALL members of congress took an oath to uphold the constitution.
364 days ago by Art
Article 2 – Section 4
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.
364 days ago by US Constitution
Yeah… I think this is a reference to Cicero’s speech in 63bc regarding the Catiline conspiracy.
Your article is great however.
364 days ago by Michael
It’s ridiculous that this author is subjected to ridiculous, irrelevant misogynistic comments. If she were a man, you might post a comment pertaining to the content of her article. Her anger would be considered justified. But instead, she’s a crazy bitch. You, sir, are a knuckle-dragging idiot.
342 days ago by anteater
These psychopaths ruthlessly murdered thousands of US citizens on our own soil on 9/11 and packaged it in a spectacular media psy-op, with the active collusion of the major commercial TV networks;
All of it was staged, just to fake the pretexts for foreign wars, elimination of our most sacred Constitutional rigthts, and ultimate imposition of a domestic police state.
9/11was America’s post-modern “Reichstag Fire”.
1) Face it.
2) Reflect on it.
3) DO something intelligent about it.
… or just shut up and get back in line…
155 days ago by SaiGirl