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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:00 AM
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Coming up on 75,000 signatures to impeach cheney - sign now
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 11:23 AM by lame54
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:03 AM
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1. While 75,000 signatures is really quite impressive.. we have
over 300 million people living in the USA.... so how many does he need to get before congress pays attention?
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:11 AM
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3. MORE MORE MORE...
So help spread the word (and the link)
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:18 AM
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5. Exactly.
There's no such thing as too many.

NGU.


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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 07:32 AM
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29. I've signed and sent out my e-mail to spread the word..
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:46 PM
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8. How long will it take people to understand that Congress doesn't pay attention?
They are one big club with some infighting but basically they no longer represent us. Most are wealthy and have been in Congress so long that they do not connect with "we the people". Until we change the system so they are not guaranteed reelection, we are stuck with this mess. If you have noticed there has been a lot of investigations and flustering and posturing but few convictions. Emails, letters, phone calls and petitions don't have much if any effect. Nancy says impeachment is off the table even tho most Americans want it. Nacy will have no trouble winning her next Democratic primary. This is what we have to fix.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:10 AM
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2. I hope Wexler will force the issue with the Judiciary
no matter how many signatures he gets. Petitions are great, and 75,000 is impressive so let's go!
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:16 AM
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4. I can't get your first link to work.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:22 AM
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7. Patience. The site is under extreme demand. One signature per 2 seconds!!!
The morning e-mail responses are placing very high demand on the server. The rate has tripled this AM!!!!!
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:19 AM
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6. Handy Pasteboards for e-mailing your politico buddies and R cousins
Contact just a few friends to IMPEACH Cheney TODAY!

OVER 75,000 have already signed Rep. Wexler's online petition, and counting.
HELP that climb exponentially. CONTACT your friends TODAY!

If each person contacts SEVEN people, and they contact seven ....
seven degrees adds up fast 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 = 823,543

1, 7,
7 x 7 = 49,
49 x 7 = 343
343 x 7 = 2,401,
2,401 x 7 = 16,807
16,807 x 7 = 117,649
117,649 x 7 = 823,543
sum = 960,800

Okay, that may be over-reaching, but this clearly illustrates the Power of the People.
A simple action like contacting seven other people .... really adds up if repeated.

Petition at http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com

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PASTEBOARD: Feel free to copy this text to e-mail your friends:

30,000 People Petition for Impeach Cheney Hearings in First 24 Hours

Here is the ONLINE PETITION:
The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence
that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only
brought us into an unnecessary war but violated the civil liberties
and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of
Congress to hold impeachment hearings.

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I'm asking seven friends I know will agree to sign the online petition.
I'm also asking each of you to do the same, to pass this on to seven or more.
After seven steps, our circle could add nearly 1,000,000 signatures.
The magical seventh power of seven: 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 = 823,543

PLEASE pass this on to seven friends and help add signatures.

SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION and check the current total at:
http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com

CHECK THIS NEWS
30,000 People Join Congressman Wexler's Call for Hearings in Just 24 Hours
http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/news.asp?ItemID=218

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glowing wrote: You can use this to address your many friends and family:

OVER 50,000 have signed Rep. Wexler's online petition, and counting. Rep Wexler (D-FL) is on the Judiciary Committee. Three members of the House Judiciary have expressed inherent interest in addressing the bill written by Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and co-sponsored by various members of congress. Rep. Wexler is asking for people to sign this petition so that Impeachment hearings can begin for Vice President Dick Cheney. Please add your support, and tell a friend. I know, some of us sign something like this almost every week, but hopefully Rep. Wexler can get some real traction out of this. AND especially now, since we have learned that Dick Cheney withheld the NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) from the American people and the President, himself, for over a year, all the while telling us repeatedly that Iran was a nuclear threat to the United States. As you may or may not know the NIE explains that Iran dropped its nuclear armament program in 2003. Mr. Cheney would have us go fight yet another war with another nation that does not impose a nuclear threat to the world.

Click on the link to sign the petition at http://www.wexlerwantshearings . com Please, go to this web site and add your name. It won't take very long at all. Already, the web site has been up for less than 2 days, and has gained 50,000 supporters, and is growing steadily.

You may be from a different party and believe in different platforms, but this is not about party; this is principal. We are the United States. We believe in Freedom and Liberty. The Constitution and law is more important than party or platform. Violation of our law cannot be tolerated any further. Impeachment will allow the U.S. Congress to investigate, without impunity of "Executive Privelege", the scores of mounting evidence of lawlessness perpetrated on the American people and in Our good name. Please, lend your name.

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If this idea meets your approval, REC this thread up!!

FROM: IMPEACH Cheney NOW! Contact your friends = 7 x 7 x 7 .... SIGN the online petition.
Dec-16-07 06:08 PM - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2480819
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2tr4nqued Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:56 PM
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9. Ugh, their servers are locked up!
Lesson: Before you put up an impeachment petition, make sure your servers can handle the load.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:55 PM
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12. 78, 337 and still climbing
:applause:
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:09 PM
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10. 77,408...
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stephinrome Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:15 PM
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11. 77476, someone call their site admin! n/t
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:59 PM
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13. Current Dem's are watered down repugs...
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:12 PM
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14. Up to 81, 576 now!
:nuke: How can nancy ignor this?
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2tr4nqued Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:42 PM
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15. All of a sudden, 8,000 more signatures.
Was it a glitch?
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:50 PM
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16. Look at the time the
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 05:51 PM by vpilot
numbers were posted, it not a glich. The 75,000 was this morning. Its 89,298 now.
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2tr4nqued Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:56 PM
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17. What I mean is that I was watching it
and one time I checked it, it was about 81,000, and then less than an hour later, it was about 89,000. Maybe they had some other signatures from earlier today when the servers were backed up. Whatever happened, there was definitely a big sudden jump in the numbers.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 06:38 PM
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18. Oh , ok,
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 06:40 PM by vpilot
that could have been the case I have been having a hard time getting in all day to check the numbers, their server has been really busy. 89,872 now.
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:42 PM
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21. Must have been a glitch, back to 83,814. They must have done a correction.
It was over 90 and then, wham, back to 83K something.

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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:45 PM
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22. Kind of looks like it.
:shrug:
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2tr4nqued Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 06:58 PM
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19. 90,000 n/t
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:29 PM
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26. no rounding allowed! we're keeping an EXACT count
and now it's at: 86217
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:03 PM
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20. Point of Order:
Will this *actually* help efforts to impeach Cheney, or is it just going to result in making people feel like they're Doing Something?

I'd like to see that evil old fuckstick quit in disgrace as much as the next guy, but I doubt the effectiveness of an online poll to help make it happen.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:47 PM
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23. Point of order, this
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 07:48 PM by vpilot
isn't a on line poll, its signatures Wexler has on his petition
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:54 PM
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24. Thanks for the correction, BUT
how is this going to hasten the impeachment of Cheney? What effect will it have?

I don't mean to be a Negative Nelly, but I'm having a hard time seeing the 'real world' result.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 10:26 PM
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25. Point of order. This is a feel good action. It will have no effect except to make some people feel
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 10:27 PM by rhett o rick
better. I keep trying to tell people here that the emperor has no clothes. The system doesn't work. Emails, letters, etc have no effect. please see my post above. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2482979&mesg_id=2483826

Congress doesn't represent us. Write all you want but Nancy has taken impeachment off the table. Get it, impeachment is off the table.

.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 01:17 PM
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27. I completely
understand your cynicism, I suffer from that at times also but I would rather feel good about doing something than to just give up hope, we might not change anything but at least we can try..
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 01:54 PM
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28. self-delete.
Edited on Tue Dec-18-07 02:13 PM by Peake
self-delete.

nevermind.
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