My local newspaper this morning asked its readers what they plan on doing on July 7 to commemorate the date of 7/7/7. I propose that we establish this as a national day of protest if insufficient progress on establishing special prosecutors and articles of impeachment has not been made. Imagine the impact of gatherings of one million people in each major city to insist on the return of our government to the people. Putting a "1", for the one million in each city, in front of the 7/7/7 date, gives us 1777, symbolic for a next step in the evolution of our country from its historic declaration in 1776. Don't think it isn't possible. If even Fred Hiatt is beginning to realize the enormity of what is going on, July 7 can look like the mass, peaceful gatherings that took down the corrupt governments of the Soviet bloc. Fortunately for us, we still have a constitution that will guide us in the re-establishment of a legitimate government.

I sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi urging impeachment of Bush, Cheney and Gonzales. In the letter, and in the covers for the copies to my Representative and Senators, I urged action not in the cause of partisanship, but in citizenship. We are way beyond "gotcha" here and are in the realm of protecting the very future of our country. I think that the public is capable of recognizing that this issue is at a fundamental level and not the usual political games. Similarly, as evidenced by Hiatt's conversion today, the MSM will also slowly (if somewhat painfully) have its blinders lifted. It is the responsibility of each of us, as citizens, to remind our elected officials of the Constitution they have sworn to support and defend.

The story that ran here had 39%. Keep in mind that was BEFORE Comey's testimony.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/09/impeachment/index.html

This is a little OT, but have had several illuminating posts on current law relating to Special Prosecutors, so I'd like to toss this out for discussion:

What are the restraints on Patrick Fitzgerald regarding wrongdoing he may have discovered in emails, particularly from or to Karl Rove, if this wrongdoing is unrelated to his charge on the Valerie Plame leak? It has been established that his office had a large number of the emails now claimed to be missing and relevant to the US Attorney issue. Although outside the charge for his investigation, isn't there still underlying law about his behavior "as an officer of the court" requiring action?

Beautiful words, and as always packed with meaning.

Here's wishing you a bounteous and joyous blueberry crop.

I can see why Glenn and many of you are cautioning us against jumping on a hero bandwagon for Comey, Ashcroft and Goldsmith. However, keep in mind that these folks were at the deepest level of the "bubble" where the air was so bad that they undoubtedly were affected by a sickness as debilitating as Ashcroft's pancreatitis. Group-think can be an extremely toxic thing, and we know just how little outside thought penetrated into this bubble. Making the realization of the illegality of one program was just the first step from which a long time could be required to "get oriented" in the same sense as Comey referred to Ashcroft's needed physical recovery time.

As to waiting to speak up, the early Newsweek article we all missed cited two unnamed sources. Don't they have to come from this group? Going entirely public at that time would have been extremely risky to them. They knew only too well the depths to which the thugs would stoop in attacking disloyalty.

Only time will tell the true character of these three and the underlying reasons for all of their actions while part of this administration. I would like to think that most of us are capable of learning, even when we come to realize that we have been caught up in a wave heading the wrong direction. Overcoming group-think has been a long process for them. Our goal now has to be to help our Congress and the public to get oriented as well.

The irony is that massive damage to the Constitution and world peace continues to accumulate, in a ticking time bomb scenario, as this orientation takes place.

Gosh, Karen, I had always hoped the neocons were of Ferengi origin. The resemblance is especially strong for Wolfowitz. It also gives us some reassurance of a less direct relationship with us Earthlings.

I don't disagree at all with those who insist that full legal and social consequences should be dished out to those in the administration who committed crimes. Earlier, I was simply moving ahead in idealism and thinking about the way forward after the usurpers are removed. I want to caution against too strong an effort of "de-Baathification" or "disbanding of the Republican army". There are likely to be some within the ranks who still have contributions to make and will have learned, the hard way, how important open government and oversight are. After all, many recovered addicts make exceptional addiction counselors. In fact, Bruce Fein's contributions to last night's discussion is a case in point. On the other hand, Rumsfeld is Exhibit A for why blanket Mulligans should not be granted. To borrow a phrase from the Faux sit-com this week, let's allow a little time to find out if these bits of conscience were acquired on the road to Damascus or Des Moines.

Good news ondelette. Sadly, all I've heard so far in response to my letters is crickets.