Though I lost my race here in Vermont for U.S. Representative, it is very clear what the new Congress must do as the first order of business:

Either the impeachment of Bush & Cheney for high crimes must go forward OR THE CONGRESS MUST FORMALLY DECLARE THAT NO STATE OF WAR EXISTS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ANY NATION OR ENTITY, and thus this President has no extraordinary "War Powers" vested in him at present, and no authority to attack any nation which has not attacked or threatened to attack America. Iraq should be declared a "police action" that will now be wound down.

My ballot line in the VT Congressional race was "Impeach Bush Now", and I believe strongly that impeachment of both Bush & Cheney should now be on the table, complete with all the requisite investigations and testimony taken under oath as may be necessary to establish that these two are guilty of very high crimes indeed.

Should the new Congress opt instead to strip the President and Cheney of the War Powers they have wrongly assumed, via the device of a Declaration That we are Not at War, then I think Congress must also, immediately overturn certain recently passed laws. I would vote to overturn the Patriot Act, The Military Commissions Act (habeas corpus), and the John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 (posse comitatus) as an absolute minimum. And all Halliburton appropriations must be very closely looked at, especially funds recently voted for "internment camps". Also all federal laws that have the effect of creating a national police force such as were used just last week in a nationwide sweep by federal and state & local police forces of 10,000-28,000 individuals, according to news reports.

11/10/06

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Dennis Morrisseau
Lieutenant Morrisseau's Rebellion
Running AT Congress (in VT)
(802) 645-9727 dmorso@netzero.net
www.2LTMorrisseau.com
www.impeachbush.tv/editorials/dmorso_050819.html
PO Box 177, W. Pawlet, VT 05775